Catriona
@catrio.bsky.social
Lefty supporter of Scottish Democracy, Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️🌈 She/Her
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Labour Calls Out Reform's By-Election Candidate Over Racism Allegations Against His Campaign Team
Labour Calls Out Reform's By-Election Candidate Over Racism Allegations Against His Campaign Team
Lucy Powell urged Matt Goodwin to reject support from those who have expressed extreme views online.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Labour Calls Out Reform's By-Election Candidate Over Racism Allegations Against His Campaign Team
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🟥 MSPs would vote to cut Scottish consumers' extortionate and unfair energy bills - if only Holyrood had the power!
🔎 Here is what you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/the_majority...
🔎 Here is what you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/the_majority...
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
🟥 MSPs would vote to cut Scottish consumers' extortionate and unfair energy bills - if only Holyrood had the power!
🔎 Here is what you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/the_majority...
🔎 Here is what you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/the_majority...
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Despite all the industry PR, just one more significant #nuclear accident / incident and it all becomes a very expensive stranded asset.
February 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Despite all the industry PR, just one more significant #nuclear accident / incident and it all becomes a very expensive stranded asset.
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Funny, whenever the unionist parties try and big up cuddly nuclear power they never mention the radiation hazard, leaks, poisonous waste that will last for thousands of years...
February 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Funny, whenever the unionist parties try and big up cuddly nuclear power they never mention the radiation hazard, leaks, poisonous waste that will last for thousands of years...
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Study: Energy-hungry data centres and air con wiping out climate gains made by renewables
www.businessgreen.com/news/4525611...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4525611...
Study: Energy-hungry data centres and air con wiping out climate gains made by renewables
Report warns rapid expansion of renewables is largely covering fast-growing energy demand from data centres and cooling systems rather than displacing fossil fuels
www.businessgreen.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Study: Energy-hungry data centres and air con wiping out climate gains made by renewables
www.businessgreen.com/news/4525611...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4525611...
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February 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Reform just revealed its plan to tackle poverty is to deny it exists
Reform just revealed its plan to tackle poverty is to deny it exists
Reform's Zia Yusuf is an oily, little nerd who wants to tell poor people they're not poor, because his spreadsheet says otherwise
www.thecanary.co
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Reform just revealed its plan to tackle poverty is to deny it exists
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⚠️ Met Office Yellow Weather Warning
🌨️ Snow and Ice
📆 Monday 16th February, 3pm to Tuesday 17th February, 10am
Periods of sleet and snow on Monday afternoon, evening and night may cause some disruption from both accumulating snow and icy surfaces.
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
🌨️ Snow and Ice
📆 Monday 16th February, 3pm to Tuesday 17th February, 10am
Periods of sleet and snow on Monday afternoon, evening and night may cause some disruption from both accumulating snow and icy surfaces.
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
February 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM
⚠️ Met Office Yellow Weather Warning
🌨️ Snow and Ice
📆 Monday 16th February, 3pm to Tuesday 17th February, 10am
Periods of sleet and snow on Monday afternoon, evening and night may cause some disruption from both accumulating snow and icy surfaces.
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
🌨️ Snow and Ice
📆 Monday 16th February, 3pm to Tuesday 17th February, 10am
Periods of sleet and snow on Monday afternoon, evening and night may cause some disruption from both accumulating snow and icy surfaces.
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
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Journalists in 2026: we're shocked that the Labour right smears people
February 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Journalists in 2026: we're shocked that the Labour right smears people
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Man spots Boris Johnson on the “upmarket” street of London.
London ‘not safe’, claims Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi after he’s 'forced to cross street from man who hadn't slept' | LBC
Mr Zahawi suggested that if he were Home Secretary, he'd be offering to send the army in.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Man spots Boris Johnson on the “upmarket” street of London.
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"Even if your social or professional life does not demand it, your patriotism demands that you keep your face bright and attractive so that you radiate optimism."
I went through a book about make-up recently and thought you'd enjoy some of it
Does your reflection give you 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 the satisfaction it gave you in 1914?
Does your reflection give you 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 the satisfaction it gave you in 1914?
February 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"Even if your social or professional life does not demand it, your patriotism demands that you keep your face bright and attractive so that you radiate optimism."
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Starmer finally answering questions re Labour Together spying on journalists
BUT:
How is Cabinet office right body to look into own minister, Josh Simons?
And: voluntary PR industry body is *not* a regulator, whatever Liz Kendall says
Need independent inquiry
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BUT:
How is Cabinet office right body to look into own minister, Josh Simons?
And: voluntary PR industry body is *not* a regulator, whatever Liz Kendall says
Need independent inquiry
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cabinet Office looking into Starmer-linked thinktank after it investigated journalists
Liz Kendall says officials will be ‘establishing the facts’ about report that made false claims about journalists
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Starmer finally answering questions re Labour Together spying on journalists
BUT:
How is Cabinet office right body to look into own minister, Josh Simons?
And: voluntary PR industry body is *not* a regulator, whatever Liz Kendall says
Need independent inquiry
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BUT:
How is Cabinet office right body to look into own minister, Josh Simons?
And: voluntary PR industry body is *not* a regulator, whatever Liz Kendall says
Need independent inquiry
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Shamaan Freeman-Powell: "For black women the stats are particularly stark. They're more likely to have serious complications, they're more likely to lose a baby, more likely themselves to die during or after pregnancy"
February 16, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Shamaan Freeman-Powell: "For black women the stats are particularly stark. They're more likely to have serious complications, they're more likely to lose a baby, more likely themselves to die during or after pregnancy"
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MSPs are to vote on whether to evict US military forces from Prestwick Airport, following continued military activity and reports of breaches of Scottish jurisdiction
Greens to force vote on evicting US troops from Scotland
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
MSPs are to vote on whether to evict US military forces from Prestwick Airport, following continued military activity and reports of breaches of Scottish jurisdiction
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This is some of the far right Farage-loving lunatics. Employers: if you see anyone here and they work for you, check their online activity. They could end your reputation.
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
This is some of the far right Farage-loving lunatics. Employers: if you see anyone here and they work for you, check their online activity. They could end your reputation.
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This is a massive victory for the Palestinian Solidarity movement and for civil liberties, but it has also completely exposed the British Government, and it is impossible to see how Yvette Cooper’s position is tenable, writes Mike Small ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This is a massive victory for the Palestinian Solidarity movement and for civil liberties, but it has also completely exposed the British Government, and it is impossible to see how Yvette Cooper’s position is tenable, writes Mike Small ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
So the far right racists protesting really care about women and girls safety!!
They are scum who don’t give a shit about our safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2585681...
They are scum who don’t give a shit about our safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2585681...
Women targeted after taking part in asylum seeker hotel counter-protests
WOMEN who demonstrated in support of asylum seekers living in Scottish hotels have been forced to install CCTV and alter their daily routines after…
www.thenational.scot
February 16, 2026 at 9:10 AM
So the far right racists protesting really care about women and girls safety!!
They are scum who don’t give a shit about our safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2585681...
They are scum who don’t give a shit about our safety
www.thenational.scot/news/2585681...
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Labour Betrayal of Aberdeen!
They pledged thousands of GB Energy jobs for our city, but so far only thirteen posts have been created.
Their HQ deal allows for only 50 desks so what happened to the thousands of jobs Aberdeen was promised?
They pledged thousands of GB Energy jobs for our city, but so far only thirteen posts have been created.
Their HQ deal allows for only 50 desks so what happened to the thousands of jobs Aberdeen was promised?
February 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Labour Betrayal of Aberdeen!
They pledged thousands of GB Energy jobs for our city, but so far only thirteen posts have been created.
Their HQ deal allows for only 50 desks so what happened to the thousands of jobs Aberdeen was promised?
They pledged thousands of GB Energy jobs for our city, but so far only thirteen posts have been created.
Their HQ deal allows for only 50 desks so what happened to the thousands of jobs Aberdeen was promised?
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'Somebody think of the Scottish Labour MPs' said absolutely no-one. Caught in a nasty civil war they neither desired or anticipated they are the nobody's children of UK politics. Read about their week from hell. My National column.
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
Pete Wishart: Who’d be a Scottish Labour MP, professing loyalty to opposing leaders?
SCOTTISH Labour MPs must now be the most forlorn, despondent and politically adrift parliamentarians across these isles
www.thenational.scot
February 16, 2026 at 8:21 AM
'Somebody think of the Scottish Labour MPs' said absolutely no-one. Caught in a nasty civil war they neither desired or anticipated they are the nobody's children of UK politics. Read about their week from hell. My National column.
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
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Thank you, as always @mellino.bsky.social, for excellent reporting on the ongoing scandal of conidtions for the workers who put food on our tables 🙏
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Government criticised for inaction on farmworkers abuse
Criticism comes after the rejection of various ideas, put forward by its own advisers, on how to protect migrant workers from exploitation
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Thank you, as always @mellino.bsky.social, for excellent reporting on the ongoing scandal of conidtions for the workers who put food on our tables 🙏
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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It's the world view of rich white men who employ nannies and send their kids to boarding school
The fact that Reform want people to have more kids and also want to end working from home shows how incoherent their world view is.
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
It's the world view of rich white men who employ nannies and send their kids to boarding school
If you are England sign this
Obviously England is neither Britain or the UK and the little Englander mentality is irritating
Obviously England is neither Britain or the UK and the little Englander mentality is irritating
🚨When we go to hospital, it’s rarely for something easy. But patients and their families are being immediately met with fees just to park their cars. And these charges are going up!
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...
Scrap hospital parking charges now!
Need to visit the hospital? Patients, families and NHS staff are being met with rising fees just to park their cars. Join me and sign this petition from 38 Degrees to demand these unfair charges are s...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 16, 2026 at 8:59 AM
If you are England sign this
Obviously England is neither Britain or the UK and the little Englander mentality is irritating
Obviously England is neither Britain or the UK and the little Englander mentality is irritating
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February 16, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Scottish Labour must hand back tens of thousands of pounds donated by a scandal-hit think-tank which has been accused of spying on journalists, the SNP have said
Scottish Labour should return cash from scandal-hit think-tank, say SNP
www.thenational.scot
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Scottish Labour must hand back tens of thousands of pounds donated by a scandal-hit think-tank which has been accused of spying on journalists, the SNP have said
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NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.