Natalie Bennett
@natalieben
Green Party peer. Leader 2012-16. https://bsky.app/profile/nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Prmted by CWilliams on bhf of Green Party, PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Still available, in e-book (only £4.19!) and print, #ChangeEverything, my accessible, short book explaining #Green political thinking. If you're in the UK, purchase here supports independent bookshops. hive.co.uk/Product/Natali…
Looking forward to this big #GetGreensElected opportunity in Barking! Hope to see you with me on Saturday helping get out the #VoteGreen message actionnetwork.org/events/26th-ju…
#FinanceCurse - UN official uses UK as an example: interesting reflections as I prepare for questions on the so-called Leeds reforms at about 7.30pm in #HouseofLords openaccessgovernment.org/a-path-out-of-…
Foreign interference in our media and elections - certainly a cause for grave concern, as @CarolineLucas and others worked hard to highlight #democracy - it would be a good idea
I can offer suggestions - @KateRaworth Ann Pettifor @dhnnjyn @ProfTimJackson New ideas instead more of the old failed ones of #austerity and making the disabled, ill and young pay as the have-yachts coin it theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
It is truly heartbreaking that more than 100 aid agencies are warning today of mass starvation in Gaza. It is also truly infuriating that core humanitarian principles have been systematically ignored for the last 655 days. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0k7…
Thank you, Dr. Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah for speaking for Gaza. Respect and love.
#GoodNews - #CampaigningWorks
🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇 theguardian.com/environment/20…
Government claims about cost of renationalising the water companies at £100bn do not add up, accounting professor @premnsikka says. @GreenJennyJones says level of liabilities suggests effective value is zero parliamentlive.tv/Lords
Reminder that #SoilHealth and plant #microbiome are major players in food quality and nutrition - it is about a lot more than the genetics of crops. A healthy #FoodSystem & #PublicHealth demands moving on from #IndustrialAgriculture phys.org/news/2025-07-f…
I received hundreds of emails from those affected or fearing #UniversalCredit cuts, collective testament to the fact that disabled people are not feeling, as Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted, "secure and supported", but the opposite nataliebennett.org/latest/my-regr…
The government has a responsibility to ensure that police know what they are doing in policing protests - and that they know legal demonstrations in support of Palestinian rights should not result in arrest, @GreenJennyJones says parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/ef…
“It’s time we put the security back into social security” - Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour) in House of Lords on 22.07.25. approx timecode. Supporting @natalieben Motion to Regret #UCBill @Shrink_at_Large @RITB_ @vicderbyshire @DrFrancesRyan @JoshHalliday @patrickjbutler
“This Bill is cruel” - Lord Sikka (Labour) - House of Lords - 22.07.25 #UCBill @Shrink_at_Large @RITB_ @christaur2006 @BBCJamesVincent @natalieben @JoshHalliday @DrFrancesRyan @patrickjbutler @vicderbyshire @krishgm @UNHumanRights
I am sorry this is the most I can do...
In the Universal Credit Bill @natalieben made a superb speech explaining how the Bill will make life tougher for thousands of disabled people. She will move a regret motion so that people can see that some of us would stop the Bill if we could. (Money Bills can't be stopped.)
Delighted to join @GreenJennyJones and @AdrianRamsay in supporting #HerbiesLaw with @AFR_UK handing in letter calling for phase out of #AnimalTesting
🤦🤦🤦 And how many examples in the data set this AI has been trained on will be children who grew up in war zones like Syria, Sudan or Afghanistan? #Discrimination #ChildrensRights #Refugees theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
#UniversalCredit #BenefitCuts #Poverty #Inequality #Disability - debate likely to start in about an hour
✍️ Why I will ask the House of Lords to vote today on the universal credit bill The House of Lords cannot stop the bill, but it can tell the government its actions are inhumane and indefensible By Natalie Bennett @natalieben yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/why-i…
Referencing the important work of @mediareformUK - we don't have a "free press" now, but one concentrated in handful of mostly right-wing hands, but foreign ownership is not going to improve situation
My colleague @natalieben, in the debate on foreign ownership of our press, points out that editors will always worry about what proprietors will think. That is not a free press.