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niallb-1966.bsky.social
Commercial Surveyor, Celtic fan and father of 2 rather lovely girls. Recently acquired a fiancé too.
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That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.

submitted 8 hours ago • 439 comments

Francesca Albanese— "I call it genocide b/c IT IS genocide. Defined by intent, not by method or means. Visible without magnification—if we look with context, at the victims: what they share is being part of a group, as such. B/c of it, they get killed, tortured, maimed, starved, raped, massacred."

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Israeli government ministers and officials told us exactly what they intended to do in #Gaza, then went ahead and did it. There will be no justice until they are brought before the ICC to face charges of genocide.

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

The Right Wing Hate Speech Religious Fundamentalists who fund transphobic activism in the UK are now pivoting to anti-abortion activism. As we always said they would - because their agenda of policing patriarchal norms is the same. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

submitted 5 days ago • 29 comments

Yes to building Flamingo Land at Loch Lomond. But no to a new National Park in Galloway. What the hell is the SNP playing at? Does the government actually give a damn about Scotland’s natural beauty? My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Slow news day at The Daily Rowling? In fact, I've been publicly engaging with trans issues for longer than the bigoted billionaire. And, amazingly, no mention of crybaby JK ('no one loves free speech more than I do') Rowling's threat to get her lawyers onto me if I don't mind my Ps and Qs.

submitted 11 days ago • 38 comments

From today Michael Gove will disgrace the House of Lords. I have described him in sworn evidence as a "deliberate and disgraceful liar". goodlawproject.org/covid-inquir...

submitted 15 days ago • 79 comments

Israel hasn’t changed in the last 18 months. Why is the pressure only coming now? What has spooked leaders into this when the evidence was in plain sight already?

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

There's no placating the Brexiters, no reasoning with them, no basic comprehension or adulthood. You can't debate papers behaving like the Sun or the Mail this morning. There's nothing to debate with. They view all trading relations with Europe as humiliation.

submitted 17 days ago • 323 comments