William Duguid
@williamduguid1.bsky.social
Also on the X hellsite, but maybe not for long.
Used to write To September & Beyond, a political blog on Scottish independence that was hilarious, sometimes intentionally.
Used to write To September & Beyond, a political blog on Scottish independence that was hilarious, sometimes intentionally.
'The Citizens Participation and Pulic Petitions Committee voted unanimously to close the petition down.
PE2135 has 7,506 signatures, which dwarfs other petitions under consideration.
But the number of signatures clearly doesn’t matter.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via Dear Scotland.
PE2135 has 7,506 signatures, which dwarfs other petitions under consideration.
But the number of signatures clearly doesn’t matter.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via Dear Scotland.
Public petitions committee shuts down a legal route to Scottish Self-Determination
And shows contempt for the Scottish People's right to self-determination
dearscotland.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'The Citizens Participation and Pulic Petitions Committee voted unanimously to close the petition down.
PE2135 has 7,506 signatures, which dwarfs other petitions under consideration.
But the number of signatures clearly doesn’t matter.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via Dear Scotland.
PE2135 has 7,506 signatures, which dwarfs other petitions under consideration.
But the number of signatures clearly doesn’t matter.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via Dear Scotland.
'The trail from Florida to Westminster exposes more than a shared ideology – it reveals a trans-Atlantic lobbying operation connecting Project 2025 to senior figures on Britain’s populist right.'
Nafeez Ahmed, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Nafeez Ahmed, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
bylinetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'The trail from Florida to Westminster exposes more than a shared ideology – it reveals a trans-Atlantic lobbying operation connecting Project 2025 to senior figures on Britain’s populist right.'
Nafeez Ahmed, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Nafeez Ahmed, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
'Human health was never a design criterion in creating these toxic products.
Real food - ingredients from which you can construct a meal - has been priced out of the market or made inaccessible in far too many places.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Real food - ingredients from which you can construct a meal - has been priced out of the market or made inaccessible in far too many places.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
The ultra-processed food crisis
Ultra-processed foods now make up at least half of all food sold in UK supermarkets. The Lancet has described them as a “corporate-engineered public health crisis.” That is exactly what they are: industrial products designed for profit, not nutrition. They override appetite control, promote over-consumption, and push out real food...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Human health was never a design criterion in creating these toxic products.
Real food - ingredients from which you can construct a meal - has been priced out of the market or made inaccessible in far too many places.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Real food - ingredients from which you can construct a meal - has been priced out of the market or made inaccessible in far too many places.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
'What has been a constant unresolved responsibility is our collective responsibility to keep our planet stable. This has been a blame game for too long, causing the effects of climate change to worsen.'
Temoka Melindo, via Common Weal
Temoka Melindo, via Common Weal
How can you wash your hands when this happens to us? — Common Weal
Temoka Melindo (Moka) is a student at Glasgow Caledonian University and now
lives in Scotland as a climate refugee. She tells her story and asks how we
can sit around and watch this happen to families like hers and still do
nothing.
www.commonweal.scot
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'What has been a constant unresolved responsibility is our collective responsibility to keep our planet stable. This has been a blame game for too long, causing the effects of climate change to worsen.'
Temoka Melindo, via Common Weal
Temoka Melindo, via Common Weal
'This story undermines the whole "black hole" fiscal space “learned helplessness” that will be central to the coming UK budget. It is a smokescreen to reduce public spending and usher in another round of austerity.'
Malcolm Reavell of Modern Money Scotland, via The National
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Malcolm Reavell of Modern Money Scotland, via The National
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'This story undermines the whole "black hole" fiscal space “learned helplessness” that will be central to the coming UK budget. It is a smokescreen to reduce public spending and usher in another round of austerity.'
Malcolm Reavell of Modern Money Scotland, via The National
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Malcolm Reavell of Modern Money Scotland, via The National
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'Rachel Reeves has no interest in Scottish democracy. In fact, it is the very last thing she wants to hear about.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National
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@richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Rachel Reeves has no interest in Scottish democracy. In fact, it is the very last thing she wants to hear about.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National
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@richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National
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Reposted by William Duguid
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
A wee shout-out for @broadcastscot.bsky.social, which is currently in the middle of a studio move.
They need volunteers to help over the next week with packing up. If you're in the Glasgow area and think you might be able to assist, please get in touch with them directly via DM, or let me know.
They need volunteers to help over the next week with packing up. If you're in the Glasgow area and think you might be able to assist, please get in touch with them directly via DM, or let me know.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A wee shout-out for @broadcastscot.bsky.social, which is currently in the middle of a studio move.
They need volunteers to help over the next week with packing up. If you're in the Glasgow area and think you might be able to assist, please get in touch with them directly via DM, or let me know.
They need volunteers to help over the next week with packing up. If you're in the Glasgow area and think you might be able to assist, please get in touch with them directly via DM, or let me know.
New @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social podcast with Fraser Thompson.
World Cup qualification - a lasting bounce?
Covid Inquiry - should Nicola Sturgeon have closed the border?
Danish Labour losses to the left/greens; should UK Labour rethink its hardline migration stance?
And more...
World Cup qualification - a lasting bounce?
Covid Inquiry - should Nicola Sturgeon have closed the border?
Danish Labour losses to the left/greens; should UK Labour rethink its hardline migration stance?
And more...
Goal For Scotland
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social podcast with Fraser Thompson.
World Cup qualification - a lasting bounce?
Covid Inquiry - should Nicola Sturgeon have closed the border?
Danish Labour losses to the left/greens; should UK Labour rethink its hardline migration stance?
And more...
World Cup qualification - a lasting bounce?
Covid Inquiry - should Nicola Sturgeon have closed the border?
Danish Labour losses to the left/greens; should UK Labour rethink its hardline migration stance?
And more...
'Dr Ball identifies three supposed obstacles to Scotland introducing its own currency – deposit flight, transaction costs, and uncertainty. When examined closely, all of them stem from misunderstandings or outdated assumptions.'
Dr Thibault Laurentjoye, via The National
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Dr Thibault Laurentjoye, via The National
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'Dr Ball identifies three supposed obstacles to Scotland introducing its own currency – deposit flight, transaction costs, and uncertainty. When examined closely, all of them stem from misunderstandings or outdated assumptions.'
Dr Thibault Laurentjoye, via The National
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Dr Thibault Laurentjoye, via The National
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'Who needs a Reform government when we have Shabana Mahmood?'
@ruthwishart.bsky.social, via The National
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@ruthwishart.bsky.social, via The National
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November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Who needs a Reform government when we have Shabana Mahmood?'
@ruthwishart.bsky.social, via The National
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@ruthwishart.bsky.social, via The National
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'This world of 2025 is really, really shit, and I don't know anyone who is happy with it.
I want a new modernity, one that I choose, one that we choose. And I sincerely believe it is possible.'
Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
I want a new modernity, one that I choose, one that we choose. And I sincerely believe it is possible.'
Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
I want to choose a different modernity — Common Weal
Modern life truly is rubbish, and it is a state of affairs none of us
chose. It is time to believe that we can chose a different modernity, one
that works for us.
www.commonweal.scot
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'This world of 2025 is really, really shit, and I don't know anyone who is happy with it.
I want a new modernity, one that I choose, one that we choose. And I sincerely believe it is possible.'
Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
I want a new modernity, one that I choose, one that we choose. And I sincerely believe it is possible.'
Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
'Scotland is suffering a renewed wave of deindustrialisation, and Mossmorran is only the latest major employer to close its doors.'
Coll McCail, via The National
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Coll McCail, via The National
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'Scotland is suffering a renewed wave of deindustrialisation, and Mossmorran is only the latest major employer to close its doors.'
Coll McCail, via The National
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Coll McCail, via The National
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'The campaign for Scottish independence is now as much about keeping out racism and intolerance, and providing an alternative to bigotry, as taking the best decisions about Scotland’s economy and governance.
@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via The National
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@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via The National
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The campaign for Scottish independence is now as much about keeping out racism and intolerance, and providing an alternative to bigotry, as taking the best decisions about Scotland’s economy and governance.
@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via The National
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@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via The National
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'Genocide is against intentional law. Arresting people for peacefully assembling to oppose genocide is against international law.'
Justin Kenrick, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Justin Kenrick, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Why is peace so threatening to the UK government?
The ‘Defend our Juries’ campaign write that: “Local police forces have made arrests at all nine Lift The Ban actions in England and Wales today (Tuesday 18 November), whereas Police Scotland did no…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'Genocide is against intentional law. Arresting people for peacefully assembling to oppose genocide is against international law.'
Justin Kenrick, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Justin Kenrick, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
'We fear migrants will “take our jobs” precisely at the moment when non-human labour threatens to take most jobs from all of us.'
Pat Kane, via The National
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Pat Kane, via The National
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'We fear migrants will “take our jobs” precisely at the moment when non-human labour threatens to take most jobs from all of us.'
Pat Kane, via The National
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Pat Kane, via The National
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'The far right will intensify its scaremongering and race-baiting and the media feeding frenzy will only get worse. All because the Labour Party has surgically removed its moral fibre and replaced it with a Daily Mail editorial. '
@weegingerdug.bsky.social, via The National
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@weegingerdug.bsky.social, via The National
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The far right will intensify its scaremongering and race-baiting and the media feeding frenzy will only get worse. All because the Labour Party has surgically removed its moral fibre and replaced it with a Daily Mail editorial. '
@weegingerdug.bsky.social, via The National
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@weegingerdug.bsky.social, via The National
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'The likelihood of a crash is now very high.
Expect that to be completely ignored by Rachel Reeves next week. Every one of her assumptions is going to be blown apart, very soon.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social]
Expect that to be completely ignored by Rachel Reeves next week. Every one of her assumptions is going to be blown apart, very soon.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social]
The crypto party’s over
This is the Bitcoin price chart in US dollars this year:
And this is the equivalent chart for Dogecoin, which we might take as representative of the rest of this absurd so-called investment market:
The crypto party is over. Trump gave it a massive boost.
Now, most coins are heavily down this year,...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'The likelihood of a crash is now very high.
Expect that to be completely ignored by Rachel Reeves next week. Every one of her assumptions is going to be blown apart, very soon.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social]
Expect that to be completely ignored by Rachel Reeves next week. Every one of her assumptions is going to be blown apart, very soon.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social]
'The BBC’s commissioning and production practices aren’t a fair deal for Scotland’s screen talent.'
Peter Strachan, via The National
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Peter Strachan, via The National
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'The BBC’s commissioning and production practices aren’t a fair deal for Scotland’s screen talent.'
Peter Strachan, via The National
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Peter Strachan, via The National
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'While the Yes team immersed themselves in endless detail, the NO campaign, many who had experience as tabloid hacks could drown the media with negativity. As they knew well, bad news sells.'
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
The Age of Lies
“One thing that’s been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts. They’re not really facts. It’s kind of like looking at ratin…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'While the Yes team immersed themselves in endless detail, the NO campaign, many who had experience as tabloid hacks could drown the media with negativity. As they knew well, bad news sells.'
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
'Ministers claimed the flights were tied to hostage-recovery efforts. But the purpose and limits of the operations have never been made clear, and the UK has refused to confirm what intelligence was subsequently shared with Israel.'
Iain Overton, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Iain Overton, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
UK Government Flouted Own Rules Designed to Stop Gaza Intelligence Harming Palestinian Civilians
The revelation raises questions over whether the UK applied safeguards designed to prevent information from 600 RAF intelligence flights being used to harm civilians in Gaza
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'Ministers claimed the flights were tied to hostage-recovery efforts. But the purpose and limits of the operations have never been made clear, and the UK has refused to confirm what intelligence was subsequently shared with Israel.'
Iain Overton, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Iain Overton, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
'A government serious about inflation, inequality, and stability would tax the wealthy because doing so works economically, socially, and fiscally.
The obstacle is not economic reality. It is political will.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
The obstacle is not economic reality. It is political will.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
Does taxing the wealthy control inflation?
I was asked recently by an email correspondent if a government that uses taxes to control inflation will always end up taxing the middle class rather than the wealthy.
The argument put to me was simple and, at least loosely, based on modern monetary theory. If tax is used to take...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'A government serious about inflation, inequality, and stability would tax the wealthy because doing so works economically, socially, and fiscally.
The obstacle is not economic reality. It is political will.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
The obstacle is not economic reality. It is political will.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
'The majority of people in the islands of Britain who can go to the supermarket and not want to deport every brown face they see? Who represents them now?
Not Labour.'
Robin McAlpine
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Not Labour.'
Robin McAlpine
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November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'The majority of people in the islands of Britain who can go to the supermarket and not want to deport every brown face they see? Who represents them now?
Not Labour.'
Robin McAlpine
robinmcalpine.org/la...
Not Labour.'
Robin McAlpine
robinmcalpine.org/la...
'We cannot afford the fear and racism at the heart of this Labour Government’s distracting obsession with immigration.
Scotland desperately needs new workers...'
George Gunn, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Scotland desperately needs new workers...'
George Gunn, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
The Age of Distraction
THE AGE OF DISTRACTION: From The Province Of The Cat by George Gunn As the recent reverse-reality black comedy at the BBC over a clumsy edit of a Donald Trump rambling rant has shown us, better tha…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'We cannot afford the fear and racism at the heart of this Labour Government’s distracting obsession with immigration.
Scotland desperately needs new workers...'
George Gunn, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Scotland desperately needs new workers...'
George Gunn, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
'What the future now holds for Venezuela remains unclear, as does how much force America is prepared to use. But the coming days will tell whether “regime change” is indeed Trump’s ultimate endgame.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'What the future now holds for Venezuela remains unclear, as does how much force America is prepared to use. But the coming days will tell whether “regime change” is indeed Trump’s ultimate endgame.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/SLlQe