Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 7hFacts checked by @omgfacts Sources: The Japan Times The Guardian Kyodo News 06515
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 6hEXPERTS in Denmark have challenged Thomas Kerr's use of the country's burqa ban to justify similar restrictions in Scotland, warning of its damaging consequences for Muslim women. www.thenational.scot/news/2661975...thenational.scotThomas Kerr wants Scotland to follow Denmark. But did its burqa ban work?AS Thomas Kerr points to European burqa bans to justify introducing similar restrictions in Scotland, experts have warned that the legislation in Denmark has left Muslim women fearful of public spaces... 185
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialIrish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 7hIn advance of the Court decision on the Garvaghy Road march, wherever you live in the World; let the Northern Ireland Secretary of State know that you oppose the march. andy.burnham.mp@parliament.uk andy@andyformakerfield.co.uk 086
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 10hSo there's this Tel Aviv Scrabble club which appears to be co-ordinating a flood of spurious complaints about The National's coverage of Gaza, resulting in literally hundreds of Ipso processes for us to go through. Let me explain ... 43630
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 10hWe have been handling hundreds of complaints from one woman in Tel Aviv, named Michelle Moshelian, for some time. The numbers of complaints from this one individual is so extreme that it caught the attention of Private Eye recently 1188
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 10hMichelle's complaints can be incredibly semantic in nature. Not just complaints that you might expect, eg being upset at us using the word genocide. One recent complaint involved her distress over us writing Fifa in lower case. It's endless. 2123
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 10hAnyway recently we noticed a new person submitting very similar complaints but with a different name. So we started investigating. 1122
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 10hWe found that this individual and Michelle are connected via their local Tel Aviv Scrabble club. It appears to be a co-ordinated attack on our coverage of Israel's genocide, coming from inside Israel. It is taking up huge amounts of our time and it's clearly vexatious. 3174
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 10hIt's a wild story and we have written about it here, if you'd like to know more. www.thenational.scot/news/2662048...thenational.scotInside the Tel Aviv Scrabble club waging war against The NationalHUNDREDS of IPSO complaints appear to have been submitted against The National by members of a Scrabble club in Tel Aviv. 12316
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 8hEngland-as-UK is broke. So much for the glib ‘Better Together’ lies on the UK’s economic strength and security. Waiting as a servant at WM’s table is no longer an option, will the SNP govt stand up and urgently deliver Scotland’s right to self determination and democracy? 👇 1119
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialGrumpy-ish Brian🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 10hThey should be in prison! 115823
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialGrumpy-ish Brian🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 10hVery true! 216740
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialDick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 10hWhen exactly did governments hand over control of our economies to the bond market and when are they going to take it back? @richardjmurphy.bsky.social 073
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 10htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/08/s...talkingupscotlandtwo.comScotland produces far more food per head than EnglandI know the AI images are childish but hey, let’s have a laugh as we go? From June Agricultural Census 2026 published today: Results from the June Agricultural Census 2026 were published today… 11913
icaledonia.bsky.social @icaledonia.bsky.social · 10hThe UK is NEVER joining the EU as the Donors that support Labour, Tories, Lid Dem, Reform, Restore etc etc etc would have to be taxed as per EU tax legislation on their worldwide wealth inclusive of the offshore accounts as per the Panorama Panama Papers expose’ 100
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 10htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/08/s...talkingupscotlandtwo.comScotland’s training support for parents is designed to prevent drop-out and to meet a child poverty target which England cares not to even haveFrom Training support for up to 2,400 parents published today: Up to 2,400 parents will be able to access training at colleges across Scotland to enter or progress in work. As part of the Scottish … 086
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We helped to end fascism. We helped to end apartheid. We MUST help to end Zionism. 18032
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 11htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/08/5...talkingupscotlandtwo.com57% of new social lets already go to homeless households, up from 36% ten years beforeFrom STV today, the above and: Scotland could cut the most extreme homelessness by nearly half within just the next two years, a study has found. The number of Scots facing the worst forms of homel… 045
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 11htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/08/a...talkingupscotlandtwo.comAlex Cole Hamilton leads the least powerful party in Holyrood yet dreams of powerLet onto the top of the front page of the Herald today, the above. Oh, really, wee Eck? Have a look at this. Sox 65 MSPs gives you a voting majority and the SNP/Greens combination has 72? Remind me… 067
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialPartick Thistle FC @partickthistle.bsky.social · 13h🖼️ The official Partick Thistle 2026/27 squad photo. 📸 Tommy Taylor #WeAreThistle 0162
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 16h2/2 Colonial usurpation, indiscriminate exaction, imperialist annexation, & permanent suppresion of inherent rights! Rights they accord themselves, much to Scotlands detriment. Scotland deserves better! 0103
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 16h1/2 🏴Thoughts from a colonised land🏴 There are words for a larger country controlling a smaller nations trade, industries, resources, & culture whilst applying unprecedented & evolving legal mechanisms to prevent their captive nation from ever gaining Independence. Cont. 1159
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 16htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/08/p...talkingupscotlandtwo.comPunished and not rewarded because we voted to stayHere is another story linked to another UK party that, so far, the BBC have avoided on their website, yet as a situation it is shocking for Scotland and devolution, but it’s not surprising it’s bei… 176
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialBridget 🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪 @bridget1965.bsky.social · 16h"The BBC will never sway from (over) using this adopted method of bad journalism, in them always stooping very very low, all in the hope that this will eventually work in it hopefully being successful in turning more people in Scotland against the SNP." 031
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialDorothy Bruce @dorothybruce.bsky.social · 16hwww.thenational.scot/news/2661632...thenational.scotHolyrood launches probe into 20-plus AI data centres planned across ScotlandTWO Holyrood committees are preparing to “dig into the details” behind planned hyperscale data centres 032
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 16hanalysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/blog/compara... 01711
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 16htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/08/c...talkingupscotlandtwo.comComparisons only newsworthy when they can be framed as unfavourable to ScotlandBy stewartb Are comparisons between the constituent parts of the UK only deemed newsworthy by the editors of public service broadcasters when they can be framed as unfavourable to Scotland? Beyond … 12013
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 20hSource: Financial Times share.google/DcCsfxepN9qb...share.googleNorway lays down a line for EU on AI glassesProposed ban will be test case for broad restrictions on the eyewear after fierce backlash over their use 051
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Stuart Campbell and readers of Wings Over Scotland have raised more than £30,000 to take the police and prosecutors to court over the old SNP referendum fundraising/ring-fencing controversy. apparently, this horse hasn’t been flogged quite enough by the Reverend I. M. Getting-Jolly-Boring.👇 132
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/07/t...talkingupscotlandtwo.comTake Your Brain For A Walk Down Reality RoadBy Mark E. Saunders of “The Scottish Minuteman” “Great question from Claire Baker” they said. Really? I think there’s a pretty big hole in Claire’s question or at least in the … 085
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Take A Walk Down Reality Road Great question from Claire Baker” they said. Really? Bakernomics, using the pound sterling in an independent Scotland means having zero control over our currency What control does Scotland, its Parliament, its MSPs or its MPs have over the currency we use TODAY?👇 043
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026 How Tories have made Scotland a pawn in the play for English votes👇 023
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Wake up Scotland 👇 18746
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026They told us we were too poor… while draining us of oil, power, and profit. Jim Eadie lays it out clearly: Scotland was never too small. It was too useful — to a system built to benefit London. From energy to industry, our wealth was siphoned away… while communities were left to crumble.👇 14638
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026👇 0157
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialBilly @cromartie7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just stop this from going ahead in Scotland Plenty room in england if they like this soo much 🤬🏴 013
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialBilly @cromartie7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026England wants to bypass holyrood to force new nuclear reactors in Scotland ARE YOU YES YET🤬 48266
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialBilly @cromartie7.bsky.social · 08/10/2026How thick is this eedgit Nae wonder Americans are f**ked🏴🤬🏴 053
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/07/d...talkingupscotlandtwo.comDear auld Glasgow toon sees plummeting violence but try telling that to this lotBBC Scotland’s Debate Night indulged in slagging off Glasgow based on no figures whatsoever and one old dear remembering fondly the period from the 1930s to the 1960s when the city and its ra… 46142
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialAlgarve Celtic @algarveceltic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Well that’s a relief, turns out everything is all above board 👌🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukReform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations stingOfficials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party. 1122
Reposted by @icaledonia.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/07/m...talkingupscotlandtwo.comMore than 250 paid NHS placements will be made available to parents across Scotland as part of Scottish Government efforts to eradicate child poverty but only STV have mentioned itFrom the Scottish Government today: More than 250 paid NHS placements will be made available to parents across Scotland as part of Scottish Government efforts to eradicate child poverty. The paid p… 01210