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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very little concrete in a house. Just the foundation pads really. Timber is the main construction material. Main factors are land/plannjng permission, and services - water, power, sewage. And trades. Where will you get the joiners, plumbers and electricians…

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Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HMRC have failed to collect £500Bn+ of taxes since 2010, and there's a continual softly, softly approach on the mega wealthy, but hey, those pensioners are growing orchards of those magic money trees on their allotments!

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We need to restructure everything to make it easier for good people to do good things and much much harder for bad people to do bad things! Instead of putting the bad people in charge of everything and emasculating the good people…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have Man City been kicked into non-league yet?

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well it wont be that price for long.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’d probably start with 100% inheritance tax and use the money to give every person an equal start…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lets face it, at £10-£15 a pint, any excuse to sell beer to football fans is a purely financial one. Capitalism outranks every other factor…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We need to pin this on Michael Marra’s forehead and see what he has to say about “clear and obvious”…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The only people interested in polling about WHEN to hold a referendum are Unionists desperately trying to push any referendum further into the future. This is clearly the preferred tactic as they cannot actually argue in favour of this dysfunctional one-sided Union.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The use of the phrase “double down” relating to Earl Spencer’s comments is carefully chosen. This phrase is almost exclusively used to describe a stubborn refusal to back down when everyone accepts you are misguided, or morally wrong. It is not an impartial portrayal of the “news”…

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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...

app.prospectmagazine.co.uk

Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed

GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just a quick recap :

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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

According to the latest #Indyref2 polling by Survation in August 2026, Among people who did not vote in the 2014 independence referendum, approximately 68% currently say Yes and 32% say No. This is why Westminster don’t want the vote. They know they’re screwed.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

To all intents and purposes Britain IS England. “Britain” is a political device to hide the annexation of Scotland in 1707 and to give the pretence that this is a “Union”. It very much is not, which is why we can only leave with their permission…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Capitalism is a cult. It does not care if you live or die…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

UK didn’t need EU permission to hold a referendum…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If the grown ups were in charge there would be an acceptance that the UK is dysfunctional and no longer fit for purpose. And the proper solution is to first hand full autonomy to each constituent part of these islands and then let each part hold its own referendum on a redrafted Act of Union.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Racism is like mushrooms, they grow best in darkness…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Scientists, clever people who typically are not rich, tell us the world is in danger. People who make fuck tons of money from fossil fuels, tell us to drill baby drill. Who you gonna believe? People like David Attenborough? Or people like Donald Trump? Its important to get this answer correct…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is seriously weird. And I’m not talking about the hat, specs and moustache combo…

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Doric Studio @doricstudio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hi. We are Doric Studio, an Aberdeen based clothing brand. We take inspiration from our culture, people and places plus a bit of films/pop culture to bring you Tees and Apparel. All clothing is 100% Organic Cotton and most of it is screen printed by us in the studio.!

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Politics has to be nationalised. The one thing that should never have happened is the privatisation of democracy. Donations must be banned…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Why is it people that try to act Devil’s Advocate over the Dover protests end up losing their shit and accusing you of defending “third world subhuman parasites” within half a dozen posts? Farage and his pals have really managed to mobilise the stupid…

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Germans voted for the Far Right because their Media is controlled by Far Right Billionaires from Washington and Tel Aviv. And they are doing the same in every single country in the Western World.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Seen this attitude so many times. Its not an unfair representation of how internet access has gutted the music industry…

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“My profession smiles at hard-right figures when they walk into a TV studio and are given a disproportionate amount of air time to make their fact-free assertions while nodding along to their scapegoating of the weak.” ✍️ Patrick Howse

bylinetimes.com

The BBC Is Just Nodding Along

The corporation's news coverage has lost its soul as a bulwark against unaccountable power and extremism, writes a former BBC News producer

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” (Not my quote, don’t know who said it).

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Foxyfunderburd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇺🇦 @foxyfunderburd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Danny Tommo, the man who organised the blackshirts rally, openly telling us a foreign American think tank wired him £30k for his very first street protest. Foreign money is propping up the British far right

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you have to wear a balaclava you are not a protestor or a demonstrator. You are a thug. Its sickening that in this country politicians “understand” the grievances of the far right, and treat actual peaceful protesters as criminals and terrorists.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In fact, even at 30% tax rate, all earnings up to the next tax bracket of £50,270 would only leave you £8.79/month worse off. The VAST majority would be better off, and the tax burden could(should!) be shifted onto those who can afford to pay more…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Surely it would be fairer to match the tax threshold to the living wage, and raise both by CPI every year? Making the basic rate of tax 25%, or even 30%, would mean that everyone under the median wage (£39,039) would pay LESS tax.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If the living wage is £12.71/hour, £24,785/year, then why is the basic rate of tax payable on earnings over £12,570? HMRC are taking £2,443 off workers, leaving them with less money than they need to live on. Surely people should only be taxed on “disposable income”?

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When “fighting age men” dress up like this, its not a protest or a demonstration. Where is the spirit of Cable Street?

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

One thing is for certain, if you move to somewhere like the Western Isles, you can’t sue yourself into the community! The entitlement and lack of self awareness is depressing. I hope someone finds a way to build a bridge. Its a bad outcome for everyone otherwise…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@thetrawl.bsky.social How to give feedback to Google Maps on the naming of Lakes, Gulfs, Straits and Golf Courses… [google placename, click three dots on the right, provide feedback, click submit].

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

From Lisbon Lions to Linz Kittens… Miaow…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Terrible piece. Not a word about how this unrest is created by misinformation from far right. Instead it legitimised those concerns by pretending there is merit in them. Sky News is far worse than the BBC…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Meanwhile, in a retarded back alley just across the sea from France, Belgium and Netherlands…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Deficit/surplus is annual cashflow. Debt is carried forward. You can have a surplus one year and not make a dent in the debt.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If we were a union this would have happened long ago. But Scotland isn’t a partner. We’re a possession.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

…and that moths stop flying around light sources…

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Nearly a fifth of UK pensioners live in poverty. Two-thirds of single pensioners in poverty are female. Low wages prevent private pensions DB pension schemes gone Gender pay/pension gap Full state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage Yet neoliberals push lower state pension. archive.ph/W6cH3

inews.co.uk

Nearly a fifth of pensioners now in poverty - how experts say it should be fixed

The fastest increase has been among those who have never married, followed by divorced pensioners, research has revealed

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New, aspirational, low carbon, homes for rent, through a not-for-profit housing association, could be the most imaginative way to create a viable pension pot for state pension, replacing current NI “ponzi scheme”. Market cannot deliver this. Responsible Gov could…

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Tory Legacy 6.15m people awaiting 7.27m hospital appointments in England. 3,000 a day treated in corridors. 300,000 a year die awaiting hospital appointment. Good health not seen as investment. Healthy life expectancy declining. Govts obsessed with fiscal rules and 'mustn't tax the super rich'.

healthcare-management.uk

NHS waiting list falls slightly despite record demand

The waiting list fell to 7.27m from 7.28m in May despite a record number of patients being referred for treatment. Health and social care secretary Yvette Cooper...

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