Shane Collins
@shane-collins.bsky.social
Green Party Councillor for Frome East on Somerset Council. Director of the Green Gathering Festival.
Blimey, 2000 new members in a day, 88,000 and growing.
I said that @greenparty.org.uk membership is rising by 1000 new people a day.
I was wrong.
Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.
We now have 88,000 members! 🎉
Join.greenparty.org.uk
I was wrong.
Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.
We now have 88,000 members! 🎉
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Blimey, 2000 new members in a day, 88,000 and growing.
This is progress.
Loved this short film by @owenjones.bsky.social.
My biggest takeaway is how much talent there is in @greenparty.org.uk Brilliant, kind, smart, articulate people making change.
Absolutely time to harness that energy and scale us up massively.
Let's do this! 💚
youtu.be/Ds3R8AckpXs?...
My biggest takeaway is how much talent there is in @greenparty.org.uk Brilliant, kind, smart, articulate people making change.
Absolutely time to harness that energy and scale us up massively.
Let's do this! 💚
youtu.be/Ds3R8AckpXs?...
They DIDN'T Kick Me Out! Owen Jones Visits GREEN PARTY Conference
YouTube video by Owen Jones
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is progress.
We have the momentum, about 1000 joining every day. Come join us.
Loved this short film by @owenjones.bsky.social.
My biggest takeaway is how much talent there is in @greenparty.org.uk Brilliant, kind, smart, articulate people making change.
Absolutely time to harness that energy and scale us up massively.
Let's do this! 💚
youtu.be/Ds3R8AckpXs?...
My biggest takeaway is how much talent there is in @greenparty.org.uk Brilliant, kind, smart, articulate people making change.
Absolutely time to harness that energy and scale us up massively.
Let's do this! 💚
youtu.be/Ds3R8AckpXs?...
They DIDN'T Kick Me Out! Owen Jones Visits GREEN PARTY Conference
YouTube video by Owen Jones
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We have the momentum, about 1000 joining every day. Come join us.
This is the moment. Join us.
20 days.
We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members.
We're just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members.
We're just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Politics doesn’t have to stay broken. Inequality doesn’t have to win.
We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us.
Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk
We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us.
Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is the moment. Join us.
Word.
Zack has officially arrived. If the right wing media starts panicking, we know they are afraid of change.
This is a leftwing movement that has excited me the most since Bernie Sanders.
This is a leftwing movement that has excited me the most since Bernie Sanders.
Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills.
The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Word.
Reposted by Shane Collins
A new energy in UK politics.
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A new energy in UK politics.
Running out of countries in the Middle East for Israel to bomb. greenparty.org.uk/2025/09/09/g...
Greens condemn Israeli strikes on Qatar - Green Party
Reacting to reported Israeli strikes on Qatar, Dr Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire and Parliamentary Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said: “Targeting negotiators in Doha is reprehens...
greenparty.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Running out of countries in the Middle East for Israel to bomb. greenparty.org.uk/2025/09/09/g...
That is quite a Polanski bounce. 2nd in London on 18% !
🙌🏼 Yeah
Maybe "Polanski Bounce" is actually now a thing? Time for a Tiktok dance?
From London to Llandudno!
Lower bills. Nationalise water companies. Fund public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe "Polanski Bounce" is actually now a thing? Time for a Tiktok dance?
From London to Llandudno!
Lower bills. Nationalise water companies. Fund public services.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
That is quite a Polanski bounce. 2nd in London on 18% !
Another excellent interview.
Another blinding interview! It's so nice to be given the space to answer questions properly 🙏🏽💚🎉
Great to speak to Matthew Wright about the Green Party.
The last 30 seconds are particularly interesting....
youtu.be/PNWpNaRf5OQ?...
The last 30 seconds are particularly interesting....
youtu.be/PNWpNaRf5OQ?...
September 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Another excellent interview.
Murdoch 1, Trump 0.
We now have the birthday letter Donald Trump wrote to Jeffrey Epstein.
In July, the Wall Street Journal reported on the existence of a note from Trump to his one-time friend Epstein. Trump vehemently denied the letter and promptly sued the paper and its owner, Rupert Murdoch. But here it is.
In July, the Wall Street Journal reported on the existence of a note from Trump to his one-time friend Epstein. Trump vehemently denied the letter and promptly sued the paper and its owner, Rupert Murdoch. But here it is.
September 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Murdoch 1, Trump 0.
Reposted by Shane Collins
Really, really comprehensive interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social discussing a strategy of community organising within the party, speaking for the marginalised, what can be learned from Zohran Mamdani, Farage, putting more money in your pocket, and Palestine open.spotify.com/episode/4sb6...
I will unite the British left. This is how | Zack Polanski interview
PoliticsJOE Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Really, really comprehensive interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social discussing a strategy of community organising within the party, speaking for the marginalised, what can be learned from Zohran Mamdani, Farage, putting more money in your pocket, and Palestine open.spotify.com/episode/4sb6...
excellent chat.
I'm not a single-issue voter by any means. I'm a member of the Greens because their policies match my values well. I'm trans, too, and I #BackZack as I think it will help get the message across that the Party supports us. If you're on the left, watch this. Maybe join us and vote for him to lead us.
Greens came 5th in Rugby.
I believe we can come 1st anywhere people know what we stand for.
I went to Rugby to try out my theory!
I believe we can come 1st anywhere people know what we stand for.
I went to Rugby to try out my theory!
June 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
excellent chat.
#Krasnov is getting traction. bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#Krasnov is getting traction. bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
CCS allowing fossil fuels to carry on business as usual as the climate collapses.
🚨STOP FOSSIL FUEL GIANTS🚨
LOCKING IN GAS USE FOR DECADES
Support the RALLY for my legal challenge against UK carbon capture plans👉
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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LOCKING IN GAS USE FOR DECADES
Support the RALLY for my legal challenge against UK carbon capture plans👉
actionnetwork.org/events/stop-...
Tuesday, March 04, 12:30 PM
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL GB
More details in 🧵 below
1/
February 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
CCS allowing fossil fuels to carry on business as usual as the climate collapses.
Institute of Actuaries Report on climate risks. Required reading. We have been warned. Over 2oC - 25% drop in population and global GDP, 3oC-50% drop in GDP and 50% drop in population. We need rapid change to stand any chance of keeping below 2oC and tipping points.
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
February 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Institute of Actuaries Report on climate risks. Required reading. We have been warned. Over 2oC - 25% drop in population and global GDP, 3oC-50% drop in GDP and 50% drop in population. We need rapid change to stand any chance of keeping below 2oC and tipping points.
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
FFS, now Labour row back on banning new gas boilers by 2035 ad making solar PV mandatory on new housing.... When are you going to join the only Green Party ?
Ed Miliband promised a "rooftop revolution." It seems to have stalled even before the barricades.
Sadiq Khan promised a "retrofit revolution* but now says he needs government permission.
We need less noise & actual action to tackle climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sadiq Khan promised a "retrofit revolution* but now says he needs government permission.
We need less noise & actual action to tackle climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK government scraps plan to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035
‘Future homes standard’ will not mandate replacing boilers with environmentally friendly alternative
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FFS, now Labour row back on banning new gas boilers by 2035 ad making solar PV mandatory on new housing.... When are you going to join the only Green Party ?
Hard to feel much sympathy for the Tufton St secretly US funded right wing 'think tanks' who have taken over and privatised politics in the UK.
Notorious Donald Trump-backing Tufton Street just got its internet cables CUT by activists
An underground climate group cut the fibre optic cables at Tufton Street - home to climate denialists, far-right groups and anti-trans orgs
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
An underground climate group cut the fibre optic cables at Tufton Street - home to climate denialists, far-right groups and anti-trans orgs
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Notorious Donald Trump-backing Tufton Street just got its internet cables CUT by activists
An underground climate group cut the fibre optic cables at Tufton Street - home to climate denialists, far-right groups and anti-trans orgs
www.thecanary.co
January 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hard to feel much sympathy for the Tufton St secretly US funded right wing 'think tanks' who have taken over and privatised politics in the UK.
Very good quote. morality does not require religion.
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
December 17, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Very good quote. morality does not require religion.
Well said.
This needs to be EVERYWHERE - LOUD AND CLEAR!! #ChuckandJim #ThePoor
December 16, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Well said.
Reposted by Shane Collins
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
December 16, 2024 at 11:09 AM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
Too bloody true. Thankyou @greenparty.org.uk
Today is Human Rights Day.
There is now overwhelming evidence that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.
Any Government wanting to be taken seriously on human rights would not be selling arms to Israel.
There is now overwhelming evidence that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.
Any Government wanting to be taken seriously on human rights would not be selling arms to Israel.
December 10, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Too bloody true. Thankyou @greenparty.org.uk
Ha, 30 years since the three day eviction Claremont Rd, M11. Well worth a read.
Transport Sec Louise Haigh will publish her Integrated Transport Strategy on Thursday. That's precisely 30yrs since the Dept for Transport's bailiffs began evicting the squatted/barricaded homes of Claremont Rd to make way for the awful M11 Link Road. Hope she can deliver a very different 'vision'!
I wrote about THE BATTLE OF CLAREMONT ROAD, an amazing, audacious moment in environmental direct action that really deserves remembering.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 26, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Ha, 30 years since the three day eviction Claremont Rd, M11. Well worth a read.
This is interesting. I'd never heard of 'bullet ballots' where people only vote for the President and not the multitude of other officials up for election. In the 7 swing states there were considerably more bullet ballots than the 1% which is the average. www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-secu...
Cyber-Security Experts Warn Election Was Hacked
'Musk is guilty as fuck'
www.planetcritical.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:35 PM
This is interesting. I'd never heard of 'bullet ballots' where people only vote for the President and not the multitude of other officials up for election. In the 7 swing states there were considerably more bullet ballots than the 1% which is the average. www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-secu...
Do these peoples have memories ? 2008 crash caused by de-regulation, Grenfell caused by de-regulation. Huge disparity in wealth caused by de-regulation.
The Chancellor has ordered the FCA to tear up rules, encourage more risk-taking, grow finance industry.
Expect more speculation on shares, bonds derivatives; price of food/commodities.
Bankers will get bigger bonuses, people will get hunger & cost of bailouts.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
Expect more speculation on shares, bonds derivatives; price of food/commodities.
Bankers will get bigger bonuses, people will get hunger & cost of bailouts.
leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash
Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.
leftfootforward.org
November 26, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Do these peoples have memories ? 2008 crash caused by de-regulation, Grenfell caused by de-regulation. Huge disparity in wealth caused by de-regulation.
Hear, hear. Indie bookshops are thriving. Let's keep it that way by buying local bookshop presents for Xmas.
Books.
When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.
Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.
Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.
November 26, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Hear, hear. Indie bookshops are thriving. Let's keep it that way by buying local bookshop presents for Xmas.