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Andrew Grainger

@andrewclimate.bsky.social
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Environmental activist, passionate for climate, ecology & social justice, London lover, narrowboater, wilding project in Devon countryside. Aim to live sustainably: vege, bike, trains, no flying, EV when essential, all electric & solar PV home & Narrowboat

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 7h
As Britain builds more renewable energy, it will need to get better at encouraging people to use electricity when it’s plentiful.
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How the new Great British Grid could help households benefit from abundant and cheap renewable power
As Britain builds more renewable energy, it will need to get better at encouraging people to use electricity when it’s plentiful.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: We are one! The @thenerve.news is celebrating its first birthday today!!! With the news that we are financially sustainable!!! THANK YOU so much to the many, many people who helped us get here. Your support is everything! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pressgazette.co.uk/news/the-ner...
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The Nerve reaches 5,000 paying subscribers in first year
Newsletter-led newsbrand from ex-Observer journalists now said to be financially sustainable.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026
I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 29/09/2026
👏 Great to see the PM aim for GB’s energy prices to match those across Europe within 10 years and to speed up grid connections.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UNLAWFUL ARREST On Sunday, police forcefully detained and handcuffed a young man under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act. They stripped him of clothing while dragging him across the floor. He had not committed any crime.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ 🍕Ed Miliband has said it was never anyone’s intent to criminalise “elderly people, vicars and grannies” who have been arrested for supporting Palestine Action. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ – UK politics live
Defend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary and says his remarks will help in its legal challenge
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended' Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group. www.middleeasteye.net/news/miliban...
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Miliband ‘looking at’ whether Palestine Action ban was sensible, argues mass arrests 'unintended'
Foreign secretary's remarks at Labour conference come after arrests made at protest against ban on the direct action group
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 29/09/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "Our challenge is will we be too late. That's our challenge. It's not a question if, it's a question how do we do this now? The window is still open ... it's narrow, but it's still open." youtu.be/2HUor5EOFeI?...
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Has the world lost the fight against heat? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Alys Denby, spouting utter guff with huge confidence on Politics Live, like "bringing the review forward by a year is just kicking the can further down the road" and "if you bump into the Laffer curve you get no tax revenue at all", has no economic training I can find, except from Tufton Street.
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4 Billion Dead @4billiondead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THERE ARE NO WORDS. Sign up to hear more about the El Niño situation and what to do about it. October 21st, 7pm BST. actionnetwork.org/events/octob...
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October 21 International Public Call | with Roger Hallam and Ruth Cerezo Mota
You felt this summer. Across the world it was felt. The heat that didn’t break. The grass that turned to straw then dust. The rivers running low. Heatwaves killing thousands of people. It will ...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 29/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 29, 2026 ~ defenestration "The window for action is narrowing, and delayed or poorly designed restoration will increase long-term costs, exacerbate inequalities and risk locking landscapes into unsustainable trajectories." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
It’s time for the crackdown on peaceful protest to end. Ask your MP to be there for the screening of The Line We Crossed in Parliament: thelinewecrossed.com/parliament
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Invite your MP: The Line We Crossed in Parliament
An evening of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 26 October 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
Over 85,000 people have asked their local NHS Trust to say no to Palantir. Time is running out, so every email counts. Will you email your local trust and ask them to stand against Palantir? notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/ema…
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters including elderly man outside Labour party conference More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Police arrest pro-Palestine Action protesters outside Labour party conference
More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's striking to see people *still* reacting to the term neoliberalism as if it were a figment of the imagination. I guess the fish doesn't see the water in which it swims. But still to be claiming, in 2026, not to know what it is looks to me like wilful ignorance verging on denial.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Huge thank you to everyone who told me today they've got a refund for conference or are going to vote online and join us on the streets campaigning. The energy is amazing and we can win this election. But we need your help. Join us in making history: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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ZACK 4 MP | Linktree
Everything you need to get involved! Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of Zack Polanski (The Green Party) c/o PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A message for Andy Burnham from Rob Del Naja (Massive Attack), Huda Ammori (Co-Founder, Palestine Action), and Michael Mansfield KC. Deproscribe Palestine Action. www.wedonotcomply.org
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rob’s arrest comes as a video is published from himself, Palestine Action Co-Founder Huda Ammori, and Human Rights Barrister Michael Mansfield KC calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to Deproscribe Palestine Action. bsky.app/profile/defe...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Worth a look if you are concerned about the planet. Short film… youtu.be/IXRVD7ZqncQ?...
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Healthy things stop growing. Why can't economies?
YouTube video by Your Local Planet
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4 Billion Dead @4billiondead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can all guess what will be included in the report. We can also guess that the actual threat we face will be heavily understated. THERE ARE NO WORDS.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good to see Foreign Secretary presenting the findings of the suppressed Joint Intelligence Report on ecosystem collapse to other governments. But when is it going to be shared with the rest of us? We can’t prepare for what we don’t know - it should be published in full
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/09/2026
“Climate change and nature loss have never been issues for climate and environment ministers alone. They are defining challenges for our citizens, our economies, our foreign policy and our national security.” bit.ly/4hn1lO3
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OUR CORE WORK CONTINUES Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience. This 1670 legal principle is stated in a stone plaque inside the Old Bailey. Supporters in Oxford are today informing the public of that fact. 📸: @camerazoe.bsky.social
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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At last the truth of this suppressed report is starting to emerge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The furore engulfing Sheeran wasn't provoked by his silence on Gaza. But now it's clear that billionaires dictate what artists can say in venues, Sheeran’s silence looks a lot more malign than it did before. Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-ed-...
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Listen: Ed Sheeran does provide a ‘safe space’ – for the billionaires who own him
Read by Matthew Alford
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💔 "There is a lot of work we need to do to become worthy of being human again, but at least, now I know this for sure: there is a humanity worth aiming for, worth becoming again. Humanity as part and parcel, as a beloved relative, in the patchwork of life." jksteinberger.medium.com/humanity-in-...
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Humanity in the patchwork of life
This story is on borrowed time. Maybe you can borrow it, and make it part of yours too.
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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At last the truth of this suppressed report is starting to emerge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/09/2026
The documentary The Line We Crossed is coming to the Houses of Parliament! Trudi Warner and other people targeted by the crackdown on peaceful protest will be on a panel at a special evening hosted by Clive Lewis MP 👇 thelinewecrossed.com/parliament
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Invite your MP: The Line We Crossed in Parliament
An evening of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 26 October 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I AM NOT A TERRORlST Police in London have routinely arrested peaceful individuals for holding pieces of paper calling on the UK Government to Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. To date, more than 3,700 people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act, mostly elderly people.
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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A powerful and moving film, pease watch. Thanks to @theguardian.com for publishing. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Prison Letters: the teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists – documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Max, 14, is on a quest to understand the human stories behind direct acti...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TRYING TO PROTECT LIFE This doctor has been arrested under the UK Terrorism Act multiple times for peacefully holding a sign in protest against the proscription of direct action group Palestine Action and UK complicity in Israel’s genocide.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 22/09/2026
Israeli colonel Nochi Mendel ordered a lethal airstrike on three British aid workers in Gaza and said he was "not sorry". IDF and British military commanders could now be asked to give evidence to an inquest about the massacre👇 www.declassifieduk.org/israel-kille...
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Israel killed three UK citizens. Now their families want answers
A coroner’s court has been asked to investigate Israel’s aid worker massacre and review surveillance tapes held by Britain’s military
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 22/09/2026
This story is about so much more than one man and one company. It’s about the corruption of our British democracy through the subtle intermingling of the financial and political interests of our political class and the world’s most powerful corporations. open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...
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Why Is a Labour Lord Now Paid by Palantir – and What Does it Mean For Our Democracy?
Ex-Labour deputy leader Tom Watson just got hired by a controversial US tech company seeking taxpayer-funded state contracts. The intermingling of politicians and corporations corrupts our democracy.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s official, the 2026 El Niño has broken a record for the highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years… Incredibly reaching that threshold a full 2 months ahead of 2015’s record of +3.02C set on Nov 18th. See that red line? That’s 2026. Every other bold line are the strongest El Niño’s on record. 1/
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NO CHOICE It’s 6 Days to go until hundreds take peaceful action outside Labour’s Liverpool conference. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has a choice: Lift The Ban on Palestine Action, or continue to allow the arrests and prosecutions of thousands of UK citizens for peacefully protesting.
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 21/09/2026
👉NEW -- Israel killed three UK citizens. Now their families want answers by John McEvoy A coroner’s court has been asked to investigate Israel’s aid worker massacre and review surveillance tapes held by Britain’s military www.declassifieduk.org/israel-kille...
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Israel killed three UK citizens. Now their families want answers
A coroner’s court has been asked to investigate Israel’s aid worker massacre and review surveillance tapes held by Britain’s military
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 21/09/2026
"The state is trying to reframe Palestinian solidarity as terrorism. The aim is to create an environment of fear. " Really important guest post this week from Liam Mullany - one of the Filton 25. Well worth a read. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-state-...
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The state is trying to scare pro-Palestine activists into submission. It won’t work.
Filton 25 political prisoner Liam Mullany explains why the British state is targeting him and his fellow activists - and why they’re fighting back.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No Ed, Israel's genocide of Gaza isn't "the most complex political issue on the planet". It's the simplest political issue on the planet. You don't mass-murder children because they're the "wrong race".
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The most insightful thing I heard about business was an academic saying that the corporate dream is that their customers should cheerfully hand over 10% of their disposable income for the rest of their lives.
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Andrew Grainger @andrewclimate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The best explanation of where we are and the risks to humanity I have heard. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away.
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 20 September · 31min
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 19/09/2026
Five police forces who’ve been trying a Palantir surveillance tool are set to drop it: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/rev…
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19/09/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "The EU Commission continues its crusade to dismantle and defund environmental action. It is planning to cut green funding in the next EU budget, continues to support fossil fuels like gas, and is speeding up permitting of environmentally harmful projects."
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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every Green voice is one that will hold this Labour government to account and push them to do better.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 18/09/2026
A jury unanimously acquitted a Churchill statue spray-painter who, despite the nonviolent nature of what was clearly a protest, spent seven weeks on remand. The judge imposed severe restrictions on the defendant talking about their motivation for resisting genocide realmedia.press/olax-acquitt...
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Jury unanimously acquits Churchill statue spray-painter - Real Media - The View From Below
Dutch human rights activist, Olax Outis had no “lawful defence” and was stopped from give a closing speech – but was acquitted by the jury in a verdict seen as a snub to a system complicit in Genocide...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I would love to ask a prominent BBC journalist to give me an example of an illegitimate concern. Is seems to me that it has become a question not of fact, logic, or ethics but of volume. If a big enough proportion of a village was anxious about Bigfoot or Chemtrails, BBC would cover it in a way...
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