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Clare Donaldson

@cladonald.bsky.social
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Proud Celt and supporter of Scottish Independence; avid reader; love Nature and the outdoors; can out-stubborn a Beagle.

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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Totally agree - how this even got aired, far less led the "news", is bizarre given what's going on in the real world.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WHY does this not frighten the bloody life out of everyone, especially governments, who are the only ones who can seriously do anything about it??? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’: Super El Niño bursts through temperature record months ahead of peak
The ‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will heavily impact communities across the world
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Brand new design inside and out, but the mission remains: exposing the dark forces of crypto politics, MAGA interference, and debunked race science ideology. Sign-up for a one-month free trial now and get instant, free access to our revamped 90th edition. 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/onemonthfree
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴950 people have now taken Democracy for Sale's survey about big money in British politics How worried are you about politics for sale? Should donations be capped? Do take the survey - and share it! thanks 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Meanwhile you can be a cowardly thug in a balaclava and that's not apparently an offence ....
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It really does beggar belief how the government has demonstrated its priorities - pensioners carrying signs objecting to genocide are deemed a terror threat but racist thugs too cowardly to show their faces are barely acknowledged, far less condemned.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The pay off at the end is a thing of beauty
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
😅😅🔥🇨🇦 #Canada #LakeOntario
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned?
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I can confirm we didn't get it in Scotland, thankfully.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You may have seen I broadcast a message to planet Earth from the edge of space. I thought it was equally important to speak to deep space about you and your lovely little planet. But I thought humans might like to see it too, so here it is. #Clacton #VoteBinface
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What's not to like? @finlaydog.bsky.social
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Andy Burnham was supposed to herald change - but that Cabinet? Then "elevating" Anas Sarwar, ("leader" of Labour's biggest electoral defeat in Scotland), into the H of L (though both claimed to want abolished)? Plus ca change. Keir Hardie's Labour is beyond resurrection. Scotland NEEDS independence.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Absolutely!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
As long as the government remains on the fascist enabling X nobody can take anything they say seriously with regards to social media and safety
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Sharing this poem again because I think the world needs these words now more than ever.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Racist rioters defended. Peaceful protesters arrested. This week has exposed better than any other how our “two tier” political system really works www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-belfas...
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The Belfast Riots Have Exposed the Real ‘Two Tier’ Britain
Racist rioters are defended and peaceful protesters are arrested. This week has exposed better than any other how our “two tier” political system really works
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
So pleased that you and right-minded people are doing this - so utterly disgusted that it is necessary. I hope that minority of mindless racist thugs soon realise that they will NEVER defeat common basic human decency.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Daily Mail posts lies about the Greens that are spread far and wide. I wish half the number of people saw their apologies. Solidarity with Kamel.
Daily mail clarification and correction on green party councilor Kamel Hawwash
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@ross-greer.bsky.social did a good job of correcting them but I had to switch off for the sake of my blood pressure as Martin Geissler single-handedly illustrated everything that is wrong with BBC Scotlnad "news" programmes.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It was so refreshing to hear Ross call out the BBC propaganda about "anti-immigration protestors" for what it is - "racists" IS the appropriate description.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So sorry to read this. Blaze had a long and happy life but that just makes the enormity of your loss harder. RIP special boy - and hugs to you because there are no sufficient words.
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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The world is shocked by how the Gaza flotilla activists were treated, as if this were something new. But if they feel confident enough to do this in front of cameras, imagine what Palestinians endure when nobody is watching.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Good morning to you Paul from a dreich, but warm, Scotland.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Well done for facing your fear, Ben.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
They are EXCELLENT with their coverage of events abroad but too often fail to acknowledge when they are talking solely about England rather than the UK and have consistently failed to field a Scottish correspondent who is actually impartial and competent
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It's a beautiful song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Uh...
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Grace - Jim McCann - The Original & The Best Version
YouTube video by The Dubliners
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
And a part of them lives on FOREVER in your heart - just as your Mum lives in yours.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
48 hours later and the only outlet to follow up this story has been the National in Scotland Call me old fashioned but think destroying information with a legal hold on it and a disclosure to Serious Fraud is pretty important stuff open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Labour Together PR firm tried to destroy crucial evidence
Controversial firm reported to Serious Fraud Office after senior executive ordered deletion of evidence of Labour Together’s smear campaign against journalists
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
@finlaydog.bsky.social - is your page up and running again?
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Bouncing this back up to see if you're re-connected again yet.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Genocidal Intent: “There must be a proven intent on the part of perpetrators to physically destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” - United Nations Exhibit A:
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
It's now been 3 hours since our supposed "ally" Donald Trump threatened genocide on a country of 93 million people. We've had absolutely nothing from the UK government. This doesn't come in a vacuum either - every day the US & Israel have been murdering innocent people.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...
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How the BBC and Daily Mail Spread Reform's ‘Family Voting’ Lies
The real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The right dog will come into your life at the right time - they always do.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
That unconditional love is so precious. With time, I hope he'll find you another to help you heal.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Did they just search for King Charles and get this picture instead of a spaniel? 🤣
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Sorry to read this, Neil - anniversaries are always hard. Please do write about her an dlet us know when you do.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Recovering from surgery - hence the suit - but still trying to get in some yoga practice.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It was so refreshing to actually hear some decent common sense - such a shame it didn't come from the UK government.
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Clare Donaldson @cladonald.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Not to mention murky media that perpetuates the myths and promotes the losers ad nauseam.
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