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Scottish socialist. Pro Indy.

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The Highland Council @highland.gov.uk · 13/03/2026
Contract for works at Portree harbour, Isle of Skye Works to repair the pier in Portree are to get underway later this month. Highland Council has awarded a £1.2 million contract to Mackenzie Construction for the repair of the existing pier. The work will include concrete deck repairs, repairs to
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I’m pleased that agreement has been reached with the EIS and COSLA to suspend planned teacher strikes. This deal supports teachers, protects learning time for pupils, especially those preparing for exams, and shows what can be achieved through constructive partnership.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Iran was nowhere close to a #nuclear bomb, experts say." www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
scientificamerican.com
Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say
Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@robharrisreports.bsky.social on the world cup: "This is a war launched by a world cup co-host... against one of the participating nations"
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/03/2026
Israel has closed the Rafah border crossing and Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have continued.
aljazeera.com
What's happened in Gaza and the West Bank since the start of the Iran war?
Israel has closed the Rafah border crossing and Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have continued.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Today Pete Hegseth told us the Iranian leadership are hiding underground, cowering like rats. Meanwhile over on Al Jazeera we can watch an interview with Irans chief justice on the streets of Tehran as the bombs fall.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/03/2026
Thousands march worldwide in solidarity with Palestine, Iran on al-Quds Day aje.news/vbkj81
Protesters hold placards and wave Palestinian flags as they march towards the US embassy to mark International al-Quds Day, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [Fazry Ismail/EPA]Iranians take part in a protest marking the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) march on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran. [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency/Reuters]Muslims protesting against the United States and Israel and expressing solidarity with Iran and Palestinians in Gaza, shout slogans during the annual al-Quds Day rally, in Magam, north of Srinagar, Indian administered Kashmir. [Dar Yasin/AP Photo]Protesters expressing solidarity with Iran and Palestinians in Gaza, shout slogans during the annual al-Quds Day rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. [Dita Alangkara/AP Photo]
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Jiver66 @jiver66.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Ok, I'm no military strategist BUT Iran controlling shipping here makes sense. They're protecting the vast majority of their coastline from attack by sea. Let's get real, if it was the USA they'd do the same damn thing!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Pete Hegseth uses part of his press conference on the war with Iran to attack the US media for being unpatriotic & spreading fake news.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
NEW: Strikes planned across schools in Scotland have been called off after a deal was struck 🚨
thenational.scot
All Scottish school strikes suspended as deal reached
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The SNP @snp.org · 13/03/2026
🥳 We’ve hit our £100,000 target in a little over a day. Now we’re pushing on to a new target: £120,000 - to scale this pro-Scotland, pro-independence campaign and reach even more voters online. If you can, chip in today: www.snp.org/appeal
Crowd gathered on a city street with text announcing the Scottish Election Appeal has reached £100,000 in donations.
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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Scotland already contributes around £5 billion a year to UK defence through UK taxes.(GERS) Defence is a reserved matter, so if Westminster wants defence colleges or facilities, they should fund them fully instead of asking Scotland to pay 50% of the bill. www.thenational.scot/news/2593224...
thenational.scot
Labour 'gave us no details' of caveat on £10m Scottish fund, Kate Forbes says
THE UK Government did not give their Scottish counterparts any prior notice before telling the media that a £10 million investment would be…
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
#BoycottWorldCup
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"These pictures coming out of Iran, from the Iranian capital Tehran. Large numbers of people massing on the street. The reason being it is Al Quds day, an annual event.. to express solidarity with the Palestinian people"
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Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The moral principle is that if you break it, you own it. Israel & USA have broken Gaza, Lebanon & Iran, yet US/Israel reject any responsibility for the damage & death they have caused. They can bully & smash Palestine but maybe not the Gulf States, who are now asking why they are being destroyed.
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Greymane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greymane54.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
At first i thought “why do they need another war” but then i realised it’s all part of the same war. It’s the Genocide and ethnic cleansing to create greater Israel!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Minister Michael Shanks: "Ultimately the only way we can get back to some version of normality here is to de-escalate this whole situation.." The UK govt is allowing the US to use British military bases to bomb Iran. Shanks is treating us like fools.
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BRICS News 📄 @bricsinfo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
JUST IN: 🇹🇷🇮🇱 Turkey says “expansionist Israel” aims to deepen regional instability.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"This is the scene live in Tehran at the moment... they are marking Quds day in Tehran, an annual day to support Palestinians"
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Thirty years ago, 16 children and their teacher were killed at Dunblane Primary School and 15 more children were injured. Scotland will never forget the suffering and the unimaginable loss the families have endured. We will always hold them all in our hearts.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Nida' Ibrahim reports on ongoing violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, including a mosque being set on fire
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Indeed not a single UK airbase should be being used by the USA to bomb Iran. The public do not support it, not in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
⚠️ The US and Israel are reportedly using Ben Gurion Airport for military purposes—which means they’re using civilians as human shields.
Itay Epshtain @
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X.com
Landed in Tel Aviv tonight, to find myself surrounded - as is publicly visible - by US war planes.
Under the law of armed conflict, civilian airports are, by their nature, civilian objects. The starting point is the general rule of distinction reflected in Article 52(1) of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which provides that civilian objects shall not be the object of attack or reprisals.
Indeed, the mere fact that the object belongs to a State that is party to an armed conflict does not alter its civilian character. As with all objects in armed conflict, however, the legal characterization depends not solely on the object's nature but also on its use in the circumstances prevailing at the time.Civilian objects become military objectives when, by their nature, location, purpose, or use, they make an effective contribution to military action and when their destruction, capture, or neutralization offers a definite military advantage. A civilian airport that is used to host, service, refuel, arm, or dispatch military aircraft may therefore lose its civilian protection, at least in respect of the parts of the installation that are being used for military purposes.
In such circumstances the object may qualify as a military objective by use.
The transformation is functional rather than formal: it does not require the airport to be formally designated a military airbase. What matters is whether the facilities contribute effectively to military operations, for example by enabling combat aircraft tolaunch sorties or sustain military deployments in an international armed conflict.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Jared Kushner told Donald Trump to start this war. A man with even less intelligence and fewer skills than his useless father-in-law. Donald Trump should be impeached and then both of them put on trial.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In two minutes this doctor explains why anti-trans hysteria is completely unscientific and based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how transitioning facilitated through the medical system actually works
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Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If elected Sarwar will introduce the US tech company Palantir into NHS Scotland. Palantir has assisted the Israeli Govt to carry out a genocide in Gaza & has contracts from NHS England. Palantir promoted to the UKGovt by Mandelson’s PR company Global Council, defunct now due to Epstein allegations.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The very last thing the U.K. needs is a bad actor like Musk with a toe hold control in our energy supply market.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say. In Scientific American. @sciam.bsky.social No surprise, Trump is lying. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
scientificamerican.com
Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say
Although President Trump has claimed Iran was weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon, much more work was needed for the country to do so
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
That is a unanimous, adamant YES. The sooner the better.
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Peter Cranie @petercranie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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WhiskeyStu @whiskeystu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Western governments: "We utterly condemn the bombing of our military base that we put next to your country so we could subjugate your people and steal your resources."
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Clem.PM @clempm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Have the Gulf States worked out yet that having US bases on their territory doesn’t keep them safe but makes them targets?
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Reform UK may talk about change, but they're just recycled Tories with the same failed ideas ♻️ 🚨 Their plans for Wales would mean job losses, cuts to public services, and a £1BILLION black hole! Vote Plaid Cymru on 7 May to stop Reform and stand up for Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Clem.PM @clempm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Iranian message to EU’s Von Der Leyen “Please spare the hypocrisy. You’ve made a career out of standing on the wrong side of history — green-lighting occupation, genocide, and atrocities, and now laundering U.S./Israeli crime of aggression and war crimes against Iranians.” Starmer take note
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Clem.PM @clempm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Cancel the King I say
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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In his first address, Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei vows victory and vengeance against the perpetrators of the illegal war against Iran and the assassination of his father.
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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“He chose to overlook those victims.” Yes. This. Thank you Siân.
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Nope!!!! #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Many of the biggest policy decisions of Donald Trump’s second term follow the same script: move fast, ignore the experts, break things, then spin the disastrous outcome as a victory. From DOGE to tariffs to the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the pattern keeps repeating. The war in Iran is next.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
Blundering Forward, Trump Style
Trump’s big policy mistakes follow a familiar pattern, and we should expect the same with the war in Iran.
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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
He started a war with out Congressional approval. He broke the law. He withheld the Epstein files. He broke the law. Why is he still in the White House and not arrested? Impeach the SOB and throw him in jail.
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Jiver66 @jiver66.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
IMO It's not appropriate for the USA to be hosting it!
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What bone fide bonkers sounds like. So Streeting and Starmer has hitched our NHS data to his waggon.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/03/2026
Qatar has rejected claims that its decision to pause gas production was politically motivated.
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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
When he says 'WE will make a lot of money' he means HIM & HIS CORRUPT GANG. C'mon America, he's fkn stealing from you all. DO SOMETHING! Love, the World 🌎 ❤️
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Patrick_Woodside🏳️‍🌈 @pjwoodside.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
news.stv.tv/west-central...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NHS England has been urged to axe its contract with a controversial US surveillance firm alleged to be 'profiting from genocide' in Gaza as well as assisting ICE operations in America
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NHS England urged to axe Palantir contract over 'serious risks'
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Zyphex🇨🇦🍉🇺🇦 @zyphex-skybreaker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Keir Starmer is openly saying he considers being against genocide to be "completely intolerable."
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/03/2026
“He should be ashamed and he should resign.” Siân Berry on Keir Starmer’s moral failings in appointing Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador, on #BBCQT.
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