John Ranford FB99%
@johnranford.bsky.social
Sustainability, climate, justice, campaigner anti CCS, renewables. Non-profit CEO www.FutureFriendly.org.uk Swindon UK
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When Kirstie Allsopp is whining we know Rachel Reeves’ Mansion Tax is the right way to proceed 👌
When Kirstie Allsopp is whining we know Rachel Reeves’ Mansion Tax is the right way to proceed 👌
Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew
Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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When Kirstie Allsopp is whining we know Rachel Reeves’ Mansion Tax is the right way to proceed 👌
When Kirstie Allsopp is whining we know Rachel Reeves’ Mansion Tax is the right way to proceed 👌
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This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
us02web.zoom.us
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At the 17:50 minute mark is the key to a lot of stuff playing out right now. The whole video is an important watch.
The Arctic Ocean = the "Russian Inland Sea" from Russia's PoV
The Arctic Ocean = the "Russian Inland Sea" from Russia's PoV
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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November 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At the 17:50 minute mark is the key to a lot of stuff playing out right now. The whole video is an important watch.
The Arctic Ocean = the "Russian Inland Sea" from Russia's PoV
The Arctic Ocean = the "Russian Inland Sea" from Russia's PoV
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Wow. This explains Trump's love of Russia. It's just big business. He'll never work for a just peace.
Russia is pitching a peace-through-business plan to a Trump team envoy Witkoff, offering sanctions relief and U.S. investment in exchange for Ukraine freezing the front line and giving up NATO. A must-read really given the ongoing circumstances.
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Wow. This explains Trump's love of Russia. It's just big business. He'll never work for a just peace.
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Why Elon Musk purchased Twitter :
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why Elon Musk purchased Twitter :
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Energy transition expert @tessakhan.bsky.social speaking at the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025
#NEB2025
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Energy transition expert @tessakhan.bsky.social speaking at the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025
#NEB2025
@nebriefing.bsky.social Thanks for a great event. We have so little time left to bring back our civilization from the brink.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@nebriefing.bsky.social Thanks for a great event. We have so little time left to bring back our civilization from the brink.
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Absolute Units returns tomorrow! We're back again with the brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, continuing our conversation about land use under capitalism, colonial agriculture, and divisions between town and country.
Listen to part 1 below or search Absolute Units on your podcast app of choice 👉
Listen to part 1 below or search Absolute Units on your podcast app of choice 👉
New Absolute Units is here!
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
Throughout history, people have pitted town & country against each other. Where does this dynamic come from? And how do we transcend it?
In this two-part episode, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social joins us to explore these questions & more.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Absolute Units returns tomorrow! We're back again with the brilliant @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, continuing our conversation about land use under capitalism, colonial agriculture, and divisions between town and country.
Listen to part 1 below or search Absolute Units on your podcast app of choice 👉
Listen to part 1 below or search Absolute Units on your podcast app of choice 👉
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I just wrote a @StopCambo letter: Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab
Two of the biggest climate villains of our time have teamed up to pull off what could be a £1.3 billion tax dodge. Demand Rachel Reeves intervene, investigate this deal, and plug this massive hole in ...
actionnetwork.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I just wrote a @StopCambo letter: Disrupt the deal: Shell and Equinor's £1.3 billion tax grab. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/disr...
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BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I really loved this conversation with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - I've thought about it lots ever since.
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
Hope you enjoy it too!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
Keadby Next Generation Power Station
keadbynextgen.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations
Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning
keadbynextgen.com
Read my Substack analysis:
👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
You probably know about the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in the US - all republicans have to sign this "purity test".
It seems that it is an unwritten rule for UK politicians too.
Q: What is the purity test we need politicians to pledge to?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
You probably know about the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in the US - all republicans have to sign this "purity test".
It seems that it is an unwritten rule for UK politicians too.
Q: What is the purity test we need politicians to pledge to?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
You probably know about the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in the US - all republicans have to sign this "purity test".
It seems that it is an unwritten rule for UK politicians too.
Q: What is the purity test we need politicians to pledge to?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
You probably know about the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in the US - all republicans have to sign this "purity test".
It seems that it is an unwritten rule for UK politicians too.
Q: What is the purity test we need politicians to pledge to?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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The People's Primary - the 'how-to-do-it' book! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-people...
The People's Primary - the 'how-to-do-it' book!
People Power!The book of how we ran a successful primary + how to organise one yourselves to defeat Reform UK in the next General Election!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The People's Primary - the 'how-to-do-it' book! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-people...
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Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
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Overcoming decades of structures built around GDP is difficult. Nonetheless, several governments, including those of New Zealand, Scotland, Wales and Bhutan, have experimented with alternatives to GDP www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now
The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Overcoming decades of structures built around GDP is difficult. Nonetheless, several governments, including those of New Zealand, Scotland, Wales and Bhutan, have experimented with alternatives to GDP www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Ahead of the budget next week @hynotnw are calling on Govt to #StopFundingCCS.
Remember #RachelReeves has done dodgy deals with the FF industry, see below
Now this must stop, please sign and share 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Read more on 💰💰 👉 scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
Remember #RachelReeves has done dodgy deals with the FF industry, see below
Now this must stop, please sign and share 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Read more on 💰💰 👉 scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ahead of the budget next week @hynotnw are calling on Govt to #StopFundingCCS.
Remember #RachelReeves has done dodgy deals with the FF industry, see below
Now this must stop, please sign and share 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Read more on 💰💰 👉 scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
Remember #RachelReeves has done dodgy deals with the FF industry, see below
Now this must stop, please sign and share 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Read more on 💰💰 👉 scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
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Former City trader Gary Stevenson calls for the public to demand reduced inequality and a fairer taxation system from their politicians. #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Former City trader Gary Stevenson calls for the public to demand reduced inequality and a fairer taxation system from their politicians. #TaxTheSuperRich @garyseconomics.bsky.social
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Moudhy is a brilliant and remarkable scholar and author. This should be a great conversation. If you're in Oxford this evening, do come along.
There are many lessons about sustainability from the ancient world, as there are lessons from people today. We should listen.
Tonight’s event at 6pm is at Wolfson College and anyone can attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-polycr...
Tonight’s event at 6pm is at Wolfson College and anyone can attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-polycr...
The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse
George Monbiot will be in conversation with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid about "The Polycrisis: political dysfunction, meet ecological collapse."
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Moudhy is a brilliant and remarkable scholar and author. This should be a great conversation. If you're in Oxford this evening, do come along.
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Nick Watt, "Zack Polanski is saying that what is more important is not wealth, it's about creating equality"
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Once more, wind turbines spoil the view of this pristine rural landscape in Australia, threatening a lovely coal mine.
#auspol #politics #climatechange
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#auspol #politics #climatechange
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Once more, wind turbines spoil the view of this pristine rural landscape in Australia, threatening a lovely coal mine.
#auspol #politics #climatechange
pbs.twimg.com/media/G6GYra...
#auspol #politics #climatechange
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