Robert Schopen
@rschopen.bsky.social
Socialist, Green 💚, ex journalist. Based in the North East, working in sustainable transport.
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Leading a political party means leading the political conversation - being available and being heard on the platforms people actually use.
Join me every Wednesday on my new podcast: Bold Politics.
The only podcast led by a current party leader in the UK. Link in bio.
Join me every Wednesday on my new podcast: Bold Politics.
The only podcast led by a current party leader in the UK. Link in bio.
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Leading a political party means leading the political conversation - being available and being heard on the platforms people actually use.
Join me every Wednesday on my new podcast: Bold Politics.
The only podcast led by a current party leader in the UK. Link in bio.
Join me every Wednesday on my new podcast: Bold Politics.
The only podcast led by a current party leader in the UK. Link in bio.
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Lush have closed their stores in the UK today in solidarity with the people of Palestine:
“Whilst Lush is losing a day of takings, this also means that the UK Government is losing a day of tax contributions from Lush and our customers.”
(weare.lush.com/lush-life/comp…)
“Whilst Lush is losing a day of takings, this also means that the UK Government is losing a day of tax contributions from Lush and our customers.”
(weare.lush.com/lush-life/comp…)
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Lush have closed their stores in the UK today in solidarity with the people of Palestine:
“Whilst Lush is losing a day of takings, this also means that the UK Government is losing a day of tax contributions from Lush and our customers.”
(weare.lush.com/lush-life/comp…)
“Whilst Lush is losing a day of takings, this also means that the UK Government is losing a day of tax contributions from Lush and our customers.”
(weare.lush.com/lush-life/comp…)
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BREAKING: Lush has closed all of its UK stores in protest at Israel’s genocide in Palestine
The cosmetic giant has also closed down its factories and website for the day
The cosmetic giant has also closed down its factories and website for the day
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
BREAKING: Lush has closed all of its UK stores in protest at Israel’s genocide in Palestine
The cosmetic giant has also closed down its factories and website for the day
The cosmetic giant has also closed down its factories and website for the day
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This is the Green Party I recognise.
This is the Green Party that is growing.
This is the Green Party of Environmental, Social, Racial & Economic Justice.
Solidarity.
This is the Green Party that is growing.
This is the Green Party of Environmental, Social, Racial & Economic Justice.
Solidarity.
Bristol Green Party councillors stood their ground with the rest of those demonstrating against the Far Right today.
Cllr Sibusiso Tshabalala - Central Ward - gave a stirring speech on humanity and solidarity right in front of the cenotaph.
Cllr Sibusiso Tshabalala - Central Ward - gave a stirring speech on humanity and solidarity right in front of the cenotaph.
May 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is the Green Party I recognise.
This is the Green Party that is growing.
This is the Green Party of Environmental, Social, Racial & Economic Justice.
Solidarity.
This is the Green Party that is growing.
This is the Green Party of Environmental, Social, Racial & Economic Justice.
Solidarity.
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Starmer is making a huge mistake - ignoring voters who want real action on the climate, a fair tax system, investment in our economy, support for disabled people, action to lift children out of poverty, global leadership to end the bloodshed in Gaza...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
Labour is ignoring the threat from its left
As disaffection with mainstream parties grows, Labour is copying Reform’s agenda. But trying to outflank the hard-right populists is not only pointles...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Starmer is making a huge mistake - ignoring voters who want real action on the climate, a fair tax system, investment in our economy, support for disabled people, action to lift children out of poverty, global leadership to end the bloodshed in Gaza...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
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Appearing on #politicslondon in his capacity as a member of the London Assembly, Zack Polanski thinks the mayor of London should have the power to tax the super rich.
May 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Appearing on #politicslondon in his capacity as a member of the London Assembly, Zack Polanski thinks the mayor of London should have the power to tax the super rich.
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It's an honour to hold elected office for the last 4 years & to continue this with our 4 new MPs for the last 10 months.
I'm ambitious about taking on a failing Labour Party and sending many more Green MPs to Parliament.
Join our campaign at backzack.com
I'm ambitious about taking on a failing Labour Party and sending many more Green MPs to Parliament.
Join our campaign at backzack.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It's an honour to hold elected office for the last 4 years & to continue this with our 4 new MPs for the last 10 months.
I'm ambitious about taking on a failing Labour Party and sending many more Green MPs to Parliament.
Join our campaign at backzack.com
I'm ambitious about taking on a failing Labour Party and sending many more Green MPs to Parliament.
Join our campaign at backzack.com
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what could possibly be driving this plunge in people wanting to visit the US right now?
April 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
what could possibly be driving this plunge in people wanting to visit the US right now?
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This isn’t happening in a theocracy or a far-flung dictatorship. This is happening in the European Union.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders
Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ population
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This isn’t happening in a theocracy or a far-flung dictatorship. This is happening in the European Union.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Labour's economics are all about growth, but for whom? Certainly not the poorest.
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
Some disabled people to lose £10,000 a year in benefits by the end of the decade.
Are there savings - cuts in benefits lead to pressure on families, NHS, support services,.
Cuts avoidable - tax the rich; reduce poverty; improve NHS, housing, support services.
Are there savings - cuts in benefits lead to pressure on families, NHS, support services,.
Cuts avoidable - tax the rich; reduce poverty; improve NHS, housing, support services.
Some disabled people could lose £10k a year in benefits by end of decade
Experts say planned cuts will deliver series of ‘painful income shocks’ for many
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Labour's economics are all about growth, but for whom? Certainly not the poorest.
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
The best economics lift people out of poverty, not push more into it.
Reduced poverty means healthier people, better educated kids, happier workers, a richer more peaceful society. How did Labour lose its way so badly?
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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500 years ago.
"Feudalism's not going to work anymore they are going to come cut our heads off."
"Lets change the scam, give ourselves all the money, change the name to Capitalism and then pretend we worked really hard to get rich"
"No that w... actually they are that stupid."
"Feudalism's not going to work anymore they are going to come cut our heads off."
"Lets change the scam, give ourselves all the money, change the name to Capitalism and then pretend we worked really hard to get rich"
"No that w... actually they are that stupid."
February 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
500 years ago.
"Feudalism's not going to work anymore they are going to come cut our heads off."
"Lets change the scam, give ourselves all the money, change the name to Capitalism and then pretend we worked really hard to get rich"
"No that w... actually they are that stupid."
"Feudalism's not going to work anymore they are going to come cut our heads off."
"Lets change the scam, give ourselves all the money, change the name to Capitalism and then pretend we worked really hard to get rich"
"No that w... actually they are that stupid."
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Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/it-i...
centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/it-i...
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
centralbylines.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/it-i...
centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/it-i...
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🚨STOP FOSSIL FUEL GIANTS LOCKING IN GAS USE🚨
Rally to support Andrew Boswell's court appeal, read more:
actionnetwork.org/events/stop-...
Tuesday, March 04, 12:30 PM
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL GB
More details in 🧵 below
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Rally to support Andrew Boswell's court appeal, read more:
actionnetwork.org/events/stop-...
Tuesday, March 04, 12:30 PM
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL GB
More details in 🧵 below
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February 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🚨STOP FOSSIL FUEL GIANTS LOCKING IN GAS USE🚨
Rally to support Andrew Boswell's court appeal, read more:
actionnetwork.org/events/stop-...
Tuesday, March 04, 12:30 PM
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL GB
More details in 🧵 below
1/
Rally to support Andrew Boswell's court appeal, read more:
actionnetwork.org/events/stop-...
Tuesday, March 04, 12:30 PM
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL GB
More details in 🧵 below
1/
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Labour will kill your granny and cut off their winter fuel payments.
But it won't dare tax a non dom.
Entirely bought & paid for by the super rich.
But it won't dare tax a non dom.
Entirely bought & paid for by the super rich.
Rachel Reeves says she'll amend the finance bill to soften planned changes to the non dom tax regime after intense lobbying from wealthy UK residents 🤨
“We have been listening to the concerns that have been raised by the non-dom community,” she says.
“We have been listening to the concerns that have been raised by the non-dom community,” she says.
January 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Labour will kill your granny and cut off their winter fuel payments.
But it won't dare tax a non dom.
Entirely bought & paid for by the super rich.
But it won't dare tax a non dom.
Entirely bought & paid for by the super rich.
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Imagining the brutal takedown Rachel Reeves in Opposition would have delivered had a Tory Minister planned what Rachel Reeves in Government plans.
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Imagining the brutal takedown Rachel Reeves in Opposition would have delivered had a Tory Minister planned what Rachel Reeves in Government plans.
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Punchy stuff from @octopus.energy on the UK's £22bn investment in CCUS - saying it would be better spent on renewables. “Some of the stuff we’re doing is the equivalent of trying to defend the abacus industry once calculators had been invented." www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Miliband’s £22bn carbon capture spree is a waste of money, warns Octopus boss
Greg Jackson questions rationale of Energy Secretary’s policies amid concerns over consumer benefits
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Punchy stuff from @octopus.energy on the UK's £22bn investment in CCUS - saying it would be better spent on renewables. “Some of the stuff we’re doing is the equivalent of trying to defend the abacus industry once calculators had been invented." www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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The journalists' job (very seldom discharged) is to hold power to account, *regardless of the nature of that power*. But when I criticise the failings of this government, I get widely told to leave it alone for fear of letting in the Tories/Reform. Sorry. Accountability is the essence of democracy.
January 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The journalists' job (very seldom discharged) is to hold power to account, *regardless of the nature of that power*. But when I criticise the failings of this government, I get widely told to leave it alone for fear of letting in the Tories/Reform. Sorry. Accountability is the essence of democracy.
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Must-read story on how a private equity group cornered the fire truck market, doubling prices, causing massive delays and leaving departments across the county — including Los Angeles — without the resources needed to combat fires.
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Must-read story on how a private equity group cornered the fire truck market, doubling prices, causing massive delays and leaving departments across the county — including Los Angeles — without the resources needed to combat fires.
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Today I pushed for MPs to have a vote on the Climate and Nature Bill because the issue is simply too important to kick into the long grass. We have a vanishingly small window of opportunity to prevent climate catastrophe - govt needs to act now. #CANBill
January 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today I pushed for MPs to have a vote on the Climate and Nature Bill because the issue is simply too important to kick into the long grass. We have a vanishingly small window of opportunity to prevent climate catastrophe - govt needs to act now. #CANBill
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This is against international law.
This is the very worst of humanity.
This is evil.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is the very worst of humanity.
This is evil.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump suggests Palestinians leave Gaza and ‘we just clean out’ territory
US president says he wants people to move to neighbouring nations, after resuming shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is against international law.
This is the very worst of humanity.
This is evil.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is the very worst of humanity.
This is evil.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Prediction:
-Calls like this will be ignored for the next five years
-Labour will lose seats
-Labour will do some soul searching to understand why they lost seats
-Calls like this will be ignored for the next five years
-Labour will lose seats
-Labour will do some soul searching to understand why they lost seats
January 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Prediction:
-Calls like this will be ignored for the next five years
-Labour will lose seats
-Labour will do some soul searching to understand why they lost seats
-Calls like this will be ignored for the next five years
-Labour will lose seats
-Labour will do some soul searching to understand why they lost seats
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
January 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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The same politicians who fought for Britain's "sovereignty" are now trying to sell us to Musk and Trump.
They have never cared about you. It was always a con.
They have never cared about you. It was always a con.
January 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The same politicians who fought for Britain's "sovereignty" are now trying to sell us to Musk and Trump.
They have never cared about you. It was always a con.
They have never cared about you. It was always a con.