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1,157 people have just been announced as receiving honours in the New Year Honours list.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
December 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
1,157 people have just been announced as receiving honours in the New Year Honours list.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
Here’s why Benjamin Zephaniah turned down his OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2003.
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Thanks to everyone who helps make Bluesky a positive place.
I love sharing your posts about Edinburgh.
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I love sharing your posts about Edinburgh.
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secretedinburgh.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out secretedinburgh.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
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December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thanks to everyone who helps make Bluesky a positive place.
I love sharing your posts about Edinburgh.
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
I love sharing your posts about Edinburgh.
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
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England is planning to copy Scotland’s flagship education strategy, experts have claimed
England plans to emulate Scotland's flagship education strategy, experts claim
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
England is planning to copy Scotland’s flagship education strategy, experts have claimed
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Mills on the Water of Leith; including paper, snuff and grain. #Edinburgh
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Mills on the Water of Leith; including paper, snuff and grain. #Edinburgh
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It has taken a while, but it seems based on last night’s post by Trump that Bondi now has the Epstein files sufficiently scrubbed for release.
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It has taken a while, but it seems based on last night’s post by Trump that Bondi now has the Epstein files sufficiently scrubbed for release.
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Keir Starmer’s team has rejected a request to meet with John Swinney this week ahead of the Budget, the First Minister has said
Keir Starmer rejects Budget meeting with John Swinney in London
www.thenational.scot
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Keir Starmer’s team has rejected a request to meet with John Swinney this week ahead of the Budget, the First Minister has said
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I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
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In the middle of an unassuming new-build housing estate in Prestonpans, just outside Edinburgh, you can find this imposing statue. The work of Andy Scott’s, who also designed the Kelpies, it is a memorial to the 81 men and women who, throughout the 17thC, were executed in the town for witchcraft.
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In the middle of an unassuming new-build housing estate in Prestonpans, just outside Edinburgh, you can find this imposing statue. The work of Andy Scott’s, who also designed the Kelpies, it is a memorial to the 81 men and women who, throughout the 17thC, were executed in the town for witchcraft.
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The @greenparty.org.uk is now the most popular party amongst voters under 50 years old
We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come
We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The @greenparty.org.uk is now the most popular party amongst voters under 50 years old
We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come
We need to keep working and growing but I believe a change is gonna come
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No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.
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🚨Now just 440 signatures needed to get the @ChinookJustice family’s to 50,000 before they hand their petition to Downing Street at 3PM TODAY
Please sign this important petition & help the families who have fought so hard for justice get to 50K🙏
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
Please sign this important petition & help the families who have fought so hard for justice get to 50K🙏
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🚨Now just 440 signatures needed to get the @ChinookJustice family’s to 50,000 before they hand their petition to Downing Street at 3PM TODAY
Please sign this important petition & help the families who have fought so hard for justice get to 50K🙏
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
Please sign this important petition & help the families who have fought so hard for justice get to 50K🙏
www.change.org/p/justice-fo...
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No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵
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A disgrace, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A disgrace, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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I absolutely respect the grief of British Jews. Anti-Semitic vice is horrific and unacceptable. But this does not mean I accept the war crimes of the brutal Israeli government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer urges pro-Palestine protesters to ‘respect the grief of British Jews’
Writing before a planned protest against Palestine Action ban, PM says activists should recognise a time of mourning
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I absolutely respect the grief of British Jews. Anti-Semitic vice is horrific and unacceptable. But this does not mean I accept the war crimes of the brutal Israeli government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Government has called on Israel to allow the safe passage of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Government has called on Israel to allow the safe passage of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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The occupation and apartheid system must be ended, and justice must be delivered - anything less while Palestinians continue to be slaughtered by Israeli forces in an ongoing genocide is just empty words.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The occupation and apartheid system must be ended, and justice must be delivered - anything less while Palestinians continue to be slaughtered by Israeli forces in an ongoing genocide is just empty words.
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The UK Government must immediately halt UK arms exports, divest from arms companies that continue to sell arms to Israel, sanction Israeli officials implicated in crimes under international law and stop trade with settlements.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The UK Government must immediately halt UK arms exports, divest from arms companies that continue to sell arms to Israel, sanction Israeli officials implicated in crimes under international law and stop trade with settlements.
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Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.
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Presumably we can expect a name change soon at the Beeb - the Reform UK Propaganda Channel (RUKPC)
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Presumably we can expect a name change soon at the Beeb - the Reform UK Propaganda Channel (RUKPC)
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There has long been concern over how much the BBC has been focusing on Reform UK and Nigel Farage, but over the last week the spotlight on the issue has intensified, writes Steph Brawn ✍️
September 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There has long been concern over how much the BBC has been focusing on Reform UK and Nigel Farage, but over the last week the spotlight on the issue has intensified, writes Steph Brawn ✍️
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July 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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‘One jab will do the job’: Pakistan begins rollout of HPV vaccine to millions of girls
‘One jab will do the job’: Pakistan begins rollout of HPV vaccine to millions of girls
Despite vaccination hesitancy, the end may be in sight for cervical cancer, which kills 64% of women with the disease
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
‘One jab will do the job’: Pakistan begins rollout of HPV vaccine to millions of girls
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August 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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“The problem with Scotland, is that it’s full of Scots”
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August 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The problem with Scotland, is that it’s full of Scots”
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The State of Palestine must be recognised now — not bargained over.
No conditions, no delays. Here’s why 👇
No conditions, no delays. Here’s why 👇
July 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The State of Palestine must be recognised now — not bargained over.
No conditions, no delays. Here’s why 👇
No conditions, no delays. Here’s why 👇