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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί
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Scottish Indy supporter. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Former OU tutor. Likes music, footie and technology. Retired and loving it! I REALLY will not respond to DMs unless I know you.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 1m
Or he could aim lower and reinvent himself as a human being, with empathy for others. You know, what we used to expect from a so-called leader of Labour.
Not going to happen, sadly.
scotnational.bsky.social The National @scotnational.bsky.social Β· 7h
A former adviser to Keir Starmer and Tony Blair has urged the Prime Minister to reinvent himself as a 'social media star', warning that his cautious communication style is leaving voters cold
Keir Starmer told to β€˜be a social media star’ in bid to win back voters
www.thenational.scot
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 4m
And yet there are no police tents in sight...!
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 10h
If ever an issue reminded us of the pressing need for independence it is the WM government scanning our country looking for future nuclear sites. The record on safety for these leaves a lot to be desired. The decommissioning of them, when required, will take decades, at least. We don't need them!
Westminster wants to force nuclear sites on Scotland to supply England’s energy
www.believeinscotland.org
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 14h
Perhaps she would share her abacus.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 15h
I find this more than a little concerning.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 15h
Brilliant! πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 15h
No conflict of interest there, then. Oh, hang on...
scotnational.bsky.social The National @scotnational.bsky.social Β· 17h
🚨Labour are putting big bank lobbyists into high-powered Treasury roles, files have shown

Get the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 15h
Anywhere far away from government will do for me!
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 15h
There are no words bad enough to summarise how I feel about Reeves. Promoted way above her ability.
The 2024 Labour manifesto is available for use if anyone revives Jackanory. It is a work of fiction. I doubt that its use would encourage reading as the original programme tried to do, though.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 16h
It's bad enough that the Labour government did not get involved in the Alexander Dennis crisis, despite requests from the company, but to then claim that they were the leaders in the Scottish government's solution is shameless and despicable. Scotland needs better. Scotland needs independence.
Crisis-hit Scottish bus firm needed help getting UK Government attention, files show
ALEXANDER Dennis bosses asked the Scottish Government for β€œassistance” in setting up a meeting with UK officials ahead of an announcement that…
www.thenational.scot
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 1d
It might be hard to see why this would be with such a bad WM government trying hard to make us all poorer and more miserable. I wonder if this is the beneficial effect of switching off BBC News? Certainly, that made me feel better and calmer. πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ
scotnational.bsky.social The National @scotnational.bsky.social Β· 1d
Scots' wellbeing has seen a 'notable increase' and is 'higher than the rest of the UK', according to a new study ⬇️

www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 2d
Surely Scotland should be in the green area! What are we told? Barnett Formula; broad shoulders of the Union; better together; GERS figures...
Well, who would have thought it? (I'm going to say independence supporters.)
This is a stark warning to us all.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
I hope that they don’t.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
I bet they actually think that!
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
The former: possibly. The latter: I wouldn’t wish that on anyone - but there is a bit of history of suicide wrt the Epstein imbroglio.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
Indeed! πŸ˜‚
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
Nailing my colours to the mast, I am all for the ending of the monarchy. They have no role in a modern society. Especially when anyone can see the awful behaviour that many of them exhibit.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 3d
I agree that there should be a UK investigation. Also, I hope that, when the USA recovers its collective consciousness, that Trump et al are investigated very closely. May not happen, of course.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 4d
The sheer hypocrisy of Alexander is breathtaking! The WM government are always interfering with devolved issues and feel entitled so to do. More double standards...
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 4d
No argument from me!
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 4d
Yep. Good point. Boris Johnston and Donald Trump have sailed close to the wind with foreign powers in the past. Nothing happened... To paraphrase: something is rotten in the state of the UK.
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 4d
It's worse than that... it's TORY MP's entitlement! πŸ˜›
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Brian L028 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @brianl028.bsky.social Β· 4d
In all of these actions there is a severe lack of people raising the issue of any alleged perpetrators facing legal action. There are many more than Andrew Windsor in the Epstein files. There appears to be a two-tier justice system where the rich and powerful are not expected to be held to account.
Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say
The former prince remains under scrutiny as Buckingham Palace finalises plans for his future as a commoner
www.theguardian.com
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