Peter Cranie
@petercranie.bsky.social
Father, husband, UCU Branch Chair, Liverpool Green Party Chair, Scottish Green Party, University Lecturer (Education)
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
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Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
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Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
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I'll just leave the following two links here.
join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/
And
members.greens.scot/join/standar...
You can join both (I am) because they don't stand against each other
join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/
And
members.greens.scot/join/standar...
You can join both (I am) because they don't stand against each other
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I'll just leave the following two links here.
join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/
And
members.greens.scot/join/standar...
You can join both (I am) because they don't stand against each other
join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/
And
members.greens.scot/join/standar...
You can join both (I am) because they don't stand against each other
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If you're in Scotland and you like Zohran's chat about free buses for all and taxing the super-rich, boy do I have a party for you 👇
members.greens.scot/Join2025
members.greens.scot/Join2025
Join the Scottish Greens
Join the Scottish Greens today and be part of our growing movement. Why should I join? We are always told that the system is broken, but it’s not. It’s rigged. It's rigged in favour of corporations, ...
members.greens.scot
January 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
If you're in Scotland and you like Zohran's chat about free buses for all and taxing the super-rich, boy do I have a party for you 👇
members.greens.scot/Join2025
members.greens.scot/Join2025
So Radio4pm news reports 2025 as the uk’s hottest year ever. No mention of Climate Crisis. No comment from a scientist or politician demanding action. Just the news. It feels very much like the Don’t Look Up script.
"My last science post of 2025 is this summary of the global temperature for the last 2000 years. It’s a powerful reminder that the climate of the 20th century and all of those before it for thousands of years is no more. "
via Dan Satterfield
via Dan Satterfield
January 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
So Radio4pm news reports 2025 as the uk’s hottest year ever. No mention of Climate Crisis. No comment from a scientist or politician demanding action. Just the news. It feels very much like the Don’t Look Up script.
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🙄 Sure this will bring new year cheer to the food banks, the homeless hostels, the people living in their cars or tents or temporary accommodation, and to those huddled in warm banks across the UK. Rejoice! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
FTSE 100 breaks 10,000 mark for first time, capping stellar year for UK market
Blue-chip share index, created in 1984, has risen by more than 20% over past 12 months
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:11 PM
🙄 Sure this will bring new year cheer to the food banks, the homeless hostels, the people living in their cars or tents or temporary accommodation, and to those huddled in warm banks across the UK. Rejoice! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Here’s a good New Year’s Resolution for you, Labour - stop caving in to the demands of big business at the expense of people and planet!
Housebuilders have been lobbying against the inclusion of batteries which would cost an estimated £2,000-5,000 for each new home but... savings on an average 3-bed, semi-detached home from a heat pump, solar panels and batteries would be roughly £1,350 a year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Here’s a good New Year’s Resolution for you, Labour - stop caving in to the demands of big business at the expense of people and planet!
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In December 2025, Arctic sea-ice extent reached a record low - a substantial decline from the previous record low in 2024.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
In December 2025, Arctic sea-ice extent reached a record low - a substantial decline from the previous record low in 2024.
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In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
Israeli air force chief given special immunity to visit Britain
Exclusive: Israeli air force commander Tomer Bar received a “special mission” certificate for his secret trip to the UK, protecting him from arrest for war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
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"My last science post of 2025 is this summary of the global temperature for the last 2000 years. It’s a powerful reminder that the climate of the 20th century and all of those before it for thousands of years is no more. "
via Dan Satterfield
via Dan Satterfield
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"My last science post of 2025 is this summary of the global temperature for the last 2000 years. It’s a powerful reminder that the climate of the 20th century and all of those before it for thousands of years is no more. "
via Dan Satterfield
via Dan Satterfield
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🎉 Happy New Year!
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
🎉 Happy New Year!
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
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We're challenging a broken, failed economic model, and the people defending it have no answer other than just to continue with what is broken.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ Polanski prepared to work with Burnham but not Starmer ‘to stop Reform’
Green party leader says he could see potential for political partnership with Labour under Andy Burnham
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're challenging a broken, failed economic model, and the people defending it have no answer other than just to continue with what is broken.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I wonder what part of lower bills, tax billionaires they're panicking about most?
Cry harder.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Cry harder.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I wonder what part of lower bills, tax billionaires they're panicking about most?
Cry harder.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Cry harder.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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For the record, I was an advisor to Ed Miliband's Labour Party on tax policy, I strongly support a wealth tax, and I am aware of a viable and fully costed proposal to implement one in the UK.
Amazing interview attacking Polanski as a "fantasist" "selling unicorns".
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
December 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
For the record, I was an advisor to Ed Miliband's Labour Party on tax policy, I strongly support a wealth tax, and I am aware of a viable and fully costed proposal to implement one in the UK.
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Amazing interview attacking Polanski as a "fantasist" "selling unicorns".
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
December 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Amazing interview attacking Polanski as a "fantasist" "selling unicorns".
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
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'If we take action, we might survive'
Ecologist. 'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
Ecologist. 'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
'If we take action, we might survive'
'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org
December 31, 2025 at 6:48 AM
'If we take action, we might survive'
Ecologist. 'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
Ecologist. 'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
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A pro-independence majority can be secured in May by voting for the Scottish Greens. 💚🏴
December 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A pro-independence majority can be secured in May by voting for the Scottish Greens. 💚🏴
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🚨 #GE2029 poll points to Scottish Labour WIPEOUT:
🟡 SNP: 32% (+2)
➡️ REF: 24% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 13% (-2)
🟢 GRN: 10% (+4)
🔵 CON: 10% (=)
🟠 LD: 8% (-1)
🟥 YRP: 1% (+1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 11-19 Dec (+/- vs 21 Sep)
🟡 SNP: 32% (+2)
➡️ REF: 24% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 13% (-2)
🟢 GRN: 10% (+4)
🔵 CON: 10% (=)
🟠 LD: 8% (-1)
🟥 YRP: 1% (+1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 11-19 Dec (+/- vs 21 Sep)
December 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
🚨 #GE2029 poll points to Scottish Labour WIPEOUT:
🟡 SNP: 32% (+2)
➡️ REF: 24% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 13% (-2)
🟢 GRN: 10% (+4)
🔵 CON: 10% (=)
🟠 LD: 8% (-1)
🟥 YRP: 1% (+1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 11-19 Dec (+/- vs 21 Sep)
🟡 SNP: 32% (+2)
➡️ REF: 24% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 13% (-2)
🟢 GRN: 10% (+4)
🔵 CON: 10% (=)
🟠 LD: 8% (-1)
🟥 YRP: 1% (+1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 11-19 Dec (+/- vs 21 Sep)
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Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people who drink tap water.
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
Bottled water drinkers ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles each year
New review finds people who drink tap water ingest only about 4,000 microplastic particles a year
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people who drink tap water.
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
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Bravo Laura Tozer
Amongst many things please challenge @mark-carney.bsky.social on his roll out of carbon capture technology which locks in fossil fuels, rewards FF companies and makes climate change worse
UK experience - scrapcc.org/BLOG & scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
Amongst many things please challenge @mark-carney.bsky.social on his roll out of carbon capture technology which locks in fossil fuels, rewards FF companies and makes climate change worse
UK experience - scrapcc.org/BLOG & scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bravo Laura Tozer
Amongst many things please challenge @mark-carney.bsky.social on his roll out of carbon capture technology which locks in fossil fuels, rewards FF companies and makes climate change worse
UK experience - scrapcc.org/BLOG & scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
Amongst many things please challenge @mark-carney.bsky.social on his roll out of carbon capture technology which locks in fossil fuels, rewards FF companies and makes climate change worse
UK experience - scrapcc.org/BLOG & scrapcc.org/400BN-CCS-SST
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Who saw that coming?
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Who saw that coming?