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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 22h

and the Christian right was used by unscrupulous billionaires bent on ensuring generational wealth and power remains in thier hands, not voters as it briefly did between 1945 - 1975, at which point wealth reasserted its control and voters let it because they became complacent and apathetic..

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 22h

mitigating a poor foundation is inefficient and ultimately doomed to failure over the long term, any society built on a neo liberal foundation is one built on sand, where any measures taken are always being undermined by the foundation on which they are built
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Shortening stature: Addressing the decline in children's health

This election year marks a crucial juncture when we evaluate our national priorities: few would argue against the health of our children being high up the list. However, to date, children’s dietary he...

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 1d

This is spot on

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 1d

Given neo liberalism was only effectively introduced post 1979 quoting pre 79 improvements as due to a system that did not take full effect until 35 years ago rather destroys your argument, most of UK post war progression was pre neo liberalism.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d

Rising bills. Falling living standards. The UK economic model is broken.

Independence is the fresh start for Scotland - so we can build a wealthier, fairer nation shaped by the people who live here.

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 1d

With #Labour, #Tories and #Reform all battling to see who can be the nastiest party and who can attack vulnerable people the most, independence has never been more vital said @patrickharvie.bsky.social

#ScottishIndependence

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With independence we can build a greener Scotland

With independence we can build a greener Scotland - Greens react to latest Scot Gov Independence white paper.

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 1d

News you won’t hear – Support for struggling households from SNP Government 👇
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News you won’t hear – Support for struggling households from SNP Government

Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan Professor John Robertson OBA From Scottish Government News today with only the Daily Record covering it: A record £99 million will be invested in Discretionary Housi…

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 1d

When will Americans wake up to the fact Republicans have effectively now made America a one party state ?

Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly, but I doubt the receipts will be needed he is so incompetent at anything beyond burying Corbyn, and even that was done for him he was just the patsy/stand in readied to go.

Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 1d

You avoid the point again, you cannot know whether or not Scotland
1 Would have bailed out its banking system (or needed to, see Canada)
2 If it had, how much it would cost
3 What financial regulation post indy would look like nor the systemic risk Scotland would have, yet you act as though you do

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 1d

Some of us over the pond saw White evangelicals mobilising 40 years ago to create a theocracy, trump is just a figurehead, the network behind him is Christian white supremacy with vast funds looking to control all "white" countries. Few realise how big this is, its a war going back 1,000 years

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

In other words, you don't know what the cost to Scotland would have been had Scotland chosen to bail out only Scottish banks. That is if they even decided too, not "UK" banks. Your reasoning is a tad disingenuous, to say the least.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 4d

And the astronomical cost to clean up PFAS pollution, even were production to cease today, let alone if we continue to permit these chemicals to spew into the environment.

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Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe

Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 4d

The project exposed intense industry lobbying to prevent a ban on PFAS forever chemicals on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together".
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Industry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulation

Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 4d

We're honoured the Forever Lobbying Project that Watershed was part of, led by @stephanehorel.bsky.social + in association with @corporateeurope.org has been nominated for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize of the European Parliament.

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The Forever Pollution Project, The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS Pollution on the environment, science and politics

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

It will disappear, this has been common knowledge for 5 years now, anyone remember the Ford Report and the Labour files ? Both laid all this out in excruciating detail and were comprehensively ignored by the great unwashed masses.

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

correct

Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

Republicans have been planning this for 50 years.

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

From across the pond this is no bombshell, I predicted this 6 months ago, none of this is remotely surprising Americans have deported over 100,000 people and everyone has let that happen without a shot being fired, what message do you think Trump gets from that ? He can and is doing just as he likes

Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

Better do it before, not after indy.

Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

No I am not, I was genuinely asking you for some actual numbers related to bail outs of Scot owned banking entities in its economy by UK govt, not estimates done by international banking groups in assessing how much sits on thier UK balance sheet and may be negotiated / debated accordingly.

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

So when you are pushed on hard details you can`t actually supply independent data to support your claims, the very critique you use against Indy supporters. When you can provide details of how many Scottish owned banks, not international banking groups, were bailed out, I will pay attention.

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duncan2024.bsky.social @duncan2024.bsky.social · 2d

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/07/n...

NHS Scotland was ready to complete 98% of operations in August 2025 despite steadily increasing demand

Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today: During August 2025, there were 24,750 operations planned to take place across NHSScotland. This is 3.1% higher (+753) than the number…

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 2d

No, be fair Starmer has justified putting bullets into Palestinian children, babies and women for 3 yrs, and starving them, denying them water, bombing them etc etc. it could be argued he is just reflecting official govt policy towards those deemed "unworthy". If he can`t hypocrisy comes to mind

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Roy Bennett @roybennett.bsky.social · 3d

The mans a coward he just told every UK citizen they are on thier own and the UK Govt won`t protect them.

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