Phil Taylor
@philctaylor.bsky.social
Knocking on, likes Rugby, Reading, Photography, Scuba Diving, Golf. Interested in politics, news, tech, marketing. Supports Scottish independence, Scottish Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby, and Heart of Midlothian Football Club.
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Hmmm, remember the media furore over SNP minister Michael Matheson's kids ramping up an £11k bill (by mistake), that led to him resigning from cabinet?
A Tory MSP has cost the Scottish public £185,000 by inundating the Government with more than 1300 'AI-generated questions', the SNP have said
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Hmmm, remember the media furore over SNP minister Michael Matheson's kids ramping up an £11k bill (by mistake), that led to him resigning from cabinet?
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Just imagine if someone put up a poster of a black person with a watermelon. or picking cotton. There'd be outrage, and it would make the news headlines.
Racism against Scots is acceptable, though.
#YouYesYet
#IndyRef2
Racism against Scots is acceptable, though.
#YouYesYet
#IndyRef2
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Just imagine if someone put up a poster of a black person with a watermelon. or picking cotton. There'd be outrage, and it would make the news headlines.
Racism against Scots is acceptable, though.
#YouYesYet
#IndyRef2
Racism against Scots is acceptable, though.
#YouYesYet
#IndyRef2
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What did we think would happen?
Trump tripled ICE’s budget to $27.7 billion a year
It now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most countries
Then he turbo‑charged recruitment with six‑figure salaries and up to $50,000 sign‑on bonuses
Anyone paying attention could see what he was growing
Trump tripled ICE’s budget to $27.7 billion a year
It now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most countries
Then he turbo‑charged recruitment with six‑figure salaries and up to $50,000 sign‑on bonuses
Anyone paying attention could see what he was growing
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
What did we think would happen?
Trump tripled ICE’s budget to $27.7 billion a year
It now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most countries
Then he turbo‑charged recruitment with six‑figure salaries and up to $50,000 sign‑on bonuses
Anyone paying attention could see what he was growing
Trump tripled ICE’s budget to $27.7 billion a year
It now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most countries
Then he turbo‑charged recruitment with six‑figure salaries and up to $50,000 sign‑on bonuses
Anyone paying attention could see what he was growing
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Chilling warning from a Trump-aide.
”the U.S. will use its military “unapologetically” to secure U.S. interests".
“nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”
"Western countries should not have given up their empires and colonies after WWII".
Madness.
”the U.S. will use its military “unapologetically” to secure U.S. interests".
“nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”
"Western countries should not have given up their empires and colonies after WWII".
Madness.
Stephen Miller ramps up Trump threats to take over Greenland in fiery CNN interview
During a heated back and forth with Jake Tapper, the White House deputy chief of staff argued the ‘future of the free world’ depended on the U.S. taking aggressive actions such as the recent capture o...
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Chilling warning from a Trump-aide.
”the U.S. will use its military “unapologetically” to secure U.S. interests".
“nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”
"Western countries should not have given up their empires and colonies after WWII".
Madness.
”the U.S. will use its military “unapologetically” to secure U.S. interests".
“nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”
"Western countries should not have given up their empires and colonies after WWII".
Madness.
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Nigel Farage wants energy-rich Scotland to become poorer by taking away vital support like free prescriptions and free tuition. And he's openly discussed privatising our NHS.
Declare your support for Scotland's right to decide today: www.yes.scot/decide
Declare your support for Scotland's right to decide today: www.yes.scot/decide
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Nigel Farage wants energy-rich Scotland to become poorer by taking away vital support like free prescriptions and free tuition. And he's openly discussed privatising our NHS.
Declare your support for Scotland's right to decide today: www.yes.scot/decide
Declare your support for Scotland's right to decide today: www.yes.scot/decide
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Never, ever stop reposting this.
December 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Never, ever stop reposting this.
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Could still be time to get from Amazon... 🎅🎄
Christmas stocking filler. "The Secret of Eilean Mhor, a children's adventure set on the West Coast of Scotland.
Younger grandson: "One of the things I liked was the really good fight at the end."
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
Younger grandson: "One of the things I liked was the really good fight at the end."
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Could still be time to get from Amazon... 🎅🎄
One of the better and more impartial news programmes on British TV. Also on Substack. Channel 4 News channel4news.substack.com?r=1wl8hv&utm...
Channel 4 News | Substack
The latest updates from Channel 4 News on Substack. Click to read Channel 4 News, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
channel4news.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
One of the better and more impartial news programmes on British TV. Also on Substack. Channel 4 News channel4news.substack.com?r=1wl8hv&utm...
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Upgrading the energy infrastructure so they can get all of Scotland's renewables taken down South to power England's cities and charge the cost to the consumer yet again.
All while energy companies make obscene profits and Scots pay the highest prices in EU.
www.thenational.scot/news/nationa...
All while energy companies make obscene profits and Scots pay the highest prices in EU.
www.thenational.scot/news/nationa...
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Upgrading the energy infrastructure so they can get all of Scotland's renewables taken down South to power England's cities and charge the cost to the consumer yet again.
All while energy companies make obscene profits and Scots pay the highest prices in EU.
www.thenational.scot/news/nationa...
All while energy companies make obscene profits and Scots pay the highest prices in EU.
www.thenational.scot/news/nationa...
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#StAndrewsday James IV. Free today on Kindle. Most famous for his death at Flodden, but before that there is a good case for saying he was the best of the Stewart (Stuart) kings. @scothistnetwork.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/James-IV-Sco...
www.amazon.co.uk/James-IV-Sco...
James IV: Scotland's Renaissance King (Lectures in Scottish History Book 4)
James IV: Scotland's Renaissance King (Lectures in Scottish History Book 4) eBook : Harris, George: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#StAndrewsday James IV. Free today on Kindle. Most famous for his death at Flodden, but before that there is a good case for saying he was the best of the Stewart (Stuart) kings. @scothistnetwork.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/James-IV-Sco...
www.amazon.co.uk/James-IV-Sco...
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
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This is the last official day of Book Week Scotland. But encouraging friendship, encouraging children to read, and encouraging love of the west coast of Scotland continues.
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
The Secret of Eilean Mhor
The Secret of Eilean Mhor eBook : Harris, George: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
This is the last official day of Book Week Scotland. But encouraging friendship, encouraging children to read, and encouraging love of the west coast of Scotland continues.
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
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From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms exploit customers.
Profiteering is rife and inflation is baked in the system. Rip-off practices in water, energy, insurance, internet, banking, insurance, elsewhere.
There is lack of competition; poor regulation and toothless regulators.
Profiteering is rife and inflation is baked in the system. Rip-off practices in water, energy, insurance, internet, banking, insurance, elsewhere.
There is lack of competition; poor regulation and toothless regulators.
UK watchdogs need to step in on rip-off bills, which are bad for consumers and the economy | Heather Stewart
From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms are able to exploit the fact they know more than customers
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms exploit customers.
Profiteering is rife and inflation is baked in the system. Rip-off practices in water, energy, insurance, internet, banking, insurance, elsewhere.
There is lack of competition; poor regulation and toothless regulators.
Profiteering is rife and inflation is baked in the system. Rip-off practices in water, energy, insurance, internet, banking, insurance, elsewhere.
There is lack of competition; poor regulation and toothless regulators.
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Appeals against deportation on human rights grounds are vanishingly rare - less than one per cent of foreign national offenders remain in the UK on human rights grounds. So changing how the Convention is interpreted won’t make a material difference to migration figures
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Appeals against deportation on human rights grounds are vanishingly rare - less than one per cent of foreign national offenders remain in the UK on human rights grounds. So changing how the Convention is interpreted won’t make a material difference to migration figures
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November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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"Microplastics are everywhere now; these minute particles are in our bodies – in the bloodstream, liver, digestive system and more...
Continued use of plastic products and poor disposal leads to pollution of land, air and water."
Continued use of plastic products and poor disposal leads to pollution of land, air and water."
Derby nightlife scene feeds the threat of toxic microplastics
Derby city centre nightlife poses a major environmental concern with littering of waste leading to pollution by microplastics
centralbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Microplastics are everywhere now; these minute particles are in our bodies – in the bloodstream, liver, digestive system and more...
Continued use of plastic products and poor disposal leads to pollution of land, air and water."
Continued use of plastic products and poor disposal leads to pollution of land, air and water."
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“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
👇 #BBC
👇 #BBC
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The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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For long winter evenings. Here's the link. #Holidays #Moidart #Scotand #Children'sBook
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
October 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For long winter evenings. Here's the link. #Holidays #Moidart #Scotand #Children'sBook
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...
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Looking at these polls, I wonder at the 42% that say they’d vote for the union.
With everything that has happened since 2014, folk in Scotland are worse off, and will continue to struggle. Things they threatened if we left, have happened anyway.
So why stay?🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...
With everything that has happened since 2014, folk in Scotland are worse off, and will continue to struggle. Things they threatened if we left, have happened anyway.
So why stay?🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...
Huge double-digit lead for Scottish independence in new polling
SCOTS would vote to leave the Union should an independence referendum be held tomorrow, a new poll has found.
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Looking at these polls, I wonder at the 42% that say they’d vote for the union.
With everything that has happened since 2014, folk in Scotland are worse off, and will continue to struggle. Things they threatened if we left, have happened anyway.
So why stay?🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...
With everything that has happened since 2014, folk in Scotland are worse off, and will continue to struggle. Things they threatened if we left, have happened anyway.
So why stay?🤔
www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...
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Yes! What else would you expect from Stammer, he hid when Israel was bombing children why would he worry about some football neds smashing up the place.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned because of information from Interpol in Europe, who passed it on to the Home Office, who gave it to the Police, who banned them.
Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?
Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?
October 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Yes! What else would you expect from Stammer, he hid when Israel was bombing children why would he worry about some football neds smashing up the place.
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Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
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Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Just channel hopped through all my news channels (which include some from USA) only one is covering the Trump press conference on crime in America live. Why? Filled with the usual rambling lies and nonsense … this is not news
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just channel hopped through all my news channels (which include some from USA) only one is covering the Trump press conference on crime in America live. Why? Filled with the usual rambling lies and nonsense … this is not news
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Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised.
Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️
Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️
Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU
The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised.
Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️
Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️