DanMacPhail 🏴
@danmacphail.bsky.social
Scotland and it's history.
Independence is normal.
Brexit is an ongoing disaster.
Borderer.
Celtic.
Doing my bit for wildlife.
(Profile pic; WW1 Scottish/French Auld Alliance remembrance)
Independence is normal.
Brexit is an ongoing disaster.
Borderer.
Celtic.
Doing my bit for wildlife.
(Profile pic; WW1 Scottish/French Auld Alliance remembrance)
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The UK Foreign Office makes a call to "ensure those subject to ICC [arrest] warrants are surrendered".
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The UK Foreign Office makes a call to "ensure those subject to ICC [arrest] warrants are surrendered".
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
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It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
Source: Sky News
search.app/ywd3o £6.3 billion costs. £10 million per vehicle. Still inoperable. Puts a broken Calmac ferry into perspective, no?
search.app/ywd3o £6.3 billion costs. £10 million per vehicle. Still inoperable. Puts a broken Calmac ferry into perspective, no?
Army pauses use of Ajax armoured fighting vehicles after dozens of soldiers fall ill
The Ministry of Defence said "around 30 personnel presented noise and vibration symptoms" after tests were carried out following an exercise.
search.app
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Source: Sky News
search.app/ywd3o £6.3 billion costs. £10 million per vehicle. Still inoperable. Puts a broken Calmac ferry into perspective, no?
search.app/ywd3o £6.3 billion costs. £10 million per vehicle. Still inoperable. Puts a broken Calmac ferry into perspective, no?
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Just a tiny snapshot of the countless articles exposing how disastrous PFI was…It was universally recognised as a failure. 🚫💸
So why — WHY — is a similar scheme being opened up again just 7 years later?!
We want answers from our politicians. Now.
➡️ bit.ly/NHSandBudget
So why — WHY — is a similar scheme being opened up again just 7 years later?!
We want answers from our politicians. Now.
➡️ bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Just a tiny snapshot of the countless articles exposing how disastrous PFI was…It was universally recognised as a failure. 🚫💸
So why — WHY — is a similar scheme being opened up again just 7 years later?!
We want answers from our politicians. Now.
➡️ bit.ly/NHSandBudget
So why — WHY — is a similar scheme being opened up again just 7 years later?!
We want answers from our politicians. Now.
➡️ bit.ly/NHSandBudget
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Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has:
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Israeli group B’Tselem notes that, since a supposed “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel has:
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
* killed 345 Palestinians,
* denied food to 70% of the population who need it,
* demolished a further 1,500 buildings.
All of this is in blatant violation of the agreement.
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Today, Labour is going to announce a return to PFI for the NHS- which is a total disaster. But they’ve renamed it the “NHS neighbourhood rebuild”. Don’t be fooled 🚨
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Today, Labour is going to announce a return to PFI for the NHS- which is a total disaster. But they’ve renamed it the “NHS neighbourhood rebuild”. Don’t be fooled 🚨
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...
He makes Liz Truss look like Catherine the Great.
Trump: "Despite their size, Secretary Kennedy has formally certified that these are the first ever MAHA turkeys. They could be fat, but they're still MAHA. They've been fattened on a steady diet of grass, beef, to allow the smoothies and all the other things they have been eating for this occasion."
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He makes Liz Truss look like Catherine the Great.
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Staggering. One of the most deceitful shysters around.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Staggering. One of the most deceitful shysters around.
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Useful to remind ourselves about respected BBC journalist Allan Little's
perceptions of BBC bias during the 2014 indyref. From the Herald 17/3/2019.
perceptions of BBC bias during the 2014 indyref. From the Herald 17/3/2019.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Useful to remind ourselves about respected BBC journalist Allan Little's
perceptions of BBC bias during the 2014 indyref. From the Herald 17/3/2019.
perceptions of BBC bias during the 2014 indyref. From the Herald 17/3/2019.
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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Before TRUMP does any more chest beating saying how friggin great he is at ending wars…
Why aren’t the media following this up?
The war in GAZA IS NOT OVER!! Palestinians are still being murdered by the IDF and are being STARVED TO DEATH! 😡😢
@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
@msnownews.bsky.social
Why aren’t the media following this up?
The war in GAZA IS NOT OVER!! Palestinians are still being murdered by the IDF and are being STARVED TO DEATH! 😡😢
@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
@msnownews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Before TRUMP does any more chest beating saying how friggin great he is at ending wars…
Why aren’t the media following this up?
The war in GAZA IS NOT OVER!! Palestinians are still being murdered by the IDF and are being STARVED TO DEATH! 😡😢
@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
@msnownews.bsky.social
Why aren’t the media following this up?
The war in GAZA IS NOT OVER!! Palestinians are still being murdered by the IDF and are being STARVED TO DEATH! 😡😢
@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
@msnownews.bsky.social
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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🔥 BREAKING: Bank of England confirms
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🔥 BREAKING: Bank of England confirms
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
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NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NHS private finance diverts money away from healthcare, towards the pockets of private shareholders.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
Cat Eccles MP’s motion can force the government to drop their NHS private finance plans from the Autumn Budget.
✉️Take 2 mins now to email your MP to sign the motion and protect patients.
I see the Unionist media and politicians in Scotland are saying that Steve Clarke should get a knighthood. I hope he doesn't bend the knee to the British Royals and wouldn't it be nice if the Scottish government could confer due recognition itself.
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I see the Unionist media and politicians in Scotland are saying that Steve Clarke should get a knighthood. I hope he doesn't bend the knee to the British Royals and wouldn't it be nice if the Scottish government could confer due recognition itself.
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Somewhat Incredibly, HALF of all Scotland's Distilleries are closed to Visitors, including Scotland's Biggest.
What's even more incredible: we have NO Scotch Whisky Tourism Strategy OR Budget.
Scotch Whisky has been a Westminster Cashcow for 202 years, and is 25% of all UK Food and Drink Exports!
What's even more incredible: we have NO Scotch Whisky Tourism Strategy OR Budget.
Scotch Whisky has been a Westminster Cashcow for 202 years, and is 25% of all UK Food and Drink Exports!
Historic mill restored as new whisky distillery on NC500 route
A HISTORIC mill has been converted into a new whisky distillery, with hopes of becoming a key attraction on the North Coast 500 route
www.thenational.scot
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Somewhat Incredibly, HALF of all Scotland's Distilleries are closed to Visitors, including Scotland's Biggest.
What's even more incredible: we have NO Scotch Whisky Tourism Strategy OR Budget.
Scotch Whisky has been a Westminster Cashcow for 202 years, and is 25% of all UK Food and Drink Exports!
What's even more incredible: we have NO Scotch Whisky Tourism Strategy OR Budget.
Scotch Whisky has been a Westminster Cashcow for 202 years, and is 25% of all UK Food and Drink Exports!
Pleased to see our Southern neighbours finally feeling able to discuss English - as opposed to British/UK - identity.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Pleased to see our Southern neighbours finally feeling able to discuss English - as opposed to British/UK - identity.
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The WORLD now wants to come on holiday, to Scotland. Scottish Hospitality is the future.
20% VAT, on EVERY hotel booked, in every hotel, in Scotland, every year?
You'd be absolutely crackers to not want to retain this.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
20% VAT, on EVERY hotel booked, in every hotel, in Scotland, every year?
You'd be absolutely crackers to not want to retain this.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
Scots billionaires to turn historic Glasgow building into £23million hotel
AN iconic Scots building could be set for a new lease of life as a boutique hotel. Billionaire brothers Sandy and James Easdale are set to pump more than £23million into reviving the fortunes of Gl…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The WORLD now wants to come on holiday, to Scotland. Scottish Hospitality is the future.
20% VAT, on EVERY hotel booked, in every hotel, in Scotland, every year?
You'd be absolutely crackers to not want to retain this.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
20% VAT, on EVERY hotel booked, in every hotel, in Scotland, every year?
You'd be absolutely crackers to not want to retain this.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.