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Libby Brooks
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Guardian Scotland correspondent contact: [email protected] extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
“We didn’t take the bait” - a month after Elon Musk amplified anti-immigration misinformation about Lochee, I returned to Dundee to find out how locals have responded

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‘We didn’t take Elon Musk’s bait’: community spirit shines on in Dundee’s Lochee despite billionaire’s comments
Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about a local arrest, but the Dundee town is focusing on inclusivity
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 18h
It's a below-the-radar reform, but the shift to digitising canvas returns - YEARS after other major parties did so - is welcomed as a massive boost to morale and efficiency by SNP activists glad to avoid another campaign drying out rain-soaked paper canvas returns
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 22h
As Nationalists gather in Aberdeen this weekend for party conference, senior SNP figures tell the Guardian they believe a Holyrood majority is 'within reach' at May's election (and other dismiss it as 'wishful thinking')

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Senior SNP figures believe Holyrood majority ‘within reach’ at May’s election
As party gathers for conference, re-engaging independence supporters seen as way forward after trust in Scottish government hits record low
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 1d
Delighted to see I Swear getting film of the week in the Guardian

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I Swear review – biopic of pioneering Tourette syndrome activist is funny, fierce and full of heart
Kirk Jones’s moving film about of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette, offers compassion and catharsis
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 2d
Politics live: the prospect of a Reform government at Westminster makes the question of Scottish independence more essential than ever, says first minister John Swinney

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Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – UK politics live
The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairer
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 3d
Palestine protests go ahead across UK on second anniversary of October 7

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Palestine protests go ahead across UK on second anniversary of 7 October
March through London and campus sit-ins in Glasgow and Edinburgh proceed despite prime minister’s pleas
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 4d
Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: this is what Labour’s tightening of skilled worker visas will mean in practice for Scottish farmers, report by Joanna Partridge

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Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled worker visas
Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 9d
Campaingers need to change the way they talk about child poverty - really interesting practical tokit launched today by @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @savechildrenuk.bsky.social

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Campaigners urged to tell new story on child poverty in Scotland
Charities launch practical guide for campaigners, saying ‘the way we talk about it doesn’t always help’
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 9d
Scottish parliament votes through UK-first rent controls as campigners warn housing bill “gutted” of most progressive measures

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Scottish parliament votes in favour of allowing councils to cap rent increases
Legislation hailed as ‘historic step for fixing rigged housing market’ but campaigners say bolder action needed
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Severin Carrell @severincarrell.bsky.social · 10d
Glasgow University “failed” a student who killed himself on graduation day - Ethan Brown had been wrongly told he had not done well enough to earn his degree 👇@uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Glasgow University accused of failing student who killed himself on graduation day
Ethan Scott Brown was wrongly told he had not earned geography degree despite marks being enough for a 2:1
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 9d
Scottish parliament votes for UK-first rent caps

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Scottish parliament votes in favour of allowing councils to cap rent increases
Legislation hailed as ‘historic step for fixing rigged housing market’ but campaigners say bolder action needed
www.theguardian.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 10d
I spent the morning at Gourock outdoor pool for the annual Doggy Dip

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‘He loves splashing around’: UK pools host doggy dips for pets and owners
Gourock outdoor pool in Inverclyde drops its humans-only policy on last day of the swim season – part of a trend at lidos around the country
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 11d
Revised transgender schools guidance from Scottish government underlines pupils must use toilets and changing rooms according to biological sex

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Scottish government rules schools must provide single-sex toilets for children
Schools encouraged to also offer access to gender-neutral or other facilities for transgender pupils
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 12d
UK businesses fear new EHRC guidance on toilets and changing rooms will be ‘unworkable

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UK businesses fear new EHRC guidance on toilets will be ‘unworkable’
Exclusive: Stonewall writes to ministers and warns cost of compliance could be ‘significant’ for struggling companies
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 14d
This case should have impact across the UK for other families seeking justice: an unprecedented three public bodies admit their failings, human rights breaches and apologise publicly after Allan Marshall’s “avoidable” death in custody
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 14d
NEW Scottish Prison Service, Police Scotland and Crown accept they breached Allan Marshall’s right to life and apologise to his family 10 years after his death in custody

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Scottish Prison Service admits human rights law breach over death in custody
Police Scotland and Crown Office also make admissions in court relating to death of Allan Marshall in 2015
www.theguardian.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 14d
NEW Scottish Prison Service, Police Scotland and Crown accept they breached Allan Marshall’s right to life and apologise to his family 10 years after his death in custody

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Scottish Prison Service admits human rights law breach over death in custody
Police Scotland and Crown Office also make admissions in court relating to death of Allan Marshall in 2015
www.theguardian.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 15d
This really matters: using slapp to silence one of our most knowledgeable and dogged salmon farm campaigners

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Salmon farmer accused of blocking UK investigations into alleged animal rights breaches
Faroese firm Bakkafrost wants to ban campaigner Don Staniford from going within 15 metres of its fish farms
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 18d
This is brilliant...
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 23d
I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 23d
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 19d
Following up the recommendation of the excellent @siobhansynnot.bsky.social we watched Robert Redford in The Candidate this weekend: what a brilliant, subtle study of the slow erosion of values by the political machine and, aside from half a century of tech advancement, utterly resonant today
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 19d
Beyond the hot takes and hatchet jobs: I returned to Lochee a month after Musk and Robinson spread misinformation about the Dundee district
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
Anti-immigration and anti-racist protesters clash in Glasgow

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Anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters clash in Glasgow
Event comes a week after the largest far-right event in decades took place in London
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 20d
"What has likewise escaped global attention are the dogged efforts by volunteers, many of them women, to take on Lochee’s undeniable challenges at street level." @libbybrooks.bsky.social goes to Dundee's much-maligned Lochee and finds a different story.
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
“We didn’t take the bait” - a month after Elon Musk amplified anti-immigration misinformation about Lochee, I returned to Dundee to find out how locals have responded

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘We didn’t take Elon Musk’s bait’: community spirit shines on in Dundee’s Lochee despite billionaire’s comments
Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about a local arrest, but the Dundee town is focusing on inclusivity
www.theguardian.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57
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JD Twitch, esteemed Scottish DJ in duo Optimo, dies aged 57
The producer and DJ, real name Keith McIvor, had been diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour earlier this year
www.theguardian.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
Meanwhile the flag sellers are coining it
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
“We didn’t take the bait” - a month after Elon Musk amplified anti-immigration misinformation about Lochee, I returned to Dundee to find out how locals have responded

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘We didn’t take Elon Musk’s bait’: community spirit shines on in Dundee’s Lochee despite billionaire’s comments
Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about a local arrest, but the Dundee town is focusing on inclusivity
www.theguardian.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20d
Tense scenes in Glasgow city centre right now as hundreds of anti immigration protesters gather at the top of Buchanan Street, with counter protesters from trade unions and other anti racist groups massing further down the precinct
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