Glenn Vowles

@enviroman.bsky.social

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For equality, fairness, sustainability, humanism. Opposing over-exploitation of people & planet by the super-rich & rich. Bristol based. Open University Tutor, Environment, 25+ yrs. Green advocate 45+ yrs. https://conserverliving.blogspot.com/

Stats for Lefties bar chart showing Keir Starmer had just 717 days as Labour PM. Blair had the longest time at 3706 days; Wilson 2835; Attlee 2282; Callaghan 1124; Mcdonald 1066; Brown 1048. Figures from the UK Parliament.
BBC News headline 'Firefighters battle major wildfire across Cairngorms National Park'. The BBC live stream reviews wildfires across the UK and Europe.
Met Office table showing some of the extreme temperatures across Europe recently, including 43.8C in France, 42.7C in Spain, 41.5C in Germany,40.8 in Czechia, 38.2C in The Netherlands and 38.0C in Switzerland.
Social media post by The Canary, sharing an image that shows temperatures in a heatwave with and with shade from trees (an air temperature of 40C becomes 32C with tree shade, and road surface temperature of 46C becomes 34C).
Novara Media social media post reporting that Andy Burnham has chosen pro-Israel corporate lobbyist James Purnell as his Chief of Staff. Purnell also led a firm representing arms, fossil fuel and water companies.
BBC News website screenshot: 'UK braced for hottest June night after 36.7C high...the hottest June day on record.'
Screenshot of a social media post by The Canary reporting that Andy Burnham is filling his prospective cabinet with Blairites, as Green leader Zack Polanski has pointed out.
BBC website news headline 'Hottest June day on record as temperatures soar to 36.1 C in Hampshire'
Green candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor Geraldine Coggins asserting on ITV that the by-election this Summer caused by Andy Burnham becoming an MP is between the Greens and Reform.
Screenshot of Bristol Live story with Nigel Farage calling for a general election following the resignation of the Prime Minister.
Screenshot of a message from a retired police officer sent in to the BBCs Kuensberg program saying, '...in fact equality means treating people according to their needs not the same as all other individuals.'
Screenshot of BBC website lead story: 'Burnham says he would seek to enter any Labour leadership contest'.
Screenshot of a Politics UK social media post asking if people agree with Zack Polanski's view that there has been a targeted smear campaign against him (features a photo of Polanski and a quote of him stating his view).
Screenshot of the BBC News website headline 'Hottest May day record broken again as temperature hits 35.1 C in London '.
Screenshot of the BBC news online headline 'British Steel nationalisation plans announced by Starmer' (with a photo of steelmaking).
Bar chart of the projected national share of the vote for the parties, based on the May 2026 election results (calculated for the BBC by Prof John Curtice). Greens in second place on 18%. Reform 26%; Labour 17%; Conservatives 17%; Lib Dems 16%.
Screenshot of BBC live 21st April headline 'Sacked Foreign Office chief describes 'pressure' from No 10 and 'dismissive' attitude to Mandelson vetting '.
A photo of a sign next to a pond and wildflowers, with trees in the background, saying: Developers see 'unused land'. Wildlife sees the last place to stay alive.
A photo taken by Apollo 15 in 1971 showing a crescent Earth from the Moon. Accompanied by a quote from Astronaut Dave Scott, 7th person on the Moon: 'It truly is an oasis and we don't take very good care of it. And I think the elevation of that awareness is a real contribution to, you know, saving the Earth if you will.'
Lord Ashcroft poll (26th to 30th March) putting the Greens in first place on 21 4%. A first. Reform 20.9, Conservatives 20.5, Labour 17.0, Lib Dems 9.2.
Screenshot of a Peterborough Green Party Facebook post which says you don't have to change your life to be Green. The post uses an image which lists the many things you can do while being Green, such as: driving a petrol or diesel car; eating whatever you want; struggling at gardening; taking a plane on holiday, and more.
Screenshot of a Greepeace social media post: Trump's illegal war on Iran has already made six oil companies $120 billion richer.
All the UK tactical voting sites say vote Green. Stop Reform UK say vote Green. Stop the Tories say vote Green. Tactical vote say vote Green.
Omnibus poll results for Gorton and Denton by-election out today. Greens in first on 22%. Reform in second on 20%. Labour in third on 18%. A lot of undecided, 31%.
The latest Green Party door knocking figures from the Gorton and Denton by-election campaign. The table has Reform on 35.7%, the Greens on 35.5% and Labour on 22.5%, with others on 6.3%. Sample size a large 13,000 voters in the constituency.
More in Common poll results from February 2026 on who influences politics the most. The results: 8 out of 10 people think wealthy elites influence politics the most (2 out of 10 saying British voters have the most influence).
Summary of the recent betting odds for the Gorton and Denton by-election showing Greens as favourites.
Screenshot showing the Labour barchart used in the Caerphilly by-election campaign, claiming they were in second on 32% and challenging Reform. A barchart of the Caerphilly results shows Labour actually came a distant third with 11%. Next to the Caerphilly barchart is the Labour barchart being used currently the Gorton and Denton by-election, claiming they are on 32% in second and challenging Reform (but Green Party doorstep data has Labour in third in a close contest for first and second between the Greens and Reform).
An extract of extended text from the blog post given in the post. The text sun's up how climate and nature threats are often badly reported.
Green candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election Hannah Spencer with Green leader Zack Polanski and hundreds of supporters in Manchester gathered for campaigning this weekend.
Green Party poster-style image showing Reform's Nigel Farage surrounded by various senior ex-Conservative MPs who have defected. The heading is 'CONFORM Farage is getting the failed band back together'.
Electoral Calculus 2024 data table and prediction: a Green win in Manchester's Gorton and Denton is on the cards.
Screenshot of the reply from my MP in Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy, to my request that she adds her name to the Parliamentary Call for a Televised Emergency Briefing on nature and climate (published with her consent).
Big Issue graphic showing 800kg CO2 emissions per day for a person in the richest 0.1% and just 2kg per day from a person the poorest 50%.
Screenshot of email.
Screenshot of a Green Party social media post saying the 25 richest families are together $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined wealth of $2.9 trillion.
Tracker poll for 2025 used on BBC Politics Live 18 December 2025. Current support for the parties if there was a UK general election: Reform 30%; Labour 18%; Conservative 18%; Greens 15%; Lib Dems 13%; SNP 3%; Plaid Cymru 1%.
BBC news headline 'Spains commitment to renewable energy may be in doubt', 15 December.
Screenshot of a Stats for Lefties barchart showing how the polls have changed since Zack Polanski was elected the new Green leader in September. Green support up 4.5 points; Conservative up 1 point; Lib Dems down 0.9; Others down 1.3; Labour down 2.5 points.
Image of a Daily Mirror front page headline from November 2019 saying 'Give me a world I can grow up in'. Featured is a large photo of a newborn baby. A Mirror special edition on the climate crisis.
Screenshot of a Tory Fibs post reporting how just one multi millionaire donated £9 million to Reform whereas 175,000 people donated £4 million to the Greens.
Screenshot of a post by the Greens leader Zack Polanski reporting the recent £9 million donation to Reform and calling for a cap on political donations.
Screenshot of a Zack Polanski post on Facebook pointing out that the Labour Govt budget refused to tax the assets of super-rich and instead raised the taxes of people already struggling.
Copy of my email to Kerry McCarthy MP for Bristol East inviting her to the National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature.
Screenshot of an open letter from 1000+ UK Scientists to MPs.
Copy of my email to Kerry Mccarthy MP urging her to attend the National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crises on 27 November.
Screenshot of an X post from Jason Hickel saying the capitalist classes don't think tackling climate change is profitable enough so they've decided not to do it. The post is accompanied by an image of a newspaper headline reporting that rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling the climate crisis according to COP30 chief.
Screenshot of an X post by Tony Vaughan, Labour MP, saying government asylum proposals have taken a wrong turn.
Bar chart of a More in Common poll from August 2025 showing that: on average 67% of people thought most politicians were out of touch with their values on nature; all political persuasions felt the politicians were out of touch.
Screenshot of the newspaper story headlined: UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests.
The text of the Robert Frost poem 'My November Guest'. Photo of the poet behind the text.
Screenshot of the BBC website headline story: 'Andrew loses Prince title and home as Virginia Giuffre's brother calls for further investigation'.
BBC bar chart of the 23 October 2025 Caerphilly by-election result. Plaid Cymru won with 47.4%; Reform second with 36%; Labour on just 11% in third. All other parties, including the Conservatives on 2% or less.
Bar chart of YouGov poll results: Westminster voting intentions, 18-24 year olds, 13 October 2025. Greens top with 30%. Labour 23%, Lib Dems 20%, Conservatives 11%, Reform 8%.
Graph used by Carbon Brief showing the reduction in fossil fuel imports brought to various countries by building renewables. Without new renewables more than half of the UKs electricity would have relied on fossil fuel imports (in reality reliance on imports is less than a quarter). Source: IEA.
Photos of two contrasting gardens are presented: one a highly manicured lawn with nothing but grass; one full of many many types of plants, not intensely managed, and featuring a three to four seat wooden bench. The words reject tradition, embrace biodiversity are written on the photos.
Screenshot of an Exress story headline asserting that the Greens are a dangerous, communist party once just about trees and animals.
Line graph of the levelled costs of energy across the full life cycle, 2025 to 2040. UK Dept for Energy, Security and Net Zero figures. Wind and large scale solar stable at around 40 pounds per megawatt hour for the whole period. Fossil fuel gas rising from just under 120 pounds in 2025 to over 160 pounds per megawatt hour by 2040. Compared at 2021 prices.
The text of the poem The Stolen Orange by Brian Patten: The Stolen Orange When I left I stole an orange I kept it in my pocket It felt like a warm planet Everywhere I went smelt of oranges Whenever I got into an awkward situation I'd take out the orange and smell it And immediately on even dead branches I saw The lovely and fierce orange blossom That smells so much of joy When I went out I stole an orange It was a safeguard against imagining There was nothing bright or special in the world
Planetary Health Check 2025 report - graphic showing we are near the high risk line having breached 7 out if 9 Planetary Boundaries.