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Duncan Hothersall

@dhothersall.bsky.social

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Gay husband. Small businessman. Scottish Labour. #LGBWithTheT and women's rights. Pro-EU & pro-UK. Labourhame.com editor. Our Scottish Future board member. "A detestable combination of deeply disingenuous and incredibly shirty" - Stephen Bush

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · Nov 20

Supporting trans rights does not mean opposing women's rights.

Supporting women's rights does not mean opposing trans rights.

Please think about whose interests it serves to turn those who should be allies against misogyny and transphobia into each others' enemies instead.

#LGBWithTheT #always

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Stuart @buscemian.bsky.social · 14h

Channel 4 recently introduced a paid ad-free version. Might be part of that to add to the appeal

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, everyone seems to be getting ahead of themselves.

Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 14h

Both are ad supported I think.

Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 17h

This sort of stuff baffles me. If you're able to find Channel 4's streaming output, you're surely able to find UKTV's streaming output? I mean, obviously not, otherwise stuff like this wouldn't be happening, but huh?

TV Zone @tvzoneuk.bsky.social · 18h

Channel 4 and UKTV announce ground-breaking deal to carry UKTV’s U service on Channel 4. More details:

www.tvzoneuk.com/post/channel...

CHANNEL 4 TO CARRY UKTV STREAMING SERVICE 'U' IN NEW MULTI-YEAR DEAL

Channel 4 and UKTV today announced a multi-year carriage agreement that will offer audiences thousands of hours of free, unmissable and bingeable British content from UKTV’s U service on Channel 4 str...

www.tvzoneuk.com

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, interesting. The union claims it emailed members.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 19h

Scottish voters have an impact in every election. The same impact as all other UK voters. Scottish voters delivered 37 seats to Labour and took 39 off the SNP in last year's UK election. Several of those 37 MPs now serve in the UK government. That's evidence of Scotland's votes counting, isn't it?

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Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.bsky.social · 21h

Those advocating independence as *the* solution are exactly the same as Farage and co who blamed the EU for all of the UK‘s ills. Similarly, their economic arguments (wherever they’re made) are indistinguishable from Brexiteers‘ arguments.

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Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.bsky.social · 21h

No, I’m not happy with the status quo at all.

I’d say stop falling for the same simplistic nonsense that led to Brexit. The idea that Brexit is bad and secession is virtuous is nonsense because they’re predicated on the same scapegoating a political other.

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Kevin O'Donnell @landocakes.bsky.social · 21h

Just read the email. The leak includes bank details which I would have liked to have known about before now (which isn’t intended to downplay the seriousness of other personal data leaked).

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21h

What cultural oppression is happening now, or are you harking back to the past? Your concern over the Brexit vote and so-called "asymmetry" in UK democracy seems to be predicated on the idea that one person one vote is not a reasonable way to run a country. I think it is.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 22h

Please join my campaign for the British government to set up a department that would deal with issues around culture, media (and sport - why not?). And also to set up a specific regulator for broadcast media.

Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 22h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21h

Notable that members *were* informed of an IT security incident in June, but the detail of what was compromised in that incident has only been given to them today. Either it was a *very* complex investigation or something has gone badly wrong here.

Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 22h

This impacts around 150k people. Importantly - confidential equality data including protected characteristics, including trans people's identities, were breached in June. Members of this union and Prospect Union were told today, almost 4 months later. The Information Commissioner's Office ..

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Bectu Members’ Personal Data & Bank Details Breached In “IT Security Incident”

The personal information of potentially thousands of Bectu members has been breached in an "IT security incident" at its parent trade union Prospect.

deadline.com

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 22h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 22h

Indeed, Scots voted to remain part of the UK. Too often the Scottish independence movement is painted as equivalent to others around the world but it's not. It's not a liberation movement, it's not a fight against oppression. It's actually a fight to make people worse off. Hence they lost.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 22h

We're still doing "Critics say" as opposed to "It is clear to anyone paying attention"?

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 22h

Critics say that what Nixon did in secret, Trump is doing in plain sight

➡️ Read more: trib.al/YPW0dLk

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 23h

A key point about the EU burger nonsense that seems to be being missed by many is that a vote in the European Parliament does not make a law. It makes a proposal to the Commission, which *if* it is approved then needs support from every member state. This is really just right-wing MEPs flexing.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 23h

But more importantly, you're right that it was the EC's relationship with the UK that defined/restricted what Ireland could do, and the rUK's relationship with the EU would similarly define and restrict what iScotland could do. Independence isn't magic; codependencies and economic realities remain.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 23h

This is weird, I was sure I wrote a reply to this last night. While I accept that pre-accession Irish governments made some changes which improved Ireland's economy, I think it's fair to point to the "Celtic Tiger" era beginning the in the mid-90s as the point when things significantly improved. >

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Jon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 23h

That this is allowed to happen is a fcking scandal.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

GB News pay party political leader Nigel Farage over half a million pounds. The TV channel pays him five times his MP salary - and as much as his other 11 further external jobs put together
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Reform UK’s Deputy Chair Paul Nuttall, was an MEP alongside Nathan Gill.

He’s been well known for being pro-Putin, including during his UKIP leadership campaign and his strange condemnation of the EU for not recognising Russia’s Annexation of Crimea.

What does he know about Russian Bribes?

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 1d

Well then.

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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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 1d

The Tories have definitely reached the stage where taking the piss out of them is achievable by simply repeating their own words with no additional commentary. They are an autoparodying party.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 1d

Back in 2014 some wit subscribed me to the Tory supporters mailing list. It's sometimes been an insight into their strategy. Today it's ... something.

"Conservative Conference 2025 showed something Britain hasn’t seen for a while: a party with both the courage and the plan to fix our country."

🤔

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Glen Darroch @glendarroch.bsky.social · 1d

I have never said I wouldn't support independence, I have been left waiting a long time for a serious and honest case. They rely on exceptionalism and bogey men. Temporary demagogue Farage is not a good reason for independence when the folk agitating for it cannot answer simple reasonable questions.

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