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Fabian55

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Old. Centre left. Pro NHS free from privatisation and pro Universal Benefits. Support the #RNLI #FBPE

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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 17h
'The mistaken belief that only Westminster can safeguard the incomes of Scottish pensioners is one of the important reasons why opposition to Scottish independence is highest amongst the oldest age cohorts in Scotland.' weegingerdug
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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…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h
“Nobody knows more about demonstrating the Dunning–Kruger effect than me.” —Donald Trump
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12h
Nicola Sturgeon has hit out at the 'glaring contradiction' over Labour's position on Brexit and a second Scottish independence referendum 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h
Super Idiot Force.
Donald J. Trump f @realDonaldTrump
Following the Historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the World's most important Technology Companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American People, I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF). The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans. The Super Intelligence Force will coordinate the Federal Government's engagement with Consumers, Public Interest Groups, Religious Organizations, Critical Infrastructure Providers, and Super Intelligence Companies, and will be led by Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, and Chief Technology Officer, Emil Michael, and Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Scott Kupor, and will report to the President of the United States (ME!), and the Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J.
TRUMP
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h
“And I would argue that it is the military of Ukraine. It is the most modern military force that we have in Europe today. It is a buffer zone and an impediment for the potential of Russian aggression.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h
Finland’s President Alexander Stubb: “People need to start seriously thinking what will be one of the strongest security guarantees for Europe in the future.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19h
This week’s Stewart Lee column “The men arrived on small boats. No they didn’t. They’re Middle Eastern. Oh, they’re British. They’re dangerous. No, they’ve been bailed! What 10-year-old would take this seriously?” Stewart Lee on the Fairford Five www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Five Go Mad in Fairford is the worst Enid Blyton yet
The men arrived on small boats. No they didn’t. They’re Middle Eastern. Oh, they’re British. They’re dangerous. No, they’ve been bailed! What 10-year-old would take this seriously?
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 20h
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 03/10/2026
Wales "cannot afford" the economic hardship leaving the EU has caused. Liz Saville Roberts used her speech at the party's first conference since its historic victory in May's Senedd election to argue that Wales needs to work with its international powers.
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Plaid Cymru say Wales couldn't afford Brexit and call for UK to rejoin the EU
Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader Liz Saville-Roberts said the UK leaving the European Union has made Wales poorer
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Russia’s 2027 budget: military costs expected to spiral, at least by 40%. Unsustainable, of course, that’s why they’re proposing a 10% cut in real terms for development, infrastructure and healthcare and a 5% cut in education.
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Russia plans record military spending
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Diesel in the UK reached record levels this week. Now, It begs the question, how much would Scotland’s last refinery be making just now? Note- Price is from March 2024 following an increase in the price of fuels in 2023. And yet Westminster continuously denies us the right make our own choices!!!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Two oil tankers which had switched off their tracking systems have “exploded” in the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC-linked Fars News reports.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
Trump's human binky made the trip to Alabama with him #TravelWithNatalie (Brendan Smialowski/Getty)
pic of Ms Harp on AF1
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@reneduba.bsky.social #Germany Rote Armee Fraktion / Baader-Meinhof gang were the footsoldiers of the #KGB and the #Stasi committing murder and acts of sabotage in #WestGermany. They were provided military equipment,guns and money by the KGB's station in Dresden where Putin was their contact
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026
REVEALED Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn The government has spent or agreed to spend at least £992m on contracts with Palantir Technologies, the Nerve’s Max Colbert - @mc00.bsky.social - can reveal 🧵
REVEALED: Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn. Peter Thiel’s face against a bright green background, with the Palantir logo in his eyes, with the words ‘£1 billion’ written across his face in large pink letters.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holborn and St Pancras is looking incredibly close. Thank you to everyone joining us today on the doorsteps - we know it's only by having conversations with voters that we can win this. With just five days to go - we need you!
Action day photo with Zack and Ross and a big crowd
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Like the Institute of Economic Affairs were running events and writing articles advocating against football regulator last year Wonder who paid for these? 😱 iea.org.uk/films/is-a-f...
iea.org.uk
Is a football regulator necessary?
Is English football broken? Should government try to fix it? And are any of the proposals in the Fan-Led Review … Continue reading "Is a football regulator necessary?"
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The endless grift continues. The Trump administration has been talking to Russia about a multibillion-dollar deal for Lukoil’s international assets, NYT reports.
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celtic-fringe @celtic-fringe.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Scotland has never closed the Brexit debate. www.gov.scot/news/cabinet...
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Cabinet Secretary’s message to EU: ‘Leave a light on for Scotland’
Scottish Government marks enduring bond with Europe on Brexit day.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇬🇧 LABOUR promised to “Save Grangemouth” at GE2024 🇬🇧 LABOUR then promised to “Save the jobs” at Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR saved NONE of the Grangemouth jobs, but promised £200M investment in the town 🇬🇧 LABOUR then spent f*** all in Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR take Scots for absolute mugs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet?🇪🇺
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇬🇧 There are people like George Robertson, born is Scotland who are hostile to very idea of Scotland even existing as a country Here Robertson explains that Scotland is not a country, because it has no language or culture 🇬🇧 Robertson is proudly a Scotland denying brit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎 youtu.be/RSFqaEoYLNg?...
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George Robertson says Scotland has no culture or language
YouTube video by Newsnet Scotland
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 29/09/2026
Passports aren't required to travel between the nations within the CTA. That's the law. Ask anyone in Ireland or just look it up.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 29/09/2026
Closer to finally, maybe? At least in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, regaining independence remains our best route back to the 🇪🇺 EU.
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celtic-fringe @celtic-fringe.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
@scotnational.bsky.social SNP build on Celtic Alliance as deputy FM heads to Wales for key speech www.thenational.scot/news/2659644...
thenational.scot
SNP build on Celtic Alliance as deputy FM heads to Wales for key speech
SCOTLAND’S Deputy First Minister will deliver a speech at Plaid Cymru’s annual conference as the SNP aims to build on the historic Celtic…
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celtic-fringe @celtic-fringe.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Andy Burnham’s big conference speech had little to offer Scotland. He mentioned Scotland only once - to say that he was determined not to be the last PM of the UK - because it would have upset his dad. www.believeinscotland.org/burnham_is_w...
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Burnham is wrong - Scotland needs independence to tackle the cost of living
Westminster creates the mess. Then the Prime Minister uses that mess as an excuse to keep Scotland trapped in the system that caused it. That’s hypocrisy. Scotland deserves the powers to tackle our ...
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celtic-fringe @celtic-fringe.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
So pensioners across Scotland look set to lose future pension increases - to fund a policy that only affects England. www.believeinscotland.org/burnham_atta...
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Burnham attack on Scottish pensions to fund English Care system backfires
The mask slips as Burnham continues Labours targeting of Scotland's pensioners. Andy Burnham’s plan to raid Scottish pensions to fund free personal care for English pensioners is going down like col...
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
bylinetimes.com
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🇬🇧 LABOUR promised to “Save Grangemouth” at GE2024 🇬🇧 LABOUR then promised to “Save the jobs” at Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR saved NONE of the Grangemouth jobs, but promised £200M investment in the town 🇬🇧 LABOUR then spent f*** all in Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR take Scots for absolute mugs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet?🇪🇺
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The SNP have demanded the UK Government urgently deliver £200 million of promised investment for Grangemouth after almost 400 more jobs were put at risk
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SNP demand promised £200m for Grangemouth as hundreds of jobs at risk
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
it's not Grangemouth they're shutting down it's Scotland they're trying to make escaping impossible
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brexiteers claiming the UK is a 'mid-Atlantic country' rather than European shows the hilarious lengths commentators will go to deny basic geography. Sitting 21 miles from France on the European continental shelf isn't negotiable. Why invent fantasy geography to justify isolation? 🤔 #FBPE
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Brexiteers hilariously claim Britain is a 'mid-Atlantic country'
GB New's Tom Harwood has bizarrely claimed Great Britain is a "mid-Atlantic country" instead of a European one.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When a rapist sticks up for other rapists it's called a professional courtesy.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE Reform MP Sarah Pochin asked a question about the impact second homes have on rural areas, just 48 hours before buying a £800k second home in Wales… willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...
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Reform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impact
Is this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’?
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The NHS is trying to silence us for criticising Palantir, but we’re not bowing down to the pressure goodlawproject.org/is-this-the-firs…
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 02/10/2026
Scotland needs it's own public broadcastor.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This 👇
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty clear, I think.
Chart: Monthly job creation in the U.S.
January 2022-September 2026
September's 29,000 net jobs created missed expectations, and estimates for July and August were revised down by 60,000 combined.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Dems getting better at this
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Takeourblueback @takeourblueback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
While we're talking about diesel, just a friendly reminder 👇👇👇
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are people calling this conviction "two tier policing." Er - no. If you set off a politically motivated bomb in a public area and if shrapnel flies about that is terrorism. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...
news.met.police.uk
Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion
Kevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It’s hard to grasp how badly Trump has screwed the entire world.
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G-7 Agrees to Release 100 Million Barrels of Diesel and Crude — The Wall Street Journal
Move was made to help bring down the soaring price of diesel and other fuels
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer
Line chart titled 'GB News has lost £142m to date', showing cumulative losses in pounds rising steadily from around £3m in 2020/1 to £142m by 2025. The red line climbs most steeply between 2021/2 and 2023/4, reaching roughly £110m, then flattens as growth slows towards £142m. A note states the latest figures cover the seven-month period to 31 December 2025. Chart by Press Gazette, source: Companies House
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brazilian President Lula: “If it weren’t for me confronting these fascists, they would win the election easily. So I am an obstacle to them. “As long as I am alive, I will work to make sure fascism does not return to this country.”
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Fabian55 @fabian55.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After Cruella’s epic performance on #BBCQT let’s revisit an earlier outing youtu.be/SRYcQ5rPovc
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Suella Braverman Gets PRANKED | The Last Leg | Channel 4
YouTube video by Channel 4 Entertainment
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The SNP @snp.org · 22/09/2026
⚡️🛢️🔥 Energy rich Scotland should never be fuel poor. 💪
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The SNP @snp.org · 28/09/2026
Scotland has the energy - but Westminster sets the price. As diesel hits £2 a litre across the country, we look under the hood of Labour's fuel tax hike. www.snp.org/westminster-...
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Westminster fuel tax hike makes case for independence — Scottish National Party
Scotland is an energy powerhouse – rich in oil, gas, wind, and tidal generation – yet our communities are left suffering from fuel poverty.
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