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The Grangemouth refinery was important to Scotland but not to the UK and therefore was expendable while the chemical plant is vital to the rest of UK. That’s why it was saved, writes Kenny MacAskill ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Grangemouth refinery was important to Scotland but not to the UK and therefore was expendable while the chemical plant is vital to the rest of UK. That’s why it was saved, writes Kenny MacAskill ✍️
www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Christmas at Sandringham is framed as a private family tradition. But the estate itself was bought in the 19th century using money increased by Parliament for royal duties. It should belong to the state. ☃️
#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing
#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing
December 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Christmas at Sandringham is framed as a private family tradition. But the estate itself was bought in the 19th century using money increased by Parliament for royal duties. It should belong to the state. ☃️
#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing
#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing
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England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Suffolk water boss says new reservoirs needed to address demand
Water company says it needs two new reservoirs and a recycling plant to cope with demand in Suffolk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
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Patrick can always be relied on to keep the receipts. Worth a follow. # ScottishIndependence
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Patrick can always be relied on to keep the receipts. Worth a follow. # ScottishIndependence
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In the sixth largest economy, millions of Britons rely on food banks.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
‘Bills keep going higher’: community ‘warm spaces’ on the rise in the UK
As places such as Walworth Living Room step in to help people in need, charities lament lack of government help
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In the sixth largest economy, millions of Britons rely on food banks.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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It's shocking isn't it (or maybe it isn't...), that during a global pandemic when hundreds of thousands of British people were dying, many alone in hazmat suits unable to touch their loved ones, Tories were busy working out how to make shed loads of cash from our suffering without getting caught.
Gosh! This is unexpected! I firmly believed that the £148million was as good as recovered. What a shock! At least she's been stripped of the title 'Baroness.' Oh, wait...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm liquidated and unlikely to repay £148m
The firm led by Baroness Mone's husband Douglas Barrowman breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's shocking isn't it (or maybe it isn't...), that during a global pandemic when hundreds of thousands of British people were dying, many alone in hazmat suits unable to touch their loved ones, Tories were busy working out how to make shed loads of cash from our suffering without getting caught.
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So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed.
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This is an absolute scandal, the Ajax Tank which has already cost the taxpayer £billions could be scrapped or may run for another “decade” because of health and safety issues.
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is an absolute scandal, the Ajax Tank which has already cost the taxpayer £billions could be scrapped or may run for another “decade” because of health and safety issues.
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
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All I will say about 'efficiency' savings, apart from them being complete BS.
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
All I will say about 'efficiency' savings, apart from them being complete BS.
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
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🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.
So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀
Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
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A new photo of the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released in a huge Epstein photo dump
New photo of disgraced royal Andrew released in huge Jeffrey Epstein photo dump
www.thenational.scot
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A new photo of the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released in a huge Epstein photo dump
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Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPs
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Alan Milburn to review rise in youth minimum wage.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
Will he oppose all adults getting the same rate?
Says welfare bill is “unsustainable fiscally and economically”. Expect real cuts.
Silence on corporate welfare, redistribution, progressive taxation, taxing the rich.
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How does privatisation work, and who does it work for?
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How does privatisation work, and who does it work for?
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
First billionaires give bribes to politicians, called donations
Then politicians say we need to privatise to 'save' money
Then they sell to the billionaires for peanuts and get kickbacks
Then they privatise something else
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Top 1% US researchers find ‘significantly increased cancer incidence’ for those living near nuclear power plants at a level that would mean an additional 10 000 avoidable cancer cases 30km around Hunterston if Scottish Labour get their way talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/19/t...
Top 1% US researchers find ‘significantly increased cancer incidence’ for those living near nuclear power plants at a level that would mean an additional 10 000 avoidable cancer cases 30km around Hunterston if Scottish Labour get their way
The above headline is puzzlingly cautious ‘may’ when you read on – managerial interference in the Trump era? Professor John Robertson OBA From the highly-rated Harvard T H Chan Sc…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Top 1% US researchers find ‘significantly increased cancer incidence’ for those living near nuclear power plants at a level that would mean an additional 10 000 avoidable cancer cases 30km around Hunterston if Scottish Labour get their way talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/19/t...
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🚨it’s unlikely the government will see any of the £148m it’s owed by PPE Medpro.
🗣️A reminder that at least £60m of profits from the disastrous VIP Lane PPE deal is sitting in family trusts funds controlled by Baroness Mone and Doug Barrowman.
Please do keep sharing this!!
Viplanebook.com
🎥 ⤵️⤵️⤵️
🗣️A reminder that at least £60m of profits from the disastrous VIP Lane PPE deal is sitting in family trusts funds controlled by Baroness Mone and Doug Barrowman.
Please do keep sharing this!!
Viplanebook.com
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December 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🚨it’s unlikely the government will see any of the £148m it’s owed by PPE Medpro.
🗣️A reminder that at least £60m of profits from the disastrous VIP Lane PPE deal is sitting in family trusts funds controlled by Baroness Mone and Doug Barrowman.
Please do keep sharing this!!
Viplanebook.com
🎥 ⤵️⤵️⤵️
🗣️A reminder that at least £60m of profits from the disastrous VIP Lane PPE deal is sitting in family trusts funds controlled by Baroness Mone and Doug Barrowman.
Please do keep sharing this!!
Viplanebook.com
🎥 ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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Anas Sarwar asked questions on housing at FMQs today.
Never forget that in Labour’s last term in office in Scotland, they only managed to build a grand total of SIX council houses in four years.
Labour cannot be trusted to deliver on housing.
Never forget that in Labour’s last term in office in Scotland, they only managed to build a grand total of SIX council houses in four years.
Labour cannot be trusted to deliver on housing.
December 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Anas Sarwar asked questions on housing at FMQs today.
Never forget that in Labour’s last term in office in Scotland, they only managed to build a grand total of SIX council houses in four years.
Labour cannot be trusted to deliver on housing.
Never forget that in Labour’s last term in office in Scotland, they only managed to build a grand total of SIX council houses in four years.
Labour cannot be trusted to deliver on housing.
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Westminster had this funding available, where was it during the negotiations when it could have prevented closure? Swinney's been pushing for support all along - his frustration is completely justified. This isn't industrial strategy, it's electoral positioning dressed up as conce
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Westminster had this funding available, where was it during the negotiations when it could have prevented closure? Swinney's been pushing for support all along - his frustration is completely justified. This isn't industrial strategy, it's electoral positioning dressed up as conce
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Thames Water has deferred £2.5m bonus, disguised as retention payments, to execs.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
Thames Water defers controversial £2.5m in bonuses to bosses
Heavily indebted utility puts back ‘retention payments’ for 21 executives until new year amid search for rescue deal
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thames Water has deferred £2.5m bonus, disguised as retention payments, to execs.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
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🚨Wes Streeting led DHSC has announced its “waiving or abandoning claims” against 25 Covid era PPE supplies.
Claims worth £572million!!!
Just 2 month’s ago Streeting/Reeves were very vocal about “getting our money back”
Claims worth £572million!!!
Just 2 month’s ago Streeting/Reeves were very vocal about “getting our money back”
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚨Wes Streeting led DHSC has announced its “waiving or abandoning claims” against 25 Covid era PPE supplies.
Claims worth £572million!!!
Just 2 month’s ago Streeting/Reeves were very vocal about “getting our money back”
Claims worth £572million!!!
Just 2 month’s ago Streeting/Reeves were very vocal about “getting our money back”
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Nailed it!
meme via Angel Stroyan
meme via Angel Stroyan
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Nailed it!
meme via Angel Stroyan
meme via Angel Stroyan
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What this means after intense lobbying by German car makers is that due to economies of scale they’ll produce only high end internal combustion cars which means rich people get to carry on polluting, so that’s nice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
Carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions to the planned rules.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What this means after intense lobbying by German car makers is that due to economies of scale they’ll produce only high end internal combustion cars which means rich people get to carry on polluting, so that’s nice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...