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Israel now attacking aid flights into Gaza over international waters? ukdefencejournal.org.uk/have-we-just...

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An interesting thread and well worth a read, especially to me as a Scot.

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I am so tired of English politics. I am exhausted with the negative effects English voters have on living standards in Scotland. I am enraged by the constant drip of far right politics into daily life. I want out of this mess. Scotland needs to fight for #independence we're not going to be given it.

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Well, here we gave at least one Labour MP asking sense and seeing things clearly. I am not sure Starmer the Ostritch wants to see anything.

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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Unnamed shadow fleet tanker carrying crude oil was nearing a dangerous shoal near the Kalbadagrund lighthouse near Emäsalo on the Gulf of Finland. maritime-executive.com/article/finn...

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NEW: Scottish Labour MSPs have rejected proposals to give equal support to Grangemouth oil refinery and Scunthorpe's British Steel works ...

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The confinement over the fourth nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has not been functioning properly for almost three months. On Feb. 14, a Russian drone hit the structure over the nuclear facility, creating a 15-meter hole and jeopardizing atomic safety in Europe.

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Saw this somewhere else, but it's on point.

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If we can find people guilty for "death by negligence" and imprison them, why can't we do the same for politicians?

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Of course they do. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... #YouYesNow #IndyClan? It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Scottish Labour leader rejects European Single Market and Customs Union. Rules out wealth tax @cluthaman.bsky.social

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Prof. Danny Dorling writes: When UK countries and regions are compared, child poverty is now lowest in Scotland. This wasn’t always the case. The immediate reason for this turnaround in Scotland has been the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

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The Wealthy In This Country Would Poison Us For The Sake Of Profit!!!

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I've come to realise that when people talk about using common sense, it's just an excuse for them to avoid critical thinking.

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A really interesting article.

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It's no mystery. He's not left wing and wants corporations to take over the UK - SEZs are the route, but are not compatible with EU law. He would sooner burn the UK to the ground than give that vision up. I promise once his term as PM is over he'll be working in Black Rock or a similar corporation.

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I never knew the term for this,but I understood this is how the population can be manipulated and controlled. Reflexive control theory.

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He should be sacked, surely there should be rules against bribing government officials? And yet there are those who will swear bling that the NHS is not up for sale. This looks dodgy as they come. Link from @goodlawproject.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/health-secre...

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If you're Scottish and left wing, you can no longer vote Labour. It's that simple. To continue voting for them suggests you have a different agenda than the utilitarian principle of the greatest good for the greatest number of people. You know what to do. #independence

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£85.9bn wealth transfer to the rich. Since 2022 UK govt has sold gilts/bonds acquired with QE at a loss. It is also paying interest to banks on deposits they hold with the Bank of England to facilitate interbank transactions. Unnecessary. £85.9bn enriched the rich, inflicted harms on others.

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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

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The French would like to thank the UK for funding to them. 2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry. UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.

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Mark Carney says he has 'seen this movie before', and believes that the US economy is heading for a Brexit-style downturn www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/us-...

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Given all the information we have over the last few months and Starmers' inspid response to Trump, tariffs and the EU he has to go if people want genuine change. He will not deliver it, he is in power precisely for that purpose, and to destroy people's hopes for change. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

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FFS. British cars for British workers. Why this insularity? Why take a leaf out of the Trumpian play book? If he really cared about British car making, it would be British cars for Europe and the world.

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BBC Scotland won’t tell us where the drugs were coming from. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/04/06/b...

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Govt for Sale. It will cost £5,000 plus VAT to engage in a Q&A session with Chancellor Reeves Only the ultra rich and big corporations can pay; influence policies, demand subsidies, privatisations Low/middle income people and SMEs can pray and buy worry beads. archive.ph/xBT3b

submitted 28 days ago • 80 comments

I had my first conversation with DeepSeek about the Labour Government and it's position on EU.

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It’s a fire sale…

submitted 29 days ago • 303 comments

Scotland get your act together. @snp.org get your act together. I've not heard a whisper about indy for years and months. Simply not good enough.

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This is a real exchange I just had:

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Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)

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