Roy Lawson
@roysml.bsky.social
Scottish exile identifies as Scottish/European. Left leaning green. Happily living in Catalonia.
VISCA LA VERITAT!
VISCA LA VERITAT!
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So rightly humiliating for Hegseth.
“Rather than trying to shrink First Amendment liberties… Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought our Nation over the past 250 years” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
“Rather than trying to shrink First Amendment liberties… Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought our Nation over the past 250 years” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth from Punishing Kelly for Video
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
So rightly humiliating for Hegseth.
“Rather than trying to shrink First Amendment liberties… Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought our Nation over the past 250 years” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
“Rather than trying to shrink First Amendment liberties… Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought our Nation over the past 250 years” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
The #Gallup Presidential Approval Rating has for decades been the among the top barometers cited by media outlets measuring public opinion of the president’s performance.
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The #Gallup Presidential Approval Rating has for decades been the among the top barometers cited by media outlets measuring public opinion of the president’s performance.
'UK being colonised by immigrants', says #Brexit supporting tax exile living in Monaco.
#TaxTheRich
.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/11/uk-immigrants-man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-tax-monaco?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TaxTheRich
.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/11/uk-immigrants-man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-tax-monaco?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
'UK being colonised by immigrants', says #Brexit supporting tax exile living in Monaco.
#TaxTheRich
.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/11/uk-immigrants-man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-tax-monaco?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TaxTheRich
.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/11/uk-immigrants-man-utd-sir-jim-ratcliffe-tax-monaco?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
February 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
#Farage is an antisemite, islamophobe, racist & in league with fascists like Trump.
#antifascist
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#antifascist
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage heckled at launch of Reform Jewish group
Jewish activists interrupt speech at synagogue and accuse party of paving way for persecution of other minorities
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
#Farage is an antisemite, islamophobe, racist & in league with fascists like Trump.
#antifascist
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#antifascist
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Public Funding for election campaigns.
Get #Corruption, the purchasing of access & influence by the wealthy, big business & lobbyists out of political funding.
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Get #Corruption, the purchasing of access & influence by the wealthy, big business & lobbyists out of political funding.
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Public faith in politics is now in the gutter. Here’s how Labour should drag it out | Polly Toynbee
With Britain sliding down the index of transparency and voters angry, the looming election bill fails to confront the real issues, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Public Funding for election campaigns.
Get #Corruption, the purchasing of access & influence by the wealthy, big business & lobbyists out of political funding.
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Get #Corruption, the purchasing of access & influence by the wealthy, big business & lobbyists out of political funding.
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When #Scotland acknowledges when you, #VoteLabourGetTory...or neofascist #ReformUK
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand down
Sarwar tells press conference: ‘The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
When #Scotland acknowledges when you, #VoteLabourGetTory...or neofascist #ReformUK
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ScottishIndependence
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Where was #Starmer last week?
He got visa free travel for UK subjects to China & then a Hong Kong pro-democracy leader gets 20 years.
#HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
He got visa free travel for UK subjects to China & then a Hong Kong pro-democracy leader gets 20 years.
#HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence
Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Where was #Starmer last week?
He got visa free travel for UK subjects to China & then a Hong Kong pro-democracy leader gets 20 years.
#HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
He got visa free travel for UK subjects to China & then a Hong Kong pro-democracy leader gets 20 years.
#HumanRights
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
Just been listening to you re 7#Starmer, #Mandelson.
You must have @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on
your podcast principally to talk about #Palantir, its place in UK NHS & defence, its links to Mandelson & therefore #Epstein & Russia.
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
Just been listening to you re 7#Starmer, #Mandelson.
You must have @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on
your podcast principally to talk about #Palantir, its place in UK NHS & defence, its links to Mandelson & therefore #Epstein & Russia.
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
Just been listening to you re 7#Starmer, #Mandelson.
You must have @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on
your podcast principally to talk about #Palantir, its place in UK NHS & defence, its links to Mandelson & therefore #Epstein & Russia.
@rory-stewart.bsky.social
Just been listening to you re 7#Starmer, #Mandelson.
You must have @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on
your podcast principally to talk about #Palantir, its place in UK NHS & defence, its links to Mandelson & therefore #Epstein & Russia.
Let child #asylumseekers settle in the UK to join their families.
#Labour stop this populist posturing to placate the racists.
#refugeeswelcome
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#Labour stop this populist posturing to placate the racists.
#refugeeswelcome
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Let child #asylumseekers settle in the UK to join their families.
#Labour stop this populist posturing to placate the racists.
#refugeeswelcome
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#Labour stop this populist posturing to placate the racists.
#refugeeswelcome
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#Labour failed to recognise on being elected & at this moment still fails to recognise that wealth #inequality is the no.1 issue facing the UK & that the wealthy (assets>£10m) must be subject to a #WealthTax.
In addition #electoralreform must...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In addition #electoralreform must...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians ‘don’t live how we live’, voters tell me. Morgan McSweeney's resignation won’t change their minds | John Harris
Whoever succeeds Keir Starmer will still have an almost impossible task: convincing voters that politicians will serve the people, not themselves, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
#Labour failed to recognise on being elected & at this moment still fails to recognise that wealth #inequality is the no.1 issue facing the UK & that the wealthy (assets>£10m) must be subject to a #WealthTax.
In addition #electoralreform must...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In addition #electoralreform must...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@nypost.com Rupert Murdoch's flat earth society mouth piece in #NewYork can't fathom that snow, ice don't melt when temperatures are below 0°C
#Mamdani for common sense & social & economic inclusion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#Mamdani for common sense & social & economic inclusion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt
Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists – could the mayor please do something about the weather?
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
@nypost.com Rupert Murdoch's flat earth society mouth piece in #NewYork can't fathom that snow, ice don't melt when temperatures are below 0°C
#Mamdani for common sense & social & economic inclusion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#Mamdani for common sense & social & economic inclusion.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Westminster and the British establishment has been mired in sleaze and scandal time & time again.
Power and privilege routinely enable wrongdoing or at the very least protect those involved from real consequences.
Caught in scandal, shielded by power and protected by privilege.
Scotland needs out
Power and privilege routinely enable wrongdoing or at the very least protect those involved from real consequences.
Caught in scandal, shielded by power and protected by privilege.
Scotland needs out
February 8, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Westminster and the British establishment has been mired in sleaze and scandal time & time again.
Power and privilege routinely enable wrongdoing or at the very least protect those involved from real consequences.
Caught in scandal, shielded by power and protected by privilege.
Scotland needs out
Power and privilege routinely enable wrongdoing or at the very least protect those involved from real consequences.
Caught in scandal, shielded by power and protected by privilege.
Scotland needs out
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Or that they have massive contacts with the UK government.
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Or that they have massive contacts with the UK government.
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“Trump administration is racist.”
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“Trump administration is racist.”
#CarlosHernández RIP
A letter of love to everyone.
A clamour for journalism when it is so under threat & as a warning against the far right globally & those who facilitate it.
#PressFreedom
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A letter of love to everyone.
A clamour for journalism when it is so under threat & as a warning against the far right globally & those who facilitate it.
#PressFreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
#CarlosHernández RIP
A letter of love to everyone.
A clamour for journalism when it is so under threat & as a warning against the far right globally & those who facilitate it.
#PressFreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A letter of love to everyone.
A clamour for journalism when it is so under threat & as a warning against the far right globally & those who facilitate it.
#PressFreedom
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I hope you will share this. It’s a message about Minnesota that ICE and MAGAs need to hear. (It can also be shared on any streaming platform.)
NEW: Lyrics below in thread.
NEW: Lyrics below in thread.
Minnesota
YouTube video by Hounds - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I hope you will share this. It’s a message about Minnesota that ICE and MAGAs need to hear. (It can also be shared on any streaming platform.)
NEW: Lyrics below in thread.
NEW: Lyrics below in thread.
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Given the insidious use of #Palantir technology by Trump's #Gestapo in Minnesota & beyond, the UK public must wake up to the danger of its adoption by the NHS & the military.
#Orwellian
#BigBrother
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Orwellian
#BigBrother
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Martin Rowson on Peter Mandelson and the Labour party – cartoon
Keir Starmer’s position as prime minister has been undermined by the latest revelations from the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Given the insidious use of #Palantir technology by Trump's #Gestapo in Minnesota & beyond, the UK public must wake up to the danger of its adoption by the NHS & the military.
#Orwellian
#BigBrother
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Orwellian
#BigBrother
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Thiel, #Palantir co-founder, described modestly as a conservative libertarian & a "really smart nihilist", with a focus entirely on power, which in itself suggests a biographer is a likely explanation for Thiel's activities
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Peter Thiel, #Palantir co-founder, described modestly as a conservative libertarian & a "really smart nihilist", with a focus entirely on power, which in itself suggests a biographer is a likely explanation for Thiel's activities
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...