@johnjakson19.bsky.social
Scottish Independence Supporter. Left Leaning Politics.
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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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We have to trust our neighbours and not peddle the myth that people are intrinsically stupid or easy to hoodwink. Otherwise that just plays into the populist right & authoritarians & is ultimately an argument against democracy.
I'm remarkably relaxed about this. No I don't want my neighbours – Mail and Telegraph-reading berks – judging me. I'd rather have legal experts who've learned how to think.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We have to trust our neighbours and not peddle the myth that people are intrinsically stupid or easy to hoodwink. Otherwise that just plays into the populist right & authoritarians & is ultimately an argument against democracy.
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It's Deep Time: I See Red our festival of new music curated by Raven Chacon is kicking off this Thursday evening.
Book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/deep-time-20...
Book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/deep-time-20...
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's Deep Time: I See Red our festival of new music curated by Raven Chacon is kicking off this Thursday evening.
Book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/deep-time-20...
Book here:
www.fruitmarket.co.uk/deep-time-20...
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Every day the #BBC uncritically platform dark money funded right-wing voices. Examples include the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Taxpayers' Alliance & the ridiculous right-wing contrarians Spiked. Time to call time on media representation without knowing who pays the bills.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Every day the #BBC uncritically platform dark money funded right-wing voices. Examples include the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Taxpayers' Alliance & the ridiculous right-wing contrarians Spiked. Time to call time on media representation without knowing who pays the bills.
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Make sure you read this great piece by @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Among a great many other things here it's extraordinary that the Scottish MSM haven't picked up on the Scottish connection to the Nathan Gill prosecution | Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy
As the COP ends in another abject failure the wider geopolitical world seems to also falter into complete madness. A ‘peace plan’ emerged last week that was at first purported to be an …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Make sure you read this great piece by @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
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Our next Pips! is on Monday morning - are you a new parent trying to find a bit of time to think about art amongst the chaos of parenting? Join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/fruit...
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Our next Pips! is on Monday morning - are you a new parent trying to find a bit of time to think about art amongst the chaos of parenting? Join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/fruit...
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Among a great many other things here it's extraordinary that the Scottish MSM haven't picked up on the Scottish connection to the Nathan Gill prosecution | Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy
As the COP ends in another abject failure the wider geopolitical world seems to also falter into complete madness. A ‘peace plan’ emerged last week that was at first purported to be an …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Among a great many other things here it's extraordinary that the Scottish MSM haven't picked up on the Scottish connection to the Nathan Gill prosecution | Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
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Top story on BBC Scotland news at lunchtime - something to do with Rangers fitbah club... They need a major overhaul and management change at Pacific Quay.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Top story on BBC Scotland news at lunchtime - something to do with Rangers fitbah club... They need a major overhaul and management change at Pacific Quay.
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“The criticism about late lockdown doesn't recognise that while we might have wanted to impose the first lockdown earlier, that is not possible for three of the four nations, since the fourth nation, England, controls the purse strings on that,” she said.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
Covid report slammed as 'unfair' and 'incorrect' | LBC
The Covid inquiry report has been branded “unfair” on the Scottish Government
www.lbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“The criticism about late lockdown doesn't recognise that while we might have wanted to impose the first lockdown earlier, that is not possible for three of the four nations, since the fourth nation, England, controls the purse strings on that,” she said.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...
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Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Regulator bares teeth as dentists earn £1.2bn
The gross profit figures for private equity-owned My Dentist, PortmanDentex and Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services rose by 20 per cent year-on-year between 2023 and 2024.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
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The UK Government’s nuclear levy is to blame for rising energy bills, according to a leading utilities company
Labour's nuclear tax to blame for rising energy bills, says leading firm
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The UK Government’s nuclear levy is to blame for rising energy bills, according to a leading utilities company
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That wee wumin put herself through the absolute ringer for all of us, not just those who support indy but every fucking yoon that broke the rules just bcos they were set by the SNP. Every politician that wanted out daily update removed and called for uk lockstep.
& what did she get? Blue tents
& what did she get? Blue tents
Chapeau, Nicola 👍🎩No-one else will
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
That wee wumin put herself through the absolute ringer for all of us, not just those who support indy but every fucking yoon that broke the rules just bcos they were set by the SNP. Every politician that wanted out daily update removed and called for uk lockstep.
& what did she get? Blue tents
& what did she get? Blue tents
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For what should be fairly obvious reasons, I have a firm conviction that no individual should be allowed to own or part own more than one media outlet.
Daily Mail owner strikes 500 million pound deal for Telegraph, FT reports reut.rs/3MgomGs
Daily Mail owner strikes 500 million pound deal for Telegraph, FT reports
Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a 500 million pound ($650 million) deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
reut.rs
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
For what should be fairly obvious reasons, I have a firm conviction that no individual should be allowed to own or part own more than one media outlet.
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Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said
Anas Sarwar 'must come clean on rising energy bills' as Labour price vow in tatters
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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Again, I recall Michael Gove in Parliament basically saying to one pissed off Tory MP after another: Let’s just shitefest this disastrous drivel over the line and argue about the details later. An argument that appears to have won over basically everyone who matters, who then sold it to the public.
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Again, I recall Michael Gove in Parliament basically saying to one pissed off Tory MP after another: Let’s just shitefest this disastrous drivel over the line and argue about the details later. An argument that appears to have won over basically everyone who matters, who then sold it to the public.
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My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
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The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
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Former Brexit & Reform MEP Nathan Gill sentenced to 10.5 years on eight counts of bribery for taking Russian bribes. The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin" noted Justice Cheema-Grubb. Little chance that Gill was "one bad apple" in Reform.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Former Brexit & Reform MEP Nathan Gill sentenced to 10.5 years on eight counts of bribery for taking Russian bribes. The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin" noted Justice Cheema-Grubb. Little chance that Gill was "one bad apple" in Reform.
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Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reform's former Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, a 10.5 year jail term for taking bribes from the Kremlin.
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
Cosied up to authoritarian powers & traded principles for payoffs. Reform's leadership laughably claimed they barely knew Gill.
Will all this be on tomorrow's front pages?
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Former Farage ally, UKIP & Reform UK leader in Wales Nathan Gill is being sentenced today for accepting Russian bribes. Gill was close to Farage over a number of years & Farage has questions to answer about how much he knew & the conduct of other Reform MEPs & politicians.
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Former Farage ally, UKIP & Reform UK leader in Wales Nathan Gill is being sentenced today for accepting Russian bribes. Gill was close to Farage over a number of years & Farage has questions to answer about how much he knew & the conduct of other Reform MEPs & politicians.
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Never Forget Scotland, this sneaky Scot is now Lord Gove. Another awful Covid Scot who exploited £millions from death, is Lady Mone.
As part of the UK, Scotland is powerless to do anything about this naked corruption.
It's Establishment Charlatans, investigating other Establishment Charlatans.
As part of the UK, Scotland is powerless to do anything about this naked corruption.
It's Establishment Charlatans, investigating other Establishment Charlatans.
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Never Forget Scotland, this sneaky Scot is now Lord Gove. Another awful Covid Scot who exploited £millions from death, is Lady Mone.
As part of the UK, Scotland is powerless to do anything about this naked corruption.
It's Establishment Charlatans, investigating other Establishment Charlatans.
As part of the UK, Scotland is powerless to do anything about this naked corruption.
It's Establishment Charlatans, investigating other Establishment Charlatans.
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It’s not the substance that counts for the Record, it’s the accusation.
Disgracefully, the pandemic was treated as a political story rather than a health issue by all the papers and the broadcast media, with the BBC leading the charge.
The aim, as ever, talk up Westminster, talk down Holyrood.
Disgracefully, the pandemic was treated as a political story rather than a health issue by all the papers and the broadcast media, with the BBC leading the charge.
The aim, as ever, talk up Westminster, talk down Holyrood.
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted "at no point did I behave politically" during her time leading Scotland through the coronavirus pandemic.
Nicola Sturgeon denies she 'behaved politically' during covid response
The former first minister said it was "very difficult" working with Boris Johnson during the peak covid years in 2020 and 2021.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It’s not the substance that counts for the Record, it’s the accusation.
Disgracefully, the pandemic was treated as a political story rather than a health issue by all the papers and the broadcast media, with the BBC leading the charge.
The aim, as ever, talk up Westminster, talk down Holyrood.
Disgracefully, the pandemic was treated as a political story rather than a health issue by all the papers and the broadcast media, with the BBC leading the charge.
The aim, as ever, talk up Westminster, talk down Holyrood.
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Michael Gove on claims of a bad culture in No. 10 during the pandemic:
"The business of govt can't be carried on in the manner of a Jane Austen novel".
As so often, this assumes that the macho, hyper-aggressive style of Cummings & co produces better decisions. All the evidence suggests the reverse
"The business of govt can't be carried on in the manner of a Jane Austen novel".
As so often, this assumes that the macho, hyper-aggressive style of Cummings & co produces better decisions. All the evidence suggests the reverse
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Michael Gove on claims of a bad culture in No. 10 during the pandemic:
"The business of govt can't be carried on in the manner of a Jane Austen novel".
As so often, this assumes that the macho, hyper-aggressive style of Cummings & co produces better decisions. All the evidence suggests the reverse
"The business of govt can't be carried on in the manner of a Jane Austen novel".
As so often, this assumes that the macho, hyper-aggressive style of Cummings & co produces better decisions. All the evidence suggests the reverse