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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1h

If you're not watching Al Jazeera investigates live now, you *really* should The most remarkable undercover footage I've ever seen. Turning Point UK actively involved in soliciting what they think is a hit UK police really need to be watching www.aljazeera.com/video/live

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3h

It is so important that European leaders acknowledge the truth as Kaja Kallas does here. Trump and the USG have been trying to force Ukraine to surrender for almost two years. There has been no recent pivot to Russia. It’s been a constant US policy www.euronews.com/2026/10/20/k...

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Kallas accuses US of pushing Ukraine to 'surrender on Putin's terms'

"American negotiators have been trying to push Ukraine into surrender for almost two years," Kaja Kallas said amid rising EU-US tensions.

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 3h

We are watching a piece of shit US president sell out Ukraine to Russia in real time. This is a moment of shame for America and the world. Stand with Ukraine

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2h

If Trump was not a Russian agent, there would be no objective way of telling the difference. Everything he does, and does not do, serves Russian interests. Even serving more than his own interests, at times. Extraordinary subservience.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 4h

So this is a big deal, and perhaps even *the day Brexit delusions die*. For the EU threatens to restrict automotive sector access unless the UK follows its trade and investment rules. And China threatens to retaliate if the UK does what the EU wants. www.politico.eu/article/chin...

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China threatens retaliation if UK follows the EU on tariffs

China urged Britain to follow World Trade Organization rules and warned it against copying Brussels’ approach, arguing that tariffs on Chinese EVs would be discriminatory.

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 3h

A beautiful #Roman gold necklace, with large oval amethysts & square emerald chips set into the links. An absolutely lovely piece of ancient jewellery which is more than 1700 years old #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 4h

Nightfall on the Clyde in Glasgow on Sunday. At first glance, this appears to be a fairly normal sunset, but when you look closer, you realise it's not. Cont./ #glasgow #sunset #beltofvenus #weather #riversidemuseum

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 5h

Also murdered by Russians yesterday in Kharkiv, amid the White House's operation to cut Ukraine's air defenses, Marianna Krasyuk, mother. Her daughter Miroslava survived and is now in the hospital fighting for her life.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 11h

Glasgow's one and only Statue of Liberty on the top of a tenement on corner of Queen's Drive and Langside Road. It dates from 1886, the same year her more famous sister was dedicated in New York. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #sculpture #statueofliberty #architecturephotography

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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 7h

🌱 The “just transition” was the promise that, as Scotland phases out North Sea oil and gas production, our workers and communities wouldn't be abandoned as the miners were. 🔎 Here are some of the key UK gov energy decisions undermining that promise: www.believeinscotland.org/how_the_uk_g...

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 8h

"There is a big fishing fleet here in Portsmouth," Nigel Farage tells a Reform rally in Plymouth, which actually boos in response.

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Kate Griffin @griffinkate.bsky.social · 15h

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Screenshot from a section of eBay UK's r User Privacy Notice.
It reads:
AI model training

When training, testing, and improving generative AI models, we rely primarily on publicly available data. Some public datasets may incidentally include personal data, and in some cases we may also use certain user personal data, such as information about your use of our Services, including the items you list, sell, view, or buy, where we determine it is necessary and proportionate for a specific use (for example, to train AI models that improve product recommendations). Prior to training, we take steps to mitigate potential privacy impacts, such as de-identifying the data or applying other privacy-preserving techniques. In some jurisdictions, the data used for training as described in this section is not considered personal data; where our AI training does involve personal data as defined under applicable law, including in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, the legal basis of our legitimate interest is set out in section 3.4.

See section 6 for more details on your rights. To learn more about specific training use cases and our processing of your personal data for generative AI training purposes, including the right to object to such processing for certain users, visit our Artificial Intelligence at eBay page.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Beyond devastating, incomprehensible & unacceptable that we have abandoned our allies & our principles and really everything the United States of America once stood and fought for. Thanks to Trump & his gang of lap dogs - our close ally now is Russia -and possibly China

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16h

But let's not forget how keen cliques around Trump and in Rubio's State Department have been to encourage the break-up of Canada

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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · 12h

BREAKING: Isle of Man becomes the second Crown Dependency to legalise assisted dying. It comes after Jersey received Royal Assent for its own Assisted Dying Bill earlier this year. The milestone is a tribute to the Manx families who campaigned for years for a change in the law.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h

The apparent eagerness in the media for this to spread elsewhere and especially here is strange and noticeable

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Indystitcher 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indystitcher.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Devolution will always be vulnerable to the whims of which ever flavour of government is in Westminster. Independence is the only way for Scotland. Come on, we can do better than devolution.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

These guys will do anything to kill reform. They're partisans. They don't give a damn that FPTP is mangling our electoral system or that it could hand total executive control to Nigel Farage. They just care that a few times a century Labour has a majority. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 19/10/2026

Devomax being offered again? Since 2014 Westminster has stripped 24 key powers from Holyrood and overruled Scottish Parliament decisions on devolved matters more than 13 times. Don't get fooled again. #Scotland #DissolveTheUnion #IndependenceIsNormal

In 2014 BetterTogether and Westminster promised Devomax to win the referendum. Instead we've got Devoless. Westminster has stripped 24 key powers from Holyrood and overruled Scottish Parliament decisions on devolved matters more than 13 times.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

The trade unions resisting a political donations cap in the UK are ragged-trousered philanthropists. Thanks to their delusion that a system allowing limitless donations enhances their power, they're in danger of handing the country to the far-right parties that billionaires support. Burnham must act

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

BREAKING: A Reform MSP has quit Nigel Farage's party The Scottish Parliament confirmed the resignation, which means Labour is now Holyrood's second biggest party

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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

Find it just so typical that rather than Scotland's media explore what public ownership of busses means to the public, or how it works outside of Scotland - or even how it works in our own capital city - the amplified central voices are reactionary businessmen.

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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

One of those rare photos that makes you stop in your tracks and whisper, "Wow..." "Lochaber at Night" - wintery scene of Loch Linnhe, Caol Shore and Ben Nevis, taken from Corpach Pier by Mark Gillies.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

The problems we have with Donald Trump are two-fold and escalate in severity. Firstly, he is without doubt the worst person ever to be President of the US. Secondly, America elected him twice. It is actually the latter that shatters the foundations of the postwar democratic world.

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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

“The USA haven’t spent a single cent on Ukraine since January 2025, so more than 1.5 years. We in Europe are doing it.” So why are MAGA still whinging?

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

If the Euro is good enough for our European friends & neighbours, it would be good enough for independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇮🇹

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

At 25, you might dream of studying in Rome. At 45, you might discover a business opportunity in Berlin. At 65, you might want to retire in Spain. Freedom of Movement meant you didn't have to know your future in advance. That's the extraordinary freedom Brexit took away.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

The incestuous nature of the British political class. Usually not as obvious as this. The equivalent of insider trading politically.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 19/10/2026

🔴 BREAKING: "Again, no warning from partners," President Zelenskyy confirmed after Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles overnight without prior US notification. The multi-wave attack targeted energy and civilian infrastructure, damaging a medical clinic, a school, a metro station, and homes.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Nadine Dorries is on #BBCLauraK as if she is some kind of respected political authority. She says on Israel/Palestine: "Everybody accepts a two-state solution and has been working for it for years." Which will be news to Netanyahu and the Israeli state.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/10/2026

British food and drink exports to EU collapse by more than a third since Brexit NFU analysis of official data shows falls in exports to UK’s largest trading partner since 2019 include 70% for sugar and 74% for egg products www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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British food and drink exports to EU collapse by more than a third since Brexit

NFU analysis of official data shows falls in exports to UK’s largest trading partner since 2019 include 70% for sugar and 74% for egg products

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

Glasgow's looking great at the moment, all decked out as it is in its autumn colours. #glasgow #autumn #glasgowuniversity #kelvingrovepark #glasgowtoday

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

These courageous testimonies are very much worth knowing about, and also worth keeping in mind (as the author pointed out to me) as we consider what it means to take Russia’s side. "Rape as a weapon of war: The voices of Ukrainians" by Sara Cincurova snyder.substack.com/p/rape-as-a-...

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Rape as a weapon of war

The voices of Ukrainians

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

I’m speaking to an online disinformation expert who is seeing evidence of MAGA manipulations across Europe, impacting the current wave of unrest

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

It is obvious to me that America is now helping Russia to destroy Ukraine. Is it not time therefore to ditch the American controlled Trident. Speaking as a Scot living less than 50 miles from Faslane.

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

For ages, I tried to hold faith in a “better” America. The proposed live-streaming of an execution, and the abandonment of Ukraine unlocked a deep rage, and clarity that no matter how much times we might hope America is not this, right now, it IS, and we must deal with it accordingly.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

People need to understand that the only reason Trump backed down on SpaceX and Starshield so quickly is that he got push back right away, politically and from Ukraine. He is a bully and a coward. Stop criticising Zelensky for standing up to him.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

This isn't just a problem for Europeans, lack of US reliability is also a huge issus for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and at this rate even Israel. If the US is no longer able to coordinate a global network of alliances it loses its exceptional position in the global system

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

The Finnieston Crane in Glasgow at sunset this evening. This 53 metre tall titan was constructed in 1928 to lift Glasgow-built steam locomotives into the holds of ships to be transported all over the world. #glasgow #architecture #crane #sunset #glasgowtoday #glasgowatnight #nightphotography

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The core Sovereign Grant for King Charles from public purse will rise to £99.9m (from 2027/28). 93% increase from £51.8m in 2024/25. 65% higher in real terms than in 2016/17. Did your income rise at that rate? 25.3m people live below minimum income standard. We are in it all together, aren't we

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Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together

This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Thank you Ian. You never get time to say everything you intended to. I should have noted that what Trump considers pressure tactics, like suspending intel on Russian missile launches or messing with Starlink, is costing lives of civilians in Ukraine. That won’t be forgotten.

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Oxford For Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

“If Trump were a Russian asset, in what way would he behave any differently from the way he behaves now?” The UK must accept that the “special relationship” does not exist. Our security & prosperity lie with & in the EU. Always did. Always will. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Of course Trump is helping Russia in Ukraine – he’s a master of the art of betrayal | Jonathan Freedland

The old certainties have gone. We will have to spend whatever it takes to protect ourselves in this new and dangerous world, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

To be fair to Andy Burnham, he’d get a much fairer hearing for his working together bollocks if the UK government had spent a single penny of the £200M promised to Grangemouth. #Burnham

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 17/10/2026

The key word here is "in". Burnham has zero intention of passing more powers to Holyrood. He wants Scotland treated as an English region with metro mayors funded directly by Westminster, bypassing our Government. Labour "devolution" is actually centralisation.

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