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Fliss Fraser

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Life on the Isle of Rùm, and issues that are sent to try us.

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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
writing about February. A reflective interlude between shorter days gone by and spring yet to come. open.substack.com/pub/flissfra...
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Rum in February, a month that tests everything
Rain with a dash of more rain
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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Musings from a Dark Sky Sanctuary
What does it mean to be afraid of the dark?
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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
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Trying to Make a Living on the Edge of an Island
The piece that explains how I work
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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Community, cancellations and a 25 year old ferry
Getting home shouldn't be this hard
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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
watching the coastguard helicopter do this and hoping it's a training exercise
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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
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How to get a Christmas tree, island style
wet feet and a rusty saw
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The proscription of Palestine Action as a terror group may lead to people being wrongly criminalised, a Home Office official has warned
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Palestine Action ban may wrongly criminalise people, Home Office official warns
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
We don’t actually need another glossy plan about how important the islands are from the Scottish Government, writes Rhoda Meek ✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
BREAKING: Over a thousand people gather in Trafalgar Square to oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban. Police have already started arresting peaceful protestors under the Terrorism Act for silently holding signs which say "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
It will go higher. Sign up at yourparty.uk
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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Absolutely grim, a real milestone in Britain's political history. If there's a route back from this, it will surely require turning our backs on the party that brought this about.
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Ban on Palestine Action to take effect after legal challenge fails
Group will become first direct action protest group to be banned under Terrorism Act after unsuccessful action
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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“the real threat to the life of the nation comes not from Palestine Action but from the home secretary’s attempt to proscribe it”
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During a parliamentary debate on the Terrorism Bill in 2000, MPs asked whether the legislation could be used to...
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The Isle of Rùm @isleofrum.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Hello there We are celebrating fifteen years of community ownership this year with an afternoon exhibition of all our achievements and a ceilidh in the evening. All welcome!! Come along and show your support for what a small community can achieve against the odds.
Come along on Friday 9th May, you can a day trip to Rum on the Calmac ferry. Or stay the night and come to the ceilidh (£10 on the door)
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Fliss Fraser @flissfraser.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I listened to this, it was shameful. Onay Kaseb from @unitetheunion.bsky.social did well defending the workers right to strike against yet more austerity cuts for the working class
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