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Alex Gallagher

@alexgallagher.bsky.social

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Retired Jack of no trades. UK/Scottish politics, other politics, Football, Cricket (UK), almost any sport, Science, History and other random stuff. Views my own. Inc the above view from my upstairs window.

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 28d

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lazytitan258.bsky.social @lazytitan258.bsky.social · 27m

We’ve already started, tax on the top 10% went up 2% overall for the top 10% of earners & CGT rose too in the last budget, I expect this will continue.

The Greens are now a party of populist grifters.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 15h

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 11h

Published by the SNP Scottish Government....

www.gov.scot/publications...

Government expenditure & revenue Scotland 2024-25

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is an Accredited Official Statistics publication. It estimates the revenue raised in Scotland and the cost of public services provided for Scotland.

www.gov.scot

Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 11h

If you are interested in the facts, the latest statistics are here.

www.gov.scot/publications...

Enjoy!

Government expenditure & revenue Scotland 2024-25

Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is an Accredited Official Statistics publication. It estimates the revenue raised in Scotland and the cost of public services provided for Scotland.

www.gov.scot

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 12h

Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?

The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 12h

They haven't recovered from Kissinger yet.

They can't possibly go for Trump.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 1d

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 13h

Ten minutes gone. Greece much the better team so far.

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 14h

Can anyone answer this?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14h

Unbeknownst to most or long forgotten is that on October 8 and October 10, 2023; Hamas offered the same deal that’s being pitched as Trump’s “Gaza Peace Deal” which would have handed all hostages over to Israel in exchange for Israeli troops not entering the strip, Netanyahu refused the proposal.

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 13h

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Or clicks.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19h

ALERT: House Oversight Committee Democrats ask panel's chairman to "immediately schedule" deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell

Now that Supreme Court has rejected Maxwell's appeal in her criminal case

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 15h

Corporations, obviously.

Been obvious ever since the rise of Bill Gates that they had too much wealth, therefore power.

I once wrote a 1 page treatment for a story where democratic nation states had declared war on corporations and oligarchs (not a word in use at the time)

Maybe the time has come

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16h

⚡️Ukraine and Norway launch a $21.8M program to boost battlefield tech.

Ukraine and Norway Sign Deal to Fund Defense Startups With $21.8M Brave-Norway Program

Ukraine and Norway have announced a $21.8 million collaboration to advance defense technologies through the Brave-Norway initiative.

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 15h

This is what Farage and Badenoch want for you. Also Jenrick and the right of the Tory Party (which is most of it).

Read this, both parts.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/project-20...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · 15h

When I write my thesis on "How News Surrendered to Clicks" there will be a chapter devoted to @lewisgoodall.com under the heading "He couldn't possibly believe this, could he".

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 19h

Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister tells us all about New Towns - what they are, what is being done, what will they be like - in just 3 and a half minutes!

youtu.be/bT_PfTU0nuU?...

Everything you need to know about the government’s New Towns programme | Darren Explains

YouTube video by 10 Downing Street

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Former Oklahoma state superintendent of education Ryan Walters says that his new mission is to "destroy the teachers union." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Palestinians moving back towards Gaza City are being fired upon.

Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.

At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.

(🎥 Al Jazeera)

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