Central (Hyndburn) council election result:

GRN: 41.9% (+41.9)
CON: 26.4% (-23.0)
LAB: 24.1% (-26.4)
WP: 7.5% (+7.5)

Green GAIN from Labour.

sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/britai…

Green party celebrates ‘really encouraging results’ in England’s local elections theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Do you ever wonder why, to get what almost everyone wants, you have to fight almost everyone in power?
Here's part of the answer: our politics do not belong only to us. Offshore oligarchs have been allowed to capture them.
This week's column explains how
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Green Party has just passed a total of *800* Councillors for the first time ever.

Another record and the election results are not over yet!

As of now, 802 Green Councillors on 174 Councils 💚
#GetGreensElected

Gensing (Hastings) council election result:

GRN: 57.8% (+32.5)
LAB: 32.4% (-13.4)
CON: 9.8% (-13.0)

Green GAIN from Labour.

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🎉 Huge congratulations to Bristol Green Party on gaining 10 councillors on Bristol City Council, taking their total to 34 and becoming the largest party!

#GetGreensElected | #LocalElections2024

💚 Voters in Redditch, Bolton, Sefton, Newcastle and South Norfolk have elected their first-ever Green councillors today, with more exciting results to come!

#GetGreensElected | #LocalElections2024

🚨 Greens GAIN Biddick and All Saints ward in South Tyneside.

🟢 GRN 70% (+59)
🔴 LAB 30% (-20)

Green GAIN from Labour (39% swing)

This is strong stuff from Zack Polanski on the Green gains and the reason behind them.

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#ThereIsNoPlanetB ! #InvestInRenewables

theguardian.com/environment/ar…

It's long been a question: could all of humanity actually live within the Doughnut? Thanks to Hauke Schlesier et al it's just been quantified for the 1st time. And the answer is probably yes - if we transform to economies of sufficiency. Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

'The Greens, some spectacular gains... they may be heading for their best performance yet in English local elections'

Prof Sir John Curtice gives some early thoughts on the state of play as initial results emerge

Follow live: bbc.in/4a3zpJe

🚨 Shell are feeling the heat from investors including some of the UK's largest pension providers Scottish Widows Nest

Will the rest of our pension funds step up? Aviva plc Royal London Standard Life UK Legal & General

Don't forget to vote!

Democracy matters.

#DogsAtPollingStations 🐕 🗳️

I just opposed the UK Government's reckless plan to increase religious discrimination and segregation in our schools by writing to my MP.

You can do the same here 👇🏻
humanists.uk/action/take-ac…

#Integration + #Education = #Cohesion

Peaceful protest is a human right.
Freedom of speech is a human right.
Freedom of expression is a human right.

Universities should respect the right to protest. trib.al/wtg4B1S

We have everything on this Earth to thrive, to create an economy that's fair and prioritizes the wellbeing of people and the planet.

Join me and others demanding change, sign the petition! act.gp/3UvSBuK

We can minimise the disastrous consequences of #ClimateChange ... Or keep burning more #FossilFuels and accelerate them.

It's pretty obvious which course we should take, and fast.

If you care about our planet, our future, your children, nature, wildlife, the poor, the vulnerable and having a fairer and more equal society... #VoteGreen

#LocalElections2024

We are a part of nature, not apart from nature.
-- Sir David King at #innovationzero