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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1h
Anticipate the majority of UK media to falsely blame higher bills on "net zero", when they're directly being caused by fossil fuels.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1h
#climate impact on #nuclear oh oh - San Onofre nuclear station in California holds significant radioactive waste ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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California rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level rise
Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska
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The Press and Journal Sport @pandjsport.bsky.social · 2h
Legendary horror writer Stephen King joins fundraising efforts at Buckie Thistle www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/foo...
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Legendary horror writer Stephen King joins fundraising efforts at Buckie Thistle
The Jags' most famous fan Stephen King is helping raise money for the Highland League club.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 1h
Prisoners thanked Andy Burnham as they walked free from jail early on Thursday
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‘Thank you Andy Burnham’ – prisoners praise PM as they are freed early from jail
Flora Thompson, Press Association Home Affairs Correspondent Prisoners thanked Andy Burnham as they walked free from jail early on Thursday. The first wave of releases began on Thursday, with 700 crim...
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Blairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 1h
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2h
Reading the details of the US execution story from last night and it is absolute barbarism. Like reading a history of the medieval period.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 1h
The Scottish Government manages its budget - restricted as it is and without borrowing powers - so that personal care, prescriptions, and university fees are provided without payment at point of delivery to the people of Scotland. And no charge is made for Westminster's heinous Bedroom Tax.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
Capital gains taxed at lower rates than wages. 2024-25: 584000 people paid £24.2bn capital gains tax (CGT) on £127.3bn gains. 45% of CGT paid by those with gains of £5m+, less than 1% of CGT payers. Align CGT rates with tax rates on wages, generate £12bn-£14bn. More if NIC charged.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1h
Two million pensioners live in poverty. We spend less on pensions than other rich countries. Yes, we desperately need a National Care Service. Don't make today's workers poorer in their old age to pay for it!
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Baffy Niblick @baffyniblick.bsky.social · 1h
It's not an overhaul of the "British" state but rather the English state. In other words, Scotland already has many of these policies in place.
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good morning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Scotland was torn away from the EU. We said remain but we were completely ignored. Turns out Scotland was correct. What else will the UK inflict on Scotland against our wishes? Our ruin at the British Establishment whim is a fact. Can we must at least try and stop it happening ?...
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 4h
SCOTLAND’S Deputy First Minister will deliver a speech at Plaid Cymru’s annual conference as the SNP aims to build on the historic Celtic Alliance, The National can reveal. www.thenational.scot/news/2659644...
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SNP build on Celtic Alliance as deputy FM heads to Wales for key speech
SCOTLAND’S Deputy First Minister will deliver a speech at Plaid Cymru’s annual conference as the SNP aims to build on the historic Celtic…
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David Pratt @foreigncorr1.bsky.social · 49m
Watch Netanyahu once again play his ‘security card’ as election looms - Today’s column 👇https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26595764.watch-netanyahu-play-security-card-election-looms/?ref=cprfa?ref=nativeshare
thenational.scot
Watch Benjamin Netanyahu once again play his ‘security card’ as election looms
AS I write this, the full details of yesterday’s terrifying incident on the Israel-bound flydubai flight that was diverted to Saudi Arabia are…
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 46m
A new study reveals that A&E overcrowding and corridor care are linked to hundreds of avoidable deaths every week in the UK. Finding that every 10% increase in emergency room occupancy raises a patient’s 28-day mortality risk by 1%. Read here: news.sky.com/story/overcr...
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The SNP @snp.org · 2h
🚨 Polls are open in the Wick and East Caithness by-election - they’ll close at 10pm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿If you want an SNP voice that’ll stand up for your area, you have to vote for it. 🗳️ Get out and vote John Glen SNP !
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 40m
The UK Government are facing renewed calls to end the proscription of Palestine Action, following Ed Miliband's admission that people opposing genocide in Palestine 'were right' 🗣️ 'That acknowledgement will ring hollow as long as Labour maintains the ban'
thenational.scot
'You were right': Ed Miliband comments fuel calls to end Palestine Action ban
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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 4h
These numbers are far worse than indy. 43 to 35% against. No manifesto commitment. No election wins. No "generation" has passed. And yet special Norf Andy, his kestrel and the anglo democraphiles are all whooping and cheering. While denying the celtic nations their right to self determination.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13h
This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions.
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 3h
Fuck you, Andy
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3h
One of the really remarkable things about the Sir Keir project is that they entirely disregarded the traditional role of the Labour Party in the British political cycle, and believed their job was to continue and deepen the revolution. Everyone is glad now, because the natural order is restored.
Roaring, power-grabbing, wildly destructive right wing revolution
Total fucking catastrophe, economic and
social meltdown
Easily bullied moderate management dickheads tidy up and lock in Tory gains
Roaring, power-grabbing, wildly destructive right wing revolution
Total fucking catastrophe, economic and social meltdown
We are now here
Easily bullied moderate management dickheads tidy up and lock in Tory gains
Roaring, power-grabbing, wildly destructive right wing revolution
Total fucking catastrophe, economic and social meltdown
Easily bullied moderate management dickheads tidv up and lock in Tory gains
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WillieMillersMoustache @williemillersm1.bsky.social · 1h
Can we stop for a second and enjoy, all the people pointing out that Euro adoption can at the very least be deferred indefinitely. While the current prime minister in 2014 not only screamed that an independent Scotland would *HAVE TO* join the Euro but also drive on the right. The ****.
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The SNP @snp.org · 1h
Andy Burnham's "National Care Service" turns out to be Free Personal Care in England. Inspired by a policy already delivered in Scotland by the SNP.
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Foxyfunderburd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇺🇦 @foxyfunderburd.bsky.social · 1h
How it actually works 👇👇
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2h
We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
On Facebook and other platforms, people
who are known to support the asylum
seekers have been threatened with acid
attacks, petrol bombs and rape. The dossier.
which has been seen by the Guardian, also
claims that several local businesses have
been threatened by far-right agitators, along
with a church where some asylum seekers
worship. One man was punched in the throat
after he held up a "Love Thy Neighbour"
sign, while an elderly couple were falsely
accused of supporting sex offenders. In yet
another case, a 92-year-old church volunteer
was reportedly woken at 3am for two nights
in a row by a man standing outside her
home, shining a torch through her window
and shouting abuse
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 52m
You should understand the period 2020-25 as basically a big fun experiment: all the worst people in politics and media realised they were holding the microphones, so they had incredible power to impose whatever version of reality they wanted upon everyone. 2026 is those people slamming on the brakes
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 58m
Like I say: the lads had a blast pleasing themselves and fucking around but it’s now time to grow up and be Sensible. Back in your lanes, everyone.
Greens slip into fifth place in our poll tracker, while Reform are only two points off third place. Two parties that dominated discourse in 2025 on their way down
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11h
Twelve years after the independence referendum it's extraordinary there's still just one newspaper supporting and exploring the political future half of Scotland wants to see, writes Lesley Riddoch ✍️
thenational.scot
Lesley Riddoch on why you should subscribe to The National for £20 a year
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William Brown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @brown666w.bsky.social · 47m
I think it’s extraordinary that an English PM thinks he can use Scottish pensioners money to fund a care service in England. I expect the phoney Scottish media won’t mind a bit.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1h
BREAKING: First Minister of Scotland John Swinney has called on Andy Burnham to row back from his proposed changes to the triple lock on pensions It comes after official analysis found Scotland's pensioners could be almost £2000 a year worse off by 2049/50
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duncan2024.bsky.social @duncan2024.bsky.social · 5h
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Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a ‘free press’
When the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons even the semblance of critical distance from the state
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 5h
“Elon Musk is now in charge of the future of warfare. That’s a massive, massive, massive concern,” one commenter wrote on X.
huffpost.com
'Should Terrify Us All': Critics Malign Elon Musk's Return To Trump Administration
“Elon Musk is now in charge of the future of warfare. That’s a massive, massive, massive concern,” one commenter wrote on X.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4h
9 years after Grenfell fire killed 72 people, Police pass files to the Crown Prosecution Service for possible charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies. How many will be prosecuted? Years of litigation will follow. Justice delayed is justice denied.
bbc.co.uk
Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
The force is seeking charges against 54 individuals and 20 companies over the 2017 tower block fire.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h
Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments
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Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Exclusive: ADHD UK may seek judicial review of West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board’s ‘unlawful’ policy ADHD UK has threatened legal action against an NHS organisation over its decision to impose a minimum two-year wait for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments. In a legal letter to West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board (ICB), seen by the Guardian, the charity alleges that the decision to force patients to wait at least two years for such assessments was unlawful and says it will seek a judicial review if the board fails to reverse the policy. Continue reading...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 4h
How the AI boom could make you poorer youtu.be/7nDJ23DK_Eo?... You may not use AI, but it's going to cost you dearly, from increasing the price of your mortgage or rent to hiking the price of electricity. AI will not be coming cheap.
youtu.be
How the AI boom could make you poorer
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h
So not only did @GovBillLee’s sadistic clown car mess up another execution, neither Lee or AG Skrmetti had anyone on-call during a scheduled execution?? Insane.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say
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Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Pike, media witnesses said Wednesday, despite her being administered two doses of a lethal injection drug. In a press conference, media witnesses described hearing Pike snore 40 minutes after she was administered two doses of pentobarbital. An ambulance pulled up to Riverbend maximum security institution ahead of the press conference, but Pike’s condition is unclear. Continue reading...
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Independence Live @independencelive.net · 7h
1/2 BURNHAM’S STAGGERING HYPOCRISY As it stands, the Scottish Parliament has the most pro-indy MSPs ever with the latest polls showing more support for Scottish independence than the union and people wanting another referendum.
BURNHAMS STAGERING HYPOCRISY
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Adam Sanderson @adamsanderson.bsky.social · 7h
And I thought living in East Dunbartonshire but my "local" Lib Dem MP living in Bath was bad... news.stv.tv/north/moray-...
news.stv.tv
Councillor moves 3,500 miles to Egypt without telling his constituents
Neil McLennan failed to inform his constituents that he would be answering their queries from Cairo.
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Hoody McExtremist @hoodyindy.bsky.social · 6h
Burnham admitting the boom of Manchester he claimed was due to him being Mayor, was actually due to Oil Sheik corruption! “They’ve been such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester" www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Andy Burnham admits to ‘concern’ if Manchester City lose their owners after guilty verdicts
The primer minister said: ‘City have been a huge partner in building modern Manchester,’ while the Independent Football Regulator said it is monitoring the case
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say. Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, according to an annual monitoring report, after a summer of scorching heatwaves that followed a winter with little snow. The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%. Continue reading...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6h
FT exclusive: The Premier League football club’s Emirati chair, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, was granted immunity six years ago in a move that could complicate any legal action resulting from findings that it artificially inflated its finances by more than £900mn. ft.trib.al/o3eobE1
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 10h
For non-soccer fans: this scandal is basically a microcosm of what is going on everywhere re: the ultra-wealthy doing whatever they want because they can. Man City cheated like hell. But here is the prime minister implying they’re just too valuable to the UK to hold to account. It sucks
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Andy Burnham admits to ‘concern’ if Manchester City lose their owners after guilty verdicts
The primer minister said: ‘City have been a huge partner in building modern Manchester,’ while the Independent Football Regulator said it is monitoring the case
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h
An ambitious narcissist megalomaniacal right-wing Christian nationalist fanatic with a drinking problem and a history of erratic and reckless behavior who hates rules of engagement in charge of the most powerful military in the history of the world. What could go wrong? bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Prestwick Branch SNP @prestwickbranchsnp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Diesel Prices in Scottish Islands as high as £2.39 per Litre . Is the might of this great Union working for you. #areyouyesyet #yes #indy #snp #independence #endlondonrule
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6h
Manchester City chair shielded by diplomatic immunity ft.trib.al/TFeIHUr
ft.trib.al
Manchester City chair shielded by diplomatic immunity
Khaldoon al-Mubarak was granted immunity six years ago, protecting him from potential legal proceedings in the UK
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h
It was the most welcoming town in Britain. Why has Crowborough become so divided?
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It was the most welcoming town in Britain. Why has Crowborough become so divided?
In 2022, they opened their arms to Ukrainian refugees. But this year, the arrival of more than 300 asylum seekers has split the community. Can the rift be healed?
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 14h
“Trump and Rubio expressed concerns about the lads being released, they got on the phone and said: “Andy, you’re ruining our psy-op. We need to pretend they are terrorists so we can continue using Fairford to escalate against Iran.” www.normalisland.co.uk/p/the-fairfo...
normalisland.co.uk
The Fairford psy-op is back on! We’re pretending it was Iran after all!
When the Fairford plot fell apart before it had got going, I honestly thought that was the end of it.
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Yakhunt @yakhunt.net · 16h
Andy's noshing Trump off then.
bbc.co.uk
UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says
The prime minister's comments come days after the suspects were released on the 'strictest possible bail conditions'.
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Mischa Watson @mischawatson.bsky.social · 18h
Get those emails published Andy you coward
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Andrew Blair @andrewblair.co.uk · 15h
Government quicker to comment on this than any right wing freak trying to drown people
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