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Islington Green Party
@islingtongreens.bsky.social
Bold politics. New leadership. A Greener Islington. https://islington.greenparty.org.uk
Step 1: Get more members than Labour. Step 2: Get more seats than Labour. Step 3: Form the next government! #JoinTheGreenParty join.greenparty.org.uk
Our Prime Minister has had a lot to say today about subscriptions. Meanwhile, huge parts of the country are in drought. We're about to enter our fifth heatwave of the year, killing more people. Are we going to get anything from the Government? Literally anything?
Hey @politico.eu The #PublicHealth cost - both to human and environmental health - of using these toxic substances on this #PoisonedPlanet is not counted in this report www.politico.eu/article/your...
Breakfast looks a lot more expensive under new EU pesticide plans
Coffee, citrus and berry prices set to spike if a plan to tighten pesticide standards for imports becomes reality.
politico.eu
We don't talk about the fact that nuclear weapons harm people *before* they are fired enough.
Climate breakdown isn't a political negotiation. It's a scientic reality borne out in lives lost and wildfires. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefight helicopters, a cool space in every community and a maximum working temperature.
Left: Sky News report that PM Andy Burnham has called a COBRA meeting today, August 12th, during what is the 5th heatwave of the year so far Right: Your reminder that @zackpolanski.bsky.social called on PM Burnham to hold a COBRA meeting on July 30th, during the 4th heatwave, almost two weeks ago
Very proud of the six London Councils run by Greens who are refusing to put trans staff and residents at risk of harassment and discrimination in their response to the EHRC Code. I will continue to push the Mayor of London to give the same reassurance to trans Londoners.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 9h agoSo important they have to mention it on the front page [Telegraph]
🔴 Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office Exclusive: The Reform UK leader’s non-disclosure of a £5 million ‘gift’ from a crypto billionaire could amount to a criminal offence, leading democracy groups allege bylinetimes.com/2026/08/12/n...
Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office
The Reform UK leader's non-disclosure of a £5 million 'gift' from a crypto billionaire could amount to a criminal offence, leading democracy groups allege
bylinetimes.com
"None of England’s fire and rescue services are thought to have direct access to firefighting aircraft." It's outrageous. Make the fossil fuel companies pay. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...
Fossil fuel producers should pay for wildfire helicopters, Zack Polanski says
Next week is the anniversary of the start of the Langdale Moor Fire in North Yorkshire, the largest wildfire in the country last year.
yorkshirepost.co.uk
This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
🕛 🏘️ While the UK housing crisis deepens, land and energy keep going to data centres instead. Case in point: a Brick Lane data centre just got forced through - enough energy for 15,000 homes. We need a fairer tech future, not one that serves the ultra wealthy: join.greenparty.org.uk
I’ve written to the Mayor of London: “I urge you now to work with councils across London to support their efforts to make sure the (EHRC) guidance cannot be used to diminish the everyday rights of 🏳️⚧️ trans Londoners and to seek the wider adoption of these approaches across our city.” [1/3]
![Letter to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of Practice for Service
providers, Public Functions and Associations
I am writing following our conversation at Mayor’s Question Time (12 June 2026) where I raised concerns about the distress and anxiety trans Londoners tell me they are feeling following the publication of the revised Code of Practice for service providers and associations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
You told me that your “priority is to ensure London remains a city where everyone, regardless of gender identity, can thrive, feel safe and belong.” [1]
You'll be aware that this week, on 5 August 2026, the Government's updated EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect, following an order from the Minister for Women and Equalities.
Trans led organisations, such as Trans Actual, have maintained that the Code remains unworkable; it does not protect trans people, it does not help service providers and it does not respect the UK’s human rights obligations. [2]
Despite cross party condemnation, with 166 MPs signing Early Day Motion (EDM) 240,
tabled by Nadia Whittome MP, in an effort to halt this discriminatory guidance, there has
been no debate in Parliament.
The government's own Equality Impact Assessment admits that this code of practice would have wide-ranging negative impacts on Trans people and that Trans women could face a "disproportionate risk of violence and sexual assault.” [3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y72k4zijlsi47z7wk262cv24/bafkreifzyqhohvnimtn7f55trm54cbxvwqcjjxkmdfuq74twtvtyacufaq)
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I would like to know what work you and your Deputy Mayors have been doing, since we spoke about this in June, to prepare for the changes coming into effect on 5 August.
Londoners need to know how you intend to uphold the rights of trans people and support service providers to remain trans inclusive.
As an elected London politician, I am particularly concerned because London has the highest proportion of people in England whose gender identity differs from their sex
assigned at birth. [4] These are people in our community, work colleagues, neighbours, friends and family members, who should be able to participate in public life without fear of being outed, harassed or discriminated against at work or in public when using a toilet or changing room.
Lambeth Council recently announced that it would challenge the implementation of the
Draft Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations. Councillors backed a motion condemning the draft code as “incoherent and self-contradictory, discriminatory, and impossible to implement in a reasonable and proportionate manner.” [5]
The motion called on the council to protect LGBTQIA+ workers and service users by
refusing to implement the guidelines should legal advice confirm that such a move would be lawful.
When we spoke at MQT in June, you said “the GLA will continue to work closely with
boroughs, service providers, community organisations and partners to ensure our services remain welcoming, safe and appropriate.” [6]
I urge you now to work with councils across London to support their efforts to make sure
the guidance cannot be used to diminish the everyday rights of trans Londoners and to
seek the wider adoption of these approaches across our city.
This is about Trans people's right to exist in society free from abuse, discrimination and
segregation, with the autonomy to be who they know themselves to be.
Yours sincerely,
Caroline Russell AM
Leader of the Green Group on the London Assembly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y72k4zijlsi47z7wk262cv24/bafkreifwtum3lzri5qtxr2t6626xrghonytnxiodbgdnsxjvqya3jwxbmy)
Thank you to Green Gathering - such a wonderful weekend! I'll be at lots of other festivals this summer - we're building our movement and creating an alternative to the old party politics. Join.greenparty.org.uk
‼️'MPs have had their stomachs pumped.' 🍺 Turns out Hannah Spencer was right when she said that Westminster's drinking culture is “unprofessional and worrying” and leads to “questionable and dangerous behaviour”. ⏳️ It's time to end Parliament's drinking culture.
"Thank you to every single person who voted Green, knocked on doors, delivered those newsletters, travelled from around the country, or helped by phone banking. This campaign literally could not have happened without you." Geraldine Coggins on Greater Manchester mayoral campaign.
‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster
Alcohol is embedded in profession where long hours, loneliness and lobbying are the norm, report finds Parliament is “Britain’s last alcohol-soaked workplace” where MPs are offered free drinks as early as midday despite alcohol-related scandals, a report has revealed. Drinking is commonplace and some MPs have had their stomachs pumped after consuming so much alcohol that they ended up in hospital, one disclosed. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
As Europe burns, Shell has banked £7.4 billion in just three months. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.
Across the country, wildfires are raging. The Prime Minister needs to call a COBRA meeting and treat the climate crisis with the urgency this moment calls for.
Everyone has the right to protest and to organise protests. This right is protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. Setting up a podium for poetry reading at a protest is terrorism?
Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2w agoSetting up a podium for people to read poems is now terrorism. Andy Burnham can stop this. He isn't.
Only in polling stations this Thursday, 30th July from 7am... 🍿 Geraldine Coggins is your Green mayoral candidate ready to take Greater Manchester back from big money. Vote Green first tomorrow 💚
Britain's most persecuted minority ... according to The Daily Telegraph's front page ... Millionaires. It's clear who they are here to serve. No wonder they hate Greens for unashamedly calling for wealth to be taxed fairly. Let's make it happen join.greenparty.org.uk
"I think the problem for Andy Burnham, and where I plan to step up, is that his solutions aren't going to fix things. For instance If we brought in rent controls, we could save the average UK household up to £2,400 a year and the government £2 billion a year." Zack Polanski on BBC Newsnight.
Q: Will Burnham make the wealthy pay more tax? A: ... Only the Green Party will properly tax the multi-millionaires and billionaires. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Some party leaders take £5m off convicted criminals to fundraise for their political parties. We prefer a rave. Thank you, Bristol! 💚
Burnham wants to do what he did in Greater Manchester for the whole of the UK? But what does that mean for the people - not the property developers? Its time to end Rip off Britain. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Wealth taxes. Rent controls. Action on climate. And a pretty huge crowd ready for hope with a plan for real change. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Terrorising communities. Splitting up families. These are political choices that Burnham is backing by reappointing Shabana Mahmood in the Home Office. These are choices the Green Party will always fight.
This seat doesn't belong to Labour for us to "steal". It belongs to Greater Manchester. This Thursday we have a chance to run this wonderful city-region for people, not profit, by voting Green as your first preference vote. www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...
The Green plan to steal the Manchester mayoralty
The Prime Minister has left a vacancy that Zack Polanski's party would love to fill
newstatesman.com
Its only outrageous if you think the Palestinian people aren't people.
