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Left wing journalist. Dad of Léa and Saoirse. Book ‘Abolish Westminster’ due out with Faber 2026ish. Also at: https://substack.com/@abolishwestminster

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Caroline Lucas: Scotland, we need to talk about how we can take on the far right I’ll be discussing what I learned while campaigning in the Gorton and Denton by-election, and how we can take on the far right together

Scotland, we need to talk about how to take on the far right - great piece by @carolinelucas.bsky.social ahead of her events in Edinburgh and Glasgow next week: www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

05.03.2026 08:57 👍 25 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 2

Come along to one of the events!

05.03.2026 09:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tickets - make hope possible limited Make hope possible proudly presents: Caroline Lucas in conversation: How to beat right wing populism 10th March 2026- Edinburgh11th March 2026 – Glasgow Caroline Lucas has been prominent in British...

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Caroline Lucas: Scotland, we need to talk about how we can take on the far right I’ll be discussing what I learned while campaigning in the Gorton and Denton by-election, and how we can take on the far right together

Scotland, we need to talk about how to take on the far right - great piece by @carolinelucas.bsky.social ahead of her events in Edinburgh and Glasgow next week: www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

05.03.2026 08:57 👍 25 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 2
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Caroline Lucas: Scotland, we need to talk about how we can take on the far right I’ll be discussing what I learned while campaigning in the Gorton and Denton by-election, and how we can take on the far right together

Scotland, we need to talk about how to take on the far right: www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

05.03.2026 08:55 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Caroline Lucas in Conversation: Edinburgh - make hope possible limited Make Hope Possible Presents Caroline Lucas in Conversation: How to beat right wing populism Edinburgh – 10/3/26 Caroline Lucas has been prominent in British politics for 25 years, including as...

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03.03.2026 15:52 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Offshore Britain created the Epstein class Britain's tax-haven territories are all over the Epstein files - because the global super-rich rely heavily on them

Offshore Britain created the Epstein Class. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

By me

03.03.2026 16:59 👍 9 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Offshore Britain created the Epstein class Britain's tax-haven territories are all over the Epstein files - because the global super-rich rely heavily on them

Offshore Britain created the Epstein Class. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

By me

03.03.2026 16:59 👍 9 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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In defence of the oil industry Britain, colonialism and the military: the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels.

If Iran attacks British interests overseas, it will be incredibly difficult to defend them. British oil infrastructure is spread all over the world, it already costs millions to protect it - money that should be spent on schools, hospitals - and peace negotiators.

theecologist.org/2026/feb/17/...

02.03.2026 12:52 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

I think Gorton and Denton answers that if

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Membership means money and potential activists which - as we saw in G&D, is huge.

01.03.2026 10:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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200,000 @greenparty.org.uk members + 9k @scottishgreens.org = 209k Green members. Labour claimed 250,000 in December, but takes ages to delete cancelled memberships. Those lines will surely cross this year.

01.03.2026 10:25 👍 31 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 2
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In Edinburgh or Glasgow? Join @carolinelucas.bsky.social (and me) discussing how to beat the far right on 10/11 March: makehopepossible.org/tickets/

27.02.2026 16:02 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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In Edinburgh or Glasgow? Join @carolinelucas.bsky.social (and me) discussing how to beat the far right on 10/11 March: makehopepossible.org/tickets/

27.02.2026 16:02 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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What does the Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton mean for the future of British politics? Our panel responds Greens first, Reform second, Labour trailing – and the Tories losing their deposit. This felt like a rejection of the status quo

“The Green surge has become a winning machine” - me in the Guardian’s online panel after last night’s stunning victory www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

27.02.2026 09:39 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

With polls closed in Gorton and Denton, we know one thing for sure: it’s time to abolish first past the post.

26.02.2026 22:20 👍 106 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 0
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Gorton and Denton shows the need for electoral reform Abolish dodgy bar charts - multi-party politics is here

Dodgy bar charts and dubious claims about polling are an inevitable consequence of using first-past-the-post in a multi-party country: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/gorton-and... - me on Gorton and Denton controversies.

26.02.2026 11:17 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 2

I don't think I do equalise them. Labour has outright lied, Greens have used some questionable stats. You can say both of those things without saying they're the same.

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Gorton and Denton shows the need for electoral reform Abolish dodgy bar charts - multi-party politics is here

Dodgy bar charts and dubious claims about polling are an inevitable consequence of using first-past-the-post in a multi-party country: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/gorton-and... - me on Gorton and Denton controversies.

26.02.2026 11:17 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 2
"A country without a coherent story about who and what it is can never thrive and prosper" 
Caroline Lucas
10th March Edinburgh
11th March Glasgow

"A country without a coherent story about who and what it is can never thrive and prosper" Caroline Lucas 10th March Edinburgh 11th March Glasgow

Join us to discuss our stories and what rUK can learn from Scotland about our nations narrative and how progressives across these islands can stand up to the far-right
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@carolinelucas.bsky.social @adamramsay.bsky.social #MakeHopePossible

23.02.2026 10:22 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

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Many people in the Labour Party will have read the expert reports and seen the international evidence, have understood that the war on drugs is failing disastrously and know the Greens are basically right on drugs. But they choose more needless deaths over losing a by-election.

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Can the monarchy survive Andrew? | LBC The Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crisis is serious in itself - the allegations against him matter in their own right. But they also sit as part of a wider story of the decline - and resilience - of the ...

The Andrew crisis won’t be the end of the House of Windsor, but it is another step in their slow decline. Me for @lbc.co.uk www.lbc.co.uk/article/prin...

19.02.2026 21:33 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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As a parent of small children, I want them to get age appropriate sex education so that if someone touches them inappropriately, they have the language to say so. The only people who lose out from this are paedophiles. Why is @mattgoodwin.skystack.xyz campaigning against it?

19.02.2026 18:28 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
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I have left the Labour Party and joined the @greenparty.org.uk. Full statement below. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @southwarkgp.bsky.social

19.02.2026 10:17 👍 46 🔁 22 💬 8 📌 1

This is surely the most profound crisis for the monarchy since the abdication

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In defence of the oil industry Britain, colonialism and the military: the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels.

Britain, colonialism and the military: the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels. The latest analysis from @adamramsay.bsky.social. New special issue from The Ecologist.

theecologist.org/2026/feb/17/...

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How the British military props up the oil industry And how the oil industry influences the Ministry of Defence (long read)

Looking at what the Navy gets up to around the world, it’s hard not to conclude that defending the oil industry is central to its strategy. Which isn’t surprising, when you look at the role oil industry figures play in shaping its strategy - my long read: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

18.02.2026 07:35 👍 7 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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How the British military props up the oil industry And how the oil industry influences the Ministry of Defence (long read)

Looking at what the Navy gets up to around the world, it’s hard not to conclude that defending the oil industry is central to its strategy. Which isn’t surprising, when you look at the role oil industry figures play in shaping its strategy - my long read: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

18.02.2026 07:35 👍 7 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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How the British military props up the oil industry And how the oil industry influences the Ministry of Defence (long read)

How the British military props up the oil industry:

open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...

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