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Fiona B

@fionabennett19.bsky.social
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Supporting Social Justice and a better world. Green 💚 Third sector 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (here in personal capacity)

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Laura Moodie MSP @electlauramoodie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The proposals at Chapelcross will make it the largest data centre in the world. At its peak, it could be consuming the same amount of electricity as more than 2 million homes. Chapelcross cannot be built. The Government and Dumfries & Galloway Council must reject it. @scottishgreens.org
A graphic that reads “reject chapelcross data centre” “the world’s largest data centre must not be built in Scotland”. Below the text is the Scottish greens logo.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you can donate rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...
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Britons face highest price cap in three years as energy bills rise 4% from October
Households in Great Britain will pay equivalent of £1,723 a year, prompting calls for more support
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis? Good piece by Sandra Laville I hope the PM breaks his climate silence soon and levels with the country about how bad things are, & what his plan is to tackle climate impacts and fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?
Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/08/2026
Summer Special: It's time everyone got serious about the Scottish Greens A long read on a bugbear: few folk seem to care about understanding the Greens, and that failure has cost them over and over again. Following a record result, will that change, or will people just howl "BIAS!" at me?
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Summer Special: It’s time everyone got serious about the Scottish Greens
The months following May's transformational Scottish Parliament election have been an oddly quiet time for Scottish politics. Some of that has been down to the usual summer recess, of course, but a large part of it is that the oxygen has been taken up by events at Westminster. There hasn't been the space to properly reflect on how different Scottish politics is going to be for the next five years.
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
“The Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament in February 2026… requiring public bodies to work together to use their economic levers to deliver sustainable growth and promote resilience in our local economies”
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years. Median pay of FTSE 100 CEO increased from £4.66m in 2024/25 to £5.06m in 2025/26. UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary, often for mediocre performance. Workers generate wealth but have no say on exec pay.
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Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years - High Pay Centre
The High Pay Centre's annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 shows the Median FTSE 100 CEO to median UK worker pay ratio rose to 130:1 in 2025/26, the highest for 8 years and up from 124:1 last year...
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 02/12/2025
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch. Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is 100% unacceptable and should not be permitted, anywhere. #DataCenters
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Local communities are set to gather at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday to demand the Scottish Government takes action on regulating AI data centre developments
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Communities to rally at Holyrood to demand action against AI data centre boom
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Show your support if you can greens.scot/datacentres
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Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland
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Action to Protect Rural Scotland @aprscotland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
An analysis of the diesel emissions from the Larbert data centre under normal testing by journalist Petra Matijevic shows that it would emit more air pollution than Mossmorran, the Shell liquefied gas plant in Fife which is closing down.
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Larbert Data Centre will be 'top 10 Polluter' - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
An analysis of the diesel emissions from the Larbert data centre under normal testing by journalist Petra Matijevic shows that
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Consultation closes soon edevelopment.falkirk.gov.uk/online/appli...
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Planning & building standards | Falkirk Council
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Europe's gas problem is more solvable than the debate suggests. 94% of EU gas demand sits in buildings, industry & power. In all three, electric alternatives are already commercially competitive. Barrier is deployment, not invention. More Sunday - sign up here: janrosenow.substack.com/
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social is absolutely right about the wholesale normalisation of immigrant scapegoating since Brexit & how it has endangered all ethnic minority Britons: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik
‘Concern’ about immigration has now morphed into policing how ethnic minorities exist in our communities, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026
Glasgow Southside (Glasgow) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): GRN: 14048 (36.5%, +36.2) SNP: 10947 (28.4%, -31.5) LAB: 7300 (19%, -10.9) RUK: 3019 (7.8%, New) CON: 1383 (3.6%, -3.5) LD: 1143 (3%, +1.2) OTHx2: 659 (1.7%) Valid Turnout: 59.1% Green GAIN from SNP ^AF
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026
Edinburgh Central (Edinburgh and Lothians East) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): GRN: 12680 (36%, +29.2) LAB: 8098 (23%, -7.6) SNP: 7702 (21.9%, -19.3) CON: 2262 (6.4%, -10.3) LD: 2168 (6.2%, +2.7) RUK: 1876 (5.3%, New) OTHx5: 455 (1.3%) Valid Turnout: 54.5% Green GAIN from SNP - LL
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Highland Clearances; communities fight back www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/highland-c...
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Highland Clearances; communities fight back
Highland Clearances replaced people with sheep 200 years ago. We tell how communities in Coigach & Strathnaver are fighting back today.
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
“The Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament in February 2026… requiring public bodies to work together to use their economic levers to deliver sustainable growth and promote resilience in our local economies”
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The 50 wealthiest families in this country own more wealth than 34 million people. That's unsustainable. The govt say there is no money left. There's plenty of money. It needs to be in our communities, both for the environment & for the people we serve"
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Pakistan went from near-zero solar to its single biggest electricity source in a decade. The current energy crisis will further accelerate the transition across the globe. Quoted in @news.rte.ie on this. rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0425/1570090-oil-supplies-energy-renewables/
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Will this energy shock seal the deal for renewables?
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Say £1 in every £4 ends up as profit in the wider UK energy system. Tinkering at the edges is meaningless. If you are on a pre-payment meter in Scotland that’s maybe £300-£500 of your likely low annual income to profiteering & you are still cold in winter. www.energylivenews.com/2026/04/21/m...
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Miliband doubles down on net zero - Energy Live News
Labour to announce breaking the link between gas and electricity prices and more renewables push
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is taking up a new role with a charity that is fighting the UK Government in court 👇
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Nicola Sturgeon takes on new role with charity in legal battle with UK Government
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: the independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 final report and recommendations have been published today. As one of the Commissioners, this year has involved an enormous amount of work. Our report sets out an agenda for change. 🔗 link to report www.gov.scot/publications...
Screenshot of the cover of the report, 'Justice That Works: Report of the Scottish Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission.'
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
A documentary capturing Glasgow’s resistance to a Home Office immigration raid has won a major international award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival
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Kenmure Street immigration protest documentary scoops Sundance Film Festival award
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Win this incredible prize! ⭐ An overnight stay for 2 in a luxury glamping unit! ⭐ Spa experience! ⭐ Complimentary packages & more! Thanks to you all, we have so far raised an incredible £980 from this raffle! 🔗 Buy your tickets before raffle closes on Tuesday at 12pm! ow.ly/y5W450XBo2Z
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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Orkney Council has confirmed all profits from its new wind farm will go into local services - wealth will circulate locally, not flow to distant shareholders. It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Much fairer’: all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals
Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 29/08/2025
Leadership is about listening and empowering people. By working together, our movement can be a force for good. 💚
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 09/08/2025
🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal. Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...
View of Loch Long surrounded by wooded hills under a clear sky. Overlaid text reads: “Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant.”
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why. This week's column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
BBC Radio Scotland reframing rent controls as the market working under different conditions actually made me laugh out loud. Homes are for living not profiteering or protecting the market or anything else…living, providing safe, affordable housing is a necessity greens.scot/save-rent-co...
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Save rent controls
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4 Day Week Foundation @4dayweek.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
We’re running another pilot this Autumn. (It would be silly not to considering our last one was 100% successful!) If anyone wants to take part they can find out more below. ⬇️ www.4dayweek.co.uk/national-pil...
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National Pilot 2025 | 4 Day Week Foundation
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Fair By Design @fairbydesign.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Many people on low incomes face limited access to affordable credit. We’re calling for fairer alternatives, including a Fair Banking Act and No Interest Loan Schemes. Check out our new briefing on credit, setting out the problems and the solutions. fairbydesign.com/wp-content/u...
A graphic and a report from cover which says 'Briefing: The Poverty Premium in Credit'. Followed by a Fair By Design logo and then text from the briefing.
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Mark Ruskell @markruskell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I'm disgusted that contractors have demolished protected bird nesting sites during the breeding season in Burntisland. Forth Ports need to come clean about whether they ordered contractors to take the old BiFab hanger down killing flightless juvenile birds and destroying dozens of nesting sites.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Tesco's chief executive, Ken Murphy, was paid 431 times more than a typical Tesco worker. They said: “We remain committed to a competitive and fair reward package for all colleagues." Sorry - what???
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Incredibly concerned to see the forcible interception of the Madleen in international waters, and thinking of all those who were on board and have been detained. UK must condemn this breach of international law and immediately demand their release.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap youtu.be/b3GFjLR0Wjs?... The government claims it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.
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Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
If you asked child poverty charities 5 years ago what they thought they would be doing in the first years of a post-tory labour government, I bet they wouldn't say this... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap
Exclusive: Survey commissioned by children’s charities shows UK voters want to see families prioritised
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
All of us.... every single last one of us... are descended from immigrants. And without it, this country would just be a bunch of uninhabited islands on the edge of the world. Everything that built this country... and everything it is... springs from that. And we should embrace it, not decry it.
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🚨NEW EPISODE Green Party leadership hopeful @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks about the Party’s councillor gains, future plans and more. Plus we delve into the 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 tariff deal and the conflict with 🇵🇰 🎧👇 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 💚 open.spotify.com/episode/4aFt...
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It's Not Easy Being Greens
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 06/05/2025
🚨 BREAKING: From September 1st peak rail fares will be scrapped for good in Scotland! 🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares. 🟡2024: SNP bring them back 🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision 🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
Peak Rail Fare Scrapped For Good. Scottish Greens.
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Fiona B @fionabennett19.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/send/u193491...
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Our BBC, Our Future - The BBC - Send - BBC
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 12/04/2025
But remember, Labour will save the jobs at Grangemouth refinery.
Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of the UK Labour Party’s Scottish branch office,  during the June 2024 UK general election promising that if Labour were elected they would save the jobs at the Grangemouth refinery. They  didn’t and it’s closing.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been. What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
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