OldishLeftishScottish
@lintons.bsky.social
Scottish Labour voting Fifer & ex-Civil Servant (for 47 years) …. very happily retired since May 2022.
#FBPE
Pro-EU
Pro-NHS
Pro-Majority Choice when it comes to 🏴 Independence and PR.
#FBPE
Pro-EU
Pro-NHS
Pro-Majority Choice when it comes to 🏴 Independence and PR.
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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🔴 LATEST UPDATES
▪️ Trump ‘named twice’ to FBI by Epstein accuser
▪️ Trump 'hosted party for young women' where Epstein was 'only guest'
▪️ Trump accused of trying to deflect attention by sharing AI-generated video of Obama being detained in the Oval Office
▪️ Trump ‘named twice’ to FBI by Epstein accuser
▪️ Trump 'hosted party for young women' where Epstein was 'only guest'
▪️ Trump accused of trying to deflect attention by sharing AI-generated video of Obama being detained in the Oval Office
Trump ‘named twice’ to FBI by Epstein accuser as he peddles Obama conspiracy: Live
Donald Trump shares AI-generated video of Obama being detained in the Oval Office by FBI agents as president accused of trying ‘to change subject’
www.independent.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🔴 LATEST UPDATES
▪️ Trump ‘named twice’ to FBI by Epstein accuser
▪️ Trump 'hosted party for young women' where Epstein was 'only guest'
▪️ Trump accused of trying to deflect attention by sharing AI-generated video of Obama being detained in the Oval Office
▪️ Trump ‘named twice’ to FBI by Epstein accuser
▪️ Trump 'hosted party for young women' where Epstein was 'only guest'
▪️ Trump accused of trying to deflect attention by sharing AI-generated video of Obama being detained in the Oval Office
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July 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Trump … the master of capitulation and a coward down to his rotten core.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump attacks Zelensky over possibility of Crimea going to Russia
The Ukrainian president has consistently rejected the suggestion that his country give up its claim to the Crimean Peninsula.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Trump … the master of capitulation and a coward down to his rotten core.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The self proclaimed Master Dealmaker (and I’m guessing he thinks that “nobody knows more than him about stocks/shares”) … seems to be having quite a bad time at the moment.
Of course, he’ll try to deflect the blame elsewhere but everyone with brain cells in double figures knows the truth.
Of course, he’ll try to deflect the blame elsewhere but everyone with brain cells in double figures knows the truth.
April 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The self proclaimed Master Dealmaker (and I’m guessing he thinks that “nobody knows more than him about stocks/shares”) … seems to be having quite a bad time at the moment.
Of course, he’ll try to deflect the blame elsewhere but everyone with brain cells in double figures knows the truth.
Of course, he’ll try to deflect the blame elsewhere but everyone with brain cells in double figures knows the truth.
I used to think that Trump was the stupidest creature on the planet … obviously he’s not because there are 77.3 million people who voted for him.
What the hell did they think was going to happen???
The world isn’t cowering (like he wants them too) - they’re laughing at the clown 🤡.
What the hell did they think was going to happen???
The world isn’t cowering (like he wants them too) - they’re laughing at the clown 🤡.
April 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I used to think that Trump was the stupidest creature on the planet … obviously he’s not because there are 77.3 million people who voted for him.
What the hell did they think was going to happen???
The world isn’t cowering (like he wants them too) - they’re laughing at the clown 🤡.
What the hell did they think was going to happen???
The world isn’t cowering (like he wants them too) - they’re laughing at the clown 🤡.
Insider Trading alert.
April 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Insider Trading alert.
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Max Hastings in The Times today does one of the best jobs so far of properly chronicling the USA's breakneck descent into fascism. I don't think a single person will be aware of *all* the evidence. (I know about paywalls & the mixed records of all pundits so please don't feel the need to remind me!)
April 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Max Hastings in The Times today does one of the best jobs so far of properly chronicling the USA's breakneck descent into fascism. I don't think a single person will be aware of *all* the evidence. (I know about paywalls & the mixed records of all pundits so please don't feel the need to remind me!)
The 3 most powerful individuals on the planet … but who’s the most intelligent/trustworthy??
- Putin/Russia
- Trump/US
- Xi/China
Sadly, the least intelligent/trustworthy is an easy question to answer.
- Putin/Russia
- Trump/US
- Xi/China
Sadly, the least intelligent/trustworthy is an easy question to answer.
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The 3 most powerful individuals on the planet … but who’s the most intelligent/trustworthy??
- Putin/Russia
- Trump/US
- Xi/China
Sadly, the least intelligent/trustworthy is an easy question to answer.
- Putin/Russia
- Trump/US
- Xi/China
Sadly, the least intelligent/trustworthy is an easy question to answer.
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Your Friday Philosophy:
"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few." | David Hume, Edinburgh, 1711 -1776:
"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few." | David Hume, Edinburgh, 1711 -1776:
March 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Your Friday Philosophy:
"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few." | David Hume, Edinburgh, 1711 -1776:
"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few." | David Hume, Edinburgh, 1711 -1776:
Given that neither the US or Israel are members of the ICC, I think it’s fair that the rest of the world couldn’t care less about mobster Donny and his rantings via Executive Orders.
February 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Given that neither the US or Israel are members of the ICC, I think it’s fair that the rest of the world couldn’t care less about mobster Donny and his rantings via Executive Orders.
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Apart from The Gaza Strip, President Trump also plans to take over:
Middle class women of a certain age
Ofsted
Kanye West
Kanye East
Hogwarts
The wall between Italy & Turkey
Waspi women
The Daily Mail
Church of England
Stoke (land of scrotes & scumbags)
Marcus Rashford
Narnia.
🇺🇸
Middle class women of a certain age
Ofsted
Kanye West
Kanye East
Hogwarts
The wall between Italy & Turkey
Waspi women
The Daily Mail
Church of England
Stoke (land of scrotes & scumbags)
Marcus Rashford
Narnia.
🇺🇸
February 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Apart from The Gaza Strip, President Trump also plans to take over:
Middle class women of a certain age
Ofsted
Kanye West
Kanye East
Hogwarts
The wall between Italy & Turkey
Waspi women
The Daily Mail
Church of England
Stoke (land of scrotes & scumbags)
Marcus Rashford
Narnia.
🇺🇸
Middle class women of a certain age
Ofsted
Kanye West
Kanye East
Hogwarts
The wall between Italy & Turkey
Waspi women
The Daily Mail
Church of England
Stoke (land of scrotes & scumbags)
Marcus Rashford
Narnia.
🇺🇸
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Perfectly captured.
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Perfectly captured.
I don’t agree with everything Rory Stewart has to say but he’s nailed it on Trump.
Apparently Donny telling journalists that a UK deal “could be worked out” … no thanks, we’ll stick with the grownups on this side of the Atlantic.
Apparently Donny telling journalists that a UK deal “could be worked out” … no thanks, we’ll stick with the grownups on this side of the Atlantic.
February 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I don’t agree with everything Rory Stewart has to say but he’s nailed it on Trump.
Apparently Donny telling journalists that a UK deal “could be worked out” … no thanks, we’ll stick with the grownups on this side of the Atlantic.
Apparently Donny telling journalists that a UK deal “could be worked out” … no thanks, we’ll stick with the grownups on this side of the Atlantic.
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February 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Excellent new front cover from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Excellent new front cover from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Trump decides that the US should join the 3 high-flying countries not currently part of the Paris Agreement .. Iran, Libya & Yemen. He’s a climate denying idiot who will happily see his country crash & burn just so him and billionaire mates can make a profit.
www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
Trump Withdraws from Paris Agreement (Again): What This Moment Means for Climate Action
Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement (again) — but here’s how the US can still fight the climate crisis.
www.globalcitizen.org
January 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trump decides that the US should join the 3 high-flying countries not currently part of the Paris Agreement .. Iran, Libya & Yemen. He’s a climate denying idiot who will happily see his country crash & burn just so him and billionaire mates can make a profit.
www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/t...
Possible answer to the BIG question … who would possibly vote for village idiot Trump?
Of course, aided and abetted by (not all of them) millionaires/billionaires who just can’t satisfy their need for more and more money and power.
Of course, aided and abetted by (not all of them) millionaires/billionaires who just can’t satisfy their need for more and more money and power.
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Possible answer to the BIG question … who would possibly vote for village idiot Trump?
Of course, aided and abetted by (not all of them) millionaires/billionaires who just can’t satisfy their need for more and more money and power.
Of course, aided and abetted by (not all of them) millionaires/billionaires who just can’t satisfy their need for more and more money and power.
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Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, with UK leading the way in G7!
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds
Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, with UK leading the way in G7!
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
No doubt Musk will be composing a “outraged” tweet aimed at the UK justice system.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Worcester white supremacist jailed for asylum seeker attack
A judge says Callum Parslow's unprovoked assault on Nahom Hagos was
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
No doubt Musk will be composing a “outraged” tweet aimed at the UK justice system.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Donald Trumps hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Donald Trumps hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given Trumps age and physical condition there’s every chance this his VP will have to step up at some point in the next 4 years so … where is JD Vance??? Very visible up until the election but now appears to be leaving it entirely to Trump & Musk. BTW I’m not missing him, I was just wondering.
January 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Given Trumps age and physical condition there’s every chance this his VP will have to step up at some point in the next 4 years so … where is JD Vance??? Very visible up until the election but now appears to be leaving it entirely to Trump & Musk. BTW I’m not missing him, I was just wondering.
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Once again, when the Tories are given an opportunity to show some principled backbone, they refuse to take it. Their craven, Musk-appeasing racism, Tommy-Robinson-themed opportunism and failure to support Jess Phillips are all you need to know about the rancid mess that is Badenoch’s nasty party.
January 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Once again, when the Tories are given an opportunity to show some principled backbone, they refuse to take it. Their craven, Musk-appeasing racism, Tommy-Robinson-themed opportunism and failure to support Jess Phillips are all you need to know about the rancid mess that is Badenoch’s nasty party.
Crybaby Musk will implode (hopefully) when he hears this.
Well done to Starmer for “growing a pair” and saying what needed to be said.
Well done to Starmer for “growing a pair” and saying what needed to be said.
Keir Starmer: "If you're not prepared to stand up, as a Tory MP, and denounce what's been said about Jess Phillips, then you seriously need to consider why you're in politics in the 1st place." #ukpolitics
January 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Crybaby Musk will implode (hopefully) when he hears this.
Well done to Starmer for “growing a pair” and saying what needed to be said.
Well done to Starmer for “growing a pair” and saying what needed to be said.