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Scotland & Ireland. Believer in the European Project. Brexit benefits Ireland despite its recklessness. Woke Pinko Liberal Latté (or Chilled Shiraz) Sipping git.
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80% of Germans voted for Democracy.

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EU/Europe role in Ukraine is poorly reported in the USA. The narrative in the media is that the US is doing all the heavy lifting. This maybe partially a language thing with the UK self sidelined only the small Irish media has English language.The EU needs to up its US Media footprint massively.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

'Firing him bc he is black' is clearer than 'root out diversity initiatives'.

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Ooft! @scottishlabour.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Europe: just get on with taking 💯 % responsibility for security; America is a lost cause for a generation.

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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Invasion of Ukraine v that of Poland.

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@scottishlabour.bsky.social we're never ever going to win a plurality in Holyrood. Their recent Westminster success was about kicking out the Tories.

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Germany France & Italy have bigger economies than Russia. EFTA IS 5 times wealthier than Russia. Russia is a dysfunction mess. Why is Europe being pushed around by Putin?

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Europe is giving more than the US to support Ukraine. Most reports give the impression that the US is doing all the heavy lifting. www.ifw-kiel.de/publications...

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Yalta 2.0. US & Russia divvy up Europe. If Europe participates in policing ‘the peace’ it will be an act of suicide.

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You have to remember that when the populist nationalists say free speech what they mean is just speech they agree with. It is the classic opposite meaning. They hate the free speech of their opponents.

submitted 8 days ago • 18 comments

📢 Our Budget delivers progress for Scotland: 💷 Record £21 billion for our NHS 🏠 8,000 new affordable homes ❄️ Winter Heating Payment for every pensioner household ✂️ Ending Labour’s two-child cap, lifting 15,000 kids out of poverty 🎭 £34m boost for Scotland’s culture

submitted 79 days ago • 15 comments

Trump & co hates liberal Europe. They are teaming up with Putin to gut & split Europe between them. If Europe helps Ukraine smack Russia down it can get the post war consensus & rule of law back in place. Europe will have to put troops on the ground in Ukraine to beat Putin.

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This piece on VAT in the @nytimes.com is incorrect. I can’t see how VAT skews towards exporting. When exported goods attract the taxes in the importing country.

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Every European country needs to get on a war footing with the clearly stated objective of forcing the Russians out of all Ukraine.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

‘How a post-UK England might behave as a country in the world.’ A 2017 piece that is very on point today. @thesnp.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social

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NEW: Nicola Sturgeon is '100 per cent' certain Scottish independence will happen in her lifetime

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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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