Andrew Grainger
@andrewclimate.bsky.social
Environmental activist, passionate for climate, ecology & social justice, London lover, narrowboater, wilding project in Devon countryside. Try to live sustainably: vege, bikes, trains, given up flying, all electric & solar PV home & Narrowboat
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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Cut bills. Tax billionaires.
This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
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This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
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Criticisms of calls for a wealth tax are 'absurd' - it's about 'fairness,' says Green Party leader
YouTube video by Mornings With Ridge & Frost
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November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Cut bills. Tax billionaires.
This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
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This morning speaking to Sky News with @gndrising.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Judiciary refuses to explain last minute removal of judge in Palestine Action legal challenge, leading to accusations of a “stitch-up”
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: Judiciary refuses to explain last minute removal of judge in Palestine Action legal challenge, leading to accusations of a “stitch-up”
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The judge due to rule on the proscription of Palestine Action is swapped last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a history of working for the government and another who ruled in favour UK selling jets to Israel.
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
A ‘Stitch-Up’: Palestine Action Case Gets New Judges | Novara Media
The judicial review of Palestine Action’s proscription has been thrown into turmoil by a last-minute change. A new panel of judges includes one with a long history of working for the government and an...
novaramedia.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The judge due to rule on the proscription of Palestine Action is swapped last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a history of working for the government and another who ruled in favour UK selling jets to Israel.
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
Accusations of a “stitch-up”.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/a...
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50 ARRESTS
The Met arrested ~50 peaceful sign-holders today outside the Home Office at the third of four actions in London in the lead up to the Judicial Review over Labour’s ban on Palestine Action
We will be back at the Royal Courts on Wednesday.
info: wedonotcomply.org
The Met arrested ~50 peaceful sign-holders today outside the Home Office at the third of four actions in London in the lead up to the Judicial Review over Labour’s ban on Palestine Action
We will be back at the Royal Courts on Wednesday.
info: wedonotcomply.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
50 ARRESTS
The Met arrested ~50 peaceful sign-holders today outside the Home Office at the third of four actions in London in the lead up to the Judicial Review over Labour’s ban on Palestine Action
We will be back at the Royal Courts on Wednesday.
info: wedonotcomply.org
The Met arrested ~50 peaceful sign-holders today outside the Home Office at the third of four actions in London in the lead up to the Judicial Review over Labour’s ban on Palestine Action
We will be back at the Royal Courts on Wednesday.
info: wedonotcomply.org
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Nice to see Betty a bit Sweaty.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nice to see Betty a bit Sweaty.
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The 68yr old said: “People are now increasingly in politics calling other people traitors or terrorists, but for the government to call people terrorists when they’re not, and we all know that holding a placard is not terrorism, is quite another matter”
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
Norwich man arrested for SIXTH time at Palestine Action protest
A Norwich man has been arrested for the sixth time at a Palestine Action protest in London.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The 68yr old said: “People are now increasingly in politics calling other people traitors or terrorists, but for the government to call people terrorists when they’re not, and we all know that holding a placard is not terrorism, is quite another matter”
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2564454...
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"We need to free the political prisoners"
A protestor gets emotional as she's arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign and talks about the six prisoners on the fourth week of their hunger strike.
We are left with no other option but to resist.
A protestor gets emotional as she's arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign and talks about the six prisoners on the fourth week of their hunger strike.
We are left with no other option but to resist.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"We need to free the political prisoners"
A protestor gets emotional as she's arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign and talks about the six prisoners on the fourth week of their hunger strike.
We are left with no other option but to resist.
A protestor gets emotional as she's arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign and talks about the six prisoners on the fourth week of their hunger strike.
We are left with no other option but to resist.
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House insurance in the US is increasing sharply due to climate change. Especially in Republican states.
As we have been saying for decades. You cannot negotiate with physics. Insurance companies make the calculations and charge the policy...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
As we have been saying for decades. You cannot negotiate with physics. Insurance companies make the calculations and charge the policy...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
House insurance in the US is increasing sharply due to climate change. Especially in Republican states.
As we have been saying for decades. You cannot negotiate with physics. Insurance companies make the calculations and charge the policy...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
As we have been saying for decades. You cannot negotiate with physics. Insurance companies make the calculations and charge the policy...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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BREAKING: Mass 'terror' arrests outside the Home Office of protestors holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
The government is guilty of protecting a foreign genocidal regime, over the lives of Palestinians and our rights.
Lift the ban.
The government is guilty of protecting a foreign genocidal regime, over the lives of Palestinians and our rights.
Lift the ban.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
BREAKING: Mass 'terror' arrests outside the Home Office of protestors holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
The government is guilty of protecting a foreign genocidal regime, over the lives of Palestinians and our rights.
Lift the ban.
The government is guilty of protecting a foreign genocidal regime, over the lives of Palestinians and our rights.
Lift the ban.
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Today, 1pm at the UK Home Office, we go again.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had the opportunity to reverse her predecessor’s ridiculous ban on Palestine Action. She chose to double-down and further authoritarianism.
We do not comply.
History will remember your complicity.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had the opportunity to reverse her predecessor’s ridiculous ban on Palestine Action. She chose to double-down and further authoritarianism.
We do not comply.
History will remember your complicity.
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Today, 1pm at the UK Home Office, we go again.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had the opportunity to reverse her predecessor’s ridiculous ban on Palestine Action. She chose to double-down and further authoritarianism.
We do not comply.
History will remember your complicity.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had the opportunity to reverse her predecessor’s ridiculous ban on Palestine Action. She chose to double-down and further authoritarianism.
We do not comply.
History will remember your complicity.
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Really excited for the double bill this week! 👇🏼
This week on Bold Politics: the truth about our nuclear weapons, who really decides what goes in Reeves' budget and how the UK left will need to work together to take on fascism.
Big week. Subscribe: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Big week. Subscribe: linktr.ee/boldpolitics
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Really excited for the double bill this week! 👇🏼
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A coordinated wave of protests is taking place across the UK ahead of a landmark court hearing on whether the government’s proscription of direct-action group- Palestine Action - was lawful.
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Palestine Action proscription: Coordinated ‘Lift the Ban’ protests held across UK
A coordinated wave of protests is taking place across the UK ahead of a landmark court hearing on whether the government’s proscription of direct-action group -- Palestine Action -- was lawful.
www.presstv.ir
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A coordinated wave of protests is taking place across the UK ahead of a landmark court hearing on whether the government’s proscription of direct-action group- Palestine Action - was lawful.
www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...
www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...
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How UK ban on Palestine Action became a legal battle over the right to protest (Financial Times)
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How UK ban on Palestine Action became a legal battle over the right to protest
Judicial review into proscription follows intense public debate over government’s stance on free speech
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
How UK ban on Palestine Action became a legal battle over the right to protest (Financial Times)
www.ft.com/content/aea5...
www.ft.com/content/aea5...
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“It’s one thing to call someone a “bastard” when you know perfectly well their parents are married.
It’s another thing to call someone a “terrorist” when you know perfectly well they aren’t.
Particularly when you’re the government.”
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It’s another thing to call someone a “terrorist” when you know perfectly well they aren’t.
Particularly when you’re the government.”
Sign up: wedonotcomply.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“It’s one thing to call someone a “bastard” when you know perfectly well their parents are married.
It’s another thing to call someone a “terrorist” when you know perfectly well they aren’t.
Particularly when you’re the government.”
Sign up: wedonotcomply.org
It’s another thing to call someone a “terrorist” when you know perfectly well they aren’t.
Particularly when you’re the government.”
Sign up: wedonotcomply.org
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Daughter of Holocaust survivor among protesters arrested in London over Palestine Action ban
Carolyn was one of many demonstrators carried out of Tavistock Square after she sat in silence holding an “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/daug...
Carolyn was one of many demonstrators carried out of Tavistock Square after she sat in silence holding an “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/daug...
Daughter of Holocaust survivor among protesters arrested at London rally over Palestine Action ban | LBC
Carolyn Gelenter, 67, was one of many demonstrators carried out of Tavistock Square after she sat in silence holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
www.lbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Daughter of Holocaust survivor among protesters arrested in London over Palestine Action ban
Carolyn was one of many demonstrators carried out of Tavistock Square after she sat in silence holding an “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/daug...
Carolyn was one of many demonstrators carried out of Tavistock Square after she sat in silence holding an “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” sign.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/daug...
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People gathered in Tavistock Square Gardens, central London, for the Defend Our Juries protest, as police officers formed a queue to methodically arrest people sitting in silence holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2564278...
www.thenational.scot/news/2564278...
At least 90 arrests at major Palestine Action protest in London
At least 90 people have been arrested at a protest in London against the banning of Palestine Action as a terror group
www.thenational.scot
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
People gathered in Tavistock Square Gardens, central London, for the Defend Our Juries protest, as police officers formed a queue to methodically arrest people sitting in silence holding signs that read: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
www.thenational.scot/news/2564278...
www.thenational.scot/news/2564278...
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95 ARRESTS
Police arrested 90 sign-holders at the Peace Garden today. 5 arrests were made at an autonomous action in Hastings.
45 people held the same signs in Derry and Belfast, without arrest.
Join us on any of three days of action this coming week: www.wedonotcomply.org
Police arrested 90 sign-holders at the Peace Garden today. 5 arrests were made at an autonomous action in Hastings.
45 people held the same signs in Derry and Belfast, without arrest.
Join us on any of three days of action this coming week: www.wedonotcomply.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
95 ARRESTS
Police arrested 90 sign-holders at the Peace Garden today. 5 arrests were made at an autonomous action in Hastings.
45 people held the same signs in Derry and Belfast, without arrest.
Join us on any of three days of action this coming week: www.wedonotcomply.org
Police arrested 90 sign-holders at the Peace Garden today. 5 arrests were made at an autonomous action in Hastings.
45 people held the same signs in Derry and Belfast, without arrest.
Join us on any of three days of action this coming week: www.wedonotcomply.org
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Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
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We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
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What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
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BREAKING: Police instantly start arresting protestors for silently holding signs which say they oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
BREAKING: Police instantly start arresting protestors for silently holding signs which say they oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
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"The slaughter. The massacre. The genocide. When will it stop?"
As a woman is arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign, she asks when will it end?
It's on all of us to take action to stop the genocide and resist attempts to label those who do as 'terrorists'.
As a woman is arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign, she asks when will it end?
It's on all of us to take action to stop the genocide and resist attempts to label those who do as 'terrorists'.
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"The slaughter. The massacre. The genocide. When will it stop?"
As a woman is arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign, she asks when will it end?
It's on all of us to take action to stop the genocide and resist attempts to label those who do as 'terrorists'.
As a woman is arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign, she asks when will it end?
It's on all of us to take action to stop the genocide and resist attempts to label those who do as 'terrorists'.
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BREAKING - @metpoliceuk today declare that London is a totally crime-free zone EXCEPT in the cases of pensioners and other good people holding terrorist cardboard signs.
/s
(This is a genuine photo showing only the police waiting to make arrests, not the ones actually doing it)
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(This is a genuine photo showing only the police waiting to make arrests, not the ones actually doing it)
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
BREAKING - @metpoliceuk today declare that London is a totally crime-free zone EXCEPT in the cases of pensioners and other good people holding terrorist cardboard signs.
/s
(This is a genuine photo showing only the police waiting to make arrests, not the ones actually doing it)
/s
(This is a genuine photo showing only the police waiting to make arrests, not the ones actually doing it)
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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!
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Hope you enjoy it too!
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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!
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Hope you enjoy it too!
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People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
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November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
People are ready to make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
Join.greenparty.org.uk
(Source: Evening Standard from YouGov Data)
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...