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Thousands of Scots jobs 'at risk from £32bn black hole in defence budget'
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thousands of Scots jobs 'at risk from £32bn black hole in defence budget'
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Israeli soldiers murdered an entire family of 5 in Syria this morning. 8 others were killed. Al Jazeera correspondent on how Israel is explaining the killings ⬇️
Video: Saul Staniforth via X (@SaulStaniforth)
Video: Saul Staniforth via X (@SaulStaniforth)
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Israeli soldiers murdered an entire family of 5 in Syria this morning. 8 others were killed. Al Jazeera correspondent on how Israel is explaining the killings ⬇️
Video: Saul Staniforth via X (@SaulStaniforth)
Video: Saul Staniforth via X (@SaulStaniforth)
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'Once in a generation opportunity' was a throwaway line, not a guarantee. Opponents demand it must be conformed to whilst refusing to keep the actual promises they made to win the referendum.
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'Once in a generation opportunity' was a throwaway line, not a guarantee. Opponents demand it must be conformed to whilst refusing to keep the actual promises they made to win the referendum.
In Memphis, where people fear Elon Musk’s supercomputer is making them ill
www.thetimes.com/article/6369...
www.thetimes.com/article/6369...
In Memphis, where people fear Elon Musk’s supercomputer is making them ill
Colossus, an xAI supercomputer, is blamed for worsening air pollution in a historic black community
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In Memphis, where people fear Elon Musk’s supercomputer is making them ill
www.thetimes.com/article/6369...
www.thetimes.com/article/6369...
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UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
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As right wing rags attack the chancellor for her Budget, they can't ignore the disastrous impact Brexit has had on our economy.
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As right wing rags attack the chancellor for her Budget, they can't ignore the disastrous impact Brexit has had on our economy.
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🧵/ Today a damning parliamentary report on the state of palliative care services in England was published.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🧵/ Today a damning parliamentary report on the state of palliative care services in England was published.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
Services are patchy, underfunded & “ill-equipped” to address end-of-life needs.
Bereavement support is “frequently inaccessible.
The palliative care workforce is in a “critical” situation”.
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Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/a...
Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to this. Andrew, above is hanging on to his title just in case his Ajax armoured vehicle soon becomes less useful than a horse. I pre…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ajax armoured vehicles, 12 years late, way over budget at £10 million each, twice the cost of the US equivalent, 30 sick soldiers – Yes but what about the ferries? No, what about swarms of £20k drones talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/28/a...
I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.
Scottish Labour MP charged taxpayer £1500 for camera kit 'to film TikToks'
www.thenational.scot/news/2565620...
Scottish Labour MP charged taxpayer £1500 for camera kit 'to film TikToks'
www.thenational.scot/news/2565620...
Scottish Labour MP charged taxpayer £1500 for camera kit 'to film TikToks'
A SCOTTISH Labour MP spent nearly £1500 of taxpayers’ cash on camera kit to film social media videos, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.
Scottish Labour MP charged taxpayer £1500 for camera kit 'to film TikToks'
www.thenational.scot/news/2565620...
Scottish Labour MP charged taxpayer £1500 for camera kit 'to film TikToks'
www.thenational.scot/news/2565620...
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The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph seem very quiet on the allegations of antisemitism against Nigel Farage. I wonder why that is?
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph seem very quiet on the allegations of antisemitism against Nigel Farage. I wonder why that is?
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Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
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This rant from the British newspaper columnist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips is insane. It is hateful. It is nauseating. And it is instructive.
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This rant from the British newspaper columnist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips is insane. It is hateful. It is nauseating. And it is instructive.
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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You only really see how fundamentally broken Britain is when you take the time to look.
Example: international postage. We pay much MUCH more to send letters to the rest of the world than they do to send them to us.
UK to anywhere else: £3.40
Other countries to UK: 68p to £2.15
Example: international postage. We pay much MUCH more to send letters to the rest of the world than they do to send them to us.
UK to anywhere else: £3.40
Other countries to UK: 68p to £2.15
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
You only really see how fundamentally broken Britain is when you take the time to look.
Example: international postage. We pay much MUCH more to send letters to the rest of the world than they do to send them to us.
UK to anywhere else: £3.40
Other countries to UK: 68p to £2.15
Example: international postage. We pay much MUCH more to send letters to the rest of the world than they do to send them to us.
UK to anywhere else: £3.40
Other countries to UK: 68p to £2.15
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Hands around Scotland
In today's budget -
7 English Mayors received £13 billion = approximately £594 per person.
Scotland received £820 million = approximately £152 per person.
Wales received £505 million = approximately £163 per person.
What happened to the Union of Equals?
In today's budget -
7 English Mayors received £13 billion = approximately £594 per person.
Scotland received £820 million = approximately £152 per person.
Wales received £505 million = approximately £163 per person.
What happened to the Union of Equals?
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hands around Scotland
In today's budget -
7 English Mayors received £13 billion = approximately £594 per person.
Scotland received £820 million = approximately £152 per person.
Wales received £505 million = approximately £163 per person.
What happened to the Union of Equals?
In today's budget -
7 English Mayors received £13 billion = approximately £594 per person.
Scotland received £820 million = approximately £152 per person.
Wales received £505 million = approximately £163 per person.
What happened to the Union of Equals?
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The leaked OBR assessment states that Rachel Reeves decision to freeze income tax thresholds will raise £8.3 billion in 2029-30.
So income tax will be going up, contrary to the election pledge, but stealthily, rather than openly
So income tax will be going up, contrary to the election pledge, but stealthily, rather than openly
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The leaked OBR assessment states that Rachel Reeves decision to freeze income tax thresholds will raise £8.3 billion in 2029-30.
So income tax will be going up, contrary to the election pledge, but stealthily, rather than openly
So income tax will be going up, contrary to the election pledge, but stealthily, rather than openly
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I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
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🏴 Scots have already had to pay MORE towards the uk Governments shambolic, useless Ajax Armoured Cars scandal, than we paid for 2 fully operational ferries, in the so-called “FERRIES SCANDAL”
🇬🇧 Absolute silence from the FERRIES obsessed “bbc North britain”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
🇬🇧 Absolute silence from the FERRIES obsessed “bbc North britain”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Army stops using Ajax armoured vehicles as soldiers were left vomiting
Vibration and hearing problems have also been reported after the £10million vehicles were put to the test on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🏴 Scots have already had to pay MORE towards the uk Governments shambolic, useless Ajax Armoured Cars scandal, than we paid for 2 fully operational ferries, in the so-called “FERRIES SCANDAL”
🇬🇧 Absolute silence from the FERRIES obsessed “bbc North britain”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
🇬🇧 Absolute silence from the FERRIES obsessed “bbc North britain”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...