Sam Alston
@moosealston.bsky.social
Working in energy advice, qualified teacher former youth worker, suffering follower of England Cricket, Liberal Jewish Green Party Member. Treasurer of Acorn Oxford, Iffley Road Residents association, and Secretary of Jewish Greens
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While we strongly believe this is not the intention of the proposers, this motion would cause disciplinary action to be taken by the party against Jews because they are Jewish. It can't become party policy.
Here is an explanation on why Jewish Greens (who obviously don't speak for every single Jewish person in the party, etc) are so opposed to the Zionism is Racism motion brought to the #GreenParty's spring conference.
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
Why Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against MOTION A105: ZIONISM IS RACISM - Jewish Greens
Jewish Greens oppose motion at party conference unintentionally antisemitic
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
While we strongly believe this is not the intention of the proposers, this motion would cause disciplinary action to be taken by the party against Jews because they are Jewish. It can't become party policy.
Jewish Greens have come out opposing Zionism is racism.
Since 2018 I have worked with Jewish Green to keen Green members safe and ensure the party cannot to be falsely accused of antisemitism.
This jeopardises all these efforts.
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
Since 2018 I have worked with Jewish Green to keen Green members safe and ensure the party cannot to be falsely accused of antisemitism.
This jeopardises all these efforts.
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
Why Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against MOTION A105: ZIONISM IS RACISM - Jewish Greens
Jewish Greens oppose motion at party conference unintentionally antisemitic
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Jewish Greens have come out opposing Zionism is racism.
Since 2018 I have worked with Jewish Green to keen Green members safe and ensure the party cannot to be falsely accused of antisemitism.
This jeopardises all these efforts.
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
Since 2018 I have worked with Jewish Green to keen Green members safe and ensure the party cannot to be falsely accused of antisemitism.
This jeopardises all these efforts.
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
This is quite exciting
February 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
This is quite exciting
Large offshore wind one of few renewable sectors not dominated by China but China is the biggest installer of capacity domestically.
So wrong in all counts
So wrong in all counts
Trump is either lying or delusional or both: "Those crazy windmills. They're made in China. They're made in China but not used by China. Let's look for a couple of wind farms in China. See if you can find one."
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Large offshore wind one of few renewable sectors not dominated by China but China is the biggest installer of capacity domestically.
So wrong in all counts
So wrong in all counts
This is maybe one of the most stunning levels of entitlement I have ever seen
Seems Lee was awake until 4am because a university society said something he didn’t like.
‘Ban anyone that opposes Reform UK’ is his and @ZiaYusufUK’s message.
‘Ban anyone that opposes Reform UK’ is his and @ZiaYusufUK’s message.
February 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is maybe one of the most stunning levels of entitlement I have ever seen
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BREAKING: UK govt auction secures 4.9GW new solar at £65/MWh and 1.3GW new onshore wind at £72/MWh, 13% and 21% below the price cap respectively.
All due online by 2029.
All due online by 2029.
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
BREAKING: UK govt auction secures 4.9GW new solar at £65/MWh and 1.3GW new onshore wind at £72/MWh, 13% and 21% below the price cap respectively.
All due online by 2029.
All due online by 2029.
The BOD continues to find the worst possible way to represent British Jews.
Jury discretion is a key part of British justice and a check of authoritarian government control.
Jury discretion is a key part of British justice and a check of authoritarian government control.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The BOD continues to find the worst possible way to represent British Jews.
Jury discretion is a key part of British justice and a check of authoritarian government control.
Jury discretion is a key part of British justice and a check of authoritarian government control.
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I sometimes feel compelled to look at the Jewish Chronicle website and am rewarded with some of the most outstandingly deranged political opinions ever committed to print.
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I sometimes feel compelled to look at the Jewish Chronicle website and am rewarded with some of the most outstandingly deranged political opinions ever committed to print.
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The official Conservative position is effectively 'climate change is happening, it's serious, but we'll now work to actively make it worse by emulating Donald Trump's strategy of doubling down on fossil fuels even as the rest of the world engineers an historic clean tech boom'.
Badenoch is on now, and says: what would a Tory govt under her do? She says:
• Cut taxes
• End "welfare addiction"
• Curb immigration
• Anti-net zero
The message is, basically: we're Reform, but we've done our homework.
The message is, also: centrists are not welcome.
• Cut taxes
• End "welfare addiction"
• Curb immigration
• Anti-net zero
The message is, basically: we're Reform, but we've done our homework.
The message is, also: centrists are not welcome.
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 AM
The official Conservative position is effectively 'climate change is happening, it's serious, but we'll now work to actively make it worse by emulating Donald Trump's strategy of doubling down on fossil fuels even as the rest of the world engineers an historic clean tech boom'.
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Have a lot of bad stuff to say about Starmer and his politics around antisemitism - but he is not at the vanguard of the countries neoNazi resurgence, like Trump is.
Astonishing framing of this story, as it currently appears, about Trump’s lawyer Robert Gerson’s incendiary view that Jews have no future in the UK, with no comment from
- UK Government
- Chief Rabbi
- Board of Deputies
- *Any* UK-based Jewish figures
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
- UK Government
- Chief Rabbi
- Board of Deputies
- *Any* UK-based Jewish figures
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
US considering asylum for British Jews
Rising anti-Semitism means UK ‘no longer a safe place,’ Donald Trump’s personal lawyer tells The Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Have a lot of bad stuff to say about Starmer and his politics around antisemitism - but he is not at the vanguard of the countries neoNazi resurgence, like Trump is.
Rare positive news for the conservative party grim outlook for reform.
Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK after Conservative party suspension
Announcement comes after Kemi Badenoch sacked shadow justice secretary over evidence of defection plot
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Rare positive news for the conservative party grim outlook for reform.
The sensible case against celebratingAR7 results,
Would caveat it with:
a. they make a case costs will fall, but if the government waits for tech costs to fall and sometimes they don't at which point everyone looks silly
b. New gas, new nuclear (their preferred option) unarguably cheaper
Would caveat it with:
a. they make a case costs will fall, but if the government waits for tech costs to fall and sometimes they don't at which point everyone looks silly
b. New gas, new nuclear (their preferred option) unarguably cheaper
Britain’s latest renewables auction locks in higher prices.
Britain just bought 8.4GW of wind power. Expect bills to go up.
www.samdumitriu.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The sensible case against celebratingAR7 results,
Would caveat it with:
a. they make a case costs will fall, but if the government waits for tech costs to fall and sometimes they don't at which point everyone looks silly
b. New gas, new nuclear (their preferred option) unarguably cheaper
Would caveat it with:
a. they make a case costs will fall, but if the government waits for tech costs to fall and sometimes they don't at which point everyone looks silly
b. New gas, new nuclear (their preferred option) unarguably cheaper
Currently the operating capacity is about 32gw. The targeted amount is depending on what you read between 50-60gw.
This is great news and better than expectations but even for offshore wind not job done
This is great news and better than expectations but even for offshore wind not job done
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects
A make-or-break auction for the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power a record 12m homes.
In Great Britain’s most competitive auction for renewable subsidies to date, energy companies vied for contracts that guarantee the price for each unit of clean electricity they generate. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Currently the operating capacity is about 32gw. The targeted amount is depending on what you read between 50-60gw.
This is great news and better than expectations but even for offshore wind not job done
This is great news and better than expectations but even for offshore wind not job done
England's new path to victory
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
England's new path to victory
This is an event to give Green Party members a chance to hear a story of a holocaust survivor.
It a chance to learn about a dark period of history and ensure never repeated.
Unfortunately this feels more relevant than ever please sign up and join us.
actionnetwork.org/.../holocaus...
It a chance to learn about a dark period of history and ensure never repeated.
Unfortunately this feels more relevant than ever please sign up and join us.
actionnetwork.org/.../holocaus...
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is an event to give Green Party members a chance to hear a story of a holocaust survivor.
It a chance to learn about a dark period of history and ensure never repeated.
Unfortunately this feels more relevant than ever please sign up and join us.
actionnetwork.org/.../holocaus...
It a chance to learn about a dark period of history and ensure never repeated.
Unfortunately this feels more relevant than ever please sign up and join us.
actionnetwork.org/.../holocaus...
For those interested in the group at the centre of the strange standing together discourse. It is almost entirely separate
entity from the discussion about it www.972mag.com/standing-tog...
entity from the discussion about it www.972mag.com/standing-tog...
Can Standing Together bear the weight of its contradictions?
The Jewish-Arab movement is celebrating its 10th anniversary after a period of rapid expansion. But as it grows, so do questions about its political stances, its electoral ambitions, and the limits of...
www.972mag.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
For those interested in the group at the centre of the strange standing together discourse. It is almost entirely separate
entity from the discussion about it www.972mag.com/standing-tog...
entity from the discussion about it www.972mag.com/standing-tog...
One of the silliest conventions. We must regardless of the beneficiaries wishes invest in stuff against their interests
Fiduciary duty may sound technical, but it matters hugely.
Pension schemes should not be forced to invest in fossil fuels, arms or tobacco when those investments harm health, the planet and pensioners’ long-term interests.
#Pensions
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
Pension schemes should not be forced to invest in fossil fuels, arms or tobacco when those investments harm health, the planet and pensioners’ long-term interests.
#Pensions
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
One of the silliest conventions. We must regardless of the beneficiaries wishes invest in stuff against their interests
Absolutely nothing if run a campaign divorced from reality when reality goes more against you it does not encourage reconciliation
What happens to Reform Uk and the Conservatives election campaigns when the population starts shrinking …?
Could Britain’s population actually start shrinking soon?
By 2029 the ONS expects more deaths than births
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Absolutely nothing if run a campaign divorced from reality when reality goes more against you it does not encourage reconciliation
This is excellent and sums up why the utter inadequacy of the Leader of the opposition may be amusing at some stage it becomes dangerous
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is excellent and sums up why the utter inadequacy of the Leader of the opposition may be amusing at some stage it becomes dangerous
The failure if leadership by Jewish institutions over the last decade both moral and strategic will if we are lucky be a source of mockery for future generations if we are unlucky a source of horror
The deafening silence from the UK's "official" Jewish institutions on Nigel Farrage's antisemitism demonstrates how morally bankrupt they are. So far the Board of Deputies, JLC, chief rabbi and CST have yet to say one word. Pathetic doesn't begin to capture it.
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The failure if leadership by Jewish institutions over the last decade both moral and strategic will if we are lucky be a source of mockery for future generations if we are unlucky a source of horror
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In a little more than two months, we have had the worst day for British Jewry and the worst day for Australian Jewry. Jews must - MUST - be safe to pray in our synagogues and celebrate in the public realm. This isn't a "nice to have". It's a basic pre-condition for our liberal democratic societies
December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In a little more than two months, we have had the worst day for British Jewry and the worst day for Australian Jewry. Jews must - MUST - be safe to pray in our synagogues and celebrate in the public realm. This isn't a "nice to have". It's a basic pre-condition for our liberal democratic societies
Very much worth a read
🚨Clarion morning read 🚨
Increasing numbers of people in Oxford are struggling to put food on the table, in this, one of the UK's most unequal cities.
Phil Perry from Oxford Mutual Aid writes about the growing community that's stepping up to help.
@oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social
Increasing numbers of people in Oxford are struggling to put food on the table, in this, one of the UK's most unequal cities.
Phil Perry from Oxford Mutual Aid writes about the growing community that's stepping up to help.
@oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social
Oxford’s hidden food emergency – and the community filling the gaps
“What are your plans for next week?” asks Dave. Maria tells him that it's her birthday.
As a volunteer for Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA), which delivers food to people across the city, Dave calls Maria ev...
oxfordclarion.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Very much worth a read
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For any test cricket fans watching the Ashes, worth tuning in to the fifth day of New Zealand v West Indies now (on TNT).
West Indies need another 300-odd to win with 4 wickets down, or bat all day for the draw. New Zealand have lost 2 of their 4 seamers to injury…
West Indies need another 300-odd to win with 4 wickets down, or bat all day for the draw. New Zealand have lost 2 of their 4 seamers to injury…
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For any test cricket fans watching the Ashes, worth tuning in to the fifth day of New Zealand v West Indies now (on TNT).
West Indies need another 300-odd to win with 4 wickets down, or bat all day for the draw. New Zealand have lost 2 of their 4 seamers to injury…
West Indies need another 300-odd to win with 4 wickets down, or bat all day for the draw. New Zealand have lost 2 of their 4 seamers to injury…
The leader of her majesty opposition continues to raise questions mostly why did she say that followed by really that can't be why she said it
Brilliant
I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The leader of her majesty opposition continues to raise questions mostly why did she say that followed by really that can't be why she said it
Very good piece how eco will be remembered will depend on what cones next.
If we are still waiting for trances of funding and implementation details in March 2026 then it may be remembered fondly.
If WHLG is fast flexible innovative Eco may be recalled as a flawed scheme put out to pasture too late.
If we are still waiting for trances of funding and implementation details in March 2026 then it may be remembered fondly.
If WHLG is fast flexible innovative Eco may be recalled as a flawed scheme put out to pasture too late.
We've got some Nesta reaction to the Budget up, underpinned by some brilliant speedy analysis by my colleague Dan Lewis.
📉 What does the budget mean for energy bills?
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/what-do...
@nestauk.bsky.social
📉 What does the budget mean for energy bills?
www.nesta.org.uk/blog/what-do...
@nestauk.bsky.social
What does the Budget mean for energy bills?
Major changes to energy bills in the Budget will affect households across the country
www.nesta.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Very good piece how eco will be remembered will depend on what cones next.
If we are still waiting for trances of funding and implementation details in March 2026 then it may be remembered fondly.
If WHLG is fast flexible innovative Eco may be recalled as a flawed scheme put out to pasture too late.
If we are still waiting for trances of funding and implementation details in March 2026 then it may be remembered fondly.
If WHLG is fast flexible innovative Eco may be recalled as a flawed scheme put out to pasture too late.