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Dutch living in Gtr Manchester, with a Scottish accent and a penchant for proper journalism and green politics. Fan of travel by cycle and motorbike, keen on miniature rail and other small adventures. Former poet, aspiring novelist #FBPE #FBSI
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Die Nachricht aus #Örebro erschüttert mich zutiefst. Wenn ein Ort des Lernens zum Schauplatz tödlicher Gewalt wird, macht das fassungslos. In diesen schweren Stunden sind meine Gedanken bei den Opfern & ihren Familien. Unser ganzes Mitgefühl gilt unseren Freunden in #Schweden.

submitted 18 days ago • 16 comments

If this were a Scottish Parliament election the SNP would go from 62 to 53 seats, Labour would go from 22 to 24, Cons from 31 to 15 as Reform go from 0 to 15, Lib Dems from 4 to 12, Greens from 7 to 10 and Alba from 1 to none. The news may say Reform is surging. Really the Cons are split is all.

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

This.

submitted 74 days ago • 616 comments

Villain of "You've been Trumped" who wrecked the natural environment in Scotland shocks the world by wrecking the environment back home.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Curious how Assad managed to get a flight across two active war zones, surviving a staged plane crash to then get asylum in Moscow. The Kremlin found it easy to kill all passengers and crew of MH17 ten years ago, so what's changed? Have their rockets got in-built tyrant-avoidance?

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submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

"An agreement to sell The Observer to news start-up Tortoise Media prompted a row at an all-staff company meeting hours after the deal was struck. "Bosses were jeered & accused by staff of concocting an 'establishment stitch-up' & 'riding roughshod over our values'" www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

submitted 78 days ago • 27 comments

Yesterday my voice-to-text heard me ask: why were gigabytes Spanish from Scotland? That is a good question with some interesting answers, but did nothing to solve my real query: why were Jacobites banished from Scotland?

submitted 78 days ago • 24 comments

Bloody windy in Blackpool today!

submitted 78 days ago • 18 comments