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Andrew Bell

@aw_bell

Green Parliamentary candidate for Exeter 2024. Achieved best Green result in SW outside Bristol - 6k votes, 15%. Continuing to push for a fairer greener future.

 Exeter
Joined March 2012
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This is my last ever post on Twitter/X He gives a Nazi salute. 👋I wave goodbye. 💙Join the progressive exodus. See you on BlueSky bsky.app/profile/agreenbell.…
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Zack Polanski@ZackPolanskiAug 1
Been at Green Gathering the last few days - the atmosphere has been amazing! I've loved answering questions on the climate crisis, hope and how we grow our movement even further Thanks for the amazing turnout, and sorry not everyone could get in! Join.greenparty.org.uk – at Saint Arvans, Wales
zack on stage with a big crowd.

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Replying to @SW_Help
@SW_Help 2 trains now (14:47/15:47) Salisbury to Exeter dangerously overcrowded. (I couldn't even get on 14:47 with my bicycle). Yet at Salisbury on both, 3 carriages were removed, leaving 3 rather than 6 coach train. And aircon not working! Appalling. Unacceptable. Unnecessary.
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And no apology from any member of staff or over the tannoy for the terrible conditions passengers have had to endure. This rates as the worst train journey I've experienced for years. I was hoping for much, much better from a company now in public ownership.
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We must defend UK democracy from Russian interference and the wider web of dirty money and misinformation which enables bad actors to undermine trust in politics. The Elections Bill is crucial in addressing this - the govt must not delay it any further.
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Replying to @StagecoachSW
@StagecoachSW So, 20:46 A bus from High Street Exeter to Alphington is cancelled. B bus also cancelled. How do you expect me to get home? You barely run and evening service as it is. With cancellations it's non existent. You are a disgrace. Will you pay for a taxi?
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So the 20:46 A bus eventually turned up despite the app and bus stop digital display screen saying it was cancelled. How are we meant to rely on Stagecoach in Exeter?
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As Gaie's MP I tried everything I could to challenge this decision to send her back to prison - including writing to the prisons minister Lord Timpson and the probation service. Why on earth is this government releasing violent criminals early due to prison overcrowding, but then replacing them with a 77-year-old peaceful climate protester who is clearly no threat to the public? And why is she facing this extra punishment of being locked up, for longer than she was meant to be, and over Christmas? Not because she's broken her bail conditions, oh no no, it's because the private company responsible for fitting electronic tags couldn't find one the right size for her, and the authorities weren't willing to consider alternatives like daily check-ins at the police station. Do we think that, perhaps, this government might be getting its priorities wrong?
Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) profile pictureChannel 4 News
@Channel4News20 Dec 2024
77-year-old Just Stop Oil protester recalled to prison for Christmas channel4.com/news/77-year-ol…
77-year-old Just Stop Oil protester recalled to prison for Christmas

77-year-old Just Stop Oil protester recalled to prison for Christmas

77-year-old Gaie Delap was sentenced to 20 months in prison over a climate protest which blocked the M25 in 2022.

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Our response to Labour’s National Planning Policy Framework. Painting the local planning process as the ‘block’ on achieving housing targets is misguided and an insult to local democracy. 1/6
An image of house roof timbers on a house construction and a quote from Green group leader on Exeter City Council, Diana Moore. She says: Labour-led Exeter City Council must bend the ear of government and tell them firmly that the city needs the right homes in the right place at the right price. Any planning policy that fails those tests is not fit for purpose.

ALT An image of house roof timbers on a house construction and a quote from Green group leader on Exeter City Council, Diana Moore. She says: Labour-led Exeter City Council must bend the ear of government and tell them firmly that the city needs the right homes in the right place at the right price. Any planning policy that fails those tests is not fit for purpose.

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👂Our survey asking local residents for ideas on the former bus station site in #Exeter found no appetite for Labour's temporary car park plan but brought forward many creative ideas. 🥳 This has prompted the Council to consult on possible alternatives to a car park.
An image of the cleared former bus station site - niw a concrete eyesore - in Exeter City Centre. Imposed on the image are the words: We asked what YOU wanted to see at the former bus station site in Exeter. The results are in... NO to a car park. YES to something special and distinctive.

ALT An image of the cleared former bus station site - niw a concrete eyesore - in Exeter City Centre. Imposed on the image are the words: We asked what YOU wanted to see at the former bus station site in Exeter. The results are in... NO to a car park. YES to something special and distinctive.

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The UN plastics treaty negotiations conclude on Sunday. We need a legally binding treaty that is focused on the reduction of single-use plastic.
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Elon Musk destroyed Twitter, turning it into an Xtremist right-wing mouth piece to help elect Donald Trump. Join the exodus to pastures green at BlueSky. And please share so others can join us on a new social media journey. bsky.app/profile/exetergreen…
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Green cllr @JamesBanyard2 is challenging Labour-run #Exeter Council to bring back cash payments at Council-run swimming pools, including St Sidwell’s Point & Riverside.
A picture of Green Party candidate in St David's ward, James Banyard, holding up some cash to the camera. He is quoted: "People should be able to make a splash with their cash. Refusing cash is discriminatory and unfair."

ALT A picture of Green Party candidate in St David's ward, James Banyard, holding up some cash to the camera. He is quoted: "People should be able to make a splash with their cash. Refusing cash is discriminatory and unfair."

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⚠️The #Exeter Local Plan is being pushed through without scrutiny in a “dash for development” warn the Progressive Group on the Council. 🧵1/4
An image of house building in Exeter with cranes. A thumbnail image of Green Party councillor and co-leader or the Progressive Group on Exeter City Council, Diana Moore and a quote: "This is the most important decision Exeter City Council will make and at this crucial final stage, we are still in the dark."

ALT An image of house building in Exeter with cranes. A thumbnail image of Green Party councillor and co-leader or the Progressive Group on Exeter City Council, Diana Moore and a quote: "This is the most important decision Exeter City Council will make and at this crucial final stage, we are still in the dark."

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My Green weekly wins ! #Exeter #iwork4u ⁦@exetergreens⁩ ⁦@_ExeterGreen⁩ ⁦@ExeterCycling⁩
Image from CLLR Tess Read (@TessRead)
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FFS why frame #climate action in terms of not “telling people how to live”? Rules were necessary to protect us from Covid & are necessary to protect us from much greater risk of climate crisis - with added bonus that they can improve quality of life too 🤷‍♀️ independent.co.uk/climate-ch…
Starmer not ‘telling people how to live’ to reach new emissions goal

Starmer not ‘telling people how to live’ to reach new emissions goal

The PM was asked if he is prepared to get more people to change their heating systems and tell them to take fewer flights to reach the target.

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UK complicity in genocide is obscene - there needs to be a ban on all arms sales to Israel *now*
Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) profile pictureDeclassified UK
@declassifiedUK13 Nov 2024
👉 NEW -- UK exported parts for Israeli air force after suspending arms sales by @jmcevoy_2 Exclusive: Cargo documents show how British-made aircraft components were shipped to Israel last month. declassifieduk.org/britain-e…
UK exported parts for Israeli air force after suspending arms sales

UK exported parts for Israeli air force after suspending arms sales

Exclusive: Cargo documents show how British-made aircraft components were shipped to Israel last month.

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“If they protest in a way that gets noticed, they go to jail” - @mrjamesob cuts through with clarity & truth. Complicity in the politics of “don’t look up” is hastening ever greater #climate breakdown - we can’t say we didn’t know
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@JustStop_Oil4 Nov 2024
"I understand why you're doing it but for heaven's sake... ...and then you see the scenes in Spain." It's a relief to see @mrjamesob connecting the dots. So few journalists are. Direct action from ordinary people is needed more than ever to force those in power to act.
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Trump/Musk combo 🤮 😡😳 I'm outta here! Please come with me to @bluesky where Progressive voices are heading. Give me a follow, and likely I'll follow you back! bsky.app/profile/agreenbell.…
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This is so deeply sobering. The charts in this article say it all. This year the world will breach the 1.5C ceiling. Literally crashing and burning. The consequences of inaction will be catastrophic. This should be a wake up call to every politician. bbc.com/news/articles/c1dpnx…
2024 'virtually certain' to be world's warmest year on record

2024 'virtually certain' to be world's warmest year on record

It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.

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Israel has blocked aid from entering northern Gaza and has said clearly that Palestinians will not be allowed to return home. This is genocide. This is ethnic cleansing.
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. CALL IT WHAT IT IS: GENOCIDE Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

ALT REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. CALL IT WHAT IT IS: GENOCIDE Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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