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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 14h

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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 ...

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Liz McKinlay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @fagashlil44.bsky.social · 2d

Starmer’s bestie has a number one achievement with Sir Kier’s help and the RAF’s surveillance.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 2d

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Radioactive water from Dounreay nuclear site leaked in major breach

RADIOACTIVE material was accidentally released at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site in a major environmental breach, The National can reveal ...

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 2d

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Richard Murphy: How long until support for independence is made a terrorist offence?

THERE are moments when I would dearly love to return to writing about the Scottish economy in more detail, exploring how it works and how it might…

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 2d

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Steph Paton: Lying politicians have made a post-truth world the new reality

IT’S funny to think that the term “post-truth” first came to prominence back in 2016 during Donald Trump’s first presidency. Nearly 10 years…

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 3d

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Global Sumud Flotilla activist returns to Scotland after Israel detention

A SCOTTISH activist has returned to Glasgow after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 4d

I became aware of it and was amused by it when I heard it from a Polish friend. I didn't know it had become commonplace here.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 4d

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Mhairi Black: Plastic Union Jacks won’t turn back tide of fascism

Just when I thought Keir Starmer couldn’t get any more uninspiring, along came the Labour Party Conference ...

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 7d

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Lesley Riddoch: Keir Starmer is doing a grand job winding up Celtic nations

KEIR Starmer could be forgiven for feeling a little cocky today.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 9d

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'Absolutely pathetic': Owen Jones 'kicked out of Labour Party conference'

Owen Jones has claimed he has been kicked out of the Labour Party conference.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 11d

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'Crazy': Home Office leaves Syrian family 'in the dark' on asylum claim for two years

A SYRIAN family was left for nearly two years without any update from the Home Office on their asylum claims, The Sunday National has been told ...

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Jayfer55 @jayfer55.bsky.social · 11d

Good question????

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Craigie 🇵🇸 🚩☮️🔻 @craigsmive.bsky.social · 14d

Kier Starmer + Palantir+Digital ID = Dystopian nightmare UK!

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FOI request exposes extent of Palantir's 'tentacles' in UK - and it's not even answered, yet

David Powell has revealed the extent to which Palantir has power over UK surveillance - and we don't yet know if that involves 'Brit Card'

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 13d

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Owen Jones: Why we all have to stand against digital ID

KEIR Starmer’s proposed digital ID scheme confirms what we should already know - the Westminster Government is sinking, fast. If this is such a…

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 13d

What an insult to the Palestinians who already hate Blair because of his actions in Iraq and why are Brits involved anyway when it's Brits who started the whole mess by "granting"Palestine to Israel.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 13d

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White House backs plan to install Tony Blair as temporary leader of Gaza

THE White House is backing a plan to install Tony Blair as the temporary leader of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 17d

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Believe in Scotland kicks off new energy campaign with national day of action

Pro-Scottish independence group Believe in Scotland have kicked off a new campaign on energy and independence with a national day of action ...

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 17d

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BBC failed to act on texts targeting Diane Abbott months before scandal

The texts that led to the resignation of Paul Ovenden, Keir Starmer’s director of political strategy, were shown to BBC Newsnight two months ago,…

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17d

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"

"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"

-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 18d

Here is the Sun's pitifully small apology for its lie about benefits tourism - a lie that was accepted as truth by millions and helped deliver Brexit.

These lies are perverting our democracy. At a minimum, apologies should be published in the same location and size as the lie.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 17d

Scotland is on the right side of history
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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 19d

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Richard Walker: Scotland at risk like never before as PM lays the path for far right

YOU’VE probably read enough of them to know the rules of column writing by now. You’re supposed to raise an issue, analyse it, form a coherent…

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 19d

I remember the days when the BBC educated people &was known as a broadcaster of intelligent programmes. It has been so dumbed down it's unrecognisable & the "news" is so biased.

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 20d

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Eleanor Ferguson @elliefer.bsky.social · 20d

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Richard Walker: Scotland at risk like never before as PM lays the path for far right

YOU’VE probably read enough of them to know the rules of column writing by now. You’re supposed to raise an issue, analyse it, form a coherent…

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