Astrid Johnson
@tweetaj.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk Manchester City Councillor w/ Cllrs Anastasia Wiest & Rob Nunney. Deputy Green Group leader.
Married to @mwjtweet.bsky.social: http://dailyimprovisation.blogspot.com
(she/her)
Married to @mwjtweet.bsky.social: http://dailyimprovisation.blogspot.com
(she/her)
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💚 Manchester Green Party councillors have expressed their support for all those affected by the synagogue attack in Crumpsall this week.
Read our councillors’ full statement on our website: ⬇
manchester.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/03/m...
Read our councillors’ full statement on our website: ⬇
manchester.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/03/m...
Manchester Greens call for 'unity and resilience' after synagogue attack - Manchester Green Party Green Party
Manchester Green Party councillors have expressed their support for all those affected by the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall this week.
manchester.greenparty.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
💚 Manchester Green Party councillors have expressed their support for all those affected by the synagogue attack in Crumpsall this week.
Read our councillors’ full statement on our website: ⬇
manchester.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/03/m...
Read our councillors’ full statement on our website: ⬇
manchester.greenparty.org.uk/2025/10/03/m...
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🎉 GREEN BYELECTION WIN!
💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.
🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.
👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk
💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.
🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.
👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk
Great to visit Woodhouse Park, Manchester!
A crowd this big for a local council byelection is incredible!
We’re seeing this energy right across England & Wales as @greenparty.org.uk grows fast.
Be part of it:
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
A crowd this big for a local council byelection is incredible!
We’re seeing this energy right across England & Wales as @greenparty.org.uk grows fast.
Be part of it:
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🎉 GREEN BYELECTION WIN!
💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.
🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.
👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk
💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.
🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.
👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk
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LANDMARK MOMENT - the Greens now have more members across Great Britain than the Lib Dems!
Let's keep it going!
👇🏼👇🏾👇🏽
join.greenparty.org.uk
Latest stats available:
85,800 @greenparty.org.uk (England & Wales) + @scottishgreens.org combined membership
83,174 @libdems.org.uk (a single party across GB)
Let's keep it going!
👇🏼👇🏾👇🏽
join.greenparty.org.uk
Latest stats available:
85,800 @greenparty.org.uk (England & Wales) + @scottishgreens.org combined membership
83,174 @libdems.org.uk (a single party across GB)
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
LANDMARK MOMENT - the Greens now have more members across Great Britain than the Lib Dems!
Let's keep it going!
👇🏼👇🏾👇🏽
join.greenparty.org.uk
Latest stats available:
85,800 @greenparty.org.uk (England & Wales) + @scottishgreens.org combined membership
83,174 @libdems.org.uk (a single party across GB)
Let's keep it going!
👇🏼👇🏾👇🏽
join.greenparty.org.uk
Latest stats available:
85,800 @greenparty.org.uk (England & Wales) + @scottishgreens.org combined membership
83,174 @libdems.org.uk (a single party across GB)
Today. Gaza. Unacceptable.
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today. Gaza. Unacceptable.
FFS, the prosecution and undermining of science based and peer reviewed research has to stop! #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #NatureCrisis #Equality is too important to be ideologised. This is going into dangerous territory.
Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
FFS, the prosecution and undermining of science based and peer reviewed research has to stop! #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #NatureCrisis #Equality is too important to be ideologised. This is going into dangerous territory.
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🚅 Last few weeks I've travelled to Worcester, Doncaster, Runcorn, Helsby, Kenilworth, Dartford, Accrington, Lancaster, Canterbury, Kettering, Cambridge + many many more!
☀️ Next: Chippenham, Totnes, Truro + more!
💚 In 7 days real hope & real change. Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
☀️ Next: Chippenham, Totnes, Truro + more!
💚 In 7 days real hope & real change. Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚅 Last few weeks I've travelled to Worcester, Doncaster, Runcorn, Helsby, Kenilworth, Dartford, Accrington, Lancaster, Canterbury, Kettering, Cambridge + many many more!
☀️ Next: Chippenham, Totnes, Truro + more!
💚 In 7 days real hope & real change. Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
☀️ Next: Chippenham, Totnes, Truro + more!
💚 In 7 days real hope & real change. Vote for @greenparty.org.uk
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💚 We stand with trans people and the entire LGBTQIA+ community following the Supreme Court ruling on definitions under the Equality Act.
🏳️⚧️ We call on the Government to introduce better protections for the trans community, including self-ID of gender, so that we can all live in peace and dignity
🏳️⚧️ We call on the Government to introduce better protections for the trans community, including self-ID of gender, so that we can all live in peace and dignity
April 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
💚 We stand with trans people and the entire LGBTQIA+ community following the Supreme Court ruling on definitions under the Equality Act.
🏳️⚧️ We call on the Government to introduce better protections for the trans community, including self-ID of gender, so that we can all live in peace and dignity
🏳️⚧️ We call on the Government to introduce better protections for the trans community, including self-ID of gender, so that we can all live in peace and dignity
Catching up with the awful and regressive Supreme Court ruling redefining “woman” under the Equality Act to exclude trans women. How will the government protect trans people’s safety, privacy, and dignity now?
I stand in #solidarity with my trans friends.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️1/3
I stand in #solidarity with my trans friends.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️1/3
April 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Catching up with the awful and regressive Supreme Court ruling redefining “woman” under the Equality Act to exclude trans women. How will the government protect trans people’s safety, privacy, and dignity now?
I stand in #solidarity with my trans friends.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️1/3
I stand in #solidarity with my trans friends.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️1/3
“To yield to the mere process of disintegration has become an irresistible temptation, not only because it has assumed the spurious grandeur of “historical necessity,” ... 1/2
April 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“To yield to the mere process of disintegration has become an irresistible temptation, not only because it has assumed the spurious grandeur of “historical necessity,” ... 1/2
Thanks so much for the visit. Great to have been able to show you around Woodhouse Park, Benchill and Moss Nook today – an amazing place of community spirit and strength, but with many needs – @tomstannard.bsky.social!
Out and about across #Manchester today on ward visits to Woodhouse Park and Ancoats and Beswick with local Councillors incl @tweetaj.bsky.social @alangoodld.mcrlibdems.uk @chrisn.xyz & more- great to see you all today #localgov
April 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thanks so much for the visit. Great to have been able to show you around Woodhouse Park, Benchill and Moss Nook today – an amazing place of community spirit and strength, but with many needs – @tomstannard.bsky.social!
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"You're taking some of the most disadvantaged people in our society and making them pay."
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the Government's plans for yet more cuts and the need to tax wealth properly instead.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the Government's plans for yet more cuts and the need to tax wealth properly instead.
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"You're taking some of the most disadvantaged people in our society and making them pay."
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the Government's plans for yet more cuts and the need to tax wealth properly instead.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social on the Government's plans for yet more cuts and the need to tax wealth properly instead.
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Over to you, Labour MPs.
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Over to you, Labour MPs.
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We have written to every single Labour MP asking them to use their voice (and their votes!)
Cuts do not have to be inevitable.
You do not need to support this.
Cuts do not have to be inevitable.
You do not need to support this.
March 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We have written to every single Labour MP asking them to use their voice (and their votes!)
Cuts do not have to be inevitable.
You do not need to support this.
Cuts do not have to be inevitable.
You do not need to support this.
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I’m deeply disappointed by the govt’s utterly short-sighted decision to fund defence by slashing aid.
Defence, diplomacy and development are intertwined. Investing in development helps build security.
There is another way to find the funds: ask the wealthiest to contribute more.
Defence, diplomacy and development are intertwined. Investing in development helps build security.
There is another way to find the funds: ask the wealthiest to contribute more.
March 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m deeply disappointed by the govt’s utterly short-sighted decision to fund defence by slashing aid.
Defence, diplomacy and development are intertwined. Investing in development helps build security.
There is another way to find the funds: ask the wealthiest to contribute more.
Defence, diplomacy and development are intertwined. Investing in development helps build security.
There is another way to find the funds: ask the wealthiest to contribute more.
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Cottages on the Dachau Marsh https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/cottages-on-the-dachau-marsh-1902
March 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Cottages on the Dachau Marsh https://www.wikiart.org/en/franz-marc/cottages-on-the-dachau-marsh-1902
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That must be one of the most Orwellian statements ever. It’s bad enough to cut people’s benefits. To pretend some kind of higher “moral” duty while you’re doing so is insulting and offensive
Ministers have 'moral' duty to cut benefits spending, Labour MPs say
Labour is anxious to reduce the rising welfare bill as it plans boosting defence spending at a time when the Chancellor is perilously short of extra cash
inews.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That must be one of the most Orwellian statements ever. It’s bad enough to cut people’s benefits. To pretend some kind of higher “moral” duty while you’re doing so is insulting and offensive
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False Start I http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67552
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
False Start I http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67552
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It just may describe the human condition…
March 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It just may describe the human condition…
At least 30% of new builds need to be for social rent! Why can’t Manchester Labour make this commitment when residents and their own members demand this? manchester.greenparty.org.uk/2025/02/05/g...
Manchester Greens call for more social homes for Manchester - Manchester Green Party Green Party
Manchester Green Party councillors have urged Manchester City Council to build the homes Manchester needs by guaranteeing more social and sustainable housing.
manchester.greenparty.org.uk
February 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
At least 30% of new builds need to be for social rent! Why can’t Manchester Labour make this commitment when residents and their own members demand this? manchester.greenparty.org.uk/2025/02/05/g...
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We be having Christmas breakfast at the dandelion Community hub come along to get a full English breakfast from 10am till 2pm everyone is welcome!
December 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM
We be having Christmas breakfast at the dandelion Community hub come along to get a full English breakfast from 10am till 2pm everyone is welcome!
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Very happy to wake up to see
@wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social on here.
Follow them if you are interested in accessibility and getting around by walking, wheeling or cycling.
Thoughtful work under pinned by lived experience.
@wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social on here.
Follow them if you are interested in accessibility and getting around by walking, wheeling or cycling.
Thoughtful work under pinned by lived experience.
December 14, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Very happy to wake up to see
@wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social on here.
Follow them if you are interested in accessibility and getting around by walking, wheeling or cycling.
Thoughtful work under pinned by lived experience.
@wheelsforwellbeing.bsky.social on here.
Follow them if you are interested in accessibility and getting around by walking, wheeling or cycling.
Thoughtful work under pinned by lived experience.
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💸 Millions of people in the UK can't afford to own cars, or can't drive for whatever reason.
🛑 The lack of non-car options means they are trapped around where they live.
🚍 Getting around needs to more affordable, which means less focus on private cars.
🧵A thread on #CarCulture 👇
🛑 The lack of non-car options means they are trapped around where they live.
🚍 Getting around needs to more affordable, which means less focus on private cars.
🧵A thread on #CarCulture 👇
‘Entrenched car culture’ leaves millions of Britons in transport poverty
Study finds drivers spending up to a fifth of pre-tax income on running a car as lack of infrastructure deters people from cycling
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:56 AM
💸 Millions of people in the UK can't afford to own cars, or can't drive for whatever reason.
🛑 The lack of non-car options means they are trapped around where they live.
🚍 Getting around needs to more affordable, which means less focus on private cars.
🧵A thread on #CarCulture 👇
🛑 The lack of non-car options means they are trapped around where they live.
🚍 Getting around needs to more affordable, which means less focus on private cars.
🧵A thread on #CarCulture 👇
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Celebrated today as an imaginative and original poet, painter, engraver and mystic, William Blake was born #OTD 28 November 1757.
This painting - The Ancient of Days - is in the collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
This painting - The Ancient of Days - is in the collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
November 28, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Celebrated today as an imaginative and original poet, painter, engraver and mystic, William Blake was born #OTD 28 November 1757.
This painting - The Ancient of Days - is in the collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
This painting - The Ancient of Days - is in the collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.