Bridget 🏴🇪🇺🇮🇪
@bridget1965.bsky.social
Independence is normal.
Previously involved in GP training.
Not my king - abolish the monarchy.
I don't automatically follow back.
The banner is the view over my garden to Castle Hill (large tree), where King Malcolm Canmore 1st held Parliament in 1058.
Previously involved in GP training.
Not my king - abolish the monarchy.
I don't automatically follow back.
The banner is the view over my garden to Castle Hill (large tree), where King Malcolm Canmore 1st held Parliament in 1058.
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A letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution in 1587 will go on display for the first time in nearly a decade when it forms part of an exhibition in Perth next year
Last letter by Mary Queen of Scots to go on display at free exhibition
www.thenational.scot
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution in 1587 will go on display for the first time in nearly a decade when it forms part of an exhibition in Perth next year
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Trump has made America a place people fear, a place people don’t like, don’t trust, don’t want to do business with, and don’t want to visit. He’s made America a place people laugh at, a place that’s cruel & bigoted. America, under Trump, is no longer a destination. It’s a place to be avoided.
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump has made America a place people fear, a place people don’t like, don’t trust, don’t want to do business with, and don’t want to visit. He’s made America a place people laugh at, a place that’s cruel & bigoted. America, under Trump, is no longer a destination. It’s a place to be avoided.
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#OtD 12 Dec 1969 amid the huge Hot Autumn strike wave, a bomb exploded at a Milan bank, killing 16 and wounding 88. Blamed on anarchists, one of whom was killed by police, it was later discovered to have been carried out by the far-right and the state stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8380...
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#OtD 12 Dec 1969 amid the huge Hot Autumn strike wave, a bomb exploded at a Milan bank, killing 16 and wounding 88. Blamed on anarchists, one of whom was killed by police, it was later discovered to have been carried out by the far-right and the state stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8380...
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We walked away from a programme that invested in our nature, our coastlines and our communities. Regaining access to LIFE funding would put us back on the path we abandoned.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We walked away from a programme that invested in our nature, our coastlines and our communities. Regaining access to LIFE funding would put us back on the path we abandoned.
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New Scottish Government statistics published today show that over the last year, the number of pupils in Scotland’s schools reaching expected levels of literacy and numeracy is at the highest level on record and the poverty-related attainment gap is at a record low.
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels 2024-25
Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) levels: 2024-25 provides information on national performance in literacy and numeracy, based on all pupils in publicly funded Primary 1, Primary 4, Prima...
www.gov.scot
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
New Scottish Government statistics published today show that over the last year, the number of pupils in Scotland’s schools reaching expected levels of literacy and numeracy is at the highest level on record and the poverty-related attainment gap is at a record low.
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
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A vote for Reform is a vote to be ruled by the same old corrupt, incompetent arseholes you voted out in disgust last time.
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A vote for Reform is a vote to be ruled by the same old corrupt, incompetent arseholes you voted out in disgust last time.
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Not nearly enough Dem electeds are sticking their necks out for immigrants being harassed & detained by ICE. It's shameful & they will be remembered for their cowardice as the Americans who did not stand up for Japanese Americans in WWII are now.
December 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Not nearly enough Dem electeds are sticking their necks out for immigrants being harassed & detained by ICE. It's shameful & they will be remembered for their cowardice as the Americans who did not stand up for Japanese Americans in WWII are now.
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Sir Keir Starmer - as popular as a french kiss at a family reunion.
Labour is dead, so I joined the Green Party.
join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
Labour is dead, so I joined the Green Party.
join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sir Keir Starmer - as popular as a french kiss at a family reunion.
Labour is dead, so I joined the Green Party.
join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
Labour is dead, so I joined the Green Party.
join.greenparty.org.uk 💚
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If we’re serious about democratising society and the economy, we need to democratise our institutions too.
That starts with a referendum on the monarchy.
And for the record: I’d vote to abolish it. I’m a republican.
That starts with a referendum on the monarchy.
And for the record: I’d vote to abolish it. I’m a republican.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If we’re serious about democratising society and the economy, we need to democratise our institutions too.
That starts with a referendum on the monarchy.
And for the record: I’d vote to abolish it. I’m a republican.
That starts with a referendum on the monarchy.
And for the record: I’d vote to abolish it. I’m a republican.
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Crooked business men are heads of state now in many country’s ! You have been warned Scotland in advance of the 2026 Scottish Elections . I didn’t think we had many red necks in our country but obviously I didn’t bargain for West Lothian !!!
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Crooked business men are heads of state now in many country’s ! You have been warned Scotland in advance of the 2026 Scottish Elections . I didn’t think we had many red necks in our country but obviously I didn’t bargain for West Lothian !!!
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The Mar-a-lago Christmas party is off to a flying start.
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Mar-a-lago Christmas party is off to a flying start.
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It’s an important idea that almost every single country in Europe & around the world has recognised. But this basic human right is being blocked by Labour, Tories & Reformuk, just as they tried to block it around the world. Independence is normal, why not Scotland? x.com/believeinsco...
Believe in Scotland on X: "🌍 Independence is normal. #BelieveinScotland https://t.co/TmEz9yvaMd" / X
🌍 Independence is normal. #BelieveinScotland https://t.co/TmEz9yvaMd
x.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It’s an important idea that almost every single country in Europe & around the world has recognised. But this basic human right is being blocked by Labour, Tories & Reformuk, just as they tried to block it around the world. Independence is normal, why not Scotland? x.com/believeinsco...
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After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
December 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After Marcelo Gomes da Silva was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice in Milford, he made a promise to the men he shared a cell with: He’d be a voice for immigrants unfairly detained.
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
He's one of Boston Globe Magazine’s Bostonians of the Year.
trib.al/p9Edy6F
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The FIFA gravy train gets moving. £3,000 for the 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 ticket! As The Guardian's Marina Hyde says: there is "no sport that hates its fans quite as much as football".
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Fifa urged to halt World Cup ticket sales after ‘monumental betrayal’ of fans
Fifa has been urged to halt World Cup ticket sales after it emerged countries’ most loyal fans would have to pay £3,000 for a ticket to the final
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The FIFA gravy train gets moving. £3,000 for the 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 ticket! As The Guardian's Marina Hyde says: there is "no sport that hates its fans quite as much as football".
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Scotland & Norway struck oil at the same time.
Norway used their wealth to build a better future.
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 uses our wealth to plug its own gaps, Closed down our stock exchange & built Canary Wharf on the profits. Scotland needs the power to decide our own future.
Why do so many Scots accept this?
Norway used their wealth to build a better future.
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 uses our wealth to plug its own gaps, Closed down our stock exchange & built Canary Wharf on the profits. Scotland needs the power to decide our own future.
Why do so many Scots accept this?
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Scotland & Norway struck oil at the same time.
Norway used their wealth to build a better future.
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 uses our wealth to plug its own gaps, Closed down our stock exchange & built Canary Wharf on the profits. Scotland needs the power to decide our own future.
Why do so many Scots accept this?
Norway used their wealth to build a better future.
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 uses our wealth to plug its own gaps, Closed down our stock exchange & built Canary Wharf on the profits. Scotland needs the power to decide our own future.
Why do so many Scots accept this?
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Covering up that hand again
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Covering up that hand again
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In the north of Kharkiv region, four combat engagements took place in the areas of Synel'nykove, Vovchans'k, Kolodyazne and Dvorichans'ke.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 12 December 2025 regarding the russian invasion
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Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 12 December 2025 regarding the russian invasion
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December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In the north of Kharkiv region, four combat engagements took place in the areas of Synel'nykove, Vovchans'k, Kolodyazne and Dvorichans'ke.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 12 December 2025 regarding the russian invasion
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Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 12 December 2025 regarding the russian invasion
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Trump: "You don't even see fishing boats on water. You want to go fishing in that area? Anybody want to go fishing in that area?"
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Trump: "You don't even see fishing boats on water. You want to go fishing in that area? Anybody want to go fishing in that area?"
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What a weird comparison. 20,000 fully trained doctors Vs people who fancy studying medicine, many of whom won't have the basic qualifications to start.
Of course medical schools could be given more funding, but that doesn't necessarily mean there will be sufficient folk to fill the places.
Of course medical schools could be given more funding, but that doesn't necessarily mean there will be sufficient folk to fill the places.
Sophy Ridge: "20,000 foreign doctors come to the UK every year, but we reject about 16,000 med school applicants, & this is because of money right? It's cheaper for us to import trained doctors from abroad rather than subsidise training in the UK"
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
What a weird comparison. 20,000 fully trained doctors Vs people who fancy studying medicine, many of whom won't have the basic qualifications to start.
Of course medical schools could be given more funding, but that doesn't necessarily mean there will be sufficient folk to fill the places.
Of course medical schools could be given more funding, but that doesn't necessarily mean there will be sufficient folk to fill the places.
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And destroy museums.
And rip out olive groves.
And poison farm land.
And, worst of all, kill children.
Israel’s attack on Palestine is total.
It’s an attack on its past, its present and its future.
It’s ethnocide. Its genocide.
And rip out olive groves.
And poison farm land.
And, worst of all, kill children.
Israel’s attack on Palestine is total.
It’s an attack on its past, its present and its future.
It’s ethnocide. Its genocide.
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
And destroy museums.
And rip out olive groves.
And poison farm land.
And, worst of all, kill children.
Israel’s attack on Palestine is total.
It’s an attack on its past, its present and its future.
It’s ethnocide. Its genocide.
And rip out olive groves.
And poison farm land.
And, worst of all, kill children.
Israel’s attack on Palestine is total.
It’s an attack on its past, its present and its future.
It’s ethnocide. Its genocide.
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Another reason to leave X, as if it were really needed.
“Trump May Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter”
Freeeeee speech!
Freeeeee speech!
SCOOP: Trump Admin Is Preparing to Revoke Visas of Critics of Elon Musk’s Twitter
Trump officials are considering revoking the visas of former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and Imran Ahmed, of the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
zeteo.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Another reason to leave X, as if it were really needed.
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The question is: if the British Government doesn't apply human rights equally, who decides which are the ones 𝗬𝗢𝗨 get. Starmer? Farage?
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights
Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The question is: if the British Government doesn't apply human rights equally, who decides which are the ones 𝗬𝗢𝗨 get. Starmer? Farage?
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Blimey 😳 Trump’s obviously forgotten his family came from Kallstadt in Germany because he’s making himself look a right dick again 🙄
Still at his age, memory isn’t his strong suit eh 🤷🏼♂️
Still at his age, memory isn’t his strong suit eh 🤷🏼♂️
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Blimey 😳 Trump’s obviously forgotten his family came from Kallstadt in Germany because he’s making himself look a right dick again 🙄
Still at his age, memory isn’t his strong suit eh 🤷🏼♂️
Still at his age, memory isn’t his strong suit eh 🤷🏼♂️