@Mari Edinburgh
@mari123edinburgh.bsky.social
Seeking a Scottish republic. Save democracy and stop unelected oligarchs ruling the planet.
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Exclusive: One of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, an official told Reuters reut.rs/44qHRmN
Exclusive: Top Hegseth advisor Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe
One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
reut.rs
April 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Exclusive: One of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, an official told Reuters reut.rs/44qHRmN
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Professor John Curtice has given his verdict on a new exclusive Holyrood poll for The National ⬇️
John Curtice gives verdict as poll predicts huge pro-independence majority
www.thenational.scot
April 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Professor John Curtice has given his verdict on a new exclusive Holyrood poll for The National ⬇️
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I filed this FOI request in 2021. It's taken *four years* and going to a tribunal to get this information. And we still don't have it all. New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-uk-...
Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s firm was put in Covid ‘VIP lane’
Exclusive: Candy’s personal company among previously undisclosed Tory-linked businesses and individuals placed in controversial PPE VIP lane.
democracyforsale.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I filed this FOI request in 2021. It's taken *four years* and going to a tribunal to get this information. And we still don't have it all. New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-uk-...
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French satellite company Eutelsat is replacing Starlink and plans to send approximately 40,000 communication terminals to Ukraine. Their stock has rocketed 390% in the last 3 days as #Tesla $Starlink #SpaceX and #X continue their freefall.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
A European Starlink rival's shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here's why
Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat gained over 550% in a three-day rally last week.
www.nbcnewyork.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
French satellite company Eutelsat is replacing Starlink and plans to send approximately 40,000 communication terminals to Ukraine. Their stock has rocketed 390% in the last 3 days as #Tesla $Starlink #SpaceX and #X continue their freefall.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/busines...
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This will please them - if you sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
March 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This will please them - if you sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a "mass grave," a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.
Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...
www.cnn.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a "mass grave," a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.
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"In the EU, the temptation will be to hit back hard, notably at Tesla: as Tesla’s recent unsigned letter to the United States Trade Representative makes clear, retaliatory tariffs and component costs pose major threats to Elon Musk’s company."
Trump’s reckless car-tariffs: the impact on jobs, exports and prices
The proposed 25% tariffs on imported vehicles aim to create American jobs but could raise costs and shake global trade. The UK and EU will be called on to respond
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"In the EU, the temptation will be to hit back hard, notably at Tesla: as Tesla’s recent unsigned letter to the United States Trade Representative makes clear, retaliatory tariffs and component costs pose major threats to Elon Musk’s company."
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France has begun the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from Senegal.
Senegal sees French troops depart as west Africa reassesses colonial ties
France has begun the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from Senegal.
tcnv.link
March 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
France has begun the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from Senegal.
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Travellers around the world are reconsidering trips to the US, as cancellations expected to create a US$18 billion dip from tourism revenues.
Tourists are cancelling trips to the US – here’s how this could affect its economy
Travellers around the world are reconsidering trips to the US, as cancellations expected to create a US$18 billion dip from tourism revenues.
tcnv.link
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Travellers around the world are reconsidering trips to the US, as cancellations expected to create a US$18 billion dip from tourism revenues.
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March 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ready for a change? Over 6 weeks, our Quarter Life newsletter course will walk you through research-backed advice and tools to help you improve your relationships, your career, your free time and your mental health. Sign up for free here: tcnv.link/Br9GQtR
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‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed
‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed
A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks
• ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe
For six months after it became impossible, Ahmed Wael Dababish still dreamed of a simple reunion: the day he could once again hug his wife, Asma, his two daughters and his young son.
A nurse from Gaza, Dababish last saw his family in the early hours of one night in December 2023, when Israeli troops attacked a school where they had sought shelter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed
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The home secretary said there was "a long tradition" of personal freedom in the UK.
Yvette Cooper Hits Back At JD Vance's Claim That 'Free Speech Is In Retreat' In UK
The home secretary said there was "a long tradition" of personal freedom in the UK.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The home secretary said there was "a long tradition" of personal freedom in the UK.
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If only we lived in a world where despots were not allowed to control the media, Then the facts would be out there for all to see & dictators would'nt get away Scot free with murder.
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#PalestinianLivesMatter
March 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
If only we lived in a world where despots were not allowed to control the media, Then the facts would be out there for all to see & dictators would'nt get away Scot free with murder.
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#PalestinianLivesMatter
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"If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten us. Plucky independence ultimately means nothing to bullies who want to take things from you," writes DAT Green
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Greenland: the first Brexit
How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten us. Plucky independence ultimately means nothing to bullies who want to take things from you," writes DAT Green
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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Indie publisher
@melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
@melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
The book publisher prepping for Trump censorship
Indie publisher Melville House is racing to preserve history, before the US government buries the evidence
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Indie publisher
@melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
@melvillehouse.bsky.social is racing to preserve historical documents, like the Tulsa Race Massacre report, before the US government buries the evidence, writes @imaanirfan.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
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Just as Trump’s various executive orders targeting trans people have little to do with helping women, Khalil’s detention is more about shutting down opposition than protecting Jews, writes @aloner.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Trump is no feminist and doesn’t care about antisemitism
From the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to the targeting of trans people, the Trump administration is no friend of women, Jews or the vulnerable
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Just as Trump’s various executive orders targeting trans people have little to do with helping women, Khalil’s detention is more about shutting down opposition than protecting Jews, writes @aloner.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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On benefit cuts, Keir Starmer is “attempting to defend the indefensible”, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Social security is not a burden—it’s a force for good
Instead of old-fashioned rhetoric about costs to the state, the government should tell a better story about welfare
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On benefit cuts, Keir Starmer is “attempting to defend the indefensible”, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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"If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten us. Plucky independence ultimately means nothing to bullies who want to take things from you," writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Greenland: the first Brexit
How plucky Greenland escaped the European Communities only to end up threatened by the United States
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"If America can threaten Greenland and Denmark—and Canada and Panama and Mexico—there is no inherent reason why it cannot also threaten us. Plucky independence ultimately means nothing to bullies who want to take things from you," writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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This is EXACTLY the sort of vile stunt the Tories used to pull.
It wasn't acceptable when they did it. It's not acceptable now that Labour's doing it.
Requiring major decisions while deliberately concealing their impact is unconscionable.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
It wasn't acceptable when they did it. It's not acceptable now that Labour's doing it.
Requiring major decisions while deliberately concealing their impact is unconscionable.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
March 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This is EXACTLY the sort of vile stunt the Tories used to pull.
It wasn't acceptable when they did it. It's not acceptable now that Labour's doing it.
Requiring major decisions while deliberately concealing their impact is unconscionable.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
It wasn't acceptable when they did it. It's not acceptable now that Labour's doing it.
Requiring major decisions while deliberately concealing their impact is unconscionable.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Well worth looking at the report by Richard Murphy.
"How will you pay for it?" The answer is in Taxing Wealth Report 2024. 30 simple tax changes = £90bn a year. That’s half the NHS budget. Labour doesn’t need to hit the poor | Prof Richard Murphy
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
There are better ways for Rachel Reeves to find the money she needs
Richard Murphy’s proposals for simple, rapid tax reforms could easily raise the money Rachel Reeves needs, without penalising the poor
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Well worth looking at the report by Richard Murphy.
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My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk.
This week: Trump's masked thugs seize a Turkish student off the streets accusing her of no crime, and Trump's national security team share secrets over Signal.
Fridays 550pm LBC
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869637...
This week: Trump's masked thugs seize a Turkish student off the streets accusing her of no crime, and Trump's national security team share secrets over Signal.
Fridays 550pm LBC
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869637...
March 28, 2025 - "American Week": Student seized off the streets by Trump's masked agents, as top officials share secrets on Signal
Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm UK time, or find it here on demand afte...
audioboom.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk.
This week: Trump's masked thugs seize a Turkish student off the streets accusing her of no crime, and Trump's national security team share secrets over Signal.
Fridays 550pm LBC
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869637...
This week: Trump's masked thugs seize a Turkish student off the streets accusing her of no crime, and Trump's national security team share secrets over Signal.
Fridays 550pm LBC
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/869637...
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Dit. Ridders van het vrije woord en hoeders van onze beschaving - Duk cs - in geen velden of wegen te bekennen terwijl er een ongekende aanval op vrijheid van meningsuiting, vereniging, academische vrijheid, de rechtsstaat, de democratie, minderheden plaatsvindt. En nog pro-miljardair ook
Bueller?
Bueller?
People in the USA & beyond are being punished, fired, defunded, deported, disciplined & silenced by Trump’s administration for their opinions & beliefs. In unprecedented numbers. I thought the ‘anti-woke’ warriors really hated this stuff? They all seem to have disappeared…
March 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Dit. Ridders van het vrije woord en hoeders van onze beschaving - Duk cs - in geen velden of wegen te bekennen terwijl er een ongekende aanval op vrijheid van meningsuiting, vereniging, academische vrijheid, de rechtsstaat, de democratie, minderheden plaatsvindt. En nog pro-miljardair ook
Bueller?
Bueller?
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“We’re failing to appreciate the people and institutions who’ve propelled these remarkable advances, undermining them without offering credible alternatives, and risking the loss of future breakthroughs that many patients are counting on,” said @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked Kennedy for seeking “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies” about vaccines.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“We’re failing to appreciate the people and institutions who’ve propelled these remarkable advances, undermining them without offering credible alternatives, and risking the loss of future breakthroughs that many patients are counting on,” said @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social