Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract Government is under pressure to eject the controversial American company from NHS England data systems

Let's keep up the pressure: #PalantirOut.

First the NHS, then defence contracts

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Now is a great time! join.greenparty.org.uk

Reform insiders fear links to extreme figures such as Andrew Tate will scare off voters Nigel Farage has called Tate an ‘important voice’ for young men and held back from criticising his misogynistic views

Stop Reform - #VoteGreen

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

City Centre door-knocking with Lorna Slater and Natalie Bennett - Edinburgh Green Party Make history by helping secure the Scottish Greens first ever constituency victory by joining Natalie Bennet and Lorna Slater, solidifying our support in the City Centre. Meet at the edge of The Meado...

TOMORROW in Edinburgh

Looking forward to joining the brilliant Lorna Slater to hear from city residents their thoughts on the elections, now only 40 days away!

And saying #VoteGreen and #GetGreensElected

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Zack Polanski joins half a million people in anti-far-right march in London Green Party leader Zack Polanski took part in an anti-far-right march in central London on Saturday (28 March). Organised by the Together Alliance, half a million people are estimated to have joined t...

#GoodNews - a very strong message!

www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/zack...

The great care home cash grab: how private equity turned vulnerable elderly people into human ATMs When did care homes come to be seen as recession-proof investments? And who pays the price?

#Privatisation #Financialisation

A few profit and the rest of us - particularly the most vulnerable - pay

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’ Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

Hundreds of licences granted for new North Sea oil & gas projects under the Tories have so far produced just 36 days’ worth of gas. Yet more evidence, were it needed, that a crisis caused by fossil fuel dependence can’t be solved by drilling for more fossil fuels in the North Sea

Gut viruses may curb blood sugar spikes Viruses team up with the immune system to improve blood sugar metabolism.

How little we understand even about the functioning of our own bodies

#Microbiome
www.livescience.com/health/immun...

Plastic washing at recycling plants can spike phthalates in wastewater, study suggests Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're processed into new products, according to a new study by an Iowa State Universit...

On this #PoisonedPlanet, we so little understand the mess we are making

#NovelEntities #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Inside the £1bn property empires of King Charles and William Shrouded in secrecy, the arrangements relating to the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster are centuries old — and have been causing controversy for almost as long

Feudalism - not a good idea.

"They pay no capital gains or corporation tax and do not have to comply with property laws such as compulsory purchase orders."

www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

Inside the £1bn property empires of King Charles and William Shrouded in secrecy, the arrangements relating to the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster are centuries old — and have been causing controversy for almost as long

Feudalism - not a good idea.

"They pay no capital gains or corporation tax and do not have to comply with property laws such as compulsory purchase orders."

www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

Euan Blair’s Multiverse faces scrutiny over quality of apprenticeships Significant losses, sackings and a shift from its social mobility mission have raised questions about whether its growth has been at the expense of quality

One more massively costly failed #privatisation. While FE colleges see cuts on cuts

"Multiverse has become Britain’s ­largest provider of apprenticeships, but only about half of its cohort complete their courses"
www.thetimes.com/uk/article/e...

Looks like people want to tax billionaires, low bills and protect our national health service.

A party that puts compassion and kindness at the centre.

Join the Green Party.

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Image is Sian smiling, looking very excited, holding a vinyl album. The record cover is white and in black text the album title reads: Is This What We Want?

Image is Sian holding up the back cover of the album. The tracklist reads: the british government must not legalise music theft to benefit AI companies (bonus track)

Thank you to the more than 1,000 musicians who released this SILENT album to protest changes to copyright law that make it easier for AI companies to steal artists’ work to train their models.

I am extremely pleased the Government has started to *listen* and made no final decisions yet.

What's happening next in parliament?

Truth will out despite attempts on the night to divert attention from enormous and clear @greenparty.org.uk success

Useful reading on whither Scottish politics from @adamramsay.bsky.social as I head for Edinburgh.

Huge possibilities for #GetGreensElected

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Our crackdown on visa abuse is now in force says the home office. From today study viaals will be refused for applicants from Sudan, Afghanistan, Cameroon and Myanmar. We will always offer sanctuary to those fleeing danger but we must stop exploiting generosity.

'Discrimination': Noun: "the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people".

This Labour government should be ashamed.

University of Edinburgh to debate on future of universities amid on-going strikes Edinburgh Union hosts leading UK university figures for a major debate on the future of higher education, amid funding cuts and UCU strike action.

Looking forward to this debate on Monday night. So crucial that our neoliberal universities transform into cooperative communitues of scholars working for the common good

@scottishgreens.org
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The world has not forgotten the crimes of the transatlantic slave trade — but the UK still refuses to fully confront its role

If we want trust and partnership globally, we must acknowledge the past and commit to meaningful reparative justice.

#Reparations #InternationalSolidarity

Her Voice in the House Government Podcast · Updated twice weekly · Her Voice in the House shines a light on the women shaping the future of the House of Lords. Each episode features candid conversations with female Peers fr...

#HouseofLords

Good to hear @carmensmith.bsky.social on Her Voice in the House, the new(ish), excellent, podcast

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Labour vows to ban trail hunting as it opens public consultation Police and animal rights activists say the practice is frequently used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal foxhunting

#GoodNews - still not the law, but a small step closer to one

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Anger as EU gets a ‘better trade deal’ with Australia than Brexit Britain British farmers are still furious that the U.K. didn’t take a harder line in its talks with Canberra.

#BrexitReality

“The EU negotiated from strength; the U.K. negotiated to prove a point"

www.politico.eu/article/ange...

More than 6m vapes and pods discarded weekly in UK despite single-use ban, study finds Number fell 23% year on year in 2025 but waste companies say recycling systems still under strain from sheer volume

#BigTobacco - a few profit and the rest of us pay, in so many ways

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Trump’s ‘unpredictability’ means UK can’t rely on US in time of crisis, MPs warn UK urged to build relationships with ‘middle powers’ such as Canada and Australia and prepare for lack of US support

Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy says UK should "move away from a bilateral relationship with the United States that is so dependent on the latter".

Only one word missing: "urgently"

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Bioluminescent bacterial partner proves essential for squid development The Hawaiian bobtail squid, a small, multi-colored native of coastal waters in Hawai'i, uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself and evade predators. However, the costume change is only possible thro...

"We are all lichens"

"To develop properly, the squid host requires a protein provided by its bacterial symbiont".

Cooperation is the foundation of life: #Unlearn the neoliberal focus on competition
phys.org/news/2026-03...

Nestlé goes on trial over 'immeasurable' plastic pollution of water bottle dumps The food industry giant is on trial before a criminal illegally dumping plastic bottles that contaminated the soil and water resources at 'exorbitant' levels.

Read more: www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Nestlé’s pollution scandal shows exactly how broken our system is – corporations profit while communities are left with contaminated land and water

Strong regulation and real consequences are long overdue.

#Nestle #CleanWater

Change Everything A practical and hopeful guide for anyone who wants a fairer, greener future by a former Green leader

I happen to have a book for that 😀
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