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Super Gran

@cates2012.bsky.social
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Dreamer who loves nature, people and books. Addicted to depressing myself following politics. Supporter of Scottish independence. Proud to support a free Palestine. Make billionaires history!

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Super Gran @cates2012.bsky.social · 3h
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 9h
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Super Gran @cates2012.bsky.social · 8h
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
banks and corporations are cashing in on the effects of war. That leads to the Bank of England’s inevitable blaming of wage increases for inflation, ignoring the recent research in the US showing that that most price inflation comes from “companies seeking to maintain profit margins”.
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The triple lock is debated as a question of whether Britain can afford its pensions, yet a government that issues sterling cannot run out of sterling to pay them. John Maynard Keynes and Clement Attlee understood this, and so did an unlikely ally.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Guess I'll be the one to post it up, Not to be confrontational, But to post the truth & the truth is Zionism kills. It kills indiscriminately Woman, Children, Medical workers, Aid workers, Christians. They don't care who they kill, As long as they have their 'Promised Land'. #ZionismIsAKiller
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
UK govt plans £1bn energy bills help for poorer households. How about cutting energy profit margins, 100% windfall tax on excess profits before turning to the public purse. UK energy sector is mostly foreign-owned. Dividends paid without any UK tax deduction. End this perk, raise billions.
theguardian.com
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
Exclusive: Officials working on further radical changes that would change how much energy companies could charge customers
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Doctors Without Borders summarises what Western Media has failed to report #Gaza
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JCMartinofBA @jcmartinofba.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Sameer Project team were pounded with Israeli bullets while they distributed water in Gaza.
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social Canada must cut all trade with Israel.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?
theguardian.com
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Around the country, Americans are fighting back to ensure that big polluters pay for the harm they cause. 

SCOTUS should hold polluters accountable & Congress should pass my Polluters Pay bill to make Big Oil pay for their climate mess, not you.  www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change
After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s novel lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA. It has made JD Vance very mad. It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.
bbc.co.uk
Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
UK chancellor to meet bank bosses for a pre-budget summit to discuss possible tax raid. Banks profiteering but resent windfall tax. Any chance of ending bank subsidies? Any chance of meeting pensioners, disabled, sick, poor to hear their concerns?
news.sky.com
Healey summons UK bank chiefs to pre-budget summit next week
The chancellor, John Healey, has called in the CEOs of lenders including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest for talks ahead of his crucial budget statement.
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Super Gran @cates2012.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
YES YES YES!
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Karl Marx describing the effects of the poverty they are forcing on you now, nearly 200 years ago. They force you to 'save' so you are isolated.
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
SNP demand £200m Grangemouth funding as 377 jobs put at risk www.thenational.scot/news/2660294...
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SNP demand promised £200m for Grangemouth as hundreds of jobs at risk
THE SNP have demanded the UK Government urgently deliver £200 million of promised investment for Grangemouth after almost 400 more jobs were put at risk.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇬🇧 LABOUR promised to “Save Grangemouth” at GE2024 🇬🇧 LABOUR then promised to “Save the jobs” at Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR saved NONE of the Grangemouth jobs, but promised £200M investment in the town 🇬🇧 LABOUR then spent f*** all in Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR take Scots for absolute mugs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet?🇪🇺
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The UK doesn't need to downgrade the triple lock, or cut benefits like PIP for disabled people because a #WealthTaxNow HMRC funded to catch all millionaire tax evaders and 1950s style progressive #TaxTheRich could end all poverty, homelessness, NHS underfunding ... meme via Left Wing UK II
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Super Gran @cates2012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You have such a way with words! 😂
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Super Gran @cates2012.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 'Adam, and the other men onboard the flight, were told they were being transferred to another US detention facility. It was only midway through the 13 hour and 10 minute flight that they found out – while shackled – that they were headed toward Equatorial Guinea.'
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Trump is disappearing refugees into the hands of torturers – and rewarding them handsomely | Tutu Alicante and Uzra Zeya
Refugees from third countries are being sent to Equatorial Guinea, where they are often sent back to the very countries they fled
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unclaimed benefits. These are the latest estimates: Universal Credit £11.5bn Council Tax Support £3.6bn Carer’s Allowance £2.3bn Pension Credit £1.7bn Child Benefit £1.5bn Broadband social tariffs £1.5bn
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chinese Govt owned Syngenta to cease operations at Grangemouth, 400 jobs at risk. Previously oil refinery closed. England-based British Steel rescued. What would govt do now? UK govts oppose state ownership but let foreign govts own infrastructure. Why? Any industrial strategy?
independent.co.uk
Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk
The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Gaza City residents bade farewell to the bodies and remains of 105 martyrs recovered from under the rubble of Al-Taj residential block on Yarmouk Street, after a long wait..." english.palinfo.com/news/2026/10... #BDS #Gaza #GazaGenocide #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews
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Gaza bids farewell to 105 martyrs as Hamas highlights tragedy’s scale
Gaza City residents bade farewell to the bodies and remains of 105 martyrs recovered from under the rubble of Al-Taj residential block on Yarmouk Street, after a long wait, while other families still ...
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Make the Royals fund themselves, they've got the money to do it, imagine what we could do with the money we save.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 01/10/2026
TODAY is the People vs Palantir – International Day of Action Private firms should be nowhere near our NHS patient data. Palantir's NHS contract expires in February 2027. You can help ensure the NHS does not renew its contract. Find an action near you: vist.ly/5kk7f
amnesty.org.uk
People vs Palantir – International Day of Action
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS. Join a local action near you!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year. The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts. Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model. Enriched by public money. How many have politicians on payroll?
gmb.org.uk
£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last year
We need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SNP need to do something about these monstrosities now not in 6mths or a year, right now.🤬
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
94-year-old Labour conference “terrorism” arrestee, Margaret Owen OBE, is an old friend of Miliband’s late mother. In an incredible @skwawkbox.org interview, Owen said: “she was never afraid of anything… she would have scolded Ed for not going far enough”
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EXCLUSIVE: 94yo arrested Jewish protester, friend of Miliband's mum, has words for him
Speaking to Skwawkbox by video link, Margaret Owen reminisced about her recently-passed friend Marion - Ed Miliband's mum
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George Hotchkiss @hotchkiss13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today doing coverage of energy costs in the UK. There’s a sub theme of slagging off net zero. So far nothing on fuel poverty no consideration of profit margins of providers. Were I still teaching critical thinking I’d use this to help students analyse biased.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People vs Palantir – International Day of Action 🌎✊ Thursday 1 October 2026. We are saying NO to Palantir! Find a UK action near you 👇🏽 www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
Activists at Parliament Square, London holding up a banner that reads NO PALANTIR in our public services
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham's crude emotional manipulation in linking the death of his father to John Swinney's claim he will be the last UK PM inadvertently revealed the poverty of Westminster's arguments against Scottish independence. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/b...
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Burnham’s crude emotional manipulation reveals the poverty of Westminster’s case
The only living politician mentioned by Andy Burnham during his jam tomorrow speech to the Labour party conference was John Swinney, and that was only in order to take a nasty, underhanded and emot…
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE POLICE GAVE UP At 5am this morning, after over 150 arrests on terrorism charges and a stand off that lasted over 16 hours, Mersey Police left a group of eight people outside the Labour Party Conference still displaying their “terrorist” signs. defendourjuries.net/press-releases (27/09/26)
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2021, UK income tax personal allowance frozen at £12,570, 26.6m paid income tax at the basic rate of 20%. 2026-27: 31.4m liable to pay income tax at 20%. In 2021, 6.47m pensioners paid income tax. 2026-27: 9.58m pensioners liable to income tax. Govt must relieve poverty. End stealth tax.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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JCMartinofBA @jcmartinofba.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This poor suffering girl in Gaza. Israel allows no painkillers or anesthesia in Gaza and the West Bank. The beautiful city of Rafah has been completely destroyed by Israel and the U.S.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When most of the country is suffering.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Palestinians gathered for a mass funeral at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on 29 Sep, to mourn over 41 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes. The bodies, buried after almost three years, were recovered from the rubble of a residential building hit in an Israeli strike in October 2023
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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