Br Barney FCD (he/him) 🏴 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈
@barneymac66.bsky.social
Solitary Franciscan cèile-Dè living with my 4-legged fur-baby in Scotland.
Socialist and Environmentalist.
Socialist and Environmentalist.
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Oh come on we've yet to see Labour principles and values from this neoliberal government. Let's stop the pretence!
December 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh come on we've yet to see Labour principles and values from this neoliberal government. Let's stop the pretence!
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It's shocking isn't it (or maybe it isn't...), that during a global pandemic when hundreds of thousands of British people were dying, many alone in hazmat suits unable to touch their loved ones, Tories were busy working out how to make shed loads of cash from our suffering without getting caught.
Gosh! This is unexpected! I firmly believed that the £148million was as good as recovered. What a shock! At least she's been stripped of the title 'Baroness.' Oh, wait...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's shocking isn't it (or maybe it isn't...), that during a global pandemic when hundreds of thousands of British people were dying, many alone in hazmat suits unable to touch their loved ones, Tories were busy working out how to make shed loads of cash from our suffering without getting caught.
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No don’t slow EES. Make people feel it.
December 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No don’t slow EES. Make people feel it.
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Brit exceptionalism on steroids.
And it is not for Britons only - it is for all 'third countries'.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/airport/2025/12/20/139005/calls-for-urgent-review-schengen-entry-exit-system-britons-face-travel-nightmare-three-hours-queues.html
And it is not for Britons only - it is for all 'third countries'.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/airport/2025/12/20/139005/calls-for-urgent-review-schengen-entry-exit-system-britons-face-travel-nightmare-three-hours-queues.html
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Brit exceptionalism on steroids.
And it is not for Britons only - it is for all 'third countries'.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/airport/2025/12/20/139005/calls-for-urgent-review-schengen-entry-exit-system-britons-face-travel-nightmare-three-hours-queues.html
And it is not for Britons only - it is for all 'third countries'.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/airport/2025/12/20/139005/calls-for-urgent-review-schengen-entry-exit-system-britons-face-travel-nightmare-three-hours-queues.html
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FIFA is well aware that Trump can screw over the World Cup at any moment - like barring some teams from entering the country days before the scheduled game.
FIFA should have moved the tournament out of the USA, insteading of bending to extortionists. USA locations could have gone to Canada/Mexico.
FIFA should have moved the tournament out of the USA, insteading of bending to extortionists. USA locations could have gone to Canada/Mexico.
December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
FIFA is well aware that Trump can screw over the World Cup at any moment - like barring some teams from entering the country days before the scheduled game.
FIFA should have moved the tournament out of the USA, insteading of bending to extortionists. USA locations could have gone to Canada/Mexico.
FIFA should have moved the tournament out of the USA, insteading of bending to extortionists. USA locations could have gone to Canada/Mexico.
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Labour have snubbed a major EU defence programme – sparking fears for the future of the industry in Scotland 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2571268...
www.thenational.scot/news/2571268...
'Indefensible': Fears for Scotland's industry after Labour snub EU defence fund
Labour have snubbed a major EU defence programme – sparking fears for the future of the industry in Scotland
www.thenational.scot
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Labour have snubbed a major EU defence programme – sparking fears for the future of the industry in Scotland 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2571268...
www.thenational.scot/news/2571268...
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PPE Medpro has been liquidated but because it has only £0.6m only £0.6m of the £148m debt will be repaid.
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
PPE Medpro has been liquidated but because it has only £0.6m only £0.6m of the £148m debt will be repaid.
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered.
Why hasn't it happened?
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Don't mess with Sen. Mark Kelly and expect him to take it lying down.
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Don't mess with Sen. Mark Kelly and expect him to take it lying down.
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"swapping Starmer out for Streeting or anyone else from the right wing of the party would be no solution to the gigantic challenges facing the country. What’s needed is a radical change in approach based on the Labour movement’s core values." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New leader says Unison will end support for ‘destructive’ Labour right wing
Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widely
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"swapping Starmer out for Streeting or anyone else from the right wing of the party would be no solution to the gigantic challenges facing the country. What’s needed is a radical change in approach based on the Labour movement’s core values." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The majority of unionists in the Scottish Parliament are List MSPs. Voting SNP 1&2 gifts unionists seats as d’Hondt will handicap the SNP regional vote so much that they will gain zero List seats. Vote SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2 and kick the unionists out.
December 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The majority of unionists in the Scottish Parliament are List MSPs. Voting SNP 1&2 gifts unionists seats as d’Hondt will handicap the SNP regional vote so much that they will gain zero List seats. Vote SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2 and kick the unionists out.
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The NHS has problems because since the 1980s it has been slowly privatised.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The NHS has problems because since the 1980s it has been slowly privatised.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
Margaret Thatcher outsourced catering, cleaning and many other services
Labour and the Conservatives PFI schemes forced them to sell hospitals and rent them back.
It costs of tens of billions a year.
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Today we launch our winter appeal.
For those starting again in Scotland this winter, let’s make sure they begin their new chapter with safety, dignity, love & solidarity.
Donate today & help us support those seeking safety as they rebuild their lives here in Scotland.🧡
🔗 ow.ly/szZE50XyG4S
For those starting again in Scotland this winter, let’s make sure they begin their new chapter with safety, dignity, love & solidarity.
Donate today & help us support those seeking safety as they rebuild their lives here in Scotland.🧡
🔗 ow.ly/szZE50XyG4S
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today we launch our winter appeal.
For those starting again in Scotland this winter, let’s make sure they begin their new chapter with safety, dignity, love & solidarity.
Donate today & help us support those seeking safety as they rebuild their lives here in Scotland.🧡
🔗 ow.ly/szZE50XyG4S
For those starting again in Scotland this winter, let’s make sure they begin their new chapter with safety, dignity, love & solidarity.
Donate today & help us support those seeking safety as they rebuild their lives here in Scotland.🧡
🔗 ow.ly/szZE50XyG4S
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White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken
White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
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The Electoral Commission has criticised the Government for proposing to delay 63 Council elections in May next year
It says elections should go ahead as planned & capacity issues linked to local government reform are not a valid reason for postponement
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre...
It says elections should go ahead as planned & capacity issues linked to local government reform are not a valid reason for postponement
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre...
Electoral Commission responds to potential election postponements
We are concerned by the possibility of some council elections in May being postponed, and even more by any further postponement to those which already had been deferred from 2025.
www.electoralcommission.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Electoral Commission has criticised the Government for proposing to delay 63 Council elections in May next year
It says elections should go ahead as planned & capacity issues linked to local government reform are not a valid reason for postponement
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre...
It says elections should go ahead as planned & capacity issues linked to local government reform are not a valid reason for postponement
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre...
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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TO CENTRISTS:
KEIR STARMER is a THATCHERITE
He also SERVES ISREALI INTERESTS and is willing to LET BRITISH CITIZENS die FOR ISRAEL
This is not speculative but proven FACT
If Centrist need evidence, all you have to do is engage your brain and #FollowTheMoney
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
KEIR STARMER is a THATCHERITE
He also SERVES ISREALI INTERESTS and is willing to LET BRITISH CITIZENS die FOR ISRAEL
This is not speculative but proven FACT
If Centrist need evidence, all you have to do is engage your brain and #FollowTheMoney
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
We mustn't replicate Thatcher's cruelty by letting Palestine hunger strikers die
As six unconvicted Palestine Action prisoners enter the deadly phase of the UK's longest hunger strike in decades, columnist Aimee Walsh argues Labour must break its silence to save lives
www.mirror.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
TO CENTRISTS:
KEIR STARMER is a THATCHERITE
He also SERVES ISREALI INTERESTS and is willing to LET BRITISH CITIZENS die FOR ISRAEL
This is not speculative but proven FACT
If Centrist need evidence, all you have to do is engage your brain and #FollowTheMoney
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
KEIR STARMER is a THATCHERITE
He also SERVES ISREALI INTERESTS and is willing to LET BRITISH CITIZENS die FOR ISRAEL
This is not speculative but proven FACT
If Centrist need evidence, all you have to do is engage your brain and #FollowTheMoney
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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You know this expression "Shooting yourself in the foot"?
This is like that but their whole-ass head
This is like that but their whole-ass head
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You know this expression "Shooting yourself in the foot"?
This is like that but their whole-ass head
This is like that but their whole-ass head
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Starmer turned a multi-billionaire into one of biggest benefit claimants Keir Starmer has turned Jim Ratcliffe, who’s worth £17bn into one of Britain’s biggest benefit claimants. Starmer’s done that through a £120m public subsidy to Ratcliffe’s chemicals company Ineos
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis
Keir Starmer just turned a multi-billionaire into one of Britain's biggest benefit claimants
Starmer gave a £120m handout to Jim Ratcliffe, owner of Manchester United and Ineos - will the DWP investigate? Are the tabloids hysterical?
www.thecanary.co
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Starmer turned a multi-billionaire into one of biggest benefit claimants Keir Starmer has turned Jim Ratcliffe, who’s worth £17bn into one of Britain’s biggest benefit claimants. Starmer’s done that through a £120m public subsidy to Ratcliffe’s chemicals company Ineos
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis
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Infuriates me no end when these charts look at major party’s, but omit both the SNP who have been in Gov in Scotland for 18yr, and Plaid Cymru in Wales, this is an English centric chart nothing more nothing less.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Infuriates me no end when these charts look at major party’s, but omit both the SNP who have been in Gov in Scotland for 18yr, and Plaid Cymru in Wales, this is an English centric chart nothing more nothing less.
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This is a seasonal public service announcement about the fact that the 12 Days of Christmas are not a countdown to Christmas Day. They BEGIN on Christmas Day. 🎄⚓
(I fully realize this is a futile speech.)
(I'm just screaming into the void.)
(Kyrie eleison.)
(I fully realize this is a futile speech.)
(I'm just screaming into the void.)
(Kyrie eleison.)
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is a seasonal public service announcement about the fact that the 12 Days of Christmas are not a countdown to Christmas Day. They BEGIN on Christmas Day. 🎄⚓
(I fully realize this is a futile speech.)
(I'm just screaming into the void.)
(Kyrie eleison.)
(I fully realize this is a futile speech.)
(I'm just screaming into the void.)
(Kyrie eleison.)
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As some EU leaders lose sight of the big picture in Russia’s war of aggression, reminder of 2 of my pieces: this on consequences if Ukraine loses: www.cer.eu/publications... ; & this on what Europe must do to ensure it doesn't: www.cer.eu/publications.... Only change: funding UA is now more urgent.
Does it matter if Ukraine loses?
Ukraine is retreating and Russia is advancing, militarily and politically. Western leaders seem to underestimate both the impact of Ukraine’s defeat and the West’s ability to prevent it.
www.cer.eu
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As some EU leaders lose sight of the big picture in Russia’s war of aggression, reminder of 2 of my pieces: this on consequences if Ukraine loses: www.cer.eu/publications... ; & this on what Europe must do to ensure it doesn't: www.cer.eu/publications.... Only change: funding UA is now more urgent.