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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 13h

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US research finds cancer mortality rate over 40% higher than the national rate and life expectancy almost a decade less than national average near nuclear facility comparable to Sellafield only miles ...

By U.S. Department of Energy – Public Domain, Professor John Robertson OBA In TCD (Ohio USA) yesterday: Residents of US town near nuclear facility face alarming crisis: ‘So many people …

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 12h

China shouldn't even be invited to bid.

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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 3d

It'll take more than a little paedophilia to bring down the British monarchy, still too many forelock tuggers and cap doffers who bow and scrape to them, once Scotland has independence we will vote for a Republic and be rid of the parasitical nonce's for good.
#AbolishTheMonarchy

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

This.

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 4d

And?

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 5d

Why do we want a positive relationship with China when we know they're doing their best to undermine us. Seems utterly bizarre to me.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Conservative criticism of Labour I absolutely did not give enough intellectual houseroom to pre-election was 'none of these guys have ever created a job'.

Bo Jacobs Strom @bojs.bsky.social · 6d

Headlines going to the English requirements but I'd completely missed this part of the plans, yet another act of idiotic self harm. Completely incompatible with the government's stated aims on housebuilding, growth, etc.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “If China were to move against Taiwan, it's likely China would force its junior partner in that relationship, being Russia, under Vladimir Putin, to move against NATO to keep us busy.”

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Jean Marc Tixhon @tixhonjm.bsky.social · 7d

Exclusive: “I don’t see batteries as the solution for electrifying the world,” says leading climate scientist, Carlos Duarte - Driving Hydrogen drivinghydrogen.com/2025/10/11/e...

Exclusive: “I don’t see batteries as the solution for electrifying the world,” says leading climate scientist, Carlos Duarte

Climate scientist Carlos Duarte tells Driving Hydrogen how he see's the world’s shift to clean mobility will depend on hydrogen, not batteries - and how nature has been making it for billions of years...

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Jean Marc Tixhon @tixhonjm.bsky.social · 7d

GeoPura Secures £27M Loan To Scale Green Hydrogen Production At Former UK Coal Plant – Hydrogen Fuel News www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/geopura-secu...

GeoPura Secures £27M Loan to Scale Green Hydrogen Production at Former UK Coal Plant

GeoPura burst onto the scene in 2019 and quickly climbed the ranks to become one of the UK’s top green hydrogen producers. Fast-forward to 6 October 2025, and

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 10d

Going to find it very difficult to vote SNP after this. www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

Ming Yang commits to £1.5 billion Scottish manufacturing base

Chinese wind turbine firm Ming Yang has confirmed plans to set up a manufacturing base in Scotland, which is set to create 1,500 jobs.

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11d

#ScottishIndependence

Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 11d

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources | Bylines Scotland

How to own Scottish energy

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 11d

Not only that but it's going *backwards*.
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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 11d

I wonder to what extent the UK financial sector drives the UK Govt attitude to China. ATM it does well providing funds to -for example - people buying Chinese EVs and other goods such as ships which it prefers to do rather than invest in manufacturing here.

Thoughts?

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 12d

Well good for you. You've just helped China build another tank or missile launcher.

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 12d

IMHO Tesla's are remarkably ugly but we should not be buying any Chinese cars in the UK. They are not our friends but out to eradicate the European car industry with cheap imports. Put bluntly, anyone buying one is guilty of industrial treachery.

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 12d

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Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you?

Scotland’s system for children in care. Professor John Robertson OBA There’s something important missing from the above ‘news’ today on children in care in Scotland – …

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 13d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 13d

Kemi Badenoch's attempt to be a Trump, Netanyahu and Farage all rolled into one?

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 13d

'We affirm that the safety of Jewish communities in Britain is inseparable from the safety and dignity of Palestinians. Jewish security will never be achieved by silencing Palestinian voices'

A letter published in The Herald, signed by academics, rabbis, over one hundred Jewish people, and allies👇

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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 13d

I could not in all good conscience vote SNP 1 and Greens 2 because I don't want to risk a repeat of the fiasco we got the last time we did that so it's SNP 1 and Alba 2 for me.

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Yes Kirriemuir @yeskirriemuir.bsky.social · 14d

Scotland will do so much better, for all of our people, if we run our own affairs

As England lurches into the arms of far right,
#ScottishIndependence is crucial.

Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 16d

Your right to life
Your right not to be tortured
Your right not to be enslaved
Your right to liberty
Your right to a fair trial
Your right to privacy
Your right to practice your religion
Your right to freedom of expression
Your right not to be discriminated against
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