Ed Plowden @edplowden.bsky.social

This is a personal account which I use to share information or post comments about Bristol, Politics (including Green Party related topics) and transport. Promoted by Ed Fraser on behalf of Ed Plowden (Bristol Green Party) both at 17 Great George St, Bristol BS1 5QT

'Bristol's housing crisis is out of control after government failure' bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opin…

vimeo.com/1100672255/88a… Amazing footage of our very own steel elliptical arched bow string bridge with diagonal bracing and lattice infilled parapets. Also known as the Banana Bridge! Sadly someone has already tagged it, such a shame. We will try and keep in top of it.

The Committee on Climate Change that advises the government says we need no net expansion in air travel. The West's Metro Mayor talks of the economic growth brought by the airport. She doesn't get it. Climate change isn't good for the economy.

I am pleased to see that the resurfaced and more clearly marked bike lane in Bristol City Centre seems to be working better. We are monitoring it closely to see what further improvements may be needed. @Chris_Boardman @BristolCouncil @BristolCycling

BioBlitz at Victoria Park 20 July, 10am - 1pm Meet by the lodge All welcome! @vpagbristol @Totterdown_ @EdPlowden @silaseton1

It’s simple & it’s clear & it has to be said.

Unauthorised billboards removed. Great work by ⁦@BristolCouncil⁩, a councillor and a local resident bristol247.com/news-and-featu…

Record high for Green Party after County Council elections  - Green Party. greenparty.org.uk/2025/05/03/rec…

#VoteGreen💚@TheGreenParty to stop millionaire playboys who want to play politics as a side hustle whilst they fiddle with finances when the world is drowning in #plastic #pollution and literally going under as sea levels rise! Reform candidate doesn’t want mayor role @thetimes

Lovely to get out with local volunteers in Victoria Park today sowing wild seeds. This is one of several patches and we hope it will encourage moths and beetles, then in turn to help bats, mice and owls. @vpagbristol @TRESAcic

The real division? Money Vs Democracy. Time to make sure we win.

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Ed is being generous here… Hopkins latest ramblings show that he knows far far less about the new plans than almost anyone else in knowle, he didn’t come to the public meetings so now he’s just making wild assumptions rather than simply asking us for a factual update…

Ex-Cllr Hopkins new newsletter is full of wild inaccuracies re Broadwalk. Fails to mention his shameful uncritical support for previous scheme & claims “objectors will have achieved their aims of…degrading our town centre”.Beyond reason or parody. Time to retire for common good?

Lisa Stone and I out with volunteers and @BristolWaste litterpicking around Wedmore Vale and St John Lane area. Thanks to all the volunteers who came and helped, young and old we made a great team. @bristolgreen

Labour is nationalising rail operations, BUT the trains will be privately owned by firms taking £360m a year in dividends. Labour also reducing environmental and social obligations, such as disability access. Tell them to stop the gravy train. @we_ownit tinyurl.com/railway-for-pe…

Metro mayoral hustings. @Mary4WECAmayor did well. @BristolLabour least keen on bus franchising!?! Same old @dannorris terrible line “we are not the same as Manchester”. Tory supporting benefit cost ratios and dissing Park Street bus gates in same sentence. Park st has BCR of 7:1