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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 11/08/2025

“No peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without the full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.”

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Absolutely well-deserved. Saw this show tonight at #TheTraverse, funny, poignant and lots of audience participation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Following because not only is this a very sensible idea but also because my mother is a Livingston.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Yes to paraphrase Bill Gates we often overestimate what can happen in two years & underestimate what can happen in ten. China definitely takes a long view whereas the USA vision is blurred at best while the rest of us seem to be just waiting/reacting. Senior politicians need to breathe/take up yoga?

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

You came up on my popular with friends feed in BlueSky. I too worked in #Brussels (last century) but have decamped to Scotland, which has an ok rail network but needs more. Scottish Government has introduced 3 new rural train lines since devolution, nationalised rail & it’s getting better.

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I read it slowly as I found it so heartbreakingly harrowing. You are a wonderful writer but I have told my daughter not to read it until she is in her 30s. She met an older woman who was reading it in a cafe and they got chatting about it.The woman told her the same thing, to wait awhile.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I am too old to waste time on things that don’t warrant it. I keep recalculating the likely number of books/reading time I have left, saves me from any guilt about DNF’ing. Try to limit time on social media too then I come across someone thoughtful like @unauthorizedpoet.bsky.social so it’s worth it

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Hope it’s ok to ❤️ this when it really should be 💔

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Given Reform is a company and not a real political party I am surprised they are so keen to rip up contract law. Beyond Stupid would be a better name for them.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I would do the same & he is similar vintage to me. Tennis, golf (Ryder Cup apart) and cricket can all be snooze-inducing to watch. Or maybe it’s the heat and having to wear a suit for hours in temperatures of 30/86 outside with no shade?

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Just finished reading #BeingMortal by #AtulGawande Such a thought-provoking book for me in my 60s with elderly family. Worth a read at any age! Also listened to his @therestpolitics.bsky.social Leading interview. Good to know that there are such excellent thinkers/doctors/communicators in the world.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Watching #TdF on tv atm and the weather in that part of #France is very similar to #Scotland’s today. Feeling #European .

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anna0612.bsky.social @anna0612.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat. My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Only been to #NYC a couple of times but the size of vehicles was noticeable & the resulting size of potholes they create in a city with such a great cheap public transport infrastructure & cabs was ridiculous. I like the LEZ policy in UK cities. #London air quality/child asthma much better now too.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Yeah right because the UK famously don’t appreciate music, good, bad or indifferent, that is ‘anti establishment’. In 30 years time they accept knighthoods &/or do adverts for margarine. There are bigger fish to fry. If ‘Singing’ is how they express their hate, could be worse.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Ffs this country drives me mad. Don’t they remember the madness of the past several Tory PMs,Brexit, the chaos from Truss’s mini budget.What a blooming mess the Govt is dealing with along w/ #MadUSA, feeble NATO,Israel/Gaza,Iran +Reform idiots banging on about boats when they stopped EU cooperation

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Despite it being a balmy 19/20 in my part of Scotland today I agree with the concerns raised. I once heard experts talk of local nuclear energy hubs as potential to tackle fuel poverty, reduce our carbon dependency and address climate emissions but not a word since… why? #Climatechange #AntiPoverty

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In Washington protesters fighting to save their #Medicaid were arrested today. Story in next post/

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

None of them look happy to be there. Why were they there?

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

To be fair Scotland has built 3 new railway lines (Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine line/ Borders line and Levenmouth, and umpteen stations) a new road bridge crossing the River Forth since devolution alone so it is not necessarily British decline…

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Only if it is comprised of the 32 elected council leaders in Scotland.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Listening to #Hamilton the musical in the car over the weekend. I mean I still love it but how disappointed would Washington, Hamilton et al be with how thing are in #USA right now? #RiseUp or #Raiseaglasstofreedom seem almost mocking now.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Exactly what I felt when the Tories et al started moaning about the Spending Review last week. The actions & policies of Tories and Reform- aka UKIP the cheerleaders for Brexit - have created the mess we are in. Don’t have short memories, be glad to have the grown ups back despite tough choices.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

UK here. We have a King so don’t be giving kings a bad name by linking them with your tyrant fascist President as elected by your fellow Americans. Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark & Norway are also constitutional monarchies in Europe. I would choose any of these places to live over the USA.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Worth a listen to this today if you can. Reassuring to know that there are people like @lucygobag.bsky.social in the world when it all feels a bit permacrisis. And her last two tracks in particular are just brilliant!

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Glad to see EU/UK/Gibraltar/Spain deal agreed yesterday, thanks to a #UKgovernment prepared to negotiate the right thing for British people in #Gibraltar who overwhelmingly voted #Remain. As someone said on here, if we are doing this #Rejoin thing on a step by step basis then #Scotland next please.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Agreed, the brass neck of the Tories shrieking their displeasure in response. I had to switch off then. We remember what Truss & co did to trash the economy. Good to have the grownups back as you say.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Their should be a law that any column published by someone who praised the Truss budget should have to have a disclaimer at the bottom reminding readers of that.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

This feels like a deliberate act of war against free speech and obviously deliberate targeting of an Australian journalist doing her job. I hope the Australian Government is making representations to the US at the highest level. Wtf USA?

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

California should secede. It would be one of the richest countries on the planet. They could take their proportionate share of US military and federal assets.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I think he will find that local government unions are very active. This is Doge level BS.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Well @netflix.com bravo on this adaptation of #DepartmentQ - brilliant casting all round and we recognised the actor who plays Akram from the equally excellent #Occupied. Binge watched it all weekend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

These people were following the law and went to check in with immigration like they are supposed to. This woman's immigration case was dismissed, which made her immediately undocumented. So ICE took her into custody. The air conditioning was off in the back of the truck. "I can't breathe."

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Look north, peak rail fares are being abolished later this year on the nationalised #ScotRail following a successful pilot brought in by the SNP and Greens when they were in coalition government.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Meanwhile #Scotland has quietly nationalised #ScotRail and has been doing interesting things with fares (partly a result of the former SNP coalition with the Greens to be fair) including getting rid of peak time fares to entice people out of their cars following a pilot which was very popular.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

My (Scottish) family trip planned for US (Hawaii) next year has been shelved, we are going to visit our #Commonwealth cousin #Canada instead. Too risky to visit US & what seems to be an incipient dictatorship. His actions have economic consequences. We aren’t the only ones choosing to avoid either.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I can believe it, Reform Ltd and UKIP before them are a bunch of racist economic illiterates along with BJ, The Lettuce and the Reform loving crew in the Tory Party. Let’s show them all that we have moved on by embracing the #EUreset as a step in the right direction.

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notfromroundhere.bsky.social @notfromroundhere.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Good on you Sir Elton, the government’s attitude to #AI and rolling over for the big tech bros is mystifying, it will kill our creative and other industries.

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