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Neil Mackay
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Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Made in Ireland, found in Scotland

MDANT🎖️

AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
Pinned
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Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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A message from the leader of the frog resistance
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yip, one here
Reminder that there are people who walk among us who think that international football is boring.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The global mood in the 21st century
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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'It wasn’t refugees who broke the NHS or the economy, it was politicians. It’s not refugees lining their pockets at your expense, it’s billionaires' || @neilmackay.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fuck these digital ghouls … it’s like someone going through your knicker drawer
Your Reservation Isn’t Just a Time Slot Anymore — It's a Profile of You
Your reservation history builds a dining profile that can influence seating and service. Learn what restaurants see and how to manage what follows you.
www.foodandwine.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s all total bullshit. Stop listening to corporate liars and charlatans. Be the boy who dared tell the emperor he was naked
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Labour under Keir Starmer is now so far from its roots that it is no longer Labour; it has journeyed so far from the shore upon which it began its journey that the point of departure is no longer visible. The price it will pay for abandoning its beliefs is destruction

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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It’s strange that so many politicians claim to be Christian. Christ would be on a beach today welcoming refugees off small boats with tea and blankets. He’d be hated by Reform, hated by the Tories and hated by the tabloids. Christ was woke, after all

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Yup.

Born: 27 February 1900
Died: 17 November 2025
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
And the moral of the story is: ape the far-right and defeat awaits. Are you listening, Starmer? This is the fate of the party you’re copying. Wake the fuck up, man
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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People like this are going to be wringing their hands while non white British people are going to get deported.
I’m pro immigration. I vote Labour. I support a strong approach to our borders. I also support safe routes for those fleeing war torn countries. Asylum must be fair to all. I trust Labour to get the balance right. It may take a few iterations. It beats anything Reform advocate
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I would like to see an updated version of the Scottish Labour ad on YouTube with Anas Sarwar.

A handful of jobs created with British Energy

Higher energy bills all round

And deportation for anyone looking like me.
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The problem with Labour is also that it stays in its own little WM bubble.

If it were truly a UK party, it would discuss with the nations and perhaps find out that, no immigration isn't a main issue: warmth, food, housing, opportunity, fairness are.

But they continue to believe they know better.
Labour under Keir Starmer is now so far from its roots that it is no longer Labour; it has journeyed so far from the shore upon which it began its journey that the point of departure is no longer visible. The price it will pay for abandoning its beliefs is destruction

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Labour under Keir Starmer is now so far from its roots that it is no longer Labour; it has journeyed so far from the shore upon which it began its journey that the point of departure is no longer visible. The price it will pay for abandoning its beliefs is destruction

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s strange that so many politicians claim to be Christian. Christ would be on a beach today welcoming refugees off small boats with tea and blankets. He’d be hated by Reform, hated by the Tories and hated by the tabloids. Christ was woke, after all

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
If Tommy Robinson is celebrating Labour, then the party deserves to die
The UK government’s new asylum and immigration rules are the antithesis of everything Labour is supposed to represent, Neil Mackay argues. By…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Any journalist who has reached out to the federal government for a statement this year can attest to the unhinged responses they always get. I picked a couple of examples www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Can lobbying really be ‘ethical’? Lobbying is a grubby business where the rich pay to influence politics. In Scotland though a bunch of avowed socialists claim they’re doing things differently and using lobbying for the many not the few. I spoke to them to see if their claims stack up. You decide
In Scotland, one “disruptor” company has set about doing PR rather differently ...
Public relations is universally hated. However, a new ‘socialist’ lobbying firm has launched, promising to fight for the poor, not the rich and…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Can lobbying really be ‘ethical’? Lobbying is a grubby business where the rich pay to influence politics. In Scotland though a bunch of avowed socialists claim they’re doing things differently and using lobbying for the many not the few. I spoke to them to see if their claims stack up. You decide
In Scotland, one “disruptor” company has set about doing PR rather differently ...
Public relations is universally hated. However, a new ‘socialist’ lobbying firm has launched, promising to fight for the poor, not the rich and…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Where’s Bubba?
a man in a suit and tie stands at a podium that says trump will fix it
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands at a podium that says trump will fix it
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November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM