Ed Granter
@edgranter.bsky.social
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Ed Granter
@edgranter.bsky.social
· Sep 14
The ruling class cannot tolerate any threat to their control and ambition for more total control. They will weaponise anything and everything to neutralise opposition. They have real economic, political and media power - and it's transatlantic.
Oh boy
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Oh boy
They're really jumping the shark
Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They're really jumping the shark
It's fine people can go and work in industry like a refinery oh hang on we let those go bust as well
“exiting the market”
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's fine people can go and work in industry like a refinery oh hang on we let those go bust as well
I tell you what the barbarians aren't at the gates, they've driven through the gates in a van like in a film, then reversed over the gates, then burned the gates, then burned the van.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I tell you what the barbarians aren't at the gates, they've driven through the gates in a van like in a film, then reversed over the gates, then burned the gates, then burned the van.
No wait it's fine we've stopped disabled people having certain cars
UK gambling industry made £15.6bn in 2024 (£16.8bn in 2025)
Most companies holed up in Gibraltar & Malta, dodge UK taxes. Some pay corporation tax at the rate of 3%-4%. No VAT on gambling.
Public bears the cost of gambling addiction.
Firms resent paying extra tax to clear their mess.
Tax them.
Most companies holed up in Gibraltar & Malta, dodge UK taxes. Some pay corporation tax at the rate of 3%-4%. No VAT on gambling.
Public bears the cost of gambling addiction.
Firms resent paying extra tax to clear their mess.
Tax them.
UK's Online Gambling Industry: The £3.8 Billion Tax Question Nobody's Answering
UK's online gambling industry generates £15.6bn annually but pays minimal tax. With £3.8bn in receipts, experts say it's time for reform Here's why.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
No wait it's fine we've stopped disabled people having certain cars
Reposted by Ed Granter
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
For context - my late mum had a motability car for decades and I mean decades. Being disabled is hard enough. Come on now.
'Premium' cars like BMW and Mercedes cut from Motability scheme
Motability says it will provide vehicles that meet disabled peoples' needs and are safe and affordable.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For context - my late mum had a motability car for decades and I mean decades. Being disabled is hard enough. Come on now.
Quite right, only bankers and drug dealers should be allowed nice cars. It's common sense [SARCASM]
'Premium' cars like BMW and Mercedes cut from Motability scheme
Motability says it will provide vehicles that meet disabled peoples' needs and are safe and affordable.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Quite right, only bankers and drug dealers should be allowed nice cars. It's common sense [SARCASM]
So they pay a top-up to get a 'premium' car but that option's being taken away anyway?
'Premium' cars like BMW and Mercedes cut from Motability scheme
Motability says it will provide vehicles that meet disabled peoples' needs and are safe and affordable.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So they pay a top-up to get a 'premium' car but that option's being taken away anyway?
And... Many (...) disabled people can't use public transport in any conceivably practical way so could we not just LEAVE MOTABILITY ALONE?
Rachel Reeves has removed Audi, BMW, Mercedes from the motability scheme because disabled people aren’t allowed nice things ignoring the better resale values and the fact cars like the Audi A1 and BMW 1-series are hardly limos www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/con...
UK's Motability scheme no longer includes premium brands such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes | Autocar
Announcement comes just weeks after chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to axe luxury models from the programme
www.autocar.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And... Many (...) disabled people can't use public transport in any conceivably practical way so could we not just LEAVE MOTABILITY ALONE?
[resisting the urge to sarcasm] Are people aware that disabled people already face limited choices regarding MOST THINGS? Is it really worth it?
Rachel Reeves has removed Audi, BMW, Mercedes from the motability scheme because disabled people aren’t allowed nice things ignoring the better resale values and the fact cars like the Audi A1 and BMW 1-series are hardly limos www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/con...
UK's Motability scheme no longer includes premium brands such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes | Autocar
Announcement comes just weeks after chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to axe luxury models from the programme
www.autocar.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
[resisting the urge to sarcasm] Are people aware that disabled people already face limited choices regarding MOST THINGS? Is it really worth it?
'A university system built on specialisation' oh right ok what does 'university' mean?
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'A university system built on specialisation' oh right ok what does 'university' mean?
Reeves: “backing British car manufacturing will support thousands of well-paid, skilled jobs.” ok cool now do something about the HE sector being in crisis.
Rachel Reeves has removed Audi, BMW, Mercedes from the motability scheme because disabled people aren’t allowed nice things ignoring the better resale values and the fact cars like the Audi A1 and BMW 1-series are hardly limos www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/con...
UK's Motability scheme no longer includes premium brands such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes | Autocar
Announcement comes just weeks after chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to axe luxury models from the programme
www.autocar.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reeves: “backing British car manufacturing will support thousands of well-paid, skilled jobs.” ok cool now do something about the HE sector being in crisis.
Look at these #absoluteunits @themerl.bsky.social
Today is Quintidi the 5th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate pigs.#JacobinDay
More information on pigs
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate pigs.#JacobinDay
More information on pigs
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Look at these #absoluteunits @themerl.bsky.social
Do not get it at all. Seriously. Are the government trying to make universities collapse?
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Do not get it at all. Seriously. Are the government trying to make universities collapse?
Never seen one of these but I did once spot a House Martin in Withington
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Never seen one of these but I did once spot a House Martin in Withington
You get 1/2 the tea if it goes past the desk, other 1/2 on acceptance
If an author lists a "reviewer to avoid", I want to require that they spill the tea
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You get 1/2 the tea if it goes past the desk, other 1/2 on acceptance
Pls don't use the word 'reboot' I spent last week trying to fix my eldest lad's PC 📀😬🖥️
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Pls don't use the word 'reboot' I spent last week trying to fix my eldest lad's PC 📀😬🖥️
1. Escape from New York
2. The Thing
3. The Fog
4. Assault on Precinct 13
5. They Live.
2. The Thing
3. The Fog
4. Assault on Precinct 13
5. They Live.
Mine would be:
1. Assault on Precinct 13
2. The Thing
3. Halloween
4. The Fog
5. Escape From New York.
I'm less of a fan of the films he made after The Thing, apart from In the Mouth of Madness.
1. Assault on Precinct 13
2. The Thing
3. Halloween
4. The Fog
5. Escape From New York.
I'm less of a fan of the films he made after The Thing, apart from In the Mouth of Madness.
John Carpenter top 5 ranking:
1. Prince of Darkness
2. The Thing
3. Christine
4. Big Trouble in Little China
5. In the Mouth of Madness
1. Prince of Darkness
2. The Thing
3. Christine
4. Big Trouble in Little China
5. In the Mouth of Madness
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
1. Escape from New York
2. The Thing
3. The Fog
4. Assault on Precinct 13
5. They Live.
2. The Thing
3. The Fog
4. Assault on Precinct 13
5. They Live.
Reposted by Ed Granter
Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies.
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Strikes suspended in Lancaster University staff job cuts row - BBC News
The university is trying to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies.
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just incredible stuff
fox news two hours ago: THIS IS GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN WITH SOCIALISM
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
trump: zohran is great and we basically agree and i think he's gonna be a great mayor
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just incredible stuff
The universities are the enemy
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The universities are the enemy
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November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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We're living in a Simpsons episode
Yeah, AI is saving us so much.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We're living in a Simpsons episode