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Neil Scott Gordon

@drneilscottgordon.bsky.social

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Retired Forensic Psychotherapist following 40 years of working in and around the NHS in Scotland & England. I am originally from Kyle of Lochalsh a village in the Western Highlands beside the Isle of Skye.

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Neil Scott Gordon @drneilscottgordon.bsky.social · Nov 12

I am migrating from the cesspit that x has become, interested in humane and compassionate politics and mental health/ psychotherapy issues. Hoping to follow some thoughtful and critically reflective individuals while wishing to avoid conspiracy theorists and those who demean others.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21h

The picture of Farage with the T shirt from Gill’s briber’s wife, taken the day Gill appears her Pro Russian TV channel, is taken in Gill’s office

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21h

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21h

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 6h

Barney Ronay in today's Guardian Sport
Describes Farage as

"A campy and theatrical nihilist, posing as a real person, who does need to be challenged and who is a deeply cynical threat to public discourse and uses fear and division to manipulate people into voting for him"

Word

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 21h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Bradley Wall @bwallarthur.bsky.social · 1d

It's staggering that the people who sold us brexit were taking bribes from the Russian state and this isn't a huge national conversation

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Bad people can thrive in their lifetimes, but history will (almost) always catch up with them eventually.

Trump can preen and pout and posture all he likes, but his only reward will be eventual ignimony.

In the meantime, every well-deserved slap in his face should be treasured.

#NobelPeacePrize

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Nash Is Here for It @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard to award the Nobel Peace Prize to a guy that maybe brokered a temporary peace deal after he ordered 500 tons of nutrient rich biscuits destroyed instead of saving the lives of desperate, starving babies.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Farage is saying all teachers are Marxists. They're not. They just teach that we should care for one another. But that offends his fascist instincts. The result is he is turning on a profession that teaches about compassion and empathy - because he loathes it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness

According to The Guardian, Nigel Farage, speaking at an event at a private Christian college in Michigan, USA, has accused teachers in the UK of “poisoning our kids” and predicted that they would go o...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is a loser.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado

Win for Venezuela’s main opposition leader dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump

on.ft.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.

Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 1d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

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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Neil Scott Gordon @drneilscottgordon.bsky.social · 1d

It is amazing how the orange buffoon now attracts headlines regarding the Nobel Peace prize suggesting it is something that people make ‘bids to win’. His capacity to debase everything he touches is beyond compare 🤦🏻‍♂️😩

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Trump fails in bid to win Nobel Peace Prize as Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 honour

Trump fails in bid for Nobel Peace Prize as surprise winner announced

www.independent.co.uk

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

It’s hard to overstate how grotesque is the prosecution of Letitia James. I hope John Roberts—who unleashed this malignant, vengeful career criminal on our beloved country—is enjoying Trump’s utter abuse of power and trashing of justice and the rule of law.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

What the hell does Farage thinks he’s doing, going off to America *again* to maliciously slag off British teachers at some private Christian college, while offering to peddle their courses over here?
What a repulsive, grubby little traitor.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Johanna Saunders @johannasaunders.bsky.social · 1d

I see once again that Farage is in the US, telling right wing fanboys how dreadful the UK is, and talking his usual bollocks about everything.
If this man ever becomes PM, our children will never, ever forgive us for giving him free reign to destroy the country.
He’s repellent, truly.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children Almost 55,000 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, far more than have so far been identified as victims of the potentially lethal condition, a study published in the Lancet, the respected international medical periodical, has revealed. The study, published on Wednesday, and led by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), offers a month-by-month breakdown through much of the two-year conflict, and shows for the first time a clear link between Israeli restrictions on supplies entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 2d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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