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Laurie

@lauriep60.bsky.social
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Mad cat lady of a certain age. Pro Scottish independence, green politics, Very ex Labour. Pro Palestine. Pro trans rights.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Hugh Sykes @hughsykes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I'm feeling more than a little uncomfortable that The World at One has just given a very long slot to a Restore Britain supporter who wants migrant boats to be pushed back at sea & who said that he doesn't care if the consequence is that people drown. A BBC platform for someone like that? Really?
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Laurie @lauriep60.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...
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Laurie @lauriep60.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
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Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026
Was Jason Arday plagued by false allegations because of racism? We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It appears that Nigel Farage has lied about being advised by Essex Police not to attend the by-election declaration so as to avoid being photographed with Count Binface, his major opponent. So it would be a pity if this composite photo was widely shared and used in future….
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham has been urged to 'sever all ties' with Israel and demand an immediate end to the occupation amid ongoing settler violence in the West Bank 🗣️ 'Empty words and calls for legality will not suffice in the face of these horrors'
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Andy Burnham must 'sever all ties' with Israel amid West Bank settler violence
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yermaw.bsky.social @yermaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What a surprise!
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason Arday has been found dead. The obsessive media focus on this one man - as if it was one of the biggest scandals in history - was disproportionate beyond belief. Push notifications, top headlines, constant investigations. And now he is dead.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
159. Remember it. Programme it into your phone.
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@Comradess Nan @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The truth the whole truth
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Claims that nuclear is the infallible backup for renewables fall flat when severe drought shuts both 706 MW reactors at Romania's Cernavodă plant on the drying Danube. A baseload that fails in a heatwave isn't a backup. ​Are we underestimating this climate risk? ⚛️ #ClimateCrisis
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Low Danube river levels force Romania to shut down both of its nuclear power reactors
Romania will shut down its ‌second nuclear reactor on the Danube river, the energy ministry said on Wednesday, three days after decades-low river levels forced it to shut down the first.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Jonathan Porritt has been arrested. As he says "trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The mask is coming off. Andy Burnham used to support rent controls because "there was a significant crisis in the rental market" Sorry, what? Apparently now renters are just fine? Labour won't support renters properly. The Green Party will. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Join the Green Party
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I just didn't see this one coming after yesterday. My heart has been ripped out this morning. Gutted niallharbison.substack.com/p/farewell-b...
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Farewell Bear - I Hope You Felt A Sense Of Dignity At The End
You were deeply loved
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Shabana Mahmood staying as Home Secretary to presumably continue her appalling record of performative cruelty towards migrants and refugees is a warning sign that Burnham has not learnt the lessons from Starmer's failure," says Zack Polanski
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Laurie @lauriep60.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na... @OpenBritainHQ
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Caring too much. That’s the curse of the working classes! davidgraeber.org/articles/car...
"Those born to working-class families 
invariably score far better at tests of 
gauging others’ feelings than scions
of the rich, or of the professional 
classes. In a way it’s hardly 
surprising after all, what “powerful” 
is largely about is not having 
to pay a lot of attention to 
what those around one are 
thinking and feeling."
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  - David Graeber
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The life of physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained by Israel without charge for 18+ months, is reportedly under imminent threat. Israel should immediately & unconditionally release Dr. Abu Safiya & other arbitrarily detained Palestinians. Read more about Israel's abuses here👇 bit.ly/44T2MxT
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"The craziest thing about the Egypt Argentina game is that JUST BEFORE KICK OFF ISRAEL ASSASSINATED THE AID DIRECTOR ORGANISING WORLD CUP SCREENINGS FOR PEOPLE IN GAZA. Why is the UK STILL ARMING ISRAEL and letting them carry on their GENOCIDE?" via Greenpeace UK
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
You can’t even call it a genocide, you coward.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Richard Gere helping Asylum Seekers, RT if he is a billion times the man Nigel Farage is.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Cuba has run out of fuel to maintain their electricity supply again. People in hospitals will die. Yet another War Crime Donald Trump has committed.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Gary Lineker on Gaza, "It's the worst thing I have seen in my lifetime. Constant images day in, day out of children losing their lives." "But the minute you raise your voice against it you get accused of being a supporter of Hamas."
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🔥 Europe is starting to push Palantir out. Things are looking rough for Palantir in Europe… …as they are increasingly seen as a danger to sovereignty with a high risk of structural lock-in and major ethical concerns. Please share.
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Europe is pushing Palantir out.
YouTube video by Scientists for EU
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Please be aware that 1963 to 1990, a cluster of childhood leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma registered around Dounreay 2 to 3 times the expected number. Since closure it's at typical levels. No child in Scotland should suffer cancer for UKGOV whim. Put your fuel rods where the sun don't shine!
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Ruth Wishart @ruthwishart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Welcome to "tolerant", "generous" GB where you will have to repay the cost of B&B and take twice as long as before to gain citizenship!
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duncan2024.bsky.social @duncan2024.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Diane Abbott nails nonsense attempts to turd-polish Starmer www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Diane Abbott nails nonsense attempts to turd-polish Starmer
Starmer and his political echo chamber are trying to reinvent his legacy — but Abbott is calling out the puffery and myth-making
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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer may be resigning the office of Prime Minister but his legacy of total complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza will follow him forever.
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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If you're not already following European Powell this is essential, extremely scary big reading, and without putting the Greens in overall control throughout the uk I doubt there's anything Joe Public can do. The whole game is the play thing/nice little earner of big names and big politics 😡😡😡
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
i'm getting a bit annoyed with this "starmer didn't do anything" narrative ❌️ sweeping changes to the immigration system ❌️ biggest asylum reforms in 70 years functionally ending refugee status ❌️ moved from a reasonably tolerant regime to the most trans-hostile developed democracy
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Arvindjadwa @arvindjadwa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Starmer’s Labour lost my vote many years ago, but I’ve got nothing but respect for this guy
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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Directed by Sean Penn
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
During the Holocaust Jews were forced to live in Ghettos. Any found outside were killed. What is the difference?
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mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It’s a murdeous ideology
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The whole of Europe and North America is suffering so Israel can continue their Ethnic Cleansing in Lebanon. But of course nobody in the Media will tell you this fact.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Here's Burnham channelling Starmer again by pandering to the racist far-right. What a disappointment he's turned out to be. #Makersfield
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I am appalled by the conduct and rhetoric of Israeli Cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in relation to the Global Sumud Flotilla. Scotland stands with the people of Gaza. We need to see more humanitarian aid coming in, and every effort must be made to secure lasting peace.
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Today, Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos is at the Nakba Day demo in London as he has been for nearly all the demos against Israel's genocide for the last two years. Stephen attends with family & members of his group the ‘Holocaust Survivors & Descendants Against the Genocide in Gaza’.
“The Nakba never ended and neither has Israel’s genocide in Gaza.” - Stephen Kapos
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Former Labour MP Ian Davidson, who said of indy supporters “The debate will go on in the sense there is a large number of wounded still to be bayoneted" has taken a job as advisor to Malcolm Offord. Tell me again that Labour would never do a deal with Reform. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2609246...
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Former Scottish Labour MP takes up job as adviser to Reform's Malcolm Offord
Former Glasgow South West MP Ian Davidson has become an adviser to Reform UK’s Malcolm Offord. After 60 years in Labour, the veteran Eurosceptic…
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Ruth Wishart @ruthwishart.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The timeline matters. Keir Starmer's announcement that Mandelson was Washington bound apparently precedes Mandy failing his security vetting.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Prepare to smile a lot! What a great week and the good news we all need in our lives! niallharbison.substack.com/p/10-miracul...
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10 Miraculous Dog Stories That Will Put A Huge Smile On Your Face
The best creatures in the world
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