Gill Bird
@burtybird.bsky.social
Looking forward to an Independent Scotland taking her rightful place within the EU family. living quietly in Scotland, hoping for a better future. Interested in MMT
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It's slightly weird that Labour's branch manager in Scotland consistently refuses to defend Labour policies.
It's almost like, by saying nothing, no blame will attach to him.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563224...
It's almost like, by saying nothing, no blame will attach to him.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563224...
Anas Sarwar under pressure as minister can't say if he would deport UK-born children
ANAS Sarwar is facing calls to set out his stance on Labour’s dramatic asylum crackdown after a top Cabinet minister was unable to clarify whether…
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's slightly weird that Labour's branch manager in Scotland consistently refuses to defend Labour policies.
It's almost like, by saying nothing, no blame will attach to him.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563224...
It's almost like, by saying nothing, no blame will attach to him.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563224...
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Another fracking dangerous technology only suitable for Scotland and the North apparently emits more CO2 than it stores talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/18/a...
Another fracking dangerous technology only suitable for Scotland and the North apparently emits more CO2 than it stores
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Bernadette Robertson for alerting me to this. In the UK Daily Mail, today, but not on the ‘Scottish’ edition’s front page: The long–awaited …
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November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Another fracking dangerous technology only suitable for Scotland and the North apparently emits more CO2 than it stores talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/18/a...
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A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
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“There is a lack of compassion in what the government is doing”
Labour Peer Lord Dubs
Labour Peer Lord Dubs
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“There is a lack of compassion in what the government is doing”
Labour Peer Lord Dubs
Labour Peer Lord Dubs
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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A Reform councillor has been slammed following a campaign of abuse by a far-right group against a Muslim Labour candidate standing in next year's Senedd election ✍️Emily Price
Reform councillor slammed after Muslim Senedd election candidate targeted by far-right group
Emily Price A Reform councillor has been slammed following a campaign of abuse by a far-right group against a Muslim Labour candidate standing in next year’s Senedd election. Mahaboob Basha was targe...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A Reform councillor has been slammed following a campaign of abuse by a far-right group against a Muslim Labour candidate standing in next year's Senedd election ✍️Emily Price
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The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
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A Ministry of Defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered – alongside another site in Scotland and across the UK – as a new arms factory
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Ministry of Defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered – alongside another site in Scotland and across the UK – as a new arms factory
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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One of Europe’s largest and most modern ethylene plants in Scotland is set to close, putting more than 400 jobs at risk 👇
400 jobs at risk as ExxonMobil announces Scottish plastics plant closure
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
One of Europe’s largest and most modern ethylene plants in Scotland is set to close, putting more than 400 jobs at risk 👇
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This is very disturbing news. We're looking for a local writer to give us the details. If you can help please contact [email protected]
Exxon Mobil to close part of plant at Mossmorran
Hundreds of staff have been told their jobs are at risk with the Fife Ethylene Plant in Mossmorran due to close in February.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is very disturbing news. We're looking for a local writer to give us the details. If you can help please contact [email protected]
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The misconceived notion that the way to deal with the backlog of asylum claims is to duplicate the system so as to have exit assessments too.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The misconceived notion that the way to deal with the backlog of asylum claims is to duplicate the system so as to have exit assessments too.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
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www.thenational.scot/news/2500572...
Sarwar turned his coat in March this year, presumably after some arm twisting from McSweeney …and some sucking up to Starmer
Sarwar turned his coat in March this year, presumably after some arm twisting from McSweeney …and some sucking up to Starmer
'Come clean': Anas Sarwar U-turns on Scottish Labour nuclear weapons policy
SCOTTISH Labour are facing calls to clarify their stance on the UK’s nuclear weapons after Anas Sarwar appeared to pull a unilateral U-turn at…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
www.thenational.scot/news/2500572...
Sarwar turned his coat in March this year, presumably after some arm twisting from McSweeney …and some sucking up to Starmer
Sarwar turned his coat in March this year, presumably after some arm twisting from McSweeney …and some sucking up to Starmer
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Whaattt ? So Scotland's population to be put at risk by yet another production facility for weapons of mass and not so mass destruction 😡😡😡.
Workers at Grangemouth need a just transition to green, sustainable jobs, not for the site to be turned into a giant weapons manufacturer
Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
www.theferret.scot
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Whaattt ? So Scotland's population to be put at risk by yet another production facility for weapons of mass and not so mass destruction 😡😡😡.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Danish politician has said Britain should not copy his country’s strict migration policy – warning it will only fuel the growth of the far-right
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A Danish politician has said Britain should not copy his country’s strict migration policy – warning it will only fuel the growth of the far-right
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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There is far too much of this, and not just in schools. I wear headphones in an office, because they help me focus. If I could have worn them at school they would have helped immeasurably. They are an essential accommodation for many. 1/
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’
Tice was outlining Reform’s Doge (Department of government efficiency) unit’s progress
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There is far too much of this, and not just in schools. I wear headphones in an office, because they help me focus. If I could have worn them at school they would have helped immeasurably. They are an essential accommodation for many. 1/
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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Anas Sarwar is facing calls to set out his stance on Labour’s dramatic asylum crackdown after a top Cabinet minister was unable to clarify whether he was in favour of deporting children born in the UK
Anas Sarwar under pressure as minister can't say if he would deport UK-born children
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Anas Sarwar is facing calls to set out his stance on Labour’s dramatic asylum crackdown after a top Cabinet minister was unable to clarify whether he was in favour of deporting children born in the UK
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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When I worked at the Hydro in Glasgow, a survey we did showed that Business Visitors actually LIKED the colder weather here.
Especially those from India, the Middle East, Southern Europe and the Deep South of USA.
Scottish Tourism is BOOMING.
Especially those from India, the Middle East, Southern Europe and the Deep South of USA.
Scottish Tourism is BOOMING.
Scotland's top pubs for winter walk named including inn 'legendary for its food'
After a wintery hike, there is nothing better than a hot meal.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When I worked at the Hydro in Glasgow, a survey we did showed that Business Visitors actually LIKED the colder weather here.
Especially those from India, the Middle East, Southern Europe and the Deep South of USA.
Scottish Tourism is BOOMING.
Especially those from India, the Middle East, Southern Europe and the Deep South of USA.
Scottish Tourism is BOOMING.
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GET TO FUK!! 🤬
MoD leak reveals Grangemouth considered for new BOMB! Factory, A MINISTRY of defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered, alongside another site in Scotland, as a new arms factory 🤬could they be eyeing up Mossmorran plant. 🤬🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563052...
MoD leak reveals Grangemouth considered for new BOMB! Factory, A MINISTRY of defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered, alongside another site in Scotland, as a new arms factory 🤬could they be eyeing up Mossmorran plant. 🤬🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563052...
‘Embarrassing’ MoD blunder reveals Grangemouth considered for new bomb factory
A MINISTRY of defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered as a new arms factory ...
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
GET TO FUK!! 🤬
MoD leak reveals Grangemouth considered for new BOMB! Factory, A MINISTRY of defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered, alongside another site in Scotland, as a new arms factory 🤬could they be eyeing up Mossmorran plant. 🤬🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563052...
MoD leak reveals Grangemouth considered for new BOMB! Factory, A MINISTRY of defence blunder has revealed that Grangemouth is being considered, alongside another site in Scotland, as a new arms factory 🤬could they be eyeing up Mossmorran plant. 🤬🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563052...
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EXCLUSIVE: A Danish politician has said Britain should not copy his country’s strict migration policy – warning it will only fuel the growth of the far-right
Danish politician warns UK over plans to copy hardline immigration crackdown
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A Danish politician has said Britain should not copy his country’s strict migration policy – warning it will only fuel the growth of the far-right
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Hey, the government is letting a few greedy fishing companies overfish our UK waters, destroying marine life and local fishers’ livelihoods. Join me and sign the urgent petition to fight back: act.gp/47zTvNu
Stop Greedy Fishing Corporations
The UK government is putting big business over the health of our precious UK waters and coastal communities - this betrayal ends now.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hey, the government is letting a few greedy fishing companies overfish our UK waters, destroying marine life and local fishers’ livelihoods. Join me and sign the urgent petition to fight back: act.gp/47zTvNu