@bagpix 🏴 bgrigor
@bagpix.co.uk
Retired. I have an opinion on absolutely everything everywhere all at once.
She/Her and Aye
#YesScots 🏴
She/Her and Aye
#YesScots 🏴
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@bagpix 🏴 bgrigor
@bagpix.co.uk
· Jul 9
Second time walking the beach from Leven to Lower Largo to Elie. First time I've used the new rail link ❤️
Had the good fortune of good weather both trips but yesterday was unbelievable. Sunblock, hat, sunglasses, collared shirt/ long sleeves... and I am still fried 😢
...our world is burning.
Had the good fortune of good weather both trips but yesterday was unbelievable. Sunblock, hat, sunglasses, collared shirt/ long sleeves... and I am still fried 😢
...our world is burning.
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Fiddle instructor said that fiddle songs are designed to go on indefinitely and it’s the fiddle player’s job to stick their leg out to signal the last verse but I can’t imagine ever being able to play AND stick my leg out at the same time which is why every so often I watch this video
Hillary Klug - Cotton Eyed Joe
YouTube video by Hillary Klug
m.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fiddle instructor said that fiddle songs are designed to go on indefinitely and it’s the fiddle player’s job to stick their leg out to signal the last verse but I can’t imagine ever being able to play AND stick my leg out at the same time which is why every so often I watch this video
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A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest.
#scotland #birchtree #betula
#scotland #birchtree #betula
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest.
#scotland #birchtree #betula
#scotland #birchtree #betula
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The Home Office confirms that its plans for forced returns will include families with children.
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Home Office confirms that its plans for forced returns will include families with children.
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"
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Got granddaughter a Chromebook for starting high school. Communicating formally by email to show her the world of work, use of pronouns in gender identity etc.
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Got granddaughter a Chromebook for starting high school. Communicating formally by email to show her the world of work, use of pronouns in gender identity etc.
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
She is doing really well but OMG I'm getting numerous emails per day 😆I might get her to represent my interests with the coonsil... 😆
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The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Duke of Wellington’s cone has been replaced by a pigeon wearing a tiny cone reading a newspaper.
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
Scots will understand this fun nonsense 🤣
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Following our complaint, the charities regulator is investigating the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange – first chaired by Michael Gove – because of its transphobic campaigns 👇
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
After Good Law Project lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has launched a formal compliance case.
After Good Law Project lodged a complaint against the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, the Charity Commission has launched a formal compliance case.
goodlawproject.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Following our complaint, the charities regulator is investigating the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange – first chaired by Michael Gove – because of its transphobic campaigns 👇
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
http://goodlawproject.org/charities-regulator-opens-case-against-policy-exchange
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Orange Is The New Black
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Orange Is The New Black
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
The Sun Going Down over St Michael’s Mount
Marazion, #Cornwall
Last one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Bright
And an early one for #StunDay
#ColorADay #OrangeSun
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
Pub quiz 'scandal'
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Barking Dog quiz cheating: BBC visits pub - and sees the questions
The weekly pub quiz at the Barking Dog in Urmston returns after a cheating team was rumbled.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pub quiz 'scandal'
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC put up some of the questions - I scored... zero 😆
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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National Security can jail your Nan, for holding a sign.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
National Security can jail your Nan, for holding a sign.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
But can't ensure potable water and sewage treatment for the capital's more than 9 million inhabitants.
Sooooo... great.
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Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
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Good morning folks! Thank you for all your reposts and support for #CitizenJournalism. Absolute class! Have a great weekend and a reminder there's some great reading and listening on the website.
#Scotland🏴
#Scotland🏴
Bylines Scotland - Powerful Citizen Journalism
Nurturing democracy through not-for-profit citizen journalism
bylines.scot
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Good morning folks! Thank you for all your reposts and support for #CitizenJournalism. Absolute class! Have a great weekend and a reminder there's some great reading and listening on the website.
#Scotland🏴
#Scotland🏴
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Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
Scottish Green Party co-leader Ross Greer joins Bylines Scotland’s Ronnie Barbour for our first main political party pre-election podcast
bylines.scot
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party
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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
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'mon Scotland!🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
#UEFAWorldCup
Greece🇬🇷v Scotland🏴 19.45
#TartanArmy
#UEFAWorldCup
Greece🇬🇷v Scotland🏴 19.45
#TartanArmy
November 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
'mon Scotland!🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
#UEFAWorldCup
Greece🇬🇷v Scotland🏴 19.45
#TartanArmy
#UEFAWorldCup
Greece🇬🇷v Scotland🏴 19.45
#TartanArmy
Animation relaxes me and keeps my mind busy... I doing xmas stuff.
I never really grew up 👩🦳😆
I never really grew up 👩🦳😆
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Animation relaxes me and keeps my mind busy... I doing xmas stuff.
I never really grew up 👩🦳😆
I never really grew up 👩🦳😆
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In 2000 a LABOUR government lifted the ban on LGBTQ ppl serving in the armed forces.
Last week King Charles opened a memorial for all the LGBTQ armed service personnel, who have served & are still serving this country.
At last, long overdue recognition.
#FestivalofRememberance
Last week King Charles opened a memorial for all the LGBTQ armed service personnel, who have served & are still serving this country.
At last, long overdue recognition.
#FestivalofRememberance
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2000 a LABOUR government lifted the ban on LGBTQ ppl serving in the armed forces.
Last week King Charles opened a memorial for all the LGBTQ armed service personnel, who have served & are still serving this country.
At last, long overdue recognition.
#FestivalofRememberance
Last week King Charles opened a memorial for all the LGBTQ armed service personnel, who have served & are still serving this country.
At last, long overdue recognition.
#FestivalofRememberance
'It is about the structural failure of British justice when confronted with money and power.'
🔥 Harrods: What do the survivors do now??
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
The courts, the redress scheme, the police — all form part of the same legal abyss.
◾ Survivors cannot access the courts, let alone for trafficking
◾ Harrods’ “redress” is run by the institution itself
◾ The Met refuses to name the crimes as trafficking
When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
'It is about the structural failure of British justice when confronted with money and power.'
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I stepped outside for a short walk the other day and was encountered by this: just an absolutely beautiful time of year.
November 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I stepped outside for a short walk the other day and was encountered by this: just an absolutely beautiful time of year.
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A tribute to those who fought, and who died in WWI and WWII
“Whistles blow, bayonets sharp, …”
“Whistles blow, bayonets sharp, …”
Over the top
A tribute to those who fought, suffered lasting damage, and who died in the awful slaughter of WWI and WWII
bylines.scot
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A tribute to those who fought, and who died in WWI and WWII
“Whistles blow, bayonets sharp, …”
“Whistles blow, bayonets sharp, …”
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On Remembrance Sunday we reflect on the thousands of US servicemen, East Anglia's 'friendly invasion', who lived, loved and died during those turbulent WW2 times...
A special relationship: Norwich remembers the ‘friendly invasion’
Recently, Norwich Heritage Week hosted an exhibition remembering the role of US personnel in the region during WW2, and the iconic ‘Memphis Belle’
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
On Remembrance Sunday we reflect on the thousands of US servicemen, East Anglia's 'friendly invasion', who lived, loved and died during those turbulent WW2 times...
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UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
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For this week My Scotland's stories, we received a wonderful one entitled "My Glasgow Granny". Read it and you will love it. Thank you Frances!
If you have any story that connects you to Scotland, and would like to see it published, please submit it to myscotland@bylines.scot
If you have any story that connects you to Scotland, and would like to see it published, please submit it to myscotland@bylines.scot
My Scotland – your stories, our connections
We would love to hear about your connections to Scotland. We will publish one of your stories every Friday. Please send your stories to [email protected]
bylines.scot
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
For this week My Scotland's stories, we received a wonderful one entitled "My Glasgow Granny". Read it and you will love it. Thank you Frances!
If you have any story that connects you to Scotland, and would like to see it published, please submit it to myscotland@bylines.scot
If you have any story that connects you to Scotland, and would like to see it published, please submit it to myscotland@bylines.scot