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Assa Samaké-Roman

@assasr.bsky.social
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That specsy French journalist & author 🦄 in Scotland (@RFI @ScotNational etc). Also @Ecosse_Toujours + @revueecossaise. Mum, wife, sister, friend. She/her.

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Coll McCail @mccailcoll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Andy Burnham’s ascendance has nudged the SNP out of its comfort zone. I wrote about why for The Herald: bit.ly/4gn81wm
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I see Labour MPs still announcing stuff on X, a platform specifically designed to make people hate them, 100% shaped to push them out of public life and which would ideally see many of them in prison. Funny old world.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Another totally normal day at the Telegraph.
Allister Heath, "Burnham has declared war on the South. Your homes and savings are no longer safe".
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I feel seen
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Thank you for sharing and for getting straight to the heart of it! Heatwaves aren’t just “hot weather”. They reveal our fragilities, and how far we still have to go to prepare for the climate we now live in.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If 'Brexit failed' starts doing too much explanatory work, Labour will once again be speaking about one consequence of Britain’s failure while leaving the structure that produced it largely untouched, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️ Read more: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Meanwhile, I'm still reeling from the fact that Richard Tice can't find it in him to condemn someone for saying that Nigerians should be melted down to fill potholes.
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026
Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith (Edinburgh and Lothians East) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): SNP: 13630 (35.8%, -15.4) GRN: 10559 (27.8%, +17.3) LAB: 7894 (20.8%, -2.9) RUK: 2746 (7.2%, New) LD: 1895 (5%, +1) CON: 1297 (3.4%, -6.9) Valid Turnout: 57.% SNP HOLD - LL
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Make Hope Possible @makehopepossible.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Thrilled to be getting this show on the road tomorrow evening in Glasgow. The only venue with tickets left is Bonar Hall in Dundee! Join us there on Thursday with @assasr.bsky.social hosting @georgemonbiot.bsky.social It's going to be a fantastic night! makehopepossible.org/event/an-eve...
An evening with George Monbiot.

Limited tickets left for Dundee, Bonar Hall. Tickets from £8.50. 

Glasgow School of Art - SOLD OUT
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - SOLD OUT
Edinburgh Pleasance - SOLD OUT
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It's next Thursday! If you haven't secured your spot yet, don't wait. It's going to be an enlightening, inspiring evening 💡
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Incredibly chuffed about these two conversations with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social I'm going to host at the end of April/early May in Dundee and Edinburgh! Many thanks to @makehopepossible.bsky.social for, well...making it possible 😁 Please do come and say hi 👉🏿 makehopepossible.org/tickets/%E2%...
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Neil Hannon can't get anything wrong 😍😍😍 @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
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France Culture @franceculture.fr · 18/01/2026
Dans la vision de Trump, le Groenland n’est ni un peuple ni un espace politique. C’est une position, une réserve, un levier dans un monde de concurrence accrue. ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/ZqU
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This looks really cool!
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11/01/2026
Researchers warn UK has a “finance curse” – an oversized sector extracting wealth instead of creating it. If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it. Andrew Curry explains @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Where did the money go – we offer some answers
We are a leading economy but this isn't reflected in how we feel. The UK has fallen behind other countries on many metrics
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Libération @liberation.fr · 04/01/2026
🔴 Maduro capturé : Trump empire. C'est la une de Libération ce lundi.
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Not gonna lie, my resolution for 2026 is to start watching Corrie #GoogleBox #CoronationStreet
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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 03/01/2026
Je rêve, ou Emmanuel Macron ne dit rien sur l’illégalité de l'intervention des Etats-Unis, ni sur les prétextes grotesques de Donald Trump pour couvrir son appétit insatiable de pétrole ? (1/2)
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Venezuela : Emmanuel Macron salue la fin de la « dictature Maduro » et appelle à une « transition démocratique »
Alors qu’Emmanuel Macron a salué le départ force de Maduro du pouvoir vénézuélien, son opposant Jean-Luc Mélenchon a dénoncé le « pur impéri
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Emmanuelle Josse @emmanuellejosse.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
"Peut-être que nous ne réussirons pas toujours, mais on ne pourra pas nous accuser d'avoir manqué de courage." (J'aime beaucoup ces mots prononcés hier par le nouveau maire de New York, Zohran Mamdani).
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Eh bien non, car je ne suis pas venue ici pour souffrir
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NPR @npr.org · 30/12/2025
Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants. n.pr/4sisQNv
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Israel says it will bar aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, from Gaza
Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants.
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Libération @liberation.fr · 24/12/2025
«Vent de maccarthysme» : Thierry Breton interdit de séjour aux Etats-Unis par l’administration Trump Avec quatre membres d’ONG luttant contre la désinformation et la haine en ligne, l’ex-commissaire européen a été sanctionné pour son engagement dans la régulation stricte de la tech
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«Vent de maccarthysme» : Thierry Breton interdit de séjour aux Etats-Unis par l’administration Trump
Avec quatre membres d’ONG luttant contre la désinformation et la haine en ligne au Royaume-Uni et en Allemagne, l’ex-commissaire européen a été sanctionné par Washington pour son engagement dans la régulation stricte de la tech.
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
'Removing the two-child cap doesn't suddenly make UK welfare generous. The overall benefits cap remains. Housing support is detached from real rents. Conditionality, sanctions and suspicion remain the organising logic of Universal Credit.' @assasr.bsky.social via The National archive.is/gyBqf
A shot, taken from the rear, of a mother walking down the street with two children
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
FINALLY! About damn time.
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Very glad to see @clementineautain.bsky.social get a profile on this side of the Channel. Progressives in Scotland, you'll want to read her reflections on the state of the left and what it needs to do beat the far right and win again
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SNJ-CGT - Syndicat National des Journalistes CGT @snjcgt.fr · 03/12/2025
Le journaliste français Christophe Gleizes a vu sa peine de 7 ans de prison confirmée en appel. Il n’a fait que son métier. Nous appelons à sa libération et nous appelons la France à faire tout ce qui est en son pouvoir pour la rendre possible.
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RFI @rfi.fr · 21/11/2025
Un rapport accablant condamne la réponse du Royaume-Uni à la pandémie de Covid-19
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Un rapport accablant condamne la réponse du Royaume-Uni à la pandémie de Covid-19
Le Royaume-Uni a été l’un des pays européens les plus touchés par la pandémie de Covid. Il a entamé une grande enquête publique pour tirer les leçons de la gestion de cette période. À l’époque, Boris Johnson était à la tête du pays. Un premier rapport sorti l’année dernière avait conclu à l’impréparation des dirigeants. Cette fois-ci, la juge en charge de l’enquête estime que le gouvernement en a fait trop peu, trop tard.
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Bravo l'Écosse 🙌🏿👏🏿
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
COP’s coming up in Brazil. Feels like governments in Europe are acting scared of public opinion on climate. But most people aren’t against action: they just don’t want to be left to deal with everything by themselves. My column in @scotnational.bsky.social ➡️ www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
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Assa Samake-Roman: Fear, not public will, is slowing the green transition
TEN years ago, world leaders met in Paris for COP21. The agreement that followed did not solve the climate crisis – no text could. But it did…
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C Ce Soir @ccesoir.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
« On est en train de discuter des livres que va lire Nicolas Sarkozy en prison ? Alors qu'il a été condamné pour "association de malfaiteurs". » @fabricearfi.bsky.social Journaliste d’investigation La suite : ⏰ 22h50 sur france·tv ➡️https://bit.ly/SarkozyEnPrisonHonneurDeshonneur 🎧en podcast
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 04/10/2025
It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
100%
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
'Farage thrives on neoliberal ruins. His promise is to protect “the people” against elites and foreigners, but he protects nothing. He ensures only that the cycle continues – insecurity, resentment, authoritarian promise.' @assasr.bsky.social, via The National archive.is/aOkuC
Nigel Farage surrounded by media people with phones, as usual
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙 Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇 #refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Absolument !
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
In Scotland today, amid crises in housing, care, and trust, we need more than policy tweaks. We need imagination, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️
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Assa Samake-Roman: When we work for the mutual benefit of all, everyone wins
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Lecture passionnante !
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
'Welfare was not supposed to be a reward. It was a guarantee – a baseline of dignity, because we owe that to each other. Starmer’s reforms chip away at that idea.' @assasr.bsky.social, via The National archive.is/tw5XP
Tiesday's protest outside Westmister against the proposed cuts to disability entitlement.
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Émilie Aubry @emilieaubry.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
68 % des Israéliens seraient désormais favorables à un arrêt de la guerre contre le Hamas en échange de la libération des otages, 54 % estimant qu'elle se poursuit pour des raisons liées à la survie politique de Benyamin Netanyahou. Zoom sur Israël ⬇️
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Les Israéliens : face aux guerres de Netanyahou | L'Essentiel du Dessous des Cartes | ARTE
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Why does public money flow so freely to business, with so little return? From France to Scotland, we need to ask where our billions go, and why we settle for so little. Featuring @luciecastets.bsky.social ➡️ www.thenational.scot/comment/2524...
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Assa Samake-Roman: We need to look at where our money vanishes to
WHERE have our billions gone? Lately, I’ve found myself coming back to that question again and again. It’s the title of a book published last…
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Kairin van Sweeden @indyanatomist.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
To confront this, the left needs more than economic fixes or anti-fascist slogans. It needs a competing moral vision – one that celebrates interdependence" #fascism #economics #politics #scottishindependence www.thenational.scot/politics/252... Stonking article by @assasr.bsky.social
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Assa Samake-Roman: What if we are wrong about reasons for rise in far-right support?
THE Hamilton by-election delivered a political shockwave. Against all odds, Labour secured the seat, not due to a surge in popularity, but despite…
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Buy a paper today! 😁
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12/05/2025
christ, what a day to be an immigrant cursed with the ability to read
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Labour will restrict the number of care workers from abroad. Going forward employers should recruit locally. One thing we learned from Brexit: Brits will not fill all those jobs that immigrants currently do.
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Scottish Independence Convention @scotconvention.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Manifesto'26 Panel 2: - Tommy Sheppard - Independence and Constitutional Change - Asda Samake-Roman - Child Care - Nick Kempe - Care #Holyrood #Scotland #Independence
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Paddy Farrington @balaitous.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Our public meeting last week, organised by three Yes groups, with Assa Samaké-Roman and Tommy Sheppard. What is independence for, and how do we get it?
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Assa Samaké-Roman @assasr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Can’t stress enough how pleased I am to see this! Boris Vallaud, who's running to lead Labour’s sister party in France, is defending the decommodification of childcare, social care, healthcare, education — the essentials of life. I’ve been writing so many columns about this!
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