Marion Davis
@mariondavis.bsky.social
Social policy & research in Scotland. Honorary 'daughter of the rock'. Personal account and views.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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I take basically the same picture every time the light and the snaw are right for it, and I do not regret this.
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I take basically the same picture every time the light and the snaw are right for it, and I do not regret this.
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Graber spent her early years studying how technology interacts with society, and now leads Bluesky that is looking to be "billionaire-proof."
Meet Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky, who is building a 'billionaire-proof' and decentralized social media platform
Graber spent her early years studying how technology interacts with society, and now leads Bluesky that is looking to be "billionaire-proof."
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Graber spent her early years studying how technology interacts with society, and now leads Bluesky that is looking to be "billionaire-proof."
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Palestinian mum of two Diana Shams: mothers around the world all pray their children have a better future, while in Gaza mothers just pray their children survive to have another day.
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Palestinian mum of two Diana Shams: mothers around the world all pray their children have a better future, while in Gaza mothers just pray their children survive to have another day.
What a gorgeous photo. 😁
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 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What a gorgeous photo. 😁
Congratulations to the amazing STUC. 🚩
For respect. For inclusion. For unity.
We march for everyone this St Andrew’s Day.
We march for everyone this St Andrew’s Day.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Congratulations to the amazing STUC. 🚩
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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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November 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Irony is dead
Sun journalist on the BBC's flagship #Newsnight says Labour's budget is wilfully misleading, outright lying, and that we want honesty from politicians
Sun journalist on the BBC's flagship #Newsnight says Labour's budget is wilfully misleading, outright lying, and that we want honesty from politicians
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Irony is dead
Sun journalist on the BBC's flagship #Newsnight says Labour's budget is wilfully misleading, outright lying, and that we want honesty from politicians
Sun journalist on the BBC's flagship #Newsnight says Labour's budget is wilfully misleading, outright lying, and that we want honesty from politicians
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Dr Abu Safiya is a hero. He sacrificed everything to save lives in Gaza – and now Israel is holding him, and reportedly torturing him, without charges. Doctors around the world are rising to free him and other Gaza medics.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Dr Abu Safiya is a hero. He sacrificed everything to save lives in Gaza – and now Israel is holding him, and reportedly torturing him, without charges. Doctors around the world are rising to free him and other Gaza medics.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
secure.avaaz.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Dr Abu Safiya is a hero. He sacrificed everything to save lives in Gaza – and now Israel is holding him, and reportedly torturing him, without charges. Doctors around the world are rising to free him and other Gaza medics.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Dr Abu Safiya is a hero. He sacrificed everything to save lives in Gaza – and now Israel is holding him, and reportedly torturing him, without charges. Doctors around the world are rising to free him and other Gaza medics.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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'How can a union be voluntary if one party is neither allowed to leave, nor told how they can ever leave? It is not voluntary. It is a hostage situation' || @neilmackay.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
'How can a union be voluntary if one party is neither allowed to leave, nor told how they can ever leave? It is not voluntary. It is a hostage situation' || @neilmackay.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
A reminder post UK government budget l. 😄
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A reminder post UK government budget l. 😄
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Oh lord, don’t tell me we have to do the 19th century all over again…
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oh lord, don’t tell me we have to do the 19th century all over again…
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A disgusting woman
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A disgusting woman
Ha! Brilliant 👏
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ha! Brilliant 👏
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Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring exposed how a Kremlin-linked influence network operated in plain sight - and how the government chose not to look.
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring exposed how a Kremlin-linked influence network operated in plain sight - and how the government chose not to look.
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
🚨 Last night, it won GOLD at the APA Awards 🌟🧵
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
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UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
‘In cold blood’: Israeli troops kill unarmed men during West Bank assault
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
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If he had a modicum of self-knowledge, former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb would resign from the BBC board, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If he had a modicum of self-knowledge, former Tory spin doctor Robbie Gibb would resign from the BBC board, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
British soldiers trained in Israel while IDF murdered thousands of Palestinian children - unforgivable.
British soldiers trained in Israel during Gaza genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-soldiers-trained-israel-during-gaza-genocide
British soldiers trained in Israel during Gaza genocide
Veterans minister Al Carns confirmed 'fewer than five' personnel attended courses in Israel despite war crimes allegations against it
www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
British soldiers trained in Israel while IDF murdered thousands of Palestinian children - unforgivable.
Ending two-child limit to benefit support was a win for anti-poverty charities. Next ..abolish the cruel benefit cap which is also child poverty creating.
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ending two-child limit to benefit support was a win for anti-poverty charities. Next ..abolish the cruel benefit cap which is also child poverty creating.
Scotland didn't vote for the disaster that is Brexit. Huge hit to GDP. We were right about that! 🔻
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Scotland didn't vote for the disaster that is Brexit. Huge hit to GDP. We were right about that! 🔻
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🚨 New analysis alert!
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨 New analysis alert!
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
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Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.