Rachel Collinson
@rachelbeta.bsky.social
Treasurer, Feminist Greens. Equal wealth campaigner. Fundraising consultant. Author: The Giving Code.
Adult Female 👉🏻Human👈🏻 (actual dictionary definition!). She/her. Cripple. Carer. Former Green Party business spox.
Views my own, not always Green Party
Adult Female 👉🏻Human👈🏻 (actual dictionary definition!). She/her. Cripple. Carer. Former Green Party business spox.
Views my own, not always Green Party
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Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Politics is in a vibes era. Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski are proof of that. But maybe Keir Starmer can take positivity from Ruben Amorim.
What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim
www.bigissue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
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it gets tiring to keep explaining what it means to be poor to people.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
November 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
it gets tiring to keep explaining what it means to be poor to people.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
it is not that poor people don’t know that cooking is cheaper:
cooking costs time. it costs pots and pans. it costs a working stove and your utilities on. it costs you’ve been on your feet all day and your babies are tired.
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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I LOVE TO HEAR IT!!
@prisonculture.bsky.social knows I track copaganda costumes, and this year there were just...none! No navy seals, no army rangers, no paw patrol cops, no marines. Hopefully a signal that some tides are turning.
Also, kids loved the KPDH light sticks so much I gave my email to parents who want one
Also, kids loved the KPDH light sticks so much I gave my email to parents who want one
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I LOVE TO HEAR IT!!
W.i.t.a.f
Farage's motion on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights failed: 154 votes to 96
All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.
But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.
But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
W.i.t.a.f
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The Congestion Charge went live today - so it's a great time to talk about a book (published this year) I recently finished reading.
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
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Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Congestion Charge went live today - so it's a great time to talk about a book (published this year) I recently finished reading.
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
Did you know JRR Tolkien wrote a short satirical fantasy about how cars and congestion were ruining Oxford in the 1960s?
Congestion has plagued Oxford for decades.
🧵
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Genuinely brilliant from Private Eye.
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Genuinely brilliant from Private Eye.
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Solidarity with my colleague Mothin, who experiences frequent and appalling racist abuse.
Out and out racism is alive and well in this country. And its perpetrators are emboldened every day that politicians and journalists describe immigrants as an invasion, a swarm, or a flood.
Out and out racism is alive and well in this country. And its perpetrators are emboldened every day that politicians and journalists describe immigrants as an invasion, a swarm, or a flood.
A memorable night ruined by a racist thug.
I was invited to speak at the EuroAsia Curry Awards on Monday night, it should have been an exciting opportunity. But on my way there, outside Earl’s Court station, I was subjected to an Islamophobic hate crime. I have now reported it to the police
I was invited to speak at the EuroAsia Curry Awards on Monday night, it should have been an exciting opportunity. But on my way there, outside Earl’s Court station, I was subjected to an Islamophobic hate crime. I have now reported it to the police
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Solidarity with my colleague Mothin, who experiences frequent and appalling racist abuse.
Out and out racism is alive and well in this country. And its perpetrators are emboldened every day that politicians and journalists describe immigrants as an invasion, a swarm, or a flood.
Out and out racism is alive and well in this country. And its perpetrators are emboldened every day that politicians and journalists describe immigrants as an invasion, a swarm, or a flood.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!
Oh wait, I know what's wrong with people: they've been fed lies + hate by the establishment media for so long they've turned into rabid cavemen.
Still, this fills the rage-fuel tank for my activism engine. Working 'til this 💩 stops.
Solidarity @mothinali.bsky.social
Oh wait, I know what's wrong with people: they've been fed lies + hate by the establishment media for so long they've turned into rabid cavemen.
Still, this fills the rage-fuel tank for my activism engine. Working 'til this 💩 stops.
Solidarity @mothinali.bsky.social
A memorable night ruined by a racist thug.
I was invited to speak at the EuroAsia Curry Awards on Monday night, it should have been an exciting opportunity. But on my way there, outside Earl’s Court station, I was subjected to an Islamophobic hate crime. I have now reported it to the police
I was invited to speak at the EuroAsia Curry Awards on Monday night, it should have been an exciting opportunity. But on my way there, outside Earl’s Court station, I was subjected to an Islamophobic hate crime. I have now reported it to the police
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!
Oh wait, I know what's wrong with people: they've been fed lies + hate by the establishment media for so long they've turned into rabid cavemen.
Still, this fills the rage-fuel tank for my activism engine. Working 'til this 💩 stops.
Solidarity @mothinali.bsky.social
Oh wait, I know what's wrong with people: they've been fed lies + hate by the establishment media for so long they've turned into rabid cavemen.
Still, this fills the rage-fuel tank for my activism engine. Working 'til this 💩 stops.
Solidarity @mothinali.bsky.social
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Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
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We’re an island nation. The one thing that’s guaranteed is wind and waves. Why aren’t we exploiting these natural power sources more?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
We’re an island nation. The one thing that’s guaranteed is wind and waves. Why aren’t we exploiting these natural power sources more?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Every once in a while I think about the time I was trying to tell three male coworkers about a study that had shown that men think their female coworkers talk more & interrupt more, even though, in fact, men talk & interrupt more, but I could never finish telling them, b/c they kept interrupting me.
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every once in a while I think about the time I was trying to tell three male coworkers about a study that had shown that men think their female coworkers talk more & interrupt more, even though, in fact, men talk & interrupt more, but I could never finish telling them, b/c they kept interrupting me.
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
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London councils spend £5.5 million every day on homelessness.
While we have 90,000 children growing up in temporary accommodation.
The housing market is broken, it’s an emergency fuelled by corporate greed and government policies that put developers’ profits ahead of our basic right to a home.
While we have 90,000 children growing up in temporary accommodation.
The housing market is broken, it’s an emergency fuelled by corporate greed and government policies that put developers’ profits ahead of our basic right to a home.
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
London councils spend £5.5 million every day on homelessness.
While we have 90,000 children growing up in temporary accommodation.
The housing market is broken, it’s an emergency fuelled by corporate greed and government policies that put developers’ profits ahead of our basic right to a home.
While we have 90,000 children growing up in temporary accommodation.
The housing market is broken, it’s an emergency fuelled by corporate greed and government policies that put developers’ profits ahead of our basic right to a home.
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Never been so happy by being proven to be not ambitious enough - when I read the political strategy motion and said “150,000 members” never did I imagine it would happen to quickly!
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
🚨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 2:33 PM
Never been so happy by being proven to be not ambitious enough - when I read the political strategy motion and said “150,000 members” never did I imagine it would happen to quickly!
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
Welcome to all the new members 👋
Here’s hoping we’ll hit 200,000 by the new year 🤩
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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With all the milestones, how extraordinary this is can get lost!
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
🚨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 10:46 AM
With all the milestones, how extraordinary this is can get lost!
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
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Pochin's comments were just "poorly phrased"?
To be upset at the sight of black and brown people on TV in 2025 is - obviously - racist.
It's the same reaction as Jenrick in Handsworth, or the constant attack on immigrants across the political spectrum.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
To be upset at the sight of black and brown people on TV in 2025 is - obviously - racist.
It's the same reaction as Jenrick in Handsworth, or the constant attack on immigrants across the political spectrum.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Reform MP apologises for ‘completely unacceptable’ comments
www.independent.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Pochin's comments were just "poorly phrased"?
To be upset at the sight of black and brown people on TV in 2025 is - obviously - racist.
It's the same reaction as Jenrick in Handsworth, or the constant attack on immigrants across the political spectrum.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
To be upset at the sight of black and brown people on TV in 2025 is - obviously - racist.
It's the same reaction as Jenrick in Handsworth, or the constant attack on immigrants across the political spectrum.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Who could have foreseen that leaders being hateful and bigoted would lead to more of the general public being hateful and bigoted?
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Who could have foreseen that leaders being hateful and bigoted would lead to more of the general public being hateful and bigoted?
What a sweet combo of updates
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a sweet combo of updates
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Confirmed - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the doctor 🟦🩺
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Confirmed - @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the doctor 🟦🩺
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A reminder on Intersex Awareness Day: all intersex people deserve to live free of forced medical procedures and they should thrive with respect for their bodily integrity.
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“As the first comprehensive international human rights instrument dedicated to the protection of persons with variations of sex characteristics, the Recommendation marks a historic and much-needed milestone.”
This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.
This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.
Council of Europe Adopts Landmark Intersex Rights Recommendation
The Council of Europe adopts a landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard for intersex human rights across Europe.
www.ilga-europe.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder on Intersex Awareness Day: all intersex people deserve to live free of forced medical procedures and they should thrive with respect for their bodily integrity.
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Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering raising income tax next month.
Of course Labour are planning on going after working people while conveniently ignoring the super-rich who are hoarding this country's wealth.
The Green Party is clear - time to tax wealth, not work.
Of course Labour are planning on going after working people while conveniently ignoring the super-rich who are hoarding this country's wealth.
The Green Party is clear - time to tax wealth, not work.
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering raising income tax next month.
Of course Labour are planning on going after working people while conveniently ignoring the super-rich who are hoarding this country's wealth.
The Green Party is clear - time to tax wealth, not work.
Of course Labour are planning on going after working people while conveniently ignoring the super-rich who are hoarding this country's wealth.
The Green Party is clear - time to tax wealth, not work.
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I have licked all the icing off the gingerbread house and I’m wondering why the walls won’t stay up
a memoir
a memoir
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I have licked all the icing off the gingerbread house and I’m wondering why the walls won’t stay up
a memoir
a memoir