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@grinner13.bsky.social
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Hillwalker, cyclist and train fan. Bit of politics too. Mostly happy just to read stuff rather than post a lot. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 (He/him)

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Across these islands, the political landscape has changed. Scotland, Wales and the north of Ireland are led by First Ministers committed to independence from the UK. Scotland has the right to decide its future and no Westminster government can simply deny democracy.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot · 28/09/2026
My latest blog discusses the future of this important site. The relevant legal documents are published and I would be interested in the views of others as to whether in fact Castle Tioram is ownerless 4/4 andywightman.scot/2026/09/who-...
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Who Owns Castle Tioram? - Land Matters
Castle Tioram is located on the tidal island of Eilean Tioram located near the mouth of the River Shiel in Loch Moidart (see map below). The castle was granted to Clan Macdonald of Clanranald by Rober...
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have done likewise.
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
who's up for robbing banks while shouting "stop the boats" so no-one arrests us?
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's a decent starting point, I was worried we were going to get just larger, more remote councils. Devil will be in the detail, and I would worry that the lower-tier authorities might get sidelined/ignored if they are ultimately reliant on staff and resources of the regional authority.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good morning, “Joe Fagan” was an 8 week study conducted by Strathclyde University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
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Greater Govanhill @greatergovanhill.com · 17/09/2026
When we interviewed Thomas Kerr in 2024 standing for Conservatives in Glasgow East, he praised Govanhill’s “unique and wonderful character”. Now as a Reform MSP he has called it a ghetto. We asked what changed... www.greatergovanhill.com/latest/two-y...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after threats from thugs www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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RNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protests
RNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
First Minister John Swinney and his wife Elizabeth Quigley have met with the President of Ireland Catherine Connolly and her husband Brian McEnery at Bute House this morning
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I would assume it would be due to power-sharing arrangements in NI: the FM isn't able to act on behalf of the Executive without approval from the DUP, whereas the Welsh and Scottish Governments are single parties.
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Jeez, the smug grin on that reform w*nker's face as Swinney is answering
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Worst Antony Gormley installation ever!
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Prison?
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Actually did a double take when noticing these two posts. One from Labour minister Michael Shanks, one from Tory shadow Scotland secretary Andrew Bowie. Almost identical language to attack The National. It's almost as if they're ... the same ....
Michael Shanks post says the National is an "increasingly absurd newspaper" Andrew Bowie post says The National is an "increasingly absurd newspaper"
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I cannot wait for the usual dickwad commentators in the Scottish media to tell us how either Marra or Fagan - men who nobody knows about or cares about - will soon be First Minister … rather than the chief undertaker of an already dead party
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Michael Marra and Joe Fagan to contest Scottish Labour leadership
Anas Sarwar triggered the contest last month after he announced his intention to stand down to join Andy Burnham's government.
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Rhoda Meek @wodieskodie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The National Scot: World-unique Scottish ferry 'faces threat from millionaire absentee landowner’ www.thenational.scot/news/26466628.… #scothinews
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The National Scot: World-unique Scottish ferry 'faces threat from millionaire absentee landowner’
A historic Scottish ferry service said to be the last of its kind in the entire world is facing an uncertain future.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
They are radicalising people into extremism.
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Already been done in Wales I think?
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The SNP @snp.org · 22/07/2026
Anyone fancy a new job? 👇🥀
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We’re sourcing our reshuffle news from an alternate timeline of the 1980s…
To summarise yesterday evening, Mr Benn is out of the Cabinet, Mr Healey has returned to the Cabinet and Mr Kinnock has joined the Cabinet for the first time.

Quoted as an image because it’s a friend’s joke from Facebook and I can’t take credit for it.
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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Some people really down on the Sarwar appointment, but you have to remember that beyond his stellar record of results for Scottish Labour, he's also a special category of political operator: someone who got outplayed by Keir Starmer.
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Saucelhill - you can see my flat from there!
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Laurie Macfarlane @lmacfarlane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NEW: Has devolution helped or hindered Scotland's economy? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Critics claim it has failed. I dug into more than two decades of data to test that claim (it's wrong), and identify lessons England. 🧵
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
They use RealTime Trains (well the same source data) to check!
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Nigel Farage has declared his largest single payment yet for work outside his role as an MP, after earning £270,000 for just 12 hours' work promoting gold bullion
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Nigel Farage declares £270k payment for just 12 HOURS' work promoting gold bullion
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Enough is enough. When politicians use hateful language, they create conditions for hatred to grow. This is the Reform party I warned about, and they should be ashamed for inciting racial division in Scotland. I will always stand up for the inclusive country we are. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The press are all over Nicola Sturgeon, who was investigated and released without charge. So glad all I did was take £5 million to become an MP, £1m to throw an election, make a couple of dodgy house purchases and lie about Russia hacking my phone.
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Aileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a very good piece on police interviews and the right to silence in Scots law (which - online know-alls please note - is not the same as in England), with reference to Nicola Sturgeon's decision not to answer police questions. www.scottishlegal.com/newsletter/6...
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Today's SLN: 28th May 2026
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If you totted up the sums for every financial scandal in British politics (£2k per parliamentary question for cash-for-questions, £200k for Johnson’s No 10 renovation, the cost of that very nice campervan) even with second tier stuff like Rayner and Polanski, would you get close to £5mn *in total*?
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
What feats of mental gymnastics are needed to conclude that *not* working with the far right is appeasing extremists?
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I have to be honest, "void at the centre of the country" is pretty much how I think about North Lanarkshire anyway...
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Devolved Election Projections @devolvedelections.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
On the topic of MRPs being effectively useless, I think the Telegraph/JL Poll messed up their own D'Hondt calculations. The real numbers are: SNP: 57 Labour:21 Conservatives: 13 Liberal Democrats: 8 Greens: 11 Reform: 19 This is really basic stuff.
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More In Common, YouGov, FindOutNow, JL Partners

SNP 57	67	67	57
Labour 16	15	14	21
Conservatives 12	7	12	13
Liberal Democrats 14	9	8	8
Greens 8	11	13	11
Reform 22	20	15	19
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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Taking deer culled to allow forest regeneration in a rural area & processing them in a rural area so they can be eaten? Monstrous! www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2602449...
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Controversial deer larder plans set to be backed despite strong local opposition
A decision on the Yair Forest site is expected on Monday.
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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Ooft Mcleish spilling all about the Labour branch office.
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Grinner @grinner13.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Looking out the window there's no wind, no sun, dampness in the air but no rain - I'd say it's pretty accurate tbh...
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
current status: weeping with laughter
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BREAKING: Malcolm Offord has claimed that Anas Sarwar approached him at the start of the election campaign to 'remove the SNP'
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András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
ORBÁN CONCEDED
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How on earth can the trip planned by King Charles possibly go ahead with Trump making statements like this?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 31/03/2026
If Trump thinks European countries won't pay Iran a transit fee to get ships through Hormuz... -laughs in Nordstream-
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John Avocado 宇杰 @supercroup.com · 27/03/2026
Hang on, she says she teaches children who identify as cats, and now holograms? Has anyone checked that she hasn't just been watching Red Dwarf and thought it was real?
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this whenever they see a map of The Strait Of Hormuz on the news?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."
"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"
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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
BBC News - Glasgow Central Station to fully reopen after Union Street fire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Glasgow Central Station to fully reopen after Union Street fire
Network Rail said all ScotRail and cross-border routes would be restored at Scotland's busiest railway station.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
When I said some Reform supporters are racist, this is what I had in mind. I will always stand against those who try to divide us with hate. 👇
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