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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It’s time to voice an ugly truth:
I’ve been talking recently {privately} with ecologists, with very senior figures in the environmental NGOs, with activists and lawyers. What they say - privately - is stark:
>This Govt is even worse on nature than the Sunak & Johnson Govts<.
I’ve been talking recently {privately} with ecologists, with very senior figures in the environmental NGOs, with activists and lawyers. What they say - privately - is stark:
>This Govt is even worse on nature than the Sunak & Johnson Govts<.
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It’s time to voice an ugly truth:
I’ve been talking recently {privately} with ecologists, with very senior figures in the environmental NGOs, with activists and lawyers. What they say - privately - is stark:
>This Govt is even worse on nature than the Sunak & Johnson Govts<.
I’ve been talking recently {privately} with ecologists, with very senior figures in the environmental NGOs, with activists and lawyers. What they say - privately - is stark:
>This Govt is even worse on nature than the Sunak & Johnson Govts<.
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
More immigration please. I selfishly want them to give me money.
This is driven by skilled work visas other than health/care - the latter are broadly neutral (although as they say there may be other gains/contributions from health/care migration).
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
More immigration please. I selfishly want them to give me money.
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And the Least Surprising News of the Year Award goes to...
Yet more proof, if needed, that the priority of the likes of shady wealth-backed quislings such as Truss and Farage is to sell us and this country out.
Yet more proof, if needed, that the priority of the likes of shady wealth-backed quislings such as Truss and Farage is to sell us and this country out.
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
And the Least Surprising News of the Year Award goes to...
Yet more proof, if needed, that the priority of the likes of shady wealth-backed quislings such as Truss and Farage is to sell us and this country out.
Yet more proof, if needed, that the priority of the likes of shady wealth-backed quislings such as Truss and Farage is to sell us and this country out.
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UPDATE: Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency investor who lives in Thailand, jumps to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025, after donating £9m to Reform in Q3 of the year.
These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties.
These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties.
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
UPDATE: Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency investor who lives in Thailand, jumps to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025, after donating £9m to Reform in Q3 of the year.
These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties.
These are the super-rich people who bankroll our political parties.
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Christopher Harborne, a billionaire based in Thailand, has donated £9 million to Reform UK, and jumped to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025.
Check out our updated Top 10 list here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...
Check out our updated Top 10 list here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Christopher Harborne, a billionaire based in Thailand, has donated £9 million to Reform UK, and jumped to #1 in the Top 10 individual donors to British political parties in 2025.
Check out our updated Top 10 list here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...
Check out our updated Top 10 list here: sharethewealth.org.uk/latest/top-1...
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This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
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Palantir is a key component of the mass privatisation of infrastructure currently accelerating at pace post-Brexit. It is also connected with free zones of which their are 12 Freeports and 74 Special Economic Zones implemented by the Tories immediately after Brexit.
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Palantir is a key component of the mass privatisation of infrastructure currently accelerating at pace post-Brexit. It is also connected with free zones of which their are 12 Freeports and 74 Special Economic Zones implemented by the Tories immediately after Brexit.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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All in one day:
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
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Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
All in one day:
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Immigration Minister lied about me with a slur.
Wes Streeting then tried a different attack.
And the Evening Standard write yet another attack piece because I dare to say we need to tax the rich.
Want to help create our better future?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨 Peterhead Scottish CCS project - main backer pulls out. Sounds like lack of confidence in project.
news.stv.tv/north/main-b...
📖 My submission to Scottish Government earlier in year on why this project would bust global carbon budgets scrapcc.org/PETERHEAD
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📖 My submission to Scottish Government earlier in year on why this project would bust global carbon budgets scrapcc.org/PETERHEAD
Main backer of Scottish carbon capture site to sell stake in project
The project captures emissions from industrial sites before they reach the atmosphere, storing them under the North Sea.
news.stv.tv
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 Peterhead Scottish CCS project - main backer pulls out. Sounds like lack of confidence in project.
news.stv.tv/north/main-b...
📖 My submission to Scottish Government earlier in year on why this project would bust global carbon budgets scrapcc.org/PETERHEAD
news.stv.tv/north/main-b...
📖 My submission to Scottish Government earlier in year on why this project would bust global carbon budgets scrapcc.org/PETERHEAD
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
CCS sounds great - but it is simply the gas lobby sugar-coating their plans to build new gas plants with gobledegook. But the carbon capture promises don't add up. Fortunately, the gas companies are getting cold feet.
🚨 Peterhead Scottish CCS project - main backer pulls out. Sounds like lack of confidence in project.
news.stv.tv/north/main-b...
📖 My submission to Scottish Government earlier in year on why this project would bust global carbon budgets scrapcc.org/PETERHEAD
news.stv.tv/north/main-b...
📖 My submission to Scottish Government earlier in year on why this project would bust global carbon budgets scrapcc.org/PETERHEAD
Main backer of Scottish carbon capture site to sell stake in project
The project captures emissions from industrial sites before they reach the atmosphere, storing them under the North Sea.
news.stv.tv
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CCS sounds great - but it is simply the gas lobby sugar-coating their plans to build new gas plants with gobledegook. But the carbon capture promises don't add up. Fortunately, the gas companies are getting cold feet.
I must be really naive.
I rarely use Facebook but I just searched Farage. One post posed whether immigrants could bring multiple wives to UK. Lots of angry responses followed.
So I checked and found it was not so.
So I replied.
On hitting send, I found I was joining an unofficial reform group.
I rarely use Facebook but I just searched Farage. One post posed whether immigrants could bring multiple wives to UK. Lots of angry responses followed.
So I checked and found it was not so.
So I replied.
On hitting send, I found I was joining an unofficial reform group.
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I must be really naive.
I rarely use Facebook but I just searched Farage. One post posed whether immigrants could bring multiple wives to UK. Lots of angry responses followed.
So I checked and found it was not so.
So I replied.
On hitting send, I found I was joining an unofficial reform group.
I rarely use Facebook but I just searched Farage. One post posed whether immigrants could bring multiple wives to UK. Lots of angry responses followed.
So I checked and found it was not so.
So I replied.
On hitting send, I found I was joining an unofficial reform group.
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Found eleswhere. This is a very useful graphic for putting UK government spending into perspective
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Found eleswhere. This is a very useful graphic for putting UK government spending into perspective
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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
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... -
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...
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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
youtu.be
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.