Our data belongs to all of us. We need to know how the NHS deals with our data. We need the right to say no. No to sneaky data grabs and no to Palantir 👇
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A few days ago we announced 200,000 members.
The Green Party has 215,000! 🚀
Join us making hope normal again:
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We've just hit 215,000 members.
More than 2,000 people a day have joined us since our historic win in the Gorton and Denton by-election. Come and be a part of the movement which is making hope normal again. Join us 👇
Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
This needs to be broadcast on every news outlet. @channel4news.bsky.social
@itvnews.bsky.social
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social how about it?
Our drug policy makes sense, @greendrugpolicy.bsky.social. The war on drugs has failed we need take a public health approach to help people, that means legalise and regulate and follow advice from proper health professionals.
Excellent news with very welcome u-turn by government in House of Commons this evening, pledging to restore the Electoral Commission's independence. Democracy is strengthened by having an independent regulator.
(Labour had previously omitted from its legislative plans acting on this.)
Farage lost an election, didn't like the result, and this morning proposed changing who gets to vote. He wants to choose his own electorate.
Reform Watch launches its submissions system today. If you've seen something, our tip-off form is now open.
Link in comments.
@mayaellismp.bsky.social
Can you feedback that these asylum proposals are unworkable, and continues to make the Labour Party look cold and heartless. Be brave for once!
Hannah in a green jacket and pink top, with Carla Denyer MP to her right and Ellie Chowns MP on the left. All v colourful.
Hannah Spencer being sworn in as a Green Party MP this afternoon, after winning the Gorton & Denton by-election last week. Photo: House of Commons
I just signed the campaign calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer: Do not allow the USA to use British military bases for strikes on Iran, and give MPs a vote in Parliament. 38d.gs/ha-c
In case you missed it ...
Excellent 🙌👏
🔥 Might be a good time to drive this over 100,000.
Link —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
🤔 so that change we all voted for…. ?????
Agreed 💯
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
This is a good read on how the UK needs to adapt to a multi-party future.
I have just written to my MP to say the very same
Zack on the phone on the train
EXCL:
Zack Polanski overheard speaking loudly on his phone on a train saying there's shit loads of new green party members.
And the Greens are going to win elections right across England and Wales in May.
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Gorton and Denton made history last night. Reform lost. And Farage couldn’t accept it. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and what we do next.
Labour MP Clive Lewis doesn’t hold back on the Gorton and Denton result in this interview with ITV
Please @mayaellismp.bsky.social watch and listen to us.
Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs attacking the Green Party for embracing "divisive" and "sectarian" politics
I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters
And I’m more than happy to tell my MP exactly how this comes across 🤬
But apparently my MP, @mayaellismp.bsky.social says there isn’t a consensus on proportional representation!!!
Sky News don't seem as excited as the rest of us.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Npvw...
