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Ken Macdonald

@kmkmacdonald.bsky.social
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Retired and living in Central Scotland. Hebridean connections. Hearts, Everton & Scotland. Indy supporter. Pro-Europe. Current affairs. Photography.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of cours, he won't. His pocket money from Charles doesn't go into the same bank account as his other income. He keeps the streams entirely separate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
King's funding for Andrew is not for legal action against police
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking action over search warrants issued ahead of his arrest in February.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The UK Daily Mail obviously did not like the results of its own poll. Its own graphic portrays 75% as less than 50%. #UKPolitics #Brexit #EuropeanUnion
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Bob Shields @robbo03.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage actually typed this into the internet. Please don't adjust your irony meter.
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the @scottishlabour.bsky.social Party Political Broadcast, @michaeljmarra.bsky.social opened by saying he was against @snp.org, the @scottories.bsky.social and Reform UK. He didn't mention @scottishgreens.org or @scotlibdems.org.uk. Should they be pleased - or pissed-off that he's ignored them?
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wordle 1,914 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Daily Chill Octordle #1689 2️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ 9️⃣8️⃣ Score: 44 !!!!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"There's actually a wonderfully simple way to save Birmingham taxpayers the entire £2.6 million: Don't attach 20,000 bloody flags to council lamp posts without permission in the first place" via Truth Against Hate and bill Raise The Colours for their removal!
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
news.sky.com/story/police... "Kent Police responded to a spontaneous protest in #Dover during the morning of Saturday 5 September." Spontaneous- when hundreds of identically dressed, face-covered men of fighting age all turn up at the Port of Dover to demonstrate at the same time. Really ???
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Police response to Dover protests set to come under scrutiny, as Tommy Robinson associate appears to claim credit
Campaign group Hope Not Hate linked the action to the Patriot Platform, a group recently launched by Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo.
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Why can't Midlands police act. We all saw what happened Nigel needs to be charged too because he didn't call for the crowd to stop. He laughed. Farage laughed & joked which could be seen as encouraging the mob to continue attacking the woman Farage isn't fit to be an MP AB fecking do something🤷‍♀️
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Seen on Twitter. Nothing what he says surprises me. Rupert is a control freak x.com/seton_nick29...
A resignation letter from Nick Seton-Rogers explaining why he's resigning from Restore Britain
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/08/2026
Apropos of nothing, this is the link for charitable donations to the Bernera Community Association: givealittle.co/c/NHEFn0c1lM...
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Bernera Community Association
Thanks for supporting our vital community hub!
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 25/08/2026
Reform says Farage Fest needed no Licensing Act authorisation. But someone applied for a temporary event notice anyway – and it was refused. J.J. Jackson examines why that matters.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
Exclusive analysis: the licensing questions nobody has answered about Farage Fest
A temporary event notice for “Farage Fest” was refused. Reform says none was needed. We examine the licensing questions that remain unanswered
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A story of self-centred vindictiveness. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The cafe is a non-profit enterprise, well supported by locals and visitors alike. For it to close means a vital social hub would be lost. Please donate to the fighting fund if you can givealittle.co/c/NHEFn0c1lM...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Reform UK tells its activists "don't drink and Tweet" because "the biggest threat to Reform is the people in it". “If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the internal training course, leaked to Byline Times, warns
bylinetimes.com
Reform UK Tells Its Activists ‘Don’t Drink and Tweet’' Because 'The Biggest Threat to Reform Is the People in It'
EXCLUSIVE: "If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the leaked internal training course warn its members
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
What has the press got to fear from a Reform government? This. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Richard Tice accused of ‘nasty tactics’ over legal threat to the Guardian
Reform deputy leader condemned for seeking disclosure of documents that could reveal reporter’s sources
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🟣 SUBSTACK Why Ceuta Was Not Actually the 'Migrant Invasion' Widely Reported By @goldbergradio.bsky.social Read below. ↓
bylinesupplement.com
Why Ceuta Was Not Actually the 'Migrant Invasion' Widely Reported
Professor Stephen Zunes tells the Byline Times podcast what was really going on when more than 50,000 people descended on Spain's North African enclave
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The greatest ever ? He might be - but when the other contenders listed by @susanegelstaff.bsky.social exclude from consideration the likes of Chris Hoy and Andy Murray from recent years and all the greats we've had from further back, I'm not convinced. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/264293...
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Josh Kerr Scotland's greatest-ever sportsperson? He just might be...
Josh Kerr Scotland's greatest-ever sportsperson? He just might be...
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Gosh! Privileged parents bring their kids to watch sport. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
William and Kate bring children to Commonwealth Games netball and cycling events
Spectators at Glasgow's OVO Hydro were treated to exhilarating performances during New Zealand's 61-54 win over England.
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It’s what dictators do. Even “wanna-be-never-was” versions.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Reform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’. Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami. A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
bylinetimes.com
‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Unfortunately behind a paywall and not accessible via archive.is So, why did he quit and why are his pals furious?
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
No real loss to the Scottish Parliament. Whose next up for the poisoned chalice? Dame Jackie "you know" Baillie? Please not!!
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Nigel fanatics will say “don’t be jealous”, meanwhile Clacton is still home to the most deprived area in Britain, and he’s never there. Nigel Farage Made £2.3 Million in Two Years While Serving as Clacton’s MP www.desmog.com/2026/07/15/f...
desmog.com
Nigel Farage Made £2.3 Million in Two Years While Serving as Clacton’s MP
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage amassed £2.3 million in income and gifts during his first two years in Parliament, DeSmog can report. On 7 July, Farage announced that he would be resigning as Clacton’s…
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Wordle 1,852 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, that was an odd one.
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Tony @tiletony.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This week is going to be stupid. Next week will be worse, and the week after that even worse..., and then we will have elections. The days after that, it'll be so bad that we will miss these days.
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Martin Rosenbaum @mrosenbaum.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Link to comment on it is at ico.org.uk/about-the-ic... . Deadline = 23 Aug. Please do give them your views - it has lots of boxes for open-ended comments.
ico.org.uk
ICO consultation on the corporate strategy
The ICO wants to hear your views on its draft corporate strategy.
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Excellent news. The ICO's Exec Team (some of whom have been alleged to have protected John from complaints made against him) seemed to think that an "independent" enquiry commissioned by them would suffice. Only a truly independent inquiry will get to the bottom of it. Paul Arnold should be nervous.
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Candice Holmes @candiceholmes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Farage has been denying, denying, denying – but it's all unraveling. Undeclared benefits from a convicted fraudster, a £5m crypto gift, staff and security covered off the books. Now he's being investigated. The grift is over. The public is watching. 🕵️‍♂️💷
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/hun...
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Hunter Biden trolls Trump by nominating him for Nobel Peace Prize
Hunter Biden has brilliantly trolled Donald Trump by saying he will nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize for the Iran war.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The world's richest man celebrated his 55th birthday this week. It looked like a right hoot... 😂
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Farage’s latest grift.
huffingtonpost.co.uk
Nigel Farage Has Been Paid £270,000 To Promote A Gold Bullion Dealer
The revelation comes amid calls for MPs to be banned from having second jobs.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 23/06/2026
The Davis Downside Dossier David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so @yorkshirebylines.co.uk started recording them.....they stopped at just over 2,000
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The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
My statement on the abhorrent anti-Muslim violence in Edinburgh.
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Chris Dixon @avalanchechris.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Brian Sletten @bsletten.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
After all this time looking for it! #humor #math #foundontheinternet #nerdhumor
A beach by a lake in the mountains. Blue sky, trees, pretty water. In the foreground there are the remnants of a tree trunk on its side. Roots are exposed. There are two prominent branches at 90 degrees that have another 90 degree turn in each direction to meet back up in what appears to be a natural rectanglish shape.

The text says, “I finally found it… the square root”.
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Grandma @grandmasweb.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.
theatlantic.com
Trump Does Not Understand the War He Lost
The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.
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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms What about banning foreign nationals buying Farage another house? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms
Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I would have said it's unbelievable but, then again, it's UK "News".
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
NEW: Far-right agitator Tommy Robinson has travelled to Moscow where he met with Elon Musk’s father, Errol
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Tommy Robinson praises 'civilised' Russia on Moscow trip with Elon Musk's dad
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
📌 ICYMI — Reform Councillor Who Slammed Angela Rayner on Tax Owed HMRC Over £250,000 Through Failed Firms — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Wigan Reform councillor David Bowker railed against the former Deputy Prime Minister, whilst repeatedly leaving taxpayers out of pocket himself
bylinetimes.com
Reform Councillor Who Slammed Angela Rayner on Tax Owed HMRC Over £250,000 Through Failed Firms
Wigan Reform councillor David Bowker railed against the former Deputy Prime Minister, whilst repeatedly leaving taxpayers out of pocket himself
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
So why not print the words?
bbc.co.uk
I wrote a poem about my son - years later it appeared on his exam
Emily Cullen says she couldn't believe it when her son told her about the poem, which she had written seven years earlier.
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Ken Macdonald @kmkmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Which is worse - someone selling human remains, an auction house willing to sell them or that someone might have been willing to buy them? Perhaps the current keeper could simply return them to @glasgow.ac.uk since they originated from there at some point? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Anita Manning's auction house criticised for offering human remains
Human bones, including a skull, were to go under the hammer on Friday, but Great Western Auctions has now withdrawn the item.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It's being dubbed the 'worst political interview in history'
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Chris Dwyer @chrisgdwyer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I have just found out that this is a real loch on South Uist in the Scottish Western Isles, and I just love it…. #thingswithfaces
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Farage is obviously trying to stoke up race riots and exploiting a man’s murder to achieve that. Henry Nowak’s dad said outside court that he does not “want the murder used to create further hatred, division or tension. This is not about racism this is a case about murder." Farage doesn’t care.
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