@mastermelrose.bsky.social
Until Scottish Independence comes I’m growing and cooking veg, chatting to foxes and searching for a wormhole to the Neolithic. Ⓥ
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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100% agree
“There are some very harsh & unnecessary things, which are bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Gov”
“They are very different to the sorts of things the party supported when we were in opposition. We cannot defeat Reform by trying to outdo them.” @bylinetimes.bsky.social
“There are some very harsh & unnecessary things, which are bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Gov”
“They are very different to the sorts of things the party supported when we were in opposition. We cannot defeat Reform by trying to outdo them.” @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
100% agree
“There are some very harsh & unnecessary things, which are bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Gov”
“They are very different to the sorts of things the party supported when we were in opposition. We cannot defeat Reform by trying to outdo them.” @bylinetimes.bsky.social
“There are some very harsh & unnecessary things, which are bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Gov”
“They are very different to the sorts of things the party supported when we were in opposition. We cannot defeat Reform by trying to outdo them.” @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
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Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Rachel Reeves on #C4News saying Labour are now lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two child benefit cap
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
So an admission that Labour kept 450,000 children in poverty for the past year because they didn't care enough about child poverty to lift them out of it last year
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FYI Labour in Scotland actively against it not too long ago. Playing politics severely affecting children's lives.
Never trust ANY politician or party who does this
Never trust ANY politician or party who does this
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
FYI Labour in Scotland actively against it not too long ago. Playing politics severely affecting children's lives.
Never trust ANY politician or party who does this
Never trust ANY politician or party who does this
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
If this doesn't set a few alarm bells ringing, nothing will. The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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My column: Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My column: Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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A reminder that today's National has a Scotland World Cup centre spread designed by yours truly. Don't miss it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A reminder that today's National has a Scotland World Cup centre spread designed by yours truly. Don't miss it.
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Normally, If you are a 'Fair & equal' partner in any arrangement, You would expect to be consulted now & then.
PM Keir Starmer's team had rejected a request to meet with John Swinney ahead of the Budget, while the FM visited London earlier this week.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564352...
PM Keir Starmer's team had rejected a request to meet with John Swinney ahead of the Budget, while the FM visited London earlier this week.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564352...
Labour show 'complete lack of understanding on devolution' in Budget blunder
THE Labour Government has been accused of having "a complete lack of understanding about devolution" after making a blunder while…
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Normally, If you are a 'Fair & equal' partner in any arrangement, You would expect to be consulted now & then.
PM Keir Starmer's team had rejected a request to meet with John Swinney ahead of the Budget, while the FM visited London earlier this week.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564352...
PM Keir Starmer's team had rejected a request to meet with John Swinney ahead of the Budget, while the FM visited London earlier this week.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564352...
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Where are the repeating stories about this on every uk news channel?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Where are the repeating stories about this on every uk news channel?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Exactly ⬇️ This 💯......
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"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare?
Egalitarian ideals shape Scotland’s distinct health policies, but independence raises a key question: party agenda or public belief?
bylines.scot
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
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“Trump now takes Putin’s side. Europe must choose again: appeasement or our values, imperialism or freedom”
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“Trump now takes Putin’s side. Europe must choose again: appeasement or our values, imperialism or freedom”
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Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
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The medicines, shelter and food are helping but what she really needs most is the love ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The medicines, shelter and food are helping but what she really needs most is the love ❤️
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No tents. No media circus.
No years long investigarion including the filleting of all party records.
And for almost double the amount.
No years long investigarion including the filleting of all party records.
And for almost double the amount.
Andrew Polson has been jailed for two years, crossing the threshold for automatic disqualification. A by-election for East Dunbartonshire's Bearsden South ward will therefore now be held. This has been my most hotly anticipated by-election for genuinely three years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
No tents. No media circus.
No years long investigarion including the filleting of all party records.
And for almost double the amount.
No years long investigarion including the filleting of all party records.
And for almost double the amount.