Isobel Taggart
@itaggart.bsky.social
Retired from education now but still interested in all things education, inclusion and politics. Mum of 3 boys. Best jam and tablet maker in Scotland
(says me🙂)
(says me🙂)
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Reposted in response to Scottish Labour today - As number of schools in England facing structural building failure surges, 92% in Scotland are safe - rated good or satisfactory - after inspection, up from only 62% under Labour talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/22/a...
As number of schools in England facing structural building failure surges, 92% in Scotland are safe – rated good or satisfactory – after inspection, up from only 62% under Labour
By stewartb Evidence of Westminster governments allowing England’s deterioration, this time its school buildings. What follows comes in a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) published today…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Reposted in response to Scottish Labour today - As number of schools in England facing structural building failure surges, 92% in Scotland are safe - rated good or satisfactory - after inspection, up from only 62% under Labour talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/22/a...
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The Postmark Plot:
Under a new Trump rule, instead of postmarking letters when they’re received, Post Offices will now postmark them when they get “processed,” which may happen days later, potentially impacting millions of mail-in ballots.
Thom Hartmann
Jan 03, 2026
Under a new Trump rule, instead of postmarking letters when they’re received, Post Offices will now postmark them when they get “processed,” which may happen days later, potentially impacting millions of mail-in ballots.
Thom Hartmann
Jan 03, 2026
The Postmark Plot: The Latest GOP Strategy to Suppress Your Vote | Common Dreams
Under a new Trump rule, instead of postmarking letters when they’re received, Post Offices will now postmark them when they get “processed,” which may happen days later, potentially impacting million...
www.commondreams.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The Postmark Plot:
Under a new Trump rule, instead of postmarking letters when they’re received, Post Offices will now postmark them when they get “processed,” which may happen days later, potentially impacting millions of mail-in ballots.
Thom Hartmann
Jan 03, 2026
Under a new Trump rule, instead of postmarking letters when they’re received, Post Offices will now postmark them when they get “processed,” which may happen days later, potentially impacting millions of mail-in ballots.
Thom Hartmann
Jan 03, 2026
@maureenmck0207.bsky.social Maureen - a useful starter pack for you if you haven't already found it👍
Soooooo much interest and growth in this starter pack today. Thank you to everyone who's been sharing it and welcome to my wonderful fellow Scottish educators to this lovely place.
Cmon!! 🏴
go.bsky.app/U92yyzH
Cmon!! 🏴
go.bsky.app/U92yyzH
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@maureenmck0207.bsky.social Maureen - a useful starter pack for you if you haven't already found it👍
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Here's how the real two-tier Britain works:
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
August 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Here's how the real two-tier Britain works:
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵
Held up by the JD Vance convoy on the A77 in 27°.
21 vans , police cars and other hangers on no doubt.
Gordon Taggart gave them the traditional Scottish welcome.
21 vans , police cars and other hangers on no doubt.
Gordon Taggart gave them the traditional Scottish welcome.
August 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Held up by the JD Vance convoy on the A77 in 27°.
21 vans , police cars and other hangers on no doubt.
Gordon Taggart gave them the traditional Scottish welcome.
21 vans , police cars and other hangers on no doubt.
Gordon Taggart gave them the traditional Scottish welcome.
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Go Scotland Go!
👊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕🌮
👊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕🌮
July 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Go Scotland Go!
👊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕🌮
👊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕🌮
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A convicted felon and sexual offender has been allowed to fly into Scotland ‼️
Here's something for it to take back home
🤡Trump🤡 Great Leader - of The Idiocracy
FOTUS NOT POTUS - Felon/Fool/Führer of the United States
AKA Authoritarian Dictator
😩 😞 😨 😱
Every accusation is a confession
Here's something for it to take back home
🤡Trump🤡 Great Leader - of The Idiocracy
FOTUS NOT POTUS - Felon/Fool/Führer of the United States
AKA Authoritarian Dictator
😩 😞 😨 😱
Every accusation is a confession
July 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A convicted felon and sexual offender has been allowed to fly into Scotland ‼️
Here's something for it to take back home
🤡Trump🤡 Great Leader - of The Idiocracy
FOTUS NOT POTUS - Felon/Fool/Führer of the United States
AKA Authoritarian Dictator
😩 😞 😨 😱
Every accusation is a confession
Here's something for it to take back home
🤡Trump🤡 Great Leader - of The Idiocracy
FOTUS NOT POTUS - Felon/Fool/Führer of the United States
AKA Authoritarian Dictator
😩 😞 😨 😱
Every accusation is a confession
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The new Pope is Robert Francis Prevost, 69 - the first American to be elected Pope. He is from Chicago, Illinois, and was made a Cardinal by Pope Francis. His vision on the environment, the poor, and migrants is similar to Pope Francis's, and they were friends.
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The new Pope is Robert Francis Prevost, 69 - the first American to be elected Pope. He is from Chicago, Illinois, and was made a Cardinal by Pope Francis. His vision on the environment, the poor, and migrants is similar to Pope Francis's, and they were friends.
Wow! Allez Les blues👏👏
Probably best for everyone to take what this guy is saying seriously, as opposed to the politicians that are texting you for money while gaslighting and sane-washing a dictatorship. Just a thought. #notaconstitutionalcrisis #dictatorship #fascism #Ukraine #France #Russia #China
April 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wow! Allez Les blues👏👏
Couldn't agree more. We spent a decade dissecting the adjectives rather than focusing on the important themes.
5/Excellent point made by Gillian about the 4 capacities in CfE. We get too hung up on the adjectives, instead we need to focus more on 'learners, citizens, contributors, individuals'. I definitely like that 👏🏼👏🏼
March 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Couldn't agree more. We spent a decade dissecting the adjectives rather than focusing on the important themes.
@itvnews.bsky.socialI I think I am very much a socialist but watching a news item on a well manicured, Russian eyelash mum complaining that a three bedroom house is insufficient for her 5 children😲
Our six kid family were brought up in a three bedroomed house and didn't think we were deprived.
Our six kid family were brought up in a three bedroomed house and didn't think we were deprived.
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
@itvnews.bsky.socialI I think I am very much a socialist but watching a news item on a well manicured, Russian eyelash mum complaining that a three bedroom house is insufficient for her 5 children😲
Our six kid family were brought up in a three bedroomed house and didn't think we were deprived.
Our six kid family were brought up in a three bedroomed house and didn't think we were deprived.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.
Thank you, Financial Times.
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Pope Francis dismantles the lie that is trickle down economics in just 37 words.
February 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pope Francis dismantles the lie that is trickle down economics in just 37 words.
Hey @bbcnews
February 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hey @bbcnews
Yes Yes Yes!
100% this.
Cracking read. We either have morals and pride - or we don't.
Cracking read. We either have morals and pride - or we don't.
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
centralbylines.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Yes Yes Yes!
On this Valentine's Day - from an old soul.
Hearts and flowers only go so far
This is the reality.
www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZG...
ps . My boy of 35yrs is currently making my fav meal, after a hard day's graft. Yaay💗
Hearts and flowers only go so far
This is the reality.
www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZG...
ps . My boy of 35yrs is currently making my fav meal, after a hard day's graft. Yaay💗
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On this Valentine's Day - from an old soul.
Hearts and flowers only go so far
This is the reality.
www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZG...
ps . My boy of 35yrs is currently making my fav meal, after a hard day's graft. Yaay💗
Hearts and flowers only go so far
This is the reality.
www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZG...
ps . My boy of 35yrs is currently making my fav meal, after a hard day's graft. Yaay💗
From the Papua New Guinea Courier. This is how you call them out.👍
February 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
From the Papua New Guinea Courier. This is how you call them out.👍
Sound analysis.
From Trump’s flurry of executive orders to Musk’s seizure of information infrastructure, this is familiar stuff – so what should be done? | Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
The coup in the US is nothing new
From Trump’s flurry of executive orders to Musk’s seizure of information infrastructure, this is familiar stuff – so what should be done?
bylines.scot
February 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Sound analysis.
Scottish media are failing us badly. Tired by the talk down Scotland narrative of almost every news programme
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Scottish media are failing us badly. Tired by the talk down Scotland narrative of almost every news programme
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Grounds for a bit of optimism
🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Grounds for a bit of optimism
So so true....they hate the 'Jesus of the scriptures'
Yes, there is a war on Christmas here in America.
But the brutal yuletide assaults haven’t come from Atheists, Gays, Muslims, the Liberal Media, or the Woke Mob.
The very wh*te Conservative Christians sounding the alarm, are the quickly-advancing hordes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
But the brutal yuletide assaults haven’t come from Atheists, Gays, Muslims, the Liberal Media, or the Woke Mob.
The very wh*te Conservative Christians sounding the alarm, are the quickly-advancing hordes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-war-on...
The War on Christmas is Here (And the Christian Right Has Declared it)
The war is here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
So so true....they hate the 'Jesus of the scriptures'
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November 16, 2024 at 10:35 AM