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Hillwalker, cyclist and train fan. Bit of politics too. Mostly happy just to read stuff rather than post a lot. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 (He/him)
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All entry points into Gaza are closed. At the border, food is rotting. Medicine is expiring. Vital medical equipment is stuck. If the basic principles of humanitarian law still count, the international community must act to uphold them.

Hard line Labourites dab on a bit of Musk to please their boss bit.ly/4jxvU3f

The absolute callousness of announcing a 44% trade tariff against Myanmar this week, of all weeks.

A furious Feathers McGraw, the Prime Minister of Heard Island, vows revenge for Trump's tariffs on his Antarctic island with a human population of zero.

Hi @theguardian.com. Just wanted to point out that there's a redundant hyphen in Eleni Courea's piece on Nigel Farage. CC @ecourea.bsky.social

It’s all about the free speech, right?

Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history. Please repost if you want it restored.

Jeez. President Trump now calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘dictator without elections’ and says that he ‘better move fast or he won’t have a country left’ Trump really is Putin’s useful idiot

- Why did you provoke and attack those two burglars?

In the classical world, to claim power over the sea was a clear sign of the ABUSE of power: Xerxes having the sea whipped, Roman plutocrats building over it. I think I know what they would have thought about RE-NAMING it!

BBC Question Time Study shows when it came to members of the media, a right-wing bias became evident. They regularly featured Isabel Oakeshott, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Kate Andrews, Tim Stanley & Camilla Tominey, with no such similar frequency of guests from left-wing media @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Hamish McInnes’s old workshop in Glencoe on fire 1745 Sat 8 Feb.

When the Labour Party promised “change,” folk naturally assumed they meant “change for the better.” They didn’t expect “we’re about to change into the Reform Party.” t.co/JaheZ64zeC

Vote Sarwar - Get Farage. No thanks!

To grow Scotland’s economy, help our businesses access the huge single market, and give more opportunities to our young people, the EU is the answer. To build a more prosperous future for us all, let’s make it our national mission to #RejoinEU in our own right.

A 🧵on this article (£) and its connection to the University of Oxford Modern History: World History 1941-73 module’s finals exam paper in the year 1996. Bear with me 1/ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...

Today’s fit got some reactions at the gym and grocery

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Storm Éowyn effect presumably: a Manchester to Glasgow flight diverted to Krakow when over Lanark 😮 www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf...

Dear mainstream media, Can you please stop referring to the erosion of human rights and punching down against marginalised groups as ‘culture wars’. Thank you.

100 percent medically accurate.

NEW: Elon Musk has agreed to help fund the legal bills of Tommy Robinson, according to claims made by supporters of the far-right agitator. The billionaire has been a vocal supporter of Robinson, having previously called for his release.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 First Minister John Swinney is speaking in Glasgow today on the need for a distinct Scottish graduate visa, and a return to the EU. Both of these measures are essential to growing Scotland’s economy. Watch below 👇 www.youtube.com/live/TeCcZ__...

🚨🚨 Sermon of the year. Glorious, brave and powerful delivery by Bishop Budde. It does not matter if you are religious or atheist like myself. This is exactly what we need now. 👇

Incidentally, there is a phrase for this. It is called 'asset stripping'.

Media: "Elon Musk stirs debate by changing the logo of X to the swastika, a Hindu glyph symbolizing the sun, prosperity, and good luck."

May I humbly suggest to UK Labour, and their Scottish branch office, that when they say "nothing is off the table' that it should - revolutionary idea I know - consider taxing rich people more and chasing down tax fraud instead of cutting the money that keeps poor people from cold and hunger.

New Survation Scottish Parliament poll. Constituency vote: SNP 35% LAB 23% RUK 14% CON 13% LD 8% Green 5% Alba 1%

During last year’s election campaign, Anas Sarwar told me: “read my lips, no austerity under Labour”. The reports of Labour’s planned cuts are deeply concerning, and any more Westminster austerity would push more people into poverty.

Another cartoon from Germany!🤢

No more fact-checking, promises horse-f**ker Mark Zuckerberg https://buff.ly/3W9uwdR

NEW: Prince Andrew has been been reported to the the police over alleged filing of false information, including using a pseudonym, when setting up a secret investment firm.

Someone made the point that Musk is interfering in British and German politics, which are the two countries most supportive of Ukraine. Now @bylinetimes.bsky.social have uncovered Yaxley Lennon’s ties to Russia, who Musk has been supporting. It’s *almost* like Space Karen is Putin’s puppet, innit?

An interesting read, suggesting that over a few years after Indy, much trade with England might be substituted with cheaper/better EU sources. Quite like the idea of E.Leclerc displacing Sainsburys 😋

I was proud to vote for @humzayousaf.bsky.social as First Minister. Events earlier this year haven't changed that. He will always have my respect for the moral leadership shown in challenging Israel's genocidal assault on Palestine. Parliament will be poorer without him next session.

We made Waspi women a promise that must be honoured. When we stood shoulder to shoulder with them, it wasn't for a photo opportunity, it was in solidarity. The campaign is not over.