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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
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Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 14h

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 18h

If Only Scotland was Independent as well.

The unemployment rate in Denmark was 2.6% in August 2025, according to Trading Economics and Investing.com.

In the UK in May to July 2025 it was 4.7%, an increase of 194,000 from the previous year.

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@richardkelham.bsky.social @richardkelham.bsky.social · 15h

For years the people of Britain ached to be rid of the Tories. Finally in July 2024 they got their wish; Starmer marched into the smoking ruins and ... carried on with the same old shit. And he wonders why he's the most unpopular PM ever?

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Chipper60🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chipper60.bsky.social · 21h

IRELAND,WALES & SCOTLAND ALL SHOWING polling very high for INDEPENDENCE from the rogue state of englandavivstan

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 20h

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Westminster will never do right by Scotland. Jobs would move north and they will loose votes in England if they did.
To stay in power Westminster parties have never needed Scottish support.

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 13h

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 13h

I’m inclined to SNP 1 & 2 too, but would be interested in your reasoning. My dilemma is, the certainty of more votes or the possibility of more seats?
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 15h

I have thought long and hard and finally came to my conclusion.
SNP 1 and 2.
If you disagree with me that is fine. If you badger me or insult me that is not.
Now to concentrate on getting support and the possibility of independence up.

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Lizzie Lass #FBPE🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪🇪🇸🇵🇸 @echarkie.bsky.social · 14h

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k... Tells you it all now ! It’s not the people’s party any longer they’ve taken the 30 pieces of silver !!!

Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance

The UK has joined with the United States and a handful of other rich nations in rejecting the UN push

bylinetimes.com

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 16h

Dear people of the U.K. (ostensibly England and Wales)

Until you realise this country is fucked because of 14 years of terrible mismanagement in every way by the Tories….

You will end up with Reform U.K. Ltd (Tories on crack) running this country.

And you think it’s bad now?!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 14h

Lots of interesting relevant facts that BBC North Britain chose to ignore.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 20h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/12/n...

Neil Bibby allowed to question a second referendum with facts that on examination are lies but still show the SNP has done far better than his party ever could even if they were true

Professor John Robertson OBA Wheeled in by BBC Scotland’s Glen Campbell, in the BBC HQ rather than his constituency, becasue he doesn’t have one, to try to take the wind out of the SNP …

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 14h

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 20h

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 14h

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 20h

Westminster will never do right by Scotland. Jobs would move north and they will loose votes in England if they did.
To stay in power Westminster parties have never needed Scottish support.

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 20h

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 14h

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 20h

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20h

It’s not difficult to accept that a large swathe of the electorate remains to be convinced that independence will be good for them. But neither is it difficult to believe that they can’t be won over with a full-throated campaign, writes Ruth Wishart ✍️

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 17h

Another red Tory telling porkies? What’s the world coming to?!
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 17h

Neil Bibby allowed to question a second referendum with facts that on examination are lies but still show the SNP has done far better than his party ever could even if they were true talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/12/n...

Neil Bibby allowed to question a second referendum with facts that on examination are lies but still show the SNP has done far better than his party ever could even if they were true

Professor John Robertson OBA Wheeled in by BBC Scotland’s Glen Campbell, in the BBC HQ rather than his constituency, becasue he doesn’t have one, to try to take the wind out of the SNP …

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17h

If you're worried about Climate Change, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Mass Extinction, it's billionaires
If you're worried about poverty, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Genocide, it's billionaires

Unite to deal with the cause of ALL the problems, Greed.

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 17h

How much more evidence of the need for
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do we need?

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18h

John Swinney has vowed to block Keir Starmer’s 'ludicrous' digital IDs in Holyrood as he stated there is 'no way' his government is 'going to go along with it'

John Swinney vows to block UK Government's 'ludicrous' digital ID cards

www.thenational.scot

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iwantindy.bsky.social @iwantindy.bsky.social · 18h

Sarwar and Baillie telling porkies?
Surely not!
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 18h

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