Billy MacInnes
@billymac1964.bsky.social
Journalist, songwriter, music lover, husband, father of 4, Scot living in Ireland, 1 dog, 3 cats.
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Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Surprise! The “peace plan” is really just a plan for Trump, Witkoff, Don Junior and their friends to get rich.
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Everything is a grift. (And the Hunter hunters are silent)
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Asylum seekers have been attacked with eggs and threatened in Perth city centre amid a rise in racist incidents
Asylum seekers attacked with eggs and threatened in Scottish city centre
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Asylum seekers have been attacked with eggs and threatened in Perth city centre amid a rise in racist incidents
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America Abroad: Just as lawless.
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
America Abroad: Just as lawless.
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"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one of which is the risk of endangering them"
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
From @juliettekayyem.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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NEW: A flurry of far-right, racist abuse was directed at Tory MP Nusrat Ghani this week after she was in the speaker's chair during the Budget - and her party is refusing to speak out against it or defend her.
www.thenational.scot/news/2565898...
www.thenational.scot/news/2565898...
Conservatives refuse to speak up after racism storm directed at their own MP
THE Conservative Party have remained silent after one of their own MPs was subject to racial abuse, being told she should not be in the Commons…
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW: A flurry of far-right, racist abuse was directed at Tory MP Nusrat Ghani this week after she was in the speaker's chair during the Budget - and her party is refusing to speak out against it or defend her.
www.thenational.scot/news/2565898...
www.thenational.scot/news/2565898...
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Irish author Sally Rooney has told the High Court she may not be able to publish new books in the UK, and may have to withdraw previous titles from sale, because of the ban on Palestine Action.
news.sky.com/story/sally-...
news.sky.com/story/sally-...
Sally Rooney tells court new books may not be published in UK due to Palestine Action ban
The Irish writer said it is currently "unclear" whether UK companies can pay her, after she said she would donate earnings to support Palestine Action.
news.sky.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Irish author Sally Rooney has told the High Court she may not be able to publish new books in the UK, and may have to withdraw previous titles from sale, because of the ban on Palestine Action.
news.sky.com/story/sally-...
news.sky.com/story/sally-...
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“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Can you remember the uproar when Scot Gov nationalised it? Can you hear them now….? Thought you couldn’t! Neither can I.
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Can you remember the uproar when Scot Gov nationalised it? Can you hear them now….? Thought you couldn’t! Neither can I.
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Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
From hero to zero (but not net zero). www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Canada’s Carney rolls back climate rules to boost investments
In its deal with Alberta, Canada will scrap emissions cap on the oil and gas sector, among other moves.
www.aljazeera.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
From hero to zero (but not net zero). www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
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It also risks the health of the Tooth Fairy, may provoke the Loch Ness Monster to violence, is an affront to our elven allies in Lothlórien, threatens a critical unicorn habitat and could undo the many benefits of Brexit.
BELGIUM WARNS THAT USING FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS TO FUND UKRAINE WOULD ENDANGER A PEACE DEAL — FT
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It also risks the health of the Tooth Fairy, may provoke the Loch Ness Monster to violence, is an affront to our elven allies in Lothlórien, threatens a critical unicorn habitat and could undo the many benefits of Brexit.
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I like how you move past the fact that the shooter was granted asylum under *this* administration as quickly as possible in order to maintain the Trump fiction that this is somehow Biden's fault.
Sulzberger does it again.
Sulzberger does it again.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I like how you move past the fact that the shooter was granted asylum under *this* administration as quickly as possible in order to maintain the Trump fiction that this is somehow Biden's fault.
Sulzberger does it again.
Sulzberger does it again.
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Christians did human trafficking of Indigenous children while they were raping enslaving and trying to exterminate the entire population.
These same "Christians" are fine with promoting gun culture while it's the biggest cause of death of children in the US
These same "Christians" are fine with promoting gun culture while it's the biggest cause of death of children in the US
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Christians did human trafficking of Indigenous children while they were raping enslaving and trying to exterminate the entire population.
These same "Christians" are fine with promoting gun culture while it's the biggest cause of death of children in the US
These same "Christians" are fine with promoting gun culture while it's the biggest cause of death of children in the US
Who’s surprised? Anybody? www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues unabated despite ceasefire
More than a month after a ceasefire was announced and all living Israeli hostages were released, Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by c...
www.amnesty.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Who’s surprised? Anybody? www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
This is how the deployment of data centres undermines climate action. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is how the deployment of data centres undermines climate action. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I love how the obvious response to this - tone down rhetoric and anti-immigration policy - is both essentially economically costless and also absolutely anathema to Number 10 strategists.
The fundamental political-economy for the government is that is objectively implementing a soft left economic policy on speed whilst being hated by lots of left leaning people because of its other policies and rhetoric.
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I love how the obvious response to this - tone down rhetoric and anti-immigration policy - is both essentially economically costless and also absolutely anathema to Number 10 strategists.
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Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
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In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
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Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid 'neglect' of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: 'Government's lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable'
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
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Former British Army officer Colonel Christopher Romberg, whose family survived the Holocaust, was detained under terrorism legislation after publicly displaying a placard that stated: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Former British Army officer Colonel Christopher Romberg, whose family survived the Holocaust, was detained under terrorism legislation after publicly displaying a placard that stated: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Woah.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Woah.
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Another Republican war for oil. I feel like we’ve done this before just a little while ago. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Another Republican war for oil. I feel like we’ve done this before just a little while ago. bsky.app/profile/atru...