YouGov has the Greens in second place for the first time
03.03.2026 06:58
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YouGov has the Greens in second place for the first time
Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere.
It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.
MPs looking at Lords amendments to Wellbeing Bill on March 9th, I'll post more about this tomorrow
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026... #HomeEducation
This is an excellent post from this headteacher! It covers the issues so clearly. #CleanAir
Hannah and Zack having a selfie
Final weekend. One last push.
This is about whether you want local plumber Hannah Spencer or the extreme Reform candidate.
It's hope vs hate.
It's Greens vs Reform.
Hope can win.
Wellbeing Bill - All kinds things MPs can do for constituents and some specific asks are harder to refuse or ignore edyourself.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/w... #HomeEducation
A long necked white and grey bird with a large beak (aka a grey heron) against an orange background. Copyright ©2026 Julie Spriddle, @JulieSpriddleArt, all rights reserved.
This dramatic and positively serpentine grey heron was drawn with the markers from the latest ScrawlrBox.
#BirdIllustration #ScrawlrChallenge #GreyHeron
I am still masking because despite the government saying COVID is ‘mild’ it’s not. No virus that carries post infection risks lasting 3 or more years is mild. I don’t want to pass on heart, immune damage, or neurological to other people.
I’d just like to say again.
Studies re COVID-19 published in 2020 clearly stated that deposition patterns consistent with aerosol spread was happening in hospitals.
They were finding positive samples for RNA in air ducts, on windows, under beds.
They did not match the advice to the findings…
Illustration of a green dinosaur with red spots dancing under a disco ball. Copyright ©2026 Julie Spriddle, all rights reserved.
Happy birthday to my OH. I drew him a disco dancing dinosaur.
#Dinosaur #TraditionalArt
I share this often because we easily forget
Reality is very different from Equality, Equity and Justice
Equality is different from Equity
Equity is different from Justice
We should aspire to justice for all
I like to describe myself as someone who stands for justice in all of its iterations
❤️💙🧡
The accusation that the Lords are “obstructing democracy” by supporters of the assisted dying bill is a ridiculous one that shows up the flaws in this process that have been there from the very beginning – which have repeatedly been covered up by heated rhetoric (1/?)
Bold text on a green background accompanied by a photo of Carla Denyer. The text reads: Work with me! Hiring 3 roles: 1 executive assistant, 1 media officer, 1 caseworker. Find out more and apply at greenparty.org.uk/jobs
🚨Hiring alert!🚨
I'm looking for three new staff members to join my brilliant team
If you're passionate about creating the positive change this country needs, and think you'd be a great fit for any of the roles, find out more and apply
Links below ⬇️
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Last week's bird from the BirbFest shortlist is the Galah Cockatoo. I had much fun with pink here :-)
#BirbFest2026 #BirdIllustration #MixedMediaIllustration
Student loans are not, and have never been, fair and this is shown by how government treats them. If they are a loan, then the terms should be those agreed at the point they were taken out i.e. no freezes to thresholds or extensions to terms. Otherwise, they are simply a tax by another name.
With Trump’s increasing belligerence, the UK urgently needs to establish digital sovereignty. Our country’s day-to-day functions should not rely on a handful of US-based tech giants.
I am calling for a UK digital sovereignty strategy. Write to your MP! action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
Green peer Baroness Jones raises concerns about safety of Brits visiting the US for World Cup and calls to "boycott America at the moment"
Thoughts?
It would appear most politicians can’t and it’s helping the political right. No health messaging is coming through from Labour to correct the catastrophic mess from the last government and this is partly why Reform are surging.
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. 190,000 Green Party Members Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE169GQ
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
We know that @greenparty.org.uk has many members who are affected by long term conditions as a result of prior infections and live with #ME/cfs and #LongCovid. We know this because they are members of #greensagainstcovid. Some have joined the party because of our policy.
When you are admiring the media cut through that the Greens have made in the last 6 months, remember that we've done it on a shoestring.
The huge flood of new members has brought more funds, but we don't do corporate backing and big donors.
This is on passion, creativity and commitment.
My greatest sympathy this morning to all of the families of British, and other nationality, families who lost loved ones, and those who suffered injury, supporting US causes
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
📣 Opportunity Green is hiring a Digital and SEO Manager!
If you have a real passion for using your digital skills and SEO knowledge to tackle climate change, this role is your chance to do exactly that.
Find out more and apply: www.opportunitygreen.org/vacancies-di...
#digitaljobs
UK digital sovereignty strategy EDM (Early Day Motion) 2650: tabled on 20 January 2026. Motion Text – That this House notes that government services, democratic functions and critical infrastructure increasingly depend on a small number of external digital suppliers; further notes that excessive concentration and inadequate exit or substitution planning expose the public sector to risks including service withdrawal, sanctions, commercial failure, geopolitical disruption and unilateral changes in service terms; also notes that existing government policy, including the Technology Code of Practice and Open Standards Principles, promotes interoperability, portability, reuse, access to source code and open source approaches to reduce supplier dependency, but that these principles are not applied consistently or in a binding way across government; believes that long-term resilience, continuity of public services and value for money require the Government to retain effective control over digital systems it funds or relies upon, including the ability to maintain, modify, and replace them without dependence on a single supplier; further believes that reducing supplier concentration through interoperable systems would strengthen competition, support UK technology firms and SMEs, and increase the proportion of public digital expenditure retained in the UK economy; and calls on the Government to publish a comprehensive UK digital sovereignty strategy with binding effect across central government, arm’s-length bodies, and the wider public sector, setting out how continuity of service and operational autonomy will be ensured in the event of supplier withdrawal, sanctions or external state action.
The UK needs #DigitalSovereignty.
This means running our services and critical infrastructure on homegrown open source tech that's beyond the reach of foreign political interference, whether it's the US, China or Israel.
We urge you to support the Early Day Motion tabled by @sianberry.bsky.social.
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy.
Urge your MP to sign @sianberry.bsky.social Early Day Motion 👇🏼
action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...
What ICE is doing in the United States Nigel Farage has told us he wants to do in the United Kingdom.
Channel 4 quote posting their own post. Original post: "Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV channel ever we have decided to try and claim ITV as ours." Quote post: "Update. The BBC has said they would give us one of their BAFTAs to calm us down."
Update from Channel 4:
This headline leaves out the key points:
Closer alliances with Europe. We are becoming the weak link against Donald Trump.
A defence strategy not dependent on the USA.
And ending the billions wasted on Trident - which doesn't work & leases the warheads from...the USA.
