John Edward 🙊
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'What a child can comprehend and what shall not yet be absolutely uninteresting to the grown reader.' Now with @scga.bsky.social
Got the June 2016 1000 metre stare 🇪🇺 🇨🇴
Got the June 2016 1000 metre stare 🇪🇺 🇨🇴
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Scotland's first brass ‘Stolperstein’ memorial plaque for a Scottish Holocaust victim will be unveiled in the heart of Edinburgh today to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. #Stolperstein www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh
The Stolperstein stone has been laid outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Scotland's first brass ‘Stolperstein’ memorial plaque for a Scottish Holocaust victim will be unveiled in the heart of Edinburgh today to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. #Stolperstein www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, sentenced to 10.5 years in prison over pro-Russia bribes.
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Nathan Gill, Reform’s former leader in Wales, sentenced to 10.5 years in prison over pro-Russia bribes.
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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A very personal story of Covid tragedy and Dominic Cummings, which I wrote early in the pandemic in 2020.
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
Cummings' Contempt for Us All has Revealed the Real Man Behind the Myths
Otto English shares a personal story of tragedy during the lockdown which was unfolding at the same time as Dominic Cummings was conducting his Barnard Castle eye test. My family loves Easter Sunday. ...
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A very personal story of Covid tragedy and Dominic Cummings, which I wrote early in the pandemic in 2020.
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...
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That American politics went off the rails after Barack Obama and British ethnonationalism has reared its head after Rishi Sunak is the real tell about how committed some people are to integration and post racial politics.
A country where Sadiq Khan can lead London, Humza Yousaf can lead Scotland, and Rishi Sunak can lead Britain is a country where the racists had *lost*. So much of this vicious bile has come directly after that and almost no one seems to draw the connection
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
That American politics went off the rails after Barack Obama and British ethnonationalism has reared its head after Rishi Sunak is the real tell about how committed some people are to integration and post racial politics.
www.uniandinos.org.co
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.
An early reminder for any foreign nationals living in Scotland (and for UK and Irish too of course...)
www.mygov.scot/voting-in-el...
www.mygov.scot/voting-in-el...
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
An early reminder for any foreign nationals living in Scotland (and for UK and Irish too of course...)
www.mygov.scot/voting-in-el...
www.mygov.scot/voting-in-el...
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Today marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson!
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of Robert Louis Stevenson!
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
Find out more about his life by taking a virtual wander on Our Town Stories through the Edinburgh he knew as a child and student.
zurl.co/esAjh
#RLSDay2025
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Not sure if it’s officially officially open yet as the entrance on Dock Street still has fencing - but the Leith Connections section along Sandport has had all barriers removed and is a JOY to ride!
Want to ride along? 😁
@edi.bike
Want to ride along? 😁
@edi.bike
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Not sure if it’s officially officially open yet as the entrance on Dock Street still has fencing - but the Leith Connections section along Sandport has had all barriers removed and is a JOY to ride!
Want to ride along? 😁
@edi.bike
Want to ride along? 😁
@edi.bike
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We should defend the values and effort at accuracy of the BBC in a Trumpian world of wilful inaccuracy and hypocrisy, but this seems on the face of it to be an excessive response to a politically motivated attack
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We should defend the values and effort at accuracy of the BBC in a Trumpian world of wilful inaccuracy and hypocrisy, but this seems on the face of it to be an excessive response to a politically motivated attack
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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It is with great sadness that EMiS has learned of the sudden death of David Gow. David was a stalwart of EMiS for many years following his retirement from The Guardian, where he was latterly European Business Editor. Please read more here: www.facebook.com/EuroMoveScot...
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It is with great sadness that EMiS has learned of the sudden death of David Gow. David was a stalwart of EMiS for many years following his retirement from The Guardian, where he was latterly European Business Editor. Please read more here: www.facebook.com/EuroMoveScot...
Ming Campbell last month, David this.
Another sad loss of an informed, opinionated internationalist.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
Another sad loss of an informed, opinionated internationalist.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ pays tribute to David Gow
The NUJ has learned with deep regret of the death of our friend and colleague David Gow, following a short illness.
www.nuj.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ming Campbell last month, David this.
Another sad loss of an informed, opinionated internationalist.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
Another sad loss of an informed, opinionated internationalist.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
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1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
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Yes, it's true. If we had a SCOTUS that followed the law & constitution, & electoral/legislative institutions that were actually representative, you'd be a permanent minority. Of course, the option to compete for the median voter by not holding extreme unpopular policy views would remain available.
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yes, it's true. If we had a SCOTUS that followed the law & constitution, & electoral/legislative institutions that were actually representative, you'd be a permanent minority. Of course, the option to compete for the median voter by not holding extreme unpopular policy views would remain available.
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A perfectly normal and not at all suspicious Portugal-shaped gap
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A perfectly normal and not at all suspicious Portugal-shaped gap
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🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌍 Call for Proposals 2025–26 🌍The Scottish Council on Global Affairs (SCGA) invites Scotland-based researchers to take part in our new project: The State of the World. With the upcoming Scottish elections on the horizon, this initiative will take stock of global challenges shaping Scotland today.
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