Dougie Campbell
@dougiecampbell3.bsky.social
Proudly Left leaning, Scottish, European.
Has ‘Island of Strangers’ become the new ‘Rivers of Blood’? Who would have thought a Labour Party leader and UK PM @keirstarmer.bsky.social wld invoke Xenophobe & Racist Enoch Powell? At least we know what motivates Starmer. He has gone Full Reform Party in a bid to retain power. At anyone’s cost.
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Has ‘Island of Strangers’ become the new ‘Rivers of Blood’? Who would have thought a Labour Party leader and UK PM @keirstarmer.bsky.social wld invoke Xenophobe & Racist Enoch Powell? At least we know what motivates Starmer. He has gone Full Reform Party in a bid to retain power. At anyone’s cost.
If Americans don’t recognise this as Fascism it’s difficult not to think they are already lost. For God’s sake folk, wake up!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums
The order says that
www.bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If Americans don’t recognise this as Fascism it’s difficult not to think they are already lost. For God’s sake folk, wake up!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@writerkcampbell.bsky.social launches her new novel This Bright Life at a packed Waterstones Dumfries.
March 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@writerkcampbell.bsky.social launches her new novel This Bright Life at a packed Waterstones Dumfries.
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
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March 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
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Hate the way BBC lazily use on street idiots to show the ‘other side’ on sweeping and brutal welfare reforms, seemingly because they are struggling to find people who can articulate a reasoned alternative view. Bad day for @teamlabouruk.bsky.social but bad 4 the folk they are ruthlessly targeting.
Bluesky
forteamlabouruk.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hate the way BBC lazily use on street idiots to show the ‘other side’ on sweeping and brutal welfare reforms, seemingly because they are struggling to find people who can articulate a reasoned alternative view. Bad day for @teamlabouruk.bsky.social but bad 4 the folk they are ruthlessly targeting.
What a sad & vile day it’s been & Trump and Starmer are wholly culpable.
Ukraine/Russia Ceasefire- Trump failed.
Gaza - Hundreds of innocent men, women and children murdered by Israel- Trump failed
And closer to home, Starmer’s Welfare Reforms target the most vulnerable.
Two men, two charlatans.
Ukraine/Russia Ceasefire- Trump failed.
Gaza - Hundreds of innocent men, women and children murdered by Israel- Trump failed
And closer to home, Starmer’s Welfare Reforms target the most vulnerable.
Two men, two charlatans.
March 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What a sad & vile day it’s been & Trump and Starmer are wholly culpable.
Ukraine/Russia Ceasefire- Trump failed.
Gaza - Hundreds of innocent men, women and children murdered by Israel- Trump failed
And closer to home, Starmer’s Welfare Reforms target the most vulnerable.
Two men, two charlatans.
Ukraine/Russia Ceasefire- Trump failed.
Gaza - Hundreds of innocent men, women and children murdered by Israel- Trump failed
And closer to home, Starmer’s Welfare Reforms target the most vulnerable.
Two men, two charlatans.
Sound like Trump didn’t get much at all from Putin. Predictable. As much as Putin is despicable he isn’t daft. Will Trump come up now with the rhetoric he subjected to Zelensky? If not, why not? 🤔
March 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sound like Trump didn’t get much at all from Putin. Predictable. As much as Putin is despicable he isn’t daft. Will Trump come up now with the rhetoric he subjected to Zelensky? If not, why not? 🤔
The days when @teamlabouruk.bsky.social could credibly call themselves left of centre progressives are long gone but obedient as always Scot Labour will try anyway…..
March 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The days when @teamlabouruk.bsky.social could credibly call themselves left of centre progressives are long gone but obedient as always Scot Labour will try anyway…..
This is what ‘Full Tory’ looks like and Anas Sarwar is the Scottish Labour enabler for a right of centre, unprogressive Labour Govt.
✂️ Voters were promised that there would be no austerity cuts.
🥀 But Labour has slashed the Winter Fuel Payment, cut international aid, blocked compensation for Waspi women.
🪓 Now they are taking an axe to disability benefits too.
🥀 But Labour has slashed the Winter Fuel Payment, cut international aid, blocked compensation for Waspi women.
🪓 Now they are taking an axe to disability benefits too.
March 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is what ‘Full Tory’ looks like and Anas Sarwar is the Scottish Labour enabler for a right of centre, unprogressive Labour Govt.
Many Labour supporters will still cling on to the myth that they have a left of centre, progressive Party & UK Govt. That trope has been well and truly blown out of the water today, and will mark the point at which Labour lost any lingering hope of winning the 2026 Holyrood election.
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs
* UK politics live – latest updates
Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced down angry Labour MPs to unveil drastic cuts to the UK’s…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Many Labour supporters will still cling on to the myth that they have a left of centre, progressive Party & UK Govt. That trope has been well and truly blown out of the water today, and will mark the point at which Labour lost any lingering hope of winning the 2026 Holyrood election.
Labour have gone Full Tory.
It’s called ‘Labour Nostalgia’: the lingering belief that Labour is still a leftwing party that cares for the weak and confronts the strong
That’s long gone. But in Scotland, at least, we have an alternative: independence
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
That’s long gone. But in Scotland, at least, we have an alternative: independence
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
I'm cured of my Labour nostalgia. Now I know it's indy for me
Occasionally, we find ourselves without the necessary words to express an emotion or idea because the language hasn’t yet been invented.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Labour have gone Full Tory.
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Labour before and after election.
March 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Labour before and after election.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Labour are going ‘Full Tory’ with their proposed welfare cuts.
Punishing the most vulnerable rather than raising tax from those who can afford it.
Labour are going ‘Full Tory’ with their proposed welfare cuts.
Punishing the most vulnerable rather than raising tax from those who can afford it.
March 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Labour are going ‘Full Tory’ with their proposed welfare cuts.
Punishing the most vulnerable rather than raising tax from those who can afford it.
Labour are going ‘Full Tory’ with their proposed welfare cuts.
Punishing the most vulnerable rather than raising tax from those who can afford it.
Leader of the Free World?
What actually makes America great? Slavery? Ethnic cleansing of native Americans?Hiroshima? Vietnam? Afghanistan? Dancing with the devils of Russia and N Korea? I’m tired of the rhetoric. Trump is a disaster for the USA and us. Maybe the penny will drop for Americans. 🤔
What actually makes America great? Slavery? Ethnic cleansing of native Americans?Hiroshima? Vietnam? Afghanistan? Dancing with the devils of Russia and N Korea? I’m tired of the rhetoric. Trump is a disaster for the USA and us. Maybe the penny will drop for Americans. 🤔
March 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Leader of the Free World?
What actually makes America great? Slavery? Ethnic cleansing of native Americans?Hiroshima? Vietnam? Afghanistan? Dancing with the devils of Russia and N Korea? I’m tired of the rhetoric. Trump is a disaster for the USA and us. Maybe the penny will drop for Americans. 🤔
What actually makes America great? Slavery? Ethnic cleansing of native Americans?Hiroshima? Vietnam? Afghanistan? Dancing with the devils of Russia and N Korea? I’m tired of the rhetoric. Trump is a disaster for the USA and us. Maybe the penny will drop for Americans. 🤔
Hingin by a thread.
Word of the day is ‘hingum-tringum’: 19th-century Scots for feeling feeble or barely presentable, and just about hanging together.
March 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hingin by a thread.
Thank you @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social for your service and leadership of Scotland. You have been immense. You will be sorely missed but I have a sneaky feeling that in time you will be back. Well I hope so anyway. Wishing you every success and happiness on your next chapter.
March 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thank you @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social for your service and leadership of Scotland. You have been immense. You will be sorely missed but I have a sneaky feeling that in time you will be back. Well I hope so anyway. Wishing you every success and happiness on your next chapter.
True. What is the hold that dictator Putin has over corrupt Trump?
March 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
True. What is the hold that dictator Putin has over corrupt Trump?
Of course he does. Weak & subservient. As Starmer imposes a policy Thatcher would be proud of, Sarwar follows suit. Unquestioning compliance.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anas Sarwar backs Keir Starmer over welfare reform
The Scottish Labour leader says the prime minister is taking the
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Of course he does. Weak & subservient. As Starmer imposes a policy Thatcher would be proud of, Sarwar follows suit. Unquestioning compliance.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No words required.
March 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No words required.
Each & every day the words that come out of this man’s mouth are as moronic as they are despicable. Who would have thought they’d ever hear a US President shamelessly defend a Russian dictator, also every day. Shame on Trump, Shame on the USA and his obsequious enablers.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
Ukraine war live updates: Russia 'easier to deal with' on Ukraine peace deal, Trump says
Speaking in the Oval Office, the US president says he's finding it
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March 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Each & every day the words that come out of this man’s mouth are as moronic as they are despicable. Who would have thought they’d ever hear a US President shamelessly defend a Russian dictator, also every day. Shame on Trump, Shame on the USA and his obsequious enablers.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cg...
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lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
Comrade Trump.
March 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Comrade Trump.
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Really looking forward to taking part in this festival, in the place of my birth!
Paisley Book Festival
25–27 April
Speaking to writers who have big ideas about navigating the most fundamental questions we face, & who embrace the opportunities they present, the 20205 Paisley Book Festival invites authors & audiences to consider The Lives We Live.
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25–27 April
Speaking to writers who have big ideas about navigating the most fundamental questions we face, & who embrace the opportunities they present, the 20205 Paisley Book Festival invites authors & audiences to consider The Lives We Live.
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The
Lives
We Live.
25 to 27 April 2025
We’re living in an age saturated with ideas about how we should live, from what to eat, how to travel, and how much time to spend online, to how to connect ...
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March 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Really looking forward to taking part in this festival, in the place of my birth!
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Very much looking forward to this!
Next month we'll be joined by one of our favourite writers, @writerkcampbell.bsky.social! Her new book This Bright Life is an uplifting story that will surely stay with you, and we can't wait to discuss it with her! Tickets available in store or online: www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com/collections/...
March 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very much looking forward to this!
