Paul Ainscough
@pwea.bsky.social
Interested in developing and promoting policies for a sustainable and fair society. Time for a new kind of politics. Hard times come again no more.
Politics, writing, book binding and eco projects
Green Party candidate Fairfield Ward Croydon
Politics, writing, book binding and eco projects
Green Party candidate Fairfield Ward Croydon
This. Let reclaim #croydon
Paris' core wasn’t always so full of bikes. Just a few years ago, all of #Paris was choking in car traffic. This is new. Cities are a result of choices.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #transportation
📹 @Khayat_Fouad
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #transportation
📹 @Khayat_Fouad
February 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This. Let reclaim #croydon
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being an atheist makes me a humanist by default so i've always supported humanists uk's efforts, i am deeply appalled that they are ignoring our concerns at this bill's lack of protections.
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
being an atheist makes me a humanist by default so i've always supported humanists uk's efforts, i am deeply appalled that they are ignoring our concerns at this bill's lack of protections.
Enjoyed the open day at Phoenix Art Space we offer our Main Gallery and Project Space as a shared studio on Friday 13 February, 12 – 7pm #Brighton
February 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Enjoyed the open day at Phoenix Art Space we offer our Main Gallery and Project Space as a shared studio on Friday 13 February, 12 – 7pm #Brighton
This
British Transport Police have launched their trial of live facial recognition despite the ongoing public consultation.
Police use of facial recognition is expanding. We need urgent safeguards put in place now more than ever.
🚨 Today is our last chance to have our say. Don't miss your chance 👇
Police use of facial recognition is expanding. We need urgent safeguards put in place now more than ever.
🚨 Today is our last chance to have our say. Don't miss your chance 👇
Facial recognition consultation: have your say - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Zack Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts
It comes after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages showed Peter Mandelson talking to him about meeting American tech companies
It comes after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages showed Peter Mandelson talking to him about meeting American tech companies
Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Zack Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts
It comes after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages showed Peter Mandelson talking to him about meeting American tech companies
It comes after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages showed Peter Mandelson talking to him about meeting American tech companies
I did the humanist quiz and came out 100% humanist. Therefore I wonder why "humanists"cannot understand the fears of the disabled.
Very important!
If you support the #AssistedDyingBill and are frustrated with the Lords running down the clock, thereby subverting the democratic will of the elected chamber...
The most important thing you can do right now is sign this parliamentary petition. Sign! 👇 humanists.uk/2026/02/06/p...
If you support the #AssistedDyingBill and are frustrated with the Lords running down the clock, thereby subverting the democratic will of the elected chamber...
The most important thing you can do right now is sign this parliamentary petition. Sign! 👇 humanists.uk/2026/02/06/p...
TAKE ACTION: Sign petition to tell the Lords not to block Assisted Dying Bill
Sophie Blake, a 52-year-old mother with stage four breast cancer, has launched a petition calling on ‘the Government to do everything in its power to ensure that when bills are supported by MPs & the ...
humanists.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I did the humanist quiz and came out 100% humanist. Therefore I wonder why "humanists"cannot understand the fears of the disabled.
We need more of this
That felt good. Liberating, in fact. Obviously, the conversation pretty much ended there. But, thinking about it, they should have had me on. If the BBC is really serious about balance, they should *always* have someone on who just shrugs when it's their turn to speak and says, "I dunno, mate."
February 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
We need more of this
Well. Who knew? 😉
Economic crime costs the UK £350 billion a year HMRC investigations into serious tax fraud are at a six-year low, the extent of offshore tax dodging remains unknown, less than 5% of HMRC’s casework on wealthy non-compliant taxpayers . Want an economy to grow ? Tackle tax fraud
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Well. Who knew? 😉
Brilliant
I bought in October a ridiculously hideous light up bauble garland from M&S I put it away to surprise peeps However it’s broken and now out of stock so I have a refund and a broken bauble garland, and that my friends is an allegory for how I feel about Christmas 🤣
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Brilliant
No surprised. Labour have said in the past that "our" votes don't have an alter6to vote for. They do now.
From a Green Party doorknocker for the Gorton and Denton by-election:
February 1, 2026 at 1:05 PM
No surprised. Labour have said in the past that "our" votes don't have an alter6to vote for. They do now.
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Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
Surrey Street market trader Joseph quits Labour in race row
#croydon #labour insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
#croydon #labour insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
Surrey Street market trader Joseph quits Labour in race row
Jose Joseph, the Surrey Street market stall-holder and one of the best-recognised faces on the local political scene, has quit the Labour Party, accusing it of “discrimination and toxic behav…
insidecroydon.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Surrey Street market trader Joseph quits Labour in race row
#croydon #labour insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
#croydon #labour insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
At next May’s local elections. Croydon Labour have deselected five Councillors
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Four of those blocked from seeking reselection are black women.
insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Four of those blocked from seeking reselection are black women.
insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
Surrey Street market trader Joseph quits Labour in race row
Jose Joseph, the Surrey Street market stall-holder and one of the best-recognised faces on the local political scene, has quit the Labour Party, accusing it of “discrimination and toxic behav…
insidecroydon.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:14 PM
At next May’s local elections. Croydon Labour have deselected five Councillors
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Four of those blocked from seeking reselection are black women.
insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Four of those blocked from seeking reselection are black women.
insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
Surrey Street market trader Joseph quits Labour in race row
Jose Joseph, the Surrey Street market stall-holder and one of the best-recognised faces on the local political scene, has quit the Labour Party, accusing it of “discrimination and toxic behav…
insidecroydon.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
At next May’s local elections. Croydon Labour have deselected five Councillors
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Four of those blocked from seeking reselection are black women.
insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Four of those blocked from seeking reselection are black women.
insidecroydon.com/2026/01/31/s...
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Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
January 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Say hello to Hannah Spencer—councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and your Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton 💚
Sums up Labour strategy nicely 🤣
Is Labour going to do that weird new thing they do where they just don't try to win a seat so that when they lose it they can say "yeah but we didn't even try" like a kid half-arsing their A-levels? Clacton 2.0.
January 28, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Sums up Labour strategy nicely 🤣
Starmer voting in the NEC #Burnham debacle shows how little he understands politics. #Labour #NEC #Manchester #Gorton #by-election
January 26, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Starmer voting in the NEC #Burnham debacle shows how little he understands politics. #Labour #NEC #Manchester #Gorton #by-election
Foolish decision. He is being used. news.sky.com/story/andy-b...
Andy Burnham opens door to Commons return and will seek to stand in by-election
Andy Burnham has said he has sought permission to enter the selection process to run as a candidate for the Labour Party in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.
news.sky.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Foolish decision. He is being used. news.sky.com/story/andy-b...
Running through #croydon with a message of hope. Believe.Vote.Green.
Polanski is running for election, right through Croydon's streets insidecroydon.com/2026/01/23/p...
Polanski is running for election, right through Croydon’s streets
The Green Party’s latest Party Political Broadcast, shown across the country on the BBC and ITV, offered a message of hope straight from the streets of Croydon. The Jubilee Bridge underpass, …
insidecroydon.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Running through #croydon with a message of hope. Believe.Vote.Green.
Polanski is running for election, right through Croydon's streets insidecroydon.com/2026/01/23/p...
Polanski is running for election, right through Croydon’s streets
The Green Party’s latest Party Political Broadcast, shown across the country on the BBC and ITV, offered a message of hope straight from the streets of Croydon. The Jubilee Bridge underpass, …
insidecroydon.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Polanski is running for election, right through Croydon's streets insidecroydon.com/2026/01/23/p...