brobb
@brobb.bsky.social
retired, grandparent
reader and potterer
Scottish indy supporter
reader and potterer
Scottish indy supporter
Did Scottish Labour not object to the Scottish Government's proposals for jury-less trials? Is this going to be another challenge for Sarwar's team to justify? From memory I think they were demanding a 3 judge trial if juries were stopped
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Did Scottish Labour not object to the Scottish Government's proposals for jury-less trials? Is this going to be another challenge for Sarwar's team to justify? From memory I think they were demanding a 3 judge trial if juries were stopped
I remember the Edinburgh Dumbiedykes flats having a communal drying room in each block, possibly converted into accommodation by now?
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I remember the Edinburgh Dumbiedykes flats having a communal drying room in each block, possibly converted into accommodation by now?
Good to see many folk speaking up for her, here's another www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
Covid report slammed as 'unfair' and 'incorrect' | LBC
The Covid inquiry report has been branded “unfair” on the Scottish Government
www.lbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Good to see many folk speaking up for her, here's another www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
If the state school system was churning out future adults with no morals, values or sense of social responsibility heads would roll - why on earth do we tolerate the corruption and self interest of the so called elite?
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If the state school system was churning out future adults with no morals, values or sense of social responsibility heads would roll - why on earth do we tolerate the corruption and self interest of the so called elite?
I wonder what the News Agents team would make of this then? x.com/msm_monitor/...
MSM Monitor on X: "The documentary that exposed the BBC and revealed how it took advantage of a pandemic and exploited those bereaved by a deadly virus to smear Nicola Sturgeon." / X
The documentary that exposed the BBC and revealed how it took advantage of a pandemic and exploited those bereaved by a deadly virus to smear Nicola Sturgeon.
x.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I wonder what the News Agents team would make of this then? x.com/msm_monitor/...
They have form on this
x.com/msm_monitor/...
x.com/msm_monitor/...
MSM Monitor on X: "The documentary that exposed the BBC and revealed how it took advantage of a pandemic and exploited those bereaved by a deadly virus to smear Nicola Sturgeon." / X
The documentary that exposed the BBC and revealed how it took advantage of a pandemic and exploited those bereaved by a deadly virus to smear Nicola Sturgeon.
x.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
They have form on this
x.com/msm_monitor/...
x.com/msm_monitor/...
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
How i wish I kept the receipts of all the unionist parties giving nicola stick when she tried to bring In measures before Downing Street okayed them. The times they intimated dictatorial behaviour when just trying to keep us all safer. The way they politicised the briefings and had them cancelled.
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
How i wish I kept the receipts of all the unionist parties giving nicola stick when she tried to bring In measures before Downing Street okayed them. The times they intimated dictatorial behaviour when just trying to keep us all safer. The way they politicised the briefings and had them cancelled.
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Yes, an understated fightback - apologise for the edit, explain that 2 folk have taken the hit and then announce that to set things straight you will air the whole speech at prime time so that Trump's actual words can be heard, lots of publicity and hype to get attention
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Yes, an understated fightback - apologise for the edit, explain that 2 folk have taken the hit and then announce that to set things straight you will air the whole speech at prime time so that Trump's actual words can be heard, lots of publicity and hype to get attention
and ferries, don't forget them!
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
and ferries, don't forget them!
bsky.app/profile/zack... A useful reminder for all of us in the Indy movement? Don't get bogged down in the detail or infighting over small stuff, keep the message clear and simple and build support
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
bsky.app/profile/zack... A useful reminder for all of us in the Indy movement? Don't get bogged down in the detail or infighting over small stuff, keep the message clear and simple and build support
It should work both ways but billionaires can afford to take legal action, threaten lawsuits, intimidate and drag things out, not sure the BBC has the funds, the backing or the stomach for a fight? They need to work out a strategy though, not just panic before giving in to the bullies
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It should work both ways but billionaires can afford to take legal action, threaten lawsuits, intimidate and drag things out, not sure the BBC has the funds, the backing or the stomach for a fight? They need to work out a strategy though, not just panic before giving in to the bullies
and then there's drug gangs - another opportunity to provide useful public info missed for sake of the union talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/03/w...
Why can only BBC Highland Cops tell us straight that these drug gangs originate in England and are from London, Birmingham and Newcastle? Don’t they care about the reputation of the Union that we’re ‘...
Professor John Robertson OBA That’s an Inverness-based police inspector telling us on BBC Highland Cops in S3, E4, that the drugs will be ‘brought to Inverness by organised crime groups…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
and then there's drug gangs - another opportunity to provide useful public info missed for sake of the union talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/03/w...
Angela Haggerty on Radio Scotland - BBC should never have altered the speech of the democratically elected POTUS. Ha, all they needed to do was to get opposition figures lined up to criticise, maybe ignore or omit any positive statements and if needs be not show the speech at all. Works in Scotland!
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Angela Haggerty on Radio Scotland - BBC should never have altered the speech of the democratically elected POTUS. Ha, all they needed to do was to get opposition figures lined up to criticise, maybe ignore or omit any positive statements and if needs be not show the speech at all. Works in Scotland!
.. then start having more informed conversations, hold your politicians to account, don't accept "facts" without checking and make sure you take into account political bias. In fact, why not persuade your colleagues to hold a State of the Union week in Jan 26 to understand all the different views?
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
.. then start having more informed conversations, hold your politicians to account, don't accept "facts" without checking and make sure you take into account political bias. In fact, why not persuade your colleagues to hold a State of the Union week in Jan 26 to understand all the different views?
No time like the present, here's some homework :). Skim read these 2 docs along with the OECD one on my original post for some context.
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
epi.org.uk/publications...
Then research PISA stats re sample sizes, poverty, narrow focus etc...
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
epi.org.uk/publications...
Then research PISA stats re sample sizes, poverty, narrow focus etc...
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
No time like the present, here's some homework :). Skim read these 2 docs along with the OECD one on my original post for some context.
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
epi.org.uk/publications...
Then research PISA stats re sample sizes, poverty, narrow focus etc...
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
epi.org.uk/publications...
Then research PISA stats re sample sizes, poverty, narrow focus etc...
That's Scottish labour's biggest hurdle, trying to get Scots to vote for them on a manifesto of things Scotland already has or does. No wonder they're trying to reduce funding to Scotland - it's a desperate attempt to let England catch up while simultaneously slating the Scot Govt for cuts
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
That's Scottish labour's biggest hurdle, trying to get Scots to vote for them on a manifesto of things Scotland already has or does. No wonder they're trying to reduce funding to Scotland - it's a desperate attempt to let England catch up while simultaneously slating the Scot Govt for cuts