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Libby Brooks
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Guardian Scotland correspondent
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · Sep 20
“We didn’t take the bait” - a month after Elon Musk amplified anti-immigration misinformation about Lochee, I returned to Dundee to find out how locals have responded

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‘We didn’t take Elon Musk’s bait’: community spirit shines on in Dundee’s Lochee despite billionaire’s comments
Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about a local arrest, but the Dundee town is focusing on inclusivity
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UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces

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UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces
Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looks
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November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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'Can’t stop watching the replays’: Scotland fans on World Cup qualification

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‘Can’t stop watching the replays’: Scotland fans on World Cup qualification
Five who were at Hampden Park or watching from afar share their reactions to the end of a 28-year wait
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November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Starmer will have to resign as PM if SNP wins majority at next year's Holyrood election, John Swinney claims - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Scotland have qualified for an international tournament and that means I’m your football joy reporter for the foreseeable….don’t say you weren’t warned

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‘It brings people together’: Scotland’s World Cup qualification unites a nation
Excitement is palpable as Tartan Army to head to the biggest stage for the first time in quarter of a century
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November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Only this 👇

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Tierney and McLean send Scotland to World Cup with thrilling win against Denmark
Scotland scored twice in added time to beat Denmark 4-2 and secure a place at World Cup for the first time in 28 years
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November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique festival collaboration reports @severincarrell.bsky.social

Brazilian actor will star in The Trial: Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflicts

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Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique festival collaboration
Brazilian actor will star in The Trial: Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflicts
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November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition including Grangemouth and Teeside - @severincarrell.bsky.social reports

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MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
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November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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On Monday, Bain drew the focus back to victims, reassuring them: "I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Victims should feel able to speak out [in court] without further fear"
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Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate
Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate
Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trial Scotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial. In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces. Continue reading...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Delighted to see On Falling directed by @lauracarreira.bsky.social smashing it at Bafta Scotland awards - I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura earlier this year, here she is again for the still curious...

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‘You’re always on edge – it has consequences’: the extraordinary drama about working in an Amazon-style warehouse
In On Falling, first time director Laura Carreira exposes the hardships and humiliations of a woman struggling to earn a living in a ‘fulfilment centre’ in Glasgow
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November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Remembering Rachel Cooke this evening, a brilliant writer, staunch colleague and witty, wise human who will be hugely missed. My thoughts with her family and friends

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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Just got through the first two episodes so far, but this from BBC media editor Katie Razzall is a masterclass is scrupulous reporting, told with curiosity and care

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BBC Radio 4 - Shadow World, Anatomy of a Cancellation
Katie Razzall reveals what happened when a prize-winning author was accused of racism.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: I spoke to Hollywood star Alan Cumming about his plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands

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‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’
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November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Scotland plans to issue £1.5bn of its own bonds – ‘kilts’ rather than gilts

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Scotland plans to issue £1.5bn of its own bonds – ‘kilts’ rather than gilts
Announcement by first minister John Swinney comes after Moody’s and S&P give country same credit rating as UK
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November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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John Swinney tells MSPs at FMQs he's 'open' to idea of Scottish grooming gangs inquiry as Tories demand one - politics live

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Starmer told by Downing St staff that none of them briefed against Streeting, says No 10 – UK politics live
Spokesperson says PM is not trying to whitewash situation despite lack of leak inquiry
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November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Fair Isle experts told me why Game of Wool rips their knitting…

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Shetland islanders accuse Tom Daley’s Game of Wool of cultural appropriation
Fair Isle practitioners say Channel 4’s knitting challenge is littered with errors about their historic craft and demand an apology
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November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Hard agree - I interviewed Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod about My Old School a few years ago, it's such a brilliant, gentle dissection of an extraordinary lie and it's consequences
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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NEW: Nicola Sturgeon on leadership. scandal and trolling the trolls podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
Nicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls
Podcast Episode · Politics Weekly UK · 07/11/2025 · Bonus · 32m
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November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Sheku Bayoh family hit back at police federation’s suggestion that public inquiry be downgraded

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Sheku Bayoh family criticise police group’s call to downgrade inquiry
Scottish Police Federation questions whether public inquiry was necessary into death in custody in 2015
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November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now."

I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Shekuh Bayoh family lawyer hits back as Scottish Police Federation floats finishing stalled public inquiry as a FAI

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Sheku Bayoh family criticise police group’s call to downgrade inquiry
Scottish Police Federation questions whether public inquiry was necessary into death in custody in 2015
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November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Shona Robison demands 'urgent' talks with Reeves over fears 2p income tax rise would cut Scotland's block grant by £1bn

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Second accidental release of prisoner ‘utterly unacceptable’, No 10 says, as Lammy blames system left by Tories – UK politics live
Lammy, standing in for Keir Starmer, avoided answering questions on the mistaken release during PMQs
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November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections

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Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections
Rules on quotas to ensure fair representation of women changed on legal advice in light of supreme court ruling
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October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Flags outside Cameron Barracks removed as thousands sign petition over Inverness asylum seeker plans - @pressandjournal.co.uk reports

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Flags outside Cameron Barracks removed as thousands sign petition over Inverness asylum seeker plans
The authority said there would 'zero tolerance' after a union flag and a Saltire were hung from lampposts on Old Perth Road.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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‘Morrisons killed us’: UK’s most westerly village shop closes after half a century

Ferry Stores on #Ardnamurchan shuts its doors tomorrow after struggling with a decline in footfall and competition from home delivery vans

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‘Morrisons killed us’: UK’s most westerly village shop closes after half a century
The Ferry Stores, in the remote village of Kilchoan, will shut its doors after struggling to fight off the decline in footfall and the advent of home delivery services
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October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM