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Catriona
@catrio.bsky.social
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Lefty supporter of Scottish Democracy, Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️‍🌈 She/Her
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 10h
Even now the British media hides behind euphemism: "displaced" "conflict" "offensive" "war". Genocide.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect
Thousands walk north along coastal road after Israel-Hamas agreement puts stop to fighting for first time in six months
www.theguardian.com
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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 10h
🤬🤬 A man who schemed to rape children as young as six was revealed he's a police informer who spied on environmental activists
Nick Gratwick, 68, was found guilty on Friday of 38 “abhorrent” paedophile offences

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man convicted of 38 paedophile offences revealed as police informer who spied on UK activists
Trial of Nick Gratwick, 68, who schemed to rape children as young as six, exposes previous role among green protesters
www.theguardian.com
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10h
Labour to make impact of Brexit since 2016 vote + 2020 the reason to raise taxes in 2025. I am not sure how this explains making the 2024 pledges not to do so
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises
With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end
www.thetimes.com
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h
Came to the UK in 2015, got married to a British citizen, got permanent status in 2025. One eg of why Farage's policy of revoking the status of those told this is their permanent home will fail with most people (including migration sceptics) on the people involved
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9h
Politico: "Boris Johnson breached anti-sleaze rules (again) after failing to come clean about work he is said to have done for two firms without consulting regulators...Johnson sought to link firms up with foreign government representatives & entered into contracts without consulting the watchdog."
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h
Fun fact.

Trump watches are made in China.

Trump just slapped a massive tariff on himself
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 9h
oh no
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9h
Ooh. Toothless political revolving-door regulator ACOBA is being abolished on Monday.

Here's hoping the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards and the Civil Service Commission show more genuine anti-corruption grit
www.gov.uk/government/n...
ACOBA’s closure: the new process and contact details for applications under the Business Appointments Rules as of Monday 13 October 2025
ACOBA is no longer in operation. Applications for ministers should be sent to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards. Applications for Crown servants should be sent to the Civil service Comm...
www.gov.uk
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8h
X is doing nothing about antisemitic abuse & hatred in the last week. (It is a breach of its legal duties to fail to offer an equal service to those with a protected characteristic, if the regulators want to do their job of keeping it within the law)

www.thejc.com/news/uk/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Study reveals flood of blood-curdling Jew-hate following Manchester attack - The Jewish Chronicle
The Centre for Countering Digital Hate analysed social media posts following last week’s atrocity
www.thejc.com
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h
BBC News, "President Trump has announced 100% tariffs on all goods from China"

"That's over and above any tariffs already in place"
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h
Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.
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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 8h
Nasdaq -3.5% in a day ... and it will be back up when Trump says something vaguely reassuring. This sort of volatility is no accident, it's a built-in opportunity for wealth transfer. As always, the question is To Whom?
Graph showing Nasdaq Composite summary, value down 3.56% today
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 8h
Trump: "Where's my Peace Prize?" From Matt Davies. #NoblePeacePrize
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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 7h
17 missing after weapons facility blows up in Tennessee.
Quality eyewitness report via BBC
Quote from BBC: 'Our dog started having a cow. We were afraid he had got hit by something or another,' Coblentz says, adding that the dog was ultimately "fine".
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7h
Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district
A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.
www.thepinknews.com
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Kevin Stewart SNP @kevinstewartsnp.bsky.social · 13h
Today is World Mental Health Day, but looking after our mental wellbeing is something that we need to do every day.

Please consider checking in with friends & family, not only today, but on a regular basis.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11h
Arrived in Aberdeen for #SNP25.

This conference is about Scotland’s future - and who gets to decide it.

Together, let’s finish the job. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23h
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17h
The empty horror of Robert Jenrick iandunt.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
The empty horror of Robert Jenrick
We deserve a better class of villain. Or at least a more memorable one.
iandunt.substack.com
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 18h
Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, candidate for SNP leader in 2023 and subsequently Alba leader in 2025, has now quit Alba citing it's "direction". She becomes an Independent and is re-standing as one next year. Alba's - never earned, only defected - parliamentary representation is ended.
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scotnational.bsky.social
The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20h
BREAKING: A legal challenge has been launched in the Scottish courts to overturn the 'draconian' ban on Palestine Action
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Stuart McMillan MSP @stu-mcmillan-msp.bsky.social · 14h
💛 The @snp.org is supporting 9,640 disabled people in Inverclyde through the Adult Disability Payment, with 345,950 payments issued to help vulnerable adults to live fulfilled lives.

📝 I encourage everyone who thinks they could be eligible to check to see if they're entitled to this support.
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catrio.bsky.social
Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 13h
SNP MPs do it in Westminster but of course that never gets shown just as this will never be in the media
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Grantybot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @grantybot.bsky.social · 14h
This is blistering truth, please give it a watch! Utterly refreshing
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Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 14h
Well worth watching Mairi McAllen SNP tearing Tory liars to pieces

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The Highland Council @highland.gov.uk · 14h
Property For Sale - Former Library #Wick

A rare opportunity to acquire one of the town's most recognisable civic landmarks — the Wick Carnegie Public Library, built in 1897 with support from Andrew Carnegie.

Offers Over £150,000

Full details here - www.highland.gov.uk/directory_re...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 14h
69% of respondents in Great Britain are of the opinion that Donald Trump should NOT be awarded the #NoblePeacePrize in the future. A mere 14% think he should.
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