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Ben Crystall
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💚Green cllr & leader of East Herts District Council, and cllr at Hertford Town and Hertfordshire County Council. Former New Scientist journo. Promoted by Alex Daar on behalf of Ben Crystall both at East Herts Green Party c/o 55 Ware High St Ware SG12 9BA 🇵🇸
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social Not just Vogue! Glamour too!
While Starmer's Labour has shifted to the right, the membership of the Green Party under Zack Polanski grows. Much like Mamdani, Polanski campaigns on an explicitly socialist agenda that is down-to-earth and compelling, unlike the cyborg-like communications of the Labour party. Polanski pushes a wealth tax, affordable housing and free childcare - striking similar to Mumdani. It's hard to find hope at a time when environmental protections are being destroyed, a war has decimated Gaza, and the far right is never too far away. Mamdani may be the new mayor of New York, but Trump is still the president of the United States and has threatened to withhold federal funding to the city. But what Mamdani's victory shows us is that the elite don't always win, and the politics of pessimism is failing - at least on the streets of New York. That, for a short while, should allow a brief moment of hope.
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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But I do suspect the differences in press attention, along with the lack of social media and rolling news, are why people forget how much worse and more prevalent violence was in the 1990s.

I don’t recall commentators freaking out that they were terrified to go to supermarkets.
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM