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@bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social
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Retired Mechanical Engineer, Dad. Like books and politics. Scottish Independence Supporter. Not as severe as profile pic

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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 23h
Many countries understood what Zionism and Israel was about in 1975.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Some beautiful poetry to enhance the day 🤣
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is what makes Israel the biggest pariah state in the world. Ben Gvir deserves to be in prison. But antisemitism innit. Roll on the day that the right wing in Israel is defeated and a political solution becomes even a remote possibility for Palestinians.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fukuyama diagnoses the problem in former East Germany and current Unified Germany but I wonder if his concept of respect would serve the SNP better in Holyrood if they worked with the Reform MSPs and gave them respect whilst eviscerating their ideology. Hard perhaps open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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The AfD Emerged From a Respect Deficit
West Germans never fully treated Easterners as equal. Cue the AfD.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is fabulous. I snort-laughed at some of it. substack.com/@tritaparsi/...
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Trita Parsi (@tritaparsi)
LOL! Best Hitler-bunker-scene rendition so far! “You didn’t tell me these were the same Persians that defeated the Romans.” "Have Bari Weiss write why high oil prices are actually a good thing..."
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The always entertaining and challenging Will Self responds to claims of cohering end-times fascism by Naomi Klein in her new book. If you’re not reaching for the dictionary whilst reading this then you are Will Self none other. willself1.substack.com/p/the-machin...
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The Machine No Longer Needs a Master
Will Self argues that Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor have seen the spectre of fascism — but missed the machine that no longer needs a master.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
100% this 👇🏻
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What utter monsters the Israeli Government are. They have had a deliberate policy of minimising the calories crossing into Gaza in order to keep the people at the edge of famine. This can only be interpreted as a systematic attempt to eliminate Palestinians from the land substack.com/@jkb3403341/...
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Julie B 🇨🇦 (@jkb3403341)
HUMANS OF NEW YORK When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in seven pounds of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said...
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New statue spotted today in Dublin Ireland. Time to take out the trash 🚮! 🎥 AlternativeDublin
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Elle@🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependence @elle49.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Mandy Patinkin UNLOADS on Trump in Fiery Speech 😳 #MandyPatinkin #Trump #Shorts
YouTube video by Lamont Tyson
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One for the philosophy & politics nerds here. A great piece by Fukuyama on his, much maligned, 1990 essay. (The decline of liberalism might have been a better title) open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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The Beginning of the End of History
The story of an essay.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸😎
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If we as a collective don’t stop the far-right, nobody will. Our institutions won’t, the BBC “both-sides” everything. Media soft soap. We all need to take every action and stop these bastards. If we want an independent Scotland they’ll have no place. davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/man-on-the...
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Man on the road
Why we have work to do
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The simple conclusion I have reached since wrestling with the Thatcher project and its atomising consequences is that selfishness has become the societal default. “I’m all right Jack” seems to be the watchword and politicians know this and act accordingly. richardjmurphy.substack.com/p/is-politic...
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Is politics becoming evil?
When mainstream politicians think defence must be funded by increasing poverty and hardship, have we move into an era of political abuse?
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
100% this is absolutely true.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I can only imagine the outrage in Clacton or Hartlepool if the government put up road blocks preventing people from moving around their properties or even their homes. Tommeh and his pals would be all over the news. But meh, it’s just some Palestinians being brutalised by Israel 🇮🇱 aje.news/t9293t
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New Israeli roadblocks entrench siege of homes in West Bank’s Qusra
After weeks of settler siege, three new Israeli gates around Palestinian homes in Qusra raise fears in West Bank.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some facts on benefits spending in the UK by an excellent organisation Full Fact. This includes pension spending of which I am a recipient and for which I am very grateful. Maybe the Reform politicians should read this before spouting their usual pish. fullfact.org/economy/bene...
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How much is being spent on benefits? – Full Fact
We’ve answered some commonly asked questions about the benefits system.
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A life of many colours RIP Dolly Parton One of the Good Ones
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Succinct response here.
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ChairmanLMAO @chai40.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Enjoy this lovely version. youtu.be/AndEMO__p2U?...
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Suzanne Vega: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Surfer takes us through what it looks like while riding a perfect wave [📹 gabrielmbenetton] Original post
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Excellent article by Ed Conway here. When people think of decarbonisation they dont think holistically. This article does that well. Our politicians however aren’t capable of comprehending this or they can’t tell the story properly. substack.com/@edmundconwa...
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The North Sea is not just about the North Sea
The weird and wonderful world of gas, in all its different flavours. And what the strange chemistry of methane has to do with one of the most controversial issues facing the new UK government
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 16/08/2026
An Israeli cabinet minister calls for "nightly killings of Palestinians in Gaza". When will the British government stop supporting this regime and apply robust sanctions? aje.news/dsp3m7
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Ben-Gvir calls for nightly killings of Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for nightly killings in Gaza.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Israel has always known what it wanted to do. Ask anyone who has served in the IDF, or any historian who isn’t a Zionist. It has also always known that the white colonialist would have its back. “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The BBC Reform propaganda story is rightly taking some flack. Don’t forget who is embedded in ‘our’ national broadcaster. What has the BBC done for me….its become a biased, uncritical Reform platform
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Crystallised perfectly what Big Tech want to achieve with AI.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Could not agree more with all of this 👏
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
What a cunt he is.
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Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The so-called “proud Scots” who actually despise the very idea of Scotland.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Has the UK media forgotten Palestine? Is it now just a “he said, she said” story? Meanwhile children are dying because Israel is conducting a genocide. Labour Friends of Israel needs to be shut down and their money removed from UK politics. www.thenational.scot/news/world/2...
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A Palestinian baby died because soldiers wouldn't open a gate. The UK must act
I am writing as a Palestinian who has run out of ways to describe watching my people deprived of dignity, freedom and even the essentials they need…
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
He has made more sense in 2 minutes, than all Prime Ministers in my lifetime.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just the kind of (good) news a UK based news outlet should be bringing to us. But nothing on the BBC anywhere. Is it perhaps because the influence of Israel’s lobby is everywhere in Westminster and the BBC? Could there be Friends of Israel in all these places? [No 💩, they are] aje.news/bajaef
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UK tribunal confirms professor’s anti-Zionism is legally protected belief
David Miller has told Al Jazeera the ruling is a victory that will encourage others to speak out against Zionism.
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Fabulous story. What an interesting conversation.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please read..... #BookSky
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Boy George is a prick.
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Mamdani is quite literally the moral leader of this country right now. No one speaks with as much clarify, moral leadership, and consistency. I am grateful for him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuV...
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Windsor Davies as Sergeant Major: Oh Dear How Sad
ALT: Windsor Davies as Sergeant Major: Oh Dear How Sad
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s all Thomas Tuchel’s fault that they lost according to the BBC’s pundits. Not that they were beaten by a team who have top quality players who have all won at the highest level and have the confidence and belief that they will win. Individually they are excellent players but not as good as 🇦🇷
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
There is hope for America
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Paul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup
Thank you message from the Norwegians to America for hosting them during the World Cup
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bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social @bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
All because Cuba has a political ideology that is different from the US elites who prefer instead to squeeze their own people in an unrestrained capitalist vice. OK so Cuba is now a family dictatorship but this enmity has been since the 50’s and is ideological and immoral like Israel’s genocide
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