ScottProEU
@scottproeu.bsky.social
#Coeliac on life universe & everything.
Science is not a conspiracy!
English brought up in Scotland, work in EMEA.
#FBPE #FBPA #FBPPR #FBNHS #RejoinEU
Science is not a conspiracy!
English brought up in Scotland, work in EMEA.
#FBPE #FBPA #FBPPR #FBNHS #RejoinEU
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Thatchersim — still the basis of so much of our economy — worked by making us buy things we already owned, using money we borrowed from our grandkids, and then cancelling the maintenance and calling it "savings".
And now everything is broken.
And now everything is broken.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Another Brexit economic verdict arrived last month in the form of an 83-page NBER working paper - and it is devastating.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Another Brexit economic verdict arrived last month in the form of an 83-page NBER working paper - and it is devastating.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
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The idea that I would ever work with Tories is absurd. If you don't believe me just ask Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone...
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The idea that I would ever work with Tories is absurd. If you don't believe me just ask Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone...
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
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Sometimes the only thing left to say is “fuck right off.”
I think we as a country have reached that point when it comes to the MAGA influence operations that have wormed their way over the Atlantic.
I think we as a country have reached that point when it comes to the MAGA influence operations that have wormed their way over the Atlantic.
Trumplethinskin Goes After the BBC - Because Facts Keep Hurting His Feelings
The man who demanded people "fight like hell" now insists the real injury was a slightly compressed quote on Panorama.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Sometimes the only thing left to say is “fuck right off.”
I think we as a country have reached that point when it comes to the MAGA influence operations that have wormed their way over the Atlantic.
I think we as a country have reached that point when it comes to the MAGA influence operations that have wormed their way over the Atlantic.
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On Nigel Farage’s speech today, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said:
“The cat is well and truly out of the bag - Reform is the party of austerity...Farage wants to finish what the Tories started.
“After 14 years of cuts that gutted our schools, hospitals and councils, he’d slash even deeper."
“The cat is well and truly out of the bag - Reform is the party of austerity...Farage wants to finish what the Tories started.
“After 14 years of cuts that gutted our schools, hospitals and councils, he’d slash even deeper."
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
On Nigel Farage’s speech today, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said:
“The cat is well and truly out of the bag - Reform is the party of austerity...Farage wants to finish what the Tories started.
“After 14 years of cuts that gutted our schools, hospitals and councils, he’d slash even deeper."
“The cat is well and truly out of the bag - Reform is the party of austerity...Farage wants to finish what the Tories started.
“After 14 years of cuts that gutted our schools, hospitals and councils, he’d slash even deeper."
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In campaigning for the UK to quit the ECHR, Farage is continuing his collaboration in Putin's war against democracy, human rights and international law
The only European countries outside the ECHR are Russia and Belarus.
Farage is a traitor, serving a hostile foreign power.
The only European countries outside the ECHR are Russia and Belarus.
Farage is a traitor, serving a hostile foreign power.
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In campaigning for the UK to quit the ECHR, Farage is continuing his collaboration in Putin's war against democracy, human rights and international law
The only European countries outside the ECHR are Russia and Belarus.
Farage is a traitor, serving a hostile foreign power.
The only European countries outside the ECHR are Russia and Belarus.
Farage is a traitor, serving a hostile foreign power.
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Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
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The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
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Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
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Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Another council embroiled in a Reform circus
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Another council embroiled in a Reform circus
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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A senior member of Nigel Farage’s parliamentary group staff in Brussels, Kevin Ellul Bonici, was known for making trips to the Russian embassy in Belgium and was accused of orchestrating a smear campaign against a critic of the Kremlin.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic
Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A senior member of Nigel Farage’s parliamentary group staff in Brussels, Kevin Ellul Bonici, was known for making trips to the Russian embassy in Belgium and was accused of orchestrating a smear campaign against a critic of the Kremlin.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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I know how the media works. The whole China kerfuffle is being bigged up to avoid the bigger picture about Russia.
China is not a friend. On the other hand, it hasn't launched the biggest land war in Europe for 80 years with well over a million casualties so far
China is not a friend. On the other hand, it hasn't launched the biggest land war in Europe for 80 years with well over a million casualties so far
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I know how the media works. The whole China kerfuffle is being bigged up to avoid the bigger picture about Russia.
China is not a friend. On the other hand, it hasn't launched the biggest land war in Europe for 80 years with well over a million casualties so far
China is not a friend. On the other hand, it hasn't launched the biggest land war in Europe for 80 years with well over a million casualties so far
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Margaret Thatcher recognised the need to provide asylum for refugees, as well as the need to distinguish them from immigrants. No hope of that from her successors, of course.
Ian Gow MP (Thatcher's PPS) to Tony Marlow MP 23 August 1979:
Ian Gow MP (Thatcher's PPS) to Tony Marlow MP 23 August 1979:
October 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Margaret Thatcher recognised the need to provide asylum for refugees, as well as the need to distinguish them from immigrants. No hope of that from her successors, of course.
Ian Gow MP (Thatcher's PPS) to Tony Marlow MP 23 August 1979:
Ian Gow MP (Thatcher's PPS) to Tony Marlow MP 23 August 1979:
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Reform pretend they offer change, but they’re just a bunch of Tories jumping from a sinking ship.
October 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Reform pretend they offer change, but they’re just a bunch of Tories jumping from a sinking ship.
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Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
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Farage and Nathan Gill made speeches parroting the same Russian propaganda points in the same place on the same day. Are we really to believe that only one of them is a Russian asset?
1/ Farage and Nathan Gill made their European Parliament speeches parroting almost exactly the same Russian propaganda talking points on the same day, September 16th, 2014.
Here's Farage's speech
Here's Farage's speech
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Farage and Nathan Gill made speeches parroting the same Russian propaganda points in the same place on the same day. Are we really to believe that only one of them is a Russian asset?