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Prominent former Labour economist to stand for Green Party in Tower Hamlets
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/01/p...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/01/p...
Prominent former Labour economist to stand for Green Party in Tower Hamlets - Tower Hamlets Green Party
James Meadway, an economist who was an advisor to a former Labour shadow chancellor, is standing for election as a Green Party councillor in Tower Hamlets. James and party colleague Hirra Khan Adeogun...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Prominent former Labour economist to stand for Green Party in Tower Hamlets
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/01/p...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/01/p...
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At what cost? This development has ruined the lives of existing residents. Where was the mayor when homes were flooded? Many have had to move permanently. Many are still in temporary accommodation. Many have lost their possessions. A community has been torn apart. www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
Inside the Mile End homes flooded by disastrous air space project
A project to add two storeys to existing residential blocks in Mile End began in 2022. Three years on, the disastrous project has brought only ill health, distress, and disruption to residents
www.standard.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
At what cost? This development has ruined the lives of existing residents. Where was the mayor when homes were flooded? Many have had to move permanently. Many are still in temporary accommodation. Many have lost their possessions. A community has been torn apart. www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
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Our full reaction to Tower Hamlets Audit Report
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
Tower Hamlets audit report is part of the 2026 election campaign
Green Party reaction to the Tower Hamlets Audit Report. A statement of how we would run a Green Council
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Our full reaction to Tower Hamlets Audit Report
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
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All out to stop UKIP Islamophobes in Tower Hamlets towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/20/a...
All out to stop UKIP Islamophobes in Tower Hamlets! - Tower Hamlets Green Party
Tower Hamlets Green Party is calling on all our members and supporters across London to join this Saturday’s demonstration against UKIP’s Islamophobic stunt in Whitechapel. We will be there with our...
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
All out to stop UKIP Islamophobes in Tower Hamlets towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/20/a...
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Protests against Israel's genocide in Gaza are *not* fuelling #antisemitism. Many Jews are taking part in these protests.
Elon Musk's X *is* fuelling antisemitism, as a major new report by @counterhate.com details.
Why are UK politicians not talking about this?
counterhate.com/research/a-h...
Elon Musk's X *is* fuelling antisemitism, as a major new report by @counterhate.com details.
Why are UK politicians not talking about this?
counterhate.com/research/a-h...
A Home for Hate — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
CCDH’s new AI-powered research shows that antisemitism is thriving on Musk’s X - despite violating the platform’s hate speech policies.
counterhate.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Protests against Israel's genocide in Gaza are *not* fuelling #antisemitism. Many Jews are taking part in these protests.
Elon Musk's X *is* fuelling antisemitism, as a major new report by @counterhate.com details.
Why are UK politicians not talking about this?
counterhate.com/research/a-h...
Elon Musk's X *is* fuelling antisemitism, as a major new report by @counterhate.com details.
Why are UK politicians not talking about this?
counterhate.com/research/a-h...
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Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.
August 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.
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OMFG! At last, a politician talking about things that actually matter to people’s lives instead of blaming immigrants for everything & inciting hatred. Well done 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
OMFG! At last, a politician talking about things that actually matter to people’s lives instead of blaming immigrants for everything & inciting hatred. Well done 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼
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Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
July 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Wednesday is with us again, so grab your family and friends and drag them out to buy a book! - Michael
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"When history looks back people will wonder how artists could have had a microphone in front of them and not said anything."
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
July 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"When history looks back people will wonder how artists could have had a microphone in front of them and not said anything."
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼
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I can't keep up. Via Politico: "Banished former Reform UK Deputy Leader Ben Habib launched a new “Advance UK” party, aiming for an ambitious 30,000 members. Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe launched his own “Restore Britain” movement. It’s all a bit People’s Front of Judea."
June 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I can't keep up. Via Politico: "Banished former Reform UK Deputy Leader Ben Habib launched a new “Advance UK” party, aiming for an ambitious 30,000 members. Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe launched his own “Restore Britain” movement. It’s all a bit People’s Front of Judea."
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The human cost of our reliance on fossil fuels is huge. From Russia to Saudi Arabia, it funds tyrants and their wars.
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The human cost of our reliance on fossil fuels is huge. From Russia to Saudi Arabia, it funds tyrants and their wars.
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Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
May 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nigel Farage wants attention for *saying* he’d scrap the 2-child benefit cap. But in the vote against it, did he show up?
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
No. Zero Reform MPs voted against the cap in July.
Green MPs put it in our costed manifesto, signed the motion, and voted to scrap it. Actions not words.
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Private shareholders made £3.6bn from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned.
Sign @weownit.org.uk's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership - which is also Green Party policy, btw. weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Sign @weownit.org.uk's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership - which is also Green Party policy, btw. weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Private shareholders made £3.6bn from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned.
Sign @weownit.org.uk's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership - which is also Green Party policy, btw. weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Sign @weownit.org.uk's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership - which is also Green Party policy, btw. weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
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Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
Jury Rules Against Palin in Libel Case Against The New York Times
After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin’s claim that she had been defamed in the newspaper’s 2017 editorial.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.
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‘It might be gutted’ – Boots braces for dose of private equity’s bitter medicine
‘It might be gutted’ – Boots braces for dose of private equity’s bitter medicine
The 176-year-old chemist is preparing for another change of hands. What’s the mood of staff and residents at its home base in Nottinghamshire?
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
‘It might be gutted’ – Boots braces for dose of private equity’s bitter medicine
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RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Penny Mordaunt is now advising a major tobacco firm
Penny Mordaunt takes top job advising big tobacco firm
The former Tory MP and leadership contender abstained from a smoking ban vote last April
leftfootforward.org
April 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Penny Mordaunt is now advising a major tobacco firm
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Where is our humanity?
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Where is our humanity?
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This Mother's Day, @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social has called on the UK government to support the next generation.
Greens want to expand maternity and paternity pay to 52 weeks of full pay and allow new families the chance to spend quality time with their children.
Greens want to expand maternity and paternity pay to 52 weeks of full pay and allow new families the chance to spend quality time with their children.
March 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This Mother's Day, @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social has called on the UK government to support the next generation.
Greens want to expand maternity and paternity pay to 52 weeks of full pay and allow new families the chance to spend quality time with their children.
Greens want to expand maternity and paternity pay to 52 weeks of full pay and allow new families the chance to spend quality time with their children.
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Left: Kemi Badenoch claims council tax on expenses
Right: That time Kemi Badenoch said she believes in personal responsibility, that government should nurture a fair society, and governments that try to do everything will run out of other people's money
Right: That time Kemi Badenoch said she believes in personal responsibility, that government should nurture a fair society, and governments that try to do everything will run out of other people's money
March 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Left: Kemi Badenoch claims council tax on expenses
Right: That time Kemi Badenoch said she believes in personal responsibility, that government should nurture a fair society, and governments that try to do everything will run out of other people's money
Right: That time Kemi Badenoch said she believes in personal responsibility, that government should nurture a fair society, and governments that try to do everything will run out of other people's money
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Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child
Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted in Oklahoma on five counts over alleged misconduct in 1982
The Texas megachurch founder and pastor Robert Morris has been indicted on five criminal counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, from…
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.