Linda Lombard
@heavensgone.bsky.social
Supporting the Green Parties across the UK
Zack Polanski Leader (E&W)
Rachel Millward female Deputy Leader (E&W)
Mothin Ali male Deputy Leader (E&W)
#BackZack
DMs rarely replied to
Zack Polanski Leader (E&W)
Rachel Millward female Deputy Leader (E&W)
Mothin Ali male Deputy Leader (E&W)
#BackZack
DMs rarely replied to
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#RaceHorse Monday remembering those #horses that died at #Hamilton just the collateral damage of the uncaring racing and betting industries
#YouBetTheyDie #HorseWelfare
Follow @animalaid.org.uk and @leagueacs.bsky.social
www.horsedeathwatch.com#c=74&j=&g=&s...
#YouBetTheyDie #HorseWelfare
Follow @animalaid.org.uk and @leagueacs.bsky.social
www.horsedeathwatch.com#c=74&j=&g=&s...
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#RaceHorse Monday remembering those #horses that died at #Hamilton just the collateral damage of the uncaring racing and betting industries
#YouBetTheyDie #HorseWelfare
Follow @animalaid.org.uk and @leagueacs.bsky.social
www.horsedeathwatch.com#c=74&j=&g=&s...
#YouBetTheyDie #HorseWelfare
Follow @animalaid.org.uk and @leagueacs.bsky.social
www.horsedeathwatch.com#c=74&j=&g=&s...
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“Extreme weather is putting people’s safety at greater risk; it is disrupting access to essential services, destroying homes and livelihoods and forcing families – many who have already fled violence – to flee once more,”
#ClimateCrisis #COP30
news.un.org/en/story/202...
#ClimateCrisis #COP30
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Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens
At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, while highlighting how much their plight is tied to the growing climate ...
news.un.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“Extreme weather is putting people’s safety at greater risk; it is disrupting access to essential services, destroying homes and livelihoods and forcing families – many who have already fled violence – to flee once more,”
#ClimateCrisis #COP30
news.un.org/en/story/202...
#ClimateCrisis #COP30
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Ahead of the UN climate summit in Brazil, #UNECE urged governments to put water and sanitation systems at the core of climate resilience
#COP30 #CleanWater
news.un.org/en/story/202...
#COP30 #CleanWater
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise
As health emergencies multiply linked to the climate crisis, governments are joining forces with the UN to protect access to clean water, while data indicates that 118 million people in Europe alone l...
news.un.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ahead of the UN climate summit in Brazil, #UNECE urged governments to put water and sanitation systems at the core of climate resilience
#COP30 #CleanWater
news.un.org/en/story/202...
#COP30 #CleanWater
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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As the world gathers at #COP30 to discuss climate in the world’s largest rainforest, the focus is often on the carbon that these forests either store or sequester
The #Amazon holds up to 16,000 species of tree alone
follow @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/human-i...
The #Amazon holds up to 16,000 species of tree alone
follow @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/human-i...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As the world gathers at #COP30 to discuss climate in the world’s largest rainforest, the focus is often on the carbon that these forests either store or sequester
The #Amazon holds up to 16,000 species of tree alone
follow @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/human-i...
The #Amazon holds up to 16,000 species of tree alone
follow @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/human-i...
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In conclusion, this study provides empirical evidence that discharge mining waste in midwaters is likely to disrupt midwater food webs
#DeepSeaMining
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#DeepSeaMining
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In conclusion, this study provides empirical evidence that discharge mining waste in midwaters is likely to disrupt midwater food webs
#DeepSeaMining
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#DeepSeaMining
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#Light is the primary driver for life in the world’s oceans but has been under-appreciated in assessments of #ClimateChange impacts on #MarineEcosystem
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change impacts on ocean light in Arctic ecosystems - Nature Communications
Climate change will decrease Arctic Sea ice and increase light, but effects on polar ecosystems remain unclear. Here, the authors predict that warming waters and prey loss will threaten cold-water fis...
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#Light is the primary driver for life in the world’s oceans but has been under-appreciated in assessments of #ClimateChange impacts on #MarineEcosystem
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Book - #PositiveTippingPoints: How to Fix the #ClimateCrisis Tim Lenton Oxford Univ. Press (2025)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t despair, collective action can address climate change
Even small acts can make a big difference in driving positive environmental impacts.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Book - #PositiveTippingPoints: How to Fix the #ClimateCrisis Tim Lenton Oxford Univ. Press (2025)
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Heckles, Stunts & Street Action: October’s Anti-Monarchy Highlights @republiccampaign.bsky.social
#NotMyKing #AbolishMonarchy
www.republic.org.uk/octobers_ant...
#NotMyKing #AbolishMonarchy
www.republic.org.uk/octobers_ant...
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Heckles, Stunts & Street Action: October’s Anti-Monarchy Highlights @republiccampaign.bsky.social
#NotMyKing #AbolishMonarchy
www.republic.org.uk/octobers_ant...
#NotMyKing #AbolishMonarchy
www.republic.org.uk/octobers_ant...
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11 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
‘Smoke and Mirrors: UK Nuclear Armed Fighter Jets’ – NIS and #Nukewatch webinar
#NoNukes @cnduk.bsky.social
cnduk.org/events/smoke...
‘Smoke and Mirrors: UK Nuclear Armed Fighter Jets’ – NIS and #Nukewatch webinar
#NoNukes @cnduk.bsky.social
cnduk.org/events/smoke...
'Smoke and Mirrors: UK Nuclear Armed Fighter Jets' - NIS and Nukewatch webinar - CND
11 Nov 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Join Nukewatch and Nuclear Information Service (NIS) for a webinar on the government's proposal for renuclearising the RAF. With guest speakers Professor Paul Rogers ...
cnduk.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
11 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
‘Smoke and Mirrors: UK Nuclear Armed Fighter Jets’ – NIS and #Nukewatch webinar
#NoNukes @cnduk.bsky.social
cnduk.org/events/smoke...
‘Smoke and Mirrors: UK Nuclear Armed Fighter Jets’ – NIS and #Nukewatch webinar
#NoNukes @cnduk.bsky.social
cnduk.org/events/smoke...
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Polanski vs Farage
#Hope v #Hate
#HopeNotHate #BackZack @zackpolanski.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/pola...
#Hope v #Hate
#HopeNotHate #BackZack @zackpolanski.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/pola...
Polanski vs Farage – is this the new political duopoly?
A bold movement for social justice vs a self-serving lie machine
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Polanski vs Farage
#Hope v #Hate
#HopeNotHate #BackZack @zackpolanski.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/pola...
#Hope v #Hate
#HopeNotHate #BackZack @zackpolanski.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/pola...
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@scottishgreens.org MSP @maggiechapman.bsky.social said: “Why should workers be paid different rates to do the same job? Young people don’t get a discount on their rent or their food bills because of their age.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
Government urged to end age-based wage restrictions
THE Scottish Greens called on the British government today to abolish lower minimum wage rates for young workers.The legal minimum now stands at £12.21, but for workers aged 18 to 20 it is £10 and for...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
@scottishgreens.org MSP @maggiechapman.bsky.social said: “Why should workers be paid different rates to do the same job? Young people don’t get a discount on their rent or their food bills because of their age.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gove...
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@scottishgreens.org climate spokesman @patrickharvie.bsky.social warned that allowing #Rosebank to proceed would be “catastrophic for our climate and our future.”
#ClimateCrisis
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scot...
#ClimateCrisis
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scot...
Scottish Greens to force Holyrood vote over Rosebank
THE Scottish Greens are to force a vote at Holyrood tomorrow over whether the controversial Rosebank development should be given the green light.The move follows First Minister John Swinney refusing t...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@scottishgreens.org climate spokesman @patrickharvie.bsky.social warned that allowing #Rosebank to proceed would be “catastrophic for our climate and our future.”
#ClimateCrisis
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scot...
#ClimateCrisis
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/scot...
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health — and Alexander Fleming warned of it in 1945.
We need scientists shaping policy and governments treating this as the emergency it is.
#AMR #OneHealth
We need scientists shaping policy and governments treating this as the emergency it is.
#AMR #OneHealth
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to global health — and Alexander Fleming warned of it in 1945.
We need scientists shaping policy and governments treating this as the emergency it is.
#AMR #OneHealth
We need scientists shaping policy and governments treating this as the emergency it is.
#AMR #OneHealth
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Finally … FINALLY! … but ONLY because if the pressure being put on Rachel Reeves / Labour by Zack Polanski and the Green Party. And he sounds a sensible note of caution - wait and see if they actually do it. 🙏
If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Finally … FINALLY! … but ONLY because if the pressure being put on Rachel Reeves / Labour by Zack Polanski and the Green Party. And he sounds a sensible note of caution - wait and see if they actually do it. 🙏
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“…What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis...” - Zack Polanski
Yes! Exactly! Well said, Zack
Yes! Exactly! Well said, Zack
Let's stop subsidising destruction.
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
This Govenrment need to stop standing on the side of polluters and instead tackle the cost of living crisis.
Some of my thoughts on COP 30 👇🏼
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
COP30 must confront the climate and cost of living crises together
By Zack Polanski
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“…What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis...” - Zack Polanski
Yes! Exactly! Well said, Zack
Yes! Exactly! Well said, Zack
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'Three-quarters of people support a wealth tax – yet none of the establishment parties will touch it. So parts of the media close ranks when the vast wealth of their owners and the policies of their friends in Westminster come under threat.'
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Three-quarters of people support a wealth tax – yet none of the establishment parties will touch it. So parts of the media close ranks when the vast wealth of their owners and the policies of their friends in Westminster come under threat.'
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We are bringing hope back to Scottish politics. That's why our polling is climbing and we're now neck & neck with Labour here and across the UK.
The super-rich will throw everything they've got at stopping us though. Join our movement and help us win next May:
members.greens.scot/join
The super-rich will throw everything they've got at stopping us though. Join our movement and help us win next May:
members.greens.scot/join
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We are bringing hope back to Scottish politics. That's why our polling is climbing and we're now neck & neck with Labour here and across the UK.
The super-rich will throw everything they've got at stopping us though. Join our movement and help us win next May:
members.greens.scot/join
The super-rich will throw everything they've got at stopping us though. Join our movement and help us win next May:
members.greens.scot/join
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The Assembly voted no confidence in Education Minister Paul Givan, yet he stays in post. Why? 🤷🏻♂️
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
1/3
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
1/3
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Assembly voted no confidence in Education Minister Paul Givan, yet he stays in post. Why? 🤷🏻♂️
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
1/3
Mal O’Hara : “Stormont has limited mechanisms for ministerial accountability. A majority of MLAs backed the motion, but it failed because it didn’t meet the cross-community threshold.
1/3
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Hannah is a formidable campaigner who will win her fight to give swifts a home 💚
I’ve been delighted to work with her and @RSPBScotland and have now lodged an amendment to the Natural Environment Bill to require swift bricks in new homes in Scotland! 🏴🪶
I’ve been delighted to work with her and @RSPBScotland and have now lodged an amendment to the Natural Environment Bill to require swift bricks in new homes in Scotland! 🏴🪶
As I spend the day in Parliament, please lobby politicians from your computers! Email your MP even if you’ve done it before. Without swift bricks there is no secure nesting habitat for cavity nesting birds. They can’t stabilise their crashing population’s without breeding. Obvs.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hannah is a formidable campaigner who will win her fight to give swifts a home 💚
I’ve been delighted to work with her and @RSPBScotland and have now lodged an amendment to the Natural Environment Bill to require swift bricks in new homes in Scotland! 🏴🪶
I’ve been delighted to work with her and @RSPBScotland and have now lodged an amendment to the Natural Environment Bill to require swift bricks in new homes in Scotland! 🏴🪶
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“Starmer’s killed Labour.”
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Starmer’s killed Labour.”
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Very proud my friend and colleague Alasdair Tollemache has entered a progressive agreement to join the Stirling Council administration! He will work hard to cut climate emissions and bills for Stirling's communities, improve buses, protect tenant's rights and restore nature💚
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very proud my friend and colleague Alasdair Tollemache has entered a progressive agreement to join the Stirling Council administration! He will work hard to cut climate emissions and bills for Stirling's communities, improve buses, protect tenant's rights and restore nature💚
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🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "[Attacks on me] are a product of a political and media establishment rattled by a party that’s growing fast and willing to say the unsayable: that our country has been hijacked by those interested only in serving the super-wealthy."
💯 Join.greenparty.org.uk
💯 Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "[Attacks on me] are a product of a political and media establishment rattled by a party that’s growing fast and willing to say the unsayable: that our country has been hijacked by those interested only in serving the super-wealthy."
💯 Join.greenparty.org.uk
💯 Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
leftfootforward.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
We can't let this be normalised.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/excl...
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This is great to see.
Phillips is completely snookered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social by knowing his history and explaining it clearly and concisely and in enough detail to snuff out Phillips' attempted Culture War attack.
Phillips is completely snookered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social by knowing his history and explaining it clearly and concisely and in enough detail to snuff out Phillips' attempted Culture War attack.
Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"
"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is great to see.
Phillips is completely snookered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social by knowing his history and explaining it clearly and concisely and in enough detail to snuff out Phillips' attempted Culture War attack.
Phillips is completely snookered by @zackpolanski.bsky.social by knowing his history and explaining it clearly and concisely and in enough detail to snuff out Phillips' attempted Culture War attack.