Stravaiger
@stravaiger1.bsky.social
Scot 🏴 remote glen & mountain fan; cycle trekker; iconoclast; systems thinker; FUBAR analyst; pro-🇪🇺
"If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about!" Nope. Tell that to 800+ persistently demonised wrongly-convicted UK sub-postmasters
"If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about!" Nope. Tell that to 800+ persistently demonised wrongly-convicted UK sub-postmasters
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🇬🇧 The Red Tory “Secretary of State over North britain” doesn’t even know when St Andrew’s Day is
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🇬🇧 The Red Tory “Secretary of State over North britain” doesn’t even know when St Andrew’s Day is
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🇮🇪 🏴 A wonderful moment as Scotland’s FM becomes the first Foreign Leader to visit President Catherine Connolly
How appropriate that they stand together in front of Thomas Robinson’s “The Battle of Ballynahinch (13 June 1798)”, depicting the crushing of occupying british Redcoats💪
How appropriate that they stand together in front of Thomas Robinson’s “The Battle of Ballynahinch (13 June 1798)”, depicting the crushing of occupying british Redcoats💪
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🇮🇪 🏴 A wonderful moment as Scotland’s FM becomes the first Foreign Leader to visit President Catherine Connolly
How appropriate that they stand together in front of Thomas Robinson’s “The Battle of Ballynahinch (13 June 1798)”, depicting the crushing of occupying british Redcoats💪
How appropriate that they stand together in front of Thomas Robinson’s “The Battle of Ballynahinch (13 June 1798)”, depicting the crushing of occupying british Redcoats💪
Ian Dunt once again Nails It 🔨 💥😳
"Since 2016, populism has run an attack convincing people the solution to all their problems is hatred & suspicion of outsiders. It has pushed them into rejecting an open society - closing the door to people, goods and ideas in roughly equal measure"
"Since 2016, populism has run an attack convincing people the solution to all their problems is hatred & suspicion of outsiders. It has pushed them into rejecting an open society - closing the door to people, goods and ideas in roughly equal measure"
Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world
Populism has damaged the economy. And to fix the economy, you have to damage populism.
iandunt.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ian Dunt once again Nails It 🔨 💥😳
"Since 2016, populism has run an attack convincing people the solution to all their problems is hatred & suspicion of outsiders. It has pushed them into rejecting an open society - closing the door to people, goods and ideas in roughly equal measure"
"Since 2016, populism has run an attack convincing people the solution to all their problems is hatred & suspicion of outsiders. It has pushed them into rejecting an open society - closing the door to people, goods and ideas in roughly equal measure"
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Westminster Governments have siphoned off hundreds of billions of pounds in oil revenues from our corner of Scotland, yet in our hour of need Labour has abandoned Aberdeen & the north east.
Starmer, Reeves & Miliband must understand that the fight for fairness isn’t over.
Starmer, Reeves & Miliband must understand that the fight for fairness isn’t over.
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Westminster Governments have siphoned off hundreds of billions of pounds in oil revenues from our corner of Scotland, yet in our hour of need Labour has abandoned Aberdeen & the north east.
Starmer, Reeves & Miliband must understand that the fight for fairness isn’t over.
Starmer, Reeves & Miliband must understand that the fight for fairness isn’t over.
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The (obvious in advance) limits of the government's strategy since it took office: a budget in which the majority of individual items poll well, yet people think it is the most unfair budget since YouGov started polling on this question.
% who say each 2025 Budget policy was the 'right thing to do' (1/3)
Increase gambling taxes: 82%
Freeze rail fares: 82%
Reducing energy bills by £150 a year by reducing green levies: 75%
Increasing minimum wage: 71%
Mansion tax: 67%
Decreasing biz rates for retail/hospitality/leisure: 64%
Increase gambling taxes: 82%
Freeze rail fares: 82%
Reducing energy bills by £150 a year by reducing green levies: 75%
Increasing minimum wage: 71%
Mansion tax: 67%
Decreasing biz rates for retail/hospitality/leisure: 64%
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The (obvious in advance) limits of the government's strategy since it took office: a budget in which the majority of individual items poll well, yet people think it is the most unfair budget since YouGov started polling on this question.
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Speaker Mike Johnson is "crushed by his workload."
Bitch, please! You've been on a self-conferred vacation the past few months.
Bitch, please! You've been on a self-conferred vacation the past few months.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is "crushed by his workload."
Bitch, please! You've been on a self-conferred vacation the past few months.
Bitch, please! You've been on a self-conferred vacation the past few months.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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‘Medicare for All’ still big. “In a survey of 1,207 likely voters [from] Nov. 14–17, 2025, ...65% of voters [supported] a Medicare for All system, described as a ‘national health insurance program... that would cover [everyone] & replace... private health insurance...’" jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.
The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the neglected idea among Americans across the political spectrum.
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/medicare-for-all-popularity-polling\
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
‘Medicare for All’ still big. “In a survey of 1,207 likely voters [from] Nov. 14–17, 2025, ...65% of voters [supported] a Medicare for All system, described as a ‘national health insurance program... that would cover [everyone] & replace... private health insurance...’" jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
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Sums it all up beautifully 😍
Stephen Kerr on the Westminster Establishment
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Stephen Kerr on the Westminster Establishment
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Redirecting...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Sums it all up beautifully 😍
Stephen Kerr on the Westminster Establishment
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Stephen Kerr on the Westminster Establishment
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Astonishing. Wld expect a jump from 205k to 649k to be the #1 story for days.
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Astonishing. Wld expect a jump from 205k to 649k to be the #1 story for days.
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Well that's the Laffer Curve F⁰qued
"They say tax increases would cause the super rich to pick up their yachts, collections of super cars and country estates and decamp to a tax haven. This is deployed as a shield to protect the wealthiest while public services crumble. Yet it’s a lie"
"They say tax increases would cause the super rich to pick up their yachts, collections of super cars and country estates and decamp to a tax haven. This is deployed as a shield to protect the wealthiest while public services crumble. Yet it’s a lie"
The lie that protects the rich from tax rises
Better late than never, Rachel Reeves finally followed the lead of the SNP Government in Holyrood and announced that the heinous two child cap on benefits will finally be abolished from May next ye…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Well that's the Laffer Curve F⁰qued
"They say tax increases would cause the super rich to pick up their yachts, collections of super cars and country estates and decamp to a tax haven. This is deployed as a shield to protect the wealthiest while public services crumble. Yet it’s a lie"
"They say tax increases would cause the super rich to pick up their yachts, collections of super cars and country estates and decamp to a tax haven. This is deployed as a shield to protect the wealthiest while public services crumble. Yet it’s a lie"
Criminal Action
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Criminal Action
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
So Putin is running this war onwards, with Trump's help. Christ
"Vladimir Putin called Trump and America's plan to send missiles to Ukraine was swiftly canceled: the latest Trump whiplash gesture. Tomahawk missiles would've let Ukraine strike deep into Russia’s military infrastructure"
"Vladimir Putin called Trump and America's plan to send missiles to Ukraine was swiftly canceled: the latest Trump whiplash gesture. Tomahawk missiles would've let Ukraine strike deep into Russia’s military infrastructure"
Trump slams door on Zelensky's Tomahawk missile dream
A bombshell leaked call between President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and top Russian officials has blown open a dramatic shift in Trump's Ukraine strategy.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
So Putin is running this war onwards, with Trump's help. Christ
"Vladimir Putin called Trump and America's plan to send missiles to Ukraine was swiftly canceled: the latest Trump whiplash gesture. Tomahawk missiles would've let Ukraine strike deep into Russia’s military infrastructure"
"Vladimir Putin called Trump and America's plan to send missiles to Ukraine was swiftly canceled: the latest Trump whiplash gesture. Tomahawk missiles would've let Ukraine strike deep into Russia’s military infrastructure"
Kleptocracy
Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Kleptocracy
I don't think they will, TBQH. Starmer? Dithering as usual 😵💫
"As negotiators continue to revise the terms, Europe must make clear that it will support Ukraine in opposing any deal that rewards Russian aggression"
BUT IT DOES EXACTLY THAT 😳
"As negotiators continue to revise the terms, Europe must make clear that it will support Ukraine in opposing any deal that rewards Russian aggression"
BUT IT DOES EXACTLY THAT 😳
Don’t Let Trump Sell Out Ukraine
Chris Patten says EU policymakers have no choice but to oppose an authoritarian US administration undermining global norms.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I don't think they will, TBQH. Starmer? Dithering as usual 😵💫
"As negotiators continue to revise the terms, Europe must make clear that it will support Ukraine in opposing any deal that rewards Russian aggression"
BUT IT DOES EXACTLY THAT 😳
"As negotiators continue to revise the terms, Europe must make clear that it will support Ukraine in opposing any deal that rewards Russian aggression"
BUT IT DOES EXACTLY THAT 😳
The man's Dementing, regressing to a Cro Magnon 🦧 live, on-air
"First ‘piggy,’ now ‘ugly’: Trump continues attacks on female reporters"
"First ‘piggy,’ now ‘ugly’: Trump continues attacks on female reporters"
First ‘piggy,’ now ‘ugly’: Trump continues attacks on female reporters | CNN Business
The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.”
edition.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The man's Dementing, regressing to a Cro Magnon 🦧 live, on-air
"First ‘piggy,’ now ‘ugly’: Trump continues attacks on female reporters"
"First ‘piggy,’ now ‘ugly’: Trump continues attacks on female reporters"
The administration's Point Man, showing the Rus are running Rings around him 😲
Tucker Carlson: What do you think of Putin?
Witkoff: I liked him. I thought he was straight up with me…I don't regard Putin as a bad guy.
Witkoff: I liked him. I thought he was straight up with me…I don't regard Putin as a bad guy.
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The administration's Point Man, showing the Rus are running Rings around him 😲
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On this day in 2016, Cuban Revolutionary #FidelCastro passed away.
Before the Cuban revolution, US financial interests owned:
90% of Cuba’s mines
80% of public utilities
50% of railways
40% of sugar production
25% of bank deposits
t.me/RezistanceTr...
Before the Cuban revolution, US financial interests owned:
90% of Cuba’s mines
80% of public utilities
50% of railways
40% of sugar production
25% of bank deposits
t.me/RezistanceTr...
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
On this day in 2016, Cuban Revolutionary #FidelCastro passed away.
Before the Cuban revolution, US financial interests owned:
90% of Cuba’s mines
80% of public utilities
50% of railways
40% of sugar production
25% of bank deposits
t.me/RezistanceTr...
Before the Cuban revolution, US financial interests owned:
90% of Cuba’s mines
80% of public utilities
50% of railways
40% of sugar production
25% of bank deposits
t.me/RezistanceTr...
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The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.