Fiona B
@fionabennett19.bsky.social
Supporting Social Justice and a better world. Green 💚 Third sector 🏴 (here in personal capacity)
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Orkney Council has confirmed all profits from its new wind farm will go into local services - wealth will circulate locally, not flow to distant shareholders.
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Much fairer’: all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals
Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK’s largest publicly owned windfarm
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Orkney Council has confirmed all profits from its new wind farm will go into local services - wealth will circulate locally, not flow to distant shareholders.
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It's a glimpse of what community benefit from renewables can look like. But how typical is this?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I just donated to Believe in Scotland’s Annual Crowdfunder →
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I just donated to Believe in Scotland’s Annual Crowdfunder →
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Leadership is about listening and empowering people.
By working together, our movement can be a force for good. 💚
By working together, our movement can be a force for good. 💚
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Leadership is about listening and empowering people.
By working together, our movement can be a force for good. 💚
By working together, our movement can be a force for good. 💚
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🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal.
Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...
Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...
August 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal.
Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...
Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...
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Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead | George Monbiot
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
BBC Radio Scotland reframing rent controls as the market working under different conditions actually made me laugh out loud. Homes are for living not profiteering or protecting the market or anything else…living, providing safe, affordable housing is a necessity greens.scot/save-rent-co...
Save rent controls
Save rent controls -
greens.scot
July 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BBC Radio Scotland reframing rent controls as the market working under different conditions actually made me laugh out loud. Homes are for living not profiteering or protecting the market or anything else…living, providing safe, affordable housing is a necessity greens.scot/save-rent-co...
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We’re running another pilot this Autumn.
(It would be silly not to considering our last one was 100% successful!)
If anyone wants to take part they can find out more below. ⬇️
www.4dayweek.co.uk/national-pil...
(It would be silly not to considering our last one was 100% successful!)
If anyone wants to take part they can find out more below. ⬇️
www.4dayweek.co.uk/national-pil...
National Pilot 2025 | 4 Day Week Foundation
www.4dayweek.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We’re running another pilot this Autumn.
(It would be silly not to considering our last one was 100% successful!)
If anyone wants to take part they can find out more below. ⬇️
www.4dayweek.co.uk/national-pil...
(It would be silly not to considering our last one was 100% successful!)
If anyone wants to take part they can find out more below. ⬇️
www.4dayweek.co.uk/national-pil...
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Many people on low incomes face limited access to affordable credit.
We’re calling for fairer alternatives, including a Fair Banking Act and No Interest Loan Schemes.
Check out our new briefing on credit, setting out the problems and the solutions.
fairbydesign.com/wp-content/u...
We’re calling for fairer alternatives, including a Fair Banking Act and No Interest Loan Schemes.
Check out our new briefing on credit, setting out the problems and the solutions.
fairbydesign.com/wp-content/u...
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Many people on low incomes face limited access to affordable credit.
We’re calling for fairer alternatives, including a Fair Banking Act and No Interest Loan Schemes.
Check out our new briefing on credit, setting out the problems and the solutions.
fairbydesign.com/wp-content/u...
We’re calling for fairer alternatives, including a Fair Banking Act and No Interest Loan Schemes.
Check out our new briefing on credit, setting out the problems and the solutions.
fairbydesign.com/wp-content/u...
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I'm disgusted that contractors have demolished protected bird nesting sites during the breeding season in Burntisland.
Forth Ports need to come clean about whether they ordered contractors to take the old BiFab hanger down killing flightless juvenile birds and destroying dozens of nesting sites.
Forth Ports need to come clean about whether they ordered contractors to take the old BiFab hanger down killing flightless juvenile birds and destroying dozens of nesting sites.
June 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I'm disgusted that contractors have demolished protected bird nesting sites during the breeding season in Burntisland.
Forth Ports need to come clean about whether they ordered contractors to take the old BiFab hanger down killing flightless juvenile birds and destroying dozens of nesting sites.
Forth Ports need to come clean about whether they ordered contractors to take the old BiFab hanger down killing flightless juvenile birds and destroying dozens of nesting sites.
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Tesco's chief executive, Ken Murphy, was paid 431 times more than a typical Tesco worker.
They said: “We remain committed to a competitive and fair reward package for all colleagues."
Sorry - what???
They said: “We remain committed to a competitive and fair reward package for all colleagues."
Sorry - what???
NEW: Our latest research shows that pay gaps at the largest UK companies between CEOs and their employees are as wide now as they were 5 years ago, with a FTSE 100 CEO paid 78 times more than their median employee.
Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds
High Pay Centre thinktank says median pay of FTSE 350 chief executive was £2.4m in 2023-24 financial year
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Tesco's chief executive, Ken Murphy, was paid 431 times more than a typical Tesco worker.
They said: “We remain committed to a competitive and fair reward package for all colleagues."
Sorry - what???
They said: “We remain committed to a competitive and fair reward package for all colleagues."
Sorry - what???
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Incredibly concerned to see the forcible interception of the Madleen in international waters, and thinking of all those who were on board and have been detained. UK must condemn this breach of international law and immediately demand their release.
June 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Incredibly concerned to see the forcible interception of the Madleen in international waters, and thinking of all those who were on board and have been detained. UK must condemn this breach of international law and immediately demand their release.
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Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap youtu.be/b3GFjLR0Wjs?... The government claims it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.
Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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May 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap youtu.be/b3GFjLR0Wjs?... The government claims it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.
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If you asked child poverty charities 5 years ago what they thought they would be doing in the first years of a post-tory labour government, I bet they wouldn't say this...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap
Exclusive: Survey commissioned by children’s charities shows UK voters want to see families prioritised
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If you asked child poverty charities 5 years ago what they thought they would be doing in the first years of a post-tory labour government, I bet they wouldn't say this...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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All of us.... every single last one of us... are descended from immigrants. And without it, this country would just be a bunch of uninhabited islands on the edge of the world. Everything that built this country... and everything it is... springs from that. And we should embrace it, not decry it.
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
All of us.... every single last one of us... are descended from immigrants. And without it, this country would just be a bunch of uninhabited islands on the edge of the world. Everything that built this country... and everything it is... springs from that. And we should embrace it, not decry it.
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🚨NEW EPISODE
Green Party leadership hopeful @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks about the Party’s councillor gains, future plans and more. Plus we delve into the 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 tariff deal and the conflict with 🇵🇰
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Green Party leadership hopeful @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks about the Party’s councillor gains, future plans and more. Plus we delve into the 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 tariff deal and the conflict with 🇵🇰
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It's Not Easy Being Greens
Quiet Riot · Episode
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May 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE
Green Party leadership hopeful @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks about the Party’s councillor gains, future plans and more. Plus we delve into the 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 tariff deal and the conflict with 🇵🇰
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
💚 open.spotify.com/episode/4aFt...
Green Party leadership hopeful @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks about the Party’s councillor gains, future plans and more. Plus we delve into the 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 tariff deal and the conflict with 🇵🇰
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
💚 open.spotify.com/episode/4aFt...
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🚨 BREAKING: From September 1st peak rail fares will be scrapped for good in Scotland!
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
May 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨 BREAKING: From September 1st peak rail fares will be scrapped for good in Scotland!
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
🟢2023: Greens scrap peak rail fares.
🟡2024: SNP bring them back
🟡2024: thousands join Green and trade union calls for the SNP to reverse their decision
🟢2025: SNP reverse their decision
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But remember, Labour will save the jobs at Grangemouth refinery.
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
But remember, Labour will save the jobs at Grangemouth refinery.
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why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
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In one case a landlord tried to raise rent by a staggeringly unaffordable 121%, from £520 to £1150!
Over the last year the rent cap has kept increases to a maximum of 12%. But the SNP allowed it to expire this morning.
They must reinstate the renters protections immediately.
Over the last year the rent cap has kept increases to a maximum of 12%. But the SNP allowed it to expire this morning.
They must reinstate the renters protections immediately.
Hundreds of landlords tried to hike rents above cap, investigation finds
HUNDREDS of landlords attempted to hike rents above government limits, in some cases trying to double them, an investigation by The National has…
www.thenational.scot
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In one case a landlord tried to raise rent by a staggeringly unaffordable 121%, from £520 to £1150!
Over the last year the rent cap has kept increases to a maximum of 12%. But the SNP allowed it to expire this morning.
They must reinstate the renters protections immediately.
Over the last year the rent cap has kept increases to a maximum of 12%. But the SNP allowed it to expire this morning.
They must reinstate the renters protections immediately.
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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Scotland does not need nuclear power stations because we are already able to meet Scotland’s energy needs and power 1.4million homes in England! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/27/l...
Latest – Scotland produces enough renewable electricity to meet all its needs and then power 1.4 million homes in the rest of the UK
Professor John Robertson OBA From Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q4 2024, published today A record 38.4 TWh of renewable electricity was generated in Scotland in 2024 – a 13.2% increase compared …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Scotland does not need nuclear power stations because we are already able to meet Scotland’s energy needs and power 1.4million homes in England! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/27/l...
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Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK
March 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK
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It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans
Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs"
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It doesn't matter if it is Rwanda, or Balkans, it doesn't matter if it is classed as offshoring or outsourcing and it doesn't matter if it is Tories or Labour doing it, shipping people who were seeking safety to a random third country is inhumane, and potentially illegal.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Friends tell friends about Libro.fm so they also start supporting their independent bookshop with audiobooks 🥰
And if they start a membership using your unique link, you get a free audiobook credit 😉 libro.fm/refer
And if they start a membership using your unique link, you get a free audiobook credit 😉 libro.fm/refer