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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What applies to US AI data centres holds equally for UK data centres. Time for a moratorium on all of them. youtube.com/watch?v=-dT3...

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Are Data Centers Really That Bad?

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What??? Hyperscale AI data centres will receive 80 million in annual electricity subsidies, while households face a 4% increase in energy prices from October. It's high time for a moratorium on all AI data centres. www.thenational.scot/news/2659497...

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Fury as Scotland's AI Growth Zone tipped for £80m subsidies amid bill hikes

CAMPAIGNERS have slammed plans which could see a Scottish AI growth zone subsidised over £80 million a year, despite household bills continuing to…

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

HMRC is an unsecured creditor for corporation and capital gains tax. It recovers little from bankrupt businesses. Phoenixing also robs the public purse. HMRC wrote-off £12.8bn in 2025-26. Changes to law and HMRC creditor status can raise billions for the public purse.

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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I agree lets slowdown AI development. In fact lets just stop it, no more AI Data Centers. No subsidised electricity bills, no subsidised water. Excellent, get it done.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A clear analysis by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social of the problems caused by the bond markets and, most importantly, how to deal with them. Our politicians need to gain this understanding and show courage by taking his advice. #MMT #CaringEconomy youtu.be/kI-wvSkHKkQ?...

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The FT says the poor should pay for the bond crisis. I say we fight the bond dealers.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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felinefran2.bsky.social @felinefran2.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Greenpeace petitin : heatwaves, chaos and claiming lives. UK unprepared. Demand urgent extreme heat strategy - in workplace, schools, hospitals and care homes - funded by taxing the fossil fuel giants cooking our planet. It takes 30 seconds to add name and protect UK communities: act.gp/4f59PIx

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Cleona @cleonaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you're in the UK and struggling with heat, listen to this. The Green Party the only political party taking the threat climate breakdown poses to lives seriously. Andy Burnham doesn't care and wants to drill for more oil. Reform agree. Already thousands have died. #climatechange #weneedtoactNOW 💚

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Zack Polanski delivers an urgent message to the Prime Minister

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Landed Gentry, looking for Musk's billions, happy to destroy the local environment in the Scottish Borders is being allowed to address Scottish Borders Council Bought and sold for U.S. gold: looks like the parcel o' rogues is alive and well in Scotland still c.org/X6YqKLvtt2

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Sign the Petition

Save The Lammermuirs - Stop The Data Centre

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Much of what is said about economics is little better than gaslighting that is meant to confuse us and keep us in our place, using narratives like these…" via Richard Murphy

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Stop putting money in the pockets of large corporations and landowners and thinking nothing of the long-term effect to the countryside, water sources and communities that live there. Say no to Scotland AI Data Centres! www.thenational.scot/news/2643433...

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Outlander star Sam Heughan speaks out against Scotland's AI data centre boom

Outlander star Sam Heughan has hit out against Scotland's AI data centre boom, telling The National that it 'cannot be allowed'

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felinefran2.bsky.social @felinefran2.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Next week, the G7 is meeting in France. At the same time as climate disasters, soaring oil profits, and high energy bills, we need action. Will you sign this petition? act.350.org/sign/tax-pol...

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Tax polluters' profits now!

The war in the Middle East is taking hundreds of lives while also causing oil and gas prices to surge – and fossil fuel companies are cashing in, while families struggle with rising bills. The richest...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres. England faces 5bn litre a day shortfall for public water supplies. A trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks. Widespread hosepipe bans. No national grid for water. Poor infrastructure. No national plan.

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Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD. Full state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage 2m pensioners live in poverty 100,000 pensioners die in poverty each year. OECD supports democide, silent on equitable distribution of wealth, corporate welfare spending.

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Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD

Organisation’s experts say pledge puts pressure on UK public finances and ‘adds significant fiscal risks’

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Santander CEO attacks UK bank taxes. Can't recall banks turning down bailouts, attacking exorbitant bank charges and profiteering. In the last 3 years UK govt paid £100bn+ to banks as interest on central bank reserves, a policy that began in 2009. EU curtailed that in 2023. archive.ph/mxFwm

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Santander chief Ana Botín: UK bank taxes make ‘no economic sense’

Boss of EU’s biggest bank criticises policy of singling out sector for extra levies

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Remember the promises made to Scotland, and what would happen if we didn't vote no in the 2014 independence referendum? I certainly won't forget!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

15m Britons not saving enough for retirement. Result of low wages. State pension will be the only/main income for millions of retirees. It is less than 50% of minimum wage. Neoliberals want to cut it. Cut tax relief on pension tax relief for the rich, boost state pension.

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At least 15m Britons not saving enough to retire, Pensions Commission says

Just 4% of self-employed workers are putting cash into pensions, with ‘large groups across the UK facing a severe cliff-edge’

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

JP Morgan has threatened to scrap their London HQ if Keir Starmer gets replaced by a new Prime Minister who is “hostile to banks”. We can't let big banks keep calling the shots! Please sign the petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

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#TaxTheBanks

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...

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?whispers? @whispers-actual.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

UK gilts are "debt", right? Rising yields mean we're "running out of money"? Wrong. The Bank of England is currently imposing a £133bn self-inflicted wound on the public purse — and calling it "monetary discipline". Here's the MMT reality 🧵👇

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jacquij.bsky.social @jacquij.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

@willhutton Scottish voters have long moved on from the belief that we should save England. our job is to save Scotland from neo-liberalism & foreign oligarch press barons. We tried, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 folk still make bad electoral choices that harm our people. Sort yourselves out, start by a leftwing Labour Party.

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This thread shows why it's so important to keep Palantir, which is run in the UK by Louis Moseley, the grandson of black-shirt fascist Oswald Mosely, out of the Scottish NHS, unlike the current situation for NHS England. It is truly disturbing.

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This from the man who receives £115,000 a year for public duty cost allowance and an annual pension for life c. £70,000. Shame on him.

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

‘There’s nothing in the Union for Scotland,’ says @georgemonbiot.bsky.social . With nothing to gain from continuing to be part of the mess the Union is in and with it only going to get worse, Scotland is better off going its own way. www.thenational.scot/news/2606888... #IndependenceIsNormal

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‘There’s nothing in the Union for Scotland,’ says George Monbiot

GEORGE Monbiot has said there is “nothing in the Union” for Scotland ...

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Philip Coggan @philipcoggan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Just to reemphasise this point, UK state pensions are less generous, as a proportion of earnings, than the OECD average

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

You should check out below whether your MP receives “Donations” from the Private Health Care Lobby… You might be surprised to find your democratic representative has their fingers in a rather lucrative NHS pie!! privatisation.everydoctor.org.uk/does-your-mp...

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Does Your MP Receive Private Healthcare Related Donations? – EveryDoctor's campaign against privatisation of the NHS

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

For those intending to vote for Farage's Reform UK, discover what a fully privatised healthcare system is like by watching Michael Moore's 'SiCKO' film (2007), now on YouTube. Would you really want this for you and your family? youtu.be/YbEQ7acb0IE?...

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SiCKO | A Film by Michael Moore | 2007 | Full Movie

YouTube video by Michael Moore

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Why do stock markets receive constant exposure and adulation from politicians, mainstream economists and the media? Here, @richardjmurphy.bsky.social exposes the myth of the stock market: youtu.be/g93iq5wTV-g?... #MMT

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Stock markets don't fund investment. Why, then, do we worship them?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 13/04/2026

Here's the text from the Xitter post

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Labour has been accused of 'sticking two fingers up' at Scots after Wes Streeting said the UK Government is not going to allow a second referendum even if the SNP win a majority

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Fury as Labour 'stick two fingers up' at Scots over independence vote

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's now been 3 hours since our supposed "ally" Donald Trump threatened genocide on a country of 93 million people. We've had absolutely nothing from the UK government. This doesn't come in a vacuum either - every day the US & Israel have been murdering innocent people.

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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Netherlands just launched a platform in the middle of the North Sea that converts wind electricity into green hydrogen fuel without the electricity ever touching land. The NortH2 offshore hydrogen platform sits 200 kilometers off the Dutch coast, directly connected by underwater power cables.

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Random Wanderer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @randomwanderer1.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

A simple but strong message from @zackpolanski.bsky.social Are you listening, Ed Milliband, or is the pressure from the oil & gas lobby too much for you?

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 31/03/2026

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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