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Ralph Leishman

@rl4consulting.bsky.social
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20h
Much of the coverage today is absolutely nuts. The facts are on Wikipedia. The full Intelligence and Security Committee (Russia) Report is online. Tory media & politicians once again banking on their average consumer/voter being too daft/busy/blinkered to notice...
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stupid out of touch person. I could have been rouder.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 25/09/2026
You can add your voice to this and let your MP know you want them to attend and speak for you here: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
europeanmovement.co.uk
Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If he said it in Glasgow, he'd probably get a Glasgow Kiss, i.e. a heid butt, and thus a broken nose.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who in US is pulling your strings?
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Meant to say just over £3k
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you think getting taxed on a non inflation adjusted gain of £3k only applies to rich people, I don't think you live in the real world.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ok but only if the gain is index linked to inflation. Otherwise you are taxing loss of value in terms of buying power of the funds compared to when item originally bought.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great that it's more EU flags than butcher's aprons at last night of the Proms.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Brilliant to see so many EU flags at last night of the Proms.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
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LeifH @lhdinton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And as good a time as any to remind people how easy it is to support the RNLI: rnli.org
rnli.org
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Finding it really telling right now we CAN arrest people holding signs peacefully about their political views. But we CAN'T arrest men beating women with literal sticks at Reform UK for expressing their views. So freedom of speech includes violence now for certain groups?
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
From his lanyard, it’s clear that the Reform UK member who assaulted two female protestors at the party’s conference is Stephen Cooling of Sutton Coldfield. I assume @westmidlandspolice.bsky.social are on the case? He ought to be easy to find, as he stood for UKIP in the May 2016 local elections.
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ayowhose.bsky.social @ayowhose.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Police intel is good enough to allow pre-emptive raids on young women in Quaker meeting houses but mysteriously lacking when it comes to balaclava’d thugs blocking transport infrastructure. Funny that. 🙄 news.sky.com/story/ridicu...
news.sky.com
'Ridiculously heavy-handed' Metropolitan Police criticised after raid on Quaker meeting house to arrest protesters
One Quaker was incensed by how the police "flooded" the building - so much so that they pointedly did not offer the officers any cups of tea.
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Stuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Easy to arrest these thugs they are all getting on a train going from platform 1 Dover Station to London.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🇬🇧 In this bonkers uk, the uk Gov are arresting thousands of old age pensioners for carrying placards calling out the Genocide in Gaza, whilst at the same time they are accommodating racist ‘demonstrations’ by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s Neo-Nazis thugs🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
While I'm sorry for them personally, it's wonderful news for Scotland.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Since we don't have such fruit bushes in Scotland I haven't, but I have been bramble picking.
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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I need to shift 60 last tickets for my Fringe show to break even. I’m a Scottish folksinger, performing self-penned, trad ballads and translations in Scots My shows are 21 and 23. Any support/reposts would go a long way. ❤️ 🎟️ Tickets → bit.ly/fringeif
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did mine on 15 mins on 1/7 but why the hell do we then need to do a separate VAT return. Bloody bureaucrats at HMRC who've probably never run a business in their lives.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I think you mean English.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Well I'll just shut up shop so they'll get no tax on profits but I'm lucky to be able to retire. They can foxtrot oscar.
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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Just to save journalists from doing research and checking facts, here's a handy table of distances I made a while ago: bsky.app/profile/blue...
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Good.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
You deffo need a geography lesson! When did Finart in Loch Long get transferred from Argyll to Inverclyde?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Almost £10 billion of the £15 billion that Boris Johnson's Government spent on PPE during the pandemic was wasted, the Covid Inquiry has concluded. The Inquiry found money was wasted on a "vast" scale, with companies with "connections to government" given first preference for contracts
theguardian.com
Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Aye right
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Entitled eejit
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
There is no obligation on a new member to join the Euro.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 03/07/2026
The overt racism phase of the USA's world cup hosting stint has arrived.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If it's for the England team, then it's an English anthem that's needed, not a replacement UK one!
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Aye, right.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism
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Eleonora Alabrese @eleala.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland is one of the hardest hit regions w ~9% GVA loss by 2023 The biggest sectors (whisky & food, oil & chemicals, professional services) make up 44% of its EU exports. Brexit erected barriers across all of them. And Scotland didn’t vote for this... brexitcost.org/itl1/TLM.htm... 4/...
brexitcost.org
Brexit Cost Explorer — Scotland
Brexit cost estimate for Scotland: −£27,357m GVA gap in 2023 (−14% vs. no-Brexit path). Synthetic control analysis — Brexit Cost Project.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I just love how the other supermarkets spend a fortune on adverts promoting @aldi as the lowest cost store.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@royalsociety.org I hear you’re blocking people calling on you to cancel Elon Musk’s fellowship. His presence besmirches your name. He’s a danger to British democracy. Reconsider.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Aye right!
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Er really sorry to correct you but for UK read England.
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Which £ figure is correct?
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Ralph Leishman @rl4consulting.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Fuck @stvscotland giving McConnell a platform when he says he knows nothing.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A new national conversation, or just the same old one? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the different strands of the now intensifying revival of discussion about Brexit, including the latest developments in the 'reset': chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-ne...
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JohnNicolson he/him @johnnicolson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Thank you for all your kind comments & DMs about my media marathon yesterday. Important, I thought, to correct disinformation & reject guilt by association. 1) It wasn’t public money. 2) Murrell stole from @theSNP members & no-one else. 3) Independence isn’t about one man.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Blimey. This petition is now is now at almost 98,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 today and have that debate petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 26/05/2026
There's still time to sign and get the number of signatures over 100,000. That would mean the petition will be considered to be debated in parliament. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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