Seonaidh
@macnabracha.bsky.social
Tha #Gàidhlig agam | Poco de Español agus ein bisschen Deutsch. Infrequent writer. Clumsy corragan on a camera.
Still one of the #MastoDaoine
https://mastodon.scot/@MacNaBracha
#HMFC #politics #ScottishIndependence #Gaelic #whisky
Still one of the #MastoDaoine
https://mastodon.scot/@MacNaBracha
#HMFC #politics #ScottishIndependence #Gaelic #whisky
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@macnabracha.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Dick Gaughan - Outlaws and Dreamers
YouTube video by 76AMD
youtu.be
And the fierce flame of freedom that burns in our hearts...
The fire is still burning the future's still calling
To follow the dream till the end of my days
Wishing's for fools but dreams are for outlaws
Laughter's for lovers and tears for the brave
Dick Gaughan
youtu.be/g0vRvqbeSzk
The fire is still burning the future's still calling
To follow the dream till the end of my days
Wishing's for fools but dreams are for outlaws
Laughter's for lovers and tears for the brave
Dick Gaughan
youtu.be/g0vRvqbeSzk
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The reasons why people do not become teachers are not the same reasons why people leave the classroom.
Teacher recruitment and retention are separate issues – they need tackling in different ways
The reasons why people do not become teachers are not the same reasons why people leave the classroom.
tcnv.link
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The reasons why people do not become teachers are not the same reasons why people leave the classroom.
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The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
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Our Vice President @lizzie4.bsky.social is one of over 20 pro-Palestine activists in Scotland arrested under the Terrorism Act since the proscription of Palestine Action.
Scottish PEN stands in solidarity with Lizzie, her comrades, & condemns the proscription.
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
Scottish PEN stands in solidarity with Lizzie, her comrades, & condemns the proscription.
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
Gaza protestors across Scotland are waiting to know if they'll be prosecuted as terrorists – a photo essay
Photographer Rayna Carruthers has been documenting pro-Palestine protests in Scotland for two years, particularly in recent months, following the proscription of Palestine Action by the UK Government.
www.theferret.scot
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our Vice President @lizzie4.bsky.social is one of over 20 pro-Palestine activists in Scotland arrested under the Terrorism Act since the proscription of Palestine Action.
Scottish PEN stands in solidarity with Lizzie, her comrades, & condemns the proscription.
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
Scottish PEN stands in solidarity with Lizzie, her comrades, & condemns the proscription.
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
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“Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life”
Andrew O’Hagan’s 2020 novel MAYFLIES is a deeply touching story of male friendship & male fragility. O’Hagan discusses the book in this video from the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
#BookologyThursday 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfi...
Andrew O’Hagan’s 2020 novel MAYFLIES is a deeply touching story of male friendship & male fragility. O’Hagan discusses the book in this video from the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
#BookologyThursday 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfi...
Andrew O’Hagan and Edmund Gordon: 'Mayflies'
YouTube video by London Review Bookshop
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life”
Andrew O’Hagan’s 2020 novel MAYFLIES is a deeply touching story of male friendship & male fragility. O’Hagan discusses the book in this video from the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
#BookologyThursday 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfi...
Andrew O’Hagan’s 2020 novel MAYFLIES is a deeply touching story of male friendship & male fragility. O’Hagan discusses the book in this video from the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
#BookologyThursday 💙📚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfi...
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Number crunching: Increase in accidental prisoner releases
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Number crunching: Increase in accidental prisoner releases
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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Speuran caochlaideach an fhoghair os cionn Dùn an Eileain Naoimh.
Changeable autumn skies over Lindesfarne Castle.
#gaelic #Gàidhlig #northumberland #HolyIsland #meermittwoch #mastodaoine #seascape #castle
Changeable autumn skies over Lindesfarne Castle.
#gaelic #Gàidhlig #northumberland #HolyIsland #meermittwoch #mastodaoine #seascape #castle
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Speuran caochlaideach an fhoghair os cionn Dùn an Eileain Naoimh.
Changeable autumn skies over Lindesfarne Castle.
#gaelic #Gàidhlig #northumberland #HolyIsland #meermittwoch #mastodaoine #seascape #castle
Changeable autumn skies over Lindesfarne Castle.
#gaelic #Gàidhlig #northumberland #HolyIsland #meermittwoch #mastodaoine #seascape #castle
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Three years ago, after the Martin Bashir scandal, BBC boss Tim Davie tried to prevent future crises by appointing two “external editorial experts” to scrutinise BBC journalism. Oddly, both came from PR rather than journalism.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Three years ago, after the Martin Bashir scandal, BBC boss Tim Davie tried to prevent future crises by appointing two “external editorial experts” to scrutinise BBC journalism. Oddly, both came from PR rather than journalism.
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
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The Scottish Government is set to intervene on plans for a Scotland to Europe ferry, marking a significant step forward in plans
Major step forward as Scottish Government intervenes on Scotland to Europe ferry
www.thenational.scot
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Scottish Government is set to intervene on plans for a Scotland to Europe ferry, marking a significant step forward in plans
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
As the froth over the BBC portraying Trump as a dangerous and unhinged demagogue - imagine! - conintues to engulf us, it's worth remembering when the BBC had a supporter of the sinister far-right organisation Britain First choosing the audiences on #BBCQT
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2016/12/05/b...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2016/12/05/b...
BBC Question Time – Fake Audiences?
The parlour game of raging at the goggle-box every week as the BBC reeled out another panel of right-wing eejits for Question Time was getting a bit tired. We’d had wall-to-wall Farage and ev…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
As the froth over the BBC portraying Trump as a dangerous and unhinged demagogue - imagine! - conintues to engulf us, it's worth remembering when the BBC had a supporter of the sinister far-right organisation Britain First choosing the audiences on #BBCQT
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2016/12/05/b...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2016/12/05/b...
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Scottish Gaelic Place-Names: The Collected Works of Charles M. Robertson
Nach leugh sibh air an leabhar seo? Leanaibh an ceangail. Ri fhaighinn sa bhùth againn.
Why not read more about this book? Follow the link. Available in our shop.
buff.ly/mPQeWIx
Nach leugh sibh air an leabhar seo? Leanaibh an ceangail. Ri fhaighinn sa bhùth againn.
Why not read more about this book? Follow the link. Available in our shop.
buff.ly/mPQeWIx
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Scottish Gaelic Place-Names: The Collected Works of Charles M. Robertson
Nach leugh sibh air an leabhar seo? Leanaibh an ceangail. Ri fhaighinn sa bhùth againn.
Why not read more about this book? Follow the link. Available in our shop.
buff.ly/mPQeWIx
Nach leugh sibh air an leabhar seo? Leanaibh an ceangail. Ri fhaighinn sa bhùth againn.
Why not read more about this book? Follow the link. Available in our shop.
buff.ly/mPQeWIx
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You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
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The world turned upside down. Kelvin MacKenzie talking about journalistic integrity.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The world turned upside down. Kelvin MacKenzie talking about journalistic integrity.
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This is Patricia. Patricia thinks you are as thick so continues to gaslightight
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is Patricia. Patricia thinks you are as thick so continues to gaslightight
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
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Mullaichean Ghlinn Iucha san Fhoghar.
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mullaichean Ghlinn Iucha san Fhoghar.
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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Another suspended councillor and a mucky book row – just an average week for Reform in Kent
Another suspended councillor and a mucky book row - just an average week for Reform in Kent
Another councillor has been suspended over a leaked video while one claims he was booted out for writing an "erotic novel" at Reform's flagship council
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Another suspended councillor and a mucky book row – just an average week for Reform in Kent