Robbie
TA at an SEN school. NEU rep fighting to get us recognised. DnD DM. Rollerblader.
Support political movements that fight against inequality and rebuild community. Currently that's the Green Party under Zack Polanski and Your Party (if it sorts itself out)
- a pretty brutal ratio right there
- Fascinating! Fits gut political instincts, but nice to see confirmed by data and more detailed analysis
- 32% of Brits think Santa would vote for the Greens under @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Pretty sweet endorsement. He joins 100k+ others who used to like red and now prefer green. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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- Reposted by RobbieSo many bad-faith attacks on Zack Polanski. His own partner works in palliative care! About a third of carers are migrants. Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here. Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.
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- Yes it's the moral and truthful position, but even on cold-blooded electoralism, going for the pro/neutral on migration vote is *far* more sensible. Four(!) parties competing for the ~55% who say it's a most important issue to them. Greens under @zackpolanski.bsky.social the only party for the 45%
- Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration" "Migration is a positive thing for our country" "We need migration" "We need fair and managed migration" "And that's what will change this conversation" *huge clap* #BBCQT
- Genuinely funny, and then at the last second the “They’ll come” nearly brought me to tears What is going on?! @zackpolanski.bsky.social bringing a different kind of authenticity
- Reposted by RobbieWow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9
- Bring on the North.
- 85%(!) of the people who have formed opinions on @zackpolanski.bsky.social since September see him favourably. 85%. Wild.
- Starmer doesn't realise that the Tories could actually recover one day. Reform’s base is inherently unstable and right wing voters are shockingly forgiving. The left won’t forget. The Green Party under @zackpolanski.bsky.social is far more coherent and fully democratic. When Labour dies it’s dead.
- I can’t believe we’re living through the deaths of *both* the major UK parties. If Starmer had stood on a progressive platform we would have had 3 Labour terms minimum, as Tories and Reform split the right for the first time. Instead he joined them on the crowded right. We’re not coming back.
- Cruel. Callous. Cowardly. The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are. We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box. Reject the hate. Reject them. This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again. Join.greenparty.org.uk
- Reposted by RobbieA Government of cowards. Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution. They can't get away with this. Join.greenparty.org.uk
- Reposted by RobbieThis is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
- How Starmer started vs how it’s going now. Pointlessly disgusting. The left will never trust Labour again. It won’t win over people obsessed with migration, it only fuels Farage. Greens are soaring because people know @zackpolanski.bsky.social defends policies he *actually* believes in.
- This is essential. Immigration actually much less important to the public than often implied, even with the media obsessing over it.
- Yesterday, we put out a report on the most important issues to voters. We know that immigration now tops the traditional most important issues question (see below from @yougov.co.uk). But that doesn't tell the full story. Here is a rundown of the experiments we did to test this out (A THREAD):
- Reposted by RobbieOkay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in. Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
- Greens jump from third to first. This is why the pressure to vote tactically in FPTP is so utterly shit. LDs and Lab screech that you *have to* vote them or get reform. @zackpolanski.bsky.social was right when he said Starmer has no right to that line when he could run the next election under PR.
- The third journalist in recent days to specifically note that Zack does this weird thing in interviews where he… answers their questions? 🧐 Many journalists will not agree with his politics but I bet we’ll be seeing him more and more. They're desperate to have real conversations for once
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- Wild for a Labour cabinet member to lie in such a tragically transparent way. You know who Zohran Mamdani is, Christ. Who do you think likes this answer?
- Reform peaked 4 years too soon. By 2029 they will unravel and be fully exposed as the janky, Tory 2.0 party that they are. Thanks for helping expose Labour and fertilising the Green bloom though x
- Absolute genius strategy. No way that could backfire… Unless, say, the greens started polling ahead of Labour and became the new tactical vote against Reform. But nah. Who could imagine that?!
- Emperor’s New Clothes moment about to happen in British politics. All major parties follow the same, non-answer approach. All gonna fall apart when people get to see somebody who talks like a normal human and *actually* wants to fight for the majority. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
- We love to see Greens on picket lines! ✊💚
- hmm I wonder what might have happened to change the message from “you can leave” and “shaking off the fleas” to this? Ex-Labour members have been receiving cringe “take me back!” emails from @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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- Just feels sad and draining at this point. IMO Your Party should ditch its electoral wing. All these issues have come from the top. Focus on grassroots community building then support the best local candidate (Green, plaid, ind etc.) @thisisyourparty.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- Reposted by RobbieSo either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
- How many labour supporters *actually* like Labour, and how many just thought it was the only option against Reform? Find out now is obvs the worst rates pollster, but so far where it’s gone YouGov has followed. Bubble about to burst Keir 🫧
- Reposted by RobbieWe take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
- Love this episode. Repeated refrain that we can’t wait to be rescued. Zack won’t do it. No saviours. Exciting how many conversations I’ve had recently with people who’ve never been politically active saying “I want to start actually doing something” Don’t vote. Organise. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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- Spent the other day imagining what I could do if half my income wasn’t rent. Shop small and local instead of supermarkets and online. Go plastic free. Buy treats for myself and the people in my life. Set aside more for charity. All would benefit my local economy. @zackpolanski.bsky.social
- Today Greens hit 150k members, meanwhile in Your Party 😬 I signed up for YP, but don’t understand the people still there. Greens doing all the lefty things *and* not buckling on trans people *and* united and cutting through *and* democratic. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @thisisyourparty.bsky.social
- Ed Ball’s face when he realises Labour are the ones stealing votes from the Greens. 🔥 @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @boldpolitics.bsky.social
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- Officially confirms that I am the psychic octopus of Green Party membership figures 🐙 So I’m happy to announce ahead of time we will hit 160k by next Monday too 🥳
