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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 7d

This morning I have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice @angelaconstance.bsky.social MSP to register our concern over plans by the Home Secretary to provide new protest policing powers to police forces in England and Wales and to ascertain if the CabSec intends to mirror this in Scots law.

Audio version of letter is linked on the second post. The link to the audio version is: https://tinyurl.com/cabsecjustice

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 22m

Looks gorgeous Lindsay! We have the rain here in Glasgow as usual.

a man in a batman costume is laying in the rain

Alt: a man in a batman costume is sitting on the ground in heavy rain

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LindsayGrahamUK @lindsaygrahamuk.bsky.social · 4h

Afternoon #Skyers ☕ ( Glorious day in the Highlands) 🍂

Photo shows blue skies and the tops of trees.

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 23m

Exactly and I fear it is only going to get worse as services are scaled back due to pressure on the NHS. We should bring in a higher tax rate for higher earners, a tax on all wealth over £1m and an immediate exit tax to prevent the wealthy moving their assets out of the UK.

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Melissa Eco-Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @melissapudding.bsky.social · 3h

And then wonder why so many are angry, why personal debt increases, why hospitality is suffering, why NHS now has more cases of malnutrition and hypothermia?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 5h

📣URGENT more than 14,000 people have signed our petition calling on Ofwat to REJECT Thames Water's latest ridiculous proposal.

🤑Their creditors want to pollute our rivers & seas illegally for the next 15 years.

✍️Ofwat makes its decision next week. Add your name, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 & 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 today!

Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 3h

Reeves really will do anything but tax the super wealthy.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

Pakistan is currently carrying out air strikes across several provinces in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul. It’s an escalation on previous attacks.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

I hate being right.

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Patrick Harvie MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 20h

The whole point of human rights law is that the Government can be held to account when they breach people's rights.

If the Home Secretary doesn't like it, that's why she needs to hear it.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 21h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 17h

Tell him to steer clear of pots of tea oh and open windows.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h

The trip will be Ahmed al-Sharaa's first official visit to Russia, a longtime ally of the former Bashar al-Assad regime.

Syria’s al-Sharaa to meet Russia’s Putin in Moscow on Wednesday

The trip will be Ahmed al-Sharaa's first official visit to Russia, a longtime ally of the former Bashar al-Assad regime.

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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 1d

🎤 Nae Borders is BACK!

⭐ Join us next month for an unmissable night with the best in the comedy circuit at @gleeclubglasgow.bsky.social !

Our outstanding comedians are standing up in solidarity with those seeking safety in Scotland.

Don't miss out!

🎟️Tickets on sale now: booking.glee.co.uk/22899

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 21h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 20h

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 18h

Then again, it’s Nigel Farage. He bellows “law and order” when it suits him, but tramples it when it doesn’t, weaponising Connolly’s shameful, dangerous post to stoke outrage and rake in support from his base. We are all worthy of protection from threats in law.

Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 18h

A man was jailed for threatening Farage (rightly so), yet Farage persistently excused Lucy Connolly’s dangerous and reckless tweet amid riots where a hotel was set on fire, towns smashed up and businesses looted. Farage invited Connolly to speak at Reform’s conference. It is hypocrisy on stilts.

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 18h

Sounds like a great suggestion. If I’m ever involved in plans for an office I’ll make sure that is added as a high priority :)

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British Society of Criminology @britishcriminology.bsky.social · 1d

BSC Conference 2026 at NTU. If you didn't know already we are off to Nottingham for our next conference. A conference about resilience and hope - yes please... More details to follow but you can find out more here: www.britsoccrim.org/conference/

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 18h

Keeps you on your toes.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 19h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 1d

Oh that’s a good idea! I’ll need to have it a bash!

Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 1d

Someone needs to invent a cheap soundproof box like a pay phone style kiosk that we can all go into and just scream.

a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt .

Alt: A young girl screaming loudly

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think you can “abuse” your right to protest

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA @mcdowall.me · 1d

You’ve put the willies up them!

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The Glee Club Glasgow @gleeclubglasgow.bsky.social · 5d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NEW SHOW: Scottish Refugee Council are excited to announce Nae Borders Comedy Night, on Thu 13th Nov 2025 at The Glee Club!

Featuring Mark Nelson, Kim Blythe, Sid Singh, Paul Black, Marjolein Robertson, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Mhairi Black & Susie McCabe

🎟 On general sale 10am Mon 13th Oct

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