weegingerdug
@weegingerdug.bsky.social
Opinionated gobshite, stroke survivor, older gay man, Scottish independence supporter, columnist with @scotnational.bsky.social huge languages and linguistics geek. Blog at https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com Not interested in your crypto investment.
My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
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The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Johnson & Cummings killed 23,000 people.
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
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If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
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November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Johnson & Cummings killed 23,000 people.
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
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My latest blog piece, a vote for Labour, or for another anti-independence party in Scotland, is voting to be ignored and irrelevant.
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A Labour vote in Scotland is a vote not to matter
You’ve got to hand it to the Labour party, they are certainly consistent, consistent in their shafting of Scottish workers. It’s almost as though, despite Labour’s protestations t…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My latest blog piece, a vote for Labour, or for another anti-independence party in Scotland, is voting to be ignored and irrelevant.
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My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure
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Starmer’s Labour enables fascism
When the race baiting far right criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and the hard right Reform UK are praising Labour’s policies, you know that something has gone profoundly wrong in a party which …
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure
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My latest blog post, inspired by the clarion call of pro Scottish independence actor Alan Cumming.
"Just get your boots off our neck, Westminster"
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"Just get your boots off our neck, Westminster"
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Just get your boots off our necks, Westminster
In an interview with The National newspaper, the actor Alan Cumming, who currently hosts the US version of the popular show The Traitors and who is outspoken in his support for Scottish independenc…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My latest blog post, inspired by the clarion call of pro Scottish independence actor Alan Cumming.
"Just get your boots off our neck, Westminster"
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"Just get your boots off our neck, Westminster"
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Anas has gone all bashful again. But then no one in the Westminster Labour party cares about his opinion on anything. He's a nepo-baby irrelevance who will be deposed after next May's Holyrood election.
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Anas Sarwar silent amid Keir Starmer leadership chaos
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has refused to say whether he backs Keir Starmer as Prime Minister amid speculation he may be ousted
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November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Anas has gone all bashful again. But then no one in the Westminster Labour party cares about his opinion on anything. He's a nepo-baby irrelevance who will be deposed after next May's Holyrood election.
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My latest blog article No, independence supporters’ well documented compaints about BBC bias on the Scottish constitutional question are nothing like Trump's attacks on freedom of the press.
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No, independence supporters’ compaints about BBC bias are nothing like Trump
There is certainly no love lost between supporters of Scottish independence and the BBC. It is however egregious I’m-not-a-nationalist-I’m-British bollocks to suggest, as former Labour …
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November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My latest blog article No, independence supporters’ well documented compaints about BBC bias on the Scottish constitutional question are nothing like Trump's attacks on freedom of the press.
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It is typically egregious Unionist nonsense to suggest that Scottish independence supporters back Trump's far right assault on the BBC which would make the BBC even more right wing and biased against Scottish independence than it already is
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Now Scottish Yessers are on the same side as Donald Trump
A perfect storm of editorial failure and external pressure has cost the BBC its most senior leaders, but we should not lose sight of the fact that…
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It is typically egregious Unionist nonsense to suggest that Scottish independence supporters back Trump's far right assault on the BBC which would make the BBC even more right wing and biased against Scottish independence than it already is
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That this is happening to a PM with a 3 figure majority just over a year after the GE tells you just how badly Starmer is governing. Labour has lost its way to such an extent that Wes Streeting - David Cameron in larval form - is his main challenger.
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Starmer allies say ousting PM would be ‘reckless’ as fears grow over leadership challenge
Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of challenge after this month’s budget or May local elections
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November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
That this is happening to a PM with a 3 figure majority just over a year after the GE tells you just how badly Starmer is governing. Labour has lost its way to such an extent that Wes Streeting - David Cameron in larval form - is his main challenger.
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My latest blog piece @believeinscotland.bsky.social have the route map to independence that we need
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Believe in Scotland’s path to independence, the routemap we need
I have previously blogged about my view that the UK is entering a terminal phase crisis which it is unlikely to survive in its current form. The pro-independence campaign group Believe in Scotland …
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November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My latest blog piece @believeinscotland.bsky.social have the route map to independence that we need
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The obscenity and unhinged greed of Musk's trillion dollar pay deal can be seen clearly when you consider that it would allow him to spend a million dollars an HOUR for 114 years, or a million a DAY for 2738 years. These people are not taxed nearly enough.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The obscenity and unhinged greed of Musk's trillion dollar pay deal can be seen clearly when you consider that it would allow him to spend a million dollars an HOUR for 114 years, or a million a DAY for 2738 years. These people are not taxed nearly enough.
Another day, another Labour attack on disabled people. The scheme is devolved in Scotland, the tax exemptions which Reeves is proposing to axe are not, but Scot Gov has not been consulted. Anything to avoid raising taxes on the wealthiest, eh?
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Chancellor warned Motability cut will cause 'significant' costs for disabled Scots
SCOTLAND’S Social Justice Secretary has urged the Chancellor not to slash the Motability car scheme, warning of the significant costs for disabled…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another day, another Labour attack on disabled people. The scheme is devolved in Scotland, the tax exemptions which Reeves is proposing to axe are not, but Scot Gov has not been consulted. Anything to avoid raising taxes on the wealthiest, eh?
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I've been getting pushback from Labour loyalists for my last posts.
I'll just say this. I'm physically disabled. I depend on my husband, a foreign national with ILR, for support with mobility & daily living. Since Starmer got in the fear & anxiety I experienced under the Tories has only got worse.
I'll just say this. I'm physically disabled. I depend on my husband, a foreign national with ILR, for support with mobility & daily living. Since Starmer got in the fear & anxiety I experienced under the Tories has only got worse.
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I've been getting pushback from Labour loyalists for my last posts.
I'll just say this. I'm physically disabled. I depend on my husband, a foreign national with ILR, for support with mobility & daily living. Since Starmer got in the fear & anxiety I experienced under the Tories has only got worse.
I'll just say this. I'm physically disabled. I depend on my husband, a foreign national with ILR, for support with mobility & daily living. Since Starmer got in the fear & anxiety I experienced under the Tories has only got worse.
Starmer will go down in history as the man who destroyed a 100 year old Labour movement by selling it out to the rich for the sake of his own career and advancement. The Tories are dead, Labour is dead, time for a new left based on the Greens, the Celtic indy parties & the old Labour left.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Starmer will go down in history as the man who destroyed a 100 year old Labour movement by selling it out to the rich for the sake of his own career and advancement. The Tories are dead, Labour is dead, time for a new left based on the Greens, the Celtic indy parties & the old Labour left.
Keir Starmer has killed the Labour party. Find Out Now puts Labour on 15%, 3% behind the Greens. Labour needs to combat the far right instead of pandering to it.
The poll puts Reform UK on 33%, the Greens on 18%, the Conservatives on 16% and the LibDems on 11%
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The poll puts Reform UK on 33%, the Greens on 18%, the Conservatives on 16% and the LibDems on 11%
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Labour slump to fourth in poll behind Greens and Conservatives
A NEW poll has put Keir Starmer's Labour Party in fourth place behind Reform, the Greens and Conservatives.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Keir Starmer has killed the Labour party. Find Out Now puts Labour on 15%, 3% behind the Greens. Labour needs to combat the far right instead of pandering to it.
The poll puts Reform UK on 33%, the Greens on 18%, the Conservatives on 16% and the LibDems on 11%
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The poll puts Reform UK on 33%, the Greens on 18%, the Conservatives on 16% and the LibDems on 11%
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Proof that no matter how obscenely wealthy they are, the greed of the super-rich can never be satiated. No one 'earns' a billion never mind a trillion.
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Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk | CNN Business
Tesla shareholders approved a pay package on Thursday that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Proof that no matter how obscenely wealthy they are, the greed of the super-rich can never be satiated. No one 'earns' a billion never mind a trillion.
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Make a song Scottish
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Make a song Scottish
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
Fly me to Dunoon
Chanson Dalmuir
That's A Moray
Coming In the Ayr Tonight
Twenty four Hours from Tolsta
Naver Gonna Give You Up
Born on the Forth of July
My latest blog piece, about the recent attempts by the Labour party to paint the SNP and the Scottish Government as a threat to national security due to their opposition to nukes on the Clyde.
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Labour’s doomed attempt to paint the SNP as a threat to national security
The oil is running out, all the banks will leave, you won’t have a pension, you can’t use the pound, the EU won’t let you back in, and now we have – the SNP are a threat to …
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November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My latest blog piece, about the recent attempts by the Labour party to paint the SNP and the Scottish Government as a threat to national security due to their opposition to nukes on the Clyde.
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The latest figures show that 262 prisoners in England and Wales were mistakenly released in the year leading up to March 2025, according to the prison service's annual digest. That's a 128% increase.
Number of prisoners mistakenly released in Scotland, 0
Number of prisoners mistakenly released in Scotland, 0
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The latest figures show that 262 prisoners in England and Wales were mistakenly released in the year leading up to March 2025, according to the prison service's annual digest. That's a 128% increase.
Number of prisoners mistakenly released in Scotland, 0
Number of prisoners mistakenly released in Scotland, 0
The Labour party in Scotland, the literal definition of shit politics
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Labour councillor forgets to turn off webcam as he goes to toilet during committee
Labour councillor Bailie Hanif Raja was caught on camera going to the toilet during a Glasgow City Council planning meeting after forgetting to turn…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Labour party in Scotland, the literal definition of shit politics
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My latest blog piece, it's time to replace the discredited GERS figures with a more accurate assessment of the financial position of an independent Scotland
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The need for iGERS
The pro-independence campaign group Believe in Scotland has proposed a replacement for the discredited GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland) figures which are published every year to t…
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November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My latest blog piece, it's time to replace the discredited GERS figures with a more accurate assessment of the financial position of an independent Scotland
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Enabling Andrew's abuse,fine. Exerting pressure to get exemptions from laws that might affect their wealth, that's OK. Rampant hypocrisy on everything from the environment to personal morality, no problem. But meeting the Pope is where they draw the line.
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Glasgow loyalist group nixs anthem after King's visit with Leo
The playing of God Save the King was notably absent from the staunchly royalist gathering.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Enabling Andrew's abuse,fine. Exerting pressure to get exemptions from laws that might affect their wealth, that's OK. Rampant hypocrisy on everything from the environment to personal morality, no problem. But meeting the Pope is where they draw the line.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558993...
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I keep laughing when royal apologists say Charles took action because the royals don't want to take up Parliament's time. No, he took belated action in order to limit damage and avoid coming under scrutiny that would reveal he & his mother protected & enabled Andrew's abuse & corruption for decades.
November 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I keep laughing when royal apologists say Charles took action because the royals don't want to take up Parliament's time. No, he took belated action in order to limit damage and avoid coming under scrutiny that would reveal he & his mother protected & enabled Andrew's abuse & corruption for decades.
My latest blog piece. Migrant panic, the lie driving the rise of the far right
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Migrant hysteria, the lie driving the rise of the far right
The far right is on the rise, and it’s on the rise due to an artificial panic manufactured by rich and powerful interests in order to distract public attention from the greed and avarice of t…
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October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My latest blog piece. Migrant panic, the lie driving the rise of the far right
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