Cllr Pat Cleary
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Last night was rather fun! Now 9
@GreenWirral
cllrs. Up from just one four years ago. Amazing. Across Wirral 19% of residents voted Green. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen.
@TheGreenParty
#GetGreensElected
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This evening every single Wirral Labour and Conservative cllr voted against an “immediate, bilateral, long-lasting ceasefire in Gaza”
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
@TheGreenParty
@GreenWirral
@WirralLibDems
@wirraltories
@SeacombeLabour
@CaptDada
@GroupLabour
The Green motion has been lost. There are shoutings of “shame” from the few members of the public that are left
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Disappointed to hear
@Emmabarnett
repeat (31 mins) the fallacy that "a majority of those who voted did want this government".44% is not and never will be a majority.
@MakeVotesMatter
@BBCWomansHour
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Amazing FOI report shows that one Green cllr in Wirral submitted more case work than all 39 Labour cllrs combined: Many cllrs made no reports at all!
@TheGreenParty
@tomashoughton
Value for money???
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This is great and important. My local
@TheGreenParty
branch has welcomed many ex-Labour members in the past year. Their universal response has been how positive it is to be treated like a grown-up and to have left such a toxic environment.
Latest from me: "manic apparatchiks – men, usually – stalking around party offices, desperately trying to fix the selections of parliamentary candidates, and dispensing off-the-record briefings about figures deemed ready for liquidation..."
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Huge thanks to everyone who has helped run such a positive
@TheGreenParty
campaign despite the dreadful state of our democracy especially the wonderful
@sianberry
@jon_bartley
@CarolineLucas
&
@Amelia_Womack
.Very proud of you all.
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The ugly truth about net zero in two blistering minutes....
"Net zero" has undermined the need for immediate and pressing action -
@KevinClimate
"You unpick the rhetoric, and what you find underneath it is just a vacuous, empty space."
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Nope.
Ceasefire now.
The Greens should be ashamed of themselves for this behaviour
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So proud to be a part of this amazing group of
@GreenWirral
councillors speaking truth to power
@WirralCouncil
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Whatever happens football wise this season
@TranmereRovers
have done their community proud: Surviving coronavirus: the fight to keep Tranmere Rovers alive via
@YouTube
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Proud, honoured and grateful to be given the platform with
@JoBirdJoBird
to amplify the vital solutions
@TheGreenParty
is offering and which are gaining such traction in Wirral and across the country
Pleased to announce that
@PatCleary2
and
@JoBirdJoBird
have been selected as co-leaders of our 14-strong group of councillors for the current municipal year
Want to be part of our rapidly growing, grass roots movement for social and environmental justice?
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Dear
@BBC
, Now that UKIP finally has the same number of MPs as the Green Party, please ensure that you afford it the same amount of air-time
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Unacceptable from
@WirralCouncil
No committee approved this, ward cllrs not consulted, public letters said new trees would complement existing trees, not replace
Very, very poor
Anger as 22 trees cut down in Birkenhead town centre:
via
@BirkenheadNews
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Amazing work by residents on Larch Road
#Birkenhead
to transform their alley into something really spectacular 👏👏👏
@WirralCouncil
@GMorg01
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Land values in
#Birkenhead
are so low that colossal amounts of space are given over to car parking. This image doesn't include on street parking or allow for additional space from multi-storey car parks. Thanks
@edwardlamb
for putting this together.
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The scale of the sewage discharge in East Wirral is shocking, disgraceful and a scandal. Privatisation of water has been an unmitigated disaster for our environment and must be reversed
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A very visible symbol of the success of cycling infrastructure in Manchester and how far ahead they are of
@LpoolCityRegion
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From central Wirral virtually the whole
@WirralCouncil
area can be covered in 30 minutes or less. Now if only we had the infrastructure to facilitate the potential
@merseycyclists
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Last year in
#Wirral
52 pedestrians & cyclists were killed or seriously injured by motor vehicles.
@WirralCouncil
&
@MerPolWirral
need to tackle the source of the problem which isn't what kids wear when doing what comes naturally and walking/wheeling to school
#greenwash
#COP26
As discussions at
#COP26
focus on being greener, walking more is a great way to help reduce pollution, including walking to/from school. 🚶
Our road safety team have pulled together some top tips for your child walking to or from school:
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If you live in
#Birkenhead
and back Remain then voting for
@TheGreenParty
is the obvious way to go...
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God I loved this. Gloriously written, superb in its analysis and profoundly wise. Thank you
@fotoole
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Great to see these signs in Birkenhead encouraging walk to school. Very best of luck to
@CCBPrimary
for the
#SchoolStreets
launch tomorrow.
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Great news that
#Birkenhead
is one of just 15 towns to get full award (£24.6m) under Future High Streets fund. Also £3.2m for New Ferry. Very well done
@WirralCouncil
on such a successful bid
@GMorg01
@WIRRALGLOBENEWS
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In 2020, 105 people in
#Wirral
were killed or seriously injured by vehicles. 52 were cyclists or pedestrians. Once a week someone is killed or seriously injured walking or cycling. Generations of politicians have failed to prioritise the safety of the most vulnerable road users.
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Huge congrats to
@StockportGreens
on this fantastic result....
Reddish South (Stockport) council result:
Grn: 48.1% (+41.0)
Lab: 34.7% (-23.1)
Con: 10.8% (-3.2)
Ind: 5.0% (+5.0)
LDem: 1.4% (-4.5)
No UKIP (-14.0) as prev.
Grn GAIN from Lab
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@dolly_and_dj
@GreenWirral
@WirralCouncil
2/2 After the uproar this week about spraying on Hoylake beach, the council has said that this is the last year that Glyphosate will be used on the beach. We still have to achieve a ban across the whole Borough and we will continue to press for that
@joshual951
@GreenSteveHayes
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Pleased to have backed council investment in 3G facilities at the Solar Campus at last night's Policy & Resources committee meeting. A positive and very welcome addition for the local community and the future of
@TranmereRovers
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@MGreenwoodWW
No, it's vital that politicians end the decades long discrimination against cyclists and pedestrians and create safe streets for people to use. You really should be better informed and actually do some research rather than victim blaming
@WIRRALGLOBENEWS
@GMorg01
@GreenWirral
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Hi
@WirralMobility
why is your vehicle blocking the bike lane outside Birkenhead Park station?
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Who wants to be a member of an organisation that treats people like this.? Seriously scary behaviour.
I’m genuinely worried for my civil liberties under a
@Keir_Starmer
government.
Watch this, from
@faizashaheen
tonight on
#newsnight
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As
#Eunice
batters Wirral today please remember that just three days ago Labour and Tory councilors voted to slash the council's Climate Emergency budget.
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Very pleased to be first
@TheGreenParty
cllr to attend local authority pension fund forum AGM and make the case for further and faster divestment out of climate wrecking fossil fuels
#ClimateEmergency
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Wirral has stark and startling disparities in transport with deadly outcomes for our poorest communities. Failure to invest in green travel solutions contributes directly to unacceptable health and social outcomes.
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@CllxBen
From Red to Green. Wirral members talk about their journey from Labour to the Green Partt
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@johnharris1969
My experience on the ground is that the public tend strongly to blame local councils for their deteriorating local environment and service provision. Of course the government know this and exploits it ruthlessly. But we are at stage now where many councils could easily collapse.
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Huge thanks to everyone who helped achieve this amazing result in the face of a truly nasty Labour campaign that should shame its members up and down the country.
@TheGreenParty
@WirralGreens
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Very nice to see some public recognition for the efforts made by
@GreenWirral
councillors. Whoever you are, thank you.
@HarryRossGorman
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I often pass the Irish Famine plaque in
#Birkenhead
- in 1853 1/4 of the town's population were refugees born in Ireland. Thinking of all the souls who have perished this year trying to follow in their footsteps and the cruel laws that hastened their loss
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Really pleased to be selected as
@TheGreenParty
candidate for MP for the
#Birkenhead
constituency:
✅
#YestoEurope
❎ No to
#ClimateBreakdown
❎ & No to
#Austerity
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Official 2020 data from Wirral Council shows that Green councillors reported, on average, at least twice as many issues as councillors from other parties................
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A very positive step forward assuming it isn't blocked at full council next month. This change is a direct result of
@TheGreenParty
gains at the local elections in May. Solid proof that voting Green makes a real difference.
The new model will see power spread more evenly across the council
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Inequalities in Wirral are truly shocking and here's a big one. If you live in Birkenhead & Tranmere you are four times more likely to be hit by a vehicle than in Greasby, Heswall and West Kirby.
Traffic calming is a public health and social justice issue.
Data
@WirralCouncil
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@Jongreen911
@WIRRALGLOBENEWS
@Wirral_Weather
The wall isn't there primarily to stop water. It's purpose is to remove energy from the waves.
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Delighted that, on Monday, Wirral cllrs voted unanimously to use the transferable vote method to elect the new leader. A small but significant signal that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose and we need to
@MakeVotesMatter
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Great to be joined by new
@GreenWirral
Cllr Emily Gleaves on a tour of the regeneration site
@WirralWaters
. Good to see foundations in place for the first new modular homes due for completion this Summer.
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Exciting plans for a comprehensive cycle route linking
#Birkenhead
and New Brighton. View the plans and have your say here:
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Nice to meet Shóna Brown in Birkenhead Park today to discuss her campaign for a more people friendly park. Nearly 800 people have now signed her petition:
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@dolly_and_dj
@GreenWirral
@WirralCouncil
1/2 Last month, a Green Party motion to Wirral Council asked for glyphosate to be phased out within two years. Sadly, Labour and Tory cllrs refused to back this although an amendment did agree to phase out Glyphosate "as soon as possible" which could mean anything.
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Refugees are welcome here. Wirral Greens at Wallasey demo this evening.
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Hi
@MerPolTraffic
@MerPolCC
why is it still so hard to report vehicles obstructing the pavement? Why is it not even mentioned on your "Nuisance parking" page?
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How on earth have we created a system where most kids cannot experience this every day,
@WirralCouncil
At the beginning of this year there was no way that I would have felt comfortable cycling with my five- and nine-year-old daughters from Hotwells to St Paul’s.
@BristolCouncil
, keep up the great work encouraging cycling and do please make these pop-up lanes permanent.
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Huge thanks to
@Amelia_Womack
for her visit yesterday and providing such a positive boost to our campaign to elect more
@TheGreenParty
cllrs in
#Birkenhead
.
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Great reporting on the folly of
#HS2
. Excellent contributions from
@natalieben
From destruction of the countryside to spiralling costs...why so many 'greens' oppose
#HS2
New
@BylineTimesPod
@GoldbergRadio
hears from
@natalieben
@TheGreenParty
plus
@BylineTimes
writer Stephen Delahunty and environmental campaigners.
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How about calling a halt to new road building, airport expansion and not ripping out cycle lanes instead of bragging about your new spreadsheet?
@saverimrose
LIVERPOOL''S BOLD SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA FORGES AHEAD AS CITY JOINS GDS-INDEX
Cllr. Dan Barrington: "We're using the data to make
#Liverpool
a better city all round – for our citizens, our visitors, and the planet.”
@GDSMovement
@MetroMayorSteve
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Hat's off to
@WirralCouncil
staff who are doing amazing work planting so many new trees including 10 in Hamilton Square last week
@Cllr_E_Gleaves
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Build it and they will come
@WirralCouncil
Good morning London
Just a normal morning on London's cycle superhighways.
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Good. More of this sort of thing please. Well done
@TranmereRovers
Tranmere chairman reveals club turned down gambling advertising money ahead of Newcastle clash
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Very pleased tonight to have been elected
@WirralCouncil
Chair of the Merseyside Pension Fund overseeing £8.5bn in assets. Looking forward to working with colleagues and
@mpfmembers
over the next 12 months.
@TheGreenParty
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#ClimateEmergency
my arse......
#NEWS
The inbound cycle lane on West Derby Road – towards the city centre - is to be removed.
Read the full statement from Cllr Daniel Barrington, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Transport and Environment.
More:
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North West
@TheGreenParty
membership sails through 5,000. Over 2,500 new members in the past three months!!
@NWGreenParty
#GreenSurge
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£1.3m investment in the poorest part of Wirral likely up in smoke as Labour, Tory and Lib Dem cllrs vote to delay Birkenhead Road active travel scheme in Seacombe. Clearly puts any future funding for active travel in serious jeopardy.
@GreenWirral
@edbarnesjourno
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Judging by today's surge in membership I think
@CarolineLucas
went down rather well last night!
@TheGreenParty
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Very good meeting at Merseyside pension fund's Investment Monitoring Working Group today. Spent most of the morning discussing plans to move £400m out of high carbon stocks. Good to know those plans are on track and will be implemented over the remainder of 2018
@TheGreenParty
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1/3: I wanted to know how many fines
@MerPolCC
issue for vehicles obstructing the pavement in my area (Wirral). They couldn't tell me that! Nor could they give me a figure for the whole of Merseyside!......
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Huge thanks to the people of Birkenhead & Tranmere for, once again, re-electing me. And to my fantastic colleagues Ewan and Amanda and the wider team
@GreenWirral
Looking forward to achieving so much more in the next four years.
Green hold: Birkenhead and Tranmere. Ewan Tomeny joins Pat Cleary and Amanda Onwuemene on Wirral Council.
#GetGreensElected
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Now and then. Removing bollards has had a disastrous impact on pedestrian safety and security on St John Street Birkenhead
@WirralCouncil
@MerPolWirral
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Taken outside Birkenhead Park station today. Perfect example of why we need proper segregated cycle lanes and not this excuse for one that allows the selfish to abuse it.
@MerPolWirral
have been notified
@WirralCouncil
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Fantastic news for
@Birkenhead_Park
👏👏👏
York city centre and Birkenhead Park among seven sites backed by UK for Unesco World Heritage status.
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Incredible to see Wirral Tories voting against a £10-14m investment in LCWIP sustainable transport for Wirral at tonight's Regeneration committee
@WIRRALGLOBENEWS
@edbarnesjourno
@LivEchonews
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16% vote share for
@GreenWirral
but under our broken voting system only five Green councillors instead of the 11-12 the voters of Wirral deserve. We will continue to work hard to overturn the blatant injustices propped up by the self interests of Labour & the Tories.
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Failure to press ahead with 20 mph
@WirralCouncil
is costing lives. The evidence is clear, we need to act.
See how speeds reduce with 20mph limits on faster roads. Roads with previous ave speeds above 25 show the largest reductions in speed. A huge benefit for communities that is hugely cost effective.
#20splenty
See how we explain the "25mph Conundrum"
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Lib Dem, Labour and Tory cllrs all approved this appalling decision. There is only one party you can trust to walk the walk on the
#ClimateEmergency
@TheGreenParty
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Important thread for all Greens, old and new
Especially this:
"Stay positive, don't play by THEIR rules & remember the best rebuttal is YOUR message with a SMILE :)"
Very obvious that the Labour right are now starting to use exact same campaign techniques against the Greens that they used against Corbyn.
Greens should take that seriously: most of broadcast media is New Labour aligned & very happy to repeat garbage - from Sky to BBC & LBC 1/3
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@Channel4
@joelycett
@sophiedukebox
What a dud. Good example of how the all pervasive car culture leads to should-know-better journalists losing the plot. LTNs save lives:
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Very pleased to sign this open letter to the Pension Minister in support of fossil fuel divestment. It makes no sense for pension funds to fuel the
#ClimateEmergency
by investing in risky fossil fuels.
@TheGreenParty
Dear
@GuyOpperman
, to make our pensions matter, we must stop financing climate-wrecking fossil fuels through them.
MPs, Councillors, financial experts, NGO heads, academics, and faith leaders agree.
Please read their open letter & back divestment! 🙏🌍
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Wonderful to see and a real vindication of Council policy re Hoylake beach......
The oddly controversial re-wilding of Hoylake beach, i.e. not raking it, is resulting in a massive increase in passerine birds, in spite of the dog walkers. Today 2 Wheatears, 3 Rock Pipits, (pic) 16 Meadow Pipits, a Tree Pipit, 35 Pied & 14 White Wagtails (pics) & 40 Linnets.
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Great to see well-earned national coverage for our amazing group of young
@GreenWirral
cllrs:
@HarryRossGorman
@Cllr_E_Gleaves
@WirralWalsh
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It's already begun:
.
@TheGreenParty
could do to Labour what UKIP did to the Conservatives in 2015 if they galvanise the politically homeless.
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The map of "untidy land" reports to Wirral Council gives a pretty graphic representation of which communities face the most degraded local environment.
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@irish_news
Good example of how ingrained
#carculture
is into every day life such that the likes of
#parkrun
end up with such a silly position. Has to be challenged to achieve the required culture change.
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Great news as Merseyside Pension fund votes to begin divestment from fossil fuels
@FossilFree_UK
@friends_earth
@JuliaKollewe
@350Europe
@TheGreenParty
@GPUKNews
@peopleandplanet
@LivEchonews
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#Hoylake
beach looked stunning this evening. A credit to
@WirralCouncil
and its no raking no spraying approach. Long may it continue.
@GreenWirral
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Delighted that
@edwardlamb
will be representing
@GreenWirral
in the upcoming Liscard by-election......
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COVID-19 deaths suggest East Wirral harder hit than West Wirral. Post lockdown we cannot accept a return to BAU that fails to address the underlying causes.....
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Wow!
Birkenhead and Tranmere result
Green (Steve Hayes) 2,198
Labour 1,058
Con 78
Green gain from Labour
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I was on
@bbcmerseyside
this morning making the case for
@BirkenheadPark1
to remain car free. The piece starts at 1.47.28:
@GreenWirral
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Birkenhead Market. The move to Argos is confirmed as Labour & Tory cllrs reject the views of the public, traders, ward cllrs and the MP for Birkenhead
This is a travesty for the town, a failure of council officials to listen and a failure of some cllrs to see common sense
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Britain's dysfunctional democracy in one easy chart
48% of Labour voters mainly want something other than the Tories
Only 5% support based on their policies
Other options are available. Vote
@TheGreenParty
We asked Labour voters to tell us in their own words the main reason they are backing the party. For the largest number by far the key motivation is ousting the Conservatives
Top 5 reasons
Get the Tories out: 48%
Country needs a change: 13%
Agree with their policies: 5%
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