Little reminder about my two main accounts:

💚 This account @samsterby is for #politics including: #transport, #cycling, #activeTravel, #trains, #HS2, #ecosocialism, #GreenParty / #gpew, and that kind of thing.

👋 My other account @sam is for general life, #parenting, #music, #tech, #iosDev, #grumblingAboutWork, stuff.

Doesn’t always work out cleanly but that’s the general idea 👍

@RichardJMurphy I would like the Green vote to hold up strongly on policy grounds; to show where the balance of understanding is in the electorate. Green voters and supporters are patient and will usually vote tactically when pushed, but Labour needs to understand that the cooperations that have operated up to now at many levels are conditional. #GPEW

Jenny Jones of #GPEW : 'It is perfectly okay for the Lords to use this double insistence power when the legislation lacks the electoral mandate of a manifesto commitment and peers feel that the government is doing something exceptional, such as breaking international law.' https://bright-green.org/2023/07/19/labour-could-have-stopped-the-illegal-migration-bill-in-the-house-of-lords-they-chose-not-show-up/

Revealing account of troubles in Oxfordshire. When people vote Green, LibDem, Labour they are mosly expecting the people they elect to sort out a not Tory council. #CouncilElections2023 #GPEW #BrightGreen https://bright-green.org/2023/05/24/how-labour-allowed-the-tories-to-retain-control-of-a-council-in-oxfordshire/

#GPEW #LocalElection2023 Greens : 481 seats won, up 241; Lib Dems 1626 seats won, up 405; Labour 2674 seats won, up 536.

#GPEW in local elections. I like the look of these maps today (Guardian). Greens are functioning as an anti-Tory vote in places without much of a Labour tradition and as v strong 2nd party to Labour in eg S Tyneside. Well placed to influence many councils in no overall control (grey on BBC map). Rough maths (check this for me!): Greens far away winners in percentage rise, 50% up, LDs 24% up, Labour 20% up. But maths may be shonky. I am using BBC figures to work this out.

Newnham, Cambridge results:

Jean Margaret Glasberg - Green - 895 - Elected
Chang Liu - Lib Dem - 398
Anne Tregoning Miller - Labour - 756
Susan Rachel Williams - Con - 161

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#GreenParty #CambridgeGreens #CambridgeUK #GPEW #Newnham #LocalElections #Elections23 #UKelections2023

#BrightGreen live blog for #LocalElections in now live #GPEW https://bright-green.org/2023/05/04/bright-green-local-elections-live-blog-2023/

#BrightGreenLive second sunday of each month -- that is, tomorrow. SIan Berry, Danielle Bett, Katy Montgomerie, Gwern Gynfil -- and more, 10.15-5.00 UK time. . I like #BrightGreen's news service #GPEW https://bright-green.org/2023/04/08/brightgreenlive-sian-berry-katy-montgomerie-gwern-gwynfil-danielle-bett-more/

Two more Labour Party councillors have switched to the Green Party.

“Over 20 Labour Councillors have switched to the Green Party since Keir Starmer became leader of the Labour Party.”

https://bright-green.org/2023/03/21/two-more-labour-councillors-have-defected-to-the-greens/

#GPEW #LabourParty #GreenParty

NEW:

With the local elections only 80 days away, the Greens are defeating over 290+ seats. We ask how many seats can the Greens in England and NI win and retain?

Let us know your thoughts

#LE2023 #LENI23 #GPEW #GPNI

🚨📣 Hello everyone! I’ve reactivated this account in the interests of separating myself into a couple of different pieces:

This account is now for green and politics stuff, including, but not limited to #transport #activeTravel #cycling #HS2 #ukPol #GPEW #GreenParty 💚🚲🚄

The other me is @sam and is more about #tech #iOSdev #swift #Parenting #music #random 👾👶🎹

Zoë Garbett selected as London Mayoral candidate for #GPEW. Delighted that she and Benali Hamdache, who speaks for the party on migration, join the top five candidates on the proportional list for Assembly Members. https://bright-green.org/2023/02/10/zoe-garbett-selected-as-the-green-partys-2024-london-mayoral-candidate/?fbclid=IwAR0pa7KiOJNEHt-a_96n3W9byxxUJfxU9KI4-s8qFw-HACgr_AQl0KLolG8

#GPEW now largest group on the city council in Bristol https://bright-green.org/2023/02/03/green-party-becomes-largest-group-on-bristol-city-council-following-by-election-victory/

@goatsarah

I used to think that the #LibDems were the least worst when it came to transphobia.
They really shot themselves in the foot when they recently changed their definition of transphobia.
Screw you Ed Davey, you don't get my vote.
The #GPEW * appear * at least to be doing something about it.
As for Starmer, Reeves and Streeting #Labour, is there no-one they wont throw under the bus if they thought it might get them elected? Bastards.

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/burnley-green-party-campaign-fund/ to make a regular monthly donation

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/burnley-green-party-campaign-fund-2/ to make a one-off donation

#greenparty #gpew #burnley

I forgot the hashtags...
#GreenParty #GPEW #GreenPolitics #Suffolk #EastOfEngland #Beccles #GreenElects #UKPolitics

Probably time for an #introduction

Computer programmer (retired).

Interests: #ActiveTravel #PublicTransport #SocialJustice

Politics: #GreenParty #GPEW #GTTO
UK return to EU
Right to self-determination 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#ProportionalRepresentation

Places: #Chorlton #Manchester

Other interests: #Birds #RolePlayingGames

Probably time for an #introduction

Computer programmer (retired).

Interests: #ActiveTravel #PublicTransport #SocialJustice

Politics: #GreenParty #GPEW #GTTO
UK return to EU
Right to self-determination 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Places: #Chorlton #Manchester

Other interests: #Birds #RolePlayingGames

I was so proud to be joined on stage by my boyfriend after delivering my first conference speech as Deputy Leader.

One of the first, if not the first, time that's happened in British history.

Diversity is important. Representation is important.

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#lgbt #Jewish #GreenParty #representation #ClimateJustice #Politics #UK #GPEW