G Bell
@redbarman.bsky.social
A man, persistently striving to be more than average except in cases where I'm less than such. Be better™️
Glasgow. Glasgae. Glasvegas.
Glasgow. Glasgae. Glasvegas.
More that unites us than what divides. I mean re Neil's opinions, not farage
Farage arrives in Scotland today, and it should make our collective stomach heave that this repulsive, dangerous extremist has crossed the border. Amid scapegoating schoolkids and allegations of antisemitism anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
"Farage in Falkirk? It should make our stomachs heave to have him in Scotland"
Nigel Farage’s Falkirk visit sparks outrage, with many Scots saying his presence north of the border should make “our stomachs heave”.
www.heraldscotland.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
More that unites us than what divides. I mean re Neil's opinions, not farage
Anyone remember when nobody would use #ticketmaster because it was crap - Pearl Jam boycott because of their unfair charges. What happened to morality? Trying to buy tickets for #Kevinbridges and it's like hell in earth. Kev, couldn't you use Tickets Scotland? 🏴🏴🏴
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collider.com/pearl-jam-ti...
This Is Why Pearl Jam's Iconic Fight for Fair Ticket Prices Changed the Game
In the ’90s, Pearl Jam took a bold stand against Ticketmaster to keep concert prices fair for fans but their fight came with major consequences.
collider.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Anyone remember when nobody would use #ticketmaster because it was crap - Pearl Jam boycott because of their unfair charges. What happened to morality? Trying to buy tickets for #Kevinbridges and it's like hell in earth. Kev, couldn't you use Tickets Scotland? 🏴🏴🏴
collider.com/pearl-jam-ti...
collider.com/pearl-jam-ti...
F**k off Nigel. You're a racist (the Guardian); possibly a slug; the UK arm of right wing grifting International & associated with Russian influence and laundering. Your party gets donations from folk Musk has labelled "paedos". Your supporters are generally too online divorced dads and bored mums
Farage has been slated for his "repulsive" and "deeply racist" attack on Glasgow schoolchildren.
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
F**k off Nigel. You're a racist (the Guardian); possibly a slug; the UK arm of right wing grifting International & associated with Russian influence and laundering. Your party gets donations from folk Musk has labelled "paedos". Your supporters are generally too online divorced dads and bored mums
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Britain is living at the end of a decades-long inflationary wave. What comes next depends on whether we confront our financial model | Prof Richard Murphy
Is Britain at the peak of a great financial wave?
Britain is living at the end of a decades-long inflationary wave. What comes next depends on whether we confront our financial model
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Britain is living at the end of a decades-long inflationary wave. What comes next depends on whether we confront our financial model | Prof Richard Murphy
Not sure what alternative reality I've stepped into but I found myself agreeing more often than not with Piers Morgan on the topics discussed during this #surrounded
Off to reassess my life choices.
Surrounded: Piers Morgan vs 20 Woke Liberals
Media file: traffic.megaphone.fm/JI8006718625...
Off to reassess my life choices.
Surrounded: Piers Morgan vs 20 Woke Liberals
Media file: traffic.megaphone.fm/JI8006718625...
traffic.megaphone.fm
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not sure what alternative reality I've stepped into but I found myself agreeing more often than not with Piers Morgan on the topics discussed during this #surrounded
Off to reassess my life choices.
Surrounded: Piers Morgan vs 20 Woke Liberals
Media file: traffic.megaphone.fm/JI8006718625...
Off to reassess my life choices.
Surrounded: Piers Morgan vs 20 Woke Liberals
Media file: traffic.megaphone.fm/JI8006718625...
Anyone got photos of old #Cambuslang, particularly around the conservation area that they can share at all? Lots of photos of the main street and around the station but fewer of the nearby streets like Prospect Avenue, Central Avenue or Wellshot
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Anyone got photos of old #Cambuslang, particularly around the conservation area that they can share at all? Lots of photos of the main street and around the station but fewer of the nearby streets like Prospect Avenue, Central Avenue or Wellshot
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A public inquiry into Russian interference may now being considered for one reason: thousands of people pushed the petition online. That pressure came from you.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A public inquiry into Russian interference may now being considered for one reason: thousands of people pushed the petition online. That pressure came from you.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
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35,000 more votes to go! #standwithUkraine
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
35,000 more votes to go! #standwithUkraine
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I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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📉 Yesterday's ONS stats revealed a significant drop in net migration
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that lower migration is bad news for the UK economy since most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors
Read in full 👇
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migration-is-bad-news-for-the-uk-economy/
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that lower migration is bad news for the UK economy since most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors
Read in full 👇
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migration-is-bad-news-for-the-uk-economy/
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic prospects.
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📉 Yesterday's ONS stats revealed a significant drop in net migration
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that lower migration is bad news for the UK economy since most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors
Read in full 👇
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migration-is-bad-news-for-the-uk-economy/
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that lower migration is bad news for the UK economy since most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors
Read in full 👇
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migration-is-bad-news-for-the-uk-economy/
Watching Oppenheimer, what happened to America!?
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Watching Oppenheimer, what happened to America!?
Is the so called #Ukraine peace plan evidence that Putin has pics of Trump blowing Bubba as alleged in the Epstein exchanges? #Chamberlainy
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Is the so called #Ukraine peace plan evidence that Putin has pics of Trump blowing Bubba as alleged in the Epstein exchanges? #Chamberlainy
theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...
In light of the recent Telegraph articles about BBC bias, it's nice that scientists are able to provide reasonable, factual analysis.
In light of the recent Telegraph articles about BBC bias, it's nice that scientists are able to provide reasonable, factual analysis.
BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
The Prescott memo contained no research questions or objectives, method, sample, time frame or, crucially, analytical framework for examining output.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...
In light of the recent Telegraph articles about BBC bias, it's nice that scientists are able to provide reasonable, factual analysis.
In light of the recent Telegraph articles about BBC bias, it's nice that scientists are able to provide reasonable, factual analysis.
Are UK conservatives now paedo apologists?
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Are UK conservatives now paedo apologists?
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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What is wrong with these people. They just spent two weeks rolling the pitch for a U-turn on a policy they didn’t even do yet?
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What is wrong with these people. They just spent two weeks rolling the pitch for a U-turn on a policy they didn’t even do yet?
I'm normally averse to buying bonds at this stage of my life, but I'll be interested in buying into Kilts #scotland #kilts #aye
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
The Scottish Government is to issue its first ever bonds - but what are they?
John Swinney says the move to issue bonds will help fund infrastructure projects
www.scotsman.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'm normally averse to buying bonds at this stage of my life, but I'll be interested in buying into Kilts #scotland #kilts #aye
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
I mean, if I was asked to pick one person I'd be less likely to have faith in, Wes Streeting would be the guy #labour
🚨Labour chaos latest:
🔥 Starmer allies accuse Streeting of plotting
🔥 Streeting says "categorically untrue"
🔥 Splits in No10 over high-stakes gamble
🔥 Labour MPs furious
🔥 Government source: "Number ten has gone into full bunker mode"
Story 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cabine...
🔥 Starmer allies accuse Streeting of plotting
🔥 Streeting says "categorically untrue"
🔥 Splits in No10 over high-stakes gamble
🔥 Labour MPs furious
🔥 Government source: "Number ten has gone into full bunker mode"
Story 👇
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cabine...
Cabinet Splits Erupt As Keir Starmer Allies Accuse Wes Streeting Of Plotting Against Him
Labour MPs left furious by latest bout of party infighting.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I mean, if I was asked to pick one person I'd be less likely to have faith in, Wes Streeting would be the guy #labour
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A former BBC journalist has accused the broadcaster of ‘caving to the right-wing press’ following the resignation of two high-profile figures
Ex-BBC reporter slams broadcaster for ‘caving to right-wing media’ with resignations
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A former BBC journalist has accused the broadcaster of ‘caving to the right-wing press’ following the resignation of two high-profile figures
#Bbc are properly navel gazing this morning aren't they? Your leader is gone, woop de doo. While it does deserve some attention it doesn't feel like this is the number one news story unless you want to tie it to political dark money and US interference
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#Bbc are properly navel gazing this morning aren't they? Your leader is gone, woop de doo. While it does deserve some attention it doesn't feel like this is the number one news story unless you want to tie it to political dark money and US interference
All the migrants I meet work for a living and are perfectly pleasant colleagues, friends and acquaintances. It might be skewed by profession, or by their fear from the perception that Britain is becoming increasingly hostile to migrants, but I like to hope it's just because they are just people
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
All the migrants I meet work for a living and are perfectly pleasant colleagues, friends and acquaintances. It might be skewed by profession, or by their fear from the perception that Britain is becoming increasingly hostile to migrants, but I like to hope it's just because they are just people
Is this why we're told esg investing is "bad"? Personal wealth, even if just future wealth, equivalent to a country while Americans starve in a government shutdown seems morally reprehensible. Meanwhile, Ms Reeves pursues tax increases on paye in UK apnews.com/article/musk...
Musk could become history's first trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve giant pay package
The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire. Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits c...
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Is this why we're told esg investing is "bad"? Personal wealth, even if just future wealth, equivalent to a country while Americans starve in a government shutdown seems morally reprehensible. Meanwhile, Ms Reeves pursues tax increases on paye in UK apnews.com/article/musk...