Rishi Sunak, who voted to criminalise the right to protest, make it harder to vote, strip the Electoral Commission of powers and limit court abilities to remedy unlawful government actions, says political extremists have no respect for British democracy.

Truth in very short supply from this government theguardian.com/environment/20…

Stop MS3 Networks installing telegraph poles without meaningful local consultation - Sign the Petition! chng.it/5b4xxhcW via Change.org UK

Rishi Sunak saves his job but not the planet – cartoon theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Angry statement from car company Ford UK

The last time the Tories decided to “cut the green crap”, it cost each household an average of £150. How much is this reckless political gimmick going to cost in terms of higher bills to heat less efficient homes, lost investment & undermined UK jobs? theguardian.com/environment/20…

Beware the Tory Jubjub bird – cartoon theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Water privatisation - failed
Rail privatisation - failed
Financial deregulation - failed
Austerity - failed
Brexit - failed
Conservative promises of a better future have a habit of ending in chaos and disaster.

A loss of 550 million !!!! This is horrifying. When do we act if ever ! When only 500, 50 or 5 remain ??? Farming as an industry requires urgent change. It needs to be refilled to the brim with people who understand and care. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Don’t want to go over the top, but this is absolutely jaw-dropping. Someone who was in the cabinet when legislation on voter ID was agreed and went through parliament acknowledges it WAS an attempt to gerrymander the elections huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jacob-re…

It wasn’t to be this time altho we’ve managed to double our vote share from last year’s by-election - an excellent base for the future. We’ll continue to push on air pollution, unsustainable housing development, sewage dumping & opposing Amazon & the Freeport #GetGreensElected

It’s The Environment, Stupid: eco issues proving once again to be vote-winners in the local elections, whilst there’s no votes in anti-environmentalism

- Tree-felling Plymouth Tories felled themselves
- No gains for anti-LTN candidates in Bath
- Anti-ULEZ a fringe issue

An #LE2023 breakthrough graphic moment: Carla Denyer in rightful Green place on The Times and The Sunday Times election coverage

#GetGreensElected moment

An important aspect of yesterday's vote that must not get buried - #VoterID is voter suppression straight out of the US Far Right playbook.

#democracy - it would be a good idea

Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC Chair. There are questions for the BBC, for the government - and about how power works in Britain. 5 minutes on why the resignation happened - and why it matters. Produced by Mary Fuller and Floyd Cush. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-653230…

Current bird flu strain deadly & could become endemic
It’s an unthinkable scenario - more than 140 mil birds have died in US, UK & EU
We MUST end intensive farming of animals, it’s the greatest abuse of animals in the world & a breeding ground for disease
theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

Banning old diesel railway engines will cut air pollution risks by up to 90% theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a…

Let’s have a good number of Green Councillors on East Riding Council and let’s do our politics differently

🚌 'It's a matter of political priorities.'

Carla Denyer on how we would fund our 'One Pound Fare to Take You There' policy which would see single bus fares capped at £1 and much-needed investment in better bus services 👇

“The government’s claims of being world leaders in the energy transition are in tatters. This data lays bare their neglect of our vital net zero goals, and failure to insulate us from the next energy crisis.” theguardian.com/environment/20…