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Gavin Steven
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Scot, old and retired, but still breathing Passionate about Environment 💚, Scottish Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and European integration 🇪🇺. Tha Gàidhlig beagan agam
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Never let it be said that the British press is out of touch
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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So how are they so sure? And sarwar so sure his sitting as FM next Year, By fixing the vote by any chance with the help of their Zionist pals? That's only way they would get the seats, Wouldn't be the first time would it 😡
Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Since the "ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip came into effect on 10.10.25:

Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians, including at least 119 minors, and about 889 people have been injured.
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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I see Farage now hates emigration as well as immigration. The trouble is, he’s a big part of why people are emigrating. Brexit has made the U.K. a less attractive place for everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏

LET’S KEEP GOING!

If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Maybe they should consider changing the name of the party..

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour ditches day-one protection from unfair dismissal in U-turn
The right will now be introduced after six months, in a breach of Labour's election manifesto.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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They're charlatans. They went against a vote in Scotland for it
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Some Labour MPs wanted to do it last year, but Starmer had the whip taken from them
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap

So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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The important bit about this story - in reality the only important bit because nothing here is new - is that it delivers to an audience previously unaware of it a truth about the BBC's relationship to power: craven. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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More than 70,000 have signed the petition for enquiry into Russian influence in UK politics. At 100,000 we can ask for a debate in parliament. #Brexit

Please sign and share.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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For those of you who are in Glasgow, I'll be at the Byres Road Market in Hillhead Library this Saturday (29th Nov) from 11am until 4pm with my usual collection of Glasgow-themed Christmas cards, calendars, prints and coasters as well as copies of my book Glasgow Uncovered.

Cont./
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A new study reveals that burning of fossil fuels is accelerating winter rainfall changes in the UK and Europe, almost 25 years sooner than expected.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Fossil fuel emissions accelerate winter rainfall changes across Europe by 23 years
New study reveals burning of fossil fuels is accelerating winter rainfall changes in the UK and Europe, almost 25 years sooner than expected.
phys.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Support parties that want us to rejoin the EU. Ditch the rest. That means

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SNP, Scottish Greens
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid Cymru
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Greens of England & Wales

The UK's progressive bloc.

#RejoinEU
Interesting! What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting", they're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming and fishing, the decline is snowballing.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Reeves basically says Scottish votes don't matter if we vote an SNP majority in 2026 it will be ignored, so I hope JS has his cunning plan ready to roll then.
#ScottishIndependence
#LabourDictators
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Am i to understand that Scotland won't get investment in semiconductors because we neither want nor need your cancer causing, nuclear waste producing small nuclear reators. Dounreay alone will take 300 years to clean up!
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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🟥 If Scotland were an independent country, we would have our own Treasury. We could make our own decisions, instead of waiting for an afterthought from a neighbouring country.

🟪 Here are 3 ways the UK budget is just another FAIL for Scottish business: www.businessforscotland.com/the_uk_budge...
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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*GARGANTUAN* 💥

Economist for Brexit admits

🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data

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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
🚨Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. We must come together - cross party - to stop any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom
youtu.be/QdD9LaAN19A?...
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy - We must fight any attempt to undermine it
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Eminent lawyer Michael Mansfield KC tells the Byline Podcast that police should "look again" at the former Prime Minister's handling of the pandemic
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/met-police...
Met Police Urged to Launch Investigation Into Boris Johnson For Covid Misconduct
Eminent lawyer Michael Mansfield KC tells the Byline Podcast that police should "look again" at the former Prime Minister's handling of the pandemic
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM