Dawn Robertson
@hayloftbooks.bsky.social
Scottish European, 🏴 #RejoinEU, #HopeNotHate, #Irishreunion, #SaorAlba, #ToujoursEuropéen
Publisher/journalist rural life, history, walking
Banff Int. Mountain Literature + 8 Lake District Book of Year awards
www.hayloft.eu
Publisher/journalist rural life, history, walking
Banff Int. Mountain Literature + 8 Lake District Book of Year awards
www.hayloft.eu
Squirrel - managed to get lid off bird feeder & always left him/her help themselves
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Squirrel - managed to get lid off bird feeder & always left him/her help themselves
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£26 billion tax rise announced today in Labour's budget
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
£26 billion tax rise announced today in Labour's budget
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
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Political prisoner Kamran Ahmed hospitalised in third week of hunger strike...
Political prisoner Kamran Ahmed hospitalised in third week of hunger strike
Kamran Ahmed, on hunger strike because of the government's obstruction of stopping Israel's genocide, suffers in prison
www.thecanary.co
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Political prisoner Kamran Ahmed hospitalised in third week of hunger strike...
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Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
They will never admit they were wrong about brexit.
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."
"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."
"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."
"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
They will never admit they were wrong about brexit.
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"1000s of bodies remain trapped under huge amounts of rubble.
Since... ceasefire came into effect last month, families have only been able to recover 472 bodies..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff5f...
#BDS #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews
Since... ceasefire came into effect last month, families have only been able to recover 472 bodies..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff5f...
#BDS #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews
Nearly 10,000 missing in Gaza as Palestinians desperately search rubble for loved ones
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"1000s of bodies remain trapped under huge amounts of rubble.
Since... ceasefire came into effect last month, families have only been able to recover 472 bodies..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff5f...
#BDS #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews
Since... ceasefire came into effect last month, families have only been able to recover 472 bodies..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff5f...
#BDS #Gaza #GazaNews #GazaStrip #Israel #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Le Monde news tonight: British far right leader Nigel Farage urged to clarify party's ties with Russia. The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Le Monde news tonight: British far right leader Nigel Farage urged to clarify party's ties with Russia. The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.
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Remember what
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Remember what
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
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Freedom of movement also means the freedom to love beyond national borders.
The European Court of Justice ruled today: A marriage lawfully concluded in one EU country must be recognised across the Union.
Love in one EU country is love in all. 🌈🇪🇺
The European Court of Justice ruled today: A marriage lawfully concluded in one EU country must be recognised across the Union.
Love in one EU country is love in all. 🌈🇪🇺
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Freedom of movement also means the freedom to love beyond national borders.
The European Court of Justice ruled today: A marriage lawfully concluded in one EU country must be recognised across the Union.
Love in one EU country is love in all. 🌈🇪🇺
The European Court of Justice ruled today: A marriage lawfully concluded in one EU country must be recognised across the Union.
Love in one EU country is love in all. 🌈🇪🇺
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Wanted: a prime minister who can stand up to the far right bylines.scot/politics/wan...
Wanted: a prime minister who can stand up to the far right
Whatever his other attributes, Keir Starmer is not the right man to take the fight to Nigel Farage's far right
bylines.scot
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wanted: a prime minister who can stand up to the far right bylines.scot/politics/wan...
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Wake up Scotland
this is where all
your money
going 👇
£13 billion to 7 mayors.
£820 million to Scotland.
So cities in England get more than a whole country.
this is where all
your money
going 👇
£13 billion to 7 mayors.
£820 million to Scotland.
So cities in England get more than a whole country.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wake up Scotland
this is where all
your money
going 👇
£13 billion to 7 mayors.
£820 million to Scotland.
So cities in England get more than a whole country.
this is where all
your money
going 👇
£13 billion to 7 mayors.
£820 million to Scotland.
So cities in England get more than a whole country.
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🟥 The UK Government deserves little praise for ending its own disgraceful two-child benefit cap. But it is too little and too late and nowhere near enough to fix this.
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🟥 The UK Government deserves little praise for ending its own disgraceful two-child benefit cap. But it is too little and too late and nowhere near enough to fix this.
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
A Cumbrian description of someone who did not like to part with money: “He would skin a flint."
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A Cumbrian description of someone who did not like to part with money: “He would skin a flint."
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The 62 richest people in the world have more money than 3.5 BILLION people, the people who don't eat, don't have water, don't have a viable house or home, children that have to work before they're 10 years old, working in decrepit circumstances!.
It is beyond obscene!
It is beyond obscene!
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The 62 richest people in the world have more money than 3.5 BILLION people, the people who don't eat, don't have water, don't have a viable house or home, children that have to work before they're 10 years old, working in decrepit circumstances!.
It is beyond obscene!
It is beyond obscene!
The North for largeness,
the East for health,
the South for buildings and
the West for wealth
(proverb from around 1670).
the East for health,
the South for buildings and
the West for wealth
(proverb from around 1670).
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The North for largeness,
the East for health,
the South for buildings and
the West for wealth
(proverb from around 1670).
the East for health,
the South for buildings and
the West for wealth
(proverb from around 1670).
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The difficulties we face economically clearly have not just occurred over the last 14 months, and I accept we can't just walk back into Europe but surely the obvious answer to our economic downturn is to start making a serious effort to rejoin the EU as standing on the outside is costing us billions
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The difficulties we face economically clearly have not just occurred over the last 14 months, and I accept we can't just walk back into Europe but surely the obvious answer to our economic downturn is to start making a serious effort to rejoin the EU as standing on the outside is costing us billions
Peter Ettedgui writes in the @theguardian.com: Farage targeted me for being Jewish – & it hurt. Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Peter Ettedgui writes in the @theguardian.com: Farage targeted me for being Jewish – & it hurt. Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly
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If you need proof that when Reform UK politicians wave the 🇬🇧Union Flag🇬🇧, it's not patriotism, it's just manipulation.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If you need proof that when Reform UK politicians wave the 🇬🇧Union Flag🇬🇧, it's not patriotism, it's just manipulation.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
The Reform Party leader, waving the Union Jack in this photo was literally a Russian Spy.
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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 5:53 PM
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...
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I don’t need all this back story to convince me that he’s a nasty, misogynistic, racist twat !
I’m happy to judge him on his actions as an adult .
He shouldn’t be anywhere near public office , neither should his goons .
I’m happy to judge him on his actions as an adult .
He shouldn’t be anywhere near public office , neither should his goons .
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I don’t need all this back story to convince me that he’s a nasty, misogynistic, racist twat !
I’m happy to judge him on his actions as an adult .
He shouldn’t be anywhere near public office , neither should his goons .
I’m happy to judge him on his actions as an adult .
He shouldn’t be anywhere near public office , neither should his goons .
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If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is the thing to hang onto - I’m glad people are appalled by Farage’s Nazi sympathies now, but the fact is, he was able to present TV programmes and constantly appear as a sofa guest for decades, booked by people who knew it all. We must reckon with that.
Evidence of Farage’s unabashed youthful racism has been in the public domain since at least 2013, yet somehow he has been allowed to remain part of the British political conversation. The fact he wasn’t driven back under a rock years ago has emboldened racists across the country to spread hatred.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is the thing to hang onto - I’m glad people are appalled by Farage’s Nazi sympathies now, but the fact is, he was able to present TV programmes and constantly appear as a sofa guest for decades, booked by people who knew it all. We must reckon with that.
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How wonderful to hear a leftwing - actually any UK politician able to argue properly. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the future.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How wonderful to hear a leftwing - actually any UK politician able to argue properly. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the future.