@demas751.bsky.social
History: Victorian, ancient, Scottish, Military, Scottish Football, Jesus, Scotland, and standing up for truth among the world's lies!
I don't always follow back.
I don't always follow back.
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Absolutely disgusting. Yes I'm unsurprised but how has our country fallen to a level where naked racism can be broadcast like this?
The GB News editorial director told me that their broadcasting Lucy White's call for all Muslims to leave the UK to go to a Muslim country if they wanted to practice that faith was part of a "fair and balanced" debate.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Absolutely disgusting. Yes I'm unsurprised but how has our country fallen to a level where naked racism can be broadcast like this?
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21 East Crosscauseway, built around 1778 on what is now a side street but was then the only paved road in the south of Edinburgh, which linked the city’s two main roads south. (The name comes an unfortunate anglicisation of the Scots word "causey", meaning "paved".)
Former residents include:
Former residents include:
February 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM
21 East Crosscauseway, built around 1778 on what is now a side street but was then the only paved road in the south of Edinburgh, which linked the city’s two main roads south. (The name comes an unfortunate anglicisation of the Scots word "causey", meaning "paved".)
Former residents include:
Former residents include:
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I rarely intervene in such matters, but probably because our widely respected Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social in 2019 reported that Dale, then Tory candidate for Tunbridge Wells, previously said he "never liked the place". He then stood down.
Very likely why he discredited Byline Times.
Very likely why he discredited Byline Times.
February 17, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I rarely intervene in such matters, but probably because our widely respected Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social in 2019 reported that Dale, then Tory candidate for Tunbridge Wells, previously said he "never liked the place". He then stood down.
Very likely why he discredited Byline Times.
Very likely why he discredited Byline Times.
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‘BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
🔎 From the archive
“Has the BBC ever investigated the source of this leak?”
‘BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants — by @nafeez.bsky.social
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm…
🔗 https://bylinetimes.com/2025/1…
“Has the BBC ever investigated the source of this leak?”
‘BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants — by @nafeez.bsky.social
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm…
🔗 https://bylinetimes.com/2025/1…
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:32 AM
‘BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
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💻 JTA approved
⏳ Patience
↗️ Unfamiliar roles
🔑 Key players
Derek McInnes on why Magnusson and Milne sum up Hearts Jamestown signings and Derek McInnes approach | @craigcairns.bsky.social ✍️
⏳ Patience
↗️ Unfamiliar roles
🔑 Key players
Derek McInnes on why Magnusson and Milne sum up Hearts Jamestown signings and Derek McInnes approach | @craigcairns.bsky.social ✍️
Why Magnusson and Milne sum up Hearts Jamestown signings and Derek McInnes approach
The signings so far have fallen broadly into two categories since the analytics firm got involved with the club.
onlrl.co
February 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM
💻 JTA approved
⏳ Patience
↗️ Unfamiliar roles
🔑 Key players
Derek McInnes on why Magnusson and Milne sum up Hearts Jamestown signings and Derek McInnes approach | @craigcairns.bsky.social ✍️
⏳ Patience
↗️ Unfamiliar roles
🔑 Key players
Derek McInnes on why Magnusson and Milne sum up Hearts Jamestown signings and Derek McInnes approach | @craigcairns.bsky.social ✍️
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Andrew: The Net Tightens
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
February 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Andrew: The Net Tightens
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Addendum:
The third-floor flat has been without occupants for some time, but this winter, thanks to friable putty and ancient glass finally giving way, the vacancy ended and, nearly 250 years after it was built, the tenement welcomed its latest, non-rent-paying, residents.
The third-floor flat has been without occupants for some time, but this winter, thanks to friable putty and ancient glass finally giving way, the vacancy ended and, nearly 250 years after it was built, the tenement welcomed its latest, non-rent-paying, residents.
February 17, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Addendum:
The third-floor flat has been without occupants for some time, but this winter, thanks to friable putty and ancient glass finally giving way, the vacancy ended and, nearly 250 years after it was built, the tenement welcomed its latest, non-rent-paying, residents.
The third-floor flat has been without occupants for some time, but this winter, thanks to friable putty and ancient glass finally giving way, the vacancy ended and, nearly 250 years after it was built, the tenement welcomed its latest, non-rent-paying, residents.
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The open racism you guys have emboldened, megyn
February 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The open racism you guys have emboldened, megyn
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The Times: Professor Katherine Sleeman (@kesleeman), a leading palliative care researcher, has warned that people may choose assisted suicide because of a lack of palliative care options.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/dying-pain-palliative-care-crisis-z7r6v320b
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/dying-pain-palliative-care-crisis-z7r6v320b
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The Times: Professor Katherine Sleeman (@kesleeman), a leading palliative care researcher, has warned that people may choose assisted suicide because of a lack of palliative care options.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/dying-pain-palliative-care-crisis-z7r6v320b
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/dying-pain-palliative-care-crisis-z7r6v320b
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🇬🇧 The rising unemployment rate in the “uk” is Headline news on bbc Network
🏴 The reducing unemployment rate in Scotland, which is now 38% lower than in England, is a news blackout with bbc Scotlandshire
🇬🇧 It’s called ‘propaganda by omission’, a recognised method of influencing public opinion
🏴🇪🇺😎
🏴 The reducing unemployment rate in Scotland, which is now 38% lower than in England, is a news blackout with bbc Scotlandshire
🇬🇧 It’s called ‘propaganda by omission’, a recognised method of influencing public opinion
🏴🇪🇺😎
February 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🇬🇧 The rising unemployment rate in the “uk” is Headline news on bbc Network
🏴 The reducing unemployment rate in Scotland, which is now 38% lower than in England, is a news blackout with bbc Scotlandshire
🇬🇧 It’s called ‘propaganda by omission’, a recognised method of influencing public opinion
🏴🇪🇺😎
🏴 The reducing unemployment rate in Scotland, which is now 38% lower than in England, is a news blackout with bbc Scotlandshire
🇬🇧 It’s called ‘propaganda by omission’, a recognised method of influencing public opinion
🏴🇪🇺😎
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Unionist MSPs snub calls to cut your high energy bills. News4Scotland Special Report, Friday, 7pm, stream anytime after that. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#highenergybills #unionists #MSPS #ScottishNews #news4scotland
#highenergybills #unionists #MSPS #ScottishNews #news4scotland
February 17, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Unionist MSPs snub calls to cut your high energy bills. News4Scotland Special Report, Friday, 7pm, stream anytime after that. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#highenergybills #unionists #MSPS #ScottishNews #news4scotland
#highenergybills #unionists #MSPS #ScottishNews #news4scotland
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Huge number of shares in recent days for the claim that "75% of England's mayors are Muslim" - but little to back it up.
@fullfact.org could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 current directly elected mayors are Muslim.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/culture-and-...
@fullfact.org could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 current directly elected mayors are Muslim.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/culture-and-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Huge number of shares in recent days for the claim that "75% of England's mayors are Muslim" - but little to back it up.
@fullfact.org could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 current directly elected mayors are Muslim.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/culture-and-...
@fullfact.org could only find evidence that three of the country’s 27 current directly elected mayors are Muslim.
Our fact check: fullfact.org/culture-and-...
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Any experts on #WW2 National Registration Identity Cards? Photo not commonly included - was it because he worked at Lyness Naval Base? Date is 1940. Not seeing anything similar online. #NorthWallsAndBrims #Orkney
February 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Any experts on #WW2 National Registration Identity Cards? Photo not commonly included - was it because he worked at Lyness Naval Base? Date is 1940. Not seeing anything similar online. #NorthWallsAndBrims #Orkney
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Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
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If in any doubt, here’s Epstein advising Bannon to use the same “media exemption” Bannon is trying to claim now “The media co. has lots of advantages. Source privilege etc”
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
If in any doubt, here’s Epstein advising Bannon to use the same “media exemption” Bannon is trying to claim now “The media co. has lots of advantages. Source privilege etc”
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📌 ICYMI — Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/trump-pardon-buries-fbis-secret-work-for-putins-oligarchs/
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/trump-pardon-buries-fbis-secret-work-for-putins-oligarchs/
Trump Pardon Buries FBI's Secret Work for Putin's Oligarchs
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
bylinetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
📌 ICYMI — Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/trump-pardon-buries-fbis-secret-work-for-putins-oligarchs/
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/trump-pardon-buries-fbis-secret-work-for-putins-oligarchs/
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A landmark day today for the British Newspaper Archive, which has reached an astonishing 100 million pages with the addition of several years of the Dundee Courier. It is my go-to place for any kind of research, whether sport or genealogy. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
A landmark day today for the British Newspaper Archive, which has reached an astonishing 100 million pages with the addition of several years of the Dundee Courier. It is my go-to place for any kind of research, whether sport or genealogy. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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Claudio Braga is not feeling any pressure in the title race.
🗣️ "The pressure, I think, is on the teams that normally win the league.
The Hearts striker talked pressure, disappointment and what was said in the "united" dressing room.
@bmeik.bsky.social ✍️
🗣️ "The pressure, I think, is on the teams that normally win the league.
The Hearts striker talked pressure, disappointment and what was said in the "united" dressing room.
@bmeik.bsky.social ✍️
Claudio Braga on what was said in 'united' Hearts dressing room and pressure opinion
The Hearts striker scored his 14th goal of the season but it counted for nothing in the defeat at Ibrox.
onlrl.co
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Claudio Braga is not feeling any pressure in the title race.
🗣️ "The pressure, I think, is on the teams that normally win the league.
The Hearts striker talked pressure, disappointment and what was said in the "united" dressing room.
@bmeik.bsky.social ✍️
🗣️ "The pressure, I think, is on the teams that normally win the league.
The Hearts striker talked pressure, disappointment and what was said in the "united" dressing room.
@bmeik.bsky.social ✍️
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Stats like this always need context. In this case, there is a massive establishment conspiracy against Celtic which as you can see, results in them playing much longer than other teams…
February 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Stats like this always need context. In this case, there is a massive establishment conspiracy against Celtic which as you can see, results in them playing much longer than other teams…
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An empty shell of a sad old man clinging to something that never was
How cruel do you have to be to hoard £bns, avoid UK taxes, and then watch from afar as pensioners freeze in their own homes?
Maybe if ppl of his ilk paid their fair share we wouldn't have cold pensioners, potholes, SNHS etc etc
How cruel do you have to be to hoard £bns, avoid UK taxes, and then watch from afar as pensioners freeze in their own homes?
Maybe if ppl of his ilk paid their fair share we wouldn't have cold pensioners, potholes, SNHS etc etc
Reform Ltd welcomes sociopathic funders ...
"Lest we forgot:
Money turns people into raging sociopaths"
The UK Against Hate
#WhenYouLoveCapitalismOverPeople
"Lest we forgot:
Money turns people into raging sociopaths"
The UK Against Hate
#WhenYouLoveCapitalismOverPeople
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
An empty shell of a sad old man clinging to something that never was
How cruel do you have to be to hoard £bns, avoid UK taxes, and then watch from afar as pensioners freeze in their own homes?
Maybe if ppl of his ilk paid their fair share we wouldn't have cold pensioners, potholes, SNHS etc etc
How cruel do you have to be to hoard £bns, avoid UK taxes, and then watch from afar as pensioners freeze in their own homes?
Maybe if ppl of his ilk paid their fair share we wouldn't have cold pensioners, potholes, SNHS etc etc
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🔴 Wife of Keir Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists
Full story on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Full story on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Starmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalists
Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:59 PM
🔴 Wife of Keir Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists
Full story on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
Full story on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...
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Scottish Labour must hand back tens of thousands of pounds donated by a scandal-hit think-tank which has been accused of spying on journalists, the SNP have said
Scottish Labour should return cash from scandal-hit think-tank, say SNP
www.thenational.scot
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Scottish Labour must hand back tens of thousands of pounds donated by a scandal-hit think-tank which has been accused of spying on journalists, the SNP have said