Gill Steele
@squirreltower.bsky.social
Working in renewables since 2005.Believe in land reform & social justice.I want a fairer society & realise now I have to help make that happen. Sucker for volunteering.Owned by a cat,dog & children.Just don’t self build😜 .English bird 30 years in Scotland
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Gill Steele
@squirreltower.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Introduce yourself with four climbs
Cioch nose - A’ Chioch Ridge
Savage Slit - Cairn Lochan
Etive Slabs - Beinn Trilleachan
Tower Ridge - Beinn Nibheis
Cioch nose - A’ Chioch Ridge
Savage Slit - Cairn Lochan
Etive Slabs - Beinn Trilleachan
Tower Ridge - Beinn Nibheis
27.11.25
Periodic reminder that Carbon intensity of electricity in Scotland is 0%
It’s the same most days
Periodic reminder that Carbon intensity of electricity in Scotland is 0%
It’s the same most days
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
27.11.25
Periodic reminder that Carbon intensity of electricity in Scotland is 0%
It’s the same most days
Periodic reminder that Carbon intensity of electricity in Scotland is 0%
It’s the same most days
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It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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The UK has more than enough money to fund our public services and rebuild our infrastructure. But it's hoarded by a tiny minority.
The 50 richest families now hold more wealth than 50% of the population combined.
A tax on the wealth of the top 1% would raise over £70 billion.
The 50 richest families now hold more wealth than 50% of the population combined.
A tax on the wealth of the top 1% would raise over £70 billion.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The UK has more than enough money to fund our public services and rebuild our infrastructure. But it's hoarded by a tiny minority.
The 50 richest families now hold more wealth than 50% of the population combined.
A tax on the wealth of the top 1% would raise over £70 billion.
The 50 richest families now hold more wealth than 50% of the population combined.
A tax on the wealth of the top 1% would raise over £70 billion.
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Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.
If only there were a word for such a party.
If only there were a word for such a party.
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Reform is a party that says things that appeal to racists, fields racist candidates, fawns over racist world leaders, made a convicted racist guest of honour at their conference, and whose leader refuses to outright deny having racially abused people.
If only there were a word for such a party.
If only there were a word for such a party.
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“I know where I’m going “ is a great film but good to see Werner Kissling’s use of Gaelic in his 1935 documentary also acknowledged www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mull's 1940s romantic comedy that brought Gaelic to cinema
I Know Where I'm Going was made 80 years ago but still has an impact today.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“I know where I’m going “ is a great film but good to see Werner Kissling’s use of Gaelic in his 1935 documentary also acknowledged www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotlands only UKIP MEP David Coburn repeats Nathan Gills talking points and then joined with him the board of the Putin propaganda channels NewsOne and Channel 112 in Ukraine
One to remember in the run up to May 2026 Scotland
One to remember in the run up to May 2026 Scotland
From the wonderful @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @thenerve.news some stunning journalism. 👏👏👏
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Scotlands only UKIP MEP David Coburn repeats Nathan Gills talking points and then joined with him the board of the Putin propaganda channels NewsOne and Channel 112 in Ukraine
One to remember in the run up to May 2026 Scotland
One to remember in the run up to May 2026 Scotland
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Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Children. Teens. Pregnant women. Victims of domestic violence. Anyone from an ethic minority. Care home residents. People with disabilities. The list of overlooked vulnerable groups goes on & on.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Children. Teens. Pregnant women. Victims of domestic violence. Anyone from an ethic minority. Care home residents. People with disabilities. The list of overlooked vulnerable groups goes on & on.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
The lesson is to build processes that include them next time.
Not to airbrush away 250,000 Covid dead.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social again with the latest on the Nathan Gill sentencing...and a personal message.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social again with the latest on the Nathan Gill sentencing...and a personal message.
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“The sentencing of Nathan Gill shows how agents acting on behalf of [hostile powers] have attempted to corrupt our democratic processes... The threat is real, and we urgently need to take action to defend against it.”
— Transparency International UK policy director @duncanhames.bsky.social
— Transparency International UK policy director @duncanhames.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“The sentencing of Nathan Gill shows how agents acting on behalf of [hostile powers] have attempted to corrupt our democratic processes... The threat is real, and we urgently need to take action to defend against it.”
— Transparency International UK policy director @duncanhames.bsky.social
— Transparency International UK policy director @duncanhames.bsky.social
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
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Wales Reform UK ex-leader jailed for taking Russian bribes
www.channel4.com/news/wales-r...
www.channel4.com/news/wales-r...
Wales Reform UK ex-leader jailed for taking Russian bribes
Nathan Gill was once described as Nigel Farage's right-hand-man when both men sat in the European parliament.
www.channel4.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wales Reform UK ex-leader jailed for taking Russian bribes
www.channel4.com/news/wales-r...
www.channel4.com/news/wales-r...
‘The UK regulator approved funding requests for 8 transmission projects by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHET)
projects include offshore HVDC cables & onshore overhead lines in Scotland
Arnish to Beauly (Western Isles) HVDC link
Spittal to Peterhead subsea cable & Beauly to Denny OHL’
projects include offshore HVDC cables & onshore overhead lines in Scotland
Arnish to Beauly (Western Isles) HVDC link
Spittal to Peterhead subsea cable & Beauly to Denny OHL’
Ofgem backs funding for nine major UK electricity transmission projects #energysky
Ofgem backs funding for nine major UK electricity transmission projects
The UK regulator has approved funding requests for eight Scottish transmission links and the Sea Link cable.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
‘The UK regulator approved funding requests for 8 transmission projects by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHET)
projects include offshore HVDC cables & onshore overhead lines in Scotland
Arnish to Beauly (Western Isles) HVDC link
Spittal to Peterhead subsea cable & Beauly to Denny OHL’
projects include offshore HVDC cables & onshore overhead lines in Scotland
Arnish to Beauly (Western Isles) HVDC link
Spittal to Peterhead subsea cable & Beauly to Denny OHL’
Finally the Scottish & UK governments will own a share of a wind farm in Scotland…….
and join the French, Norwegian, German governments who already own renewable generation up here
and join the French, Norwegian, German governments who already own renewable generation up here
UK and Scottish Governments announce major investment in offshore wind farm www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
UK and Scottish Governments announce major investment in offshore wind farm
National Wealth Fund, Great British Energy and the Scottish National Investment Bank will each put up to £50m towards th...
www.holyrood.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Finally the Scottish & UK governments will own a share of a wind farm in Scotland…….
and join the French, Norwegian, German governments who already own renewable generation up here
and join the French, Norwegian, German governments who already own renewable generation up here
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It’s clearly a night to share @theguardian.com back page. World Cup, here we come!! 🏴🏆
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It’s clearly a night to share @theguardian.com back page. World Cup, here we come!! 🏴🏆
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🥳 13yo says he's too excited to ever sleep ever again - what a phenomenal final 10 minutes! 🏴 #Scotland #WorldCup
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Swinney, announce referendum now 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Swinney, announce referendum now 🏴
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The Tartan Army in North America next year:
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Tartan Army in North America next year:
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Just unbelievable. I remember thinking after France 98 - it'll be fine, I'll have loads of World Cups to go to when I'm an adult with my pals.
I'm nearly 42 with two kids. Just unbelievable.
I'm nearly 42 with two kids. Just unbelievable.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just unbelievable. I remember thinking after France 98 - it'll be fine, I'll have loads of World Cups to go to when I'm an adult with my pals.
I'm nearly 42 with two kids. Just unbelievable.
I'm nearly 42 with two kids. Just unbelievable.
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YYYYEEEESSSSSS! 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
YYYYEEEESSSSSS! 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
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This all feels deeply unScottish.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This all feels deeply unScottish.
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We remain on track.
There is no conclusion possible other than that we are somehow going to fluke our way to winning the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We remain on track.