KeithN
@borderslad.bsky.social
Proud Scot and European from the Scottish Borders. Enjoy running, cycling, rugby as well as the Common Ridings and the odd beer or two. All views are my own.
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🇬🇧 LABOUR standing up for LABOUR Sex Pests 🇬🇧
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EXC: The Labour leader of Edinburgh council has hit out at the Health Secretary after he blocked a party colleague who faced a sex message probe from joining NHS Lothian.
Council leader hits out at move to block sex message probe colleague from NHS board - Daily Record
EXCLUSIVE: Jane Meagher has complained after Health Secretary Neil Gray vetoed Cammy Day for the board of NHS Lothian.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
🇬🇧 LABOUR standing up for LABOUR Sex Pests 🇬🇧
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Latest figures out today show Scotland’s unemployment rate fell to 3.7%, and is below the UK rate of 5.1%.
If Scotland can do this with limited economic powers, imagine what more we could do if we had the full powers of independence.
If Scotland can do this with limited economic powers, imagine what more we could do if we had the full powers of independence.
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Latest figures out today show Scotland’s unemployment rate fell to 3.7%, and is below the UK rate of 5.1%.
If Scotland can do this with limited economic powers, imagine what more we could do if we had the full powers of independence.
If Scotland can do this with limited economic powers, imagine what more we could do if we had the full powers of independence.
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The resemblance is scaringly uncanny...........
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The resemblance is scaringly uncanny...........
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‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:50 AM
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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To: European leaders
From: Robert Reich
It is impossible to appease a tyrant.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-europe-remember-neville-chamberlain
From: Robert Reich
It is impossible to appease a tyrant.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-europe-remember-neville-chamberlain
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
To: European leaders
From: Robert Reich
It is impossible to appease a tyrant.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-europe-remember-neville-chamberlain
From: Robert Reich
It is impossible to appease a tyrant.
Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-europe-remember-neville-chamberlain
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Press release: Millionaires, including Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno, and Abigail Disney, sign open letter to world leaders calling on them to tax the super-rich | Bylines Scotland
Nearly 80% of millionaires think super-rich buy political influence
Press release: Millionaires, including Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno, and Abigail Disney, sign open letter to world leaders calling on them to tax the super-rich
bylines.scot
January 21, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Press release: Millionaires, including Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno, and Abigail Disney, sign open letter to world leaders calling on them to tax the super-rich | Bylines Scotland
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Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan.
Then why the hell is this White European South African in North America?
Then why the hell is this White European South African in North America?
January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan.
Then why the hell is this White European South African in North America?
Then why the hell is this White European South African in North America?
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She nailed Jennings to the wall with this. Good for her.
January 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
She nailed Jennings to the wall with this. Good for her.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
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I said this for years when I was in @snp.org It proved not to be very popular with the rank & file of elected politicians who insisted that we should play by the rules.
For me & thousands like me, It has proved not too fruitful as no matter who is in No10,
THEY WILL NEVER PLAY BY THE RULES
For me & thousands like me, It has proved not too fruitful as no matter who is in No10,
THEY WILL NEVER PLAY BY THE RULES
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I said this for years when I was in @snp.org It proved not to be very popular with the rank & file of elected politicians who insisted that we should play by the rules.
For me & thousands like me, It has proved not too fruitful as no matter who is in No10,
THEY WILL NEVER PLAY BY THE RULES
For me & thousands like me, It has proved not too fruitful as no matter who is in No10,
THEY WILL NEVER PLAY BY THE RULES
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
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“By restricting jury trials, removing protest rights and expanding surveillance, Labour is entrenching an authoritarian legal infrastructure that a far-right government will not hesitate to exploit”
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/labo...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/labo...
Labour Is Building Farage’s State
By restricting jury trials, removing protest rights and expanding surveillance, Labour is entrenching an authoritarian legal infrastructure that a far-right government will not hesitate to exploit.
tribunemag.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“By restricting jury trials, removing protest rights and expanding surveillance, Labour is entrenching an authoritarian legal infrastructure that a far-right government will not hesitate to exploit”
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/labo...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/labo...
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SNP “weighed down by nearly two decades of incumbency…. Deflecting accountability for is own record in government …by blaming Westminster”
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
According to The Guardian, it's an SNP "trick" to blame Westminster for some of Scotland's woes 🫨
Amazing how badly the British media continues to misread politics outside England.
Actually it's no surprise at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amazing how badly the British media continues to misread politics outside England.
Actually it's no surprise at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on May 2026 elections: a new political geography is coming into view across Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SNP “weighed down by nearly two decades of incumbency…. Deflecting accountability for is own record in government …by blaming Westminster”
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
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Yes, we should reject it entirely. In every role…
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yes, we should reject it entirely. In every role…
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Pictures of Donald Trump are included among at least 16 documents that have disappeared from the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice (DOJ)
news.sky.com/story/images...
news.sky.com/story/images...
Images of Trump among documents removed from latest Epstein files release
One of 16 documents missing from the release includes two photos of the president; one of him with women in swimsuits and the other of him and his wife with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
news.sky.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Pictures of Donald Trump are included among at least 16 documents that have disappeared from the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice (DOJ)
news.sky.com/story/images...
news.sky.com/story/images...
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🇬🇧 It’s fundamental to the ‘bbc North britain’ propaganda strategy to showcase and promote the unionist party most likely to challenge the SNP
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 'fed up' Scottish town that voted for Reform UK
Why did the people of Whitburn - and nearby Blackburn - choose Nigel Farage's party over others?
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🇬🇧 It’s fundamental to the ‘bbc North britain’ propaganda strategy to showcase and promote the unionist party most likely to challenge the SNP
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Absent from various front pages of the “Scottish” media is this reply to Baillie from the presiding officer!
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff
Professor John Robertson OBA In my post earlier, I pointed out that there were no confirmed reports, ever, of an employer being spied on by an employee in the UK but many of the opposite. The suppo…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Absent from various front pages of the “Scottish” media is this reply to Baillie from the presiding officer!
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...