Reposted by Peter CranieOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 6hThe real two-tier justice no party wants to abolish ... There are more benefit inspectors chasing claimants stealing a pittance than HMRC tax inspectors chasing super-rich fraudsters & tax dodgers living a life of luxury on their criminal loot worth £millions meme via The UK Against Hate 621096
Reposted by Peter CranieReuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says reut.rs/3Vl0OVCreut.rsUS ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser saysA US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan's civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style partition in its current form, a top adviser to Sudan's army-led authorities told Reuters, in some of the strongest criticism by a Sudanese official of the plan so far. 2157
Reposted by Peter CranieOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen. 541536796
Reposted by Peter CranieHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?cbc.caHidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC NewsA new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young... 511637377
Reposted by Peter CranieCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Change doesn’t happen because those in power suddenly decide to be bolder - it happens when. Greens push them to be better. And on climate, that couldn’t be more urgent. Vote Green to keep fossil fuels in the ground, where they belong 220267
Reposted by Peter CranieEmma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026After a poultry plant shut down in July's heatwave, the UK's meat industry trade body called for processing sites to have "continuous access to water, irrespective of wider pressures on local supplies". When those sites use more water than Brighton, that matters. www.grilled.media/data-meat-in...grilled.mediaData: Meat plants use more water than the population of BrightonAs meat processors demand priority access to water during drought, exclusive data reveals the industry's water use 614857
Reposted by Peter CranieB heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK vice-president of Palantir & former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson wrote a threatening letter to Labour MP Clive Lewis, a vocal critics “They’re saying: ‘We are watching you. We are monitoring you. And that’s what we do. Your card is marked “Honestly, it feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother.” 1910683
Reposted by Peter CranieProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Worth a read. A lot to support in the speech, but a ‘pragmatic’ approach does jar a bit. From a climate perspective, the pragmatic response to accelerating risks is to follow the evidence: cut emissions, build resilience and reduce fossil-fuel dependence. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...businessgreen.comWhat does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?Andy Burnham has promised a 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea drilling, but who gets to decide what that word even means? 1112
Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Great work here by @liverpool.greenparty.org.uk leading on road safety www.merseymonitor.com/time-for-dee...merseymonitor.com‘Deeds not words’ urged over city road safety emergency‘Our roads are far too unsafe and people are losing their lives’ 000
Reposted by Peter CranieProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/09/2026Breaking News! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly for Sept. 29th came in at 3.18°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This marks yet another record all-time high and the 123rd consecutive record daily high at 1.1°C above the previous daily record set in 1997. 39791441
Reposted by Peter CranieKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/09/2026This is very very important, and it's why I criticise the 'green AI' companies. ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/e...ketanjoshi.coEcosia’s “Green AI”: false hope for corrosive techWhy replace human work with fossil-fuel-slurping mistake generators? Ecosia’s “Green AI” is selling false hope for bad tech 18225
Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This will be really hard for so many. But narratives that more gas & oil from the North Sea is the solution just shows the fossil fuel lobby hard at work. Insulation, domestic solar & a smart grid can turn consumers into producers. Physics (net zero) isn’t ideological www.nbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHousehold energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four yearsA typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast. 131
Reposted by Peter CranieSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself. 18465135
Reposted by Peter Craniejhd1591.bsky.social @jhd1591.bsky.social · 29/09/2026ALT #GetCounted #YesScots #Yes #SNP #ScottishGreens #LabourInScotland #LibDemsInScotland #ConservativesInScotland #TheNational Today’s THE NATIONAL. Get the paper at your paper shop or subscribe online at: thenational.scot 0108
Reposted by Peter CranieJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Electricity is 23% of global final energy but delivers 37% of useful energy and powers 46% of the global economy. We don't need to replace every fossil joule. We need to replace the services. A much smaller task. Great to see the @iea.org’s new Electrification report finally measure this. 5378165
Reposted by Peter CranieProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some good stuff in here, but missing one key word - climate That's right. Not a single mention of the greatest threat this country, and the world, have ever faced Really quite bizarre www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...bbc.co.ukBurnham giving first Labour conference speech as prime minister - watch liveUnder the plan, the state pension will continue to rise each year in line with inflation or by 2.5% - but the annual earnings link will be dropped. 712844
Reposted by Peter Craniepaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yesterday we had Liam Halligan, the current director of the Centre for Policy Studies. Today we have Alys Denby, former deputy editor of CapX which is owned the Centre for Policy Studies. Small world... #politicslive bsky.app/profile/paul... 77131
Reposted by Peter CranieMichael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How the transition is no longer a luxury? Do you know the Pay-As-You-Save (PAYS) Program: Utility companies cover the upfront cost of installing green tech (like better insulation or heat pumps). The user then pays them back slowly on their monthly utility bill, 33312
Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another week on and still no constituency poll. 000
Reposted by Peter CranieOpen Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 28/09/2026COMING UP: @doctorow.pluralistic.net will be at the @greenparty.org.uk Conference Fringe this year. Join us for this special event exploring 'Digital Sovereignty and the Post-American Internet: What the Greens can do to escape Big Tech'. 🗓️ Sat 3 October 🕠️ 5.45-6.45pm 📍 Brighton Find out more ⬇️openrightsgroup.orgDigital Sovereignty and the Post-American InternetWhat the Greens can do to escape Big Tech Trump has given every country the means, motive and opportunity to build a new, good Internet, free from the geopolitical imperatives America foisted on the… 0188
Reposted by Peter CranieProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tax their arses off www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comLondon’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzyBumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis 26923
Reposted by Peter CranieDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There is a genuine incomprehension amongst many journalists and politicians that anyone might care sincerely about Palestinians or seriously object to their indiscriminate slaughter. The natural human response to this genocide is something they simply cannot understand. 24566184
Reposted by Peter CranieJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad 9313121
Reposted by Peter CranieCllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And yet @libdems.org.uk want to keep us hooked on climate-wrecking, geopolitical-nightmare fuel by cutting fuel duty by 10p. It's hard to imagine a more environmentally and economically illiterate policy. Read the room. 13112
Reposted by Peter CranieThe Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov Day. Today we celebrate the life of a man who saved billions by not believing a computer. May we all learn this valuable lesson. 215067
Reposted by Peter CranieRuth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Israel’s Central Elections Committee has voted to bar the country’s two main Arab-majority political lists from next month’s parliamentary election, potentially leaving Palestinian citizens of Israel without their principal representatives in the Israeli parliament…” This is not democracy. 12114
Reposted by Peter CraniePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Talk growing that Ireland’s players will refuse to play Israel www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comIreland’s match against Israel thrown into chaos as Bazunu tells squad he does not want to playSome other players understood to be considering whether to join goalkeeper in withdrawing from Nations League fixtures 2321957
Reposted by Peter CranieSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A third runway for Heathrow in the face of a climate emergency? The Government's own climate advisors say no! Ministers must withdraw support for this reckless plan that only benefits wealthy airport bosses, and support the buses and trains we use every day instead. 38527
Reposted by Peter CranieGreen Elects @greenelects.world · 25/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Greens have gained Queen's Park in Brighton from Labour. Congratulations to Mark Strong, who is the new councillor. With a huge swing from the 2023 city election (+28). This seat was also gained by the Greens from Labour in the 2024 by-election. 616551
Reposted by Peter CranieLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." share.google/r69snPliLy5N...share.googleIndustry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulationIndustry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation 313294
Reposted by Peter CranieBertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Two tier policing. Victoria Thomas Bowen, who chucked a milkshake at Farage, was given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months; had to pay him £150 compensation; had to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. It was nowhere near the level of violence of this assault. 8236126
Reposted by Peter CranieSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A new survey says 43% support compulsory military service for young people. But guess what? Break it down by age and only 15% of those who'd actually be conscripted back it, while 66% of over 65's support it. 4216934
Reposted by Peter CranieMarcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Every year, HMRC, by its own estimates, fails to collect 46.8 billion of tax. See webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202606... How about hiring more people to retrieve this avoided tax before suggesting funding defence by cutting welfare to the poorest and most vulnerable? Just saying. 9206118
Reposted by Peter CranieCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24/09/2026NEW – Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK ✍️ Written by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org 📊 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam Read here: buff.ly/VpxOLE5 513966
Reposted by Peter CranieKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026Every line of this article is just completely stunning 18356130
Reposted by Peter CranieGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026With big thanks to @doctorofmusic.bsky.social, here's my discussion today with Lord Jackson about North Sea oil and gas. Tape your jaw to your face before watching. Really. 77714252
Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...action.electoral-reform.org.ukFirst Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting systemIt only takes 30 seconds 000
Reposted by Peter CranieBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Considering Burnham's attack on Russian disinformation at the UN, maybe we should take another look at this damning verdict on the (old) government's corrupt investigation into Russian influence during the Brexit ref. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 618797
Reposted by Peter CranieCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Deeply disappointing to see Libdem leader now supporting more drilling in the North Sea - it will add to global volume of climate emissions, drive climate breakdown & send a dangerous signal to the rest of the worldnews.sky.comSir Ed Davey says Jackdaw gas field 'makes sense' as decision looms for governmentA consultation on the gas field - located 150 miles northeast of Aberdeen - closed last month, with the prime minister set to make a decision. 36563189
Reposted by Peter CranieBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...billmckibben.substack.comHold my (warm) beerIt’s Existential Crises Week! 10347178
Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Still no constituency polling #holborn&stpancras. For comparison, Makerfield had 5 (first one published within a week of Simons resigning). G&D had 3 (if you include dismal first one). Even Clacton got a poll. Does Reform have to be in contention to make a byelection worth polling? #greenvlabour 000
Reposted by Peter CraniePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance toolExclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot. 331216600
Reposted by Peter CranieSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s extraordinary that as we breach 1.5° - which only in 2018, the IPCC said wouldn’t be reached until 2040 - that the PM is still holding up net zero by 2050 as an adequate response! The threat level has changed dramatically since the UK adopted its NZ by 2050 aim. Just a few examples: 🧵 127748
Reposted by Peter CranieZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Labour are worried. They've had the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor, the Mayor of London & the Prime Minister out in Holborn & St Pancras but we've got you. Hundreds of thousands of you who care & are making a difference! Donate today to help us win: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/london-by-el...donatetothe.greenparty.org.ukLet's get our sixth Green MP elected - Green PartyWe have a chance to elect our 6th MP - London's first Green MP, Zack Polanski! But we raise over £200k by 8 October. Will you help us? 30954301
Reposted by Peter CranieLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl 22543672074
Reposted by Peter CranieGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As 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...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18433361813
Reposted by Peter CranieNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140546474
Reposted by Peter CranieProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Good article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on widespread acceptance - including by the police - of antisocial driving. Lovely to see a link to our recent motonormativity paper in here too www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 922891