Ronnie Barbour
@ronniebarbour.bsky.social
Ex-RAF...Ex-BBC... Still a Scot. StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
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The government is planning stricter than ever asylum policies, but what will this mean for child refugees? | Ala Sirriyeh
How new asylum policies will affect child refugees
The government is planning stricter than ever asylum policies, but what will this mean for child refugees?
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The government is planning stricter than ever asylum policies, but what will this mean for child refugees? | Ala Sirriyeh
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Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions | Viv Griffiths
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms will not ‘unite a divided country’
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Making asylum status temporary and eroding family rights will undermine Britain’s commitments to international law and create further divisions | Viv Griffiths
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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? | Joanna Krahe @jolk.bsky.social
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 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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? | Joanna Krahe @jolk.bsky.social
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Aye, right.
"Did UKIP have a problem with an MEP who clearly was corrupt? Yes, it did."
"Did he join Reform? Very briefly in Wales? He did."
"I can't investigate UKIP in the European Parliament in 2018. How do I do that?"
Someone doesn't seem keen on an investigation...
"Did he join Reform? Very briefly in Wales? He did."
"I can't investigate UKIP in the European Parliament in 2018. How do I do that?"
Someone doesn't seem keen on an investigation...
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Aye, right.
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Calls are being made for a mural of 'Scotland's best goal ever', just a stone's throw from where it was scored in Glasgow
Calls for mural just a stone's throw from where 'Scotland's best goal' scored
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Calls are being made for a mural of 'Scotland's best goal ever', just a stone's throw from where it was scored in Glasgow
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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"In fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America was held in what is now Nunavut 1578, by Sir Martin Frobisher and his crew. Admiral Sir Richard Collinson’s book, The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, notes that the celebration was documented in the ship’s logs."
#Thanksgiving
#Thanksgiving
Yes America, there is another Thanksgiving, it lives next door
Was the first Thanksgiving in North America based on a myth or documented evidence, and which one was the first?
bylines.scot
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"In fact, the first Thanksgiving in North America was held in what is now Nunavut 1578, by Sir Martin Frobisher and his crew. Admiral Sir Richard Collinson’s book, The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher, notes that the celebration was documented in the ship’s logs."
#Thanksgiving
#Thanksgiving
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2026 is going to be a huge year for Scotland and that's why Bylines Scotland needs you! The Holyrood elections could be a pivotal moment in the political history of our country. We need volunteer writers to tell us how the campaigns are going down in your region. Dae ye fancy?
[email protected]
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Bylines Scotland - Powerful Citizen Journalism
Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism
bylines.scot
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
2026 is going to be a huge year for Scotland and that's why Bylines Scotland needs you! The Holyrood elections could be a pivotal moment in the political history of our country. We need volunteer writers to tell us how the campaigns are going down in your region. Dae ye fancy?
[email protected]
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"Over the centuries, the Conservative Party knew how to survive, shifting its ground to win, ruthlessly disposing of leaders who’d run out of road, including the sainted Margaret Thatcher."
#Thatcher
#Brexit
#Europhobia
#Thatcher
#Brexit
#Europhobia
How Europhobia crushed Tories, and why Labour must beware
From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party. Labour risks repeating the same mistake
bylines.scot
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Over the centuries, the Conservative Party knew how to survive, shifting its ground to win, ruthlessly disposing of leaders who’d run out of road, including the sainted Margaret Thatcher."
#Thatcher
#Brexit
#Europhobia
#Thatcher
#Brexit
#Europhobia
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My reflections on 17 years as a female doctor in sexual health performing vasectomies in Glasgow | Dr Julie Cumming
Will it hurt?
My reflections on 17 years as a female doctor in sexual health performing vasectomies in Glasgow
bylines.scot
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My reflections on 17 years as a female doctor in sexual health performing vasectomies in Glasgow | Dr Julie Cumming
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Was the first Thanksgiving in North America based on a myth or documented evidence, and which one was the first? | Ian Kinsey
Yes America, there is another Thanksgiving, it lives next door
Was the first Thanksgiving in North America based on a myth or documented evidence, and which one was the first?
bylines.scot
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Was the first Thanksgiving in North America based on a myth or documented evidence, and which one was the first? | Ian Kinsey
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Today is our #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay. Our figures show that six million children across the UK are growing up in cold homes. Please support our day by sharing how people in your area can get support to stay warm and healthy this winter.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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"Along with the fruits of “peak oil” in the North Sea and the “Big Bang” of deregulation in the City of London, it was the creation of the European Single Market that made the greatest contribution to the long-term strategic strengthening of the UK economy. It was a British idea."
How Europhobia crushed Tories, and why Labour must beware
From Thatcher to Brexit, the Tories’ war on Europe turned a political colossus into a crippled party. Labour risks repeating the same mistake
bylines.scot
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Along with the fruits of “peak oil” in the North Sea and the “Big Bang” of deregulation in the City of London, it was the creation of the European Single Market that made the greatest contribution to the long-term strategic strengthening of the UK economy. It was a British idea."
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Previously on Bylines Scotland...
Wanted: a prime minister who can stand up to the far right
Whatever his other attributes, Keir Starmer is not the right man to take the fight to Nigel Farage's far right
bylines.scot
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Previously on Bylines Scotland...
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Have you seen Prisoner 951 yet? You should. But don't binge it – it's too good for that.
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
Prisoner 951 is another drama that shames Britain
The fictionalised version of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s torment in Iran is damning for the state, and for Boris Johnson
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Have you seen Prisoner 951 yet? You should. But don't binge it – it's too good for that.
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
My review for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-p...
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Love all these pictures we get of the Chancellor at Budget time at her desk, just in case we think she makes it all up at the despatch box...
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Love all these pictures we get of the Chancellor at Budget time at her desk, just in case we think she makes it all up at the despatch box...