Gabriel Smith
@gabriel-smith.bsky.social
Farming Policy Adviser - Environmentalist - Trainee Ecologist
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Ceding all forms of autonomy to Trump is now a well-established position within Britain's media and among British media owners.
January 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Ceding all forms of autonomy to Trump is now a well-established position within Britain's media and among British media owners.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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1/ Lots going on these days, but I'm nonetheless happy to share a paper out today in Science Advances together with Simone Pieralli (European Commission Joint Research Centre) titled "Unpacking the growth of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions".
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
More productive farming lowers global emissions | Cornell Chronicle
A new analysis shows that improved farm productivity has been the driving force in keeping global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in check, with implications for how countries support farmer...
news.cornell.edu
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
1/ Lots going on these days, but I'm nonetheless happy to share a paper out today in Science Advances together with Simone Pieralli (European Commission Joint Research Centre) titled "Unpacking the growth of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions".
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
Harriet at breakfast. #TheTraitors
a man wearing sunglasses sits on a couch and says then maybe you shouldn 't be living here !!!
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses sits on a couch and says then maybe you shouldn 't be living here !!!
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Harriet at breakfast. #TheTraitors
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Cannot stop thinking about the people I met in Calais. They deserve so much better.
@greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Cannot stop thinking about the people I met in Calais. They deserve so much better.
@greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
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I wish you a Happy Christmas and a coming year of solidarity and resistance. Love and courage to you all.
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I wish you a Happy Christmas and a coming year of solidarity and resistance. Love and courage to you all.
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This Telegraph article is a distillation of the horseshit propping up the idea of a 'rural v urban culture war'.
'BBC ACCUSED OF METROPOLITAN BIAS TOWARD RURAL BRITAIN' it claims, citing a poll commissioned by the Regional Moorland Association (i.e. gamekeepers)
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
'BBC ACCUSED OF METROPOLITAN BIAS TOWARD RURAL BRITAIN' it claims, citing a poll commissioned by the Regional Moorland Association (i.e. gamekeepers)
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This Telegraph article is a distillation of the horseshit propping up the idea of a 'rural v urban culture war'.
'BBC ACCUSED OF METROPOLITAN BIAS TOWARD RURAL BRITAIN' it claims, citing a poll commissioned by the Regional Moorland Association (i.e. gamekeepers)
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
'BBC ACCUSED OF METROPOLITAN BIAS TOWARD RURAL BRITAIN' it claims, citing a poll commissioned by the Regional Moorland Association (i.e. gamekeepers)
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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All of global politics is really just to distract us from this horrible fact
This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
All of global politics is really just to distract us from this horrible fact
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Whatever your views on BNG it is better than any available alternative while 'build baby build' is government mantra.
Kicking the legs out from under the nascent market will be a catastrophic own goal.
Kicking the legs out from under the nascent market will be a catastrophic own goal.
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Whatever your views on BNG it is better than any available alternative while 'build baby build' is government mantra.
Kicking the legs out from under the nascent market will be a catastrophic own goal.
Kicking the legs out from under the nascent market will be a catastrophic own goal.
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I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How Labour Negate Progressive Ideas Through ‘Divide and Rule’ | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 19/11/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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"Vote for us or the far right will get in. Also, we find the far right inspirational"
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Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Vote for us or the far right will get in. Also, we find the far right inspirational"
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
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I've consistently called for Labour to put up taxes ON THE WEALTHY.
Labour's SOLEMN PLEDGE not to increase income tax was insanely stupid.
But they made the pledge. It was their signature promise in the election.
Ripping it up now will destroy Labour - and further wreck faith in democracy.
Labour's SOLEMN PLEDGE not to increase income tax was insanely stupid.
But they made the pledge. It was their signature promise in the election.
Ripping it up now will destroy Labour - and further wreck faith in democracy.
Owen Jones for 41 years: "Labour must commit to putting up taxes"
Labour might put up taxes.
Owen Jones:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour might put up taxes.
Owen Jones:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is standing on a precipice: if it breaks its election promise on tax, it will never be trusted again | Owen Jones
Ruling out tax rises in its 2024 manifesto was utterly reckless and will fan the flames of the far right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I've consistently called for Labour to put up taxes ON THE WEALTHY.
Labour's SOLEMN PLEDGE not to increase income tax was insanely stupid.
But they made the pledge. It was their signature promise in the election.
Ripping it up now will destroy Labour - and further wreck faith in democracy.
Labour's SOLEMN PLEDGE not to increase income tax was insanely stupid.
But they made the pledge. It was their signature promise in the election.
Ripping it up now will destroy Labour - and further wreck faith in democracy.
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
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Critics dismiss this as “pie-in-the-sky socialism.” But what they truly object to is something more fundamental: the notion that democratic governments should guarantee people’s basic needs, even if that means intervening in markets.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Critics dismiss this as “pie-in-the-sky socialism.” But what they truly object to is something more fundamental: the notion that democratic governments should guarantee people’s basic needs, even if that means intervening in markets.
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
Starmer seems physically incapable of making a good political decision
Keir Starmer, who insisted last month that leaving the ECHR “would be a profound mistake" that should be resisted at every turn, has told MPs to abstain on the Reform bill to do so
I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Starmer seems physically incapable of making a good political decision
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Keir Starmer, who insisted last month that leaving the ECHR “would be a profound mistake" that should be resisted at every turn, has told MPs to abstain on the Reform bill to do so
I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Keir Starmer, who insisted last month that leaving the ECHR “would be a profound mistake" that should be resisted at every turn, has told MPs to abstain on the Reform bill to do so
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The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Green Party's proposal for a wealth tax on 1% of assets above £10m and 2% on assets above £1bn comes top of our list of tax reforms that Britons would support, with 75% giving it their backing
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
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...and this is different to @zackpolanski.bsky.social how, exactly?
I was *so* excited in the summer when you announced the formation of #YourParty, but time has moved on. If you all joined the @greenparty.org.uk , the momentum would be unstoppable.
I don't understand why this is not happening?
I was *so* excited in the summer when you announced the formation of #YourParty, but time has moved on. If you all joined the @greenparty.org.uk , the momentum would be unstoppable.
I don't understand why this is not happening?
Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.
But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.
Join us: yourparty.uk
But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.
Join us: yourparty.uk
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
...and this is different to @zackpolanski.bsky.social how, exactly?
I was *so* excited in the summer when you announced the formation of #YourParty, but time has moved on. If you all joined the @greenparty.org.uk , the momentum would be unstoppable.
I don't understand why this is not happening?
I was *so* excited in the summer when you announced the formation of #YourParty, but time has moved on. If you all joined the @greenparty.org.uk , the momentum would be unstoppable.
I don't understand why this is not happening?
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Pretty surreal to be named by Time as one of the worlds influential rising stars!
This is our recognition. The movement we're building together.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
This is our recognition. The movement we're building together.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
🎉 Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social has been included in this year’s Time100 Next list, an annual list naming the 100 leaders shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism.
September 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Pretty surreal to be named by Time as one of the worlds influential rising stars!
This is our recognition. The movement we're building together.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
This is our recognition. The movement we're building together.
Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Terrible headline on a good article. It’s the world’s taste for MEAT that’s fuelling Amazon destruction. The soya is cattle feed.
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Terrible headline on a good article. It’s the world’s taste for MEAT that’s fuelling Amazon destruction. The soya is cattle feed.
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BREAKING: Keir Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove the ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews
Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove the ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The first move of new Green party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social wasn't a policy (he'd already made a wealth tax his big thing) – it was a podcast.
It's a sure sign of a leftwing leader who's learned from his predecessors' mistakes.
Me for @thenewarab.bsky.social: www.newarab.com/opinion/zack...
It's a sure sign of a leftwing leader who's learned from his predecessors' mistakes.
Me for @thenewarab.bsky.social: www.newarab.com/opinion/zack...
Zack Polanski is doing what Corbyn couldn’t: Play the media game
The new Green Party premier’s first move? Launch a podcast. It’s a sure sign of a leftwing leader that’s not about to repeat past mistakes, writes Rivkah Brown.
www.newarab.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The first move of new Green party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social wasn't a policy (he'd already made a wealth tax his big thing) – it was a podcast.
It's a sure sign of a leftwing leader who's learned from his predecessors' mistakes.
Me for @thenewarab.bsky.social: www.newarab.com/opinion/zack...
It's a sure sign of a leftwing leader who's learned from his predecessors' mistakes.
Me for @thenewarab.bsky.social: www.newarab.com/opinion/zack...