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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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Did you know that UK government figures reveal that NHS Scotland’s cancer waiting times are significantly better than NHS England, and much better than NHS Wales and Northern Ireland? #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal #Holyrood26 #SNP1SGP2
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
Best NHS - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that UK government figures reveal that NHS Scotland’s cancer waiting times are significantly better than NHS England, and much better than NHS
indyposterboy.scot
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Did you know that UK government figures reveal that NHS Scotland’s cancer waiting times are significantly better than NHS England, and much better than NHS Wales and Northern Ireland? #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal #Holyrood26 #SNP1SGP2
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
indyposterboy.scot/best-nhs-2/
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Scotland has world’s greatest wind capacity per head of population in the World but uses it to benefit England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/23/s...
Scotland has world’s greatest wind capacity per head of population in the World but uses it to benefit England
The above table is not clearly linked to its source. I’ve asked and will update when I get it. As you are aware, the above is doing nothing for our energy bills, the highest in the UK and in …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Scotland has world’s greatest wind capacity per head of population in the World but uses it to benefit England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/23/s...
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As the BBC tries to spin water price rise in Scotland (whilst ignoring higher price in England), it's worth remembering that water is privatised in England, pays dividends to profiteers, and has a *dreadful* record on cleanliness and sewage dumping.
indyposterboy.scot/clean-pure-w...
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Clean Pure Water - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that Scotland’s state-owned water company massively outperforms our neighbours, with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia?
indyposterboy.scot
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 AM
As the BBC tries to spin water price rise in Scotland (whilst ignoring higher price in England), it's worth remembering that water is privatised in England, pays dividends to profiteers, and has a *dreadful* record on cleanliness and sewage dumping.
indyposterboy.scot/clean-pure-w...
indyposterboy.scot/clean-pure-w...
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This is worse than a joke.
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul
Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is worse than a joke.
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.
Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Only a water company boss could call this “accountability.”
The laws already exist to impose real consequences: strip licences and bring companies into public hands.
This long-awaited ‘overhaul’ is pure smoke and mirrors.
The laws already exist to impose real consequences: strip licences and bring companies into public hands.
This long-awaited ‘overhaul’ is pure smoke and mirrors.
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Only a water company boss could call this “accountability.”
The laws already exist to impose real consequences: strip licences and bring companies into public hands.
This long-awaited ‘overhaul’ is pure smoke and mirrors.
The laws already exist to impose real consequences: strip licences and bring companies into public hands.
This long-awaited ‘overhaul’ is pure smoke and mirrors.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS
Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
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I like hearing abt migrants “not respecting the laws of our nation” from ppl who knowingly voted for a felon.
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I like hearing abt migrants “not respecting the laws of our nation” from ppl who knowingly voted for a felon.
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Jenrick is the 15th former Tory MP to defect to Reform. You have to laugh at Tory defectors to Reform claiming that Britain is 'broken'. They're the ones who broke it, they're like arsonists selling fire insurance.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Jenrick is the 15th former Tory MP to defect to Reform. You have to laugh at Tory defectors to Reform claiming that Britain is 'broken'. They're the ones who broke it, they're like arsonists selling fire insurance.
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Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Donald Trump’s imperialism is the latest tool to advance the hegemony of US capital
Trump's policies are not isolationism. They're seeking to thwart the emergence of a multipolar world.
leftfootforward.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
Tariffs shield US capital from competition.
Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.
Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
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Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
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We are delighted that the Scottish Government has committed to doing better for babies in today’s budget by announcing a boost to the Scottish Child Payment for families with a baby from 2027.
January 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
We are delighted that the Scottish Government has committed to doing better for babies in today’s budget by announcing a boost to the Scottish Child Payment for families with a baby from 2027.
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"Scotland increases its generation of cheap renewable energy for England and Wales, whilst continuing to pay more than anyone else to use its own energy locally" might be an alternative leader.
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction
Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects
A make-or-break auction for the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power a record 12m homes.
In Great Britain’s most competitive auction for renewable subsidies to date, energy companies vied for contracts that guarantee the price for each unit of clean electricity they generate. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 AM
"Scotland increases its generation of cheap renewable energy for England and Wales, whilst continuing to pay more than anyone else to use its own energy locally" might be an alternative leader.
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My latest blog piece, the shameful role of the BBC in enabling the rise of the new fascism.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t...
The BBC’s shameful enabling of fascism
The failure of the BBC to report fairly and without bias on Scottish politics is a regular theme in this blog and amongst other supporters of Scottish independence. The favouritism which the Corpor…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
My latest blog piece, the shameful role of the BBC in enabling the rise of the new fascism.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/t...
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Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
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Trump's attack on Venezuela will create global instability.
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Trump's attack on Venezuela will create global instability.
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?
Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.
Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.
What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?
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Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'.
He will install a puppet regime. US Oil companies moving in to boost profits.
Free/fair elections are not possible under the US jackboots. People can have any govt as long as it serves Trump.
Shameful chapter in US history
He will install a puppet regime. US Oil companies moving in to boost profits.
Free/fair elections are not possible under the US jackboots. People can have any govt as long as it serves Trump.
Shameful chapter in US history
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'.
He will install a puppet regime. US Oil companies moving in to boost profits.
Free/fair elections are not possible under the US jackboots. People can have any govt as long as it serves Trump.
Shameful chapter in US history
He will install a puppet regime. US Oil companies moving in to boost profits.
Free/fair elections are not possible under the US jackboots. People can have any govt as long as it serves Trump.
Shameful chapter in US history
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My latest blog piece, Trump's attack on Venezuela shows that the USA is now the superpower of piracy. Scotland needs to reintegrate with Europe in order to protect itself
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/t...
The superpower of piracy
The international rule of law has been on life support for some time. It was battered and bludgeoned by the West’s invasion of Iraq. Israel casually ignored international law as it pursued ge…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
My latest blog piece, Trump's attack on Venezuela shows that the USA is now the superpower of piracy. Scotland needs to reintegrate with Europe in order to protect itself
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/t...
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The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
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Wrote this pre-Budget but seems even more relevant now.
The obsession with OBR/forecasts (and even more so the current absurd media firestorm)is a pointless distraction from the UK's real economic and fiscal problems.
www.ft.com/content/a06d...
The obsession with OBR/forecasts (and even more so the current absurd media firestorm)is a pointless distraction from the UK's real economic and fiscal problems.
www.ft.com/content/a06d...
Blaming the OBR for the Budget maths is a waste of time
The government must explain why tax reform is necessary and desirable for fiscal sustainability
www.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wrote this pre-Budget but seems even more relevant now.
The obsession with OBR/forecasts (and even more so the current absurd media firestorm)is a pointless distraction from the UK's real economic and fiscal problems.
www.ft.com/content/a06d...
The obsession with OBR/forecasts (and even more so the current absurd media firestorm)is a pointless distraction from the UK's real economic and fiscal problems.
www.ft.com/content/a06d...
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London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet