Henry Gent
@greenhfg.bsky.social
Green Party County Councillor. Lifetime farmer. Husband, dad, and grandparent. When they are older they will ask what did I do about climate change.
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Wow!
Only the Lib Dems come anywhere near beating the Greens in an imagined two-way contest.
Head-to-head we're way more popular than Reform UK, Labour and the Tories.
Only the Lib Dems come anywhere near beating the Greens in an imagined two-way contest.
Head-to-head we're way more popular than Reform UK, Labour and the Tories.
🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat?
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
Con 31% v Ref 24%
Lab 35% v Ref 31%
Lab 29% v Con 28%
LD 41% v Ref 29%
LD 34% v Con 26%
LD 29% v Lab 21%
LD 26% v Grn 25%
Grn 42% v Ref 27%
Grn 37% v Con 29%
Grn 30% v Lab 20%
February 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Wow!
Only the Lib Dems come anywhere near beating the Greens in an imagined two-way contest.
Head-to-head we're way more popular than Reform UK, Labour and the Tories.
Only the Lib Dems come anywhere near beating the Greens in an imagined two-way contest.
Head-to-head we're way more popular than Reform UK, Labour and the Tories.
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Greens have consistently said these elections should go ahead and led a coordinated campaign with other opposition parties to lobby the government to do the right thing. Now they have.
People will now have their say on who will best represent them in their ward and who runs Exeter City Council.
People will now have their say on who will best represent them in their ward and who runs Exeter City Council.
February 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Greens have consistently said these elections should go ahead and led a coordinated campaign with other opposition parties to lobby the government to do the right thing. Now they have.
People will now have their say on who will best represent them in their ward and who runs Exeter City Council.
People will now have their say on who will best represent them in their ward and who runs Exeter City Council.
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Private jet travel has soared to record highs and so has public support for fairly taxing them.
Applying carbon pricing to jets would also raise significant revenue for climate action and a just transition.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/02/12/l...
Applying carbon pricing to jets would also raise significant revenue for climate action and a just transition.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/02/12/l...
Limousines of the sky: EU must make private jet travellers pay for their pollution - Carbon Market Watch
Despite being the most climate-damaging form of travel, private jet use has reached record highs, yet most flights are exempt from paying a carbon price, and all are exempt from fuel taxes. This must ...
carbonmarketwatch.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Private jet travel has soared to record highs and so has public support for fairly taxing them.
Applying carbon pricing to jets would also raise significant revenue for climate action and a just transition.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/02/12/l...
Applying carbon pricing to jets would also raise significant revenue for climate action and a just transition.
carbonmarketwatch.org/2026/02/12/l...
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BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
Yes it's worrying. If you can't talk about adaptation, you could be still in denial.
Just mind-boggling that climate breakdown isn't even mentioned in this piece
Despite the fact that it is driving more powerful storms, higher sea level, bigger waves and more intense rainfall
People - apparently even the reporting journalist - still don't get it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Despite the fact that it is driving more powerful storms, higher sea level, bigger waves and more intense rainfall
People - apparently even the reporting journalist - still don't get it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fresh fears for South West's rail link in Dawlish after storms
Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Yes it's worrying. If you can't talk about adaptation, you could be still in denial.
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Researchers have found that 6 of 10 abortion restrictions — bans on Medicaid funding for abortion, mandated waiting periods, 2nd-trimester abortion bans, ACA marketplace insurance coverage bans, biased counseling laws, and ultrasound requirements — were linked to higher rates of maternal mortality.
Laws restricting abortions linked to rise in 'abhorrently high' maternal mortality rates
Rising state-level abortion restrictions in the United States were linked to a similar, parallel rise in maternal deaths from 2005 to 2023, according to research presented at The Pregnancy Meeting. ...
www.healio.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Researchers have found that 6 of 10 abortion restrictions — bans on Medicaid funding for abortion, mandated waiting periods, 2nd-trimester abortion bans, ACA marketplace insurance coverage bans, biased counseling laws, and ultrasound requirements — were linked to higher rates of maternal mortality.
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Greens secured MAJOR changes totalling £1.2 Million in the 2026 county council budget - despite being in opposition!
🚲 £900K for pavements, paths and cycleways
🌍 £200K for climate change adaptation, resilience and community support
🫂 £100K for projects building community cohesion and cooperation
🚲 £900K for pavements, paths and cycleways
🌍 £200K for climate change adaptation, resilience and community support
🫂 £100K for projects building community cohesion and cooperation
February 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Greens secured MAJOR changes totalling £1.2 Million in the 2026 county council budget - despite being in opposition!
🚲 £900K for pavements, paths and cycleways
🌍 £200K for climate change adaptation, resilience and community support
🫂 £100K for projects building community cohesion and cooperation
🚲 £900K for pavements, paths and cycleways
🌍 £200K for climate change adaptation, resilience and community support
🫂 £100K for projects building community cohesion and cooperation
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AEF has signed a letter, alongside other aviation campaign groups, calling for crop-based fuels to remain excluded from the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate. Allowing these fuels in would undermine the mandate’s sustainability goals.
www.aef.org.uk/2026/02/11/k...
www.aef.org.uk/2026/02/11/k...
Keep crop-based fuels out of the UK SAF Mandate, says AEF - Aviation Environment Federation
AEF has signed a letter, alongside other aviation campaign groups, calling for crop-based fuels to remain excluded from the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate. Allowing these fuels in would ...
www.aef.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
AEF has signed a letter, alongside other aviation campaign groups, calling for crop-based fuels to remain excluded from the UK’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate. Allowing these fuels in would undermine the mandate’s sustainability goals.
www.aef.org.uk/2026/02/11/k...
www.aef.org.uk/2026/02/11/k...
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Odds Slashed On Green Party By-Election Victory After Big Money Bets
The party is now heavy odds-on favourites to triumph in Gorton and Denton.
#VoteGreen 💚
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/odds-s...
The party is now heavy odds-on favourites to triumph in Gorton and Denton.
#VoteGreen 💚
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/odds-s...
Odds Slashed On Green Party By-Election Victory After Big Money Bets
The party is now heavy odds-on favourites to triumph in Gorton and Denton.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Odds Slashed On Green Party By-Election Victory After Big Money Bets
The party is now heavy odds-on favourites to triumph in Gorton and Denton.
#VoteGreen 💚
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/odds-s...
The party is now heavy odds-on favourites to triumph in Gorton and Denton.
#VoteGreen 💚
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/odds-s...
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Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters
Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health
The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Struggling to find the words to describe the utter reckless vandalism of this sickening move - deliberately making millions of people sicker & less secure in order to enrich billionaire polluters
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This is @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s take on those Jim Ratcliffe comments …
February 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This is @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s take on those Jim Ratcliffe comments …
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The mood in Gorton and Denton is clear - Labour have blown it.
Only the Greens can stop Reform.
Only the Greens can stop Reform.
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The mood in Gorton and Denton is clear - Labour have blown it.
Only the Greens can stop Reform.
Only the Greens can stop Reform.
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“If you’ve never been involved with the Young Greens before but you’re thinking maybe it’s for you, come and meet us. It’s a friendly, welcoming bunch, and there’s something for everyone — whether it’s leafleting, shaping policy, or becoming the leaders of tomorrow.”
Join the Young Greens today! 💚
Join the Young Greens today! 💚
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“If you’ve never been involved with the Young Greens before but you’re thinking maybe it’s for you, come and meet us. It’s a friendly, welcoming bunch, and there’s something for everyone — whether it’s leafleting, shaping policy, or becoming the leaders of tomorrow.”
Join the Young Greens today! 💚
Join the Young Greens today! 💚
Little aircraft fuel has been produced to the standard defined as "Sustainable Aviation Fuel". Here is the stuff that makes it:
How a Texas refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into 'green' jet fuel
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
How a Texas refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into 'green' jet fuel
A Texas refinery that supplies green fuel to U.S. airlines has been purchasing animal fat from cattle raised on illegally cleared lands in the Amazon rainforest, according to a Reuters review of gover...
www.reuters.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Little aircraft fuel has been produced to the standard defined as "Sustainable Aviation Fuel". Here is the stuff that makes it:
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🚪How you can help turn #Bradford Green - Part 2: door knocking.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social gives us the door knocking low down: "the only thing you need to be scared of is the state of undress that sometimes people open the door in" 😳 😁
Door knocking wins elections. Come and join us 👇
@zackpolanski.bsky.social gives us the door knocking low down: "the only thing you need to be scared of is the state of undress that sometimes people open the door in" 😳 😁
Door knocking wins elections. Come and join us 👇
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM
🚪How you can help turn #Bradford Green - Part 2: door knocking.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social gives us the door knocking low down: "the only thing you need to be scared of is the state of undress that sometimes people open the door in" 😳 😁
Door knocking wins elections. Come and join us 👇
@zackpolanski.bsky.social gives us the door knocking low down: "the only thing you need to be scared of is the state of undress that sometimes people open the door in" 😳 😁
Door knocking wins elections. Come and join us 👇
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Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
Sadly I think this is true.
It's disturbing to see how Gordon Brown has whitewashed his reasons for reappointing Mandelson, and his own role in eroding democracy. Mandelson's official business was similar to his unauthorised scheming with Epstein. Don't let them rewrite history.
My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Sadly I think this is true.
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The UN Secretary General has said it's time to move beyond GDP and measure "the things that really matter to people and their communities."
He's right.
He's right.
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The UN Secretary General has said it's time to move beyond GDP and measure "the things that really matter to people and their communities."
He's right.
He's right.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... The Greens have been saying this for a long time.
Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief
Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/... The Greens have been saying this for a long time.
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One of the things we learned during our High Court case against Reform is its propensity, nakedly and without embarassment, to lie. Only the blissfully naive would take its explanation for this at face value.
Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters
Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
One of the things we learned during our High Court case against Reform is its propensity, nakedly and without embarassment, to lie. Only the blissfully naive would take its explanation for this at face value.
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (+2)
GRN: 18% (-1)
CON: 18% (+1)
LAB: 16% (-1)
LDM: 11% (=)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 4 Feb.
Changes w/ 28 Jan.
RFM: 31% (+2)
GRN: 18% (-1)
CON: 18% (+1)
LAB: 16% (-1)
LDM: 11% (=)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 4 Feb.
Changes w/ 28 Jan.
February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (+2)
GRN: 18% (-1)
CON: 18% (+1)
LAB: 16% (-1)
LDM: 11% (=)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 4 Feb.
Changes w/ 28 Jan.
RFM: 31% (+2)
GRN: 18% (-1)
CON: 18% (+1)
LAB: 16% (-1)
LDM: 11% (=)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 4 Feb.
Changes w/ 28 Jan.
As floods and storms hit the westcountry, we should be calling for national government to put on a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
As floods and storms hit the westcountry, we should be calling for national government to put on a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
Punitive taxation will keep fossil fuels in the ground. Support the Global Tax Treaty.
Fossil fuel companies have got away with ruining our planet & making taxpayers pick up the cost.
The Global Tax Treaty must put the burden on fossil fuel companies that have caused the damage.
The Global Tax Treaty must put the burden on fossil fuel companies that have caused the damage.
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Punitive taxation will keep fossil fuels in the ground. Support the Global Tax Treaty.
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Today I have written to the Secretary of State at DEFRA asking for an update on when the Govt will hold a debate on the national security assessment, particularly its stark warning that global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse pose a serious threat to the UK's security and prosperity.
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Today I have written to the Secretary of State at DEFRA asking for an update on when the Govt will hold a debate on the national security assessment, particularly its stark warning that global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse pose a serious threat to the UK's security and prosperity.