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Semi retired Scottish environmentalist.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
220-215. 53-47. 48.43%-49.91%. No landslide. No realignment. Just an election.
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Democrats won the final House race after the Republican incumbent conceded in California's 13th District, giving the G.O.P. a 220-215 advantage.Republicans will hold a 53-47 seat majority next year.226
Kamala Harris
74,898,009 votes (48.43%)
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Estimated >99% of votes counted
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• Donald J. Trump
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Struggling with Bluesky’s security settings etc. password do-loops too! Went back to Mastodon but it’s so clunky and quiet that I thought I should give it another go here. We’ll see!
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
8. What I have come to realize, however, is that the fight against the far right is secondary to the fight to strengthen liberal democracy. These are related but fundamentally not the same struggles.
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Notre Dame spectacularly rebuilt in 5 years. The Mack not…after 10 and 6. Hmmm?!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Musk bought Twitter for $44bn to boost his own adolescent voice in global politics. Everything else is noise.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Jeez. This is an outrageous post from Elon Musk. If anyone was in any doubt about where his sentiments will lie at the next UK general election look no further than this. The Prime Minister, every cabinet member & Labour MP need to join @bsky.app now
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I wonder if this means the Government will now start mentioning the fact the OBR report it keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the country’s potential economic performance at a time when every penny counts
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The SNP @snp.org · 28/11/2024
🥀 As soon as they got into government, Labour decided to cut the Winter Fuel Payment. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We don’t think that’s right - so we’ve introduced a universal Winter Heating Payment for 900,000 Scots pensioners.
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America 4 All — A4A @america-4-all.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Andrew Cunningham @andcunningham.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@EUDrugs Agency team heading home from Brussels after an intense week. Great decision to work with ZN on this project. Thank you for all the support!
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 28/11/2024
Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich youtu.be/SA8T29zWNCw?...
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Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
O que posso dizer?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🔴Fraud Victims and Whistleblowers Expose How the Financial Watchdog Was ‘Captured’ by Big Finance A damning new report accuses the City regulator of getting too close to the very sector it was set up to protect consumers from, @josiah.writes.news reports bylinetimes.com/2024/11/28/f...
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Fraud Victims and Whistleblowers Expose How the Financial Watchdog Was 'Captured' by Big Finance
A damning new report accuses the City regulator of getting too close to the very sector it was set up to protect consumers from
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Nice to see the Scottish LibDems confirming their unionist status again. 4 Tory parties to choose from.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Just when you thought Elon Musk couldn’t sink any lower he takes to X to outrageously & ominously accuse the key witness in Trump’s first impeachment of treason while calling for him to “pay the appropriate penalty” Heaven help America www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Elon Musk calls for ‘appropriate penalty’ against Alexander Vindman for ‘treason’
The world’s richest man, who is also closely intertwined with the incoming Trump administration, raised eyebrows on Wednesday when he accused one of his critics of treason
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Annastasia @annastasia77.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I just leave this here.....
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 27/11/2024
Different generations, backgrounds, and experiences. But with a common goal: to make Europe stronger. Meet the von der Leyen II Commission: 27 women and men ready to work for Europe ↓
Group photo of the von der Leyen Commission (from left to right):

1st row: Raffaele Fitto, Henna Virkkunen, Teresa Ribera Rodriguez, Ursula von der Leyen, Kaja Kallas, Stéphane Séjourné, Roxana Mînzatu ;

2nd row: Dubravka Šuica, Valdis Dombrovskis, Hadja Lahbib, Apóstolos Tzitzikóstas ;

3rd row: Jessika Roswall, Olivér Várhelyi, Marta Kos, Michael McGrath, Ekaterina Zaharieva;

4th row: Wopke Hoekstra, Andrius Kubilius, Maria Luís Albuquerque, Magnus Brunner, Costas Kadis;

5th row: Piotr Serafin, Maroš Šefčovič, Jozef Síkela, Christophe Hansen, Glenn Micallef, and Dan Jørgensen
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Scottish Environment LINK @scotlink.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"We need to act quickly and deliver a new approach to economic policy to avert this crisis." Our latest #ScotlandLovesNature blog from RSPB Scotland's Dougie Peedle looks in depth at what should be done to avert nature loss from an economic focus: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/public-inves...
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Public investment in nature is vital for Scotland’s economy - Scotland Loves Nature
The seminal review on the Economics of Biodiversity by Sir Partha Dasgupta set out the simple truth that the economy is embedded in nature and that as our most precious asset nature provides the found...
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Dave Lack @davelack.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Jupiter over a fine roof top visible even in central Lisboa last night!
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Oh no. I’m in agreement with David Cameron. World gone mad indeed.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🚨Lord Woodley’s Bill to end the cruel & monumental injustice of the #IPPscandal has passed its 2nd Reading. The question now is will the Prime Minister do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage? Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The owner of the Guardian has been urged to pause the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media by five former editors and one ex-editor in chief of the title. pressgazette.co.uk/news/observe...
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Six former editors urge Scott Trust not to 'gamble' with future of Observer
Six former Observer editors have urged the Scott Trust to halt the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media in a new open letter.
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OECD Statistics @oecdstatistics.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🌍 #G20 services #exports rose by 2.8%, supported by strong export growth in China, while #imports expanded by 1.4%. More insights in the latest #OECDStats release 👉https://t.co/pN8dXxotEM t.co/TwhfHYGGXI
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech.
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Graeme Purves @gaspurves.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
💙📚My review of Jean Findlay's 'The Queen' Lender' (2022) on Goodreads: #ScottishFiction
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Graeme's review of The Queen's Lender (Queens of Europe #1)
3/5: This book is a series of fictionalised episodes related to the life of George Heriot, jeweller to Anna of Denmark and James VI & I, rather than a conventional historical novel. Jean Findlay plays...
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Tackling fire, regulation and architecture in Lisboa.
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
10 and sunny in Lisbon. 1 at home.
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Broadcasting Scotland @broadcastingscotland.scot · 26/11/2024
From Glasgow to Stirling Castle to the King Bob Hotel with oor @ikaferrergotic.bsky.social
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Coimbra to Lisboa
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Karen Braddy Lambert @karenbraddylambert.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"My instinct is that we are on the route towards negotiations." Sir Tony Breton, former British ambassador to Russia, tells @krishgm.bsky.social that any kind of deal to end the war must ensure Ukraine does not feel abandoned by the West. Read and watch here: www.channel4.com/news/far-rig...
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Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania election
In a shock result, Calin Georgescu is leading in the first round of the presidential election.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
🔴A Broken Contract: Why Britain’s Democracy No Longer Works for You Journalist and campaigner @gavinesler.bsky.social on why Britain’s entire political and democratic system is now failing and what we can all now do about it bylinetimes.com/2024/11/25/a...
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A Broken Contract: Why Britain's Democracy No Longer Works for You
Journalist and campaigner Gavin Esler on why Britain's entire political and democratic system is now failing and what we can all now do about it
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania election www.channel4.com/news/far-rig...
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Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania election
In a shock result, Calin Georgescu is leading in the first round of the presidential election.
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Christoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com · 25/11/2024
In a spectacle of nature's infinite power, glorious Mount Fitz Roy, battered by furious winds, emerges from the clouds. Patagonia's mountains can be hidden for days, but when they clear, beauty is endless! #bluesky #photography #landscape #nature #sunrise #landscapephotography #naturephotography
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Led Zeppelin in the breakfast room in Coimbra. What can I say?!
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Broadcasting Scotland @broadcastingscotland.scot · 25/11/2024
The level of hypocrisy involved here is surreal. Not one Scottish Labour MP voted against withdrawing the Winter Fuel Payments from pensioners despite some Labour MPs in England voting against the party line at WM. Is it the function of the Scottish Parliament to mitigate UK Gov cuts?
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Braga highlights
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Bom dia from Braga!
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Jimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Treasury officials have told their counterparts in Edinburgh that they should receive in the range of between £295m and £330m extra - though the Scottish government has said the NI tax hike would cost them £500m. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Treasury to give Scotland £300m as tax hike compensation
UK government says SNP have
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t” westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Brexit – an unwelcome truth
Labour’s continued silence on Brexit might just reveal an unwelcome truth; another reason, perhaps, to use the Brexit telescope?
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Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
So interesting to view Brexit from the European side - this is Angel Markel writing in her memoirs ( extracts from @thetimes.com )- about it being a humiliation for European leaders …
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Graeme Purves @gaspurves.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Scotland needs to take an 'as if' approach to independence | Neal Ascerson in The National: #Scotland #ScottishPolitics
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Neal Ascherson: Scotland needs to take an 'as if' approach to independence
I WAS tidying old papers when I came to a faded “1979” folder. Remember what a bad year that was, for those who believed in a self-governing…
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
5 star meal here tonight in Braga!
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Edinburgh to Braga.
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CG @goldishcj.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
If you seek travel information at Porto Airport, make sure you double check what you’re told! You could be advised to get the wrong, non-refundable bus!! Third time lucky now! Braga, here I come!
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
'How Great British Nuclear, which will cost in excess of £45 billion for 3.2 GW, and will not come online until the mid 2030s, can contribute to Labour’s cost reduction, net zero and energy security goals is beyond comprehension'. John Proctor, via @scotnational.bsky.social. www.thenational.scot...
Ed Miliband, Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar having a photo-op in hi-viz jackets.  The Three Stooges revisited.
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 23/11/2024
There was a large wall here at 11am. Storm Bert didn't see things that way. Storms aren't new, but their modern frequency and intensity is. At 1.5° above preindustrial baseline there's 11% more water in the atmosphere. We're cruising, comfortably, towards 2° by 2040. Just saying.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
UK is cursed with ineffective regulators. The FCA hasn't investigated bank frauds dating to 2002. Govt now requires the FCA to promote growth & competitiveness of finance industry. Consumer protection diluted. More scandals and cover-ups will follow. leftfootforward.org/2024/11/exce...
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Excessive deregulation means that the UK is hurtling towards the next crash
Deregulation creates opportunities for bankers to take reckless risks with other people’s money, collect bonuses and destabilise economies.
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