James Butcher
@jwbutcher.bsky.social
Green Party Councillor for North Downs East on Folkestone & Hythe District Council
(Promoted by Malcolm Watkinson on behalf of Shepway Green Party at White Lodge, Church Road, New Romney, TN28 8EX)
(Promoted by Malcolm Watkinson on behalf of Shepway Green Party at White Lodge, Church Road, New Romney, TN28 8EX)
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Useful starter pack for people to follow #GreenParty accounts
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Useful starter pack for people to follow #GreenParty accounts
Great result from an energetic campaign!
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Great result from an energetic campaign!
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India: 67th poorest country in the world
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
Here is an embarrassing graph I have just made for a report. Fun fact:
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
India: 67th poorest country in the world
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
UK: 160th poorest country in the world
India: 100% rail electrification is affordable, and we have achieved this in 2025
UK: anything more than 39% electrification is unaffordable, and we will never achieve 100%
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You can catch me on Radio 4 - The Week in Westminster talking about the rapid rise of the Green Party.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Week in Westminster - 08/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Caroline Wheeler reports on the latest developments at Westminster.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You can catch me on Radio 4 - The Week in Westminster talking about the rapid rise of the Green Party.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
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"I want to make a country we can all afford to live in."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social tells it straight on The Last Leg.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social tells it straight on The Last Leg.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I want to make a country we can all afford to live in."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social tells it straight on The Last Leg.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social tells it straight on The Last Leg.
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#goodclimatenews alert 🔔 Community solar farms are coming to Scotland! ☀️⚡️
The North Ayrshire Council is turning two closed landfill sites into community solar farms, which would allow local residents and businesses to directly benefit from solar without having to install panels on their buildings.
The North Ayrshire Council is turning two closed landfill sites into community solar farms, which would allow local residents and businesses to directly benefit from solar without having to install panels on their buildings.
First council-owned solar power farm switched on in first for Scotland
THE first solar powered farm owned by a Scottish council has officially been switched on
www.thenational.scot
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#goodclimatenews alert 🔔 Community solar farms are coming to Scotland! ☀️⚡️
The North Ayrshire Council is turning two closed landfill sites into community solar farms, which would allow local residents and businesses to directly benefit from solar without having to install panels on their buildings.
The North Ayrshire Council is turning two closed landfill sites into community solar farms, which would allow local residents and businesses to directly benefit from solar without having to install panels on their buildings.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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It's time to put Scotland's land in Scotland's hands
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's time to put Scotland's land in Scotland's hands
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🚨 NEW | Greens at 16%, 1pt shy of Labour
➡️ REF – 27% (+1)
🔴 LAB – 17% (-3)
🔵 CON – 17% (-)
🟢 GRN – 16% (+1)
🟠 LD – 15% (-)
Via @YouGov, 26-27 Oct (+/- vs 19-20 Oct)
➡️ REF – 27% (+1)
🔴 LAB – 17% (-3)
🔵 CON – 17% (-)
🟢 GRN – 16% (+1)
🟠 LD – 15% (-)
Via @YouGov, 26-27 Oct (+/- vs 19-20 Oct)
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
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Bit like when they oppose the congestion charge but claim to want the new bus routes which are a direct result of the congestion charge coming in (according to the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach, who are the ones introducing them!)
October 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Bit like when they oppose the congestion charge but claim to want the new bus routes which are a direct result of the congestion charge coming in (according to the Oxford Bus Company and Stagecoach, who are the ones introducing them!)
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Books. No cookie preferences. No cookies. No GDPR. No pop ups. No bots. No floating videos. No AI. No ads. No trackers. No misinformation. No fascist techbros. No distracting animations. No paywalls. No influencers. How good are these things? Books are frickin awesome
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Books. No cookie preferences. No cookies. No GDPR. No pop ups. No bots. No floating videos. No AI. No ads. No trackers. No misinformation. No fascist techbros. No distracting animations. No paywalls. No influencers. How good are these things? Books are frickin awesome
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Great to hold a press conference in Swindon this morning to welcome the new Green Party councillor group.
Swindon now has 3 Green Party councillors. They didn't leave Labour - Labour left them!
www.youtube.com/live/UvrRzp6...
Swindon now has 3 Green Party councillors. They didn't leave Labour - Labour left them!
www.youtube.com/live/UvrRzp6...
Green Party leader Zack Polanski holds news conference
YouTube video by Sky News
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Great to hold a press conference in Swindon this morning to welcome the new Green Party councillor group.
Swindon now has 3 Green Party councillors. They didn't leave Labour - Labour left them!
www.youtube.com/live/UvrRzp6...
Swindon now has 3 Green Party councillors. They didn't leave Labour - Labour left them!
www.youtube.com/live/UvrRzp6...
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Our latest Westminster voting intention (19-20 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov
Reform UK: 26% (-1 from 12-13 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 15% (-1)
Greens: 15% (+2)
SNP: 4% (+1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 26% (-1 from 12-13 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 15% (-1)
Greens: 15% (+2)
SNP: 4% (+1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Our latest Westminster voting intention (19-20 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov
Reform UK: 26% (-1 from 12-13 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 15% (-1)
Greens: 15% (+2)
SNP: 4% (+1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 26% (-1 from 12-13 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 15% (-1)
Greens: 15% (+2)
SNP: 4% (+1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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😭😭😭😭
Zack, this is really special. I don't really know what to say, this is just really special. Thank you ❤️
Zack, this is really special. I don't really know what to say, this is just really special. Thank you ❤️
October 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
😭😭😭😭
Zack, this is really special. I don't really know what to say, this is just really special. Thank you ❤️
Zack, this is really special. I don't really know what to say, this is just really special. Thank you ❤️
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Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack
A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.
share.google
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."
RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...
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When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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At Green Party conference, hearing the shocking stat that 70% of schools have less funding in real terms than 2010
October 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
At Green Party conference, hearing the shocking stat that 70% of schools have less funding in real terms than 2010
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The Green Party now has 78,000 members.
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Green Party now has 78,000 members.
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.
I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
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I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.
Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.
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The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.
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We've hit 74k
75k by the end of the night? Am I asking too much?
Let's go, let's grow!
join.greenparty.org.uk
75k by the end of the night? Am I asking too much?
Let's go, let's grow!
join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
join.greenparty.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We've hit 74k
75k by the end of the night? Am I asking too much?
Let's go, let's grow!
join.greenparty.org.uk
75k by the end of the night? Am I asking too much?
Let's go, let's grow!
join.greenparty.org.uk