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@grannyann.bsky.social
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Retired worker, mother and gran, who is looking around and wondering what has happened to the world since she left school many years ago.

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Really worrying 🚨🚨🚨 jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/whys-no-on...
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If Sadiq Khan is a trans ally, why is he allowing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus? Email him now and ask him to pull the plug on transphobia. goodlaw.social/e1ae3f
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Sadiq Khan: Pull the plug on transphobia
Tell the mayor of London to switch off JK Rowling’s Christmas lights
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just signed this petition. The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name to make sure Burnham keeps his word. water-rip-off.goodlawproject.org/s/AvlgZH
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Stop the water industry rip-off
The PM says he wants public control of water, but water companies are still spilling sewage and hiking up our bills. Add your name.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Fund Councils to Buy the Supply of Council Homes
We urgently need to replenish our decimated council housing stock, and part of the answer is real funding for councils to Buy the Supply. Over 169,000 children are homeless and living in overcrowded ...
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Fidra @fidrango.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Microplastics are building up in UK soils, threatening soil health & food. UK soils are among the most contaminated in Europe. Intentionally added microplastics are an avoidable source of pollution & the EU has already taken action to restrict them. It's time for the UK to do the same🔽 tr.ee/JuI3fD
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Rising microplastics in soil a threat to UK food security, MPs and campaigners say
Report calls for legally binding targets to cut microplastic pollution as soil ‘is a complex living ecosystem’
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The only people who benefit from NHS privatisation are the private company shareholders. It’s that simple.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shocking to discover designating AI data centres as “National Critical Infrastructure” means water companies are prohibited from restricting water to them even in times of drought. Households will lose water first. Thanks to @olliehayes.bsky.social at @globalactionplan.bsky.social for joining me
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Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 July · 16min
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Govt planning c. 100 new data centres by early 2030s, mostly in already water stressed areas. They have no legal obligation to disclose how much water they use. Meanwhile Govt launches £75m publicity campaign to urge us to reduce water use & privatised water companies waste 19% thro leaks. Madness
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/07/2026
Smear campaigns like the one against Jason are nothing new. They're a tactic imported from the US' hateful playbook to discredit outspoken, Black individuals. Help us stand up against hate and division 👇 goodlawproject.org/petition/stand-i…
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Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 27/07/2026
Wildfires are tearing across the continent and here in the UK as well. This is what climate breakdown looks like. It's time our governments stopped fuelling the crisis and started tackling it.
Poster warning "EUROPE IS BURNING" and "Wildfires are burning across the continent" over a background of flames and charred branches, listing countries at extreme, high and moderate risk, with Green Party attribution at the bottom.

County list is as follows: Extreme: France, Spain
High: Portugal, Italy, Greece
Moderate: Germany, Finland, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovinia, Montengro, Wales, Endland, Scotland, Ireland.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
'Public consultations' are not advertised well leading to poor response from the general public. I didn't know about the last consulation about the sale and use of fireworks but will take part in this one. Please log on; share your opinion; and ask to be kept informed.
Image displaying path on the Gov.Uk website to the consultation which closes at 11.59pm on 7 October 2026. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fireworks-and-pyrotechnics-in-the-uk
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
We need to talk about the revolving door… 🚨🚨🚨 Click here to read: open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡
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Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
There were two tiers of possible response to the express wishes of Henry Nowak's dignified family in the light of his traumatic murder. One humane and empathetic, the other inhumane and exploitative. This version of "Lyin' Eyes" (Eagles) is for JD Vance and those in the second. youtu.be/2J95CTmZUUM
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"Bile and Lies" - Marsh Family parody of The Eagles "Lyin' Eyes" about JD Vance views on Henry Nowak
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Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I have written today to the new leader of Gateshead Council to express my anger at reports that the Council will no longer fly the Pride flag or support Pride events under his leadership and to correct his inadequate and frankly ridiculous description of Pride as a 'socio-political radical action'.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I've emailed my Labour MP but, unfortunately, I don't expect any result from it. So sad that the Labour party is following the Conservative party, who are rushing to agree with the limited company called Reform.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🚨 HUGE heap of dead sharks found on UK beach were likely tossed aside as bycatch by industrial fishing vessels 🦈 Over the last few days, HUNDREDS of dead sharks and fish have been discovered 💔 Our seas deserve better than this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dead sharks and fish found washed up on Welsh beaches
The dead fish, at Saundersfoot and Pembrey beaches, were probably part of a discarded catch.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20/05/2026
A billionaire Trump mega-donor is set to make millions from Thames Water’s takeover bid. Overseas hedge fund lenders are demanding more power to pollute our waters, dodge fines and hike bills to service debt. Privatised water is a scam. Bring it back into public hands.
Real Hope. Real Change.
An image of waterways is overlaid by text reading 'PRIVATISED WATER IS A SCAM'.
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO BOx 78066, London SE16 9GQ.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 18/05/2026
An NHS campaigner reveals how spy-tech giant Palantir tried to secretly hire influencers to smear Good Law Project 👀 🎧 Listen to The Shadow Contract👇 goodlaw.social/1e69ba
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thames Water's creditors want to set a new low for privatised water by asking Ofwat to sign off on a deal which allows them to break the rules. Ofwat are poised to agree. We can't let them. Email your MP now: weownit.org.uk/act-now/the-...
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The Thames Water creditors are closing in on a deal - urge your MP to stop them
An action to write to MPs urging them to reject the Thames Water creditors' attempts to takeover the utility, signing off on pollution till 2030
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14/05/2026
"If Labour thinks Wes Streeting is the answer, they obviously don’t know the question the country is asking." @zackpolanski.bsky.social responds to Health Secretary Wes Streeting's resignation.
Zack Polanski, Green Party leader quote graphic:
"Last week’s elections show the country is crying out for a break from the failed status quo. Starmer has been unable and unwilling to break with an economic model that has fuelled the affordability crisis, and this is why he must go. 

Wes Streeting would be more of the same, but even worse -
 a factional and divisive politician, a close ally of Peter Mandelson, who favours an economy even more tilted to the wealthy, and whose record as health secretary is more privatisation and more personal donations from private healthcare.

 Labour are failing to stand up to the greatest threat facing this country - a Nigel Farage government. It’s time they stopped trying to mimic them, and join the Greens in taking the divisive politics of Reform head on."
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/05/2026
Of course people are dissatisfied with the Tories and Labour. In two successive sets of locals, their votes have collapsed, leaving us with a free-for-all. Reform have succeeded in positioning themselves as an alternative – but are crypto billionaires really funding them to improve bin collections?
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Truly disgusting. Just promoting the horrendous views of the worst of society.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/05/2026
Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Does Parliament have a drinking culture problem? open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/04/2026
What these extraordinary numbers make clear is that Reform is less a political party and more a very highly paid public-facing lobby group for oil and gas interests www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/reform-uk…
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
No-one so far has mentioned the issue that also angers me: the bars and restaurants are all subsidised by the taxpayer. MPs can have a gourmet meal for less than most of us would pay for a main course in a pub and get drunk on alcohol we can't afford. Thank you Hannah for making this public.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance. We have less than a month. Join us goodlaw.social/de78a7
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Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance
It’s been a year since the Supreme Court's decision that accelerated the rollback of trans rights in the UK. It’s been a difficult year, but it’s also been a year of coming together and fighting back....
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
80% of Keir Starmer’s 250 new NHS neighbourhood health centres will involve private partnerships. Why are none of the newspapers talking about this? 🚨 I’ve explained what we know so far - jujuliagrace.substack.com
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
These grown men threatening a female MP claim they are protecting women. They don't speak for the vast majority of women. Bullies like this just want any excuse to spread hatred and violence to make them feel strong. Shame on them.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Justice Department forced the Florida Bar to drop its probe. The Florida Bar said today it is no longer investigating former Justice Department attorney Lindsey Halligan, reversing an earlier statement that a review was underway
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Various parties claim to be the party of the NHS. It’s time for the Greens to claim that title- and if they do, their support will sky-rocket 💙 I’ve just written this: jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/the-green-...
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If any individual or company sold my data after promising to delete it and tried to make sure I never found out I'd consider that illegal. Corruption and deceit in our politicians used to shock us. Now it's accepted and expected, even from Labour. What has happened to us?
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I thought my respect of Zack Polanski couldn't get higher, but this amazing letter shows how our politicians SHOULD behave. Staggering that even Labour poiticians are now fabricating stories about him. The party's manifesto is clear and easy to read for anyone who cares about the truth.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
So true. It takes almost 2 hours for me to travel to hospital. Recently I waited over an hour for a bus (3 missing) but there is no process to advise them in cases like this. I was fighting tears when a good samaritan in the queue offered me a lift in a taxi they'd booked and I made the appointment.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Thank you for all the hard work you've put in. I knew there were problems in the NHS but until I found your posts, didn't know the extent or history. Congratulations on your pregnancy and I hope all goes well with you and your family.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I entirely agree. Voters who don't understand the issues are less likely to vote because they think it has nothing to do with them. Our democratic system should reflect the views and ideals of ALL of us, not just a few.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Nazi supporting paper says what?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
An important reminder
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Such a good piece. I don't know how anyone can think Conservative Mark II (Reform) will be good for us. Over the years most of their party members were in power life grew worse for anyone but the wealthy and connected. At least the Greens want to make life fairer for all of us.
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grannyann.bsky.social @grannyann.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I'm in awe of ladies like this, who have been through such a terrible ordeal and are still willing to seek justice in an increasingly hate-filled and misogynistic world. I hope that one day those who are driving this evil finally face justice.
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Alice McCool @mccoolingtons.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🚨 You may have seen the news that N Ireland has pulled out of the puberty blocker trial due to a judicial review attempting to halt it. You may not have seen is that the lawsuit is funded by a global anti-abortion Christian Right group. My investigation: goodlawproject.org/from-russia-...
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From Russia to the far right: the shadowy forces challenging the NHS puberty blockers trial | Good Law Project
CitizenGO is backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. Good Law Project’s undercover investigation shows that it’s ramping up its work in the UK.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
If Britain had a functioning fourth estate, Reform would not exist. To put it another way, the collapse of journalism directly enabled this firm of spivs and charlatans to lie their way to prominence.
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