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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: The Scottish Government is calling on the UK Government to reimburse the £26 million cost of Donald Trump and JD Vance’s recent visits to Scotland, saying it has so far refused

UK Government refusing to pay £26m bill for Donald Trump's Scotland visit

www.thenational.scot

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 21h

People are using GoFundMe for groceries.

GoFundMe has 250k pages for medical bills and 40k for tuition.

Americans are fundraising for basic necessities, while the top 1% increased their wealth to $52 trillion.

This is what a rigged system designed by the wealthy looks like.

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 6h

They have no business standing for Hollyrood

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 19h

Hes a yoon no doubt

tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 20h

Because Starmer already has given the green light to racists and he will continue to!

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Ciaran Conaghan @ciaranconaghan.bsky.social · 1d

Now that Maccabi Tel Aviv has decided that it will not sell tickets to its own fans for the forthcoming match at Aston Villa, can we expect Keir Starmer to condemn Maccabi Tel Aviv as anti-semites?

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d

Devolution: Westminster claiming credit for the things that Holyrood controls and does well, whilst blaming them for the things that Westminster controls and does badly.

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 1d

Jersey Island supermarkets pay nearly SIX times as much for their lorries to cross as those in Barra thanks to their generous SNP subsidy – all the other Scottish islands too get the same talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/20/j...

Jersey Island supermarkets pay nearly SIX times as much for their lorries to cross as those in Barra thanks to SNP generosity

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Jersey Evening Post on 15 October 2025: Representatives said they had “zero involvement” in the tender and warned that rising freight costs under the new arrange…

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 1d

The guy hates domestic politics so of course hes going. He can't stand being in the country

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 2d

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 2d

Why is Madonna shutting it down?

tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 2d

Why should a Scottish party make room for an English one?

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a maroon shirt sits at a desk with a book

ALT: a man in a maroon shirt sits at a desk with a book

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

It's quite depressing that I wrote this, warning about the elevation of Farage to the top table by TV executives, eleven years ago.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Leaders’ TV debates: middle-aged, rich, white men telling us what’s what, again | Alex Andreou

Alex Andreou: Excluding the Greens and other parties in favour of Ukip will leave the election debates devoid of even a modicum of diversity

www.theguardian.com

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MadameNostalgic | Tanya @madamenostalgic.bsky.social · 4d

Good Morning.

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 4d

A very slow and stupid beast

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a hat is holding a wooden stick with the words " and nip the tip " below him

ALT: a man in a hat is holding a wooden stick with the words " and nip the tip " below him

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 4d

Oh nooo, whit weal Inbhir Nis dae withoot an Earl 😱😱😱

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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 4d

Broken Britain is being Transformed. The death of two-party politics in Britain has dire consequences for the Union. open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...

Broken Britain is being Transformed

The death of two-party politics in Britain has dire consequences for the Union.

open.substack.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to welcome a Labour councillor defection to @greenparty.org.uk in Swindon!

"Hope from social justice to the environment. Hope for a fairer society and cleaner natural world. Hope for equality and opportunity whilst living side by side with nature."

swindonlink.com/news/greenco...

Former Labour councillor becomes Swindon Borough Council's first Green

Swindon Area Green Party has announced its first Swindon Borough Councillor.

swindonlink.com

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Andrew Dvorak @andrewdvorak.bsky.social · 6d

So you're saying they were cartels without knowing they were cartels? Way to repeat propaganda for the regime! Get a spine.

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 5d

Hes a Zionist what do you expect?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

British.

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tryingnottotroll.bsky.social @tryingnottotroll.bsky.social · 5d

Yup they weight their polls by the 'does this make headlines' metric

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 6d

As energy bills are set to rise again a reminder of the English financier who said ‘Scotland subsidises London energy bills’ and it’s ‘better for Scots to pay over the odds than those living in the English capital’ talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/15/a...

As energy bills are set to rise again a reminder of the English financier who said ‘Scotland subsidises London energy bills’ and it’s ‘better for Scots to pay over the odds than those living in the En...

Professor John Robertson OBA From inkl in October 2024: Households in Scotland are paying higher energy bills than they ought to keep prices down south of the Border, according to experts…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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