Lesley McG
@lesleymac.bsky.social
Social justice warrior, Scottish Independence, I want my EU citizenship back. She/her tree hugger, in the words of the great Mr Weller once a mod always a mod. No DM's please Anti-racist Anti-fascist Trans Ally free palestine Woke As Fuck
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"Why is it that the media wants to convince the electorate of Reform’s apparent impending outright success? Perhaps when we examine who owns these media and social media outlets, whether it be Rupert Murdoch or the tech billionaires, we begin to understand the motivation."
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
Not being surprised – inaction is our enemies’ lifeline
A sense of outrage, déjà vu and exasperation at the state of the present – the comment “I’m not surprised” is not relevant, the question should be, what to do?
bylines.scot
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Why is it that the media wants to convince the electorate of Reform’s apparent impending outright success? Perhaps when we examine who owns these media and social media outlets, whether it be Rupert Murdoch or the tech billionaires, we begin to understand the motivation."
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
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Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
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United is the only chance we have against all the incitement to hate!
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
United is the only chance we have against all the incitement to hate!
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Ok, this has to be shared and shared and shared and shared! Thank you @preciouspetal.bsky.social !
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Ok, this has to be shared and shared and shared and shared! Thank you @preciouspetal.bsky.social !
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It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Come on Scotland its time to gtf out of this
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Come on Scotland its time to gtf out of this
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Brian Allen 😎
Elon Musk is not a scientist… he is a billionaire con man with a lot of money.” — AOC
🎯🎯🎯🎯
Elon Musk is not a scientist… he is a billionaire con man with a lot of money.” — AOC
🎯🎯🎯🎯
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Brian Allen 😎
Elon Musk is not a scientist… he is a billionaire con man with a lot of money.” — AOC
🎯🎯🎯🎯
Elon Musk is not a scientist… he is a billionaire con man with a lot of money.” — AOC
🎯🎯🎯🎯
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There is nowhere in the Edinburgh agreement that uses that phrase or anything about the timing of another referendum at all.
Source: GOV.UK share.google/tWnefbyucAJD...
#ScottishIndependence
#LabourLiars
#ReevesLies
Source: GOV.UK share.google/tWnefbyucAJD...
#ScottishIndependence
#LabourLiars
#ReevesLies
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is nowhere in the Edinburgh agreement that uses that phrase or anything about the timing of another referendum at all.
Source: GOV.UK share.google/tWnefbyucAJD...
#ScottishIndependence
#LabourLiars
#ReevesLies
Source: GOV.UK share.google/tWnefbyucAJD...
#ScottishIndependence
#LabourLiars
#ReevesLies
Publicly owned utilities give better and cheaper service who knew ...
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Publicly owned utilities give better and cheaper service who knew ...
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
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My "tribe" are "lost" in their ability to see the truth. I always ask, "if it was reversed (Jews in Gaza) and the country surrounding it did what Israel CONTINUES to do, would it be genocide? Silence! Bibi and Turd are the same. BOTH will do whatever they can to stay out of the judicial system.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My "tribe" are "lost" in their ability to see the truth. I always ask, "if it was reversed (Jews in Gaza) and the country surrounding it did what Israel CONTINUES to do, would it be genocide? Silence! Bibi and Turd are the same. BOTH will do whatever they can to stay out of the judicial system.
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During the Second World War, Jewish doctors—who were themselves going hungry—studied starving people in the Warsaw Ghetto. Their findings inform what doctors expect to see after starvation in Gaza. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
During the Second World War, Jewish doctors—who were themselves going hungry—studied starving people in the Warsaw Ghetto. Their findings inform what doctors expect to see after starvation in Gaza. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza
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You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You could substitute so many Labour initiatives for "Motability cuts" and this headline would still make sense. What a tragedy this Government is.
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You are all one divorce, one accident, one mortgage /rent payment default, one death , one unplanned set of circumstances from seeking support that could lead to you needing welfare support . Your chapters are not yet written.
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
You are all one divorce, one accident, one mortgage /rent payment default, one death , one unplanned set of circumstances from seeking support that could lead to you needing welfare support . Your chapters are not yet written.
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SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/s...
SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park
The Ayrshire Daily New’s Doug Maclean, has a fine piece of journalism serving the information needs of the community. Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Robert Martin for alerting me to t…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/s...
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🔴Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔴Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
The veteran Labour peer and campaigner for child refugees tells Byline Times the Home Secretary’s plans are “bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
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"Civilians remain under relentless attack, and the genocide has never truly stopped, it continues but with far less attention, far fewer condemnations, and almost no accountability from the international community."
memes via Jews Against Genocide & Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
memes via Jews Against Genocide & Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
November 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"Civilians remain under relentless attack, and the genocide has never truly stopped, it continues but with far less attention, far fewer condemnations, and almost no accountability from the international community."
memes via Jews Against Genocide & Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
memes via Jews Against Genocide & Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
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This is what the News Agents are calling a boom in “welfare bills”
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This is what the News Agents are calling a boom in “welfare bills”
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November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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If you want to see the continuation of progressive policy benefits in this country then #VoteSNP and join The SNP
www.snp.org/join/member/
www.snp.org/join/member/
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you want to see the continuation of progressive policy benefits in this country then #VoteSNP and join The SNP
www.snp.org/join/member/
www.snp.org/join/member/
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Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
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How delusional is Ian Murray!
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How delusional is Ian Murray!