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It's a busy news day, but this from Haringey is outrageous.
Today the Regulator of Social Housing published an inspection, and it turns out the previous Labour council seemingly misled them about thousands of fire-safety issues in local council housing.
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Solidarity and thanks to @EdinburghGreens MSP Kate Nevins, @labourlewis, @nickdearden75, @SamTarry and @larabirdsnp who tried to get into the West Bank from Jordan to help with the olive harvest today, but were turned back by Israeli soldiers.
I have been detained by Israeli security forces all day. Along with with MPs @labourlewis, @larabirdsnp, MSP Kate Nevans, former MP @SamTarry and campaigners from across the world, we were turned back because they don’t want anyone seeing their ethnic cleansing.
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Small news item today
ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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The BBC’s Middle East correspondent frames the Israeli elections as Netanyahu against “leftist” and “centrist” figures like Eisenkot, whom she describes as “softly spoken” and “lowkey”.
What she leaves out is that he’s a former general and the architect of the Dahiyeh Doctrine, which calls for disproportionate force and deliberate targeting of civilians and their infrastructure.
In what world is that left wing?
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I've been revisiting @UKLabour's 2024 manifesto, and some of the commitments are extraordinary given where we are today...
- Defend the international rule of law.
- Uphold international law in Gaza.
- Recognise Palestinian statehood as an inalienable right.
- Reject new oil and gas exploration because it worsens the climate crisis.
These weren't demands from protesters.
THEY WERE LABOUR'S OWN PROMISES!
The government shouldn't need reminding what the principles are. It already wrote them down and commited to them!
The question is why those principles become negotiable the moment defending them carries a political cost.
@andyburnham @ZackPolanski
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Mike Tapp: 'Zionism isn't ethnic cleansing!'
Shehab Khan: 'So why can a Jewish guy in London get Israeli citizenship but a displaced Palestinian can't?'
Mike Tapp: '...I didn't know that. That doesn't sound equal to me.'
The absolute intellectual collapse. He spent whole time defending the ideology, only to admit he doesn't know how it actually works on the ground
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I'm fond of Miatta but this isn't good.
The Labour Party is forcing her to back policies she clearly does not support.
We don't do that in the Greens. I'm never asked to lie. When someone asks me a question, I tell them what I think.
Today I made what was meant to be a light-hearted self-deprecating remark. I didn’t get it right and it hasn’t come off as I intended.
I fully support our Home Secretary and the government’s position on migration reform.
As I said earlier this week, it’s absolutely right that people should have to make a contribution to this country in order to earn citizenship.
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"The last thing I did is the report on Gaza naming what is happening there as genocide. One of the main reactions to that report [was] paying tribute to me for my courage.. why would you need courage to speak the truth?"
Navi Pillay upon winning the 2026 Nobel peace prize
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.@TheGreenParty conference motion demands Israel is replaced by a single Palestinian state
This is NOT the policy of Palestinian leaders such as Marwan Barghouti. They support a two-state solution. Greens should not tell Palestinians what to do! Amend the motion!
@ZackPolanski
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Absolutely horrifying. How can our government be planning to drill for new oil and gas when we know these are the consequences?
We have to keep the pressure on this Labour govt to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
ALT babies will face almost twice as much extreme fire weather in Europe than great grandparents
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🧵UK media has been duped about net-zero (again)
The playbook is identical:
1️⃣ Find a big scary number
2️⃣ Speed-dial non-specialist hacks
3️⃣ Do say “serious economic damage”
4️⃣ Don’t say “we pretended gas is free”
5️⃣ That's it!
Many papers still fell for it 🤷
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Paul Marshall, the co-owner of GB News, has tripled his hedge fund investments in fossil fuel companies in the first quarter of 2026 to £2.1bn.
They're a propaganda channel cashing in on destroying our future.
Always follow the money.
ALT Zack Polanskis four biggest climate claims explained and why experts disagree.
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"National security is threatened by dependency on fossil fuels. Sticking with fossil fuels through to 2050 costs double what transitioning off them would."
Green Party Deputy Leader, Rachel Millward, takes on Reform's climate denial at the @OxfordUnion .
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As politics we have a moral responsibility to do whats right for the people we serve - even when it's not politically convenient.
There must be no new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea - including Rosebank and Jackdaw.
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The Green Party is clear on what real change looks like:
• Proportional representation
• Taxing billionaire wealth
• No new oil and gas
• Public ownership of water
• Rent controls
• Ending arms sales to Israel
ALT Open letter dated 29 June 2026 from Green Party MPs, addressed to Andy Burnham MP, urging urgent reforms on electoral system, taxation and climate; includes a parliamentary emblem and bulleted policy demands.
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An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
This is obscene. I've called on @MayorofLondon and @YvetteCooperMP to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.
ALT https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/06/10/zack-polanski-calls-on-sadiq-khan-and-yvette-cooper-to-cancel-obscene-and-illegal-sale-of-settlements-on-palestinian-land/
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The proposed EHRC Code of Practice is unfit for purpose and places trans people at serious risk of violence and discrimination.
It is vital that guidance protects the rights of all people to live their lives with peace, privacy, and dignity.
The Green Party is calling on the Prime Minister and Bridget Phillipson to reject the cruel and confusing EHRC Code of Practice.
Legislative action must be taken to create an equalities framework that protects trans people’s safety, dignity and humanity.
ALT A letter from Sian Berry Green MP for Brighton Pavilion calling on Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson to Reject the EHRC's code of practice
