Marlene Halliday
@weegiefifer.bsky.social
Rather elderly person who has just discovered spin classes! 🚴♀️
Born 311ppm. It’s now 426ppm
Presenter at Scottish Independence Podcasts @ScottishIndyPod.bsky.social
My neglected website:
https://weegiefifer.scot
Born 311ppm. It’s now 426ppm
Presenter at Scottish Independence Podcasts @ScottishIndyPod.bsky.social
My neglected website:
https://weegiefifer.scot
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Marlene Halliday
@weegiefifer.bsky.social
· Dec 26
@scottishindypod.bsky.social Scottish Independence Podcasts is now a critically acclaimed media outlet… we’re said to be up there with the Muppets. Well my daughter thinks so anyway. Oh wait… 😂
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SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/s...
SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park
The Ayrshire Daily New’s Doug Maclean, has a fine piece of journalism serving the information needs of the community. Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Robert Martin for alerting me to t…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
SNP buy Prestwick Airport for just £1, make £10 million profit and create 4 500 jobs in only 4 years while its sister airport in Kent goes out of business in only 6 months to become just a lorry park talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/s...
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As long as 50 UK families are allowed to get away with hoarding as much wealth as the poorer HALF of the population, there is something desperately and criminally wrong with our society
Reeves did absolutely NOTHING to address this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Reeves did absolutely NOTHING to address this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Budget 2025 live: Ordinary people will pay 'a little bit more', says Reeves
The chancellor says she has rejected austerity and
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As long as 50 UK families are allowed to get away with hoarding as much wealth as the poorer HALF of the population, there is something desperately and criminally wrong with our society
Reeves did absolutely NOTHING to address this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Reeves did absolutely NOTHING to address this
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Once we’re independent I think Scotland will have a real chance of following through on this approach. For sake of my family & friends down south, I hope England pays attention to this too. They’ll have to vote for it though which at the moment is not at all certain.
I think your summary is not bad. A free PDF copy of the book can be downloaded from here: www.dannydorling.org/books/better...
Home Page | A Better Politics
A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier By Danny Dorling
www.dannydorling.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Once we’re independent I think Scotland will have a real chance of following through on this approach. For sake of my family & friends down south, I hope England pays attention to this too. They’ll have to vote for it though which at the moment is not at all certain.
Yet another example of ScotGov running our country on principles of dignity, fairness and respect.
Following on from recent announcements on the Improving Access Fund, a reminder that Young Carer's Grant has also been extended, as part of our commitment to a Scotland where everyone can have a good and dignified life; real choices, autonomy, and access to support.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Yet another example of ScotGov running our country on principles of dignity, fairness and respect.
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you wouldn’t even say “quiet piggy” to miss piggy, bc she would rightly kill you on the spot for your insolence
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
you wouldn’t even say “quiet piggy” to miss piggy, bc she would rightly kill you on the spot for your insolence
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Home insurance is in crisis, and Big Oil's lies are to blame.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Home insurance is in crisis, and Big Oil's lies are to blame.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
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Looking forward to this wee series - will take inequality graphs over advent calendars any day!
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.6 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.6)
✅ People in more #equal countries more likely to prioritise the environment over economic growth.
❌ US and UK lag behind (again…).
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
✅ People in more #equal countries more likely to prioritise the environment over economic growth.
❌ US and UK lag behind (again…).
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Looking forward to this wee series - will take inequality graphs over advent calendars any day!
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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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The contrast couldn't be clearer: your SNP Scottish Government celebrating refugees while Labour's race to the right has Reform cheering them on.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The contrast couldn't be clearer: your SNP Scottish Government celebrating refugees while Labour's race to the right has Reform cheering them on.
I hope his insult to that woman journalist is going to haunt him. This is a good start.
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I hope his insult to that woman journalist is going to haunt him. This is a good start.
4-2! That was cheeky
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
4-2! That was cheeky
Goal! Now Scotland 3-2 Denmark, 4mins extra time left. Oh god. Don’t do this to us Scotland.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Goal! Now Scotland 3-2 Denmark, 4mins extra time left. Oh god. Don’t do this to us Scotland.
Half time. Still 1-0 up. Phew. What a goal, eh
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Half time. Still 1-0 up. Phew. What a goal, eh
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Seeing 'but what else can Labour do to beat Reform?' posts appearing. FFS, try being humane a recognising that refugees and immigrants have greatly benefited the UK. Chasing after Reform is killing Labour. No loss to me as I'm not a Lab voter, but some still are.
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Seeing 'but what else can Labour do to beat Reform?' posts appearing. FFS, try being humane a recognising that refugees and immigrants have greatly benefited the UK. Chasing after Reform is killing Labour. No loss to me as I'm not a Lab voter, but some still are.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Bylines has multiple outlets across the UK and is normally very good. A lack of accuracy is not acceptable just because it’s the Yorkshire outlet.
It is lazy, parochial and not the standard Bylines aspires to
It is lazy, parochial and not the standard Bylines aspires to
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Bylines has multiple outlets across the UK and is normally very good. A lack of accuracy is not acceptable just because it’s the Yorkshire outlet.
It is lazy, parochial and not the standard Bylines aspires to
It is lazy, parochial and not the standard Bylines aspires to
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TRAILER: This week’s podcast where Isobel Lindsay and Bill Ramsay come into the studio to help us unpack the deeper message behind Deputy PM David Lammy's extraordinary claim that the Scottish Government is a "national security threat”. And anyway, what nation was he talking about?
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
TRAILER: This week’s podcast where Isobel Lindsay and Bill Ramsay come into the studio to help us unpack the deeper message behind Deputy PM David Lammy's extraordinary claim that the Scottish Government is a "national security threat”. And anyway, what nation was he talking about?
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Having worked in the public sector for decades I have never seen a refugee or asylum seeker come over with a ‘bag full of gold rings’ or ‘being sent £800 per month for an Audi!!! ‘. This is anti immigrant propaganda
🤮🤮🤮
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Having worked in the public sector for decades I have never seen a refugee or asylum seeker come over with a ‘bag full of gold rings’ or ‘being sent £800 per month for an Audi!!! ‘. This is anti immigrant propaganda
Good one, @andrew.sharpe.scot
Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good one, @andrew.sharpe.scot
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This is utterly inhumane.
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is utterly inhumane.
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Traumatised people unable to have any sort of settled life here, and liable to have everything turned upside down overnight as regimes change in unpredictable ways and with unpredictable consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meanwhile in Brexit Britain. We regret to announce that your train is cancelled, cos leaves on the line … too hot … too cold … too windy …
Meanwhile Brexit Britain is left in the slow lane ☹️
We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.
It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️
It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Meanwhile in Brexit Britain. We regret to announce that your train is cancelled, cos leaves on the line … too hot … too cold … too windy …
Someone made a big mistake with that hash up of Trump. Nothing like as much a hash up as Trump does himself of course.
From north of the Border, it’s amusing to read the commentariat worrying about alleged BBC bias. They haven’t ever worried about the much more extensive bias re Scotland.
From north of the Border, it’s amusing to read the commentariat worrying about alleged BBC bias. They haven’t ever worried about the much more extensive bias re Scotland.
BBC Scotland needs to be devolved to Scotland
End political appointments to the BBC.
Now.
We badly need a properly functioning BBC.
It is essential for our democracy.
Now.
We badly need a properly functioning BBC.
It is essential for our democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Someone made a big mistake with that hash up of Trump. Nothing like as much a hash up as Trump does himself of course.
From north of the Border, it’s amusing to read the commentariat worrying about alleged BBC bias. They haven’t ever worried about the much more extensive bias re Scotland.
From north of the Border, it’s amusing to read the commentariat worrying about alleged BBC bias. They haven’t ever worried about the much more extensive bias re Scotland.