Rosie Pearson
@rosiepearson59.bsky.social
District Councillor, West Oxfordshire
Land, Nature, Food, People
Green Party, of course
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Land, Nature, Food, People
Green Party, of course
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
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Any chance of a UK Prime Minister telling a foreign government that it has no business telling us what we should watch and listen?
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Any chance of a UK Prime Minister telling a foreign government that it has no business telling us what we should watch and listen?
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For those whi deny there's money and jobs in this 'green crap'
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
For those whi deny there's money and jobs in this 'green crap'
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Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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🎉 80,000 Green Party members!
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 We have no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 We have no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
September 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎉 80,000 Green Party members!
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 We have no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
📈 But we're not stopping there.
💚 We have no time to waste. Join the Green Party today ⤵️
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Congratulations to Labour, somehow ending up to the economic right of the Confederation of British Industry...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
CBI boss calls for Reeves to tear up Labour’s pledge not to raise tax
Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Congratulations to Labour, somehow ending up to the economic right of the Confederation of British Industry...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Unsettling but brilliant read: We need to force the right to show its true intent now rather than letting it creep up on us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Unsettling but brilliant read: We need to force the right to show its true intent now rather than letting it creep up on us www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here's the breakdown of abstentions and votes against:
I need to add "disappointed to see Labour cllrs voting against this".
Labour, LibDems and Tories blocking renewable energy - and one lone sane Green vote...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
I need to add "disappointed to see Labour cllrs voting against this".
Labour, LibDems and Tories blocking renewable energy - and one lone sane Green vote...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
No surprise to see four Tories vote against a solar farm during a climate emergency... but the rest
3 Labour votes against:
Rachel Crouch
Michael Brooker
Andrew Lyon
3 Lib Dem absentions:
David Melvin
Alistair Wray
Dan Levy
2 Lib Dem votes against:
Phil Godfrey
Steve Cosier
what's their excuse?
3 Labour votes against:
Rachel Crouch
Michael Brooker
Andrew Lyon
3 Lib Dem absentions:
David Melvin
Alistair Wray
Dan Levy
2 Lib Dem votes against:
Phil Godfrey
Steve Cosier
what's their excuse?
September 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here's the breakdown of abstentions and votes against:
I need to add "disappointed to see Labour cllrs voting against this".
Labour, LibDems and Tories blocking renewable energy - and one lone sane Green vote...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
I need to add "disappointed to see Labour cllrs voting against this".
Labour, LibDems and Tories blocking renewable energy - and one lone sane Green vote...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reform: Stop hiding from press scrutiny!
Nigel Farage says he welcomes freedom of speech, even if people find it offensive. Surely that should apply to freedom of the press too? So why have Reform's Nottinghamshire councillors - who control ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reform led Nottinghamshire Council has blacklisted a local paper for asking questions about what councillors were doing. Farage says he welcomes free speech, that should apply to freedom of the press too. Sign the petition to get them to reverse the decision: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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nominative determinism reshuffle
Streeting to Transport
Healey to Health
Paul Waugh to Defence
Euan Stainbank to Defra
Sarah Sackman to PM
Streeting to Transport
Healey to Health
Paul Waugh to Defence
Euan Stainbank to Defra
Sarah Sackman to PM
September 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Zack Polanski on R4 any questions, giving it large! …and being well received! Especially when he reviewed Farage’s activities…refreshing…. Really wondering about the political polling companies 😉
Well worth a listen….
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Well worth a listen….
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Any Questions? - Richard Fuller MP, Dame Meg Hillier MP, Sherelle Jacobs, Zack Polanski AM - BBC Sounds
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Kimpton Memorial Hall in Hertfordshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Zack Polanski on R4 any questions, giving it large! …and being well received! Especially when he reviewed Farage’s activities…refreshing…. Really wondering about the political polling companies 😉
Well worth a listen….
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Well worth a listen….
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Keep fracking out of Britain!
I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
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Every day the government delays banning the sale of peat compost means more carbon lost to the atmosphere from this appalling practice
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
Vast areas of peatland destroyed since peat ban announced exactly 3 years ago | The Wildlife Trusts
It has been three years since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector, yet there is still no sign of legislation to enact the ban.
www.wildlifetrusts.org
August 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Every day the government delays banning the sale of peat compost means more carbon lost to the atmosphere from this appalling practice
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
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It's important to assume that Reform in Government would indeed try to do this. The right thing is not to tell the public that this won't happen - so they can therefore vote for Reform without guilt - but rather that a vote for Reform is a vote for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people.
None of this will ever happen, and it's incumbent on the BBC to at least indicate that everybody who knows anything about this topic says it's a load of baloney. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK would pay countries for migrant return deals
The party outlines its plans to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK on small boats.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's important to assume that Reform in Government would indeed try to do this. The right thing is not to tell the public that this won't happen - so they can therefore vote for Reform without guilt - but rather that a vote for Reform is a vote for the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people.
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Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Those Reform nutjobs reminded me:
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, grabbing an Indian curry or Turkish kebab takeaway, then going home to sit on Swedish furniture & watch American shows on a Japanese TV, while being suspicious of anything foreign."
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The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is this government so cowardly? The Reform narrative is so thin and should be easy to counter.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why is this government so cowardly? The Reform narrative is so thin and should be easy to counter.
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I founded an international women's film festival which called out inequality and changed the narrative around gender in the most powerful medium of its day. I regularly speak for a wealth tax, against disability cuts, for proper funding of public services, and more.
#Rach4Deputy #RankRachel1st
#Rach4Deputy #RankRachel1st
August 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I founded an international women's film festival which called out inequality and changed the narrative around gender in the most powerful medium of its day. I regularly speak for a wealth tax, against disability cuts, for proper funding of public services, and more.
#Rach4Deputy #RankRachel1st
#Rach4Deputy #RankRachel1st
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The Council has no plans to challenge the use of hotels for asylum seekers in #Bristol.
Council Leader Tony Dyer: “Bristol is a long-established place of sanctuary ... We are a diverse city and are proud to welcome and provide safety for people seeking sanctuary from a wide range of backgrounds.”
Council Leader Tony Dyer: “Bristol is a long-established place of sanctuary ... We are a diverse city and are proud to welcome and provide safety for people seeking sanctuary from a wide range of backgrounds.”
No plans for Bristol to challenge government on asylum seeker hotels
Council leaders have confirmed the city will continue to offer sanctuary to people in need
www.bristolpost.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Council has no plans to challenge the use of hotels for asylum seekers in #Bristol.
Council Leader Tony Dyer: “Bristol is a long-established place of sanctuary ... We are a diverse city and are proud to welcome and provide safety for people seeking sanctuary from a wide range of backgrounds.”
Council Leader Tony Dyer: “Bristol is a long-established place of sanctuary ... We are a diverse city and are proud to welcome and provide safety for people seeking sanctuary from a wide range of backgrounds.”
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The Green Party has higher favourability ratings than any other party.
We’re now the *only* party with a positive net rating!
That broad appeal was crucial to the seats we won last year & - with your votes - that's what Ellie & I plan to build on to win many more!
#TogetherWeWin
We’re now the *only* party with a positive net rating!
That broad appeal was crucial to the seats we won last year & - with your votes - that's what Ellie & I plan to build on to win many more!
#TogetherWeWin
August 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Green Party has higher favourability ratings than any other party.
We’re now the *only* party with a positive net rating!
That broad appeal was crucial to the seats we won last year & - with your votes - that's what Ellie & I plan to build on to win many more!
#TogetherWeWin
We’re now the *only* party with a positive net rating!
That broad appeal was crucial to the seats we won last year & - with your votes - that's what Ellie & I plan to build on to win many more!
#TogetherWeWin
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WHY the *fuck* is a party political broadcast by Nigel Farage being misreported as "Breaking News"?
August 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
WHY the *fuck* is a party political broadcast by Nigel Farage being misreported as "Breaking News"?