John
@jonmalta99.bsky.social
Self employed upholsterer in Glasgow , Scottish born and bred 🏴 #scottishIndependence
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Look, for this story to work we have to believe that MM gave Starmer advice to appoint Mandelson that was so bad it's required MM to quit, but that Starmer should face no blame for taking the advice at face value, but also that MM deserves an effusive and blameless sendoff from Starmer. Okay.
Starmer said: "It’s been an honour working with Morgan McSweeney for many years."
Praises aide for turning Labour around "after one of its worst ever defeats and played a central role running our election campaign..
"Our party and I owe him a debt of gratitude, and I thank him for his service"
Praises aide for turning Labour around "after one of its worst ever defeats and played a central role running our election campaign..
"Our party and I owe him a debt of gratitude, and I thank him for his service"
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Look, for this story to work we have to believe that MM gave Starmer advice to appoint Mandelson that was so bad it's required MM to quit, but that Starmer should face no blame for taking the advice at face value, but also that MM deserves an effusive and blameless sendoff from Starmer. Okay.
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Labour Together paid a PR firm £30k+ to investigate journalists that were digging into how its undeclared funding bankrolled Starmer’s successful Labour leadership campaign
Watch the video on Democracy for Sale's YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_V5...
Watch the video on Democracy for Sale's YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_V5...
Revealed: McSweeney’s Labour think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Labour Together paid a PR firm £30k+ to investigate journalists that were digging into how its undeclared funding bankrolled Starmer’s successful Labour leadership campaign
Watch the video on Democracy for Sale's YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_V5...
Watch the video on Democracy for Sale's YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_V5...
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#TrevorPhillips has been best friends with Peter Mandelson for decades and he recently confirmed they remain friends. Here he is today fronting Sky News's flagship Sunday morning politics show. How is this tenable, you ask? Thats the British mainstream media, folks.
February 8, 2026 at 8:37 AM
#TrevorPhillips has been best friends with Peter Mandelson for decades and he recently confirmed they remain friends. Here he is today fronting Sky News's flagship Sunday morning politics show. How is this tenable, you ask? Thats the British mainstream media, folks.
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The EU is beginning to rein in the tech giants – we should be joining them, writes Alyn Smith ✍️
The EU is beginning to rein in the tech giants, we should be joining them
www.thenational.scot
February 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The EU is beginning to rein in the tech giants – we should be joining them, writes Alyn Smith ✍️
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🇬🇧 Starmer has done the ‘honourable’ thing, and thrown whoever he needs to under a bus in a desperate effort to save his Red Tory skin 🇬🇧
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February 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🇬🇧 Starmer has done the ‘honourable’ thing, and thrown whoever he needs to under a bus in a desperate effort to save his Red Tory skin 🇬🇧
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Liebour built six new council houses when last in power the SNP have built thousands of new homes and revamped areas all over Scotland.
February 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Liebour built six new council houses when last in power the SNP have built thousands of new homes and revamped areas all over Scotland.
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UK Aristocracy is nuts.
The Duke of Hamilton is ALSO:
Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Earl of Lanark, Earl of Arran (and Cambridge), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, Lord Machanshire and Polmont, Lord Aven and Innerdale, Baron of Dutton.
It's 2026.
The Duke of Hamilton is ALSO:
Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Earl of Lanark, Earl of Arran (and Cambridge), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, Lord Machanshire and Polmont, Lord Aven and Innerdale, Baron of Dutton.
It's 2026.
February 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
UK Aristocracy is nuts.
The Duke of Hamilton is ALSO:
Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Earl of Lanark, Earl of Arran (and Cambridge), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, Lord Machanshire and Polmont, Lord Aven and Innerdale, Baron of Dutton.
It's 2026.
The Duke of Hamilton is ALSO:
Duke of Brandon, Marquess of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Earl of Lanark, Earl of Arran (and Cambridge), Lord Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest, Lord Machanshire and Polmont, Lord Aven and Innerdale, Baron of Dutton.
It's 2026.
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Amazing stuff. You made a pact with a spiteful demon and now, it is going to kill you and drag your eternal soul to Hell.
February 8, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazing stuff. You made a pact with a spiteful demon and now, it is going to kill you and drag your eternal soul to Hell.
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Keir Starmer is facing questions over his visit with the disgraced Peter Mandelson to US tech firm Palantir’s offices in Washington
Keir Starmer under fire over visit to Palantir offices with Peter Mandelson
www.thenational.scot
February 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Keir Starmer is facing questions over his visit with the disgraced Peter Mandelson to US tech firm Palantir’s offices in Washington
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The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
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This is good news, but to be in the position to make that choice we need to vote SNP1/Greens2 in May 26 to get a pro-Indy majority, not for any Your Party candidates who might stand in Scotland. Post Indy there will be a Your Party or equivalent to vote for then. #Scotland #Holyrood26 #Holyrood2026
If the people of Scotland want to hold an independence referendum, 'that is their choice', Jeremy Corbyn has told Your Party's first Scottish conference
Independence referendum is 'Scotland’s choice', Jeremy Corbyn tells conference
www.thenational.scot
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This is good news, but to be in the position to make that choice we need to vote SNP1/Greens2 in May 26 to get a pro-Indy majority, not for any Your Party candidates who might stand in Scotland. Post Indy there will be a Your Party or equivalent to vote for then. #Scotland #Holyrood26 #Holyrood2026
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My latest blog piece. There are Scottish politicians who need to answer uncomfortable questions about Peter Mandelson and his quarter century of sleaze in public office, John Swinney is not one of them.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/i...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/i...
it’s not John Swinney who must be held to account for Mandelson, it’s Starmer, Brown, Alexander, and Sarwar
Certain individuals such as the execrable Russell Findlay, the soon to be electorally humbled branch manager of the Tories in Scotland, and Mandy Rhodes, the editor of Holyrood Magazine, a publicat…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
My latest blog piece. There are Scottish politicians who need to answer uncomfortable questions about Peter Mandelson and his quarter century of sleaze in public office, John Swinney is not one of them.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/i...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/i...
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Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
February 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?
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Great Sat afternoon in Nairn with Finland film. Next Eden Court Monday 7pm; Glasgow Adelaide Church Weds 18; Musselburgh Ravelston Hotel Thurs 19 Feb. Details lesleyriddoch.com/events
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Great Sat afternoon in Nairn with Finland film. Next Eden Court Monday 7pm; Glasgow Adelaide Church Weds 18; Musselburgh Ravelston Hotel Thurs 19 Feb. Details lesleyriddoch.com/events
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
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NEW: Anas Sarwar has been accused of 'going into hiding' and dodging media scrutiny amid the Peter Mandelson scandal
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
NEW: Anas Sarwar has been accused of 'going into hiding' and dodging media scrutiny amid the Peter Mandelson scandal
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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EXCLUSIVE: There is a 99.7% chance of voters returning a pro-independence majority at the next Scottish Parliament election, according to a simulation of 1000 Holyrood contests
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25834462.results-polling-simulation-1000-holyrood-elections/
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25834462.results-polling-simulation-1000-holyrood-elections/
February 8, 2026 at 8:36 AM
EXCLUSIVE: There is a 99.7% chance of voters returning a pro-independence majority at the next Scottish Parliament election, according to a simulation of 1000 Holyrood contests
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25834462.results-polling-simulation-1000-holyrood-elections/
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25834462.results-polling-simulation-1000-holyrood-elections/
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Lucy Powell has turned off replies/quotes on this post where she tells Zack Polanski to stand down in Gorton & Denton. I think this is tactically disastrous...if the Greens get one more vote than Labour on Feb 26th it'll just invite endless requests for LABOUR to stand down in future (from me).
February 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Lucy Powell has turned off replies/quotes on this post where she tells Zack Polanski to stand down in Gorton & Denton. I think this is tactically disastrous...if the Greens get one more vote than Labour on Feb 26th it'll just invite endless requests for LABOUR to stand down in future (from me).