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gilcky.bsky.social @gilcky.bsky.social · 17h

BBC and especially BBC Shortbread…corrupt to the core…wake up Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 they are gaslighting a nation with their 🇬🇧 🐂 💩 propaganda

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 21h

Homelessness deaths in Scotland are down 18%. Thery're up in England. Guess how the BBC national news covered this.

(video: MSM Monitor)

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 17h

Nothing he is doing is by accident.
He was chosen carefully.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government could crack down on pro-Palestinian protest chants, PM says

The government needs to

www.bbc.co.uk

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 17h

Jees watching a report on the issues in jails in England and Wales. its mental. There seems to be zero rehabilitation. It's basically a big gang hut. Drones delivering that many drugs it's like getting a packet of sweets.

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Angus Robertson @angusrobertson.bsky.social · 18h

Paying tribute to the aid volunteers on Gaza humanitarian flotilla in the Scottish Parliament. Very concerning to hear reports about their treatment by Israeli authorities.

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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 19h

I’ve been around wealthy people. I’ve been around people living with very little. And everywhere in between. The wealthy people are always the least generous. By FAR. Wealth degrades humanity. It’s not used to help us flourish. Not at all.

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Hamdan Dahdouh @hamdan-dahdouh.bsky.social · 1d

"When food becomes a dream... This is what is happening in Gaza"
A child searches for leftovers scattered on the ground.

#gaza #palestine

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 19h

This blatant lie shpuld be called out instantly. Shame we no longer have proper journalists anymore to call it out.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 22h

I was born in England, but I was reborn in Scotland. And that rebirth has given me clarity - not to divide, but to stand for a Scotland that believes in itself and its right to chart its own path.👇

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 19h

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SNP bill passed to help prevent domestic homicides and suicides

Justice Secretary Angela Constance Professor John Robertson OBA Legislation to help reduce the number of domestic abuse-related homicides and suicides in Scotland has been passed unanimously by Par…

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 21h

Kristi Noem get a bird's-eye view of the carnage and destruction amid fierce fighting in Portland, Oregon, and comes face-to-face with the marauding troops of the invading libtard illegal alien army.

You know, I wonder is Trump is seeing this, or if he's being shown AI-footage of Stalingrad?

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 20h

Israel has truly lost the plot. Their savagery and ability to dehumanise EVERYONE and ANYONE who doesn't nod along agreeing to anything they say or do is particularly sickening.

sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 22h

Tadhg Hickey from the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, speaks about coming face-to-face with the INHUMANE CRUELTY of the "THE MOST MORAL ARMY IN THE WORLD", selected by "GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE", after being KIDNAPPED by ISREALI PIRATES in INTERNATIONAL WATERS and TAKEN HOSTAGE into an ILLIGALLY OCCUPIED TERRITORY

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 21h

If you want to create a docile, obedient nation, first attack the arts so you deskill children of critical thinking. Once you’ve done that the people can be moulded as their rulers please. Beware this barbarism. It’s a path to demagoguery and authoritarianism

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 20h

Martin K @insig9fix.bsky.social · 21h

Mandy Patinkin 🫶

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21h

One day you're living in a constitutional republic, the next day the president is calling for the arrest of governors and mayors

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 23h

Scotland has enormous resources and huge potential, but we are being held back by Westminster governments that treat us like an afterthought.

It’s time for a fresh start. An independent Scotland.

Today I have published our latest paper on what it could look like: www.gov.scot/publications...

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch: "Poland are experiencing more economic growth than the UK!"

also Kemi Badenoch: "We are the party that took us (the country) out of the European Union!"

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22h

Public Services don't work, because then you have to pay for Private ones that do.

People really need to understand that this isn't an error, the Private owners pay the politicians to make sure the Public Services don't work.

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 20h

They'd spent centuries fostering the sectarianism to ensure Scots too busy hating on each other to see the real problem. Good one divide and rule. That's what holds us back. That and the dumfecks who base their beliefs according to what team they suppor6

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 20h

It's mind boggling to me. Don't they see it. Further down the road should they vote reform and that clackwanker became pm nobody's rights would be safe. Literally nobody unless you can buy yer rights

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 22h

On a related note, from my ties to people in the British Indian community, sons & daughters of immigrants, I can think of no ethnic minority in the country less aware of what's coming down the pike, specifically to be pointed at them.

The level of complacency and denial is actually terrifying.

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j'ström 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇪🇺 @jaekayo.bsky.social · 21h

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cordeliaappleby.bsky.social @cordeliaappleby.bsky.social · 1d

𝖬𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗅𝖺 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖨𝗌𝗋𝖺𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝖭𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗇𝗂 𝖱𝖺𝖻𝗂𝖺 𝖬𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗅𝖺, 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗎𝗌𝖻𝖺𝗇𝖽'𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌: “𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗒, 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒?”

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah it has. Thatchers rot took hold. Many value possessions more than people. They think its okay to step over starving homeless people to do so. Measure folks worth by their possessions. They are all sick if you ask me.

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Amanda @iwishididnaekerr.bsky.social · 21h

Awe that's awful isn't it. Kids just can't comprehend it

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1d

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How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station? It depends who you ask but EVERY German study says it doubled childhood leukemia risk

Professor John Robertson OBA I asked the Elicit AI for scientific research which claims to help researchers be 10x more evidence-based: How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station?…

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