Annemieke Waite
@annemiekewaite.bsky.social
💚Cabinet member for Planning and Environment, North Somerset Council
💚District Councillor for Winford ward
💚All views my own 💚
Promoted by Neil Doherty on behalf of North Somerset Green Party, 17 George St, Bristol, BS1 5QT
💚District Councillor for Winford ward
💚All views my own 💚
Promoted by Neil Doherty on behalf of North Somerset Green Party, 17 George St, Bristol, BS1 5QT
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Last night #R4Today debate in front of a live audience by Nick Robinson asked: Who should pay more tax?
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Last night #R4Today debate in front of a live audience by Nick Robinson asked: Who should pay more tax?
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
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Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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🎉 Green WIN! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🎉 Green WIN! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
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BREAKING 🚨 BBC Dragon’s Den star businesswoman Deborah Meaden endorses Zack Polanski 💚 (Source: LBC)
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
BREAKING 🚨 BBC Dragon’s Den star businesswoman Deborah Meaden endorses Zack Polanski 💚 (Source: LBC)
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👀💚👀💚 what a result!! Well done Mike and North Somerset Greens 💚
Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
👀💚👀💚 what a result!! Well done Mike and North Somerset Greens 💚
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Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Congratulations to our newest Green councillor, Cllr Mike Dunn, on winning the Long Ashton ward by-election in North Somerset with a huge Green vote!
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107 years ago, the First World War ended, and a new world began.
Today we join #LocalGov across the country in honouring those who served and sacrificed their lives.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
Today we join #LocalGov across the country in honouring those who served and sacrificed their lives.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
November 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
107 years ago, the First World War ended, and a new world began.
Today we join #LocalGov across the country in honouring those who served and sacrificed their lives.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
Today we join #LocalGov across the country in honouring those who served and sacrificed their lives.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
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Never forget. Never again.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Never forget. Never again.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
Bristol Airport confirms it will need to move its approach landing lights onto the nature reserve that is Felton Common, if it is allowed to make the runway longer.
This wasn't mentioned in the 'Master Plan' for expansion & now campaigners are furious
More👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
This wasn't mentioned in the 'Master Plan' for expansion & now campaigners are furious
More👇
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Fury as Bristol Airport reveals plan to expand on to nature reserve next door
A longer runway would mean landing lights on the ancient Felton Common
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Wealth taxes are back on the agenda – and Prof Richard Murphy shows why the data demands them.
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
How capitalism drives inequality: and how to stop it
Wealth taxes are on Rachel Reeves’ agenda. Thomas Piketty has shown why it matters, and how we could stop the growth of inequality
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Wealth taxes are back on the agenda – and Prof Richard Murphy shows why the data demands them.
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
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The UK has become a genuine multi-party country – but our voting system hasn’t caught up. The Dutch elections this week show how proportional representation can give everyone a voice, while keeping extremists out of power.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
How to tame the populists: lessons from the Netherlands
Recent elections in the Netherlands show how a proportional voting system can prevent extremists from taking power. Lessons for the UK?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The UK has become a genuine multi-party country – but our voting system hasn’t caught up. The Dutch elections this week show how proportional representation can give everyone a voice, while keeping extremists out of power.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
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Food banks provide help when people need it most. But real change means ending the need for them altogether.
Repost if you agree 💚
Repost if you agree 💚
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Food banks provide help when people need it most. But real change means ending the need for them altogether.
Repost if you agree 💚
Repost if you agree 💚
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.
And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk
📈 Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.
And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@lvclarke.bsky.social been there, 💚 did that 💚 and never looked back 💚
Never before have I felt so let down by a Labour government as with this one. I cancelled my membership earlier this year. Zack Polanski gives me hope. In the space of 8 weeks, I've joined the Green Party, and been encouraged to stand as a councillor for my local ward! And I couldn't be happier 😍
October 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
@lvclarke.bsky.social been there, 💚 did that 💚 and never looked back 💚
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Just watching Ed Milliband on #BBCLauraK - both he & Victoria Derbyshire miss the point.
Much 'policy' ££ on energy bills comes back to customers as discounts - but the eye watering 24% of your bill which goes as profit to privatised companies sure does not.
Much 'policy' ££ on energy bills comes back to customers as discounts - but the eye watering 24% of your bill which goes as profit to privatised companies sure does not.
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Just watching Ed Milliband on #BBCLauraK - both he & Victoria Derbyshire miss the point.
Much 'policy' ££ on energy bills comes back to customers as discounts - but the eye watering 24% of your bill which goes as profit to privatised companies sure does not.
Much 'policy' ££ on energy bills comes back to customers as discounts - but the eye watering 24% of your bill which goes as profit to privatised companies sure does not.
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked, why has there been a surge in Green Party membership? #bbclaurak
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked, why has there been a surge in Green Party membership? #bbclaurak
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The Reform Party now takes cryptocurrency donations. Ireland banned them. The UK welcomes them. And Farage calls it freedom. It’s not. It’s money without accountability – and that’s a threat to democracy, argues Prof Richard Murphy.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty
Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Add to that the huge increase in needs for Adult Social Services and Children's Services and you can see why Local Authorities struggle to balance their budgets. A #FairFundingFormula is needed but government proposals will only make things worse.
The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
October 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Add to that the huge increase in needs for Adult Social Services and Children's Services and you can see why Local Authorities struggle to balance their budgets. A #FairFundingFormula is needed but government proposals will only make things worse.
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The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.
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We're progressing with the next stage of our Local Plan, following a meeting of our Cabinet, and we're calling for fair and infrastructure-led growth as government housing targets drive new development 🏠 📣
🔗 https://orlo.uk/gc0iQ
👀 Watch the meeting https://orlo.uk/YBIDD
🔗 https://orlo.uk/gc0iQ
👀 Watch the meeting https://orlo.uk/YBIDD
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We're progressing with the next stage of our Local Plan, following a meeting of our Cabinet, and we're calling for fair and infrastructure-led growth as government housing targets drive new development 🏠 📣
🔗 https://orlo.uk/gc0iQ
👀 Watch the meeting https://orlo.uk/YBIDD
🔗 https://orlo.uk/gc0iQ
👀 Watch the meeting https://orlo.uk/YBIDD
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"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."
Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents
In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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We must adapt to protect our future.
We’re calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan to invest in:
📚 public education
🏗️ stronger infrastructure
🏘️ local funding
Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ClimateMajorityProject
We’re calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan to invest in:
📚 public education
🏗️ stronger infrastructure
🏘️ local funding
Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ClimateMajorityProject
September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We must adapt to protect our future.
We’re calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan to invest in:
📚 public education
🏗️ stronger infrastructure
🏘️ local funding
Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ClimateMajorityProject
We’re calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan to invest in:
📚 public education
🏗️ stronger infrastructure
🏘️ local funding
Sign the petition today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ClimateMajorityProject