💚 @TheGreenParty Councillor for Ecclesall Ward #Sheffield 💙 Social Care Worker 🤍 Social Enterprise
Sheffield, England
Joined November 2014
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Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
The Green Party would make the minimum wage £15 an hour - no matter your age.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift.
Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job.
What does this Labour government have against young people?
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Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Diesel is now over £2.00 a litre due to the illegal Iran War that the Labour Government directly supported by allowing US bombers to run dozens of bombing raids from RAF Fairford.
We won't take lectures on the cost of living from these guys
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Two giant wins in 24 hours for progressives everywhere.
The far-right just received an electoral thrashing in both Brazil and Serbia.
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@TheGreenParty @GreenJennyJones
#LulaPresidente #LulaPelaDemocracia #Brazil #Serbia #SerbianElections
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
For 25 years, @thegreenparty has been campaigning for car-free zones, cleaner air, and safer neighbourhoods for Londoners.
Now in 2026, Labour is finally getting on board with major pedestrianisation projects.
#OxfordStreet @ZackPolanski @CarolineRussell @ZoeGarbett @sianberry
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
My fab daughter Alex has just won a Leverhulme Prize. Her forensic analyses of illicit markets, freeports and special economic zones are on the cutting edge of a criminology coming of age to produce the most revealing insights into the global economy. northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/n…
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Breaking news | @DefraGovUK has corrected its statutory annual ‘Air Pollution in the UK report’ today (271026) admitting to 21 breaches of the legally binding ozone ‘Information threshold’ in 2025 (instead of none). Appalling. We need to slash emissions of ‘Volatile Organic Compounds’ VOCs to reduce ozone and protect health. NB Information thresholds, alerts, forecasts and subscriber notifications are *not* ‘warnings’ cc @tobyperkinsmp @BarryGardiner @CommonsEAC @timfarron @angelaeagle HT @DaveyCartoons
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Even Starmer didn't break this pledge.
Labour think young people should be paid less to do the same job as everyone else. On rent, pay, and on the climate crisis, Labour are betraying the young.
Thankfully there's an alternative to this Labour government.
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Let them eat cake? That's so French Revolution.
Let them eat gherkins.
ALT Satirical political poster showing two men - Chancellor John Healey and Primer Minister Andy Burnham - pasted onto 18th‑century French aristocratic figures in powdered wigs, one declaring "LET THEM EAT GHERKINS!" beside a table piled with gherkins.
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Everything you need to set up a Labour Budget.
Terms and conditions apply. Real action on the cost-of-living crisis sold separately.
ALT Satirical "budget starter pack" from the Green Party contrasting austerity choices with labeled images: a red "fiscal rules" briefcase, jar of discount gherkins, luxury yacht with "dw about a wealth tax!", person wrapped in a blanket, empty wallet labeled "difficult choices (for you)", and
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Excellent and disturbing new report from @EndCorruptionUK based on over 40 FOI requests.
Spotlight has found that UK govt ministers have held 137 meetings about Data Centres and AI growth zones between June 2024 and June 2026... but they didn't meet a single environmental group.
Government met only two community groups - but only AFTER the government had approved growth zones in their communities.
At the same time, Spotlight found that 38 government officials had left to take positions at AI and tech firms.
Spotlight is (correctly) calling for a halt on the approval of new AI and Data Centre Development zones until there has been a proper national consultation on community and environmental impacts. In other countries, these consultations have led to important new regulations to enforce environmental protections.
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Government bid to end homelessness should not just be "a winter of good intentions" Sheffield charity claim trib.al/MpwV2R0
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
People around the world are uniting to say no to Trump. Yet Andy Burnham does the opposite by approving the Jackdaw gas field.
ALT Photos of Brazilian President Lula and supporters with text: BRAZIL SAYS NO TO TRUMP Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
ALT Photos of Serbians celebrating the recent election result with text: SERBIA SAYS NO TO TRUMP Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
ALT Photo of Andy Burnham and a screenshot of a post by Donald Trump celebrating Labour's decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field. Text reads: LABOUR SAYS YES TO TRUMP Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Tonight - join @ZackPolanski and @jeremycorbyn to march against austerity.
The political class concedes nothing if you don't fight for it. Let's build a movement for an alternative to misery and decline.
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
“People are demanding action on rents, the cost of the climate emergency and about how we can bring people's bills down and yet what we're about to see is just the same old.”
Hannah Spencer on the government's approach to Wednesday's Budget, speaking at the Cost of Living rally.
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
“We should be making sure that people who make a living by going out to work aren't paying effectively a higher rate of tax than people who get their income from sitting on assets.”
Ellie Chowns responds to reports that Chancellor John Healey has ruled out equalising capital gains tax ahead of tomorrow's Budget.
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift.
Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job.
What does this Labour government have against young people?
inews.co.uk/news/politics/mi…
Cllr Peter Gilbert retweeted
Sırbistan'da öğrenciler doğrudan demokrasi yöntemini seçim siyasetine taşıdılar.
Liderlere dayalı, yukarıdan aşağıya bir örgütlenme yerine, herkesin söz alabildiği öğrenci genel kurulları (plenum) oluşturdular. Kararlar tartışılarak, mümkün olduğunca uzlaşmayla alındı.
Bu yöntemi üniversitelerin dışına da taşıdılar. Mahallelerde, kentlerde ve köylerde yurttaş meclisleri (zborovi) kuruldu. İnsanlar kendi sorunlarını tartışmak, çözüm önermek ve birlikte karar almak için toplandı.
250 kişilik milletvekili aday listesini de şöyle oluşturdular:
1- Önce 250 adaylık kontenjanı, öğrenci sayılarına göre altı üniversite kenti arasında paylaştırdılar. Belgrad'ın listeye hâkim olmaması için diğer kentlerin de üst sıralarda temsil edilmesini sağladılar. Ardından her kentin kontenjanını fakülteler arasında dağıttılar.
2- Ülke genelinde 80'den fazla fakültede öğrenci genel kurulları toplandı. Öğrenciler kendileri aday olmadı ama her biri aday önerebildi ve neden o kişiyi önerdiğini açıkladı. İsimler tartışıldı, önce uzlaşma arandı, gerektiğinde oylama yapıldı.
3- Mevcut siyasi kadrolara kapıyı kapattılar. İktidar partilerinin mevcut ve eski üyelerini, iktidar adına görev yapmış siyasetçileri ve bürokratları, muhalefet partilerinin üst düzey yöneticilerini aday göstermediler. Böylece hem iktidardan hem de yerleşik muhalefetten bağımsız bir liste oluşturdular.
4- Fakülteler birbirlerinin adaylarını da denetledi. Önerilen bütün isimler ortak bir listede toplandı ve tüm fakültelerin incelemesine açıldı. İtirazlar öğrenci kurullarında tartışıldı. Adayın elenmesi için kurulların yarısından fazlasının veto etmesi gerekiyordu. Tek bir fakültenin itirazı yeterli değildi.
5- Elenen veya çekilen adayların yerine yedekler getirildi. Böylece profesörlerin, doktorların, bilim insanlarının, işçilerin, sanatçıların ve aktivistlerin yer aldığı 250 kişilik liste ortaya çıktı.
