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@BenCrystall

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Former journo (ex New Scientist) Green cllr for Bengeo on Town Council, leader at East Herts District Council, cllr for Hertford All Saints on Herts CC 🇵🇸RLS

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@BenCrystall
Ben Crystall
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Happy new year! With recent developments I will no longer be posting in this place but you can find me elsewhere… 💚 Thank you for following.
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@LizWebsterSBF
Liz Webster
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🚨 A devastating warning from John Curtice Britain’s most respected pollster, John Curtice, says Keir Starmer “doesn’t have the skill set for Downing Street” and “can’t learn to be a politician” Curtice isn’t speculating. He’s telling Labour a hard truth: Starmer has hit his
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@CensoredHumans
Censored Humans
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“Some scholars and scientists estimate the real death toll in Gaza at 680,000.” “If confirmed, 380,000 of them are infants under five.” —Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur
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@EastHertsGreen
East Herts Green Party
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Start the New Year in a positive way! This January, choose one positive habit and commit to doing it for 26 days. And to help you stick to your good intentions, we’re inviting you to make a £26 commitment contribution to East Herts Green Party. https://t.co/nzRZC4T7Kd
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eastherts.greenparty.org.uk
The 26-day Green Commitment Club UPDATE: FEBRUARY 1, 2026 We’re pleased to announce that the thank-you draw took place on Saturday January 31, 2026 and three £26 thank- yous were awarded. The numbers...
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@natalieben
Natalie Bennett
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Realistm on #SMRs: "3/4 of world's uranium hails from small handful of countries, enrichment dominated by Russia & China. Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants" #NoNewNuclear https://t.co/HqH2OZTzbp
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Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
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@JMPSimor
Jessica Simor KC
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This is frankly unbelievable. How can the shadow AG represent Abramovich?
@AdamBienkov
Adam Bienkov
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So after the Conservatives spend years accusing Keir Starmer of betraying Britain in his work as a former Human Right's lawyer, Kemi Badenoch's own Shadow Attorney General in the Lords takes a job representing a sanctioned Russian oligarch
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@DamianLow3
Damian Low
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The Telegraph now admitting the deal they campaigned for with Australia on agriculture is a disaster after saying it would be great for British farmers… No prizes for guessing who signed the deal…
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@BenCrystall
Ben Crystall
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Looking for a new year’s treat for the kids? Just a couple more days to get to @BEAMHertford to watch this year’s fantastic #panto #BeautyAndTheBeast with a great cast, fabulously sloppy #slapstick, classic #jokes and banging songs. #laughter #singalong #MerryChristmas
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@daniellismore
Daniel Lismore
2 months
Another reason Nigel Farage should never lead this country. This is not spin. This is not opinion. This is a clip of him delivering a joke about someone’s death using a homophobic slur. You can watch it yourself. You can hear the words. You can decide whether this reflects your
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@ZackPolanski
Zack Polanski
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.
@novaramedia
Novara Media
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BREAKING: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested in London after holding a sign that reads: “I support Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.”
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@labourlewis
Clive Lewis MP
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Palantir is an organisation that the British government should stay very far away from when it comes to NHS or other contracts. The Swiss army is right to be suspicious. https://t.co/eTVf42cB2Q
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Journalists find Swiss government rejected company over fears US intelligence might gain access to sensitive data
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@carolecadwalla
Carole Cadwalladr
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I���m sure Twitter will choke this link so do pass it on, if you feel it’s of value 🙏 https://t.co/0e2KSC4usH
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@TheGreenParty
The Green Party
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2025 is set to be the UK's hottest since records began. Scientists are clear that changes to our climate are unprecedented and the result of burning fossil fuels. Climate policies must be led by the science, not by climate deniers and their friends from the fossil-fuel lobby.
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@MastermanDavies
Peter Davies
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@CommunityPlann1 9/12/25 Property Investor Today/Glenigan: Housebuilding at lowest level since Global Financial Crisis (Pandemic excepted). Residential construction starts down 18% 2024-25. Lack of demand confirms the political narrative about housing “shortage” is false. https://t.co/BJNPKO1IVL
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Housebuilding is at its lowest level since the financial crisis, with the exception of the pandemic, according to the latest PMI data from S&P and CIPS. Meanwhile, the latest Glenigan Index shows...
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@EastHertsGreen
East Herts Green Party
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We would like to thank all our supporters for your hard work, dedication, and passion over what has been a truly remarkable year for our local party. We have lots more to do in 2026. Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas.
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@ProfBillMcGuire
Bill McGuire
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These are more than plausible, and we are utterly unprepared - as a country and a global community Close to half of climate scientists polled expect a 3C or more temperature rise - including me A return to Pliocene conditions is the best we can hope for https://t.co/Fge0cyK3Gl
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Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
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@daniellismore
Daniel Lismore
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Reform supporters keep telling me I am lying when I repeat this. So let’s be clear. Here is the video of Nigel Farage himself saying the country will need to “have insurance based healthcare” - private healthcare. Those are his words. That is not a rumour and not spin. An
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@politicsusa46
𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰
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I can’t tell you just how profound a statement this is from the head of MI6 Blaise Metreweli. It is VERY uncommon for the head of the UK’s foreign intelligence agency to make such a public statement. There may now be a slow shift towards considering the US as representing a
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@rahmstorf
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣
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A recent study by Dutch colleagues shows that a shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries. That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change. https://t.co/xxr1pq4e6W
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"A huge responsibility for the decision makers of today."
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