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Retired civil servant. Lives in Greenock, Scotland. Keen genealogist who fully appreciates the importance that history plays in our everyday lives.

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BBC piece about £110m budget gap facing Glasgow mentions the issue of equal pay as one major factor and cost of housing homeless refugees as the other without mentioning the first was caused by Labour and the second by UK Govt. I'm shocked I tell you, shocked. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Glasgow City Council at 'critical' point over £110m budget gap
The Accounts Commission warns "robust oversight" is needed to tackle a £110m budget gap spanning the next two financial years.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 23/08/2026
"Glasgow has been named the friendliest city in the UK, and this time nobody’s really surprised." Erm, the entire editorial team at a well known British public broadcaster might well be. upthegains.co.uk/blog/friendl...
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The Friendliest City in the UK Has Been Crowned Again
One UK city has defended its title as the friendliest in Britain for the second year running. See the full top five scores and what a weekend there costs.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On the left: Oliver North, convicted for his role in illegally selling missiles to Iran during the Reagan administration. On the right: Fox News “military analyst” Oliver North, who thinks Iran shouldn’t have missiles. Same guy. Same Oliver North.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The US is confiscating Venezuela’s gold from the UK bank All of Venezuela's gold reserves, totaling 31 tons, which are held at the Bank of England, will be transferred to the United States, per EL Nacional.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
‘I am not a football person. While I carry blancmange recipes around in my head, the offside rule is a mystery to me.’ Anyway, here’s another 2000 words on Thomas Tuchel’s lack of tactical nous…
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Andy Burnham has been invited to the Highlands to explain to locals why Labour blocked a Chinese firm's £1.5bn wind turbine factory, but allow Chinese investment in English nuclear power and electricity networks 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Self-proclaimed racist who hit police & set up demo to heckle peaceful campaigners was central figure in BBC Disclosure Glasgow doc. Why no analysis of links with Belfast Far Right or balancing interview with Violence Reduction Unit experts? www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
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BBC documentary has dragged Glasgow's violent reputation back despite improvement
I watched BBC Scotland’s Welcome to Glasgow documentary and it is indeed tough viewing with drug dealing, casual violence and a
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Labour pledged that GB Energy would directly create 1000 Scottish jobs, but new figures show it employs just 130 people, and one-third of them work outside Scotland 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My latest blog piece. BBC Scotland's hit piece on Glasgow tells us a lot more about the agenda of the BBC in Scotland than it does about Glasgow. The BBC's great unmentionable is the link between far right protests, Loyalism & British nationalism. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/t...
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The BBC’s Glasgow hit piece says more about the BBC than Glasgow
I’ve already briefly mentioned BBC Scotland’s disgraceful hit job on Glasgow which was broadcast earlier this week, but it’s worth exploring the issues around the programme in mor…
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Labour blocked a Chinese firm's £1.5bn factory in the Highlands to 'avoid aligning with SNP' in support of the plan, a former UK business secretary has alleged 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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JCMartinofBA @jcmartinofba.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Left- This is what Israelis and the U.S. are doing to children in Gaza....We are STARVING them to DEATH. This is Mah Bashir who died in Dier al-Balah City. Right- This handsome boy and father were murdered by Israel and the U.S. today. 11 year old, Jihad, and his father, Mohammad Hamdi Al-Masri.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AI and Data Centres provide jobs in the same way that self service checkouts provide jobs. They don't, they take them.
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Controversial broadcaster BBC Scotland Employs: Controversial Scotland Editor James Cook Controversial Political Editor Glenn Campbell Controversial Reporting Scotland presenters Laura Miller, Laura Goodwin, Sarah McMullan, Rebecca Curran. 1/
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again Overly eager to air Reform's latest press conference, the BBC displayed an empty podium for the better part of an hour. What the hell was this??? www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again
Overly eager to air Reform's latest press conference, the BBC displayed an empty podium for the better part of an hour. What the hell?
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 19/08/2026
What does the 🇬🇧 British Government do for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland? It gives us benefits that don't even reach the OECD average, and well below what virtually any other smaller European country achieves by themselves. www.datawrapper.de/_/s7YY3/
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A Scottish Reform politician posed for photographs with a group run by a senior member of a banned terrorist organisation, The National can reveal 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I promised to roll out health MOTs during the election - and today I launched them in Dundee. Starting in Tayside, Glasgow and Aberdeen, you’ll be able to get heart and lung checks in everyday places. It’s about prevention, catching problems early and ultimately, saving lives.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tomorrow's front page: "There isn't a ceasefire. People are dying every day."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Different lead singer. Same band.
Burnham received £345,000 of donations ahead of becoming PM
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
On this day in 1863, a Czech Jewish woman was born. A widow, on the 6 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt where she perished from severe malnutrition on the 28 Aug 1942 with her brother present. Her name was Johanna Hirschová
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
LIVE at 1pm: Editor Laura Webster and Political Reporter Steph Brawn discuss today's big stories, from a major Douglas Alexander admission, to anger at an Israel-linked weapons firm sponsoring a Scottish airshow and more. Join the conversation www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-G...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Was there a point when any of the BBC production crew wondered if they were being played? Lesley Riddoch asks ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Of course he did🙄 It was in the making/planning for ages then at the last minute Milliband pulled the plug & deliberately destroyed skilled jobs & investment in the Inverness area after the Labour Government gave themselves the ok to allow Chinese investment & developments in England
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The bbc started off this Glasgow mockumentory by platforming uber-unionist, Extreme Right Neo-fascist, Craig Houston (Restore Party) to put down Glasgow…..whilst making absolutely no reference to who this vile activist is 🇬🇧 The ‘bbc in Scotland’ are an anti-Scottish propaganda unit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 17/08/2026
Not content with simply passing off Reform press releases as news, the BBC adopts Reform's misleading and untrue narratives in a current affairs programme on Glasgow. The BBC has completely lost its way. Ofcom/British government needs to get on top of this. www.thenational.scot/news/2647243...
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European TV anchor hits out at BBC over 'selective' Glasgow film 'using darkest lens'
A EUROPEAN broadcast journalist has hit out at the BBC, accusing the corporation of reducing Glasgow to a “dossier of its worst moments” and…
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A European TV journalist has called out the BBC, accusing it of 'selective' reporting on Glasgow that shows the city through 'the darkest lens' 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A local historian has torn into BBC Scotland’s documentary of Glasgow, saying the programme shows the broadcaster views the city as a 'backwater of drunks and stereotypes'
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BBC gave this man a platform to help make a heavily biased, erm, 'documentary' aboot Glasgow & in doing so helped give him legitimacy despite this 👇
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Alexa - what would a disco in Hell look like?
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Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The so-called “proud Scots” who actually despise the very idea of Scotland.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Did anyone realise Outlander's theme tune the Skye Boat Song tells the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's evaded capture by government soldiers after his Battle of Culloden defeat? 🤔 That being played while the Union flag is created out of umbrellas doesn't feel quite right, writes Laura Pollock ✍️
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I went to the Edinburgh Tattoo. It wasn't for me, but who was it for?
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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Well… someone had to say it.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Using GERS to attack Scottish independence ‘is to misuse it', FAI says 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2645577...
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Using GERS to attack Scottish independence ‘is to misuse it’, top institute warns
TO use the annual GERS report into Scotland’s fiscal position in the UK to attack the economics of an independent Scotland “is to misuse it”,…
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The SNP @snp.org · 11/08/2026
The UK no longer offers strength and stability, instead it offers a new Prime Minister every 1.5 years. No wonder a majority of Scots now support real constitutional change - independence for Scotland.
Independence leads in first poll of Burnham era.
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The SNP @snp.org · 10/08/2026
From free bus travel to no tuition fees. The SNP Government has ensured young people in Scotland have the best cost-of-living support anywhere in the UK.
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Young Scots get best cost-of-living package in the UK — Scottish National Party
Whilst the SNP ensures young Scots get the best cost-of-living package in the UK, England’s youth face sky-high costs from Westminster…
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🇬🇧 Weapons grade Horse manure from unionist propaganda rag ‘The Daily Redcoat’, where in today’s ‘SNP Bad’ they are greetin for those earning over £1/4 MILLION a year paying £8,900 more tax than those in England Thanks to progressive tax most (lower earning) Scots pay less than those in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🇬🇧 🇨🇳 There’ll be nae mare spying for China, and there’ll be nae mare gettin bevyed and pumpin Nuclear Submarine Commanders on Nuclear bases 🇨🇳 🇬🇧 Can you begin to imagine the british media frenzy had Joanni Reid been an SNP politician ? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
No Europe, no World Cup. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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UEFA Considering Boycott of FIFA Tournaments in Brewing Feud
UEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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🇬🇧 Jon (of the Tofu eating Wokerati) @antaboga.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Correct me if I'm incorrect but a true "patriot" of the UK would, you know, actually live in the UK and willingly pay their taxes to the UK rather than living in Monaco and the Caribbean.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today's front page 📰 Warning over 'dangerous escalation' of violent far-right disorder
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
At this point, its a "T" for Trump...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Scottish Labour must accept that voters see the SNP as the 'default choice to protect Scottish interests', a senior party MSP has said 👇
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Scottish Labour 'must accept SNP are default choice to protect Scotland', MSP says
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Robert (🚫DM’s or CBD sales 🚫BS please) @evry1getsatrophy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In memory of Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor
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JCMartinofBA @jcmartinofba.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Left- The Jewish State of Israel was born of terrorism and has grown into a GENOCIDAL state. They blew up the King David Hotel to force the British to leave Palestine in the 1940s. Right- Ben Gurion, Israeli Prime Minister, 1949-1963- "We must use terror, assassination and intimidation on Arabs".
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