@botrange694.bsky.social
Indy above all!
EU fan, recycling, green solutions, still Learning Gàidhlig,
Prog & EM fan: King Crimson, Yes, Peter Hammill, David Sylvian, ELP, Joy Division, Peter Hook
EU fan, recycling, green solutions, still Learning Gàidhlig,
Prog & EM fan: King Crimson, Yes, Peter Hammill, David Sylvian, ELP, Joy Division, Peter Hook
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🔴 SCOOP: Wife of Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists, documents seen by D4S show
Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Starmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalists
Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🔴 SCOOP: Wife of Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists, documents seen by D4S show
Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
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This just confirms that if the Unionist party's get the MSP's to form a Scottish Government. They will put what little policy differences they have behind them to form an administration if it means putting the SNP out of power. Maybe not a coalition, but support agreement, memo of understanding etc.
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This just confirms that if the Unionist party's get the MSP's to form a Scottish Government. They will put what little policy differences they have behind them to form an administration if it means putting the SNP out of power. Maybe not a coalition, but support agreement, memo of understanding etc.
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They did say they would work hand in hand with Refkkk, slimy labour trash.
According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
They did say they would work hand in hand with Refkkk, slimy labour trash.
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We've been warned...
According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇
February 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
We've been warned...
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I remember when Labour used to talk like this.
Polanski, "When I talk about a wealth tax, right wing, and even Labour, ask: what about the wealth creators?"
"I want to talk about the real creators in our country"
"The people who keep the country running"
"I want to talk about the real creators in our country"
"The people who keep the country running"
February 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I remember when Labour used to talk like this.
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'The new rules won’t simply mean a longer wait for ILR. They will mean many people don’t qualify for ILR at all and have to leave the country'. @jamesbowes01.bsky.social on the government's earned settlement proposals ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
Remigration by stealth? The government’s earned settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the potential impact of the UK government's proposed changes to its settlement schemes to both new migrants and migrants already in the UK.
ukandeu.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
'The new rules won’t simply mean a longer wait for ILR. They will mean many people don’t qualify for ILR at all and have to leave the country'. @jamesbowes01.bsky.social on the government's earned settlement proposals ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
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Important read 👇
'The new rules won’t simply mean a longer wait for ILR. They will mean many people don’t qualify for ILR at all and have to leave the country'. @jamesbowes01.bsky.social on the government's earned settlement proposals ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
Remigration by stealth? The government’s earned settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the potential impact of the UK government's proposed changes to its settlement schemes to both new migrants and migrants already in the UK.
ukandeu.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Important read 👇
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👇👇👇👇This
February 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
👇👇👇👇This
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I'd forgotten about that graphic - I created it so long ago. Still perfectly valid unfortunately.
February 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I'd forgotten about that graphic - I created it so long ago. Still perfectly valid unfortunately.
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The BBC Scotland news prog is just awful. So low brow it hurts. If not some ambulance chasing style story then football. It rarely touches business & never compares Scotland with its peers. I watch it now & then just to check if its changed but it hasn't. It's designed for dumbing down.
February 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The BBC Scotland news prog is just awful. So low brow it hurts. If not some ambulance chasing style story then football. It rarely touches business & never compares Scotland with its peers. I watch it now & then just to check if its changed but it hasn't. It's designed for dumbing down.
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The EU economic integration is accelerating further and very fast, now in the 6th gear 👇
Unfortunately, the Labour reset for our cooperation has moved from park to 1st gear and now to park again and maybe a little in reverse as well.
www.youtube.com/live/cUcNQHJ...
Unfortunately, the Labour reset for our cooperation has moved from park to 1st gear and now to park again and maybe a little in reverse as well.
www.youtube.com/live/cUcNQHJ...
LIVE: EU's Costa and von der Leyen Hold Press Conference in Bilzen | AC1N
YouTube video by DRM News
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The EU economic integration is accelerating further and very fast, now in the 6th gear 👇
Unfortunately, the Labour reset for our cooperation has moved from park to 1st gear and now to park again and maybe a little in reverse as well.
www.youtube.com/live/cUcNQHJ...
Unfortunately, the Labour reset for our cooperation has moved from park to 1st gear and now to park again and maybe a little in reverse as well.
www.youtube.com/live/cUcNQHJ...
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✅ Rail fares: frozen
✅ Peak fares: scrapped
✅ More money in your pocket
The SNP is working hard to reduce the cost of living, and this is the latest example.
✅ Peak fares: scrapped
✅ More money in your pocket
The SNP is working hard to reduce the cost of living, and this is the latest example.
February 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
✅ Rail fares: frozen
✅ Peak fares: scrapped
✅ More money in your pocket
The SNP is working hard to reduce the cost of living, and this is the latest example.
✅ Peak fares: scrapped
✅ More money in your pocket
The SNP is working hard to reduce the cost of living, and this is the latest example.
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Well done SNP for working in partnership with doctors rather than calling them names like Wes Streeting does in England
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action
RESIDENT doctors have voted to accept a revised pay and contract reform offer and call off strike action
www.thenational.scot
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Well done SNP for working in partnership with doctors rather than calling them names like Wes Streeting does in England
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
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Strike action avoided in Scotland yet again but the English Health Secretary , Streeting doesn’t care about patients and waiting lists in 🏴Well done the adults in the Scottish govt.
Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action
RESIDENT doctors have voted to accept a revised pay and contract reform offer and call off strike action
www.thenational.scot
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Strike action avoided in Scotland yet again but the English Health Secretary , Streeting doesn’t care about patients and waiting lists in 🏴Well done the adults in the Scottish govt.
Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action
www.thenational.scot/news/2584444...
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Every time I see a post saying "UK should join Single Market or Customs Union" I marvel at the exceptionalism of this statement. Let alone "we should Rejoin, but not euro or Schengen".
You fools. You had it all 10 years ago, you squandered it, now you're cold outside and you still want concessions?
You fools. You had it all 10 years ago, you squandered it, now you're cold outside and you still want concessions?
To be absolutely clear: UK voters caused Brexit; they did so because of a jaundiced attitude to Europe; if that is not fixed, and the UK joins, we're setting up the next Brexit.
The UK needs to change.
But too many say, "Okay, Europe, fine, but not the euro... or Schengen, or CFSP."
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The UK needs to change.
But too many say, "Okay, Europe, fine, but not the euro... or Schengen, or CFSP."
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February 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Every time I see a post saying "UK should join Single Market or Customs Union" I marvel at the exceptionalism of this statement. Let alone "we should Rejoin, but not euro or Schengen".
You fools. You had it all 10 years ago, you squandered it, now you're cold outside and you still want concessions?
You fools. You had it all 10 years ago, you squandered it, now you're cold outside and you still want concessions?
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A fietsstraat in the Netherlands, where cyclists have priority and cars are guests. Important to reiterate that this isn’t just a “cyclists have priority” sign you can slap on any street - they’re only used on access roads with very low car traffic, usually only just for residents and access.
February 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A fietsstraat in the Netherlands, where cyclists have priority and cars are guests. Important to reiterate that this isn’t just a “cyclists have priority” sign you can slap on any street - they’re only used on access roads with very low car traffic, usually only just for residents and access.
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I am increasingly negative about the chances of a positive resolution.
The fundamentals that led to Brexit are still there - frustration with UKG, anti-Europeanism, poor jobs, ignorance, and populist-fascist voting - with the latter if anything stronger.
The UK must change.
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The fundamentals that led to Brexit are still there - frustration with UKG, anti-Europeanism, poor jobs, ignorance, and populist-fascist voting - with the latter if anything stronger.
The UK must change.
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February 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM
I am increasingly negative about the chances of a positive resolution.
The fundamentals that led to Brexit are still there - frustration with UKG, anti-Europeanism, poor jobs, ignorance, and populist-fascist voting - with the latter if anything stronger.
The UK must change.
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The fundamentals that led to Brexit are still there - frustration with UKG, anti-Europeanism, poor jobs, ignorance, and populist-fascist voting - with the latter if anything stronger.
The UK must change.
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A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A £240m defence contract without tender.
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Their fingerprints all over our health care data.
A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.
Everything around Palantir stinks.
www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
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Do you think so? It seems to me that some (actual or proposed) unions are effective and beneficial, while some are (or would be) unsuccessful. Over history there are examples of unions that worked for a while and later broke apart again. The question is whether any particular union works well or not
February 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Do you think so? It seems to me that some (actual or proposed) unions are effective and beneficial, while some are (or would be) unsuccessful. Over history there are examples of unions that worked for a while and later broke apart again. The question is whether any particular union works well or not
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So Anas Sarwar denigrates the Scottish NHS, Housing, Child poverty. The very issues where the SNP have bettered the Labour administrations in England and Wales. Compounded with monstering the Queen Elizabeth Hospital issues where Labour councillors on the board of manager hid from the SNP.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
So Anas Sarwar denigrates the Scottish NHS, Housing, Child poverty. The very issues where the SNP have bettered the Labour administrations in England and Wales. Compounded with monstering the Queen Elizabeth Hospital issues where Labour councillors on the board of manager hid from the SNP.
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BBC News referring to 'Scottish Labour Party' on their caption on Anas Sarwar's news conference.
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
BBC News referring to 'Scottish Labour Party' on their caption on Anas Sarwar's news conference.
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging