Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 8hThis is a deliberate attempt to blood civilians, breach our moral boundaries and make us complicit in their filthy crimes. They want us to become as vile and debased as they are. Resist 2368
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times) 831886690
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s fascinating that English progressives seem so keen to celebrate Burnham as a leftwing hope whereas in Scotland the view is ‘nope, it’s just words - prove it or beat it’. Independence provides a completely different prism. I feel genuine sympathy that English progressives seem to feel so trapped 98824
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is *not* the result of "the success of Mahmood's reforms", but of earlier measures/other factors. Her proposals could make it considerably *worse* in future years. A few other points linked below.. archive.ph/0psJ8 5296111
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm increasingly disillusioned with the (policy) ideas ecosystem in the UK - it seems like underlying (social) scientific research is less and less influential and there's increasing dominance of PR and pseudo-research. 2423034
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Me in January The Times today 53115
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time. 752931754
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So much winning... 24815
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why has this live-streaming serial criminal not been arrested? 830387
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialIndependent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think the answer is clear. From voting to stifle democracy in Scotland to headlining proposed tax cuts during a public service crisis. The LibDems are the new Tories. 0148
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Oh look, what's this, the consequences of failing to respond firmly to masked mobs roaming the streets yesterday? Two years in and somehow the Labour government still just do not get it. 10427118
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I wouldn't consider myself a particular expert in national security, but it is absolutely obvious what the problem is and what needs to be done. The failure of the UK government to respond to disorder over a sustained period is egregious. 325337
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialDavid Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026MP, knight, paedophile: the evil double life of Jeffrey Donaldson www.thetimes.com/article/82f8...thetimes.comVerifying Device 034
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Present in Sweden for 9 years and married to a Swedish citizen. Looks like a clear breach of the Brexit withdrawal agreement but also of his right (and his wife's) to a family life. Really shameful conduct by Sweden.theguardian.com‘I have nothing in the UK at all’: British man torn from his Swedish wife and homeCharles lands at Heathrow with just two bags and nowhere to go as a result of Brexit and Stockholm’s hardline immigration position 213145
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault. 433127790
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026First the real extremists are the actual Nazis you fucking idiot. Secondly how is "radical right" more "Orwellian" than "far right"? That doesn't even make sense. 64943173
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026By region, support was especially high in Scotland, London and inner-city areas. By party, support is highest in seats won by the SNP, Greens, and Liberal Democrats in 2024. 2506
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026EU membership was the most popular policy option in every nation and region of Great Britain, and particularly in Scotland. 2708
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Well I think that’s me done with Radio Four’s Today programme. It’s just culture war clickbait now. All I want is intelligent in-depth reporting of the news. Not this constant attempt to provoke division in the country seemingly over every damn matter. The ruination of the BBC is a national tragedy. 2012626
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is an absolute disgrace. There is no excuse for anyone not calling this out for the thuggish extremism it is. 517244
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyonestatic.klipy.comWW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic StorefrontALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront 411257560
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialAileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The sort of thing that ought to be of concern to the Scottish Government. 02511
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The promise of Israel is somewhere that Jews can be safe, no matter what else happens in the world. The mobs and death threats against the filmakers and their families suggest that, under Netanyahu, this only applies to Jews who support the government and armed forces. 832347
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible 24864571
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Tories have attacked appointment of TUC chief Paul Nowak as a director of Bank of England, saying: "The last thing our country needs is a trade union leader helping to run the BofE." And yet it was a Tory government that in 2019 appointed the then TUC chief Frances O'Grady to the same role 21431129
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Just hours after being branded a 'ghetto' by a Reform politician, Glasgow’s Govanhill has been named the fifth coolest neighbourhood in the worldthenational.scotGlasgow’s Govanhill named fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world 05228
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Last Day of Biden Vs. Trump: 🔹 Gas: $3.12 → $4.32 🔹 Diesel: $3.63 → $6.29 🔹 Inflation: 2.9% → 3.4% 🔹 Wage growth: 3.9% → 3.1% 🔹 Real wage growth: +1.0% → -0.3% 🔹 GDP growth: 2.8% in 2024 → 1.5% in Q2 2026 🔹 And the U.S. is now at war with Iran. 22355148
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026100% this, a rubicon has been crossed The Israeli govt has killed tens of thousands of people, including 20,000 children, over the course of just a few years - and have showed no accountability, no genuine remorse, and came under little meaningful intl pressure to end the killing 328268
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In their wildest dreams Hamas couldn't do as much damage to Israel as Netanyahu and his government has. 752250
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Powerful speech by Unison member at #TUC26 calling out the disgrace of Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms which would mean care workers waiting 15 years for UK settlement, while bankers could get settlement in 3 years ... And under a Labour government. 13314
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sometimes I think 'all that Andy Burnham has done is bring professionalism and direction to the same policy mix as Keir Starmer', then I remember that the absence of 'professionalism' cost £860k on this one instance alone. 1616631
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We need to know if the BBC deliberately shafted Glasgow over the Commonwealth Games. First, we were told the BBC lost the bid to air the games in Glasgow. Now it’s claimed that there wasn’t even a bid. Something rotten is going on and people want the truth My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.socialheraldscotland.com'We need to know if the BBC deliberately shafted Glasgow over the Commonwealth Games'First, we were told the BBC was outbid, then it was said the broadcaster only bid £900k, now it’s claimed there wasn’t even a bid. People need… 613165
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Many members of the Israeli establishment – from former PMs to judges, generals and academics – vehemently oppose the actions of settlers in the West Bank and support sanctions. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Miliband app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74705/...app.prospectmagazine.co.ukConfronting Jewish terrorism is not an act of Jew hateMany members of the Israeli establishment vehemently oppose what is happening in the West Bank. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Miliband 10264126
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🎵"Ban the vox pop, ban the vox pop, ban the vox pop, ban the vox pop, ban the vox pop, ban the vox pop...." ( #NotQuiteMorrisseyAndMarrBut) 5678
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The call for more clarity for Scotland, Wales as with Northern Ireland that a similar principle applies seems to me to be fair. It is implicitly & de facto the case that sustained, settled consent for independence for Scotland - or Wales, - would lead to independence. Or indeed in primciple, England 171
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Seriously, why are people still calling them "protests" after this sort of thing? In what way are these expressions of "legitimate concerns"? 623266
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialHeather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretaryPaul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment 11577179
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Surprising this story isn't getting more coverage...portsmouth.co.ukProtestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotelMisinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel 921086480
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Sir Ed Davey just brought up this alarming scoop at PMQs 312540
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Kent police response seems contradictory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukKent Police warned of Dover protests the day before, force saysKent Police says it was told of possible protests on Friday but information "was not fully assessed". 79930
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026At what point does ‘the masked men on the street have legitimate concerns’ and ‘Just Stop Oil/Palestine Action are terrorists’ become two tier policing? 671695463
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Somehow ‘Lord Walney’ on Radio 4 has managed to be more critical of climate protesters this week than the masked street fascists Last few days feel like an exercise in normalisation in plain sight…. 1830881
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."nicklowles.substack.comDid Kent Police ignore a 999 call?Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information. 26710282
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The Times. Explicitly and deliberately, as a matter of editorial policy, promoting violent racist thugs. 37691247
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/09/2026@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...as.ft.comLabour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggeryA government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse 22863322
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026NRW - population 18 million Niedersachsen- population 8 million BaWü - population 11 million Bavaria - population 13 million ....Sachsen Anhalt - population 2 million Yet apparently the Republic needs to bend to its most impoverished and underpopulated region. 1116930
Reposted by @jacqmclean.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026These numbers are the consequence of the government's weak response to events in Dover and Portsmouth - their core support aren't paying attention, but their opponents are. 44412
