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Views are my own. Reposts are not endorsements etc. Nothing I say is investment advice. Dundee as in Scotland.
@luketryl.bsky.social Hi
Can't speak for other nations, but your MRP for Scotland looks odd. Like you, not a prediction, just as a nowcast,
Southern uplands: Tory not SNP
Posh rural Aberdeenshire, esp west: Tory not Reform
Generally: too much Labour, too much Reform, not enough SNP, not enough Tory
Can't speak for other nations, but your MRP for Scotland looks odd. Like you, not a prediction, just as a nowcast,
Southern uplands: Tory not SNP
Posh rural Aberdeenshire, esp west: Tory not Reform
Generally: too much Labour, too much Reform, not enough SNP, not enough Tory
September 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@luketryl.bsky.social Hi
Can't speak for other nations, but your MRP for Scotland looks odd. Like you, not a prediction, just as a nowcast,
Southern uplands: Tory not SNP
Posh rural Aberdeenshire, esp west: Tory not Reform
Generally: too much Labour, too much Reform, not enough SNP, not enough Tory
Can't speak for other nations, but your MRP for Scotland looks odd. Like you, not a prediction, just as a nowcast,
Southern uplands: Tory not SNP
Posh rural Aberdeenshire, esp west: Tory not Reform
Generally: too much Labour, too much Reform, not enough SNP, not enough Tory
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A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters
Counter-protesters drown out anti-immigration ‘unity rally'
www.thenational.scot
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters
Highly recommend The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet :-)
Warm and cuddly sapphic romance with plenty of humour along the way.
Warm and cuddly sapphic romance with plenty of humour along the way.
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September 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Highly recommend The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet :-)
Warm and cuddly sapphic romance with plenty of humour along the way.
Warm and cuddly sapphic romance with plenty of humour along the way.
Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no"....
‘Extreme nausea’: Are EVs causing car sickness – and what can be done?
‘Extreme nausea’: Are EVs causing car sickness – and what can be done?
Phil Bellamy’s daughters refuse to ride in his electric car without travel sickness tablets. Are there other solutions?
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no"....
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Just for you info, Reece: it's not @TheGreenParty here, that's the other place.
I mention I’ve joined @TheGreenParty and suddenly everyone’s got an opinion on them and my decision. 😄
Thankfully I neither owe anyone an answer nor have to explain myself. 🙂
You do your thing… and I’ll do mine. 👍
Simple.
Thankfully I neither owe anyone an answer nor have to explain myself. 🙂
You do your thing… and I’ll do mine. 👍
Simple.
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just for you info, Reece: it's not @TheGreenParty here, that's the other place.
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Absolutely loving the genre of book called “my job is so soul-sucking that I’ve completely lost it”
September 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Absolutely loving the genre of book called “my job is so soul-sucking that I’ve completely lost it”
Agree/ Disagree, @jameskellysgp.bsky.social analysis re. next UK Labour leader:
1) Re. Streeting & Burnham - agree.
2) Re. Miliband - disagree: his policies are driving up cost of energy in UK for both industry & residential usage, destroying jobs & making fuel poverty far worse. A Labour Liability.
1) Re. Streeting & Burnham - agree.
2) Re. Miliband - disagree: his policies are driving up cost of energy in UK for both industry & residential usage, destroying jobs & making fuel poverty far worse. A Labour Liability.
Rayner is OUT as Deputy PM - but nature abhors a vacuum, and it's likely that an alternative soft left champion would emerge in any early leadership election
Angela Rayner has just resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, although I can't see from the initial reporting whether she has also resigned as D...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Agree/ Disagree, @jameskellysgp.bsky.social analysis re. next UK Labour leader:
1) Re. Streeting & Burnham - agree.
2) Re. Miliband - disagree: his policies are driving up cost of energy in UK for both industry & residential usage, destroying jobs & making fuel poverty far worse. A Labour Liability.
1) Re. Streeting & Burnham - agree.
2) Re. Miliband - disagree: his policies are driving up cost of energy in UK for both industry & residential usage, destroying jobs & making fuel poverty far worse. A Labour Liability.
🤔 Compare below with:
1) "new Scottish poll from More In Common ... seats projection from the poll is pretty extraordinary, showing the SNP on 61 seats", @jameskellysgp.bsky.social, who explains why 61 to majority MSPs is v.unlikely.
2) Others quoting same poll: SNP 63.
??
NB: X handles on Bsky 🙄
1) "new Scottish poll from More In Common ... seats projection from the poll is pretty extraordinary, showing the SNP on 61 seats", @jameskellysgp.bsky.social, who explains why 61 to majority MSPs is v.unlikely.
2) Others quoting same poll: SNP 63.
??
NB: X handles on Bsky 🙄
The SNP now projected to win an outright majority in next year’s Holyrood election. Labour collapse as hard line unionists migrate to Reform. Tories reduced to a rump.
Graphics: @LeftieStats polling: @Moreincommon_
Graphics: @LeftieStats polling: @Moreincommon_
September 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🤔 Compare below with:
1) "new Scottish poll from More In Common ... seats projection from the poll is pretty extraordinary, showing the SNP on 61 seats", @jameskellysgp.bsky.social, who explains why 61 to majority MSPs is v.unlikely.
2) Others quoting same poll: SNP 63.
??
NB: X handles on Bsky 🙄
1) "new Scottish poll from More In Common ... seats projection from the poll is pretty extraordinary, showing the SNP on 61 seats", @jameskellysgp.bsky.social, who explains why 61 to majority MSPs is v.unlikely.
2) Others quoting same poll: SNP 63.
??
NB: X handles on Bsky 🙄
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“Autumn leaves are like little gifts falling from the sky, making everything look magical.” – Unknown
#autumnfeels #photography
#autumnfeels #photography
September 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Autumn leaves are like little gifts falling from the sky, making everything look magical.” – Unknown
#autumnfeels #photography
#autumnfeels #photography
Trouble is, Nate is right.
Bsky enjoyed a very brief period window when it looked like politics debate here was going mainstream. The Irish elections last November offered a Bluesky plurality of contesting voices. But as discussions got more & more navel-gazing the breadth of topics & ppl shrunk.
Bsky enjoyed a very brief period window when it looked like politics debate here was going mainstream. The Irish elections last November offered a Bluesky plurality of contesting voices. But as discussions got more & more navel-gazing the breadth of topics & ppl shrunk.
September 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Trouble is, Nate is right.
Bsky enjoyed a very brief period window when it looked like politics debate here was going mainstream. The Irish elections last November offered a Bluesky plurality of contesting voices. But as discussions got more & more navel-gazing the breadth of topics & ppl shrunk.
Bsky enjoyed a very brief period window when it looked like politics debate here was going mainstream. The Irish elections last November offered a Bluesky plurality of contesting voices. But as discussions got more & more navel-gazing the breadth of topics & ppl shrunk.
Well done to Shabana Mahmood, richly deserved promotion
And a few from
the cabinet meeting in Downing Street yesterday. Yes, surprisingly, there are other members if the cabinet apart from Ms Rayner. 😉 A few shots of the ladies first:
the cabinet meeting in Downing Street yesterday. Yes, surprisingly, there are other members if the cabinet apart from Ms Rayner. 😉 A few shots of the ladies first:
September 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Well done to Shabana Mahmood, richly deserved promotion
#Dundee wind turbines seen from #Ballumbie to the north of the city
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#Dundee wind turbines seen from #Ballumbie to the north of the city
September 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
42% go for either Very Likely or Unlikely.
43% as above, but only Fairly 1 or the other.
I think it's very uncertain. 2026 looks the big test year to me, with Scots & Welsh parly elections. If he can survive to 1st Jan 2027 as Lab Leader then my guess (& only that) is he's their Leader @ next GE.
43% as above, but only Fairly 1 or the other.
I think it's very uncertain. 2026 looks the big test year to me, with Scots & Welsh parly elections. If he can survive to 1st Jan 2027 as Lab Leader then my guess (& only that) is he's their Leader @ next GE.
While Keir Starmer yesterday insisted he will definitely lead Labour into the next election, most Britons see this as unlikely
Likely: 32%
Unlikely: 53%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Likely: 32%
Unlikely: 53%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
September 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
42% go for either Very Likely or Unlikely.
43% as above, but only Fairly 1 or the other.
I think it's very uncertain. 2026 looks the big test year to me, with Scots & Welsh parly elections. If he can survive to 1st Jan 2027 as Lab Leader then my guess (& only that) is he's their Leader @ next GE.
43% as above, but only Fairly 1 or the other.
I think it's very uncertain. 2026 looks the big test year to me, with Scots & Welsh parly elections. If he can survive to 1st Jan 2027 as Lab Leader then my guess (& only that) is he's their Leader @ next GE.
@esghound.com do you also post re. $SOC here too?
September 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@esghound.com do you also post re. $SOC here too?
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Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now?
They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now?
They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
Getting ready for Hallowe'en? Just 2 months to go...
August 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Getting ready for Hallowe'en? Just 2 months to go...
Magadan: famous for the Gulag victims-commemorating Mask of Sorrow statue overlooking the town.
A week ago Putin visited Magadan in eastern Russia.
Soon after disaster visited the region - I'm not sure if the two are connected😜
They even lost more fuel when a tanker was left hanging off a bridge, which collapsed in the floods.
Soon after disaster visited the region - I'm not sure if the two are connected😜
They even lost more fuel when a tanker was left hanging off a bridge, which collapsed in the floods.
August 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Magadan: famous for the Gulag victims-commemorating Mask of Sorrow statue overlooking the town.
Crest of a soccer/ football team new to me this evening: Hibernians FC Paola #Malta. Hibernia = Latin name for #Ireland & #Hibernian is a Scottish (Edinburgh-based) football team. Plus, Dundee Hibernian is now Dundee United FC. Only the Maltese version features a lovely peacock, it must be said 😀
August 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Crest of a soccer/ football team new to me this evening: Hibernians FC Paola #Malta. Hibernia = Latin name for #Ireland & #Hibernian is a Scottish (Edinburgh-based) football team. Plus, Dundee Hibernian is now Dundee United FC. Only the Maltese version features a lovely peacock, it must be said 😀
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Labour have the support of barely ONE TENTH of Scottish voters in landmark Find Out Now poll -
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/labo...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/labo...
Labour have the support of barely ONE TENTH of Scottish voters in landmark Find Out Now poll
The new GB-wide poll from Find Out Now is a genuine landmark, because it's the first poll from any firm since the general election to show L...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Labour have the support of barely ONE TENTH of Scottish voters in landmark Find Out Now poll -
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/labo...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/labo...
#Sandcastle Broughty Ferry beach, Dundee, #Scotland earlier today pm. Not my work: congratulations on a great design & build!
August 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#Sandcastle Broughty Ferry beach, Dundee, #Scotland earlier today pm. Not my work: congratulations on a great design & build!
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"This doesn't make sense!" x 12: My reaction to the full text of John Swinney's independence strategy motion -
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/this...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/this...
"This doesn't make sense!" x 12: My reaction to the full text of John Swinney's independence strategy motion
For today's YouTube commentary (which as a thrilling experiment is in actual video form!), I look at the full text of John Swinney's propose...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"This doesn't make sense!" x 12: My reaction to the full text of John Swinney's independence strategy motion -
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/this...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/this...
The short and accurate answer is "No". Kate Forbes is excellent and her early political departure is a genuine tragedy.
Kate Forbes' departure feels like a setback for the SNP and for independence - but can someone seize the moment and transform it into an opportunity?:
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/kate...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/kate...
Kate Forbes' departure feels like a setback for the SNP and for independence - but can someone seize the moment and transform it into an opportunity?
Today's YouTube commentary is of course about the shock news that Kate Forbes, who would have been one of the two clear frontrunners to succ...
scotgoespop.blogspot.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The short and accurate answer is "No". Kate Forbes is excellent and her early political departure is a genuine tragedy.