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Natalie Bennett

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

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Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016. There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly. Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16

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@zackpolanski.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:19 AMReposted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Here's something the media is hardly talking about. This Government is set to oversee the steepest fall in living standards in modern times - unless they change course fast. In less than two weeks Labour faces a stark choice - will they tax wealth and back the majority?

Under current projections this is set to be the worst parliament on record for living standards growth - and a bar chart demonstrating it
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:40 AM

#democracy - it would be a good idea

"Treat as confidential all information obtained as a result of negotiating and entering into this agreement … which relates to the company or its business or assets”.

What are they hiding?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:58 PM

We, and the Australian Greens, have long said AUKUS is a programme with disaster written all over it.

And lots of establishment figures have said, or are now saying, the same
www.navylookout.com/mounting-con...

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:23 PM

#Biodiversity in such a parlous state on these nature-depleted isles

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:43 AM

If you're listening and like the sound of it, now available around the world for £16.79 or equivalent, with free shipping www.routledge.com/Green-Thinki...

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:19 AM

THIS IS HUGE - well for me it is. You might have noticed I reference many @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcasts.

Well now I’m on it, with the wonderfully prolific and eclectic host Miranda Melcher talking my @routledgebooks.bsky.social #GreenThinking

newbooksnetwork.com/green-thinking

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:54 AM

The damage being done to teachers, and pupils' education, cannot continue.

Longtime @greenparty.org.uk policy is to abolish Ofsted
www.bbc.com/news/article...

@greenparty.org.ukOct 9, 2026, 7:30 PMReposted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

“Burnham wouldn’t be there without Zack, because we won four times as many votes from Labour as Reform.” Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward, on BBC Newsnight, discussing Zack Polanski’s influence on moving Labour to the left.

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:19 AM

#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we can all do with some

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:01 PM

Congratulations!!

#GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:17 PM

#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we all need some.

The once-endangered species is thriving and stable in the Seychelles...in 19th century heavy exploitation reduced Aldabra's tortoises to fewer than 1,000 individuals"

phys.org/news/2026-10...

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:02 PM

We know that neofeudal philosophers have significant sway, perhaps are the driving force, behind the Trump administration.

But this is a new extreme
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

@elliechowns.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:44 AMReposted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

A strong Green Party voice is essential in politics – more so now than ever, in the face of the ever more urgent climate crisis. A big thank you to Zack and all the Green campaigners who helped significantly increase the Green vote share in Holborn and St Pancras💚

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:55 AM

Handy @theguardian.com graph on Holborn and St Pancras by-election

Labour vote declining from 48.9 to 45.2%. Green vote up from 10.4 to 32.8
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:43 AM

Artificial so-called intelligence.

"Image generators ... do not understand physical relationships between objects. The lanyard is not actually connected to the plastic cover"

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@carolinerussell.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:48 AMReposted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

A 22 point increase in the Green vote share a year ago would have been unimaginable.

Grateful to
🌱 @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being such a committed and hardworking candidate

And

🌱 the awesome campaign team for mobilising, organising and managing
huge teams of Greens out every day

Holborn and St Pancras by-election 
Bar chart showing top six candidates. (Source BBC).

Longest bar (red) for Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali with 45% (12,292 votes -4 percentage points)

Next longest bar (green) for the Green’s Zack Polanski with 33% (8,528 votes +22 percentage points)

Then diminishing bars for Conservative 7% (1922 votes -0.1 percentage points), Reform UK 6% (1612 votes -0.2 percentage points), Lib Dem 3% (924 votes -2 percentage points), Restore Britain 3% (692 votes +3 percentage points). 
An evening team doorknocking with Zack PolanskiDoorknocking with Caroline Lucas and a smiling team of greens with vote green posters.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 11:12 PM

As I was just saying @lbc.co.uk!

@carladenyer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:38 PMReposted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Newly elected Greens doing great stuff on housing 👏

Lewisham Council's new strategy includes:

🤝 Zero-cost land to community-led orgs on condition they build social housing

🔐 Putting that land into community land trusts, locking in affordability.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@carolinelucas.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 5:58 PMReposted by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

Polls open till 10pm - there’s still time! Be part of making history in London

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:18 PM

My latest Substack, wonderful women’s political history, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Harriet Martineau, to Brazilian spokesperson for indigenous rights Nisia Floresta

nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...

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