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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rift Valley Farms, supporting Palestinian producers. Excellent delivery service from their Scottish based partners.

A selection of Made in Palestine food stuffs.

DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Cowgate, Edinburgh. James Connolly memorial of his birth. A son of Edinburgh and Irish hero, injured, tied to a chair and shot to death by firing squad 1916.

Edinburgh, Cowgate. Memorial to James Connolly, son of Edinburgh and Irish freedom fighter. Killed by firing squad 1916.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It seems that the Israelis are also knee deep in Scottish oil.

Private Eye magazine 1672 about the Israeli firm Delek's interest in North Sea oil.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Believe in Scotland march today in Edinburgh. Good turnout and excellent speakers including Brian Cox in Succession sweary mode 🙂

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Private Eye 1671 sheds light on why Reach PLC's awful titles, including the Daily Record are so fixated on crappy royal stories.

Extract from Private Eye 1671 about Reach plc promoting so many royal family stories in the face of poor annual results.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Who would have thought that Blair and Brown would be tugging their forelocks to the royals? Source; Guardian 21/2/2026.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This new building was never used. It was built to receive items for Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme. The UK government blocked the scheme despite the Scottish Parliament legislating for it. Reform's Malcolm Offord had his paws all over the decision to block it. #IndependenceIsNormal

An empty building, built to house Scotland's Deposit return scheme which was blocked by the UK government.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Useful to remind ourselves about respected BBC journalist Allan Little's perceptions of BBC bias during the 2014 indyref. From the Herald 17/3/2019.

A report from the Herald 2019 in which a senior BBC journalist describes BBC bias in the 2014 independence referendum

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Private Eye 1654. Who would have believed that the Israeli plans for Gaza mirror the British actions in Malaya in the 1950s.

Private Eye article setting out Britain's Malaya tactics

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This guy understood what Scottish independence was all about. William Wallace, standing watch, Bemersyde, Scottish Borders.

Statue of William Wallace, Beymerside, Scottish Borders

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

So it's Reform UK that's parachuting in the toffs now for Scottish elections (Private Eye 1652)

Private Eye article pointing out the hypocrisy of a Reform UK candidate.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

As usual, we need Private Eye to get to the real story (PE 1651)

A n extract from edition 1651 of Private Eye

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Scottish independence continues to be viewed as an extremist threat as reported in Private Eye 1650. We're all subversives now it seems.

A Private Eye article suggesting new anti protest legislation is being sought

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

No wonder Angela Rayner was keen to avoid the Gaza protestors in Hamilton given Labour's massive military support to Israel. Source Private Eye no 1650.

An article from Private Eye showing the UK govt authorising huge increases in military aid to Russia.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

YouGov daily questions. No doubt Scotland sees the EU as the main trading partner v the US. 70% of Scots respondents favour the EU compared to UK average of 57%.

YouGov survey results showing 70% of Scots see the EU as it's main trading partner.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This week's Private Eye, with apologies to non-Netflix users.

The cover of Private Eye magazine showing the clown chiefs of Donald, JD and Elon and drawing a comparison with the Netflix hit show Adolescence

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Currently waiting for Lego customer service supplying one missing part that's halted production.

A part assembled Lego model of a Defender vehicle.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This Guardian of Scotland still surveying the Middle Marches.

William Wallace statue stands with sword and shield overlooking the Middle Marches of the Scottish Borders.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Alexander Peden's cloth mask c. 1670 (NMS). Was there ever a more terrifying disguise? And him a preacher too.

A full face cloth mask with real human hair, designed to hide the true face of the wearer.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A chilly Peniel Heugh, Scottish Borders this morning. Waterloo monument atop marking Wellington's allied European armies victory over Napoleon.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Pleased to meet the @believeinscotland.bsky.social team in Kelso today, dedicated people working to spread the message that Independence is Normal.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Here's something you don't see every day. Native American Navajo Rangers proudly wearing their #Celtic jerseys gifted by Peter Broughan and featured in the current @forteantimes.bsky.social magazine.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Jedburgh Augustinian Abbey, founded by King David I 1138.

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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Beautiful Gothic, Scottish National Portrait gallery.

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