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Peter Cranie

@petercranie.bsky.social
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Father, husband, UCU Branch Chair, Liverpool Green Party Exec member, Scottish Green Party, University Lecturer (Education) - Prospective Council Candidate, Smithdown ward

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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 5h
To be clear I’m not calling on Zack to step down. Today he's indicated he shares some of my concerns on the Zionism motion & I welcome that. Now the party needs to come together to urgently make our processes more robust & inclusive & take action to show Jewish members our party is safe for them
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Some thoughts I shared while in the UK, where Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has acknowledged that anti-genocide protestors "were right" but activists are still serving long prison terms for stepping in where their government failed. @astra.bsky.social
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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Scotland's future belongs in Europe. Motion backing regaining EU membership wins huge majority. #Holyrood #MSP #Scotland #EU
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is wild. The author "Andrew V Smith" has 32 titles on Amazon. All seemingly published in the last few months. All with a particular vibe. Most of them apparently free with Kindle Unlimited.
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 06/10/2026
A combination of poor design and neglect has left residential property taxes a mess: creating both huge variation in the weight of the tax burden, and a falling tax rate as the value of a property rises 👇 buff.ly/vBt3VN7
Chart showing Median and interquartile range of annual property taxes as a proportion of property values, by property price: England, 2030-31
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Cllr Alex Armitage @alexjarmitage.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If @zackpolanski.bsky.social wins in Holborn & St Pancras on Thursday, words won’t be enough for Burnham. He’ll have to take ACTION on workers’ rights, ecology, and stand up to landlords, the Israeli government & the oil & gas lobby. If I can travel from Shetland to join the campaign, so can you!
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🚨 Alerta Roja Noticias 24h @alertaroja24h.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Metro de Barcelona. Parada de Hospitalet.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Major flash flooding in Spain yesterday. In Madrigueras (Albacete), 142 mm fell in just 2.5 hours, killing one woman, while many others had to be rescued. These "DANA" events are not uncommon, but record warm Mediterranean water now provides further 'fuel' to them. www.eltiempo.es/noticias/mad...
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Madrigueras bajo el agua tras caer 142 l/m2
La localidad albaceteña sufrió el viernes una de las riadas más importantes que se recuerdan desde mediados del siglo pasado.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Thursday is the first step on this journey. Every Green vote moves Labour.
John Curtice suggests greens could be pivotal to next UK government
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The 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
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says reut.rs/3Vl0OVC
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US ceasefire plan for Sudan could lead to Libya-style partition, adviser says
A 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.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She'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.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026
Listen: 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*?!?
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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A 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...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Change 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
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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After 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...
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Data: Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton
As meat processors demand priority access to water during drought, exclusive data reveals the industry's water use
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK 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.”
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worth 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...
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What 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?
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great work here by @liverpool.greenparty.org.uk leading on road safety www.merseymonitor.com/time-for-dee...
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‘Deeds not words’ urged over city road safety emergency
‘Our roads are far too unsafe and people are losing their lives’
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/09/2026
Breaking 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.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/09/2026
This is very very important, and it's why I criticise the 'green AI' companies. ketanjoshi.co/2025/12/14/e...
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Ecosia’s “Green AI”: false hope for corrosive tech
Why replace human work with fossil-fuel-slurping mistake generators? Ecosia’s “Green AI” is selling false hope for bad tech
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And winter costs are higher, but still much less in total over a year than the annual bill most people are paying
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Solar + heat pump + solar battery. 6 months of electricity costs in a decent size semi less than £240. What we need to do is support people to transition, paying back the cost over time with lower bills guaranteed
Shows monthly Sept bill of £43.40
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This 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...
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Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I 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.
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jhd1591.bsky.social @jhd1591.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ALT #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
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Electricity 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.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some 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...
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Burnham giving first Labour conference speech as prime minister - watch live
Under 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.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yesterday 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...
Aly Denby on Politics LiveTransparify thinktank website rating Centre for Policy Studies as "Highly Opaque"
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How 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,
Heat pump with hot water tank in a large straw house
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another week on and still no constituency poll.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tax their arses off www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There 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.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu statement on withdrawing from Ireland squad

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Statement - Gavin Bazunu

Representing my country means everything to me. I have the utmost respect for every single one of my team mates, the Manager, his staff and the Irish people

However I have reached a decision that I have hot taken lightly. I am a man of strong faith and try my best to be a person of character and principle therefore 1 feel it would be wrong to participate in the upcoming fixtures against Israel.

My decision is based purely upon my personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.

It is important to note that my stance is not in opposition of the Israeli people or the Jewish community but against the atrocities in the region.

There are few times where you get a chance ir ife to stand up for something bigger and strongly believe that this is one of them


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Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And 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.
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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy 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.
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Ruth 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.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Talk growing that Ireland’s players will refuse to play Israel www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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Ireland’s match against Israel thrown into chaos as Bazunu tells squad he does not want to play
Some other players understood to be considering whether to join goalkeeper in withdrawing from Nations League fixtures
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A 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.
Image is of Green MPs Carla Denyer and Sian Berry, with Green Peer Jenny Jones and a campaigner from No 3rd Runway Coalition. They are stood in front of a digital van which reads: FINAL CALL: Andy Burnham. PROTECT OUR ECONOMY. Say NO to Heathrow's Third Runway.
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That kind of swing in Holborn & St Pancras will put it on a knife edge
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Green 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.
Bar chart of Queen’s Park (Brighton) election results: Green leads with 50.13%, Labour 35.3%, Reform 7.04%, Conservatives 4.2%, and Lib Dems 3.2%. Green gain from Labour.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The 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...
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation
Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation
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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two 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.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A 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.
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Every 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.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24/09/2026
NEW – 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
EVs are now up to nine times cheaper per mile than diesel cars. Pence per mile. A chart shows diesel highest at around 21p, petrol at 20p, EV at price cap at 7p, and EV off peak lowest at under 2.5p. Source: Carbon Brief analysis, DESNZ, Ofgem, Zapmap. - (alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Every line of this article is just completely stunning
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