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An image medley of Newtown and St Leonard’s Green Party candidate, Bernadette Chelvanayagam, with volunteers on swings in the park.
Promoted by TJ Milburn, on behalf of Exeter Green Party, c/o 4 Fountain House, Western Way, Exeter EX1 2DE

An image medley of Newtown and St Leonard’s Green Party candidate, Bernadette Chelvanayagam, with volunteers on swings in the park. Promoted by TJ Milburn, on behalf of Exeter Green Party, c/o 4 Fountain House, Western Way, Exeter EX1 2DE

↪️ We're witnessing a definite swing towards the Greens in Newtown and St Leonard’s.

🥀Topple Labour. ✋️Stop Reform.
💚 Vote Green Party in Exeter on May 7th.

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A picture of Bernadette Chelvanayagam, Green Party candidate for Newtown and St Leonard’s in Exeter.

A picture of Bernadette Chelvanayagam, Green Party candidate for Newtown and St Leonard’s in Exeter.

💚 Bernadette currently works with householders across Exeter to tackle fuel poverty & has seen first-hand how many local people struggle with the costs of energy, food, rent & mortgages.
🟩 🟩This experience will make her an excellent addition to the ward's existing two Green councillors.
#VoteGreen

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An image of Jack Reed, Green Party candidate for St Thomas, Exeter. #GetGreensElected

An image of Jack Reed, Green Party candidate for St Thomas, Exeter. #GetGreensElected

🔊Jack Reed is our community champion candidate for St Thomas
📍Jack is local and is already working to support the local community and environment.
🗣 Jack says: “I believe local people should shape the decisions that affect their lives.”
💚 Vote Jack Reed. Vote Green Party in St Thomas 💚

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Real Hope. Real Change. For Exeter...

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New petition calls for referendum on public ownership of water Feargal Sharkey is backing the petition

A new petition has been launched calling for a referendum on taking water into public ownership

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This is going to be great!

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Poll showing Reform on 24% with predicted 291 seats and Green Party on 20% of the vote and predicted 102 seats.

Poll showing Reform on 24% with predicted 291 seats and Green Party on 20% of the vote and predicted 102 seats.

Make this make sense.
A Party with less than a quarter of the vote could win three times the seats of a party with a fifth of the vote.
The way to stop Reform is to ditch undemocratic and unrepresentative FPTP.
Electoral reform. Now.

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We’re at war with Iran over an “imminent threat,” yet the US is now lifting sanctions on Iranian oil and eased restrictions on Russian oil.

Meanwhile, Russia is helping Iran with intelligence to target US forces.

Make it make sense.

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We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social excellent piece on how Iran's ayatollahs would not be running the country were it not for our own governments’ violent crushing of democracy in the 1950's for the sake of oil.

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Labour's "difficult choices" is code for wrong choices...

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A graphic showing an artist's impression of how Dryden Road could look if Option 3 on the consultation becomes reality. It shows traffic causing risk to cyclists. A banner across the graphic says: Choose to keep everyone safe.

A graphic showing an artist's impression of how Dryden Road could look if Option 3 on the consultation becomes reality. It shows traffic causing risk to cyclists. A banner across the graphic says: Choose to keep everyone safe.

We are urging people to prioritise the safety of cyclists & pedestrians when making their responses to a consultation on the future of traffic management and active travel provision on Dryden Road and surrounding area.

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Exeter's Green Fighting Fund We want to build strong Green campaigns in communities across the city, supporting residents and helping shape the future of Exeter.

Here are the details of our Green Fighting Fund which will help turn Exeter Green.

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👥 We're people powered, not funded by large corporate donations.
🗣That's why we're calling on your support.
⚠️ AND GET THIS ⚠️
🥳 Any donations to our crowdfunder over the next 2 weeks will be match funded up to £4000.

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Exeter Greens challenge Stagecoach over 'steep' city bus fare hikes Exeter Greens challenge Stagecoach over steep bus fare hikes as operator defends its new pricing structure and prepares for electric vehicle rollout

“It’s clear that a lack of ambition by Stagecoach to increase passenger numbers is bypassed by an easier route to generate profits. So if they can carry 10 passengers paying £5 each rather than 20 passengers paying £2 each, they'll carry fewer passengers if this means more revenue.”

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This election is an appeal for trust, a battle against fear and a straight fight between Greens and Reform | Hannah Spencer Thursday’s stakes could not be higher. We know Labour has failed and Farage’s Reform is poisonous. I want to win Gorton and Denton as a fresh start, says Hannah Spencer, the Green party candidate in t...

Gorton & Denton Green candidate Hannah Spencer:
"I’ve spent my working life fixing homes. But after years of watching things fall apart, I’m done waiting for someone else to change things. It’s time to turn my hand to fixing whole communities – and... repair our broken politics." ⬇️ 💚

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New poll. Scottish Greens forecast to overtake Labour and Tories in Scotland. Greens: 14 MSPs. Labour: 13 MSPs. Tory: 10 MSPs. Vote Scottish Greens on 7 May.

New poll. Scottish Greens forecast to overtake Labour and Tories in Scotland. Greens: 14 MSPs. Labour: 13 MSPs. Tory: 10 MSPs. Vote Scottish Greens on 7 May.

🚨 NEW POLL!

A new poll out today has the Scottish Greens doubling our MSPs and overtaking both Labour and the Tories in the Scottish Parliament.

This May we can bring about the green change that Scotland badly needs.

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Dear Lucy

Three weeks ago you wrote me a bizarre letter in an attempt to hold on to voters who Labour have for too long taken for granted in Gorton and Denton. 

First, I’d like to give my apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I've been busy on the ground with Hannah Spencer talking to voters about the issues that matter to them – lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services. 

You'll appreciate most of your letter is out of date now, but I'm sure you'll have seen the poll that came out today, that puts us in first place and Reform in second. Labour are a distant third and it’s now clearer than ever that your party cannot win in Gorton and Denton. 

If you are as concerned about stopping Reform as you proposed in your letter, the course is now clear: in the spirit in which you wrote to me, you should now urge your members and former voters to back Hannah Spencer on the 26th February to stop Reform and make hope normal again. 


Kind regards,



Zack Polanski
Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 

P.S – Hannah looks forward to saying hi in Parliament!

Dear Lucy Three weeks ago you wrote me a bizarre letter in an attempt to hold on to voters who Labour have for too long taken for granted in Gorton and Denton. First, I’d like to give my apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I've been busy on the ground with Hannah Spencer talking to voters about the issues that matter to them – lowering bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services. You'll appreciate most of your letter is out of date now, but I'm sure you'll have seen the poll that came out today, that puts us in first place and Reform in second. Labour are a distant third and it’s now clearer than ever that your party cannot win in Gorton and Denton. If you are as concerned about stopping Reform as you proposed in your letter, the course is now clear: in the spirit in which you wrote to me, you should now urge your members and former voters to back Hannah Spencer on the 26th February to stop Reform and make hope normal again. Kind regards, Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales P.S – Hannah looks forward to saying hi in Parliament!

Dear Lucy Powell,

A response to your letter:

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Bar chart showing Greens in the lead on 20% with Reform UK on 17% and Labour on 15%. But there are still 27% undecided.

Bar chart showing Greens in the lead on 20% with Reform UK on 17% and Labour on 15%. But there are still 27% undecided.

🥳 Greens lead in Gorton and Denton.
❓️And all those undecideds wondering where best to cast their vote to beat the hatemongers, it's now clear.
💚 Only the Green Party can beat Reform UK.

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The UN has called the horrors in Sudan ‘hallmarks of genocide,’ with thousands brutalised and killed.

The UK cannot continue to fail our legal and moral obligations to prevent genocide - we must act to prevent further atrocities and to hold those responsible to account.

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The picture shows the piece of land at County Hall earmarked for sell-off and development. A green flag superimposed on the photo proclaims: Development Halted.

The picture shows the piece of land at County Hall earmarked for sell-off and development. A green flag superimposed on the photo proclaims: Development Halted.

GREEN WIN!
Campaigning by Exeter Green councillor Andy Ketchin has paid off.
Flogging off land to developers at the much cherished historic green space of County Hall has been halted!
Now the County Council must listen to the many objections from residents & officers and abandon this sell-off.

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REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
RAMADAN MUBARAK
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. RAMADAN MUBARAK Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

The Green Party wishes a happy and peaceful Ramadan to everyone celebrating in the UK and around the world.

Ramadan Mubarak.

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Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?

Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

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Dear Gorton & Denton,

Something you might want to hear...

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A graphic showing a person placing a bote into a ballot box. Text reads: Labour U-turn on disgraceful disregard of democracy. People will have their say in May.

A graphic showing a person placing a bote into a ballot box. Text reads: Labour U-turn on disgraceful disregard of democracy. People will have their say in May.

Greens have consistently said these elections should go ahead and led a coordinated campaign with other opposition parties to lobby the government to do the right thing. Now they have.

People will now have their say on who will best represent them in their ward and who runs Exeter City Council.

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To those saying, "but the Greens will split the vote":
1. Things have changed.
2. It's not the Green's fault that Starmer has the Merdas Touch (turns everything to shit)
3. When the Greens offer the only inspiring option, perhaps we should see the Labour candidate as splitting the vote.

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Thanks to amazing team who came canvassing in Denton with me today - we had a lot of fun & fab reception on the doorsteps 🙂. And if anyone is still (weirdly) thinking of voting Labour - one more Labour backbencher will make no difference - the first Green MP from Manchester would be transformative 💪

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Please join us and help make history at the Gorton and Denton by-election! 💚. We have a brilliant candidate, Hannah Spencer, we have momentum and we have a vital message - that the politics of hope *can* win over the politics of hate.
We can win this! @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk

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INTRODUCING!
Hannah Spencer
Green Party candidate for GORTON & DENTON
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer Green Party candidate for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚

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🫣 Labour in Exeter joins forces with Reform UK to block improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
🤑 Throwing away money earmarked for healthy and active travel.
🤔 What is the point of Labour?

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