@bagpix 🏴 bgrigor
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Retired. I have an opinion on absolutely everything everywhere all at once.
She/Her and Aye
#YesScots 🏴
She/Her and Aye
#YesScots 🏴
St Mirren 3, Celtic 1 and this supporter is rather... deflated 😆🤣
Could not stop laughing when I saw this in Argos at Glasgow Fort. Simple things eh...
Could not stop laughing when I saw this in Argos at Glasgow Fort. Simple things eh...
December 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
St Mirren 3, Celtic 1 and this supporter is rather... deflated 😆🤣
Could not stop laughing when I saw this in Argos at Glasgow Fort. Simple things eh...
Could not stop laughing when I saw this in Argos at Glasgow Fort. Simple things eh...
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This is what a statesman and President writes
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is what a statesman and President writes
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George Monbiot:
"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
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December 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
George Monbiot:
"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
"The Bylines Network is tremendously inspiring…it's crucial that journalism speaks truth to power, but the great majority of it unfortunately speaks with the voice of power…it’s really inspiring to see networks like yours filling that huge gap and doing what journalism ought to do.”
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“If language becomes entrenched, does it become the beginning of violence? Is language itself violent?”
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social discuss the language being used at pro-Palestine marches across the globe, and whether they are having a direct impact on antisemitism.
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social discuss the language being used at pro-Palestine marches across the globe, and whether they are having a direct impact on antisemitism.
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“If language becomes entrenched, does it become the beginning of violence? Is language itself violent?”
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social discuss the language being used at pro-Palestine marches across the globe, and whether they are having a direct impact on antisemitism.
@maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social discuss the language being used at pro-Palestine marches across the globe, and whether they are having a direct impact on antisemitism.
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“We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus” writes Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the British Medical Association’s UK resident doctors committee
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why did doctors reject Wes Streeting’s offer? It still fails to treat us with respect | Jack Fletcher
We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus, chair of the BMA’s UK resident doctors committee
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus” writes Dr Jack Fletcher, chair of the British Medical Association’s UK resident doctors committee
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Want to know the memories and meaning of Christmas our team members have to tell? Keep an eye out for our posts these next days until Santa comes! 🎅🏻
Bylines Scotland is running stories written by members of our team about what Christmas means to them – editor and proofreader Linda Kerr | Linda Kerr
Childhood memories of Christmas
Bylines Scotland is running stories written by members of our team about what Christmas means to them – editor and proofreader Linda Kerr
bylines.scot
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Want to know the memories and meaning of Christmas our team members have to tell? Keep an eye out for our posts these next days until Santa comes! 🎅🏻
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Three people have now been arrested over a council’s £1 sale of a £4.6m community centre. The statutory report lays out a “litany of failures”. Essential reading from John Elworthy. From cambsnews.co.uk -- thanks!
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eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/dev...
Three arrests as £4.6m centre sold for £1 plunges council into crisis
A statutory report into a city council has uncovered unlawful asset disposal, £1m in irregular payments and police arrests
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Three people have now been arrested over a council’s £1 sale of a £4.6m community centre. The statutory report lays out a “litany of failures”. Essential reading from John Elworthy. From cambsnews.co.uk -- thanks!
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/dev...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/dev...
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Alex Cole-Hamilton, the leader of the Scottish Lib Dems and MSP for Edinburgh Western, joins Byline Scotland’s Ronnie Barbour to discuss his Election 2026 ambitions | Bylines Scotland Radio
Alex Cole-Hamilton leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats
Alex Cole-Hamilton, the leader of the Scottish Lib Dems and MSP for Edinburgh Western joins Byline Scotland’s Ronnie Barbour to discuss Election 2026 ambitions
bylines.scot
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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This is of significant importance for those that want to support who speaks truth to the power, mainly considering we seem to be living under a broligarchy
Believe in the power of writing? Want to champion citizen voices? Passionate about truth and democracy?
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December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is of significant importance for those that want to support who speaks truth to the power, mainly considering we seem to be living under a broligarchy
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Farage in Scotland: it should make our collective stomachs heave that this repulsive and dangerous extremist has come to spread his poison in our country. Anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter
My column in the Herald today
My column in the Herald today
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Farage in Scotland: it should make our collective stomachs heave that this repulsive and dangerous extremist has come to spread his poison in our country. Anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter
My column in the Herald today
My column in the Herald today
"If we truly want to restore humanity, we need to rebuild from the ground up. Not with food parcels, but with dignity. Not with dependence, but with agency and power.'
I detest the green/red donation buttons at checkouts. Significant barrier for sight/hearing impaired and damn cheek by some orgs.
I detest the green/red donation buttons at checkouts. Significant barrier for sight/hearing impaired and damn cheek by some orgs.
The rise of foodbanks shows how charity has filled the gaps of a failing system and now risks normalising hardship | Nick Gardham
Normalising deprivation – when charity is the default response to poverty
The rise of foodbanks shows how charity has filled the gaps of a failing system and now risks normalising hardship
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"If we truly want to restore humanity, we need to rebuild from the ground up. Not with food parcels, but with dignity. Not with dependence, but with agency and power.'
I detest the green/red donation buttons at checkouts. Significant barrier for sight/hearing impaired and damn cheek by some orgs.
I detest the green/red donation buttons at checkouts. Significant barrier for sight/hearing impaired and damn cheek by some orgs.
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Fiddle instructor said that fiddle songs are designed to go on indefinitely and it’s the fiddle player’s job to stick their leg out to signal the last verse but I can’t imagine ever being able to play AND stick my leg out at the same time which is why every so often I watch this video
Hillary Klug - Cotton Eyed Joe
YouTube video by Hillary Klug
m.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fiddle instructor said that fiddle songs are designed to go on indefinitely and it’s the fiddle player’s job to stick their leg out to signal the last verse but I can’t imagine ever being able to play AND stick my leg out at the same time which is why every so often I watch this video
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A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest.
#scotland #birchtree #betula
#scotland #birchtree #betula
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest.
#scotland #birchtree #betula
#scotland #birchtree #betula
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The Home Office confirms that its plans for forced returns will include families with children.
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Home Office confirms that its plans for forced returns will include families with children.
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
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Got granddaughter a Chromebook for starting high school. Communicating formally by email to show her the world of work, use of pronouns in gender identity etc.
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Got granddaughter a Chromebook for starting high school. Communicating formally by email to show her the world of work, use of pronouns in gender identity etc.
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
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The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
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Following our complaint, the charities regulator is investigating the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange – first chaired by Michael Gove – because of its transphobic campaigns 👇
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
After Good Law Project lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has launched a formal compliance case.
After Good Law Project lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has launched a formal compliance case.
goodlawproject.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Following our complaint, the charities regulator is investigating the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange – first chaired by Michael Gove – because of its transphobic campaigns 👇
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
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Orange Is The New Black
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Orange Is The New Black
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
Pub quiz 'scandal'
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
The weekly pub quiz at the Barking Dog in Urmston returns after a cheating team was rumbled.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pub quiz 'scandal'
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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National Security can jail your Nan, for holding a sign.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
National Security can jail your Nan, for holding a sign.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
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Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
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Good morning folks! Thank you for all your reposts and support for #CitizenJournalism. Absolute class! Have a great weekend and a reminder there's some great reading and listening on the website.
#Scotland🏴
#Scotland🏴
Bylines Scotland - Powerful Citizen Journalism
Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism
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November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Good morning folks! Thank you for all your reposts and support for #CitizenJournalism. Absolute class! Have a great weekend and a reminder there's some great reading and listening on the website.
#Scotland🏴
#Scotland🏴
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Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
Scottish Green Party co-leader Ross Greer joins Bylines Scotland’s Ronnie Barbour for our first main political party pre-election podcast
bylines.scot
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.