Gordy Stewart
@amfearuaine.bsky.social
Spooky n booky. Folklore groupie. Scottish history / ethnology alumnus.
FSA Scot. Bookshop guy.
Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg.
Eco-socialist #GreenYes 💚🌍🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Member @scottishgreens.org
Albannach. Eòrpach.
Scottish. European.
FSA Scot. Bookshop guy.
Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg.
Eco-socialist #GreenYes 💚🌍🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Member @scottishgreens.org
Albannach. Eòrpach.
Scottish. European.
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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GAUDETE!
Fact of the day: it's #GaudeteSunday today, with the name coming from the Latin meaning 'rejoice'.
Which means it's time for my annual sharing of Steeleye Span's hit.
Listen to this live version from 1974, it'll blow your socks off! 🤯🧦
youtu.be/cEPmGq0Ii2o
Which means it's time for my annual sharing of Steeleye Span's hit.
Listen to this live version from 1974, it'll blow your socks off! 🤯🧦
youtu.be/cEPmGq0Ii2o
Gaudete - Steeleye Span - LIVE 1974!
YouTube video by SpanFan
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
GAUDETE!
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I think the EU countries should collectively call the U.S. ambassadors to explain why the United States plans to undermine the EU like a hostile power.
Apparently it can always get worse. The full version of the new U.S. National Security Strategy, aptly named “NSC-1488” by the wags, calls for actively pulling Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy from the #EU. And supporting far right.
US sides with Putin.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
US sides with Putin.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
Fuller version of Trump security strategy reportedly calls for "pulling Poland away from EU"
notesfrompoland.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I think the EU countries should collectively call the U.S. ambassadors to explain why the United States plans to undermine the EU like a hostile power.
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It's just f**king relentless.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's just f**king relentless.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Once a symbol of unity and hope across Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest has been turned into a pink-washing front for war criminals in Israel.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Once a symbol of unity and hope across Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest has been turned into a pink-washing front for war criminals in Israel.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
Have enjoyed my first foray into botanical horror with Hazelthorn by C G Drews - beautifully grotesque, haunting, unsettling, sweet. One of my favourite reads of the year…
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Have enjoyed my first foray into botanical horror with Hazelthorn by C G Drews - beautifully grotesque, haunting, unsettling, sweet. One of my favourite reads of the year…
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Wishing you a very happy Saint Andrew's Day! Latha Naomh Anndra sona dhuibh!
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Wishing you a very happy Saint Andrew's Day! Latha Naomh Anndra sona dhuibh!
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Yet another manifesto commitment watered down by Labour.
The climate crisis worsens every year, but the government continues to retreat.
Instead of action we see climbdowns, u-turns and backtracking. All while the world's biggest polluters celebrate and rake in the profit.
The climate crisis worsens every year, but the government continues to retreat.
Instead of action we see climbdowns, u-turns and backtracking. All while the world's biggest polluters celebrate and rake in the profit.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yet another manifesto commitment watered down by Labour.
The climate crisis worsens every year, but the government continues to retreat.
Instead of action we see climbdowns, u-turns and backtracking. All while the world's biggest polluters celebrate and rake in the profit.
The climate crisis worsens every year, but the government continues to retreat.
Instead of action we see climbdowns, u-turns and backtracking. All while the world's biggest polluters celebrate and rake in the profit.
From scapegoating migrants to ploughing ahead with Brexit, there is nothing between Britnat #Labour Party and Tories/Reform. For voters in Scotland, the message effectively is, it doesn't matter who you vote for as England expects to get exactly what it wants.
www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...
www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...
'Astonishing arrogance': Rachel Reeves panned after dismissing second referendum
Rachel Reeves has been accused of showing an "astonishing level of arrogance" after she dismissed a second independence referendum if the…
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
From scapegoating migrants to ploughing ahead with Brexit, there is nothing between Britnat #Labour Party and Tories/Reform. For voters in Scotland, the message effectively is, it doesn't matter who you vote for as England expects to get exactly what it wants.
www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...
www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...
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🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.
"Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director ...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A powerful piece @okwonga.bsky.social
"In the UK, the soaring economic inequalities – supercharged by Brexit – have led to such scarcity that many voters are turning against those arriving in the country, blaming them for trying to steal more of a shrinking pie."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"In the UK, the soaring economic inequalities – supercharged by Brexit – have led to such scarcity that many voters are turning against those arriving in the country, blaming them for trying to steal more of a shrinking pie."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations | Musa Okwonga
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A powerful piece @okwonga.bsky.social
"In the UK, the soaring economic inequalities – supercharged by Brexit – have led to such scarcity that many voters are turning against those arriving in the country, blaming them for trying to steal more of a shrinking pie."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"In the UK, the soaring economic inequalities – supercharged by Brexit – have led to such scarcity that many voters are turning against those arriving in the country, blaming them for trying to steal more of a shrinking pie."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
Hey the brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social could do with your support.
A 6th Waterstones branch in Edinburgh, metres from this brilliant indy shop, will have a massive negative impact. Waterstones has enough bookshops in the city, like a bricks and mortar Am*z*n!
www.change.org/p/an-open-le...
A 6th Waterstones branch in Edinburgh, metres from this brilliant indy shop, will have a massive negative impact. Waterstones has enough bookshops in the city, like a bricks and mortar Am*z*n!
www.change.org/p/an-open-le...
Sign the Petition
An Open Letter to Waterstones Regarding a Sixth Edinburgh Branch in Leith
www.change.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Hey the brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social could do with your support.
A 6th Waterstones branch in Edinburgh, metres from this brilliant indy shop, will have a massive negative impact. Waterstones has enough bookshops in the city, like a bricks and mortar Am*z*n!
www.change.org/p/an-open-le...
A 6th Waterstones branch in Edinburgh, metres from this brilliant indy shop, will have a massive negative impact. Waterstones has enough bookshops in the city, like a bricks and mortar Am*z*n!
www.change.org/p/an-open-le...
Another reason to boycott Amazon, should you still need any.
"Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 million tax gap in 2023."
www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-camp...
"Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 million tax gap in 2023."
www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-camp...
Amazon's substantial tax avoidance in the UK | Ethical Consumer
According to our latest estimates, Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 mil...
www.ethicalconsumer.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Another reason to boycott Amazon, should you still need any.
"Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 million tax gap in 2023."
www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-camp...
"Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 million tax gap in 2023."
www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-camp...
Recently had a birthday.
This age. Middle Age.
Hmph.
This age. Middle Age.
Hmph.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Recently had a birthday.
This age. Middle Age.
Hmph.
This age. Middle Age.
Hmph.
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‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
Portrait: Tom Pilston
It is the hectoring tone, the “jeering quality”, in Nigel Farage’s voice today that brings it all back for Peter Ettedgui. “He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers,” Ettedgui says of his experience of being in a class with Farage at Dulwich college in south London.
Ettedgui, 61, is a Bafta- and Emmy-winning director and producer whose credits include Kinky Boots, McQueen and Super/Man: the Christopher Reeve Story. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
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If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britnat Labour continues to try aping the Far Right rather than challenging them, meanwhile, humanity continues to slide further towards climate collapse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates
As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Britnat Labour continues to try aping the Far Right rather than challenging them, meanwhile, humanity continues to slide further towards climate collapse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR
Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...