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Seeking a Scottish republic. Save democracy and stop unelected oligarchs ruling the planet.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/04/2025
Exclusive: One of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, an official told Reuters reut.rs/44qHRmN
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Exclusive: Top Hegseth advisor Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe
One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Professor John Curtice has given his verdict on a new exclusive Holyrood poll for The National ⬇️
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John Curtice gives verdict as poll predicts huge pro-independence majority
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Jenna Corderoy @jennacorderoy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I filed this FOI request in 2021. It's taken *four years* and going to a tribunal to get this information. And we still don't have it all. New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-uk-...
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Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s firm was put in Covid ‘VIP lane’
Exclusive: Candy’s personal company among previously undisclosed Tory-linked businesses and individuals placed in controversial PPE VIP lane.
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Nigel Pugh @nspugh.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
French satellite company Eutelsat is replacing Starlink and plans to send approximately 40,000 communication terminals to Ukraine. Their stock has rocketed 390% in the last 3 days as #Tesla $Starlink #SpaceX and #X continue their freefall. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
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A European Starlink rival's shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here's why
Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat gained over 550% in a three-day rally last week.
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This will please them - if you sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
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CNN @cnn.com · 31/03/2025
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a "mass grave," a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.
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Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"In the EU, the temptation will be to hit back hard, notably at Tesla: as Tesla’s recent unsigned letter to the United States Trade Representative makes clear, retaliatory tariffs and component costs pose major threats to Elon Musk’s company."
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Trump’s reckless car-tariffs: the impact on jobs, exports and prices
The proposed 25% tariffs on imported vehicles aim to create American jobs but could raise costs and shake global trade. The UK and EU will be called on to respond
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 29/03/2025
France has begun the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from Senegal.
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Senegal sees French troops depart as west Africa reassesses colonial ties
France has begun the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from Senegal.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 29/03/2025
Travellers around the world are reconsidering trips to the US, as cancellations expected to create a US$18 billion dip from tourism revenues.
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Tourists are cancelling trips to the US – here’s how this could affect its economy
Travellers around the world are reconsidering trips to the US, as cancellations expected to create a US$18 billion dip from tourism revenues.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 30/03/2025
Ready for a change? Over 6 weeks, our Quarter Life newsletter course will walk you through research-backed advice and tools to help you improve your relationships, your career, your free time and your mental health. Sign up for free here: tcnv.link/Br9GQtR
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 30/03/2025
‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed
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‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed
A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks • ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe For six months after it became impossible, Ahmed Wael Dababish still dreamed of a simple reunion: the day he could once again hug his wife, Asma, his two daughters and his young son. A nurse from Gaza, Dababish last saw his family in the early hours of one night in December 2023, when Israeli troops attacked a school where they had sought shelter. Continue reading...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Patriotic Millionaires UK ‘Tax our Wealth’ campaign visits Bristol. 👏👏👏 @patmillsuk.bsky.social
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Patriotic Millionaires UK ‘Tax our Wealth’ campaign visits Bristol
Patriotic Millionaires UK campaigned last week across the country to advocate for a Wealth Tax, against the backdrop of significant possible welfare cuts in the spring budget
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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 30/03/2025
The home secretary said there was "a long tradition" of personal freedom in the UK.
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Yvette Cooper Hits Back At JD Vance's Claim That 'Free Speech Is In Retreat' In UK
The home secretary said there was "a long tradition" of personal freedom in the UK.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
If only we lived in a world where despots were not allowed to control the media, Then the facts would be out there for all to see & dictators would'nt get away Scot free with murder. #PalestinianLivesMatter
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 28/03/2025
"If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten us. Plucky independence ultimately means nothing to bullies who want to take things from you," writes DAT Green www.prospectmagazine...
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Greenland: the first Brexit
How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 28/03/2025
Indie publisher @melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...
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The book publisher prepping for Trump censorship
Indie publisher Melville House is racing to preserve history, before the US government buries the evidence
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 29/03/2025
Just as Trump’s various executive orders targeting trans people have little to do with helping women, Khalil’s detention is more about shutting down opposition than protecting Jews, writes @aloner.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...
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Trump is no feminist and doesn’t care about antisemitism
From the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to the targeting of trans people, the Trump administration is no friend of women, Jews or the vulnerable
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 29/03/2025
On benefit cuts, Keir Starmer is “attempting to defend the indefensible”, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine...
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Social security is not a burden—it’s a force for good
Instead of old-fashioned rhetoric about costs to the state, the government should tell a better story about welfare
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 30/03/2025
"If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten us. Plucky independence ultimately means nothing to bullies who want to take things from you," writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...
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Greenland: the first Brexit
How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 30/03/2025
This is EXACTLY the sort of vile stunt the Tories used to pull. It wasn't acceptable when they did it. It's not acceptable now that Labour's doing it. Requiring major decisions while deliberately concealing their impact is unconscionable. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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putneypolitics.bsky.social @putneypolitics.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Well worth looking at the report by Richard Murphy.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. This week: Trump's masked thugs seize a Turkish student off the streets accusing her of no crime, and Trump's national security team share secrets over Signal. Fridays 550pm LBC 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869637...
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March 28, 2025 - "American Week": Student seized off the streets by Trump's masked agents, as top officials share secrets on Signal
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC.  Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm UK time, or find it here on demand afte...
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Jelmer Evers @jelmerevers.com · 29/03/2025
Dit. Ridders van het vrije woord en hoeders van onze beschaving - Duk cs - in geen velden of wegen te bekennen terwijl er een ongekende aanval op vrijheid van meningsuiting, vereniging, academische vrijheid, de rechtsstaat, de democratie, minderheden plaatsvindt. En nog pro-miljardair ook Bueller?
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
“We’re failing to appreciate the people and institutions who’ve propelled these remarkable advances, undermining them without offering credible alternatives, and risking the loss of future breakthroughs that many patients are counting on,” said @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked Kennedy for seeking “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” about vaccines.
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Carole S. @calbudgie66.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The most frightening thing about Farage’s speech was that he wants to inflict a Musk like DOGE attack on our social services and government departments. Just like Trump, he has real contempt for the majority he is preaching to and lies to get their votes.🤔😡🤬🕊️
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Keir Starmer's Government has "privately made clear [to the White House] that it is prepared to cut or even abolish the digital services tax against major technology companies" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Starmer keeps his distance as Reeves takes tax and tariffs flak
As the Labour chancellor was sent over the top, Sir Keir Starmer remained far from the front line, and still to come is Trump’s barrage of US tariffs
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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
NEW: The BBC’s Jeremy Bowen has accused the Israeli government of blocking journalists from Gaza because of scenes “they don’t want us to see”. Says he’s been there for half a day in 18 months, escorted by Israeli forces. Story:
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BBC’s Jeremy Bowen accuses Israel of blocking journalists from Gaza
BBC’s international editor says lack of access is ‘because there’s stuff they don’t want us to see’
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’ …a tweet by Reform MP and GB News presenter Richard Tice caught my eye. He was claiming that Net Zero was the cause of the Heathrow shutdown, and that the issue was a “refusal to have diesel generators”.
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How a false Net Zero claim became ‘news’: the right-wing disinformation loop
This direct debunk and mini-lesson on how the right-wing media ecosystem can work may help you to spot and critique these types of ‘stories’ in the future
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
With a grim inevitability, Trump will trash the U.S. economy, his polling will collapse, and he’ll then feel the need to start a war to distract from what he’s done.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
How else do you explain the jarring sight of the President of the United States hawking Teslas at the White House? Where do Elon Musk’s business interests end and Donald Trump’s political interests begin? www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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The United States of Elon Musk Inc.
The degree to which Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s interests are intertwined is unprecedented—and ultimately unsustainable.
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Beats buying Russian-American.
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The EU is all we have left to run to.
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
One lesson only to be learned from Musk: it’s not in humanity’s best interests to allow anyone to become that obscenely rich.
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This is horrifying. ‘Global demand for freshwater is going to outstrip supply by 40% in the next five years. Even as things stand, 2.3 billion people are living in water-stressed countries…’ www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-act...
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Oxfam GB | The right to water
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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
And what are we getting out of this abusive and humiliating relationship with Trump?
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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Meanwhile, in Scotland …
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Reuters @reuters.com · 24/03/2025
Some European central banking and supervisory officials are questioning whether they can still rely on the US Federal Reserve to provide dollar funding in times of market stress, casting some doubt over what has been a bedrock of financial stability reut.rs/4bUsaGl
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Exclusive: Some European officials weigh if they can rely on Fed for dollars under Trump
Some European central banking and supervisory officials are questioning whether they can still rely on the U.S. Federal Reserve to provide dollar funding in times of market stress, six people familiar with the matter said, casting some doubt over what has been a bedrock of financial stability.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"No return to austerity" latest
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 19/03/2025
Growth is supposed to be the sunny uplands of Labour’s offer. But voters don’t believe them. www.prospectmagazine...
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The government’s growth problem
Voters don’t believe growing the economy will improve their lives. So how can Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves sell it to them?
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Cutting the welfare state makes us poorer. Poorer people are more easily manipulated to believe it is migrants who have taken scarce resources.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
RFK Jr. has suggested allowing the H5N1 virus to spread on poultry farms, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
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RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread (Gift Article)
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/03/2025
Breaking News: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from banning transgender people from serving in the military.
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Judge Blocks Policy That Would Expel Transgender Troops
The order allows soldiers to keep serving in the military under rules established by the Biden administration.
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David Fahrenthold @fahrenthold.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
NEW: DOGE reverses change that made its claims near-impossible to check. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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DOGE Reverses Move That Made Its Claims Nearly Impossible to Check
After getting called out, Elon Musk’s cost-cutting group reinstated details about the grants that it canceled.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Presidents usually don't like to even say the word "recession." President Trump and members of his administration recently have sounded like they might actually welcome one. I took a look at why, and who would bear the consequences: 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b... #EconSky
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Trump Says a Recession Would Be Worth It, but Economists Are Skeptical (Gift Article)
President Trump and his advisers say his policies may cause short-term pain but will produce big gains over time. Many economists are skeptical of those arguments.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The Trump administration has stopped the tracking of thousands of abducted Ukrainian children in Russia and Belarus. And a US lawmaker says in a letter to Sec. Marco Rubio that US officials or contractors might have deleted a database on the children. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/03/2025
More than one million Canadians visited New York City last year, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy. Now, they are canceling trips in droves. Often, the reason cited is President Trump’s escalating hostility toward Canada and repeated threats to make it the 51st state.
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How Trump’s Hostility to Canada Is Inflicting Pain on N.Y.C. Tourism
Among international tourists, only the British visit New York City more than Canadians, who spent $600 million there last year.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/03/2025
Palestinian Mahmoud Khalil has called himself a “political prisoner” in his first direct comments since his arrest.
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‘Political prisoner’: Palestinian Mahmoud Khalil decries arrest in the US
Khalil is the Columbia University graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
NEW: Hundreds of jobs at risk with Santander to close 95 branches. See full list of closures ⬇️
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Hundreds of jobs at risk as Santander to close 95 UK branches – see the full list
AROUND 750 jobs are at risk of redundancy at Santander UK as the high street lender announced 95 branch closures and sweeping changes across its…
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“Tesla had a very strong brand value and Elon has managed to totally destroy it. [Musk] is on the wrong side of his buyership. It’s not people with cowboy boots who buy Teslas.” www.ft.com/content/2f48...
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