Alistair
@alistair1403.bsky.social
Independentista. A passionate, thrawn, sometimes grumpy, old-fashioned, lefty atheist who wants an independent Scotland. NOW!
Independence. Better Forever!
Independence. Better Forever!
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
Concerned to hear of the arrest and charging of the Two Davies on terrorism charges today.
You're in my thoughts guys. I wish you well and a quick and positive outcome.
#twodavies
You're in my thoughts guys. I wish you well and a quick and positive outcome.
#twodavies
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Concerned to hear of the arrest and charging of the Two Davies on terrorism charges today.
You're in my thoughts guys. I wish you well and a quick and positive outcome.
#twodavies
You're in my thoughts guys. I wish you well and a quick and positive outcome.
#twodavies
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Then: David Lammy said: "Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea."
Now: A leaked memo from Justice Secretary David Lammy said that there was “no right” to jury trials & suggested only having juries for murder and rape cases!
Now: A leaked memo from Justice Secretary David Lammy said that there was “no right” to jury trials & suggested only having juries for murder and rape cases!
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Then: David Lammy said: "Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea."
Now: A leaked memo from Justice Secretary David Lammy said that there was “no right” to jury trials & suggested only having juries for murder and rape cases!
Now: A leaked memo from Justice Secretary David Lammy said that there was “no right” to jury trials & suggested only having juries for murder and rape cases!
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The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Far from “Members of our military celebrating Scotland’s role in the world” they are actively contriving to suppress the fact that they are contaminating our lochs. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/25/b...
Back at the Beating Heart
During the 2014 independence referendum, one of the key talking points from the Better Together campaign was to emphasize how poor Scotland wouldn’t be able to cope without consular support f…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Far from “Members of our military celebrating Scotland’s role in the world” they are actively contriving to suppress the fact that they are contaminating our lochs. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/25/b...
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Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy
As the COP ends in another abject failure the wider geopolitical world seems to also falter into complete madness. A ‘peace plan’ emerged last week that was at first purported to be an …
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
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Pahaha. 'If you go on Nathan Gill’s social media it still says: “Love my God, my family and my country. Not ashamed or afraid to be patriotic.”'
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
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Wild. Which country is he referring to?
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Wales ignored again
Reform's former leader in Wales jailed
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November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pahaha. 'If you go on Nathan Gill’s social media it still says: “Love my God, my family and my country. Not ashamed or afraid to be patriotic.”'
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
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Wild. Which country is he referring to?
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"The newly released documents show how Toyota and Aston Martin successfully courted a climate-sceptic Conservative cabinet minister as they pushed to delay the 2030 phase-out of petrol engines"
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Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
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November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"The newly released documents show how Toyota and Aston Martin successfully courted a climate-sceptic Conservative cabinet minister as they pushed to delay the 2030 phase-out of petrol engines"
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"Britain"
The majority of 'British' energy is generated in Scotland, taken free to sell across the UK, charging us the highest energy prices in the UK. Consider an independent Scotland with cheap energy, vastly transforming our uncompetitive economy, attracting investment, protecting the vulnerable
The majority of 'British' energy is generated in Scotland, taken free to sell across the UK, charging us the highest energy prices in the UK. Consider an independent Scotland with cheap energy, vastly transforming our uncompetitive economy, attracting investment, protecting the vulnerable
Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
www.energylivenews.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Britain"
The majority of 'British' energy is generated in Scotland, taken free to sell across the UK, charging us the highest energy prices in the UK. Consider an independent Scotland with cheap energy, vastly transforming our uncompetitive economy, attracting investment, protecting the vulnerable
The majority of 'British' energy is generated in Scotland, taken free to sell across the UK, charging us the highest energy prices in the UK. Consider an independent Scotland with cheap energy, vastly transforming our uncompetitive economy, attracting investment, protecting the vulnerable
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This farcical electoral system is completely at odds with the voting public’s choices. At a democratic level this is simply unsustainable, writes James Dornan ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This farcical electoral system is completely at odds with the voting public’s choices. At a democratic level this is simply unsustainable, writes James Dornan ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Personally I'd opt for wind turbine technology. Quick to build. Cheap to dismantle. Easy and cheap to decommission. No dangerous radioactive decommissioning over 100s and 100s of years.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Personally I'd opt for wind turbine technology. Quick to build. Cheap to dismantle. Easy and cheap to decommission. No dangerous radioactive decommissioning over 100s and 100s of years.
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My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
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Starmer’s Labour enables fascism
When the race baiting far right criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and the hard right Reform UK are praising Labour’s policies, you know that something has gone profoundly wrong in a party which …
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/s...
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The Post-Truth era, normally assigned to 2016 had its origins in the independence referendum of 2014 | The Age of Lies #PostTruth #Brexit #Trump bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/16/t...
The Age of Lies
“One thing that’s been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts. They’re not really facts. It’s kind of like looking at ratin…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Post-Truth era, normally assigned to 2016 had its origins in the independence referendum of 2014 | The Age of Lies #PostTruth #Brexit #Trump bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/16/t...
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Scotland's Missing Forests 120k views in a week. Wonder if Scotgov gets the message. Barren-looking land, even overgrazed & burnt grouse moors, can support natural woodland & biodiversity. This is the story of two pals who went where politicians fear to tread www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV...
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Scotland's Missing Forests 120k views in a week. Wonder if Scotgov gets the message. Barren-looking land, even overgrazed & burnt grouse moors, can support natural woodland & biodiversity. This is the story of two pals who went where politicians fear to tread www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV...
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"Either Welsh Gov can’t tackle child poverty with their current tool kit and therefore needs to be busting a gut to get those tools OR they have those tools and are not using them." (Follows the First Minister saying she "doesn't want" levers over tax and welfare)
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Wales watching - The midweek briefing
Defection time
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November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Either Welsh Gov can’t tackle child poverty with their current tool kit and therefore needs to be busting a gut to get those tools OR they have those tools and are not using them." (Follows the First Minister saying she "doesn't want" levers over tax and welfare)
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
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November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
Today, tomorrow and always:
Pride, Respect, Gratitude - and love.
Sam Robertson - Gallipoli 1915 - 1916.
Thomas Hughes Royal Flying Corps 1914 - 1918
Sam Robertson - Bomber Command. 1944-1945
Bill Robertson - Fleet Air Arm 1944-1945.
Never Forgotten.
Pride, Respect, Gratitude - and love.
Sam Robertson - Gallipoli 1915 - 1916.
Thomas Hughes Royal Flying Corps 1914 - 1918
Sam Robertson - Bomber Command. 1944-1945
Bill Robertson - Fleet Air Arm 1944-1945.
Never Forgotten.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Today, tomorrow and always:
Pride, Respect, Gratitude - and love.
Sam Robertson - Gallipoli 1915 - 1916.
Thomas Hughes Royal Flying Corps 1914 - 1918
Sam Robertson - Bomber Command. 1944-1945
Bill Robertson - Fleet Air Arm 1944-1945.
Never Forgotten.
Pride, Respect, Gratitude - and love.
Sam Robertson - Gallipoli 1915 - 1916.
Thomas Hughes Royal Flying Corps 1914 - 1918
Sam Robertson - Bomber Command. 1944-1945
Bill Robertson - Fleet Air Arm 1944-1945.
Never Forgotten.
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To President Michael D. Higgins, on your last day as President of Ireland, we say thank you for your service.
#Ireland #Politics #President
#Ireland #Politics #President
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
To President Michael D. Higgins, on your last day as President of Ireland, we say thank you for your service.
#Ireland #Politics #President
#Ireland #Politics #President
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Another day, another Labour attack on disabled people. The scheme is devolved in Scotland, the tax exemptions which Reeves is proposing to axe are not, but Scot Gov has not been consulted. Anything to avoid raising taxes on the wealthiest, eh?
www.thenational.scot/news/2560765...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560765...
Chancellor warned Motability cut will cause 'significant' costs for disabled Scots
SCOTLAND’S Social Justice Secretary has urged the Chancellor not to slash the Motability car scheme, warning of the significant costs for disabled…
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another day, another Labour attack on disabled people. The scheme is devolved in Scotland, the tax exemptions which Reeves is proposing to axe are not, but Scot Gov has not been consulted. Anything to avoid raising taxes on the wealthiest, eh?
www.thenational.scot/news/2560765...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560765...
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"The main UK BBC analysis of the Caerphilly result read: 'Extraordinary by-election humbles Westminster’s big beasts' with a narrative centred on the decline of Labour & the Tories.
"Plaid Cymru, who won by 11%, was the fourth party mentioned." Its leader was not.
Farage had a photo AND quotes.
"Plaid Cymru, who won by 11%, was the fourth party mentioned." Its leader was not.
Farage had a photo AND quotes.
The worst person to be in Wales
A crisis we are just accepting
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November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The main UK BBC analysis of the Caerphilly result read: 'Extraordinary by-election humbles Westminster’s big beasts' with a narrative centred on the decline of Labour & the Tories.
"Plaid Cymru, who won by 11%, was the fourth party mentioned." Its leader was not.
Farage had a photo AND quotes.
"Plaid Cymru, who won by 11%, was the fourth party mentioned." Its leader was not.
Farage had a photo AND quotes.
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Enabling Andrew's abuse,fine. Exerting pressure to get exemptions from laws that might affect their wealth, that's OK. Rampant hypocrisy on everything from the environment to personal morality, no problem. But meeting the Pope is where they draw the line.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558993...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558993...
Glasgow loyalist group nixs anthem after King's visit with Leo
The playing of God Save the King was notably absent from the staunchly royalist gathering.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Enabling Andrew's abuse,fine. Exerting pressure to get exemptions from laws that might affect their wealth, that's OK. Rampant hypocrisy on everything from the environment to personal morality, no problem. But meeting the Pope is where they draw the line.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558993...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558993...
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How the Mashantucket Pequot tribe in Connecticut is fighting to tell Indigenous history in American classrooms. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...
How a Native American tribe in Connecticut is fighting to tell Indigenous history in American classrooms
The tribe had to fund its teacher institute itself after federal cuts.
www.ctinsider.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
How the Mashantucket Pequot tribe in Connecticut is fighting to tell Indigenous history in American classrooms. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...
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Have a read of this, It shows a great insight into the background of the pathetic origins of those behind the 'Flag movement' during the Summer in Britain. More importantly for us it includes the idiots who falsely use the Saltire against immigrants in Scotland
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Have a read of this, It shows a great insight into the background of the pathetic origins of those behind the 'Flag movement' during the Summer in Britain. More importantly for us it includes the idiots who falsely use the Saltire against immigrants in Scotland
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We are looking for an experienced candidate with a school teaching qualification to join our team as a part-time Education Officer.
📝 Read the Job Specification and apply here: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
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