Ed Poole
@edpoole1975.bsky.social
Chair and Campaign coordinator Hertsmere Green Party, Greens Organise Steering Committee, Democratic eco-socialist, Internationalist, intersectional class politics, NHS, Unison, Villa. Views my own. he/him.
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Ed Poole
@edpoole1975.bsky.social
· Nov 18
It's great to meet all theses amazing new people. I thought I would introduce myself with a little thread. I’m a Green Party activist and a Patient safety manager in the NHS. I’m married and we have two miniature schnauzers! I’m here mostly to chat about politics.
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Under Nicola Sturgeon & Humza Yousaf the Scottish Government rightly opposed the proposed Rosebank oil field.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
Greens to force vote at Holyrood on Rosebank oil development
MSPs will have their say in a symbolic vote on the project on Wednesday.
news.stv.tv
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Under Nicola Sturgeon & Humza Yousaf the Scottish Government rightly opposed the proposed Rosebank oil field.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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It is a pivotal moment in our history.
So what needs to happen at COP30?
💰 Climate Damages Tax to make the polluters pay
⚖️ Fund climate justice for the Global South
❌ Keep fossil fuels in the ground
🌳 End deforestation by 2030
⏩ Global just transition now
So what needs to happen at COP30?
💰 Climate Damages Tax to make the polluters pay
⚖️ Fund climate justice for the Global South
❌ Keep fossil fuels in the ground
🌳 End deforestation by 2030
⏩ Global just transition now
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It is a pivotal moment in our history.
So what needs to happen at COP30?
💰 Climate Damages Tax to make the polluters pay
⚖️ Fund climate justice for the Global South
❌ Keep fossil fuels in the ground
🌳 End deforestation by 2030
⏩ Global just transition now
So what needs to happen at COP30?
💰 Climate Damages Tax to make the polluters pay
⚖️ Fund climate justice for the Global South
❌ Keep fossil fuels in the ground
🌳 End deforestation by 2030
⏩ Global just transition now
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7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
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Wall Street will collapse up its own hole.
It needs putting back in its box America 😂
It needs putting back in its box America 😂
If Wall Street threatens Mamdani-style reforms with a capital strike, organized labor can fight back—history shows how banks killed NYC’s progressive plans in 1975, so unions must prepare to counter similar opposition now.
If Capital Strikes Against Mamdani, Organized Worker Power Can Strike Back
Let’s study how Wall Street sank Mamdani-style municipal plans back in 1975 — and get prepared for a similar fight.
truthout.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Wall Street will collapse up its own hole.
It needs putting back in its box America 😂
It needs putting back in its box America 😂
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's amazing to see a journalist brag about helping stop the NHS provide care to children.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
It's amazing to see a journalist brag about helping stop the NHS provide care to children.
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For years, I’ve known that Maitlis was a key player in the institutional and orchestrated attacks on Trans+ youth
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For years, I’ve known that Maitlis was a key player in the institutional and orchestrated attacks on Trans+ youth
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
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The Maccabi Tel Aviv event embodies what I call ‘Kayfabe politics’. Key to Kayfabe is not simply those performing in the ring pretending something false is real (here politicians) but how spectators (media +) also ‘keep Kayfabe’, playing along as fans-who-believe to sustain the spectacle they enjoy.
Hi guys, I've decided as everyone else has to start a substack. Here's my first article, on how the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan furore lays bare the pretence at the heart of British politics. Feel free to subscribe, I'm going to try write at least 2 articles a month.
open.substack.com/pub/tomusher...
open.substack.com/pub/tomusher...
Fated to pretend
What the Maccabi Tel Aviv furore shows us all about pretending
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Maccabi Tel Aviv event embodies what I call ‘Kayfabe politics’. Key to Kayfabe is not simply those performing in the ring pretending something false is real (here politicians) but how spectators (media +) also ‘keep Kayfabe’, playing along as fans-who-believe to sustain the spectacle they enjoy.
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The BBC whitewashed Israel's genocide - and has now capitulated to Donald Trump.
It's in crisis - for all the wrong reasons.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/the-bbc-is...
It's in crisis - for all the wrong reasons.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/the-bbc-is...
The BBC is in crisis - for all the wrong reasons.
The BBC whitewashed Israel's genocide. Now it has capitulated to Trump
www.owenjones.news
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The BBC whitewashed Israel's genocide - and has now capitulated to Donald Trump.
It's in crisis - for all the wrong reasons.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/the-bbc-is...
It's in crisis - for all the wrong reasons.
New post 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/the-bbc-is...
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"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’ve been waiting two months for a photo referral from a derm the gp told me would take two months, I called the hospital today, the guy I spoke to, told me that the consultant hadn’t even looked at it yet, Labour haven’t fixed the nhs it’s still as it was
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’ve been waiting two months for a photo referral from a derm the gp told me would take two months, I called the hospital today, the guy I spoke to, told me that the consultant hadn’t even looked at it yet, Labour haven’t fixed the nhs it’s still as it was
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If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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Well done for the relentless pressure on the government to do the right thing. Something which is obvious to most people with a 💚
If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened.
Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Well done for the relentless pressure on the government to do the right thing. Something which is obvious to most people with a 💚
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“Starmer’s killed Labour.”
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Starmer’s killed Labour.”
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
It’s time to build something new. Something different. Something for us.
Join the Greens and help us build it together.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Labour MPs warn council tax is “driving poverty” as analysis shows some of the most deprived areas are paying the highest rates
The analysis revealed a strong relationship: the more deprived a local authority, the higher its CT as a percentage of house prices
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The analysis revealed a strong relationship: the more deprived a local authority, the higher its CT as a percentage of house prices
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Labour MPs warn council tax is “driving poverty” as analysis shows some of the most deprived areas are paying the highest rates
The analysis revealed a strong relationship: the more deprived a local authority, the higher its CT as a percentage of house prices
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The analysis revealed a strong relationship: the more deprived a local authority, the higher its CT as a percentage of house prices
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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Please sign and share because it's scandalous that air pollution limits in the UK are not set to @who.int levels that are in place to protect children's health.
Implement World Health Organisation standards in the UK now!
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
Implement World Health Organisation standards in the UK now!
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
Sign our Petition to Protect Children’s Lungs: Implement World Health Organisation Air Quality Standards in the UK
🫁 Support our call for urgent clean air action
Toxic air isn’t just an environmental issue — it’s a health emergency. It contributes to lung cancer, worsens asthma and COPD, and harms children’s deve...
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Please sign and share because it's scandalous that air pollution limits in the UK are not set to @who.int levels that are in place to protect children's health.
Implement World Health Organisation standards in the UK now!
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
Implement World Health Organisation standards in the UK now!
action.asthmaandlung.org.uk/page/171493/...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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You can catch me on Radio 4 - The Week in Westminster talking about the rapid rise of the Green Party.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Week in Westminster - 08/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Caroline Wheeler reports on the latest developments at Westminster.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
You can catch me on Radio 4 - The Week in Westminster talking about the rapid rise of the Green Party.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
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💚Let’s be honest, a lot of media doesn’t want you informed, they want you managed.
If your opinion comes straight from a front page, it isn’t your opinion, it’s theirs.
Take it back. Think for yourself, and if this resonates, join some like-minded people at @greenparty.org.uk 💚
If your opinion comes straight from a front page, it isn’t your opinion, it’s theirs.
Take it back. Think for yourself, and if this resonates, join some like-minded people at @greenparty.org.uk 💚
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
💚Let’s be honest, a lot of media doesn’t want you informed, they want you managed.
If your opinion comes straight from a front page, it isn’t your opinion, it’s theirs.
Take it back. Think for yourself, and if this resonates, join some like-minded people at @greenparty.org.uk 💚
If your opinion comes straight from a front page, it isn’t your opinion, it’s theirs.
Take it back. Think for yourself, and if this resonates, join some like-minded people at @greenparty.org.uk 💚
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You’re going to have to start calling them fascists lads, it’s what they are and they aren’t even embarrassed about it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
You’re going to have to start calling them fascists lads, it’s what they are and they aren’t even embarrassed about it.