fionaalexander.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

#ProudBlue An interesting comparison of the parties' records since 1971: ‪

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Wellman: When I served in Iraq.. I heard about how Saddam Hussein divided them. Different sects fought each other. But you know -- Saddam and his family sat laughing at all of them. They divided them against each other and kept their power for 35 years. Does this sound familiar to anybody?

submitted 14 hours ago • 316 comments

'It's now clear there are some central belt constituencies that the SNP will not win next year unless they can squeeze votes from smaller pro-independence parties, and unless they can persuade disillusioned SNP voters not to stay at home.' archive.is/RnLtS James Kelly, via The National

submitted 10 hours ago • 4 comments

BREAKING: At least 34 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since the early hours of this morning, medical sources tell our team on the ground. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/pe4duy

submitted 10 hours ago • 17 comments

The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

submitted 16 hours ago • 90 comments

Gilly lives with terminal caner. This is why she wants the choice of assisted dying to be legal. #YesToDignity

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract. Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal. Here’s how they got it completely wrong. 👇👇

submitted 20 hours ago • 44 comments

Neon Films released THE LIFE OF CHUCK. Because they’re small, they depended on Mark Hamil, Tom Hiddleston, and others to go on the circuit and talk the movie up. Thank you, guys. Now go bust a move!

submitted 20 hours ago • 102 comments

No evidence. Politicized justice to save their asses. I have not the vocabulary to express my loathing and contempt for these people, who have absolutely no shame, no honor, no integrity, no respect for the constitution. Despicable, vile, criminal, corrupt and cruel.

submitted 20 hours ago • 27 comments

Not gonna lie, I'm framing a screenshot of this post & hanging it on my wall. #TheLifeOfChuck

submitted 20 hours ago • 252 comments

Epstein is mentioned 111 times in the NYT-bestselling Proof Series—specifically in Proof of Cruelty, the fifth book in the series, which explains why Trump is terrified about his Epstein connections and is lying about them today at Truth Social. The truth about the men is X-rated, and in this book.

submitted 21 hours ago • 11 comments

Stupidest leader in the entire world. Trump: “Ukraine gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them.”

submitted 20 hours ago • 47 comments

Most Brits think we should stay in the ECHR and protect our British-European values… Makes perfect sense. And also- 1) It protects us from Trump-like behaviour with his own citizens 2) It underpins our criminal data-sharing with Europe. Leave ECHR and we’d become a haven for criminals.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

This is important research by Peter about the dark monies & forces trying to hijack UK politics & public life. The sort of diligent work which shames most of the UK's mainstream media.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Scottish independence moves into an EIGHT PERCENT lead: 54 : 46 with Norstat. This doubled to become a SIXTEEN PERCENT lead: 58 : 42 if Nigel Farage becomes UK PM.

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

50 years ago on 5 June 1975. The UK held its first ever nationwide referendum on the subject of whether to remain or leave the European Economic Community (EEC). 67% of voters voted to stay in the EEC; 33% voted against; a result overturned 41 years later in the 2016 Brexit referendum.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Really interesting article in the @financialtimes.com about the Italian nationality referendum. It has profound implications for its rapidly ageing society, where nearly a quarter of the population is over 65 and just 12 per cent below the age of 14. www.ft.com/content/401e...

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

That thing about Unbound making a donation to Matt Hancock’s leadership campaign has resurfaced. I remember at the time it was explained away as being a mistake over company names – Hancock had connections with another organisation called Unbound Global – but I can’t now find the discussion…

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Your occasional reminder to be glad that Michael Rosen not only exists, but continually challenges the pomposity of the education system. Fascinating read, but one that makes my heart sink thinking about these poor children.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Today at 3.30pm Robot, water, phone charger, lawn, iambic pentameter, sausage. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Phoenix Brothers | Goldsmiths, University of London www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id... I'm in conversation with Sita Brahmachari tomorrow evening. Look forward to seeing you there. Friday June 6

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

?????? WHAT???

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: Trump issued an order barring foreign students from entering the U.S. to study at Harvard in the latest escalation of his fight with the university.

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

But.... why won't they integrate.... ??

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent. From November 2023: https://trib.al/35k5Qnk

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

He led with this charade last term. Guess he’s pulling out his old tricks since everything else has backfired??? Weak piece of shit.

submitted 2 days ago • 38 comments

Guess who is going to pay for the tariffs?

submitted 2 days ago • 486 comments

A battery storage scheme on greenfield land in Glasgow has been given the go-ahead after being described as a 'welcome development' for the city

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

For the first time since 2018, the German-Polish Forum is taking place again in Berlin. For 🇩🇪 @aussenminister.diplo.de and 🇵🇱 @radek-sikorski.bsky.social, it sends a clear signal: we’re committed to strengthening the 🇩🇪-🇵🇱 partnership. Poland’s security is Germany’s security—now more than ever. 1/4

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

White Hse seeks to codify spending cuts, incl for critical programs like US AIDS initiative, PEPFAR. This will literally kill millions of people around the world. It is also a direct challenge to Congressional spending authority. Criminal and cruel. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Sorry….not sorry. So sad….

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

#Breaking: Doug Ford pushes through rapid development law despite objections of First Nations

submitted 2 days ago • 27 comments

Thou shall not stop spending on the rich...

submitted 2 days ago • 220 comments

A plume of gas and ash has destroyed part of Mount Etna's crater. See more photos from the volcano's eruption:

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Former Intelligent Finance head office, which was later used by Lloyds Banking Group, at 8 Lochside Avenue in Edinburgh Park set to become a 113-bed hotel

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

What happened in the Netherlands and what will happen next? I wrote a short piece about the collapse of the Dutch government for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/when-not-if-...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Amy Coney Barrett's writings on the court give the impression of a law professor turned judge who is often exasperated by her fellow conservatives’ shoddy reasoning and corner-cutting. Published March 9, 2025: https://trib.al/n67gXkr

submitted 2 days ago • 17 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

BREAKING: French dock workers in Fos-sur-Mer refused today to load machine gun ammo destined for Israel's army

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

This is important to understand what trump’s “big beautiful bill” REALLY means for Medicaid and the tax deficit and why u should object and make it understood by the senate they should not pass the bill

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"Biden was old but governed normally. Trump governs erratically because he’s unglued. That’s the true cover-up, one the media is enabling when they seem more concerned with the mental condition of a former president than the escalating madness of the current one."

submitted 4 days ago • 171 comments

⚡️Trump official who shut down counter-disinformation agency has Kremlin ties, Telegraph reports. A Trump State Department official who shut down a U.S. government office tasked with countering Russian disinformation has ties to the Kremlin, the Telegraph reported on June 3.

submitted 3 days ago • 47 comments

Miami Weather guy, @johnmoralestv.bsky.social re: the impact of gutting the National Weather Service & NOAA: "This type of staffing shortage is having impacts across the country -We may be flying blind" 📱 your MOC. Demand they fix it: 202- 224-3121

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Darren Beattie - the State Dept official who dismantled the US government's main center for fighting Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world - turns out to have personal ties to the Russian elite. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

submitted 4 days ago • 173 comments

James Kelly looks at the key lesson for the SNP as new poll puts independence support at 54% ✍️

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Judging by the plane's flight records Farage only spent about 3 hours in Glasgow and a little over 10 in Scotland. Such commitment.

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments