iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

"No SLEEP til BROOKLN!" Christ. Pete lost us Charades again!

Reposted by Dughlas

(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 43m

PM admitted that Brexit is not working and that it should be up to the people to reconsider the UK relationship with the EU If the PM believes that the UK should be allowed to reconsider its relationship with the EU he must also respect Scotland’s right to reconsider its relationship with the UK👇

1176

Reposted by Dughlas

Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 2h

Constant handwringing across a febrile media over the diesel crisis. Not one word about the scorched earth policy imposed in Scotland that led to Grangemouths closure! Still, Sarwar must be ermine toasty in the knowledge Labour did nowt because it was a privately owered company!

12417

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 42m

Wan is in Hyndland, and it would be pyoor rude not tae.

000

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 1h

Aw aboot yir West End Wendy, so am ur.

000

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 1h

I see your 30-40 y o alpha male professional of the West End is still sporting that haircut like a very large Shredded Wheat perched oan wan's napper.

000

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 1h

I had a spinach burger in a beetroot bun because it's absolutely coming doon sterr rods ootside.

000

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 2h

Bingham's Pond, in the wind and rain. It's a proper Glesga October day. (There is a swan, like Edwin Morgan's Winter, but it's out of sight now, wisely). Great Western Road is to the right, stretching up to Anniesland.

100

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 2h

I recently arrived from the Planet of the Goths. The least individual, most mass-produced identity it's possible to buy in a high street shop. Self-expression with zero effort.

110

Reposted by Dughlas

Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 3h

The Gaslighting is just unreal, like there was never a Grangemouth oil Refinery that took from Forties & beyond

032

Reposted by Dughlas

Loping ted @lopingted.bsky.social · 3h

Explicitly addressed ? lol that’s a good one He’s speaking for England again Social care is devolved in wales and Scotland it’s been free in Scotland for 25 years or so How is that going to be addressed? He’ll consider the possibility of reversing Brexit there’s no commitment

011

Reposted by Dughlas

Dave @davemck.bsky.social · 3h

A quick reminder that over half of the UK's diesel is imported, and the UK holds one of the lowest reserve capacities in Europe. Thanks partly to the Tories for gutting the infrastructure and Jim Ratcliffe for closing down Grangemouth refinery because it was unprofitable.

375

Reposted by Dughlas

Colin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (cms48X) @cms48.bsky.social · 4h

By 2024 Farage, with no MPs, had appeared 38 times on BBC Question Time. The BBC said it was because 'Farage was making the weather in Politics.' Indeed, it resulted in a flood of racial bigotry, supported by WM's state media. In 2023 Immigrants made up just 0.6% of the UK population.

042

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 4h

I had better put no BDSM in my bio. I might be Scottish but I don't want to be dominated.

100

Reposted by Dughlas

William Humphrey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @williamhumphrey.bsky.social · 4h

Burnham wants re-elected. I'm afraid thats as far as his ambitions really go. We'll be having the same conversations in 5 years time, just wait and see.

0104

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 4h

2 minutes from Bingham's Pond ( Edwin Morgan's "Winter"). Almost 40 years ago, I moved into a basement flat (in the direction of that furthest tower) and worked for the Historical Thesaurus of English later.

130

Reposted by Dughlas

Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 6h

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Thoughts from a colonised land.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Village Parish Council: we held a sham Referendum on seceding! UK government: we're prepared to listen! Scottish majority: we want a real Referendum on seceding! UK government: we're not prepared to listen!

12214

Reposted by Dughlas

Bill @billn.bsky.social · 8h

Seems to me your comment is exaggerated. Without even reading the article it already seemed Burnham was trying to cast doubt on the findings & started squealing about how important their money was. Looks like he realised how inappropriate his comments were & is doing a bit of damage limitation.

222

Reposted by Dughlas

Andy Taggart @millbrookandy.bsky.social · 9h

Pretty much sums up why I've stopped watching/reading BBC news

031

Reposted by Dughlas

timj64.bsky.social @timj64.bsky.social · 6h

Burnham, just like Starmer, will do absolutely nothing about the rot that set into the BBC after Johnson appointed all the Tory sycophants to the BBC Board.

231

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder how long the MP for Makerfield has really got on the board before his reckless festival tent " good vibes only" get him removed.

010

Reposted by Dughlas

weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 6h

Burnham has destroyed two of the main arguments of the Westminster parties. He's pensioned off the claim that Scottish state pensions can only be protected in the UK and by opening the door to an EU referendum he's blown up the argument against indyref2. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/b...

weegingerdug.wordpress.com

Burnham pensions off two Better Together arguments

One of the ways in which the Better Together campaign won the referendum in 2014 was to successfully scaremonger Scotland’s pensioners into believing that their state pensions would not be sa…

49965

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 5h

This is a hell train. Some guy's beer sweat has engulfed the entire carriage in its foetor, and everyone is watching videos with the audio on.

020

Reposted by Dughlas

Bridget 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @bridget1965.bsky.social · 8h

You forget that he also insulted the First Minister of Scotland and used his father's death to do so. Really low, and the fact that he hasn't apologised says it all.

1124

Reposted by Dughlas

Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 7h

That was cheap. He didn't need to mention John Swinney. And what was the argument? The fact that AB's father never questioned the union is not a reason for Andy Burnham not to. Many people of that generation, and earlier ones, never questioned the union. I never heard my parents do so. So what?

193

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 7h

I never noticed the address! I worked in Atrium Court from 1995-2002, and again from 2008-2009.

000

Reposted by Dughlas

Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 8h

The PM has talked up devolution but is yet to promise anything for Wales. Plaid Cymru is calling for powers over the Crown Estate, rail, justice and policing to make a real difference to people’s lives. That’s the mandate we were given and the mandate Burnham should respect.

23616

Reposted by Dughlas

End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 9h

This will impact on services, quality of life and richness of our communities. Another act of self harm by the British state, clueless local politicians who cowered from conversations about the positive aspects of immigration and of course pogromist loyalist paramilitaries and their facilitators.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

NI population almost static as growth slows to near zero between mid-2024 and mid-2025

Northern Ireland’s population stalls as net migration turns negative; see which council areas grow, which shrink and how UK trends compare.

083

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 7h

-Once in a generation. Why? -Divisive. Which means? -Hurt feelings. Ah. You realise it's not the primary school sack race? - YOU HATE US! Repeat for 12 years.

121

Reposted by Dughlas

Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another thing about Andy Burnham's speech seen from Scotland. He said re Brexit that Britain "has changed dramatically since 2016". Dead right. And it has changed even more dramatically since 2014. So no more of this "once in a generation" nonsense please.

12212

Reposted by Dughlas

Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s just that the type of tearful nostalgia displayed by Andy Burnham ignores the potentially liberating and transformative effect of putting all that imperialist stuff behind us and making England and Scotland independent again. MEASIA. It’s worth thinking about.

153

Reposted by Dughlas

5th Iranian White Van Regiment 🇵🇸 @mickeymarxclub.bsky.social · 7h

What were those RAF surveillance flights doing over Gaza? What happened to the Israeli military commander who visited the UK whilst the subject of an ICC arrest warrant?

041

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 7h

I used to work in the former washhoose, 21 years ago, when East End Partnership occupied it.

020

Reposted by Dughlas

Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 9h

‘Hope Again’ “The left has won” “Inspiring”

The Guardian @theguardian.com

Welfare changes under debate include ending key disability benefit for under-25s
jobcentreplus
Gardian
Welfare changes under debate include ending key disability benefit for under-25s
Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive package of support...

Disability News S... @john... • 2h
Joined Sep '23
• Toilet (Drowned)
Andy Burnham's announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shock and concern among disabled people's organisations.

Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social
Joined Nov '24
Beetle Attack
Millions of UK workers withdrawing from pension schemes to make ends meet
Consequence of low wages and high cost of living forcing people into hardship choices - living now v income in retirement.
They will have lower private pension in later life and state pension isn't enough even now.

0167

Reposted by Dughlas

Chris Atkins @sleepingwell85.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve got a bad feeling that Burnham might not be what he claims. Welfare cuts and blatant exaggeration of a threat by Iran (America is conducting an illegal war from that airbase), taking of removing the pensions triple lock. You know what Burnham is? A plastic fake socialist.

012

Reposted by Dughlas

Damien Donnelly @ddonnelly.bsky.social · 7h

Every country who did not actively try to stop it is complicit.

031

Reposted by Dughlas

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 8h

no I'm sorry who told Le Monde we were calling it "Breturn", own up

116851106

Reposted by Dughlas

Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 7h

The Tories: the self-proclaimed defenders of free speech and liberty who are supposed against cancel culture illustrate their contempt for free speech & liberty. #ToryCancelCulture

095

Reposted by Dughlas

Canaries Caption It @canaries-captionit.bsky.social · 10h

Mason (BBC) is terrible but I think it fair & incumbent on journalists to probe & ask questions about Burnham's time in Manchester when he embraced the sports-washing by Abu Dhabi via the state-owned football club at the heart of the city. Also AB's conflating Everton's situation is just bollocks.

294

Reposted by Dughlas

Big Fat Socialist @bigfatsocialist.blacksky.app · 9h

Anyone describing welfare cut proposals as 'socialist reforms' because they're an inch further to the left of the same shite policy Starmer's premiership died on either doesn't know what socialism is or has never had to claim benefits in their life.

The trending page on Bluesky, number one topic, reads 'Andy Burnham pushes Socialist Reforms.'

Context: Discussion is around proposed cuts to the UK Welfare Bill.

093

Reposted by Dughlas

Vambo Marble Eye @vambomarbleeye.bsky.social · 8h

Almost as if monetarism, the deliberate shrinking of the amount of money in the economy and the use of unemployment to lower interest rates, never worked at all.

011

Reposted by Dughlas

chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 8h

#HopeAgain Basic state pension is £9,614.80 per year. @andyburnham.bsky.social these are the people you're taking money from. The poorest. This country is morally disgusting, and you aren't making it any better.

UK Member of Parliament (MP) basic annual salaries have increased by £23.637 (or about 31.5%) over the past ten years, rising from £74,962 in 2016 to £98,599 in 2026.

Breakdown of 10-Year MP Pay Progression • 2016 Salary: £74,962 (effective Apri 2016) • 2021 Salary: £81,932 (frozen/held level during COVID-19 pandemic • 2025 Salary: £93,904 • 2026 Salary: £98,599 (effective April 2026) s^

0179

Reposted by Dughlas

Kim Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇺 @kimmarshall.bsky.social · 9h

No. The point was we've had this stuff and more up here for some time and the SNP get no credit for their innovation. We'd love you to have more of this stuff as we do it on a fixed budget that has to be balanced. The English seemingly can't on an open ended budget.

1112

Reposted by Dughlas

Loping ted @lopingted.bsky.social · 8h

He’s no different to the rest of them! He even used the death of his father as a political prop!

221

Reposted by Dughlas

Bridget 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @bridget1965.bsky.social · 8h

Now we get down to it. This is the biggest problem with Labour re Scotland. Not breaking up their precious Union, not being the embodiment of what Labour used to be but are not; but that we're not eternally grateful they 'gave' us Devolution. That's Labour's true stance - Petty Spitefulness.

354

Reposted by Dughlas

Willie Mackenzie @williemackenzie.bsky.social · 8h

The lure of a photo opp on a tank, whilst wearing a headscarf, is just *too strong*

011

Reposted by Dughlas

Lairn Scots @lairnscots.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wur ain folk hink thit Scots is a leid anaw. We're no bletherin - honestly... 2,444,659 folk cannae be wrang! www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk

scotlandscensus.gov.uk

Home

Get results, read case studies, and find out more about Scotland's Census - the most complete source of information about who lives in Scotland.

022

Reposted by Dughlas

Vambo Marble Eye @vambomarbleeye.bsky.social · 8h

The growth rate of the economy under the Govt that oversaw the “Winter of Discontent” was higher than the growth rate of the Thatcher Years. Despite decades of neoliberal propaganda spewed out by the client media.

121

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 8h

Away tae Glasgow for tomorrow's ASL conference at Glw University. One of my favourite events of the year.

130