Rachel from Retford
@rachelsarareeves.bsky.social
Mum, accountant, Election Agent for the Bassetlaw Greens 💚 NHS 💙
https://order-order.com/2024/06/06/rachel-reeves-standing-for-green-party/
https://order-order.com/2024/06/06/rachel-reeves-standing-for-green-party/
Nah, calling each other vicious names and refusing to talk to each other works super well in politics.
Just look how well America is doing.
Just look how well America is doing.
You can be critical of this gov't - and there plenty to be critical about - without flattening everything into an unintelligible, ahistorical paste. Because doing so, is absolutely part of the problem. It enables "they're all the same" narratives, which never - ever - lead to progressive outcomes.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Nah, calling each other vicious names and refusing to talk to each other works super well in politics.
Just look how well America is doing.
Just look how well America is doing.
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The Bassetlaw Greens are proud to have supported the COP 30 climate march in Sheffield today.
Last week, scientists reported that the world has crossed its first irreversible climate tipping point. Why are world leaders still dragging their feet?
Last week, scientists reported that the world has crossed its first irreversible climate tipping point. Why are world leaders still dragging their feet?
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Bassetlaw Greens are proud to have supported the COP 30 climate march in Sheffield today.
Last week, scientists reported that the world has crossed its first irreversible climate tipping point. Why are world leaders still dragging their feet?
Last week, scientists reported that the world has crossed its first irreversible climate tipping point. Why are world leaders still dragging their feet?
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Just joined the Green Party and eager to make a difference?
1) Welcome, we can't wait to meet you and say hi!
2) Here are some of the things you can do to become more Zacktive.
If you are still unsure, reach out through social media or email us on chair@cheshirewestandchester.greenparty.org.uk
1) Welcome, we can't wait to meet you and say hi!
2) Here are some of the things you can do to become more Zacktive.
If you are still unsure, reach out through social media or email us on chair@cheshirewestandchester.greenparty.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Just joined the Green Party and eager to make a difference?
1) Welcome, we can't wait to meet you and say hi!
2) Here are some of the things you can do to become more Zacktive.
If you are still unsure, reach out through social media or email us on chair@cheshirewestandchester.greenparty.org.uk
1) Welcome, we can't wait to meet you and say hi!
2) Here are some of the things you can do to become more Zacktive.
If you are still unsure, reach out through social media or email us on chair@cheshirewestandchester.greenparty.org.uk
How can we mobilise all these new people?
It's a big challenge for smaller parties like us, who are starting from a fairly small capacity
I mean - great problem to have, dont get me wrong 🤣 💚🥳
It's a big challenge for smaller parties like us, who are starting from a fairly small capacity
I mean - great problem to have, dont get me wrong 🤣 💚🥳
The Polanski bounce is real 📈📈📈
Over the past few months, our membership numbers have more than quadrupled & the momentum just keeps building!
If you want to help shape our future campaigns, now is the perfect time to become a member & get involved!
➡️ join.greenparty.org.uk
Over the past few months, our membership numbers have more than quadrupled & the momentum just keeps building!
If you want to help shape our future campaigns, now is the perfect time to become a member & get involved!
➡️ join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How can we mobilise all these new people?
It's a big challenge for smaller parties like us, who are starting from a fairly small capacity
I mean - great problem to have, dont get me wrong 🤣 💚🥳
It's a big challenge for smaller parties like us, who are starting from a fairly small capacity
I mean - great problem to have, dont get me wrong 🤣 💚🥳
@emgreenparty.bsky.social
Hi Folks, we have a new account
Could you add us to your lists pls?
bsky.app/profile/bass...
Hi Folks, we have a new account
Could you add us to your lists pls?
bsky.app/profile/bass...
bsky.app
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@emgreenparty.bsky.social
Hi Folks, we have a new account
Could you add us to your lists pls?
bsky.app/profile/bass...
Hi Folks, we have a new account
Could you add us to your lists pls?
bsky.app/profile/bass...
Emily is lovely 😍
We have welcomed a significant number of new members to the Bassetlaw Greens in recent months, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to ask them what inspired them to get involved!
Here's what Emily, who joined in October, had to say ⤵️
Here's what Emily, who joined in October, had to say ⤵️
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Emily is lovely 😍
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Yesterday, Nottingham City Council joined other councils around the country in passing a boycott and divestment motion. Powerful speech in favour of the motion by the city's Green councillor below, praising the steadfastness of the people of Nottingham in opposing the atrocities.
Unfortunately, Bluesky does not allow videos over 3 minutes in length. Full video of last night's motion can be viewed here:
www.youtube.com/live/wzxOZTi...
www.youtube.com/live/wzxOZTi...
City Council 10 November 2025
YouTube video by Nottingham City Council
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yesterday, Nottingham City Council joined other councils around the country in passing a boycott and divestment motion. Powerful speech in favour of the motion by the city's Green councillor below, praising the steadfastness of the people of Nottingham in opposing the atrocities.
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We've just hit 150 members in Bassetlaw, and more are joining every single day! Welcome to each and every one of you!
If you'd like to get involved in our campaign to make Bassetlaw a fairer, greener place, join the Green Party today🌱
join.greenparty.org.uk
If you'd like to get involved in our campaign to make Bassetlaw a fairer, greener place, join the Green Party today🌱
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We've just hit 150 members in Bassetlaw, and more are joining every single day! Welcome to each and every one of you!
If you'd like to get involved in our campaign to make Bassetlaw a fairer, greener place, join the Green Party today🌱
join.greenparty.org.uk
If you'd like to get involved in our campaign to make Bassetlaw a fairer, greener place, join the Green Party today🌱
join.greenparty.org.uk
'These camps are a political decision. We don't have to do it this way'
Asylum Seekers must be given the right to work - to contribute their skills, and their tax! And to be much more safely integrated into our society.
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
'These camps are a political decision. We don't have to do it this way'
These crabs have style
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These crabs have style
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It's my 40th birthday today and I'm aiming to raise £750 towards my London Marathon target by the end of the day, raising funds for BookTrust.
Just £24 to go to hit my £750 milestone!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
Just £24 to go to hit my £750 milestone!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
Helen in Wonderland's London Marathon for BookTrust
Help Helen Tamblyn-Saville raise money to support BookTrust
www.justgiving.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's my 40th birthday today and I'm aiming to raise £750 towards my London Marathon target by the end of the day, raising funds for BookTrust.
Just £24 to go to hit my £750 milestone!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
Just £24 to go to hit my £750 milestone!
www.justgiving.com/page/helen-t...
If you don't want our next government to be Reform, whatever party you're from, the answer has to be Proportional Representation.
Labour are so close on this. Thier MPs want it. Their conference voted for it...
So close. What would get it over the line?
Labour are so close on this. Thier MPs want it. Their conference voted for it...
So close. What would get it over the line?
"Proportional Representation [is] no longer the subject of an abstract discussion on the margins, but an urgent and compelling proposition supported across our party."
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you don't want our next government to be Reform, whatever party you're from, the answer has to be Proportional Representation.
Labour are so close on this. Thier MPs want it. Their conference voted for it...
So close. What would get it over the line?
Labour are so close on this. Thier MPs want it. Their conference voted for it...
So close. What would get it over the line?
In general, the media is too ready to platform randos spouting nonsense. Yes.
But that ain't this.
Jo White is our MP - the elected representative for all the people in my town. If she is saying stuff like this, I want to hear it, to know what she is saying on our behalf. Thats public interest.
But that ain't this.
Jo White is our MP - the elected representative for all the people in my town. If she is saying stuff like this, I want to hear it, to know what she is saying on our behalf. Thats public interest.
One of the biggest problems with mainstream media is its regular platforming of lunatic people with mad ideas.
Particularly the BBC, which is meant to be about public education.
UK politics is broken in large part because we have lazy gatekeepers of MSM.
Which is why so many are turning off MSM.
Particularly the BBC, which is meant to be about public education.
UK politics is broken in large part because we have lazy gatekeepers of MSM.
Which is why so many are turning off MSM.
This complete nut (Jo White mp) on #r4today reckons processing asylum claims in IRAQ - setting up offshore processing centres with British civil servants processing claims IN IRAQ is actually a sane or even money saving plan??? 🤯🤯🤯
Lost the plot entirely.
Lost the plot entirely.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In general, the media is too ready to platform randos spouting nonsense. Yes.
But that ain't this.
Jo White is our MP - the elected representative for all the people in my town. If she is saying stuff like this, I want to hear it, to know what she is saying on our behalf. Thats public interest.
But that ain't this.
Jo White is our MP - the elected representative for all the people in my town. If she is saying stuff like this, I want to hear it, to know what she is saying on our behalf. Thats public interest.
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One of the worst features of the 21st century discourse is the "complex problems require complicated solutions" trope. The solutions are generally, at heart, simple. Carrying them through tends to require strategy, planning, leadership, advocacy, persistence, resources. Oh, and courage.
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
One of the worst features of the 21st century discourse is the "complex problems require complicated solutions" trope. The solutions are generally, at heart, simple. Carrying them through tends to require strategy, planning, leadership, advocacy, persistence, resources. Oh, and courage.
If women are the ones ruining all the things, then we're bloody good at it aren't we?
So efficient. What is there left to ruin, even?
So efficient. What is there left to ruin, even?
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If women are the ones ruining all the things, then we're bloody good at it aren't we?
So efficient. What is there left to ruin, even?
So efficient. What is there left to ruin, even?
Celebrity Traitors - yes, Joe! Finally!
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Celebrity Traitors - yes, Joe! Finally!
My family-voted Fantasy Celebrity Traitors
- Tom Holland
- KSI
- Fatiha El Ghorrie
- Fiona Bruce
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Matthew Morsia
- Jim Howick
- Carol Vorderman
- Eddie Hall
- Amelia Dimoldenburg
- Grian
- Lewis Hamilton
- Miriam Margoyles
- Kate Bottley
- Mel B
- Mark Gatiss
- Sayeeda Warsi
- Tom Holland
- KSI
- Fatiha El Ghorrie
- Fiona Bruce
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Matthew Morsia
- Jim Howick
- Carol Vorderman
- Eddie Hall
- Amelia Dimoldenburg
- Grian
- Lewis Hamilton
- Miriam Margoyles
- Kate Bottley
- Mel B
- Mark Gatiss
- Sayeeda Warsi
Fantasy celebrity Traitors:
-Bob Mortimer
-Mo Farah
-Diane Morgan
-Liz Hurley
-Mary Earps
-Richard Ayoade
-Danny Dyer
-Mary Beard
Not that Mountbatten Windsor fella tho
-Bob Mortimer
-Mo Farah
-Diane Morgan
-Liz Hurley
-Mary Earps
-Richard Ayoade
-Danny Dyer
-Mary Beard
Not that Mountbatten Windsor fella tho
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My family-voted Fantasy Celebrity Traitors
- Tom Holland
- KSI
- Fatiha El Ghorrie
- Fiona Bruce
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Matthew Morsia
- Jim Howick
- Carol Vorderman
- Eddie Hall
- Amelia Dimoldenburg
- Grian
- Lewis Hamilton
- Miriam Margoyles
- Kate Bottley
- Mel B
- Mark Gatiss
- Sayeeda Warsi
- Tom Holland
- KSI
- Fatiha El Ghorrie
- Fiona Bruce
- Craig Revel Horwood
- Matthew Morsia
- Jim Howick
- Carol Vorderman
- Eddie Hall
- Amelia Dimoldenburg
- Grian
- Lewis Hamilton
- Miriam Margoyles
- Kate Bottley
- Mel B
- Mark Gatiss
- Sayeeda Warsi
Clickbait conman in lack of substance shocker!
Farage “knows he has to moderate his tone and get across some budget details. But attention to detail [isn’t] his thing and responsibility bores him”…and makes a bore of him.
His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
His success lies in him talking shite. If he can’t do that, he becomes v dull v quickly
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Economic policy is one thing Nigel Farage can’t crib from the Donald Trump playbook | Rafael Behr
The Maga model, based on the US’s exorbitant market privileges, can’t be imported to Britain. That’s going to be a problem for Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Clickbait conman in lack of substance shocker!
Imagining a Terminator movie scenario but all the androids are made of mushrooms.
Fungi could replace silicon: Study shows mushrooms can store digital data
Fungal electronics are an ideal, sustainable option for computing systems.
interestingengineering.com/science/mush...
Fungal electronics are an ideal, sustainable option for computing systems.
interestingengineering.com/science/mush...
Mushrooms could be used to make eco-friendly computer memory chips
The study details how everyday mushrooms, like shiitake, can be grown and "trained" to act as organic memristors.
interestingengineering.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Imagining a Terminator movie scenario but all the androids are made of mushrooms.
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✂️ Reform will cut the minimum wage for younger workers.
💷 The Green Party will increase the minimum wage to £15 an hour, no matter how old you are.
✅️ Join the only party that believes everyone deserves a real living wage:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
💷 The Green Party will increase the minimum wage to £15 an hour, no matter how old you are.
✅️ Join the only party that believes everyone deserves a real living wage:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
✂️ Reform will cut the minimum wage for younger workers.
💷 The Green Party will increase the minimum wage to £15 an hour, no matter how old you are.
✅️ Join the only party that believes everyone deserves a real living wage:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
💷 The Green Party will increase the minimum wage to £15 an hour, no matter how old you are.
✅️ Join the only party that believes everyone deserves a real living wage:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
This EDM was really good. Our local Labour MP Jo tabled it, and it had Lib Dem, Independant, Green supporters (thanks @sianberry.bsky.social ).
Just wish we could do more of this. More exams will not encourage children to read.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Just wish we could do more of this. More exams will not encourage children to read.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This EDM was really good. Our local Labour MP Jo tabled it, and it had Lib Dem, Independant, Green supporters (thanks @sianberry.bsky.social ).
Just wish we could do more of this. More exams will not encourage children to read.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Just wish we could do more of this. More exams will not encourage children to read.
edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Teachers are resisting our schools being forced become even more intensive #ExamFactories.
Well done teachers.
Labour wedded to Victorian ideas of education and seeking to push schools even further into competition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well done teachers.
Labour wedded to Victorian ideas of education and seeking to push schools even further into competition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Teachers are resisting our schools being forced become even more intensive #ExamFactories.
Well done teachers.
Labour wedded to Victorian ideas of education and seeking to push schools even further into competition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well done teachers.
Labour wedded to Victorian ideas of education and seeking to push schools even further into competition
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Command and control, heavily centralised government is so inefficient.
Straightjacket, rigid KPIs from London > actually getting stuff done across the public sector.
The worst of it is when its forced onto our children.
Straightjacket, rigid KPIs from London > actually getting stuff done across the public sector.
The worst of it is when its forced onto our children.
You do not make a pig heavier by continually weighing it.
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Command and control, heavily centralised government is so inefficient.
Straightjacket, rigid KPIs from London > actually getting stuff done across the public sector.
The worst of it is when its forced onto our children.
Straightjacket, rigid KPIs from London > actually getting stuff done across the public sector.
The worst of it is when its forced onto our children.
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Anthropocene as a biological event - the massive increase in human and domesticated mammal biomass vs the startling decrease in land and marine wild mammal
biomass in the past 160yrs, as documented the great team of Ron Milo in Nat Comms.
Sobering graph.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
biomass in the past 160yrs, as documented the great team of Ron Milo in Nat Comms.
Sobering graph.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Anthropocene as a biological event - the massive increase in human and domesticated mammal biomass vs the startling decrease in land and marine wild mammal
biomass in the past 160yrs, as documented the great team of Ron Milo in Nat Comms.
Sobering graph.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
biomass in the past 160yrs, as documented the great team of Ron Milo in Nat Comms.
Sobering graph.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thursday night online for @greenparty.org.uk members: delighted to be talking about my recent visit to Ukraine with Viktoriya Ball, organiser of feminist youth climate movement Rozviy.
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
The Green Party + Ukraine – report back and discussion with Natalie Bennett
Green peer Natalie Bennett has just visited Ukraine. On 30 October she will report back and lead a discussion for Green Party members.
www.eventbrite.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thursday night online for @greenparty.org.uk members: delighted to be talking about my recent visit to Ukraine with Viktoriya Ball, organiser of feminist youth climate movement Rozviy.
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...