Former Scottish economic migrant, ex-NL. Now back in Scotland to be part of the final push for independence. Lover of rugby, DUFC and Scandi fiction.
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At this point are any of us surprised? Unfortunately, the public are constantly told SM are a feminist human rights charity, so even pointing this out won’t help us. It doesn’t add much to the stench around Labour either though - they were already rancid!
Article 8 is what Goodwin v UK was brought under. They want rid of Article 8 because they want to rip up the GRA.
I mean, they want to “reform” the ECHR so nobody has the right to a family life (makes ppl easier to deport) Which part of that makes people think they’re remotely progressive? They’re going to force through transphobia no matter the cost
It is astonishing how badly suited Keir Starmer is to the current moment. Just astonishing
If the witch hunts restarted tomorrow, Keir Starmer would say people have legitimate concerns about women who can float on water
Each day I am astounded and mortified by this country’s descent into open and brazen racism I am equally astounded and mortified that rather than push back on the malign forces taking us to these dark places - an elected Labour government appears more interested in trying to learn from them
Nor the simple fact that, as outlined by Dr Jim Cuthbert, using GERS methodology reveals that from 1980-2014 Scotland paid in £120 billion more into the U.K. exchequer than it has received. Why Cuthbert? Because he was Chief Scottish Office statistician for the period. He wrote the GERS reports
IDF spokesperson: "the IDF does not target journalists or people working in medical teams" Not only has the IDF murdered hundreds of journalists & medics over the past 22mths they've repeatedly lied to cover up atrocities they've committed. Like this war criminal is doing here.
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
"No, we can't guarantee the safety of those who are too ill or too weak. Since October 7th we've shown every day that we have no regard whether we harm innocent civilians" There, I corrected it for you. No need to thank me.
The Government is doing its best at the moment to imply it has no problem with the ethnonationalism now rearing its ugly head. And I don't understand why. 1/5
The country is being run by drug addicts, reality tv stars and fox news hosts.
RFK Jr. is "like the guy you never wanted to have to partner with in science class. He thought he knew the answers and he's ultimately the guy who would light his hair on fire, and now he's lighting all of HHS on fire," says Michigan Senate candidate Dr. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social.
Humza Yousaf calls on peaceful support of Palestine Action to be decriminalised by Lord Advocate While you’re at it, de-proscribe the group altogether. They’re not terrorists. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic... Sign up for action: wedonotcomply.org
IDF spokesperson: "we are doing everything we can to keep civilians out of harms way" Like dropping 2,000lb bombs on densely crowded refugee camps, killing 15 medics in cold blood, firing 355 bullets into a car to slaughter a family, double tap strikes to murder journalists etc?
That’s an insult to thick people. Beyond thick.
No. In Scotland we’ll have the guys who saw us through Covid. The talentless pool you have in England is for you to sort out.
Why blur them out? Name, shame, incarcerate. Absolute fucking disgrace. And Starmer prattles on about his daughter and hotels. Waste of bloody oxygen.
Next up: the Prime Minister fellates the English Defence League www.thenational.scot/news/2543204...
Surely the UK Prime Minister baldly admitting that England is more important to him than the other nations of the United Kingdom is a watershed moment for independence movements.
Seen on Facebook: "And in the biggest own goal ever a leading Estate Agent has confirmed houses near roundabouts and flags tied to lamp posts will see significant drops in house prices due to clients fear of anti social behaviour with some sales already dropping through."
Apparently we're losing senior scientists because of the cost of bringing in their families. If they find the price too steep, how much more difficult will it be for refugees?
There is some still let loose out there😂😂😂
Oh dear, we are paying for your new nuclear power plants, we are awash with renewable energy which gets shipped to you in England, we vote for government in Scotland that doesn’t waste billions, we didn’t vote for Brexit that destroyed the economy Try harder dear
Dearie me. We have a believer 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡
Labour ensuring they’re a one-term only bunch of arseholes. Forever to be denigrated.
I agree with all that.
I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
An outstanding historian and a fantastic writer. Talking so much sense. Now is the time. Time for a Palestinian state. A state for Muslims, Christians, Jews and atheists. No more theocracy.
Anti-Zionists do not deny those words/places exist in ancient records. It is Zionists, like Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee, as well as Jewish Zionists, who often say "there is no such thing as Palestine." Ergo, the need for sharing this video. Enjoy your day! 🌞
The origin of the word #Palestine - "old as literacy itself" William Dalrymple (Historian & Author) #FreePalestine Via @stayfreeworld (Telegram)
Why is it down to Neil Young to be the first up front. Again. From the man who gave us Ohio. Respect youtu.be/8B9ATiGpbl8?...
We want the hotels phased out because they’re inhumane, degrading, overcrowded and lining the pockets of grubby Tory party supporters. What’s your reason?
All he had to say was he had no problem with his daughter walking past a hotel housing people escaping war etc, but no, he had to go for the Reform vote. Fuck him!
Or a toilet frequented by Labour MSPs in Holyrood.
Ah yes. Already existed under the SNP in Scotland and disadvantages the worst off in England. Definitely worth taking about 👍 www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
Trump hasn't realised that the USA is already a "Third World Nation": ◾no universal healthcare ◾decreasing life expectancy ◾tin-pot dictator, corrupt junta ◾guns & school shootings ◾crooked elections ◾religion unchecked ◾street kidnappings ◾wild inflation
And the actual irony of the facts that it was primarily drafted by British lawyers, incorporating many aspects of English common law. It is their legislation. And they are actually totally unaware of that fact. A country awash with nostalgia but real ignorance about history.
Where has this ludicrous ECHR "debate" even come from. I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR." It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
The normal function of capitalism. The concentration of assets into the ownership of fewer and fewer people.
Indeed they do
Over HALF of all Asylum seekers DONT arrive over the English Channel. 70% of all UK Asylum Applications are successful. 200,000+ people from Hong Kong now life in the UK. Mr Farage doesn't speak about them, because they have British Empire Passports. The 'Stop The Boats' patter is based on lies.
Jeremy Corbyn interview in Tribune magazine -Starmer's government is fanning the flames of racism. www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/labo...
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.” He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
Not just wrong. It’s illegal under the legislation I listed above
Police Scotland should be waiting next time he arrives in Scotland with a warrant.
Should be arrested and charged under the Hate Crime and Public Order Act for inciting racial hatred. The only way to deal with fascists is straightforward direct confrontation.
#BREAKING The Israeli army killed a pregnant woman, her unborn baby, and her 2 year old child after warplanes bombed their home in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. This is a crime against humanity. We will not forgive and not forget
Pinched by me from Facebook 😂. And, in turn, adapted from Monty Python... @mrjamesob.bsky.social
I wouldn’t have thought many Labour MPs came into politics to strip the rights of torture survivors to be reunited with the spouses & children. They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
First his dad was a “tool” maker and now he’s a weather “cock”. He’s a bit of a dick no matter how you want to frame it 😂
No, Carswell and others like him haven’t been ‘radicalised’. They’ve always thought like this. The only thing that has changed is that they now realise they can get away with saying it out loud.
"The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy"
Like in the 1970s, the Reform/National Front thick racists are being found-out. Too slowly though! Do thick racists KNOW they are thick racists, or is Social Media now enabling them, so they think they're part of rational and erudite community? After all, 1979 NF and 2025 Reform are just the same!
And this politics is not new, the 1960s and 1970s saw lots of declinism, anti immigration racism, woe over the white working classes. Again, don't fall for the narrative that this is new, nothing like it.
Happy Socialist Sunday #SocialistSunday Rick.
Where’s Anas Sarwar hiding ???…..and why isn’t the “bbc in Scotland’s” Glenn Campbell at Sarwar’s front door ??
Andrew got the message a long time ago. As can be seen by going back through his old Twitter account “The Peat Worrier” all the way back to 2013.
Now that this is settled, it's time to.... RELEASE THE FILES.
There is "a fundamental problem at the heart of our welfare state; namely the apparent assumption that poor people are not creative and have no potential for anything other than unskilled labour, because creative ability is supposedly reserved for those who enjoy wealth and privilege" Well said!
So they've managed to commit a hate crime - which will go unpunished. Along with criminal property damage - which will go unpunished. I'm Scottish. I find the St George's Cross & Union Jack offensive. To me, they will always be symbols of oppression, hate, violence & empire.
Wanker!...😡😡😡
In the UK there are nearly 70 million people, but two or three hundred racist fuckwits waving flags outside hotels dictates the news agenda, and apparently Starmer's policies going forward
Completely agree, SNHS is excellent. Appointments same day or next and referrals if required.
Don’t agree with the characterisation of the NHS, or more specifically the SNHS. Anytime I have need it the level of care, compassion and professionalism has been humbling.
“Having lived many years in the UK I got used to British standards in life; when back in Europe I realised that you can expect so much more”
Setting off for Perth. For Believe in Scotland day of action. Campaigning on I-Switch. Want lower energy bills? Vote for independence. Find out more at @believeinscotland.bsky.social
But protestors on your streets asking for the same thing are assaulted by your police. A return to former crimes? Is it the 30s again? Shame on you www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
But your police do this to people on your streets doing the same. Shame on you Germany www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Meanwhile, your police are attacking Irish nationals on your streets, in full view because she was protesting the murder of Gazan journalists by the IDF. Are you doing Mossad’s job now???? www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Shocking footage of Irish woman Kitty O'Brien being repeatedly punched in the face by German police. She attended a protest against the deliberate killing of journalists in Gaza, in Berlin on Thurs 28th Aug. Context here 👇 www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
Turkey has finally cut all contact with Israel, no Israeli goods or ships in Turkey, and no Turkish goods or ships in Israel. It is time for the rest of the world to do the same.
Voters are done being treated like background props in a Fox News set piece. People are angry—furious—that their representatives are prioritizing Trump’s ego and billionaire donors while their own kitchen-table realities are collapsing. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
What if we established a tax-exempt Church of Democracy and sued the government for infringing on our religious freedoms when it does authoritarian stuff?
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Time to remove all UN administration out of the US to a state where all delegates are safe. They’re not safe in fascist USA.
This administration has done a better job protecting the Epstein files than our social security numbers. #DefendersOfDemocracy
A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.
Starmer wasn't the only one who lied about energy bills coming down. Anas Sarwar did as well. But will the BBC in Scotland confront him about this? What do you think? (MSM Monitor)
Congratulations to Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer on their election as Co-Leaders of the Scottish Greens. I look forward to co-operating with them in serving the people of Scotland.
"Pritzker’s health department in Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers in response to the mess in Washington" Attn: @governor.ca.gov - this Californian is asking you - please follow Pritzker's lead.
The SNP needs to tool up for a dirty fight to the death with the far-right The Scottish government should lead the battle against extremism … because the Tories and Labour certainly ain’t gonna do it My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Lessons from an asylum hotel counter-protest: calling our opponents ‘fascist’ doesn’t work | David Renton
Same happens here, then they blame the migrants who have nothing for everything going to shit. Then the knuckledraggers, with their bubbling bias get so easily manipulated into blaming the vulnerable that they make tits of themselves and shame everyone with their disgusting actions. #FarRightUK
I find the concentration on the mechanics rather bizarre. The policy is repugnant and morally corrupt.
Excellent. Farage's plan would mean police -or new paramilitary forces - rounding up tens of thousands of people in *every major city* (hundreds of '000s in London). It really shouldn't be hard to make this politically toxic. www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/it-wont-wo...
Sick of @teamlabouruk.bsky.social validating Reform's toxic agenda. Appeasement doesn't work and it is making it much, much harder to counter the far right narrative, let alone defeat it.
Labour. In thrall to stupidity.
Any fool blithely saying they’ve now had a bit of a think about the ECHR and we should leave - is part of why we’re now stuck in the mess of Brexit, being told by the far right to hand our human rights over to them to administer. FFS people. Have you learned nothing from the last decade of failure?
It's career, party, westminster, Scotland in that order for the yoons, If Scotland even figures at all.
HR26 vote SNP 1 and Scottish Greens 2 Vote sensibly not loyally
“Not British” Meanwhile, in my lifetime; No Irish No blacks No dogs. In my lifetime.
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BBC host 'sorry' as SNP MP calls out use of far-right rhetoric live on air www.thenational.scot/news/2541949...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "It's not just that President Trump is corrupt" "It's that everyone who is participating in this is corrupt" "Elon is corrupt" "Jeff Bezos is corrupt" "Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt" "In participating in this scheme that we all know"
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/08/27/u...
Must read - Powerful warning to the nation as @drdemetre.bsky.social resigns as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and posts this post on X. Well done, Sir! 🔥💪 “My resignation letter from CDC. Dear Dr. Houry, 1/x