It is a delight to see 2 happy politician faces in the news.......

[riversedge]

vs the angry faces we so often see.

#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DV1 #ONEV1
Imagine trying to communicate in one’s second language daily& being told, “You don’t belong!” for accent/grammatical errors.

The NYC Mayor walks in the shoes of people whose mother tongue is not English with self-deprecating humor.

— (@marikosegawa.bsky.social) 2026-02-26T23:46:04.131Z

[Easterncedar]

1. Oh gosh that's uplifting!

Thanks, riversedge.

[Bettie]

2. I saw it on Bluesky

and it was delightful. Just watched again, nice to see decent people behaving like...well, decent humans with some humor.

We get so little of that lately.

[Easterncedar]

3. Indeed!

[Easterncedar]

4. See also the newly elected Green Party MP from Manchester

An upset victory by a young progressive plumber and, as she mentions in her acceptance speech, a newly qualified plasterer. Working class, she speaks out for her Muslim neighbors. She is one to watch!

[Easterncedar]

5. Hannah Spencer

[link M calls byelection loss ‘very disappointing’ as new Green MP Hannah Spencer says voters rejected hate – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/27/gorton-and-denton-byelection-result-labour-green-party-reform-uk-politics-latest-news?CMP=share_btn_url|

Both the edited video of her speech and the full text are worth looking at. She fended off the hideous right wing Reform Party handily.