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We are Green Party members who support electrified high-speed rail to help deliver a zero-carbon future for the UK.
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We could not be prouder that someone is wearing one of our "pro trans, pro trains" t-shirts to anti-fascism protests in Washington DC.

Sending solidarity to everyone opposing the far right in the USA and around the world.
People loudly jeering these unidentified federal agents.

"You're not helping anyone!"

"How much overtime are you getting paid to do nothing!"

"Boooo!"
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Affordable trains please; I'd be financially better off working a minimum wage job that's walking distance from home than travelling 30 mins in any direction on a main line train route for a median wage job.
How can we convince people to commute by train instead of road without reducing rail prices?
⬇️ This right here is a significant chunk of both my politics and environmentalism.

Give the people trains!
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS

THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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⬇️ This right here is a significant chunk of both my politics and environmentalism.

Give the people trains!
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS

THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bad news averted!
We need more sleeping services, not fewer.
We're very glad Stockholm - Hamburg/Berlin has been saved.
The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🎉 86,000 Green Party members!

The Green Party is growing like never before.

Be a part of it 💚

Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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I'm really glad that the Green Party have caught up with the Labour Party on their excellent "No Landlordism" platform...of 1902. #gpconf
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🥳 Thank you to everyone who co-proposed and voted for it and commented on drafts.

🛤 It takes a village to write a good motion.

3️⃣ This is the third conference I've brought it too.

♻️ Our HS2 motion in 2024 was E01 on the agenda; East West Rail was E01 this year so we recycled this sign!
October 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🥳 I'm so so delighted that my motion for completely building East West Rail and fully electrifying it passed overwhelmingly at conference.

🙏 Huge huge thanks to @greenchloem.bsky.social , Ed Fraser and @benwheels.bsky.social for speaking in favour.

#TrainsNotPlanes #RailNotRoad
#GPConf
October 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We're at #GPConf !
Here bright and early for the Transport Policy Workshop.
@greenparty.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Let's call a spade a spade.

A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.

The last thing we need more of - electric or not.

Flying is hugely energy intensive.

Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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You know what I like about trains?

Everything.

They take you nice places, and don’t mess up the world getting you there.

#Lugano #Switzerland #railsky
September 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The Green Party is rooted in the communities its MPs and Councillors serve.

We are standing firm against those who want to divide our communities.

We are equally committed to cutting people’s bills by tackling corporate greed.

Now is the time to join.GreenParty.org.uk
September 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our transport spokesperson @greenmattbfd.bsky.social :

"Bradford and our district need NPR to deliver the economic boost we have been promised for years.

"Every delay sends a message that our communities are being treated as an afterthought compared with London and the South East."

👏👏👏
Northern Powerhouse Rail plans to be unveiled 'in weeks' - amid concerns over delays
Plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will be unveiled in the coming weeks, Government sources have said - amid concerns over delays to the…
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Might you be our 80,000th member?
With your help we're breaking all records.

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September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Absolutely ridiculous that Caerleon doesn’t have a railway stop. It’s 100% needed and ridiculous that one wasn’t given under the New South Wales Metro scheme.

One of the most important Tourist destinations in Cymru. It is also located in a commuter area. I hope sense prevails.
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Get in loser we’re going to become the third largest party in England (and Wales)
LANDMARK MOMENT - the Greens now have more members across Great Britain than the Lib Dems!

Let's keep it going!
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Latest stats available:
85,800 @greenparty.org.uk (England & Wales) + @scottishgreens.org combined membership
83,174 @libdems.org.uk (a single party across GB)
September 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Zack Polanski’s first weeks have shifted the Green Party’s centre of gravity. Polanski has rebranded the Green Party....to the centre of left-wing organising, and now the best-placed vehicle to face Reform UK."

faultline.media/zack-polansk...
Zack Polanski has fixed the Green Party's biggest problem.
See how Zack Polanski’s first weeks have dramatically shifted the Green Party’s centre of gravity.
faultline.media
September 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Green Party leadership team ready for another great week!

With @rachelmillward.bsky.social & @mothinali.bsky.social

Membership still rising!

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September 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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For heaven’s sake @teamlabouruk.bsky.social use scientific facts & science as @zackpolanski.bsky.social does. “The govt is planning to set out its *belief* that the expansion will be possible without breaching the UK’s carbon budget”? ❌
This is cloud cuckoo land.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan
Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Yet another climate-wrecking decision from a Government intent on the pursuit of growth at all costs - but the only things that will grow as a result of this disastrous decision are pollution, noise, and climate chaos
Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary
There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Absurd. How little does this Government care about the climate?

Squeezing out 100k more flights a year won’t improve people’s daily lives. Investing in a growing green economy to lower bills, create high-paid jobs and cut deadly air pollution will! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary
There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is abhorrent environmental vandalism from Labour.

There is no justification for expanding airports in a climate emergency.

Labour should get on with building new railway lines - including HS2 in full - instead.

#TrainsNotPlanes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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@greenparty.org.uk is my party.

@greens4hs2.bsky.social is my affiliation.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social was my correct answer in the pub quiz last night.
We said this was your party — and we meant it.

We have just launched our membership.

Join us and be a part of history: yourparty-membership.uk
September 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Labour are too timid in their approach to rail nationalisation - they're leaving the most lucrative bits so the banks that own them can carry on creaming off profit.
We say nationalise it ALL, including the fat-cat Rolling Stock Companies!
We support this campaign.
Train leasing companies, also known as rolling stock companies, are hugely profitable - making over £400m in 2023. 💸

Great to have @douglasmcallistermp join us in calling for an end to the rolling stock rip-off.

We need YOUR MP to join the fight for a fairer railway. Email them today 👇
September 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM