CG in retirement
@goldishcj4.bsky.social
Scottish environmentalist, ex advisor, regulator, EU & rights advocate. b.315.98 Worked in: 🇮🇸, Antarctica, 🇳🇴, Oxford, Seattle, Alaska,🇨🇭, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Brussels, Glasgow, Shotts, Stirling, Adelaide, 🇮🇹, 🇵🇹, 🇲🇩, 🇳🇱.
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Rachel Reeves ducks Scottish newspapers again in Greenock visit
Welcome to this week's Branch Office Updates!
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Welcome to this week's Branch Office Updates!
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Rachel Reeves ducks Scottish newspapers yet again in visit to Greenock
It has been a rough couple of weeks for Rachel Reeves ...
www.thenational.scot
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Rachel Reeves ducks Scottish newspapers again in Greenock visit
Welcome to this week's Branch Office Updates!
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www.thenational.scot/news/2567387...
Welcome to this week's Branch Office Updates!
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Details, features and a book or two…
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Details, features and a book or two…
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Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist
Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist
Former UK leader loses out on key role in transitional authority after objections from Arab and Muslim nations
Tony Blair will not occupy a key position on Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace council” after Arab and Muslim nations were reported to have objected to the involvement of the former UK prime minister.
According to the Financial Times (FT), Blair has been quietly dropped from consideration for Trump’s “board of peace”, which Trump has said he would chair himself. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist
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And our Scottish Government...
REMINDER: People need to get the fuck off X.
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
And our Scottish Government...
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Pass it on 👍🏼🏴
I fully intended to vote SNP1/Scottish Greens2 anyway for a strong Indy presence, but with the amount of free and bbc-sponsored publicity Reform is going to get by GE26 it has *double* value. It's the best way to keep repellent Reform out.
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Pass it on 👍🏼🏴
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
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Every time Nigel Farage claims to be the champion of “ordinary people”, something new crawls out of the woodwork to remind everyone what he actually stands for. This time it is not Brussels, migrants, or some imaginary culture war foe. It is his own campaign accounts in Clacton.
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Every time Nigel Farage claims to be the champion of “ordinary people”, something new crawls out of the woodwork to remind everyone what he actually stands for. This time it is not Brussels, migrants, or some imaginary culture war foe. It is his own campaign accounts in Clacton.
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EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows reut.rs/48qfVBl
EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows
The European Commission has drafted proposals to cut back more EU environment laws, targeting requirements for industries to report on their pollution and waste, a draft EU document seen by Reuters showed.
reut.rs
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows reut.rs/48qfVBl
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“Israel is not even trying to hide the fact that it is committing genocide.
“They are proud of it. They are boasting about it. They relish it. They mock every child, woman, and man killed.”
— Norman Finkelstein
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
“They are proud of it. They are boasting about it. They relish it. They mock every child, woman, and man killed.”
— Norman Finkelstein
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
August 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“Israel is not even trying to hide the fact that it is committing genocide.
“They are proud of it. They are boasting about it. They relish it. They mock every child, woman, and man killed.”
— Norman Finkelstein
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
“They are proud of it. They are boasting about it. They relish it. They mock every child, woman, and man killed.”
— Norman Finkelstein
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust
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"In Gaza at least 350,000 Palestinians are suffering from chronic illnesses & at least 42,000 are living with life altering injuries... the health ministry says Israels only allowing on average 5 trucks of medical aid in every week"
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"In Gaza at least 350,000 Palestinians are suffering from chronic illnesses & at least 42,000 are living with life altering injuries... the health ministry says Israels only allowing on average 5 trucks of medical aid in every week"
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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BREAKING: U.S. forces struck another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing all four men aboard.
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
BREAKING: U.S. forces struck another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing all four men aboard.
So annoying! An important defence/Russia/ukraine conversation in R4 but I had to turn off. Why does a reform gonk get a place? No SNP, no LibDem, no Green?! Can the bbc not count? Parties with non far right insights to offer? Is it just that the bbc has to have its pals&favourites on? Always?!
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So annoying! An important defence/Russia/ukraine conversation in R4 but I had to turn off. Why does a reform gonk get a place? No SNP, no LibDem, no Green?! Can the bbc not count? Parties with non far right insights to offer? Is it just that the bbc has to have its pals&favourites on? Always?!
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This is an example of how Labour would run 🏴 if they won Holyrood
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Thousands of patients in England at risk as GP referrals vanish into NHS ‘black hole’
Exclusive: Watchdog finds 14% of cases not put on hospital waiting lists, with many reporting worsening health and rising anxiety
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is an example of how Labour would run 🏴 if they won Holyrood
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-hero-smashing-meta-smart-glasses-subway
"I hope she called him a dork for wearing them before she broke them."
https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-hero-smashing-meta-smart-glasses-subway
"I hope she called him a dork for wearing them before she broke them."
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
"I hope she called him a dork for wearing them before she broke them."
The post Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway appeared first on Futurism.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-hero-smashing-meta-smart-glasses-subway
"I hope she called him a dork for wearing them before she broke them."
https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-hero-smashing-meta-smart-glasses-subway
"I hope she called him a dork for wearing them before she broke them."
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Often dismissed and even maligned by male biographers, Charlotte, the wife of Sir Walter Scott, was actually key to his success, according to a new book
Meet Charlotte, the wife of Sir Walter Scott, who was actually key to his success
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December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Often dismissed and even maligned by male biographers, Charlotte, the wife of Sir Walter Scott, was actually key to his success, according to a new book
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The real question this raises is: why are the EU institutions still active on X at all? www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”…
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The real question this raises is: why are the EU institutions still active on X at all? www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
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Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gibb sacked: 38d.gs/stne
Sack Sir Robbie Gibb from the BBC board
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gi...
38d.gs
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gibb sacked: 38d.gs/stne
Useful now to know MacDonald Inchyra Grange’s true colours!
Inside the Reform UK rally in Falkirk as Nigel Farage visits
6th December
Farage said the venue was given free of charge, and he charged the brain-dead for the privilege 🤦 His business must be booming.
MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont never will I walk into that place
www.thenational.scot
6th December
Farage said the venue was given free of charge, and he charged the brain-dead for the privilege 🤦 His business must be booming.
MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont never will I walk into that place
www.thenational.scot
I went to the Reform UK rally in Falkirk – here’s what it was like
APPROACHING the MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont with the Grangemouth Refinery filling the backdrop, Reform UK’s apparently coincidental…
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December 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Useful now to know MacDonald Inchyra Grange’s true colours!
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Inside the Reform UK rally in Falkirk as Nigel Farage visits
6th December
Farage said the venue was given free of charge, and he charged the brain-dead for the privilege 🤦 His business must be booming.
MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont never will I walk into that place
www.thenational.scot
6th December
Farage said the venue was given free of charge, and he charged the brain-dead for the privilege 🤦 His business must be booming.
MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont never will I walk into that place
www.thenational.scot
I went to the Reform UK rally in Falkirk – here’s what it was like
APPROACHING the MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont with the Grangemouth Refinery filling the backdrop, Reform UK’s apparently coincidental…
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Inside the Reform UK rally in Falkirk as Nigel Farage visits
6th December
Farage said the venue was given free of charge, and he charged the brain-dead for the privilege 🤦 His business must be booming.
MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont never will I walk into that place
www.thenational.scot
6th December
Farage said the venue was given free of charge, and he charged the brain-dead for the privilege 🤦 His business must be booming.
MacDonald Inchrya Hotel in Polmont never will I walk into that place
www.thenational.scot
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No Reform representative on the Laura Kuenssberg show for two weeks running - that's a record! It's almost as though we didn't want to talk about the 28 witnesses to my teenage racism and antisemic abuse.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
No Reform representative on the Laura Kuenssberg show for two weeks running - that's a record! It's almost as though we didn't want to talk about the 28 witnesses to my teenage racism and antisemic abuse.
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When any Unionist talks about “democracy” or “respect for democracy” they’re lying.
They cannot be trusted.
#RoothTheMooth
#EndLondonRule
#ScottishIndependence
They cannot be trusted.
#RoothTheMooth
#EndLondonRule
#ScottishIndependence
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When any Unionist talks about “democracy” or “respect for democracy” they’re lying.
They cannot be trusted.
#RoothTheMooth
#EndLondonRule
#ScottishIndependence
They cannot be trusted.
#RoothTheMooth
#EndLondonRule
#ScottishIndependence
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English “Labour” ministers slagging off the SNP in the rancid English Torygraph.
They’re desperate to build nuclear power stations far away from London - to power London.
They can get stuffed.
#EndLondonRule
#IndependenceIsNormal
They’re desperate to build nuclear power stations far away from London - to power London.
They can get stuffed.
#EndLondonRule
#IndependenceIsNormal
If nuclear is soooo great then they'll have no problem building them in England, you do you bo & we'll go with our green energy.
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
English “Labour” ministers slagging off the SNP in the rancid English Torygraph.
They’re desperate to build nuclear power stations far away from London - to power London.
They can get stuffed.
#EndLondonRule
#IndependenceIsNormal
They’re desperate to build nuclear power stations far away from London - to power London.
They can get stuffed.
#EndLondonRule
#IndependenceIsNormal
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Nigel Farage.
Accused, yet again, of being a
Nasty. Spiteful. Racist. Bully.
Accused, yet again, of being a
Nasty. Spiteful. Racist. Bully.
Yinka Bankole's school-age photo should be printed, stuck on protest banners, and should then haunt Farage wherever he goes, especially during election time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Nigel Farage.
Accused, yet again, of being a
Nasty. Spiteful. Racist. Bully.
Accused, yet again, of being a
Nasty. Spiteful. Racist. Bully.
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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