Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Unbelievably, Keir Starmer can now be compared to Boris Johnson The Prime Minister was once a man with a reputation for integrity and decency

It is preposterous and honestly rather shameful for Starmer to act so upset over the Mandelson affair. He is basically attacking Robbins for doing precisely what he wanted him to do inews.co.uk/opinion/unbe...

Desperate Labour double down on Green Party antisemitism smear Labour's Steve Reed – who himself has been accused of antisemitism – is re-running the antisemitism smear against the Green Party and the Jewish Zack Polanski

Labour's Steve Reed – who himself has been accused of antisemitism – is re-running the antisemitism smear against the Green Party and the Jewish Zack Polanski

by @willem-moore.bsky.social

🌍 Earth Day 22 April

We’ll be Wimborne tomorrow sharing a simple message, a fairer, safer future is still within reach.

Renewables are the cheapest power and cut pollution. New North Sea drilling won’t lower bills.

Choose hope & action. Come and say hello.

#Wimborne #EarthDay #StopRosebank

Screenshot of BBC live 21st April headline 'Sacked Foreign Office chief describes 'pressure' from No 10 and 'dismissive' attitude to Mandelson vetting '.

National security put at risk because the PM became so intent on having #Mandelson as US Ambassador.

No 10 suggests Starmer inadvertently misled Parliament over Mandelson row as PM to face MPs - follow live The PM has said he is

Starmer knew what #Mandelson was like, we all did. He knew his history & that appointing him entailed risks. He showed poor judgement in giving him a high profile job. #Starmer did not check the facts before the appointment or before making statements after the sacking.
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Protesters say Bristol Airport's runway extension will 'wreck' common Airport wants to extend its runway so it can accommodate larger planes and offer long-haul flights.

Steve Clarke, from #BristolAirport Action Network, said: "It's going to completely wreck the common. They're basically doing a land-grab. This is common land. We don't think it's right to be taken for a commercial enterprise,"

When is airport developed enough?

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A photo of a sign next to a pond and wildflowers, with trees in the background, saying: Developers see 'unused land'. Wildlife sees the last place to stay alive.

Yes, human use is not the only use - and all uses are interdependent.

Japan reveals new name for 40C-and-hotter days after blistering summer The term - kokushobi - translates to

' Japan has unveiled a new name for days that reach 40C (104F) or above, after the country experienced its hottest summer on record last year. The term - #kokushobi - has been translated as "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot" ' #ClimateCrisis

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A photo of a sign next to a pond and wildflowers, with trees in the background, saying: Developers see 'unused land'. Wildlife sees the last place to stay alive.

Yes, human use is not the only use - and all uses are interdependent.

Always good to ask who wants you to consider what inevitable.
AI, robots, endless war, patriarchy with the mask off?

Always good also to ask who wants you to believe what impossible?
Caring about the other? Making choices for the long term common good? Living together simply and at peace?

A photo taken by Apollo 15 in 1971 showing a crescent Earth from the Moon. Accompanied by a quote from Astronaut Dave Scott, 7th person on the Moon: 'It truly is an oasis and we don't take very good care of it. And I think the elevation of that awareness is a real contribution to, you know, saving the Earth if you will.'

We have done a very poor job of protecting our only home (Earth) since this was said in 1971. We are saying the same things now about our planet, photos this time from Artemis 2.
#environmentalism
#sustainability

Something to celebrate on Easter Sun. OTOH the POTUS is a deranged monster…. Have signals about the state of things ever been more mixed?

Lord Ashcroft poll (26th to 30th March) putting the Greens in first place on 21 4%. A first. Reform 20.9, Conservatives 20.5, Labour 17.0, Lib Dems 9.2.

Labour have attacked environmentalism & leftism. They've moved a long way to the right of politics. There's been latent agreement with the basic case the #Greens make for decades. Now much of the context favour their progress. Interest in the Greens is no longer latent.

What was the 1970s oil crisis, and are we heading for something worse? While both crises involve oil, experts say there are some important differences between what happened in the 1970s and today.

'1970s #oilcrisis was "fundamentally different" from today's...first oil shock back then was "the result of a deliberate policy decision" '

It wasn't a deliberate US/Israel policy decision to attack Iran - or Iranian decision to restrict Strait of Hormuz use?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is a real contradiction in supporting greener steel production if it is to go into the third runway at Heathrow, which will significantly increase emissions.

We cannot tackle the climate crisis while locking in higher carbon outputs.

#Climate #Heathrow

Rachel Reeves rules out universal support on energy bills Chancellor says package offered by Liz Truss’s government was unaffordable and any future help will be targeted

This is an unbelievably weak response from the chancellor to the enormous bill hikes facing households in the UK. Monitoring the situation?
These lukewarm words show the government simply do not understand the scale of the cost of living crisis.

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

PM swerves questions on whether he spoke to Mandelson over Epstein friendshp Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch repeatedly asks if the prime minister spoke to Peter Mandelson about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein before picking him to be a UK ambassador.

'Sir Keir #Starmer has avoided saying whether he spoke to Peter Mandelson about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, before picking the peer as the UK's ambassador to the US. Despite repeated questioning...'
#PMQs at its worst today.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead Leader uses first major economic speech to prioritise public services and reduction of inequality over growth

Finally a party high in the polls has the right goal - 'Zack Polanski says Greens would ditch GDP targets and focus on wellbeing instead
Leader uses first major economic speech to prioritise public services and reduction of inequality over growth'

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

Screenshot of a Peterborough Green Party Facebook post which says you don't have to change your life to be Green. The post uses an image which lists the many things you can do while being Green, such as: driving a petrol or diesel car; eating whatever you want; struggling at gardening; taking a plane on holiday, and more.

Yes, because being #Green is about fair changes to systems. Being Green is not about individualism - that distortion originates from capitalism which blames you and I while over-exploiting us.

Ellie Chowns MP for North Herefordshire "Following the strikes on Iran, Israel has expanded their ground campaign in Lebanon, displacing a million people throughout the country and seemingly preparing for prolonged occupation of southern Lebanon. Trump has intensified his threats against Cuba following the collapse of the island nation's energy grid under a US-imposed oil blockade, declaring just yesterday that he believes he will ‘take’ the country and ‘could do anything [he] want[s] with it. This cannot continue." Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

"The Green Party calls on the UK Government to make clear to Trump and Netanyahu the UK will not accept breaches of international law, to withdraw permission for the US to use UK military bases, and to refuse any further complicity in this illegal war." @elliechowns.bsky.social

We said we would replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.

And that's exactly what's happening.

We need you.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Remember: when Nigel Farage opens his mouth, the fossil fuel industry speaks.

Why Hormuz will haunt us long after this war ends Iran has shown that control of the strait gives it a stranglehold over the world economy

"Iranian moderates, who once argued for diplomacy with west rather than all-out confrontation, may have been permanently undermined by the fact the US attacked while negotiations were still under way."

Long-term Trump legacy
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Fancy working with us?

We're looking for a fulltime social media officer, working remotely or from Westminster, in @greenparty.org.uk #HouseofLords team. Applications close March 30, but why wait? Please share with anyone likely to be interested

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Screenshot of a Greepeace social media post: Trump's illegal war on Iran has already made six oil companies $120 billion richer.

Profit from death, destruction & destabilisation. #Iran

The Psychology Of Prejudice YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

Loved this conversation - Dr Keon West is a joy to listen & learn from.

This is the science of racism:

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AIGBURTH LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION WIN GRN: 45.3% LDM: 36.9% LAB: 10.3% REM: 7.0% CON: 0.5% GREEN GAIN FROM LIBERAL DEMOCRAT Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

🎉 Green WIN! 🎉

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💚 Congratulations to Paul Ruddick of @liverpool.greenparty.org.uk on being elected in Aigburth ward!