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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Dr Beth Upton is the real winner in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling || @marissamacwhirter.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/opin... 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘴/𝘗𝘈 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Labour under Keir Starmer is now so far from its roots that it is no longer Labour; it has journeyed so far from the shore upon which it began its journey that the point of departure is no longer visible. The price it will pay for abandoning its beliefs is destruction In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Even when Scotland is praised on the world stage the SNP gets no credit Financial agencies applaud Scotland’s economy, but all we get is sneering. Govts need held to account but credit where credit is due It shows how meaningless the quality of our debate has become In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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Even when Scotland gets a global thumbs-up financially the SNP get zero credit
In Scotland, any news – even good news – is subjected to partisan point-scoring. It means we repeatedly fail to have the debates we really need,…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🔴‘The SNP Isn’t a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of’ Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues @adamramsay.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
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'The SNP Isn't a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of'
Labour's attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues Adam Ramsay
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud 😮 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud
Laure Ferrari served as executive director of the organisation, which went into liquidation after a European Commission anti-fraud investigation
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 27/10/2025
Farage: epic grifter
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Why I’m ready to give the SNP a fair hearing again My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Neil Mackay: Why the SNP might just have won me back
Our Writer at Large explains his turbulent relationship with SNP: from support to disgust and now back to a place where he’s prepared to give them…
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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It’s the art of the dodgy deal, Middle East edition: author Donald Trump, updated by Jared Kushner | Marina Hyde
Does the Donald know that there’s a new master negotiator in town? Of course he does, he taught the apprentice everything he knows, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country? Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide. It undermines police and the law.
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Another Labour betrayal coming @scottishlabour.bsky.social #LyingLabour
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Rachel Reeves confirms she no longer stands by pledge not to raise taxes
Chancellor says ‘world has changed’ and UK not immune to effects of wars, US tariffs and higher borrowing costs
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Another Labour betrayal coming @scottishlabour.bsky.social #LyingLabour
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Rachel Reeves confirms she no longer stands by pledge not to raise taxes
Chancellor says ‘world has changed’ and UK not immune to effects of wars, US tariffs and higher borrowing costs
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Shameful @uklabour.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social #LoathsomeLabour
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Shameful @uklabour.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social #LoathsomeLabour
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
news.stv.tv/politics/sco... More of that “change “ under Labour #LoathsomeLabour
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Scottish Labour suspends MSP Foysol Choudhury amid investigation
The party says the complaints will be fully investigated, and appropriate action will be taken.
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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King made more than £1m selling land for leg of HS2 that was scrapped
Exclusive: Duchy of Lancaster has maximised profits on land deals to make way for new roads despite claiming it ‘does not rely on taxpayers’ money’
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S.J.💙🩵💙🦋🦓 @glimmers2.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
We need someone to compile a list of advertisers.
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Gaza latest: More than 100 killed as Israeli strikes continue
More than 100 people were killed in Gaza yesterday as Israel continues to press on with its assault of Gaza City. It comes as British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce a formal recog...
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – UK politics live
Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emerge
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – UK politics live
Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emerge
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Still your party? @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social @monicalennon.bsky.social
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Labour rules against dozens of motions about Palestine being debated at party conference
Calls for sanctions on Israel and ban on trade that aids international law violations among snubbed motions
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Still your party? @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social @monicalennon.bsky.social
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Labour rules against dozens of motions about Palestine being debated at party conference
Calls for sanctions on Israel and ban on trade that aids international law violations among snubbed motions
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine Malik
Here we are again: constant rebooting, cruel rhetoric and crackdowns. And hurtling towards a Reform-shaped future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
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Reshuffle it how you like, Starmer’s ‘grownup’ Labour has the Tory whiff of spiteful incompetence | Nesrine Malik
Here we are again: constant rebooting, cruel rhetoric and crackdowns. And hurtling towards a Reform-shaped future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Alexander Dennis to keep sites open after £4m furlough pledge
The company had set previously out plans to close the plant with the loss of 400 jobs and move production to Yorkshire.
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Alexander Dennis to keep sites open after £4m furlough pledge
The company had set previously out plans to close the plant with the loss of 400 jobs and move production to Yorkshire.
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Yet another Labour betrayal @scottishlabour.bsky.social #LyingLabour
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Yet another Labour betrayal @scottishlabour.bsky.social #LyingLabour
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 “Contrary to media hysteria, there was not one anti-semitic violent attack recorded in Scotland in 2024” The latest example of the attacks on Scotland, by the lying british, unionist fundamentalist, media 🇬🇧
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Paddington is an immigrant you despicable bastards. Stop hijacking a beloved children’s character who represents kindness and empathy for your rotten racist propaganda
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 29/08/2025
When people say that they want to abolish the ECHR what they really mean is abolish these rights for *other* people. Just those people they believe *deserve* to lose them. Not themselves, obviously.
List of rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Every word. Feels like the Starmer government is really losing the plot now.
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Dubbing tame pensioners as ‘terrorists’ makes a farce out of the Terrorism Act
It’s a funny old world when Margaret Thatcher had a greater sense of individual liberty than Keir Starmer
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
www.thenational.scot/news/2535579... It certainly is and Radio Scotland tried their best to make it bad this morning, Shame on the BBC SNP hail review that finds Scottish disability benefit 'more compassionate' than UK's
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SNP hail review that finds Scottish disability benefit 'more compassionate' than UK's
THE SNP have hailed an independent review that found the Scottish Adult Disability Payment (ADP) is “significantly more compassionate” than…
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 31/07/2025
ℹ️ In Scotland, people's frustrations are often caused by the British government refusing to listen to us. They don't act on what they hear. They don't serve us. That's why we need to regain independence and have a Scottish government with all the powers. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 #ScottishIndependence
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food. It calculated how much Gaza needs – but data shows how this is being withheld
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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Who is funding the Herald to back new nuclear that risks the lives of women and children, will contaminate our land for centuries and cost far more than renewables?
Professor John Robertson OBA It’s not even close, the debate over whether Scotland needs new nuclear power stations. The research is in. Numerous independent studies, across the globe, prove …
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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The BBC proxy war on the SNP using NHS Scotland – 42 slides explaining why and how it was launched
Professor John Robertson OBA I put this together years ago and pre-pandemic, toured it a bit. So, for the many who do not have Powerpoint to run it, here it old-fashioned:
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Scottish independence Rt far away please
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
More Protest 🪧
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take up government communications role Dinsmore will join Whitehall as civil servant in top communications role after reportedly impressing Starmer during interview www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to take up government communications role
Dinsmore will join Whitehall as civil servant in top communications role after reportedly impressing Starmer during interview
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Shosh🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 WokeAF💥GreenAF💚 Powered by Fury,Disbelief&Determination @shoshanade.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I ❤️ Scotland because Scottish people understand the assignment every time 💪🏻
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Has Police Scotland been notified that a foreign sex offender is currently moving freely around our country?
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@scottishlabour.bsky.social Shameful #LoathsomeLabour
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dick-john52.bsky.social @dick-john52.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
@scottishlabour.bsky.social Shameful #LoathsomeLabour
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 26/07/2025
Starmer's ability to discern what's right hits sub-zero. Imagine hiring someone for Labour comms (ex-Sun editor) who previously allowed articles about using gunships to stop migrants to go out on his watch.
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