Seymour Strangely
@seymourstrangely.bsky.social
Ex-bookseller, writer, Epicurean. Lefty, Scottish not British. Curiosity, perspective and humour are what keep us from despair or ennui.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
well, that's another Budget come and gone, without any attempt to stop multi-millionaires offshoring their assets, disinvesting in nuclear weapons or taxing the royal family a penny.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
well, that's another Budget come and gone, without any attempt to stop multi-millionaires offshoring their assets, disinvesting in nuclear weapons or taxing the royal family a penny.
brace yourselves. tomorrow 4,327 over-caffeinated right-wing nerds with calculators will crowd the airwaves telling us in nineteen different ways why the Budget is utterly, utterly dreadful, so all the rich people will be moving to Dubai tomorrow.
but Brexit was fab and was not their fault anyway.
but Brexit was fab and was not their fault anyway.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
brace yourselves. tomorrow 4,327 over-caffeinated right-wing nerds with calculators will crowd the airwaves telling us in nineteen different ways why the Budget is utterly, utterly dreadful, so all the rich people will be moving to Dubai tomorrow.
but Brexit was fab and was not their fault anyway.
but Brexit was fab and was not their fault anyway.
BBCRadio4 Today prog this morning:
1 a woman who wants to stop children who believe they could be trans from getting puberty blockers.
no counter argument offered.
2 the biographer of Farage, when pressed repeatedly admits he doesn't think Farage is a racist "now."
no counter argument offered.
1 a woman who wants to stop children who believe they could be trans from getting puberty blockers.
no counter argument offered.
2 the biographer of Farage, when pressed repeatedly admits he doesn't think Farage is a racist "now."
no counter argument offered.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
BBCRadio4 Today prog this morning:
1 a woman who wants to stop children who believe they could be trans from getting puberty blockers.
no counter argument offered.
2 the biographer of Farage, when pressed repeatedly admits he doesn't think Farage is a racist "now."
no counter argument offered.
1 a woman who wants to stop children who believe they could be trans from getting puberty blockers.
no counter argument offered.
2 the biographer of Farage, when pressed repeatedly admits he doesn't think Farage is a racist "now."
no counter argument offered.
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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‘As the UK Government fails to lift a finger to save Scottish industry, another industrial plant is set to close threatening thousands of jobs. Also, there's a warning that Scotland could be collateral damage if the AI bubble bursts.’
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NEWS4SCOTLAND NOVEMBER 21ST, 2025
YouTube video by The Scotland Channel
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November 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
‘As the UK Government fails to lift a finger to save Scottish industry, another industrial plant is set to close threatening thousands of jobs. Also, there's a warning that Scotland could be collateral damage if the AI bubble bursts.’
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⭐️ EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis Christmas Ads In DANGER.
👇🏻 Please watch and share this #BrokenNews report.
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EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis Christmas Ads In DANGER - #BrokenNews
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November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
⭐️ EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis Christmas Ads In DANGER.
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A quote from Professor Sir Chris Whitty CMO for England: "Just to acknowledge the really great work done in Scotland. Scotland has actually blazed a trail in many areas of Public Health." Listening to WM's broadcasters you'd be surprised to hear it . @BBCNews @SkyNews @itvnews
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A quote from Professor Sir Chris Whitty CMO for England: "Just to acknowledge the really great work done in Scotland. Scotland has actually blazed a trail in many areas of Public Health." Listening to WM's broadcasters you'd be surprised to hear it . @BBCNews @SkyNews @itvnews
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
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Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Missed by the COVID enquiry – How First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Scottish Government kept excess mortality here at just over half the UK average despite the delay in devolving responsibility and Johnson’s callous inertia – saving thousands of lives talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/20/n...
Not in the Covid Inquiry reporting today – How First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Scottish Government kept excess mortality here at just over half the UK average despite the delay in devolving ...
Professor John Robertson OBA I’m grateful to @amaccj for reminding me of this and for the link to the source. When the final assessment is made, we need to set the scene with these facts:…
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November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Missed by the COVID enquiry – How First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Scottish Government kept excess mortality here at just over half the UK average despite the delay in devolving responsibility and Johnson’s callous inertia – saving thousands of lives talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/20/n...
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AI 10x faster: “Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a software system called WaferLLM, designed specifically for wafer-scale chips to help improve their performance...”
I expect this to be reported as a “breakthrough from a British university“
I expect this to be reported as a “breakthrough from a British university“
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
AI 10x faster: “Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a software system called WaferLLM, designed specifically for wafer-scale chips to help improve their performance...”
I expect this to be reported as a “breakthrough from a British university“
I expect this to be reported as a “breakthrough from a British university“
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Whow. Congratulations. Look at that swing.
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Whow. Congratulations. Look at that swing.
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
If you want to be part of results like this: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Some are forgetting how Westminster stopped Scotland from responding sooner.
Gosh I wonder why, couldn’t possibly be independence is growing?
Gosh I wonder why, couldn’t possibly be independence is growing?
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Some are forgetting how Westminster stopped Scotland from responding sooner.
Gosh I wonder why, couldn’t possibly be independence is growing?
Gosh I wonder why, couldn’t possibly be independence is growing?
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No-one is perfect but there is no doubt that the delaying of a ‘shutdown’ decision by WM cost so many people dearly. The Scottish Gov’t could not order a shutdown without the financial offset of a furlough scheme - and that was impossible to fund as HR cannot run up a deficit.
Awful memories.
Awful memories.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No-one is perfect but there is no doubt that the delaying of a ‘shutdown’ decision by WM cost so many people dearly. The Scottish Gov’t could not order a shutdown without the financial offset of a furlough scheme - and that was impossible to fund as HR cannot run up a deficit.
Awful memories.
Awful memories.
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It's all well and good saying there should have been a four nations approach.
But what the tap dancing fuck did you expect the devolved nations to do when the UK specifically chose not have a 4 nations approach by refusing to use rhe civil contingencies act and wanted to "let the bodies pile high?"
But what the tap dancing fuck did you expect the devolved nations to do when the UK specifically chose not have a 4 nations approach by refusing to use rhe civil contingencies act and wanted to "let the bodies pile high?"
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's all well and good saying there should have been a four nations approach.
But what the tap dancing fuck did you expect the devolved nations to do when the UK specifically chose not have a 4 nations approach by refusing to use rhe civil contingencies act and wanted to "let the bodies pile high?"
But what the tap dancing fuck did you expect the devolved nations to do when the UK specifically chose not have a 4 nations approach by refusing to use rhe civil contingencies act and wanted to "let the bodies pile high?"
hearing the commentariat & MSM using the publication of the Covid Report as another opportunity to castigate Nicola Sturgeon.
this is a travesty. she was a hero, relentlessly toiling with the LIMITED POWERS of Scotgov to mitigate the self-absorbed calamity that was Boris Johnson's so-called govt.
this is a travesty. she was a hero, relentlessly toiling with the LIMITED POWERS of Scotgov to mitigate the self-absorbed calamity that was Boris Johnson's so-called govt.
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
hearing the commentariat & MSM using the publication of the Covid Report as another opportunity to castigate Nicola Sturgeon.
this is a travesty. she was a hero, relentlessly toiling with the LIMITED POWERS of Scotgov to mitigate the self-absorbed calamity that was Boris Johnson's so-called govt.
this is a travesty. she was a hero, relentlessly toiling with the LIMITED POWERS of Scotgov to mitigate the self-absorbed calamity that was Boris Johnson's so-called govt.
on receiving the news that the Covid Report was very damning of Boris Johnson's narcissistic,vacillating laziness & misogyny, LBC's Andrew Marr did the only thing he could:
he had Nadine Dorries on to refute these findings and tell all the listeners what an outstanding moral hero Boris really is.
🤔
he had Nadine Dorries on to refute these findings and tell all the listeners what an outstanding moral hero Boris really is.
🤔
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
on receiving the news that the Covid Report was very damning of Boris Johnson's narcissistic,vacillating laziness & misogyny, LBC's Andrew Marr did the only thing he could:
he had Nadine Dorries on to refute these findings and tell all the listeners what an outstanding moral hero Boris really is.
🤔
he had Nadine Dorries on to refute these findings and tell all the listeners what an outstanding moral hero Boris really is.
🤔
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
"The House of Lords is the only governing assembly outside the Muslim world in which clergy can sit ex officio. It must be one of the few in which membership can be bought and is therefore blatantly corrupt. "
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Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"The House of Lords is the only governing assembly outside the Muslim world in which clergy can sit ex officio. It must be one of the few in which membership can be bought and is therefore blatantly corrupt. "
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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President Trump is openly calling for the death of six Democratic members of Congress. Their “crime” was reminding the military and intelligence community that they can refuse illegal orders and that their oath is to the Constitution, not to him.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
President Trump is openly calling for the death of six Democratic members of Congress. Their “crime” was reminding the military and intelligence community that they can refuse illegal orders and that their oath is to the Constitution, not to him.