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@humanhorseshoes<\/a> It's a different world now.<\/p>

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116238125981042303","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301436","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12301434"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:20+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"gemlog repeated a notice by HI_Greens","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/tilde.zone\/users\/gemlog\/statuses\/116241286686517037\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

It was oil revenues that bankrolled the unemployment, the destruction of manufacturing, the high exchange rate, the termination of British coal mining, and the big bang that turned London into arguably THE capital of global neoliberalism.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933738085770","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933738085770","objectType":"note","content":"

It was oil revenues that bankrolled the unemployment, the destruction of manufacturing, the high exchange rate, the termination of British coal mining, and the big bang that turned London into arguably THE capital of global neoliberalism.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933738085770","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933701739006","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933701739006"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301418","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933738085770"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

Without it, Thatcherism would have been impossible. No oil money, and the welfare bill for mass unemployment would have been unsustainable. Without that unemployment, union power couldn\u2019t have been broken, and privatisation would have been far harder.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933701739006","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933701739006","objectType":"note","content":"

Without it, Thatcherism would have been impossible. No oil money, and the welfare bill for mass unemployment would have been unsustainable. Without that unemployment, union power couldn\u2019t have been broken, and privatisation would have been far harder.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933701739006","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933672155709","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933672155709"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301417","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933701739006"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

And then, to complete the insanity, Thatcher privatised the industry generating the revenues that were funding the whole operation. The British National Oil Company (BNOC) was privatised in two phases in 1982 and 1985.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933844630580","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933844630580","objectType":"note","content":"

And then, to complete the insanity, Thatcher privatised the industry generating the revenues that were funding the whole operation. The British National Oil Company (BNOC) was privatised in two phases in 1982 and 1985.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933844630580","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933802895770","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933802895770"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301422","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:08+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933844630580"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

The government could afford a long confrontation with the miners because it had both the fiscal cushion and an alternative energy supply. Without North Sea gas, a miners' strike long enough to threaten power generation would have been genuinely dangerous to the government's survival.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933802895770","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933802895770","objectType":"note","content":"

The government could afford a long confrontation with the miners because it had both the fiscal cushion and an alternative energy supply. Without North Sea gas, a miners' strike long enough to threaten power generation would have been genuinely dangerous to the government's survival.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933802895770","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933772736853","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933772736853"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301421","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:08+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933802895770"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

Oil revenues were used to cut taxes for business and the wealthy and to fund benefits during a wave of industrial closures. The oil money paid for tax cuts at the top and the benefits at the bottom. Despite Thatcher\u2019s reputation as a prudent manager of finance, no money was set aside for the future.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933772736853","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933772736853","objectType":"note","content":"

Oil revenues were used to cut taxes for business and the wealthy and to fund benefits during a wave of industrial closures. The oil money paid for tax cuts at the top and the benefits at the bottom. Despite Thatcher\u2019s reputation as a prudent manager of finance, no money was set aside for the future.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933772736853","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933738085770","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933738085770"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301420","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:08+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933772736853"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

And of course the government freed itself in stages from all its equity in BP: 51% state ownership in 1977, down to 46% in 1981, 31.5% in 1983, and fully privatised in 1987.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933920986527","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933920986527","objectType":"note","content":"

And of course the government freed itself in stages from all its equity in BP: 51% state ownership in 1977, down to 46% in 1981, 31.5% in 1983, and fully privatised in 1987.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933920986527","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933875629445","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933875629445"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301424","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933920986527"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

BNOC was created by Harold Wilson's government in 1975, specifically to give the British state a direct stake in North Sea extraction rather than leaving it entirely to private multinationals like BP and Shell. It was our equivalent of Norway's Statoil, established around the same time.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933875629445","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933875629445","objectType":"note","content":"

BNOC was created by Harold Wilson's government in 1975, specifically to give the British state a direct stake in North Sea extraction rather than leaving it entirely to private multinationals like BP and Shell. It was our equivalent of Norway's Statoil, established around the same time.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933875629445","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933844630580","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933844630580"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301423","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933875629445"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid","displayName":"BashStKid","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/178886-original-tmp20230924230820.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":370,"height":370},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/178886-96-20230926124142.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/178886-48-20230926124142.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/178886-24-20230926124142.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"178886"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/178886-96-20230926124142.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"\u201cWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done\u201d Various permutations of rugby, music, history, farming, rare breeds, food. With a bit of earth sciences, physics, and energy.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@BashStKid","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"BashStKid","displayName":"BashStKid","note":"\u201cWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done\u201d Various permutations of rugby, music, history, farming, rare breeds, food. With a bit of earth sciences, physics, and energy."}},"content":"

@ianbetteridge<\/a> If you look at the detail, Thatcher was even more unnecessarily generous to the companies than that. Never been able to work out why.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid\/statuses\/116232979656378097","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid\/statuses\/116232979656378097","objectType":"note","content":"

@ianbetteridge<\/a> If you look at the detail, Thatcher was even more unnecessarily generous to the companies than that. Never been able to work out why.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@BashStKid\/116232979656378097","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232934002391311","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232934002391311"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301427","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@BashStKid\/116232979656378097"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

Norway kept its equivalent. And that is why Norway has the money to subsidise EVs to the point where it barely needs oil for cars, and we do not.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232934002391311","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232934002391311","objectType":"note","content":"

Norway kept its equivalent. And that is why Norway has the money to subsidise EVs to the point where it barely needs oil for cars, and we do not.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232934002391311","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933964753545","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933964753545"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301426","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232934002391311"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

Labour built the institutional architecture to capture public value from a public resource; Thatcher dismantled it, took a short-term cash payment, and handed the long-term revenue stream to private shareholders.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933964753545","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933964753545","objectType":"note","content":"

Labour built the institutional architecture to capture public value from a public resource; Thatcher dismantled it, took a short-term cash payment, and handed the long-term revenue stream to private shareholders.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933964753545","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933920986527","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933920986527"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301425","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:06+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933964753545"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown","displayName":"Peter Brown","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-original-tmp20240314225240.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-96-20240315183847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-48-20240314230741.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-24-20240315183847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"58543"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/58543-96-20240315183847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Locally rooted businesses are the drivers of development in the Hebrides.\u2028Director of community wind company and our new community distillery, Heaval.. Tambi\u00e9n soy gu\u00eda tur\u00edstico por todas partes de Escocia desde hace muchos a\u00f1os.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@peterbrown","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"peterbrown","displayName":"Peter Brown","note":"Locally rooted businesses are the drivers of development in the Hebrides.\u2028Director of community wind company and our new community distillery, Heaval.. Tambi\u00e9n soy gu\u00eda tur\u00edstico por todas partes de Escocia desde hace muchos a\u00f1os."}},"content":"

@ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> What is often forgotten is that before the oil started to flow the British government went cap in hand to the IMF for a bailout.
The UK was bankrupt.
And as we see oil diminishing both in supply and demand the economy has not changed significantly, so we can expect the UK to be bankrupt again when the oil and gas is finished.<\/p>

And that is why they will do everything legal & illegal, moral and immoral to prevent Scotland becoming independent.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown\/statuses\/116233690560263237","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown\/statuses\/116233690560263237","objectType":"note","content":"

@ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> What is often forgotten is that before the oil started to flow the British government went cap in hand to the IMF for a bailout.
The UK was bankrupt.
And as we see oil diminishing both in supply and demand the economy has not changed significantly, so we can expect the UK to be bankrupt again when the oil and gas is finished.<\/p>

And that is why they will do everything legal & illegal, moral and immoral to prevent Scotland becoming independent.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@peterbrown\/116233690560263237","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232994729870388","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232994729870388"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301429","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@peterbrown\/116233690560263237"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

@BashStKid<\/a> It was for the greater good of the smaller number.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232994729870388","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232994729870388","objectType":"note","content":"

@BashStKid<\/a> It was for the greater good of the smaller number.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232994729870388","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid\/statuses\/116232979656378097","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@BashStKid\/116232979656378097"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301428","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232994729870388"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-original-tmp20260509203929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":296,"height":296},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-48-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-24-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"241688"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Emotional support potato","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","note":"Emotional support potato"}},"content":"

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> Waves in Ireland<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116233693102059796","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116233693102059796","objectType":"note","content":"

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> Waves in Ireland<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116233693102059796","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown\/statuses\/116233690560263237","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@peterbrown\/116233690560263237"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301430","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:03+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116233693102059796"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-original-tmp20260509203929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":296,"height":296},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-48-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-24-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"241688"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Emotional support potato","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","note":"Emotional support potato"}},"content":"

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> Given what happened in Ireland would the UK government put troops on the street to maintain the Union? Unequivocally yes.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116233981536156867","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116233981536156867","objectType":"note","content":"

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> Given what happened in Ireland would the UK government put troops on the street to maintain the Union? Unequivocally yes.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116233981536156867","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116233693102059796","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116233693102059796"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301431","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116233981536156867"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens","displayName":"Highlands & Islands Greens","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-original-tmp20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":225,"height":225},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-96-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-48-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-24-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"351200"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-96-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"The northernmost branch of the Scottish Green Party. Posts by Office Bearers. RT \u2260 endorsement. Posts shared to stimulate discussion of topics of interest to Greens.[All posts promoted by Highlands and Islands Greens at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN]Join today: https:\/\/www.greens.scot\/join","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HI_Greens","displayName":"Highlands & Islands Greens","note":"The northernmost branch of the Scottish Green Party. Posts by Office Bearers. RT \u2260 endorsement. Posts shared to stimulate discussion of topics of interest to Greens.[All posts promoted by Highlands and Islands Greens at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN]Join today: https:\/\/www.greens.scot\/join"}},"content":"

@humanhorseshoes<\/a> If England tried putting uniformed troops on Scottish streets, I GUARANTEE you that would end the union for good. <\/p>

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens\/statuses\/116235205400596251","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens\/statuses\/116235205400596251","objectType":"note","content":"

@humanhorseshoes<\/a> If England tried putting uniformed troops on Scottish streets, I GUARANTEE you that would end the union for good. <\/p>

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116235205400596251","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116233981536156867","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116233981536156867"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301432","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116235205400596251"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-original-tmp20260509203929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":296,"height":296},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-48-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-24-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"241688"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Emotional support potato","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","note":"Emotional support potato"}},"content":"

@HI_Greens<\/a> @peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> I will point you to 1969 Northern Ireland<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116235208941962814","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116235208941962814","objectType":"note","content":"

@HI_Greens<\/a> @peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> I will point you to 1969 Northern Ireland<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116235208941962814","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens\/statuses\/116235205400596251","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116235205400596251"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301433","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:49:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116235208941962814"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens","displayName":"Highlands & Islands Greens","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-original-tmp20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":225,"height":225},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-96-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-48-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-24-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"351200"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/351200-96-20250623115804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"The northernmost branch of the Scottish Green Party. Posts by Office Bearers. RT \u2260 endorsement. Posts shared to stimulate discussion of topics of interest to Greens.[All posts promoted by Highlands and Islands Greens at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN]Join today: https:\/\/www.greens.scot\/join","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"HI_Greens","displayName":"Highlands & Islands Greens","note":"The northernmost branch of the Scottish Green Party. Posts by Office Bearers. RT \u2260 endorsement. Posts shared to stimulate discussion of topics of interest to Greens.[All posts promoted by Highlands and Islands Greens at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN]Join today: https:\/\/www.greens.scot\/join"}},"content":"

@humanhorseshoes<\/a> It's a different world now.<\/p>

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens\/statuses\/116238125981042303","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens\/statuses\/116238125981042303","objectType":"note","content":"

@humanhorseshoes<\/a> It's a different world now.<\/p>

@peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116238125981042303","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116235208941962814","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116235208941962814"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301434","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:48:59+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116238125981042303"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-original-tmp20260509203929.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":296,"height":296},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-48-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-24-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"241688"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241688-96-20260509235056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Emotional support potato","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"humanhorseshoes","displayName":"Human after all","note":"Emotional support potato"}},"content":"

@HI_Greens<\/a> @peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> Well the lessons are there from Irish independence, they forced us into WW1 with the promise of Home Rule if we fought one last time for the crown and Churchill double crossed us and denied it.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116238130423018007","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/users\/humanhorseshoes\/statuses\/116238130423018007","objectType":"note","content":"

@HI_Greens<\/a> @peterbrown<\/a> @ianbetteridge<\/a> @BashStKid<\/a> Well the lessons are there from Irish independence, they forced us into WW1 with the promise of Home Rule if we fought one last time for the crown and Churchill double crossed us and denied it.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116238130423018007","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens\/statuses\/116238125981042303","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/@HI_Greens\/116238125981042303"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/peterbrown"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/BashStKid"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.scot\/users\/HI_Greens"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12301435","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-16T22:48:58+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.world\/@humanhorseshoes\/116238130423018007"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-original-tmp20251025170646.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-48-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-24-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"368434"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/368434-96-20251025170647.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines.","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ianbetteridge","displayName":"Ian Betteridge","note":"Journalist, anti-capitalist, degrowther, your pal. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. The Eye of Sauron, but for headlines."}},"content":"

I am VERY tempted to write another long post about how the decision in the 1970s not to establish a Norway-style sovereign wealth fund in favour of simply using the oil money to prop up finances at the time, has done more damage to the UK than any other decision in history. LONG THREAD, SORRY.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933672155709","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/ianbetteridge\/statuses\/116232933672155709","objectType":"note","content":"

I am VERY tempted to write another long post about how the decision in the 1970s not to establish a Norway-style sovereign wealth fund in favour of simply using the oil money to prop up finances at the time, has done more damage to the UK than any other decision in history. LONG THREAD, SORRY.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933672155709","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-15:objectType=thread:nonce=00e0abe18276262c","notice_info":{"local_id":"12293842","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-15T15:44:12+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@ianbetteridge\/116232933672155709"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6238321","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}