Alex Daar
@greendaar.bsky.social
Love reading, films, theatre and walking.
Hertford Town Councillor and East Herts District Councillor. Anything political promoted by Alex Daar on behalf of East Herts Green Party c/o 55 High Street, Hertford.
Hertford Town Councillor and East Herts District Councillor. Anything political promoted by Alex Daar on behalf of East Herts Green Party c/o 55 High Street, Hertford.
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The Sustainable Christmas Makers Fair is this weekend at the Corn Exchange in Hertford, 10:30am to 3:30pm.
Refreshments available.
Please join us to support our wonderful craft makers. Let’s make this Festive Season a little greener 💚
Refreshments available.
Please join us to support our wonderful craft makers. Let’s make this Festive Season a little greener 💚
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The Sustainable Christmas Makers Fair is this weekend at the Corn Exchange in Hertford, 10:30am to 3:30pm.
Refreshments available.
Please join us to support our wonderful craft makers. Let’s make this Festive Season a little greener 💚
Refreshments available.
Please join us to support our wonderful craft makers. Let’s make this Festive Season a little greener 💚
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Hardworking Green councillors are very pleased to announce a major step forward for Ward Freman Community Pool.
eastherts.greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Thanks to councillors @sarahhopewell.bsky.social @suenicholls.bsky.social, Vicky Burt and Phil Ricketts.
eastherts.greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Thanks to councillors @sarahhopewell.bsky.social @suenicholls.bsky.social, Vicky Burt and Phil Ricketts.
BIG STEP FOR LOCAL SWIMMING POOL’S FUTURE - East Herts Green Party
Hardworking Green councillors are very pleased to announce that a major step forward for Ward Freman Community Pool in Buntingford has been found. Hertfordshire County Council has offered the freehold...
eastherts.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hardworking Green councillors are very pleased to announce a major step forward for Ward Freman Community Pool.
eastherts.greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Thanks to councillors @sarahhopewell.bsky.social @suenicholls.bsky.social, Vicky Burt and Phil Ricketts.
eastherts.greenparty.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Thanks to councillors @sarahhopewell.bsky.social @suenicholls.bsky.social, Vicky Burt and Phil Ricketts.
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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The final meeting of @hertscc at County Hall in #Hertford today, along with green cllrs @rcarterhertford.bsky.social & @stegw.bsky.social Sad we won’t enjoy the gorgeous 1930’s interior again but this day was inevitable after 14 years of severe underfunding by successive Conservative governments.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The final meeting of @hertscc at County Hall in #Hertford today, along with green cllrs @rcarterhertford.bsky.social & @stegw.bsky.social Sad we won’t enjoy the gorgeous 1930’s interior again but this day was inevitable after 14 years of severe underfunding by successive Conservative governments.
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Alarmed to hear Rachel Reeves talking about "selling government assets we no longer have any use for"
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
The truth about what 14 years of CUTS looks like
YouTube video by We Own It
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Alarmed to hear Rachel Reeves talking about "selling government assets we no longer have any use for"
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
Look at everything that's been stolen from YOU since 2010 👇👇👇
*We need MORE publicly owned assets not fewer* to "break the cycle of austerity" #Budget2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XN4...
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Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Growing @greenparty.org.uk membership 📈
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Growing the pressure on Labour to tax extreme wealth fairly 📈
Growing the movement to make hope normal again 📈
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror, on a 2% wealth tax over £10m:
"So you keep your first £10m, and then you pay a small amount on the top, the 2%"
"And assets normally go up 5% a year, so you're still making money!"
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social is actually only saying 1%
"So you keep your first £10m, and then you pay a small amount on the top, the 2%"
"And assets normally go up 5% a year, so you're still making money!"
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social is actually only saying 1%
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Kevin Maguire, Daily Mirror, on a 2% wealth tax over £10m:
"So you keep your first £10m, and then you pay a small amount on the top, the 2%"
"And assets normally go up 5% a year, so you're still making money!"
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social is actually only saying 1%
"So you keep your first £10m, and then you pay a small amount on the top, the 2%"
"And assets normally go up 5% a year, so you're still making money!"
And @zackpolanski.bsky.social is actually only saying 1%
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Really good video here from local firm Highway Cycles showing the development of cycling over recent decades as an alternative to using a car.
Filmed in Hertford, Cambridge and Stevenage
@nhertsstevenagegp.bsky.social
@cambsgreenparty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6J7...
Filmed in Hertford, Cambridge and Stevenage
@nhertsstevenagegp.bsky.social
@cambsgreenparty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6J7...
Highway Cycles: 52 Years Later
YouTube video by Highway Cycles
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Really good video here from local firm Highway Cycles showing the development of cycling over recent decades as an alternative to using a car.
Filmed in Hertford, Cambridge and Stevenage
@nhertsstevenagegp.bsky.social
@cambsgreenparty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6J7...
Filmed in Hertford, Cambridge and Stevenage
@nhertsstevenagegp.bsky.social
@cambsgreenparty.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6J7...
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Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.
This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Huge thanks to Jeremy and Chris and #Bengeo @easthertsgreens.bsky.social cllrs @greendaar.bsky.social and @vickysmith.bsky.social for coming out on a damp Saturday morning to break sweat and help clear most of the leaves and mud from the path on Port Hill in #Hertford 💚💚
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Huge thanks to Jeremy and Chris and #Bengeo @easthertsgreens.bsky.social cllrs @greendaar.bsky.social and @vickysmith.bsky.social for coming out on a damp Saturday morning to break sweat and help clear most of the leaves and mud from the path on Port Hill in #Hertford 💚💚
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At every step of the way Farage has parroted Russian strategy.
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
At every step of the way Farage has parroted Russian strategy.
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🎬 Here's why 100,000 people have recently joined the Green Party ⤵️
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎬 Here's why 100,000 people have recently joined the Green Party ⤵️
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
✅️ Be the next: Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Pass the phone… to the 40,000 Young Greens! 📲 💚
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
We now have the largest youth and student movement in UK politics - AND the biggest Young Greens group in Europe 🥳
This is the generation that’s done waiting. Join us. ⤵️
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Think Streeting is left wing? 40 things you should know about Wes... 👇
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
Think Streeting is left wing? 40 things you should know about Wes..
Streeting is pro-privatisation, pro-Israel and his donors include hedge fund managers, big banks, private health investors and arms firms.
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Think Streeting is left wing? 40 things you should know about Wes... 👇
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/t...
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We used to call it sleaze.
But this tangled web of filth is far more than just sleaze.
But this tangled web of filth is far more than just sleaze.
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We used to call it sleaze.
But this tangled web of filth is far more than just sleaze.
But this tangled web of filth is far more than just sleaze.
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And this is a good piece from just yesterday, about how right-wing approaches are seen as sensible and moderate while left wing ones are treated by the media as half-baked and radical -
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s takedown of the Green party sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan
Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
And this is a good piece from just yesterday, about how right-wing approaches are seen as sensible and moderate while left wing ones are treated by the media as half-baked and radical -
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
East Herts District has half the wildlife sites in the whole County of Hertfordshire. It is vital that these clauses are kept to protect our beautiful nature. Write to your MP now. The vote is on Wednesday.
Lords amendments to the planning bill are vital to protect wildlife and our chalk streams but MPs could vote them out
We demand these amendments are kept
Please write to your MP
@joshdeanmp.bsky.social
@kevinbonavia.bsky.social
@chrishinchliff.bsky.social
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301
We demand these amendments are kept
Please write to your MP
@joshdeanmp.bsky.social
@kevinbonavia.bsky.social
@chrishinchliff.bsky.social
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301
Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill
It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.
action.wildlifetrusts.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
East Herts District has half the wildlife sites in the whole County of Hertfordshire. It is vital that these clauses are kept to protect our beautiful nature. Write to your MP now. The vote is on Wednesday.
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We have three vital Lords amendments coming to the Commons: brownfield-first development, protection for chalk streams, and stopping “pay-to-pollute” deals.
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We have three vital Lords amendments coming to the Commons: brownfield-first development, protection for chalk streams, and stopping “pay-to-pollute” deals.
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
Please lobby your MP — especially Labour MPs — and urge them to back all three.
#ProtectNature #CleanWater
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I seem to remember Labour very recently making attack ads about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens didn't care about the environment and that Labour are the REAL party of climate action.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
The UK will not contribute to a flagship fund for the world’s remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit.
Keir Starmer flew to Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon, on Wednesday to join the summit of world leaders hosted by Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I seem to remember Labour very recently making attack ads about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens didn't care about the environment and that Labour are the REAL party of climate action.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...