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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 5h

Scotland 3 Greece 1. What an impressive & consequential result by #Scotland. Great heart & commitment & a major steal with that late save from Gunn crucial. A feel-good result but we do have to try play football to a higher technical level at every tier. #WorldCupQualifiers

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 4h

Even tonight during the Scotland game, the repeated showing of the possible offside goal seemed excessive.

Great win for the national squad.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 6h

The BBC has been forced to issue a correction after exaggerating the number of drug deaths in Scotland 👇

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures

www.thenational.scot

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 4h

Don't expect them to publicise the fact. They have form.

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting, maybe Douglas Ross should come to Dundee and support the social bites recovery village.

He may find a lot don't think the same as him.

Locals are up in arms.

SNP accused of abandoning vulnerable Scots after Right to Recovery Bill voted down
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2553171...

SNP accused of abandoning vulnerable Scots after Right to Recovery Bill voted down

Douglas Ross has accused the SNP and Greens of “shamefully abandoning” vulnerable Scots after his Right to Recovery (Scotland) Bill was defeated…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 16h

I laughed so hard watching this!

Brilliant satire!

Meidas Scotland 🏴EU @sovereign.scot · 1d

So, Herr Starmer is going to be visiting Scotland more often then eh?

Here's a satirical take on his visit to reprimand Sarwar and BBC Scotland.

youtu.be/JmYE1FW37Dc?...

Written by
@para-handy.bsky.social
Produced by Meidas Scotland

Part 2 to follow in a few days.

Sound on and up.

Sarwar and Starmers Downfall - Part 1

YouTube video by Media Scotland Network

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 10h

"The Saudis have reportedly paid their headliners up to $1.6 million each with the proviso that they mustn’t mock religion, the royal family or Saudi 'culture' - including, apparently, slavery."

Malin Hay on the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Malin Hay | Laughing Their Heads Off

If there’s anything ironic about being so scared of telling the wrong joke that you run straight into the arms of the...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 11h

You can only push "Scotland is shit" for so long until you get caught making shit up.

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures
www.thenational.scot/news/2553069...

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures

The BBC has been forced to issue a correction after exaggerating the number of drug deaths in Scotland ...

www.thenational.scot

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 14h

I know playing the long game wasn't something hardcore indy supporters wanted, but hopefully it will bring about a better transition to independence than forcing a sizeable minority to go with us.

Another velvet revolution.

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 15h

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/s...

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government!

in trust in the Scottish Government since the start of devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country’s best interests. Professor John Robertson OBA What were th…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 14h

The only problem is that it was a Westminster policy, so they can't do an SNP bad attack on it.

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 15h

Private schools intake drop welcomed by education experts but clearly worries BBC Scotland, Herald, Scotsman and Reform UK talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/p...

Private schools intake drop welcomed by education experts but clearly worries BBC Scotland, Herald, Scotsman and Reform UK

From Alasdair Macdonald [former Head Teacher] this morning: The Herod and the Scotsperson both headline the fall in the number of children attending private schools in Scotland since the introducti…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 15h

Public services in public hands. 🙌

Scotland has a lower cancellation rate than every English region.

We must now invest in expanding the network, increasing capacity, and ensuring a reliable, affordable service is available for all. 🚆

Public ownership pays off. Cancellation rates 24/25. Scotland: 2%. England: 3.5%. Cancellation rates have been falling in Scotland since ScotRail was taken back into public ownership.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10d

I’m joining Hugh Grant & @hackedoff.bsky.social in calling for fair, independent regulation to protect ordinary people from abuse and restore trust in the press. It's time to finally hold them to account. Please join us signing the petition to change the law🙏
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17h

"Stupid people are dangerous and damaging because reasonable people find it difficult to imagine and understand unreasonable behaviour. A stupid person is thus the most dangerous type of person."

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18h

Those that died served their country. They and their families now deserve honesty and transparency and justice from this government

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

🚨I'm joining ChinookJustice in calling on Keir Starmer to hold a judge-led public inquiry.

The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
youtu.be/qdGh2sB7mLw?...

October 7, 2025

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d

So, here's the proposal, unionists: let Scotland try independence for 40 or 50 years, and see how it goes. If it flops, as you believe, then imagine the gloating you'll be able to enjoy as we come crawling back. What have you got to lose?
www.gov.scot/publications...

A Fresh Start with Independence

This paper sets out why Scotland should become an independent country, and what an independent Scotland could look like. It provides details of this Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent ...

www.gov.scot

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 18h

Yep, that's what National Socialism is all about.

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 1d

Meep, my newsletter Call to Action is 13th rising in Health Politics on Substack! Thank you so much - if you read it could you possibly share this? Would be brilliant to get into the top 10! Let’s push the NHS to the top of the agenda! Ju 💙

jujuliagrace.substack.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's $100,000 skilled worker visa fee gives Britain a golden opportunity to attracted global talent. Needless to say, we're going to piss it away because we're scared of upsetting Nigel Farage.

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Trump's migrant obsession offers Starmer a rare win - but Farage has scared him off

We have a golden opportunity to kick-start the British economy

inews.co.uk

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 2d

the Holocaust is where the Nazi regime *ended*, it is not where it began. It began with undermining the rule of law; othering on the basis of who people are; the normalisation of hate; rights limitations etc. And we are already much closer to some of those patterns than many people think. 2/2

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 2d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

"This surveillance supersystem," Thiel wrote, could act as “a political framework that operates outside the checks and balances of representative democracy as described in high school textbooks.” www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Just in case you are curious - and my God you should be - about the dude Wes Streeting and others are handing loads of public data contracts to. 👇

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

"This surveillance supersystem," Thiel wrote, could act as “a political framework that operates outside the checks and balances of representative democracy as described in high school textbooks.” www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

www.wired.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Still I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not like those expectations are based on a completely unproven product with deranged costs and hysterical levels of hype.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

BANK OF ENGLAND FPC: RISK OF A SHARP MARKET CORRECTION HAS INCREASED || EQUITY MARKETS ARE PARTICULARLY EXPOSED SHOULD EXPECTATIONS AROUND AI BECOME LESS OPTIMISTIC

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