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
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Worries over ‘nasty’ Peter Morgan’s part in Croydon Reform UK
Worries over ‘nasty’ Peter Morgan’s part in Croydon Reform UK
EXCLUSIVE: The party that selected a dead woman to be their candidate for mayor in Croydon is once more having questions asked about its checks on candidates and officials. By STEVEN DOWNES Still w…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Labour becomes even more cruel and heartless just to appeal to racists
If you believe Britian should be a place of decency, safety, and humanity, then you must oppose this
In @greenparty.org.uk we say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you believe Britian should be a place of decency, safety, and humanity, then you must oppose this
In @greenparty.org.uk we say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Labour becomes even more cruel and heartless just to appeal to racists
If you believe Britian should be a place of decency, safety, and humanity, then you must oppose this
In @greenparty.org.uk we say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you believe Britian should be a place of decency, safety, and humanity, then you must oppose this
In @greenparty.org.uk we say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We need more Council houses in towns and cities, but instead Labour will concrete over the countryside to build more unaffordable mansions
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
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If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find
The Environmental Audit Committee found the government's measures are not enough to meet targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We need more Council houses in towns and cities, but instead Labour will concrete over the countryside to build more unaffordable mansions
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I know many Labour Party members who are decent people and genuinely care about making life better for those who are suffering
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
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At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Illegal migration tearing UK apart, Mahmood says
The home secretary is set to announce major policy reforms, including a 20-year wait before people granted asylum can apply to settle permanently.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I know many Labour Party members who are decent people and genuinely care about making life better for those who are suffering
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At what point do you accept that the Labour Party is no longer a force for good?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Worries over 'nasty' Peter Morgan's part in Croydon Reform UK insidecroydon.com/2025/11/19/w...
Worries over ‘nasty’ Peter Morgan’s part in Croydon Reform UK
EXCLUSIVE: The party that selected a dead woman to be their candidate for mayor in Croydon is once more having questions asked about its checks on candidates and officials. By STEVEN DOWNES Still w…
insidecroydon.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Worries over 'nasty' Peter Morgan's part in Croydon Reform UK insidecroydon.com/2025/11/19/w...
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Missing bins, along with the increase in litter and fly-tipping, are amongst the top issues raised by residents in my area
So why are so many current Councillors and the Mayor not delivering the service that residents want and deserve?
Time for a change for the better
So why are so many current Councillors and the Mayor not delivering the service that residents want and deserve?
Time for a change for the better
Saga of Croydon's vanished bins and the audit that never was insidecroydon.com/2025/11/12/s... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #1000Bins @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social @veoliauk.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Saga of Croydon’s vanished bins and the audit that never was
#BINMAGEDDON: After five years of community campaigning, and repeatedly broken promises from Fisher’s Folly, Croydon Council says it has no idea where around 1,000 street bins have gone. By o…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Missing bins, along with the increase in litter and fly-tipping, are amongst the top issues raised by residents in my area
So why are so many current Councillors and the Mayor not delivering the service that residents want and deserve?
Time for a change for the better
So why are so many current Councillors and the Mayor not delivering the service that residents want and deserve?
Time for a change for the better
BME Forum calls for volunteers to help Jamaica relief efforts insidecroydon.com/2025/11/03/b...
#croydon
#croydon
BME Forum calls for volunteers to help Jamaica relief efforts
The Croydon BME Forum is appealing for volunteers to assist with its efforts as it co-ordinates the local response to the humanitarian crisis in Jamaica following Hurricane Meilssa. It has been con…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
BME Forum calls for volunteers to help Jamaica relief efforts insidecroydon.com/2025/11/03/b...
#croydon
#croydon
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Zack is the very opposite of the "big I am". It's rare to find a politician so keen to engage, to learn and to question themselves.
He won a landslide leadership election victory because we party members know how much he genuinely cares about us, our work and our mission.
He won a landslide leadership election victory because we party members know how much he genuinely cares about us, our work and our mission.
Contrary to Harriet Harmen's characterisation of @zackpolanski.bsky.social as a "big I am", of all the political figures I've observed in any detail he is easily the most collaborative and the one who uses his platform to lift other voices and to listen to people way more than anyone else I've seen.
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Zack is the very opposite of the "big I am". It's rare to find a politician so keen to engage, to learn and to question themselves.
He won a landslide leadership election victory because we party members know how much he genuinely cares about us, our work and our mission.
He won a landslide leadership election victory because we party members know how much he genuinely cares about us, our work and our mission.
My thoughts are for all those affected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Hurricane Melissa live updates: 20 dead in Haiti as Jamaicans warned recovery 'won't be easy'
Most of Jamaica remains without power, as our correspondent reports floods, mudslides and
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October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My thoughts are for all those affected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Greens got a pile of Boomers too. Go Greens!
The @greenparty.org.uk is now the most popular party amongst voters under 50 years old
We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come
We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Greens got a pile of Boomers too. Go Greens!
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How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals insidecroydon.com/2025/10/27/h... #Croydon #TheFraud @labour-hub.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @left-foot-forward.bsky.social
How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, by Paul Holden, has already been a deeply impactful book which has claimed the scalp of Downing Street’s director of s…
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October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals insidecroydon.com/2025/10/27/h... #Croydon #TheFraud @labour-hub.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @left-foot-forward.bsky.social
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October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Hope is growing, and growing fast!
Last week over 150 people joined the @greenparty.org.uk in Croydon, and our national membership has more than doubled in a few months
Together we can change things for the better
Join us and let’s turn Croydon Council Green next May
Last week over 150 people joined the @greenparty.org.uk in Croydon, and our national membership has more than doubled in a few months
Together we can change things for the better
Join us and let’s turn Croydon Council Green next May
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hope is growing, and growing fast!
Last week over 150 people joined the @greenparty.org.uk in Croydon, and our national membership has more than doubled in a few months
Together we can change things for the better
Join us and let’s turn Croydon Council Green next May
Last week over 150 people joined the @greenparty.org.uk in Croydon, and our national membership has more than doubled in a few months
Together we can change things for the better
Join us and let’s turn Croydon Council Green next May
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When the far-right do well the press is full of articles talking about the issues they focus on
Haven't yet seen a single press article talking about welsh independence 🤔
Haven't yet seen a single press article talking about welsh independence 🤔
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
When the far-right do well the press is full of articles talking about the issues they focus on
Haven't yet seen a single press article talking about welsh independence 🤔
Haven't yet seen a single press article talking about welsh independence 🤔
Collaspe in support for Labour and Conservatives in Wales. I am seeing the same trend in London speaking to voters. #green #byelection
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Collaspe in support for Labour and Conservatives in Wales. I am seeing the same trend in London speaking to voters. #green #byelection
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Labour members up and down the country are leaving that burning wreck of a party and joining the Greens.
Swindon is proof of that and we extend a warm welcome to Cllrs Tom Butcher, Repi Begum and Ian Edwards.
We’re building a new left.
Help us do it.
Swindon is proof of that and we extend a warm welcome to Cllrs Tom Butcher, Repi Begum and Ian Edwards.
We’re building a new left.
Help us do it.
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Labour members up and down the country are leaving that burning wreck of a party and joining the Greens.
Swindon is proof of that and we extend a warm welcome to Cllrs Tom Butcher, Repi Begum and Ian Edwards.
We’re building a new left.
Help us do it.
Swindon is proof of that and we extend a warm welcome to Cllrs Tom Butcher, Repi Begum and Ian Edwards.
We’re building a new left.
Help us do it.
Abolish Landlords - why is having somewhere to live seen as an opportunity to make money instead of a basic human right?
@pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you
insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
@pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you
insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
Private developers and landlords won’t fix our housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: ‘Abolish Landlords’ was a catchphrase at the recent Green Party conference, where it was recognised that correcting decades of failed housing policy will need a raft…
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October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Abolish Landlords - why is having somewhere to live seen as an opportunity to make money instead of a basic human right?
@pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you
insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
@pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you
insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
Private developers and landlords won’t fix our housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: ‘Abolish Landlords’ was a catchphrase at the recent Green Party conference, where it was recognised that correcting decades of failed housing policy will need a raft…
insidecroydon.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Abolish Landlords - why is having somewhere to live seen as an opportunity to make money instead of a basic human right?
@pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you
insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
@pwea.bsky.social explains what the @greenparty.org.uk housing policies are, and why they are so good for you
insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
Private developers and landlords won't fix our housing crisis insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
Private developers and landlords won’t fix our housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: ‘Abolish Landlords’ was a catchphrase at the recent Green Party conference, where it was recognised that correcting decades of failed housing policy will need a raft…
insidecroydon.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Private developers and landlords won't fix our housing crisis insidecroydon.com/2025/10/21/p...
Croydon Fairfield Halls today
October 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Croydon Fairfield Halls today
Croydon Fairfield Halls
October 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Croydon Fairfield Halls
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Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/19/c...
Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22
S U B S C R I B E R A D V E R T I S E M E N T
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October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/19/c...
Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/19/c...
Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22
S U B S C R I B E R A D V E R T I S E M E N T
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October 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Celebrate Black History Month, free dinner, CVA, Oct 22 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/19/c...
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This week's top posts: Kerswell takes another pay-off as she quits as council's CEO insidecroydon.com/2025/10/17/k... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #Kerswell
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week's top posts: Kerswell takes another pay-off as she quits as council's CEO insidecroydon.com/2025/10/17/k... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #Kerswell