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America is becoming scummier and scummier
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Greedy for more land, Trump gives US a bad name
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Greedy for more land, Trump gives US a bad name
Trump's new Greenland envoy intends to make territory 'a part of the US'
Denmark describes his comments as "completely unacceptable" and summons the US ambassador in a new eruption of tensions over the future of the vast Danish island.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
America is becoming scummier and scummier
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Greedy for more land, Trump gives US a bad name
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Greedy for more land, Trump gives US a bad name
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Ha, ha! Just what the folk of Royston need, "A local (english) man for local people".
Good people of Royston, let this mob anywhere near power, at your peril.
Indy supporters make sure you come out and vote. 👍
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Good people of Royston, let this mob anywhere near power, at your peril.
Indy supporters make sure you come out and vote. 👍
🏴🏴🏴
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ha, ha! Just what the folk of Royston need, "A local (english) man for local people".
Good people of Royston, let this mob anywhere near power, at your peril.
Indy supporters make sure you come out and vote. 👍
🏴🏴🏴
Good people of Royston, let this mob anywhere near power, at your peril.
Indy supporters make sure you come out and vote. 👍
🏴🏴🏴
feel for this woman detained for months by ICE
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'Family kept me going' - Irish woman after ICE detention
Irish citizen Donna Hughes-Brown, who had been held by immigration authorities in the US for almost five months, has said it is fabulous to be free but she is still feeling a bit overwhelmed since her...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
feel for this woman detained for months by ICE
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www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
at last, a relationship worth having
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Canada eyes an ‘ambitious’ new partnership with Britain amid Trump turmoil
The two countries’ relationship is “incredibly valuable in the kind of dangerous and turbulent world in which we live,” Canada’s High Commissioner to London, Ralph Goodale, tells POLITICO as he ste…
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December 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
at last, a relationship worth having
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Only Scotland and Wales meet WHO target for measles protection talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/16/o...
Only Scotland and Wales meet WHO target for measles protection
Professor John Robertson OBA From Childhood immunisation statistics Scotland Quarter ending 30 September 2025, yesterday: The first dose of Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine is offered betwe…
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December 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Only Scotland and Wales meet WHO target for measles protection talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/16/o...
a new level of genocide
Things you never reported on MSM
Al Jazeera Mubasher reports Israel is using drones & aid routes to smuggle narcotics into Gaza, w/ drugs found hidden in flour bags & aid trucks. Palestinian leaders say it’s a deliberate effort to fracture society while food & medicine remain blocked
Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
Vid: Translating Falasteen, X (@translatingpal)
December 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
a new level of genocide
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck... murdering others because of race hatred is wrong. But isn't that exactly what Israel has been doing? Do I feel pity for a nation of aggressors?
Bondi Beach: British-born rabbi among 11 killed, as police probe attack on Jewish community
More than two dozen others were injured in the attach at the beach, which targeted an event marking the first night of Hanukkah.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck... murdering others because of race hatred is wrong. But isn't that exactly what Israel has been doing? Do I feel pity for a nation of aggressors?
oh yes it is. Looking forward to Panto season this Christmas and every Christmas
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Cumbernauld Theatre saved with £150,000 from Scottish Government
The Cumbernauld Theatre Trust previously warned that it would have to hand its building back to the local authority by mid-December.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
oh yes it is. Looking forward to Panto season this Christmas and every Christmas
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belittling doctors is not the answer, it's part of the cause news.sky.com/story/sir-ke...
Sir Keir Starmer urges doctors to accept deal to avert Christmas strikes amid 'super flu' outbreak
Public support for strikes is low as flu hospitalisations reach record levels and schools face closures due to illness.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The SNP remain the most trusted political party when it comes to standing up for Scotland’s interests.
December 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The SNP remain the most trusted political party when it comes to standing up for Scotland’s interests.
for one that is high profile with even senator's attention, there are thousands without any means to question their detention 😔https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/11/trump-abrego-release-deportation/
Kilmar Abrego García released from ICE custody
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government could not indefinitely detain Kilmar Abrego García, a 30-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who is fighting his deportation.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
for one that is high profile with even senator's attention, there are thousands without any means to question their detention 😔https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/11/trump-abrego-release-deportation/
Records speak for themselves. Scottish Government outstrips Westminster every time. We need to make it permanent. #ScottishIndependence ✅
BREAKING: Independence has taken a four-point lead while Labour support has dropped off in a new Ipsos poll
Story to follow
Story to follow
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Records speak for themselves. Scottish Government outstrips Westminster every time. We need to make it permanent. #ScottishIndependence ✅
a positive story from Northern Ireland: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northern Ireland disability strategy welcomed by campaigners
Communities Minister Gordon Lyons outlined details of the draft plan in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
a positive story from Northern Ireland: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM Keir Starmer says Angela Rayner will return to cabinet, blaming misogyny for the criticism Rayner and Reeves have received.
🤔personally, I believe they received the criticism they deserved, but would Starmer have fought so hard for them to stay if they were men?
🤔personally, I believe they received the criticism they deserved, but would Starmer have fought so hard for them to stay if they were men?
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
PM Keir Starmer says Angela Rayner will return to cabinet, blaming misogyny for the criticism Rayner and Reeves have received.
🤔personally, I believe they received the criticism they deserved, but would Starmer have fought so hard for them to stay if they were men?
🤔personally, I believe they received the criticism they deserved, but would Starmer have fought so hard for them to stay if they were men?
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Two 24-year-olds have died following a fatal crash in Aberdeenshire 🚨
Two 24-year-olds die after fatal two-car crash in Aberdeenshire
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December 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
😔
National Park Service drops free entry on Martin Luther King Jr. day, also Juneteenth, while adding free admission on Donald Trump’s birthday - AP news
🤔what does that say about this present Whitehouse administration? Voters need to take off the rose coloured spectacles
🤔what does that say about this present Whitehouse administration? Voters need to take off the rose coloured spectacles
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
National Park Service drops free entry on Martin Luther King Jr. day, also Juneteenth, while adding free admission on Donald Trump’s birthday - AP news
🤔what does that say about this present Whitehouse administration? Voters need to take off the rose coloured spectacles
🤔what does that say about this present Whitehouse administration? Voters need to take off the rose coloured spectacles
Ramsay El-Nakla, brother in law of Humsa Yousaf is on trial in Edinburgh accused of dealing heroine & cocaine and after the death of a man who fell from a window in Dundee.
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Ramsay El-Nakla, brother in law of Humsa Yousaf is on trial in Edinburgh accused of dealing heroine & cocaine and after the death of a man who fell from a window in Dundee.
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
🤔Spouses are not by default responsible for the misdemeanors of their in-laws, but does cast shadows over relationships
LOL singing it here in my flat www.thenational.scot/news/2566994...
Viral moment Hydro crowd stops folk indie band for Flower of Scotland
A Glasgow audience has been called 'undefeatable' after a top indie band asked for quiet, only for the crowd to break into the country's national…
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December 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
LOL singing it here in my flat www.thenational.scot/news/2566994...
Penrith & Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours has had the Labour whip suspended after voting against the governments raid on farmers' inheritance tax. A man with a conscience versus a government with no conscience
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Politics latest: MP who voted against inheritance tax for farmers has Labour whip suspended
An MP who voted against inheritance tax for farmers has been suspended from the Labour Party. It comes as Sir Keir Starmer faced Kemi Badenoch in his first PMQs since the budget.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Penrith & Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours has had the Labour whip suspended after voting against the governments raid on farmers' inheritance tax. A man with a conscience versus a government with no conscience
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this is how those in government down in London behave, not solving the problem but IMO aggravating it. Bullying doesn't always work. Meanwhile far away in another country called Scotland doctors and government live in peace, solving their problems by negotiation
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Politics latest: Wes Streeting accuses BMA of behaving like 'moaning Minnies' over doctors strike
The health secretary says he is "genuinely worried" about the strikes. A week ago today, Rachel Reeves delivered her budget - and there's been a lot of fallout since. We will be seeing Sir Keir Starme...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
this is how those in government down in London behave, not solving the problem but IMO aggravating it. Bullying doesn't always work. Meanwhile far away in another country called Scotland doctors and government live in peace, solving their problems by negotiation
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It is unwise for a weak country with a poor economy, living on yesterday's glory to make an enemy out of one of the most powerful rising countries in the world. Sucking up to someone as fickle as Trump is pointless. Seems the Labour Party are running out of ideas.
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PM issues China warning - and hits out at Brexit
Sir Keir Starmer argued that it would be "utterly reckless" to consider Brexit as a template for future foreign policy - and attacked politicians who have a "corrosive, inward-looking attitude".
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December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It is unwise for a weak country with a poor economy, living on yesterday's glory to make an enemy out of one of the most powerful rising countries in the world. Sucking up to someone as fickle as Trump is pointless. Seems the Labour Party are running out of ideas.
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is this peace? Is it even a truce? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Child among two Palestinians killed in Israeli army’s West Bank raids
Two Palestinians killed in West Bank after the Israeli army claimed they carried out car-ramming and stabbing attacks.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
is this peace? Is it even a truce? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
👍Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal - Sky News
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
👍Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal - Sky News
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
There needs to be Accountability. Too long those responsible have escaped justice.
If Trump, Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel along with Trump's billionaire friends where thrown out of office next year, who would I vote for POTUS48? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Kelly says he has ‘serious concerns’ over boat strikes
Sen. Mark Kelly said there should be an investigation; Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin blasted Kelly.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If Trump, Hegseth, Kennedy, Patel along with Trump's billionaire friends where thrown out of office next year, who would I vote for POTUS48? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
better than sitting empty 😒
A former office in Edinburgh is set to be transformed into a new budget hotel
Former Edinburgh office to be transformed into new 195-bedroom hotel
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December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
better than sitting empty 😒