Rita Griffin
@rtgrffn.bsky.social
Family Support and Safeguarding Officer. 💕my dog(and the kids of course). Leftie. Cancer survivor.
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British Gas & Centrica profits exceed £56bn since privatisation.
43% of UK households are in fuel poverty.
120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Bills hiked. Industries (e.g. steel) struggle. Prime Ministers may change but no govt curbs profiteering, challenges neoliberalism.
43% of UK households are in fuel poverty.
120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Bills hiked. Industries (e.g. steel) struggle. Prime Ministers may change but no govt curbs profiteering, challenges neoliberalism.
British Gas and Centrica profits exceed £56 billion since privatisation
Centrica has added a further £497 million to its adjusted operating profits adding to the total generated since privatisation 40 years ago.
www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk
July 24, 2026 at 6:06 AM
British Gas & Centrica profits exceed £56bn since privatisation.
43% of UK households are in fuel poverty.
120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Bills hiked. Industries (e.g. steel) struggle. Prime Ministers may change but no govt curbs profiteering, challenges neoliberalism.
43% of UK households are in fuel poverty.
120,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.
Bills hiked. Industries (e.g. steel) struggle. Prime Ministers may change but no govt curbs profiteering, challenges neoliberalism.
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What a powerful photo. Famous journalist @katiephang.bsky.social examines evidence and surfaces clues from the Epstein files released by the US government.
May 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
What a powerful photo. Famous journalist @katiephang.bsky.social examines evidence and surfaces clues from the Epstein files released by the US government.
WTAF Kanye West may be a bit crazy and has said some awful things but the Gov cannot ban him from the country-just to appease the Israeli lobby
April 7, 2026 at 1:55 PM
WTAF Kanye West may be a bit crazy and has said some awful things but the Gov cannot ban him from the country-just to appease the Israeli lobby
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Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
April 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Right, simply entertaining this challenge as if it's remotely legitimate is already discrediting.
If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.
If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.
No matter how much it's talked about, it's still not talked about enough that the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether the words in the 14th amendment mean what the words in the 14th amendment mean.
March 31, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Right, simply entertaining this challenge as if it's remotely legitimate is already discrediting.
If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.
If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.
I'm sorry but how the hell can the King go to USA and sit down for a meal with Trump with what he is putting out about our country and our PM.
March 31, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I'm sorry but how the hell can the King go to USA and sit down for a meal with Trump with what he is putting out about our country and our PM.
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We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is
U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says
The Interior secretary said Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, wants foreign investment in the country's mining sector.
www.cnbc.com
March 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
We invaded Venezuela, kidnapped their leader and installed a puppet, and are now pillaging the country's resources just like the fascists in the 1930s did, and somehow this has already been normalized and isn't being treated as the crime it is
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Dems need to be on every news channel saying this. Everyday. All day.
March 25, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Dems need to be on every news channel saying this. Everyday. All day.
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Something is being built in the gaps between nation-states, in the deregulated corridors of Freeports, SEZs, and AI Growth Zones, in the luxury resort plans for Gaza, in the investment frameworks being quietly drafted for a post-war Iran that has not yet happened.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Second Empire Building: Free Zones, Sovereign Corporations, and the Architecture of Post-Democratic Power
Free zones represent a new kind of corporate overeign power, one that clears space for capital while dressing the project in the language of progress.
open.substack.com
March 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Something is being built in the gaps between nation-states, in the deregulated corridors of Freeports, SEZs, and AI Growth Zones, in the luxury resort plans for Gaza, in the investment frameworks being quietly drafted for a post-war Iran that has not yet happened.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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*RUMP ADMINISTRATION BETRAYAL, MURDEROUS SABOTAGE
March 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
*RUMP ADMINISTRATION BETRAYAL, MURDEROUS SABOTAGE
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Unbelievable…
The most casual imperialism in modern memory.
The most casual imperialism in modern memory.
Trump: "I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That's a big honor. Taking Cuba in some form. I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth."
March 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Unbelievable…
The most casual imperialism in modern memory.
The most casual imperialism in modern memory.
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Senator Adam Schiff, "We are now giving Russia $140 million a day by releasing them from these sanctions"
"When Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops"
"It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine"
"When Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops"
"It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine"
March 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Senator Adam Schiff, "We are now giving Russia $140 million a day by releasing them from these sanctions"
"When Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops"
"It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine"
"When Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops"
"It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine"
So was it @claudeai that gave US the target of a girls school?
March 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
So was it @claudeai that gave US the target of a girls school?
#skynews how can you say one minute that US is justified blowing up ships as they are at war and then the next minute show Trump saying we are not at war- because then he would need to go to Congress- with no challenge
March 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
#skynews how can you say one minute that US is justified blowing up ships as they are at war and then the next minute show Trump saying we are not at war- because then he would need to go to Congress- with no challenge
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Badenoch has knocked Starmer around the park week after week at PMQs all year. Not today. Unfocussed and tone completely wrong, given events.
March 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Badenoch has knocked Starmer around the park week after week at PMQs all year. Not today. Unfocussed and tone completely wrong, given events.
Why is Germany just sitting there allowing him to speak about Spain like that?
March 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Why is Germany just sitting there allowing him to speak about Spain like that?
Is it not obvious to everyone that Trump has backed Israel so Kushner etc are in on the carvery up of Palestine?
February 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Is it not obvious to everyone that Trump has backed Israel so Kushner etc are in on the carvery up of Palestine?
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Update: The total number of little girls killed at an elementary school in Minab, Iran, by the US and Israel has risen to 51.
The entire community is devastated, families destroyed.
The entire community is devastated, families destroyed.
February 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Update: The total number of little girls killed at an elementary school in Minab, Iran, by the US and Israel has risen to 51.
The entire community is devastated, families destroyed.
The entire community is devastated, families destroyed.
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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Have written about a week where the hypocrisy of much of the media was laid bare (and address mine).
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
What Starmer cannot say
The hypocrisy, in so many directions, the Epstein files reveal of the Westminster and the media class
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Have written about a week where the hypocrisy of much of the media was laid bare (and address mine).
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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I spoke to a tipster from the latest Epstein file dump. Her formal FBI interview document is MISSING from the release, but she told me what she reported about Trump's Modeling Agency trafficking girls to Epstein. www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
LIVE: Epstein Files Tipster IDENTIFIES MISSING DOCS!!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I spoke to a tipster from the latest Epstein file dump. Her formal FBI interview document is MISSING from the release, but she told me what she reported about Trump's Modeling Agency trafficking girls to Epstein. www.youtube.com/live/xiSmcNV...
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The government will announce a cap on ground rents paid by leaseholders in England and Wales on Tuesday morning.
Labour's 2024 election manifesto promised to "tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges"👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour's 2024 election manifesto promised to "tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges"👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cap for ground rent in England and Wales due to be announced
The government has not confirmed what the cap will be, but campaigners have said they believe £250 a year is likely.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The government will announce a cap on ground rents paid by leaseholders in England and Wales on Tuesday morning.
Labour's 2024 election manifesto promised to "tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges"👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour's 2024 election manifesto promised to "tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges"👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.