Reposted by Peter SpeirsThe SNP @snp.org · 4hEvery day, the SNP as the Scottish Government acts as a shield, protecting the people of Scotland from the worst fallout of Westminster’s short-sighted choices. www.snp.org/scotland-one-of-safest-…snp.orgScotland ‘one of safest places in world’, say BBC — Scottish National PartyThe evidence on justice is in, the results are clear, and the conclusion is inescapable: Scotland makes better decisions when Scotland decides for itself. 04735
Reposted by Peter SpeirsRDCK98 @comradekenobi.bsky.social · 10hNice little nugget of horror buried in there 30556213
Peter Speirs @pedrosp4.bsky.social · 30mImagine admitting you lost because it was a tossup between you and hideous racists. 000
Reposted by Peter SpeirsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19hUnited States of America brings back public executions courtesy of Pete Hegseth. The sort of tyrannical behaviour that ISIS and the Taliban engage in. baynews9.com/fl/tampa/mil...baynews9.comPentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamedDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the execution would be "public" 163846237
Reposted by Peter Speirsweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I see BBC Scotland, and the anti-independence press, all of whom made a huge song and dance about Gordon Brown's Vow in 2014, aren't too bothered that the Tories - one of the signatories of the Vow - have just ripped it up and now want to strip powers from Holyrood. 1112681
Reposted by Peter Speirs(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026there you go folks this is what's in store for us if we don't get out. they are going to protect themselves at all cost to the dimise of 🏴 The Conservatives will review devolution and strip the Scottish parliament of powers if they win the next General Election www.thenational.scot/news/2661416...thenational.scotTories draw up plans to cut Holyrood's powers if they win next General ElectionTHE Conservatives will review devolution and strip the Scottish parliament of powers if they win the next General Election ... 55543
Reposted by Peter SpeirsBlairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A reminder that Labour blocked zonal pricing in 🏴 as it didn't want 🏴 families and businesses to get cheaper bills than those in 🏴 . We now see exactly how this ‘union’ works because it’s clear that Labour is an 🏴 First Party. 👇👇 37263
Peter Speirs @pedrosp4.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Why didn’t you ask the Labour spokesperson how this compared to England, where they are in power, or Wales, where they were in power for 20 years until recently ? Or just include the results in England (worse than Scotland), Wales (worse) and N Ireland (slightly better), just to provide context? 000
Reposted by Peter SpeirsSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Conservative party's joke Bayeaux Tapestry, whilst having some funny moments, is basically cringe. What is unforgiveable is the racism. #ToryRacism [H/T @eberlmat.bsky.social @generalboles.bsky.social @seanjones.org] 2228782
Reposted by Peter Speirsflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What an amazing country this truly is. 1012324
Peter Speirs @pedrosp4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is from John Rentoul, whose surname’s first three letters are superfluous. 000
Reposted by Peter SpeirsLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Truly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low. 118537202
Reposted by Peter SpeirsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's 2026. And this is happening in Tennessee. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injectionsChrista Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said 91496113
Peter Speirs @pedrosp4.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was only 11 then, but a pint of lager was 22p when I was 15. 000
Reposted by Peter SpeirsJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Scotland, we provide free personal care for older people without punishing pensioners. Andy Burnham removing the triple lock would simply repeat the mistakes of Keir Starmer. The blame for the UK’s financial mess lies with successive Westminster governments, not pensioners. 19286145
Reposted by Peter SpeirsStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place. 43989963368
Reposted by Peter SpeirsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. In 2025, he made 1,794x more. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers? I will continue my boycott of Starbucks. 633131253899
Reposted by Peter Speirsflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Put together with Mandelson’s conduct and the revolving door with big money business interests, you’d have to say New Labour was basically an influence peddling operation for a tiny number of people that took over an entire political party. 512039
Reposted by Peter SpeirsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump regime has killed at least 234 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all. 21833071503
Reposted by Peter Speirsflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Clive is of course correct, and the key thing here is not that Watson has succumbed to temptation: he was a bullshit artist and a crook ten years ago too. This is just what the system looks like when there is no longer any need to pretend these people work for you, not their future employers.theguardian.comTom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive LewisWhen a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis 1025798
Reposted by Peter SpeirsDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’ve developed a super virus machine! Could give us all the ability to see people without their clothes on, but there is a 10% chance it will kill us all… Also, I’m going to need to connect my sewer pipes to your AC air intake. 2717110
Reposted by Peter SpeirsJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563913736
Reposted by Peter SpeirsBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Palantir should not have a seat in the house of Lords. Tom Watson shouldn't be allowed to work for Palantir and be a Lord he should be fired ASAP. 20676239
Reposted by Peter Speirs▄▀▄▀▄▀🆂🅺🅰 🅿🆄🅽🅺 🅰🅽🅳 🅲🅾🅼🅸🅲🆂 🅽🅴🆁🅳▄▀▄▀▄▀ @skapunknerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is the face of someone who is ruining the UK. It's not the people the papers want you to think His INEOS has received £166.8m+ in UK/Scottish government support, plus a £230m UK Government loan guarantee, and public support of circa £397m and avoided up to £4bn in UK tax by living in Monaco 67833384
Reposted by Peter SpeirsAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Reform MP Danny Kruger went on Question Time to deliver a furious moral lecture about how wrong it is for governments to pass retrospective laws, only for Fiona Bruce to instantly point out Reform’s own official policy involves retroactively stripping settled status from migrants" via The Poke +1 551113351
Reposted by Peter SpeirsAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 18/09/2026🏴 Scotland gets only 6% of the 🇬🇧 British government's GB Energy investment. That's despite our huge renewables resources, and Labour's election promises. 13928
Reposted by Peter SpeirsZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip? 932314828
Reposted by Peter SpeirsNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#PalantirOut - and let's close the revolving door between politics and industry while we are at it. "Watson, who was a key political ally and fixer for Gordon Brown, remains close to many senior Labour figures." www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comPalantir hires Tom Watson to fight left-wing campaign against US firmThe tech giant, which holds several public sector contracts, hopes that hiring the former Labour deputy leader will buy it a hearing in the Burnham government 25346165
Reposted by Peter SpeirsSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukReform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaksExclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party 10723871023
Reposted by Peter SpeirsGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18534211850
Reposted by Peter SpeirsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm not surprised but I'm truly disgusted that this narrative of "dangerous fighting age men posing a threat to women and children" is genuinely doing the rounds on the media with almost no push back at all. This is 1930s level stuff. 1191745355
Reposted by Peter SpeirsPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?bbc.co.ukThe Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract showsThe Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows. 21893052833
Reposted by Peter SpeirsParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm proud to represent the interests of the man in the street. The street is in Thailand and the man is Christopher Harborne. 141013234
Reposted by Peter Speirs(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026there you have it Scotland 👇 Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has announced the party’s policy of 'rolling back devolution' after a historic meeting of Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Fein leaders www.thenational.scot/news/2655100...thenational.scotRupert Lowe announces ‘rolling back devolution’ policy after Celtic Alliance meetingRESTORE Britain leader Rupert Lowe has announced the party’s policy of “rolling back devolution” after a historic meeting of Plaid Cymru, SNP… 92116
Reposted by Peter SpeirsJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The cross is now a symbol of repression and hate. 776145572492
Reposted by Peter SpeirsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Restore Britain's Cllr Kieran Mishchuk of Sittingbourne, Sheppey is so determined to see "men on boats" everywhere that he mistook 2 minibuses full of agricultural labourers in an Asda capark for "illegal immigrants" 210768240
Reposted by Peter SpeirsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026No evidence at all of crime in Essex being driven by asylum seekers. This Reform use of taxpayers money is all about driving hate and fear against migrants. 113910324
Reposted by Peter SpeirsThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/09/2026They call themselves Patriot Platform, but in truth, there’s nothing very patriotic about the black-clad mobs which invaded Dover and Portsmouth, writes Ruth Wishart ✍️ 42410
Reposted by Peter SpeirsRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 12/09/2026Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage. 26926233
Reposted by Peter SpeirsRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this. That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas). The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much. It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power 431410562
Reposted by Peter SpeirsTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄. 3830121003
Reposted by Peter SpeirsRob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So, a criminally convicted billionaire money launderer bought himself a pardon from a criminally convicted fraudster president for $10m. Now he thinks he can buy the oldest democracy in the world for £36m. If the UK's democracy is to survive we need a public inquiry into party funding NOW 11256126
Reposted by Peter SpeirsPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Neoliberals demanding tax cuts for the super rich want to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Full state pension is less than 50% of the minimum wage. 2m pensioners live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. Due to low incomes future retirees will be more reliant on the state pensiontheguardian.com‘Costing billions’: is the pensions triple lock a lifeline or simply unaffordable?With the budget looming, arguments rage over whether ministers should scrap a pledge popular with millions 23439254
Reposted by Peter SpeirsAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now 14623521203
