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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17h

The killing of the drug rehab bill disgraces devolution

Holyrood was meant to do politics better than Westminster. It repeatedly fails to do so. For proof just look at how politicians refused to work together to help addicts

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The killing of drug rehab bill at Holyrood disgraces the principles of devolution

Proposed legislation which would have given addicts the legal right to treatment has just been shot down at the Scottish Parliament, proving that…

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17h

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17h

They’re both awful

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17h

The killing of the drug rehab bill disgraces devolution

Holyrood was meant to do politics better than Westminster. It repeatedly fails to do so. For proof just look at how politicians refused to work together to help addicts

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

The killing of drug rehab bill at Holyrood disgraces the principles of devolution

Proposed legislation which would have given addicts the legal right to treatment has just been shot down at the Scottish Parliament, proving that…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 19h

We’ll never get that independence thermometer now. Shucks

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Ash Regan has quit the Alba Party

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Michael McKay @87mck.bsky.social · 21h

Her highlights include grovelling to Elon Musk and thinking putting sex work underground meant their customers would have to dig up sex workers. @neilmackay.bsky.social
@gemmaclark.bsky.social
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Ash Regan quits Alba over concerns of party's 'direction'

ALBA’s sole MSP Ash Regan has quit the party citing concerns about its “direction” ...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely brilliant that Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. A defender of democracy who put herself in danger deservedly rewarded

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22h

The BBC is slowly but surely destroying Radio 4 as well. It’s the last bastion of intelligent debate in Britain, yet it’s increasingly becoming a vehicle for culture wars. When the history of the UK in this period is written, the BBC will have a lot to answer for when it comes to stirring division

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCQT

Always bring the receipts.

Happy birthday to my friend and colleague Nigel Farage aka Mr Brexit.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Go Zack #bbcqt

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Amedeo Modigliani @modigliani.bsky.social · 1d

Study of a Head https://www.wikiart.org/en/amedeo-modigliani/study-of-a-head-1913

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Just read it!

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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch is a dismal philistine, and expects everybody to make themselves as unimaginative and intellectually stunted as she is.

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Heaven forbid that young people should ever understand their own culture

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA America: pay $1400 for tickets to Waiting for Godot because it’s on Broadway and then whine as you’re too much of a lumpen ill-educated baboon to understand or appreciate it

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

‘I will not be cruel, I will not be cruel, I will not be cruel … aw fuck it, I can’t help myself’

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Deportation Nation: How Farage and Badenoch are tearing Britain apart

Reform and the Tories are in a race to the bottom on race with their policies for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads. They disgrace this country

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'It feels like British politics has become some grotesque carnival'

Policies from Farage and Badenoch for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads are the antithesis of everything Britain stands for, our Writer…

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

British politics has become a grotesque carnival, a circus of horrors

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Mass deportations and Trump-style ICE snatch squads: British politicians are in a race to the bottom on race. They disgrace the country

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'It feels like British politics has become some grotesque carnival'

Policies from Farage and Badenoch for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads are the antithesis of everything Britain stands for, our Writer…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

British politics has become a circus of horrors, a race to the bottom on race as parties scramble to come up with the cruellest policies from mass deportations to Trump-style ICE snatch squads. Where does this end?

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Deportation Nation: How Farage and Badenoch are tearing Britain apart

Reform and the Tories are in a race to the bottom on race with their policies for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads. They disgrace this country

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'It feels like British politics has become some grotesque carnival'

Policies from Farage and Badenoch for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads are the antithesis of everything Britain stands for, our Writer…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

British politics has become a grotesque carnival, a circus of horrors

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

British politics has become a circus of horrors, a race to the bottom on race as parties scramble to come up with the cruellest policies from mass deportations to Trump-style ICE snatch squads. Where does this end?

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Mass deportations and Trump-style ICE snatch squads: British politicians are in a race to the bottom on race. They disgrace the country

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'It feels like British politics has become some grotesque carnival'

Policies from Farage and Badenoch for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads are the antithesis of everything Britain stands for, our Writer…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to create a docile, obedient nation, first attack the arts so you deskill children of critical thinking. Once you’ve done that the people can be moulded as their rulers please. Beware this barbarism. It’s a path to demagoguery and authoritarianism

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