Solihull Green Party
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What's causing the housing crisis in the UK?
🚤 Reform think it's the 40k people that arrived by irregular means.
🏡 Over 300k households presented as homeless in each of the last 2 years.
🏚️There are 1.5 million vacant or unoccupied dwellings in the UK.
💰190k properties in the UK are foreign owned
🚤 Reform think it's the 40k people that arrived by irregular means.
🏡 Over 300k households presented as homeless in each of the last 2 years.
🏚️There are 1.5 million vacant or unoccupied dwellings in the UK.
💰190k properties in the UK are foreign owned
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What's causing the housing crisis in the UK?
🚤 Reform think it's the 40k people that arrived by irregular means.
🏡 Over 300k households presented as homeless in each of the last 2 years.
🏚️There are 1.5 million vacant or unoccupied dwellings in the UK.
💰190k properties in the UK are foreign owned
🚤 Reform think it's the 40k people that arrived by irregular means.
🏡 Over 300k households presented as homeless in each of the last 2 years.
🏚️There are 1.5 million vacant or unoccupied dwellings in the UK.
💰190k properties in the UK are foreign owned
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Congratulations to @elliechowns.bsky.social who has been chosen unanimously by the Green MPs as Leader of the Parliamentary Green Party in the House of Commons.
September 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Congratulations to @elliechowns.bsky.social who has been chosen unanimously by the Green MPs as Leader of the Parliamentary Green Party in the House of Commons.
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Discussing the Carbon Budget at Solihull Council this evening a couple of sticking by points:
1. Housing isn’t counted, even when the Council own them
2. The airport isn’t counted, not even the 3.75% the Council owns.
The only chance we have of tackling the climate is through painful honesty…
1. Housing isn’t counted, even when the Council own them
2. The airport isn’t counted, not even the 3.75% the Council owns.
The only chance we have of tackling the climate is through painful honesty…
January 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Discussing the Carbon Budget at Solihull Council this evening a couple of sticking by points:
1. Housing isn’t counted, even when the Council own them
2. The airport isn’t counted, not even the 3.75% the Council owns.
The only chance we have of tackling the climate is through painful honesty…
1. Housing isn’t counted, even when the Council own them
2. The airport isn’t counted, not even the 3.75% the Council owns.
The only chance we have of tackling the climate is through painful honesty…
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We called for it then, we're calling for it now.
It's time for a ceasefire.
It's time for a ceasefire.
January 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We called for it then, we're calling for it now.
It's time for a ceasefire.
It's time for a ceasefire.
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The Renters' Rights Bill is a welcome step towards improved living standards for renters.
But there's a gaping hole in the legislation...
We desperately need rent controls to stop tenants being treated as cash cows by landlords.
But there's a gaping hole in the legislation...
We desperately need rent controls to stop tenants being treated as cash cows by landlords.
January 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Renters' Rights Bill is a welcome step towards improved living standards for renters.
But there's a gaping hole in the legislation...
We desperately need rent controls to stop tenants being treated as cash cows by landlords.
But there's a gaping hole in the legislation...
We desperately need rent controls to stop tenants being treated as cash cows by landlords.
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January 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Rachel Reeves is threatening yet more public spending cuts due to the increasing cost of borrowing.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Rachel Reeves is threatening yet more public spending cuts due to the increasing cost of borrowing.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
But our services simply can’t take any more austerity.
The Government should tax the super-rich fairly to help fund public services and close the inequality gap.
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I have the same sympathy for those whose homes are lost by fire, or bombing.
Losing your home and safety is tragic, whether by climate or conflict.
I would hope coverage was equivalent for all tragedies.
More wealth shouldn’t = more coverage.
Losing your home and safety is tragic, whether by climate or conflict.
I would hope coverage was equivalent for all tragedies.
More wealth shouldn’t = more coverage.
January 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have the same sympathy for those whose homes are lost by fire, or bombing.
Losing your home and safety is tragic, whether by climate or conflict.
I would hope coverage was equivalent for all tragedies.
More wealth shouldn’t = more coverage.
Losing your home and safety is tragic, whether by climate or conflict.
I would hope coverage was equivalent for all tragedies.
More wealth shouldn’t = more coverage.
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Inaction is a choice
We don’t have to choose this fate. But I fear we will.
January 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Inaction is a choice
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The Chair of the Planning Committee has refused my request to speak on Birmingham Airport night flight application.
Request was sent yesterday, and the Chair claims to only have seen it today.
Chair has used his discretion to allow 2 Conservatives to speak, but refused one Green local Councillor.
Request was sent yesterday, and the Chair claims to only have seen it today.
Chair has used his discretion to allow 2 Conservatives to speak, but refused one Green local Councillor.
January 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Chair of the Planning Committee has refused my request to speak on Birmingham Airport night flight application.
Request was sent yesterday, and the Chair claims to only have seen it today.
Chair has used his discretion to allow 2 Conservatives to speak, but refused one Green local Councillor.
Request was sent yesterday, and the Chair claims to only have seen it today.
Chair has used his discretion to allow 2 Conservatives to speak, but refused one Green local Councillor.
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"The best way to really energise young people is to give them some hope..."
@sianberry.bsky.social discusses youth engagement in politics and the brilliant work of the Young Greens on LBC Cross Question.
@sianberry.bsky.social discusses youth engagement in politics and the brilliant work of the Young Greens on LBC Cross Question.
January 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"The best way to really energise young people is to give them some hope..."
@sianberry.bsky.social discusses youth engagement in politics and the brilliant work of the Young Greens on LBC Cross Question.
@sianberry.bsky.social discusses youth engagement in politics and the brilliant work of the Young Greens on LBC Cross Question.
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"That means we have to tax both rich individuals and multinational companies so that money is available..."
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the need for democratically-allocated arts funding and a tax on the super-rich to help fund it.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the need for democratically-allocated arts funding and a tax on the super-rich to help fund it.
January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"That means we have to tax both rich individuals and multinational companies so that money is available..."
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the need for democratically-allocated arts funding and a tax on the super-rich to help fund it.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the need for democratically-allocated arts funding and a tax on the super-rich to help fund it.
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No video better sums up this era of humanity.
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
No video better sums up this era of humanity.
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A spare bed in a hotel is an inefficiency. It’s lost revenue. You’re not using your asset optimally.
If you run a hospital with no spare beds, you have ambulances waiting outside. You will have patients in corridors, not receiving the care they need.
Health is a public good, not a private service.
If you run a hospital with no spare beds, you have ambulances waiting outside. You will have patients in corridors, not receiving the care they need.
Health is a public good, not a private service.
The only reason the private sector has any spare capacity (it is never cost effective to run at spare capacity) is because they have been promised NHS contracts.
Why not fix NHS pay and bring that capacity back in house?
Better for patients. Better for NHS staff. Better for the tax payer.
Why not fix NHS pay and bring that capacity back in house?
Better for patients. Better for NHS staff. Better for the tax payer.
January 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A spare bed in a hotel is an inefficiency. It’s lost revenue. You’re not using your asset optimally.
If you run a hospital with no spare beds, you have ambulances waiting outside. You will have patients in corridors, not receiving the care they need.
Health is a public good, not a private service.
If you run a hospital with no spare beds, you have ambulances waiting outside. You will have patients in corridors, not receiving the care they need.
Health is a public good, not a private service.
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Live thread on Birmingham Airport night flights application.
The Chair of the Planning Committee has refused my request to speak on Birmingham Airport night flight application.
Request was sent yesterday, and the Chair claims to only have seen it today.
Chair has used his discretion to allow 2 Conservatives to speak, but refused one Green local Councillor.
Request was sent yesterday, and the Chair claims to only have seen it today.
Chair has used his discretion to allow 2 Conservatives to speak, but refused one Green local Councillor.
January 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Live thread on Birmingham Airport night flights application.
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The criticism coming from the right, when the arguments against climate change being real or anthropogenic don’t land, is that doing anything about it is too expensive.
To be clear: NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE CAN DO AS A SPECIES!
To be clear: NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE CAN DO AS A SPECIES!
This question is a good opportunity for me to share the OBR's thorough analysis of the costs of climate investment
Their basic conclusion is that it is far more efficient to invest heavily sooner rather than later
We cannot afford to not invest in reducing our CO2 emissions
obr.uk/frs/fiscal-r...
Their basic conclusion is that it is far more efficient to invest heavily sooner rather than later
We cannot afford to not invest in reducing our CO2 emissions
obr.uk/frs/fiscal-r...
January 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The criticism coming from the right, when the arguments against climate change being real or anthropogenic don’t land, is that doing anything about it is too expensive.
To be clear: NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE CAN DO AS A SPECIES!
To be clear: NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE CAN DO AS A SPECIES!
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World of difference between West Midlands and Manchester today.
📈45% increase in the cost of a bus ticket
National Express West Midlands answer five questions as adult fare rises from today www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
📈45% increase in the cost of a bus ticket
National Express West Midlands answer five questions as adult fare rises from today www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
National Express West Midlands answer five questions as fares rise from today
The price of an adult single ticket has gone up
www.birminghammail.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
World of difference between West Midlands and Manchester today.
📈45% increase in the cost of a bus ticket
National Express West Midlands answer five questions as adult fare rises from today www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
📈45% increase in the cost of a bus ticket
National Express West Midlands answer five questions as adult fare rises from today www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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We need to remove the profit motive from the health service, to the greatest extent possible.
This is the best way to incentivise good health, and address the massive health inequalities in the country.
It’s almost 20 years of healthy life difference in parts of the West Midlands.
This is the best way to incentivise good health, and address the massive health inequalities in the country.
It’s almost 20 years of healthy life difference in parts of the West Midlands.
Labour today announce the largest increase in private sector contracts seen in a while.
The cash cow will continue to be milked.
Money corrupts.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The cash cow will continue to be milked.
Money corrupts.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Deal between NHS and independent sector to cut NHS waiting lists
New agreement struck between NHS and independent sector to help tackle waiting lists and give patients greater choice
www.gov.uk
January 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We need to remove the profit motive from the health service, to the greatest extent possible.
This is the best way to incentivise good health, and address the massive health inequalities in the country.
It’s almost 20 years of healthy life difference in parts of the West Midlands.
This is the best way to incentivise good health, and address the massive health inequalities in the country.
It’s almost 20 years of healthy life difference in parts of the West Midlands.
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We won’t fix the health service or the climate without also tackling inequality.
We won’t fix the health service or the climate without also tackling inequality.
December 31, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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We won’t fix the health service or the climate without also tackling inequality.
We won’t fix the health service or the climate without also tackling inequality.
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We are part of the same global economy that is producing the same symptoms everywhere.
Other symptoms may include:
🤑 alt-right grifting
🤥 disinformation
📣 populism
🏳️⚧️ culture wars and marginalisation of minorities.
There are many things to fix, but most cascade from this one issue.
Other symptoms may include:
🤑 alt-right grifting
🤥 disinformation
📣 populism
🏳️⚧️ culture wars and marginalisation of minorities.
There are many things to fix, but most cascade from this one issue.
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
12 people. $2 trillion.
Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.
Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.
January 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We are part of the same global economy that is producing the same symptoms everywhere.
Other symptoms may include:
🤑 alt-right grifting
🤥 disinformation
📣 populism
🏳️⚧️ culture wars and marginalisation of minorities.
There are many things to fix, but most cascade from this one issue.
Other symptoms may include:
🤑 alt-right grifting
🤥 disinformation
📣 populism
🏳️⚧️ culture wars and marginalisation of minorities.
There are many things to fix, but most cascade from this one issue.