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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 22h

They consolidate, by doing with power what they’ve done with wealth - transfer it upwards from the many to the few. (Arguably already achieved).

After that, population “adjustment” to save their planet…??

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d

Scotland faces a choice: continued decline with Westminster, or hope and ambition with independence.

Let’s build that better Scotland, together.

snp.org/join

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 3d

Should be every 5 years, to maintain standards - rather than allow them to decline. If we were serious about road safety we would be doing this instead of blanket reduction of speed limits and “dumbing down”.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 3d

@garmin.bsky.social if my workouts stop synching with Strava then I am buying a different watch…

Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 3d

@garmin.com If my workouts stop syncing with Strava then I am buying a different watch…

Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 4d

Capitalism doesn’t care about the flora and fauna we are custodians of…

Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 4d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 4d

Brittunculi - a Roman word from around 100AD.

It means “nasty little Brits”.

Perfect descriptor for Farage, Robinson etc. and all their horrible racist acolytes.

Brittunculi.

They’d hate it…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 10d

Few people have experience of how cults manipulate people, coerce them with peer pressure and emotional stress. Once you see it you realise everyone everywhere is being coerced to some extent. And that every faith is built on the same foundation.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 10d

Indeed. The Tories solution to EVERY crisis is to channel tax payer money into rich people’s pockets…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 11d

Medpro wasn’t taken to the courts for profiteering. It was because the gowns weren’t sterile. It doesn’t matter that £65M of the £122M contract was clear profit. Or that “their people” in Hong Kong trousered £25M. That the tax payer paid £5 each for a “bin bag”.

Only that they couldn’t be used…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 11d

Capitalism doesn’t care if your rivers are full of shit and your water is unfit to drink…

All the important stuff should be public sector and not-for-profit.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12d

Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse- may write off a third of the £20bn debt.

It can't solve the crisis:
It is a monopoly
No competition
No substitute service
Owners want profit
Customers will be fleeced

Public ownership is the only viable option.

Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse

London & Valley Water, a consortium of investors, plans to write off some of the company's huge debts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 11d

Last desperate act of CPR on their golden goose…

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12d

Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse- may write off a third of the £20bn debt.

It can't solve the crisis:
It is a monopoly
No competition
No substitute service
Owners want profit
Customers will be fleeced

Public ownership is the only viable option.

Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse

London & Valley Water, a consortium of investors, plans to write off some of the company's huge debts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 12d

Richard Tice during an interview "Keir Starmer literally used the words: take up arms and go for the enemy"

What a lemon

Firstly (& most importantly) he DID NOT say that.

Secondly you can’t wang on about language you don’t like AND parade Lucy Connolly like a mascot.

Make your mind up.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12d

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 13d

£122M contract for 25M gowns. That £5 each for a “binbag”.

Medpro made £65M profit. Her “people in Hong Kong” made about £25M profit further up the supply chain.

£90M profit on a £122M contract!!!

Tories are profiteering scum.

(Medpro only got sued cos the gowns weren’t sterile)…

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13d

Reminder that the UK was the only nation on the entire planet which handed out fraudulent 'VIP' contracts for millions or billions of pounds to anybody because a handful of people like Michael Gove and Boris Johnson said they were fine.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 13d

She is the scapegoat to distract everyone from all the other profiteering tory scumbags that should also be in the dock. She should also be personally liable, not the limited company they set up to channel the cash into their own accounts.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 13d

Not a defence. There were plenty at it. All of them should be in the dock.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 13d

Its the company Medpro that got sued, not Mone. And they are now in liquidation with only £250k in the bank. The money is gone, Mone wont be paying anything back.

And she probably is a scapegoat. There were dozens of companies set up by “friends of the Tories” to profiteer from Covid. Billions lost

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 14d

“anyone of color with half a brain knows this is what’s coming our way if these clowns continue with this. They’re opening a door they won’t be able to close again.”

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 14d

Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 14d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK

www.thetimes.com

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 14d

They don’t see the Union as a partnership. They see Scotland as a possession.

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 15d

Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency of the UK. Effectively independent, but UK provides defence and foreign affairs. Basic tax level is 10%, top rate 21%. No capital gains or inheritance tax. They are heavily subsidised by UK gov in return for “banking services”. (Off shore, tax free).

Go figure…

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Ally Maciver @allymaciver.bsky.social · 15d

Not to mention every broken promise!

The only one’s who didn’t respect the result in 2014 were the Unionists! Reneged on everything…

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