Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22h

Stephen Flynn has called on Labour to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom

🗣️ 'If an Act of Parliament is required to strip the likes of Peter Mandelson and Prince Andrew of their titles, then there can be no justification from this Labour Government as to why that is not immediately happening'

Stephen Flynn urges Labour to strip dukedom from Prince Andrew

www.thenational.scot

7 32 80

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I've got lots of things to say about Jeremy Clarkson.

Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks.

Piss him off instead and
Join.greenparty.org.uk

Jeremy Clarkson article that says if you can't sort out your teeth you can't sort out the country.

340 500 2.7K

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 1d

Andrew will still be referred to as a 'Prince', and his billionaire family will still cost the taxpayer £500 million every year.

What kind of system would allow someone so demonstrably inappropriate to have such wealth and power?

It's time to abolish the monarchy.

👉 greens.scot/AbolishTheMo...

Prince Andrew gives up his title as Duke of York

The prince said he had made the decision because

www.bbc.co.uk

14 80 230

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 4d

As does “Scotland’s Story” by The Proclaimers. This is the Scotland I belong to.

Scotland's Story

YouTube video by The Proclaimers - Topic

youtu.be

4 7

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 6d

And this is exactly why AI cant be trusted. When billionaires control the algorithms its all about disinformation and manipulation, not the truth.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

Elon Musk is now clearly writing Grok's replies to all the subjects that he considers important.

It's exactly the nonsense he posts on Twitter.

5 59 99

Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · 4d

If I lived in England @zackpolanski.bsky.social would get my vote but this describes the Independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I want to live in 👏

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

British.

2 10 33

Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting that 2 people who could have ruined the lives of very rich and powerful people took there own lives 🤔

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

1

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Buck @turbineseaplane.bsky.social · 5d

“My daughters are just a little younger than you” 🤮🤬 (from Prince Andrew)

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

3 45 130

Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · 4d

@snp.org 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

4 5

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Prestwick SNP Branch @prestwickbranchsnp.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s never again be given an option we never voted for. In May 2026 we need to ensure an SNP majority and get our independence. We the people of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 need to be in power.

#snp #independence #truth #scotland #nounion

17 41

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 4d

I’m in Zambia, where I’m seeing first hand the impact of 20 years of partnership and friendship between our countries.

Scotland is proud to play our part in the world and support many life-saving development projects - showing the kind of country we can be on the world stage.

3 47 110

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 5d

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/15/7...

75% of Scots want control of everything other than defence and foreign affairs and 50% are calling for that too

Professor John Robertson OBA From: Scottish Social Attitudes | 25 years of devolution in Scotland: Public attitudes and reactions published last week: As a result, in our latest sur…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

1 16 17

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 6d

Reposted as Wes Streeting lied again about hospital waiting lists in Scotland
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/10/n...

NHS waiting list in England is longer per head by quarter of a million patients and shockingly twice as long in Wales, than in Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA MSM Monitor, fast and effective as always, demolished the claims of Baillie and Sarwar yesterday. What are the most recent waiting list figures? Scotland – 718 00…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

4 51 66

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 7d

Building trust in public life with the electorate is key to winning big | Martin Roche

@cluthaman.bsky.social

John Swinney puts Europe front and centre of new independence drive

Building trust in public life with the electorate is key to winning big

bylines.scot

2 26 55

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'step in' and sponsor care worker visas to get around UK Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced

Read more on this: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

4 53 100

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 7d

Scotland faces a choice: continued decline with Westminster, or hope and ambition with independence.

Let’s build that better Scotland, together.

snp.org/join

3 52 100

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8d

A Welsh NHS strike threat reported on BBC Wales contained no politics at all 👇 yet a negative story about Grampian NHS has been constantly politicised by the BBC in Scotland with attacks on the SNP.

Why is the BBC using a different editorial policy for Scotland?

(video MSM Monitor)

5 43 68

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8d

What you won’t see on the BBC:

Scotland:

Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%

England:

Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%

(@pjwoodside)

5 68 110

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8d

Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK, spoke movingly at the SNP Conference today. Well worth listening to his whole speech 👇

Very rarely is a Palestinian voice heard without bias and interruption on British media.

(Video courtesy @broadcastscot.bsky.social )
youtu.be/dx-3t7yD36M

Dr. Husam Zomlot, Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK, speaks at the 2025 SNP Conference

YouTube video by Andrew Sharpe

youtu.be

1 40 54

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 8d

Far too much of Scotland's land is hoarded by a small group of the extremely rich.

But we can change that.

Scottish Greens are working to strengthen the upcoming Land Reform Bill to boost community ownership and put Scotland’s land in Scotland’s hands.

Public 'overwhelmingly' supports bigger changes on land reform, say charities

SCOTS overwhelmingly support bigger changes on land reform, a coalition of charities has said following a public consultation ...

www.thenational.scot

5 82 220

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Sandra. @sandratofriends.bsky.social · 9d

What most of MSM won't tell you.

1 11 10

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8d

Left: Labour's Bridget Phillipson saying British Jews find the anti genocide in Israel protests "deeply upsetting"

Right: A British Jew on the anti-genocide in Israel protest wearing a watermelon a kippah

Shame on Labour for conflating anti genocide protests with anti Jewish sentiment -disgraceful

22 110 360

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

110 1.4K 3.7K

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 9d

Swinney didn’t just speak.—he drew a line: Scotland is on the road to independence, and there’s no turning back
#Scotland #ScottishIndependenceASAP #ScottishIndependence

3 46 140

Reposted by Brian Mikkelsen

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 9d

The SNP's Stephen Flynn spelled it out clearly today: Scotland belongs to everyone who lives here - wherever they were born.

(video stream: @broadcastscot.bsky.social )

5 70 140