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Catriona

@catrio.bsky.social
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Lefty supporter of Scottish Democracy, Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h
Left: Shabana Mahmood says funding social care is about 'giving elders across our country much more dignity in old age' Right: A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen OBE is arrested for non violent protest outside the Labour party conference
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h
Sharon Graham on Newsnight criticises Andy Burnham for going after pensioners instead of putting in place a wealth tax on the rich My view: Sharon Graham asks a valid question. Why is a Labour government going after pensioners instead of a wealth tax on the vast fortunes of those with £10m+?
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14h
"We've spoken to 84yo Hilary.. her energy bill is going up by £57/mth. How are people supposed to afford it?" Burnham: "What we've got to do is address the root cause, which is the conflict in the M/E" Is allowing the US to use UK bases to bomb Iran addressing the root cause?
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13h
The energy price cap is going up by 4% tomorrow, & the latest forecast says its going to rise by another 16% in January.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13h
On #GMB Burnham is asked what hes doing about energy prices going up & he says "what we've got to do is address the root cause, which is the conflict in the M/E" Meanwhile over on #BBCBreakfast we're told RAF Fairford is being used by the US as a staging ground for bombing Iran
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gilcky.bsky.social @gilcky.bsky.social · 13h
BBC Shortbread was a 🗑️ 🔥 this morning…desperate for negativity from prisons but landing on prison is not suitable for dementia (a difficult condition anywhere) and propaganda with glee at the ‘Same 💩, New Suit 🔴 Tory PM’ rambling cringeworthy speech from yesterday… Gaslighting a nation. Wake up 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h
UK household energy bills forecast to rise 16%, or £276, in January. Household energy debt expected to hit £7bn soon. Heating v Eating dilemma. 120,000 a year die in poverty. Companies profiteer, fuelling costs, inflation, poverty. Public ownership gives govt more policy options.
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Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 12h
@zackpolanski.bsky.social highlights the absurdity of Keir Starmer claiming his greatest legacy as PM was scrapping the two child benefit cap
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h
Zia Yusuf: “I'm at RAF Fairford. The situation is developing fast, but it brings into sharp focus that the situation in the English Channel is a national security emergency." Reform UK expose themselves. www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/2658573...
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Reform UK politician spotted at RAF Fairford as he explains why he was there
A Reform UK politician has been spotted at the police cordon near RAF Fairford.
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Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 12h
www.thenational.scot/news/2659291...
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Three Scottish train stations named among five of the best in UK
THREE train stations in Scotland have been named in the UK’s top five as part of a new national study ...
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22h
It’s fascinating that English progressives seem so keen to celebrate Burnham as a leftwing hope whereas in Scotland the view is ‘nope, it’s just words - prove it or beat it’. Independence provides a completely different prism. I feel genuine sympathy that English progressives seem to feel so trapped
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 21h
So I just asked Donald Trump’s AI a question…
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 21h
New picture of RAF Fairfield suspect emerges
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Melissa Eco Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @melissamary2012.bsky.social · 21h
ScotRail minimum fare scheme raises more than £400,000 in revenue!
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump claims he's officially re-naming Artificial Intelligence to 'Super Intelligence'. Obviously his own intelligence isn't super enough to realise he doesn't own the English language.
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Melissa Eco Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @melissamary2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The policy prohibits filming and photography on the parliamentary estate for party political campaigning or promotional purposes, including material intended to generate support for a political party
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Melissa Eco Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @melissamary2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/09/2026
A video falsely claiming to show a long queue of Muslim women waiting to sign up for free childcare has been liked thousands of times on social media. But the clip actually shows the women waiting in line for a modest clothing sale in Amsterdam.
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Video shows Muslim women queuing for a clothing sale, not free childcare – Full Fact
The video has been widely shared on social media alongside the false claim that it shows women in headscarves lining up to enroll their children into free public daycare.
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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of child sexual abuse. Judge Lord Harrower said Dott robbed his victims of "a significant part of their childhood" and said his behaviour bore the hallmarks of grooming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for child sexual abuse
The 49-year-old was found guilty of two charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards a girl and a boy between 1993 and 2010.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Scotland, we provide free personal care for older people without punishing pensioners. Andy Burnham removing the triple lock would simply repeat the mistakes of Keir Starmer. The blame for the UK’s financial mess lies with successive Westminster governments, not pensioners.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 29/09/2026
This is so true. And it demonstrates 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 how little the "British" government cares about 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland. We need all the powers. And that means independence.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22h
The "Reform Party" was created in part to make the case for electoral reform... looking at many of their accounts and supporters it would seem that most of them have forgotten that
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The knock on effect of Donald Trump’s and Netanyahu’s pointless war
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/09/2026
A video being shared online supposedly shows an “asylum seeker” saying he wants “more money and more freedom”, and isn’t happy with how he’s being treated in the UK. But the clip is AI-generated. Here’s how we know 👇
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Video of ‘asylum seeker’ saying he wants ‘more money and more freedom’ is AI-generated – Full Fact
A clip which has been shared online contains a SynthID watermark, suggesting it was made with Google’s AI tools.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 29/09/2026
Tommo? Sounds a bit, you know, furrin?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
PM Burnham on privatisation: "The British right talk about taking back control. Never let them forget: They are the ones that gave it away in the first place."
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 29/09/2026
More than 65% of Scots support a referendum. More than 65% of our Holyrood representatives support a referendum. That noise you hear is unionists trying to move the goalposts. Again.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a bat hangs upside-down from a telephone line at sunset. The bat is in front of a billboard advertising the Florida Mega Jackpot, which is valued at $5,318,008 - represented with a digital ticker. Panel 2: the POV flips to the bat’s upside-down perspective, which makes the digital numbers look like they spell “BOOBIES”. The bat appears delighted.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Said much about Russia, Freddo Frog?
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🧐🤨
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform figures, including Farage, had ignored police requests to not speculate about the identities of the five suspects, who have since been confirmed as British men in their 20s.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tony Blair is a war criminal, should be viewed as such, and should be in prison. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he? | Tom Baldwin
The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for all, says former Labour party adviser Tom Baldwin
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Another day, another eyebrow-raiser from a Reform-led council.
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Concerns raised after Reform council REJECTS motion calling for DBS checks
The Reform-run council in Barnsley has been accused of showing 'weak and feeble leadership' after blocking the motion on DBS checks.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There’s something very weird about this RAF terror case. I’ve reported on terrorism for 35 years and I’m struggling to recall a single case of a terror suspect being released on bail
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The fact that the Fairford suspects are all British Nationals proves nothing. I’m a British National and look at the damage I’ve already caused to the UK.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth.  Everyone knew exactly what they were doing!  A crime more confessed to as it happened than any other in history. A crime more documented as it happened than any other in history. There are no excuses. None at all
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK councillor Billy Burke, Trafford Council, goes on trial for possession of an offensive weapon tomorrow.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated Michael Rees, Gloucestershire CC has defected from Reform UK to Restore
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The speculation and hyperbole has gone into overdrive in some quarters... particularly on X-crement and right wing channels. Given they've been released I suspect there might be a few red faces in the coming days. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford suspects to be released on bail, head of counter-terror police says
Laurence Taylor says the five men arrested on Sunday are still under investigation as police consider multiple lines of inquiry, including the possible involvement of a foreign state.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 28/09/2026
Wee guy at the back... "Me me me!"
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WTF does “government backed body” even mean? Either nationalise it, or don’t. Stop with the gaslighting ffs! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to announce government-backed body to invest in electricity grid
Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
What did Labour's Chancellor mention? Well... ✂️Cutting social security for vulnerable people ☢️New nuclear weapons 📈Continuous economic growth
what he did mention....
-Cutting benefits
-Nuclear Weapons
-Growth
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
🇪🇺 Healey never once mentioned our biggest trading partner, the "European Union".
0 mentions of the European Union.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
🍾 Despite saying he didn't have the “money New Labour had in the 90s” to implement change, the Chancellor didn't even hint at "taxing the rich".
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
🇵🇸 The former defence secretary didn't mention "Gaza", "Palestine", or "genocide" in his speech.0 mentions of Palestine
0 mentions of Palestine
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