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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22h

If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 2d

I note that the man who has been stripped of his title is still being referred to by his ex- title.

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 2d

No rational person on planet Earth could EVER call this lavish, detached, £multi-million, multi-bedroom house a: 'Cottage'.

Eh? It's a giant Mansion! Wake up, UK twits.

Once again, the UK Royals continue to laugh in the face of their silly, servile subjects.

End this disingenuous balderdash!

York Cottage Sandringham: where the former Prince Andrew is expected to live

Now that Prince Andrew has been stripped of his titles and ordered to leave Royal Lodge, we take a look at the most likely candidate for his new home, York Cottage

www.houseandgarden.co.uk

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Langspoon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @langspoon.bsky.social · 2d

One does not 'buy' a poppy. They are not for sale. One donates to the poppy fund and can take a poppy to indicate you have done so ( and virtue signal if that's your thing).

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 2d

District nursing is in a dire state, and the latest report from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk shows a worse than feared collapse in the workforce.

Westminster government’s ambitions to shift care from hospital to community will fail unless the district nursing workforce is rebuilt. ⬇️

RCN calls for investment as report reveals dire state of district-nursing | News | Royal College of Nursing

Westminster government’s ambitions to shift care from hospital to community and from sickness to prevention will fail unless district nursing workforce is rebuilt

bit.ly

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Zeeshan Hafeez @zeeshanfortexas.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t sleep thinking about this. Gaza was promised a ceasefire, instead, tanks and shells rain down on families who have nowhere left to run.

When are we gonna say enough is enough?

Is there no mercy? No peace? No humanity?

I pray for the Palestinians, I pray for peace.

#FreePalestine

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 3d

As far as can see, he’s being flitted from the big mansion to a choice of smaller mansion.

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 3d

“Ordinary member of the public”. Does that mean, eg, if he twists his ankle he’ll have to sit on the floor in A/E for twelve hours until he’s attended to. I doubt it.

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 3d

I wonder why he’s not using his father’s name. Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 4d

Google, show me something to really annoy the faded, increasingly doddery and crusty 'Golf Club Set', in Scotland:

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d

More than 30 dead after resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-dead-after-resumption-israeli-air-strikes-gaza

More than 30 dead after resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza

<article data-history-node-id="430782" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-dead-after-resumption-israeli-air-strikes-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-30-dead-after-resumption-israeli-air-strikes-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">More than 30 dead after resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Health officials in Gaza are now reporting the number of dead has exceeded 30 after Israel resumed air strikes across Gaza late Tuesday evening, local time.</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 6d

Very common in Scotland

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 6d

They’re doing it deliberately!😂

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 6d

Trump brand ceasefire

Middle East crisis live: Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate ‘powerful strikes’ on Gaza

Middle East crisis live: Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate ‘powerful strikes’ on Gaza

Israeli prime minister orders IDF to carry out strikes on Gaza after it accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d

That irrational fear is best expressed by the guy in this article who doesn’t want the river navigation opening up in case it brings “small boats” with immigrants into a town in the middle of the Peak District.

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 6d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Homicides in Scotland fall to 50-year low

Statistics show 45 people were the victims of homicide last year, 12 fewer than the previous year.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 8d

Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly by election, beating Reform into second place. So does #trevorphillips interview someone from the winning party? Of course he doesn't!

Instead he interviews Zia Yusuf from Reform.

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 8d

Autumn light. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland

Photo taken from my front door yesterday evening before sunset. Sun in among some dark clouds with rays radiating towards the ground. Dark foreground with a small loch in the middle distance. Blue sky in the left quadrant of the photo and a few houses silhouetted on the horizon

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 8d

Autumn light. #Benbecula #Hebrides #Scotland

The sun, low in the sky, hiding behind and anvil shaped cloud. Blue sky background, and the whole thing reflected in the wet sand below.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9d

Spread it far and wide.

Sarah Pochin, Reform UK

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly!

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 9d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They’re targeting the wrong government, but they know that.
“Child poverty in Scotland is lower than any other part of the UK and the only poverty rate which is falling”

Thousands march in Edinburgh calling for action to end poverty

The Scotland Demands Better demonstration was organised by trade unions and charities.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Angus MacAulay @angusj.bsky.social · 9d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gaza children dying as they wait for Israel to enable evacuations

Around 15,000 Gazans are waiting for urgent medical treatment, according to the UN.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10d

Workers generate wealth, CEOs take unfair share.

At Melrose, CEO to average worker pay ratio is 1,112
Tesco 375
Marks & Spencer 261
Associated British Foods 218
Sainsbury's 195

How will the Govt secure equitable distribution of income for workers, reduce poverty?

Watch the Minister's answer.

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Tàmhas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇪🇺 @scozia.bsky.social · 10d

Well done Plaid Cymru!

Plaid Cymru victorious in fiercely fought Caerphilly by-election

www.thenational.scot/news/2556804...

Plaid Cymru victorious in fiercely fought Caerphilly by-election

PLAID Cymru have defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third.

www.thenational.scot

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