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Fifer, reader, crafter, lefty, independence supporter. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv, talk about politics and admire beautiful art & photography. I post about all these things.

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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 9h
Jack Smith, under oath, in public, finally! "Proof beyond a reasonable doubt." that Trump committed serious crimes. His kicker: he'd prosecute a former president on the same facts whether Republican or Democrat. #USDemocracy newrepublic.com/post/215971/...
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Jack Smith Found Proof Beyond “Reasonable Doubt” of Trump’s Guilt
The former special counsel testified he would prosecute anyone, regardless of political party, based on the evidence he found about Donald Trump.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 18h
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 19h
Here’s an idea… Why don’t we try facts first, frothing later? Let the Fairford investigation finish before anyone decides what it means …and for goodness sake, don’t believe a word from Trump and his lot. Me on @jeremyvineon5 this morning…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22h
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 22h
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage posted this at 12.38 today. It has been hopelessly overtaken by events and shown to be entirely wrong (British nationals involved and they've been released on bail - not very terrorist-like). And if you believe anything Trump says, you are a credulous moron.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Awe, isn't that sweet?💕 Little Dick Lice, dutifully repeating the girlfriend's ill-considered gibberish right on cue. I'm sure they'd both be happy to explain to normal people, exactly why their personal hate-filled prejudices are relevant here. Might be difficult, though...
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Helen Whatley MP spends every day bashing disabled people online and calling them scroungers. She has claimed for almost £2,000,000 on expenses since 2015. £300,000 of this are for her own travel and accommodation etc, yet she lives 50 miles from London. " via Harry Eccles
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Laura Kuenssberg earns between £405k-£410k per year from the BBC. Is it a coincidence that her entire political logic seems to be abt defending the interests of the super-rich & super-affluent? No notion that taxing people like her & their assets might fund social care. #BBCLauraK
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 27/09/2026
Highland sporting estates are a Victorian legacy we could do without. “I soon began to understand that ...landscapes are unnatural, the severely damaged and depleted product of centuries of over-grazing, by vast herds of red deer”
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A former staff member of Tony Blair Institute said they had serious concerns that this was “very much trading money for access”, but was instructed by a colleague not to describe it that way. ‘They were saying you have to be really careful not to make it seem as if they’re paying money for access’😬
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
She’s so damn dumb it actually hurts.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Nigel Farage-Backed Bitcoin Firm to Buy Gold Dealer That Paid Him £685,500 — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The deal would put the Reform leader's gold bullion 'brand ambassador' fees in the hands of a crypto company he part-owns
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Nigel Farage-Backed Bitcoin Firm to Buy Gold Dealer That Paid Him £685,500
The deal would put the Reform leader's gold bullion 'brand ambassador' fees in the hands of a crypto company he part-owns
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu speaking at the UN calls the dozens of UN delegates who walked out before his speech, 'moral cowards'
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Holding Govts to Ransom. Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London. None complained about bailouts, £100bn UK subsidy in last 3 years. Banks profiteering, higher interest rates/charges, measley return to savers, speculation on price of energy/food. archive.ph/gQKNT
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Global banks warn UK windfall tax will trigger shift away from London
Chancellor John Healey is looking for revenues in next month’s Budget to compensate for hit from higher borrowing costs due to Iran war
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Senile Satan has no problem calling Democrats communists, then he throws out American media and literally only allows communist Chinese state media. Who’s the commie now, Donny?
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Xather 💀💚 @xather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She's doing her best to destroy everything, whilst the NHS is running on empty. Fuck her, and fuck everyone pushing and supporting her agenda.
NHS nurse shortage far worse than official figures suggest, warns RCN

The NHS in England is facing a significantly larger nursing workforce crisis than official vacancy figures suggest, according to a new report from the Royal College of Nursing.

The report, In Short Supply: Estimating the Shortfall of Registered Nurses in the NHS in England, estimates that the health service is currently lacking around 55,000 registered nurses needed to provide safe patient care. This figure is more than double the official NHS vacancy count of 23,046 recorded in August 2026.

The findings highlight growing concerns about the ability of NHS organisations to meet increasing patient demand, with workforce growth failing to keep pace with what experts believe is required.The latest NHS Scotland workforce statistics, published 2 June, show that gaps in the nursing and midwifery workforce across NHS Scotland are leading to continued reliance on supplementary staffing, with the cost of bank staffing increasing by £37.6m compared to last year.

The statistics show that the use of agency nursing and midwifery staff has continued to decrease, following the Scottish government restricting this to exceptional circumstances only. In 2025-26, the cost of agency staff was £34.5m.Nurses and midwives in NHS Lothian are being "ground down by a vicious cycle" as figures show almost 400,000 nursing and midwifery hours were lost to mental health-related sickness in 2025/26

Patient care across NHS Lothian is being undermined by a "vicious cycle" of nurse burnout, excessive workloads and staff shortages, a union has warned.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland said severe workplace pressures are driving exhausted staff to long-term sickness, threatening the delivery of safe and effective care at NHS Lothian.The number of registered nurses and midwives seeking to leave Scotland to work abroad has more than trebled in the last seven years.

New figures have revealed 799 nurses and midwives with an address in Scotland applied for papers enabling them to work overseas in 2025/26.

That compares to 689 the year before, and just 248 in 2018/19 a rise of more than 222%.

The number has risen steadily, with the bulk of medics going to Australia and the US to explore new opportunities.

The Royal College of Nurses Scotland described the figures are "worrying".
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is appalling from a male judge who 'did not take the view that the offender was a "danger". He said: "He's still young. And he is capable of learning."' Yup - capable of learning that the consequences of terrifying + brutal attacks of violence are not taken seriously 1/2
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I bet there's people & politicians in Britain who wish they could do this in the channel. Quite terrifying.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On this day in 1647, a child was born near Edinburgh with two heads, each one with a single eye in the middle of its face, donkey ears, a tree-trunk-like body, arms sticking out all over, talons, male and female ‘secret parts’, and the legs and feet of oxen. Yes, IT’S ALL TRUE
A 1647 pamphlet: Strange Nevves from SCOTLAND,
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A ſtrange Relation of a terrible and prodigious Monſter, borne to the amazement of all thoſe that were ſpectators, in the Kingdome of Scotland, in a Village neere Edenborough, call’d Hadensworth, Septem. 24. 1647. and the words the faid Monfter ſpake at its birth:
Printed according the Originall Relation ſent overto a great Divine hereafter mentioned.
Illustration shows the creature pretty much as described. It appears to have a forearm protruding from each knee.
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Switch on the radio: half hour headline: Former PM, Liz Truss has told #LBC without urgent reform the UK will turn into a welfare state. And that's where we are folks, the shortest lived PM of our lifetime, getting headlines for sprouting a load of total bullshit. Our media is not fit for task.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Man who pushes anti immigration rhetoric on his #LBC show almost daily...wonders why people have the wrong idea about immigration on a different media platform. My brain is fried.
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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Danny Tommo has been nicked for criminal damage and reckless endangerment, and for some reason the only outlet reporting it so far is the Sun.
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Far-right activist Danny Tommo arrested a day after 'slashing migrant boat'
FAR-right activist Danny Tommo has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life, according to a video he posted this evening. Tommo is Tommy Robinson’s right-hand man …
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𝕁, Atheoretic Text Monster™ @checkwithscience.com · 22/09/2026
this is how he manipulates Trump. it costs no one anything materially and keeps him out of the way in NYC. frankly it's some of the smartest (and funniest) shit I've ever seen a Democratic politician do.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The BBC has been showcasing the views of oil tycoon Jim Ratcliffe in every news show for the last 24 hours, noting that he's "one of Britain's richest men". Shouldn't this be "one of Monaco's richest men"? How about similar airtime for (say) one of Britain's poorest women?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
⛽️ MAGA TRUCKERS: “There’s no reason for this… My truck’s gonna sit there and rot until this idiot is out of office… I never thought I’d say this but I miss Biden… we’re dying out here and they don’t give a shit…” cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Switched on #LBC. First thing i hear: What would it take to wean Britain off welfare from - James Hanson It's neverending. But he'll probably be complaining about taxing the saintly rich in the next hour.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Do you notice how you heard nothing out of these dorks for decades, until they started repeating and endorsing the newspapers’ nasty bullshit
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This is the face of someone who is ruining the UK. It's not the people the papers want you to think His INEOS has received £166.8m+ in UK/Scottish government support, plus a £230m UK Government loan guarantee, and public support of circa £397m and avoided up to £4bn in UK tax by living in Monaco
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Alan Ritchson is the best.
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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc......
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/09/2026
Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm guessing there's going to be a fundraiser
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 19/09/2026
It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.
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FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And by 'any means necessary' I mean announcing in Parliament six months ago that from that day onward any donations from abroad would be capped at £100k.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Somebody in Nato, Denmark or Greenland seems to have spotted that telling Trump he can have an enormous victory + then offering him the status quo of the last 25-50-75 years is an off-ramp
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Strange, this story got very little news coverage. Did anyone doorstep Kwasi Kwateng & Jacob Rees-Mogg for their thought? 🤔
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Baron Watson of Wyre Forest here admitting Palantir already have their fingers in our defence, in our police & in our health but that doesn't stop the former Labour Deputy PM from joining them....whilst calling 'some' criticism propaganda.
After six wonderful years at UK Music, I'm joining Palantir UK as Senior Vice President.

Palantir is the most interesting company on the planet, doing work of real consequence: helping Britain and its allies defend themselves, helping police protect our citizens and helping NHS staff get patients treated and home sooner.

London is comfortably its largest centre outside the US, home to more than one in six employees, the highest proportion among the world's largest technology companies.

We have challenges. Some criticism is propaganda. Some raises legitimate questions about large technology companies and sovereign control. Both require answers.

Part of my role will be to correct false information while working with our engineers to ensure privacy, security and respect for sovereignty are at the heart of everything we do.
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Given he moved to Monaco to dodge his taxes in 2020 (after supporting Brexit) he seemingly lost faith in the UK some time ago ... Jim Ratcliffe, bigoted billionaire, gets another platform to waffle on about a country he doesn't live in www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At the same White House briefing, Presidementia also claimed he's "heard" that his son has paid back the convicted Russian thug who sits at the Kremlin's top table, for bankrolling his wedding. Even among the sycophants surrounding him, I suspect few believed a word of it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's "banning the free press"
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Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Its hard to believe the bullshit coming out of the White House.
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