James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙

Former Chair Dudley Green Party
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@TheGreenParty 💚@DudleyGreenPrty💚#FBPE

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Time for New Year's Resolutions?

A resolution to tackle inequality, climate crisis and the rise of fascism.

The party that wants to invest in communities, eliminate poverty and fund our public services properly.

Join @TheGreenParty.

https://t.co/Cew6plJok7

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@Tim_Kelly @ElectionMapsUK It was 15.67%

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@brian_p_k @bbcweather And Quinton!

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

It doesn't have to be like this.

@TheGreenParty can't yet fix all these problems or have all our solutions taken up.

What we'll keep doing though is growing rapidly the grassroots movement of people joining us who know better is, and must be, possible.

https://t.co/0qbagSwgNX

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Keir Starmer's 'investment' in unproven technologies like carbon capture won't deliver the real change we need.

Only the Green Party has a plan to bring down bills AND emissions fast.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The Met Office has attacked Reach publication The Daily Mirror, saying “please don’t believe them” over their ‘utter rubbish’ misleading weather news

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@GreenJennyJones I'm still here Jenny!

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

Can’t see a GP - blame MPs & NHS England

Core funding for GP Practices has been cut by £2bn since 2016, enough for an average practice to employ 2 GPs, a Practice Nurse & more admin staff

Instead £1.4bn on ARRS ~ additional roles but no GPs or Practice Nurses

Patients need GPs

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@JDBakewell https://t.co/RigaFeAO3i

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Interested in working for the Green Party?

We're hiring:
Media Officer for our Green MPs (four roles, fixed-term, full-time)
Membership Assistant (permanent, part-time)
Temporary Office Manager to the Leadership

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/B3CwcTc3Yu

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Labour is going back on its plans to radically reform the water regulator! 🤯

@EllieChowns told the @Guardian, Labour need to reverse Conservative cuts and give the @EnvAgency the funding it needs to protect our environment

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Must watch on House of Commons reform @EllieChowns

Dr Ellie Chowns, "As a newly elected member, I'd like to offer observations on three elements on how this house operates: sitting, speaking and voting"

➡️ Sitting
- Chamber is too small
- In Council and in European parliament we had own seat, desk, plug in devices
- Extraordinary there aren't enough seats for every MP

There is a practice of Christian prayers, as a daughter of preachers I am familiar with this. But in this day and age where we are a mix of all faiths and none, it might be time to represent a range of faiths

➡️ Speaking
- If we have more time limits more MPs would be incentivised to speak
- Trying to get a slot, bobbing up and down, last week I did for five solid hours without getting attention of the speaker
- This is not good for a democracy
- Find a better way of allocating speaking time
- The culture in this house is everything from excessive deference to braying, we need to clean to clean up politics, we are here to debate in as positive a spirit as possible

➡️ Voting
- It's extraordinary we do not have electronic voting
- While I've been here I've participated in 5 votes, that's taken 1.25 quarter
- If you add up all the votes thats 1.5 months of MPs time, totally unproductive
- If we got rid of the voting lobbies we could double the physical size of the chamber (everyone could then have a seat)

"My final point, if we want to be a truly modern house of commons: proportional representation"

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

👀 Just in case there's anyone looking to join a party that supports scrapping the cruel two-child benefit cap and doesn't whip its MPs... ⤵️

https://t.co/VkvGuW4Hzh

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@BBCBreaking GP systems are down too...be nice to your doctor today!

[West Midlands Green Party @westmidlandsgp]

It's so wonderful @TheGreenParty now have a group of MP's in Westminster to stand up for people and planet.

Including, @EllieChowns of North Herefordshire!

There's never been a better time to join our movement for real hope and real change:

https://t.co/Yb0I5VUE71

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

The Green Party has laid down the first 10 steps the new Labour government must take in their first 100 days to show they’re serious about changing Britain ⤵️

What do you want to see them do first?

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@claret_rain @UKLabour @TheGreenParty Welcome!

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@EmmaWill83 @SeftonGreens @TheGreenParty @NeilDoolin1 Welcome!

[James Windridge 💚🇺🇦💙 @WindridgeJames]

@Uditha_Desilva @TheGreenParty Welcome!

[Nate Higgins @natehiggins]

The fight for at least thirty @TheGreenParty MPs at the next election starts now. Our four Green MPs and countless incredible second places shows that is possible, but we need significantly more members to do it.

Do you want to be part of it? Join us now https://t.co/TCfojo4LtW