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MullingKintyre

@mullingkintyre.bsky.social
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Old guy contemplating the universe from the beautiful Kintyre Peninsula. Walker, yachtsman, bit of a lefty. Scottish Labour. Husband, father, Grandfather. #FBPE

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
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Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I doubt whether the total income of all the workers on the 6 am bus out of my town on their way to cleaning, caring and hospitality jobs is much more than £100K a year but, Kemi Badenoch may not agree, they work bloody hard.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Badenoch and Polanski have one thing in common - they both have ignored their natural voters. #bbclaurak
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Green Party is essential. Polanski's party ain't it.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 20 mph limit saves children's lives, lowers insurance costs and saves fuel. Don't want any of that shit...
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After a close relative's new house had over 200 faults it would suggest the Tory policy of reducing standards isn't appropriate. It's only a question of time before Tories suggest bringing back smoking in pubs and fox hunting.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of the most passionate opponents of fox hunting was the woke left winger Ann Widdecombe.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How BBC covers Labour policy announcements versus How BBC covers Tory policy announcements. #r4today
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MullingKintyre @mullingkintyre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"It’s also been obvious for years that the rage of Scottish nationalism is getting them nowhere." Perhaps a sustained period of exceptionally good,progressive,calm government could persuade Scottish voters that an independent Scotland is feasible. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Tears for the Union – and the never-ending problem of SNP rage
Andy Burnham got emotional when he defended the union - it's better than the rage for independence, says Mark Smith
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to Suella Braverman for her Question Time appearance - I didn't think it was possible for her to come across as any more deranged and stupid than usual, but she somehow managed it.
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 02/10/2026
I was pretty cynical about Man City’s financial doping and didn’t like the idea of stripping titles etc, but seeing their utterly shameless response and desperate threats makes me want the book thrown at them.
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Rep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026
This corruption must be investigated.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To be fair, it's by far the most sensible noise to come out a Reform councillor.
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❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As long as Whiskey Pete is in charge of our Military, we're more vulnerable than we have ever been. Our Adversaries are laughing at us.
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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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M Dv-us @drdvus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Cindy Michels 🇺🇲🇪🇺🇨🇦 @cindymichels.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Right, off to the airport 😎✈️ This image really sums up the USA loss against Iran and its attack on human rights 🤔 Enjoy ❤️ See you Monday 👀
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We have a Mr Eusebio on line 1....
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Burnham opening the Brexit debate is "the biggest boost in my career" - Nigel Farage
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” — Dolly Parton
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Hellishchildren @hellishchildren.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Political cartoon by Jim Benton 
A casual party for adults, but everyone has extremely wide-open shocked unhappy expressions.
One man: I read this article and it said that, apparently, there was this time in US history when we didn't all stagger around in horrified disbelief.
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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’
Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Daniel Hannan has been spectacularly wrong about everything to do with Brexit, so this is hugely encouraging for all #RejoinEU voters. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Matt Busby from Lanarkshire, a former Manchester City and Liverpool player, became manager of Manchester United on this day 1945. First manager of an English team to win the European Cup, one of the game’s greatest managers.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After an internal inquiry, Bill Shankly has strongly hinted the best team on Merseyside is Liverpool.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Boy and British soldier, Northern Ireland, 1973, photo by Philip Jones Griffiths, Welsh photojournalist (1936-2008).
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain
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Discovering Finland @discoverfinland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today the flags fly in Finland for Miina Sillanpää Day, aka Civic Participation Day. Miina Sillanpää was Finland's first female minister and a prominent social advocate who dedicated her life to improving the rights of workers, especially women & children: finland.fi/life-society...
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Real bridge-builder became Finland’s first female government minister
Miina Sillanpää rose from poverty to become one of the first women in the Finnish Parliament and an influential social advocate who helped the cause of women, the elderly and the disadvantaged. Finnis...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 01/10/2026
We still have to get out and vote but, wow, this is encouraging.
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Lpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US...
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 01/10/2026
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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1st October 1970, Janis Joplin recorded her famous a cappella song "Mercedes Benz" and a lighthearted "Happy Trails" birthday greeting for John Lennon during a session in Los Angeles. These proved to be her final studio recordings before her tragic death three days later. #JanisJoplin
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Unlike Simon Clarke, I was alive during the 1970s. A combination of low inequality, low crime and aspects of culture made 1976 one of the happiest years on record in the UK. The IMF bailout had zero impact. Lesson for Simon, happiness is not just a function of wealth.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll remember Esther Rantzen for an interview printed in a magazine I read in the dentist's. She was talking about grief and loneliness after the death of her husband. Her comment that she had plenty of people to do something with but now had no-one to do nothing with struck me as really profound.
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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Simon Clarke MP was born on 28 September 1984. That's all you need to know. #r4today
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Brexit - President Macron is spot on here. Brexit has been an utter disaster. #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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MullingKintyre @mullingkintyre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The #Farage Rolling Grievance Tour starts in Doncaster and Nigel appears more desperate than ever. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 01/10/2026
Even in dark times, democracy can renew itself. That’s the quiet power of voting: every election is a chance to refresh the system, correct course, and begin again.
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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump 11/20/25, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR!, punishable by DEATH!"
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this day in 1896, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and son (16) and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she perished. Her name was Viktoria Ehrlichová Support @sobibor.org
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1 October 1901 | A Czech Jew, Antonín Fantl, was born in Beroun. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. He did not survive.
Vintage portrait of a formally dressed man wearing round glasses, with a signature below.
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George @gorgeousgeorge3.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump is THE BIGGEST HOAX EVER PERPETRATED ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC! FACT!
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