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I'm Gary MS sufferer and Motorhome owner, who's happy living in Angus and a proud SNP member. Medically retired postman of over 35 years service, partner is Chris and we have a wee dug Bertie
"Russian agents posing as US negotiators conspire to transfer billions to Putin to finance his war on Ukraine. MAGA is Russia First"
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Oh, absolutely nothing to see here, just ungrateful Ukrainians starting their morning by cleaning up remains of putin-trump peace plan from the kindergarten playing field.
Move along. Enjoy your quiet Saturdays."
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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He was also the former UKIP leader in Scotland
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Latest wee gadget , hypnotic 😄
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nailed it
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Special times in Mordor...😂😂😂😂😂

"Opening of a public toilet in the Volgograd region."
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Why would the parents want this old demented idiot who is the reason for the death of their daughter at her funeral
Even now, thinking about himself
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The Belfast walls prove more enduring than the Berlin Wall bit.ly/4p8ykYY more than a quarter of a century after the Good Friday agreement Belfast is still a (physically) divided city
97 ‘peace walls’ still divide Belfast. Will they ever come down?
Twenty-seven years on from the Good Friday agreement, miles of ‘peace walls’ still separate Protestants and Catholics in Belfast. Some people want them built higher
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Motability hopes to take the heat out of criticisms by taking posh cars out of the scheme bit.ly/4ikutWl but convertibles may still be available! 😉
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Judge removed a week before Palestine Action proscription judicial review was due to begin and replaced with a panel of three top judges bit.ly/43LIkiw no reason has been given.
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Full list of benefit rates from April 2026 bit.ly/4aihdPX most rise by 3.8% but note how many are not changing at all. Also note state pension main rates rising by 4.8% (extras by 3.8%), UC standard allowances by 6.18%, carers allowance earnings limit by 4.1% with NLW
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November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The new 3p per mile electric vehicle tax has lots of details still to be worked out bit.ly/3Koku5P and it could end up an even bigger mess than the provision of fast, cheap, clearly priced charging points
Electric cars will need annual checks under Reeves’s new rules
Under the chancellor’s pay-per-mile scheme motorists would have to have mileage officially verified each year
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November 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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I am delighted that my colleagues across the Parliament supported my amendment to ensure that no government can run roughshod over our nature protections. This is a win for nature.

This bill
www.thenational.scot/news/2565367...
Blow to SNP as MSPs vote to remove entire section from flagship nature bill
THE SNP Government has been dealt a major blow after MSPs voted to remove an entire section from its flagship nature bill ...
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/a...
Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to this. Andrew, above is hanging on to his title just in case his Ajax armoured vehicle soon becomes less useful than a horse. I pre…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The family of Ukrainian Defender of the 25th Assault Battalion, callsign "Batareika," who lived in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, was killed by a Russian missile strike on their house.

The only thing he has left to remember his wife and three kids by are low-quality photos.

Deepest condolences
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570

Should be about £16,970.

Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.

Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
When the Liz Truss-supporting "newspapers" complain about the budget, remember, it's now more expensive to service our debt....because of Liz Truss!
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM