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Politics, general news, other miscellaneous stuff. Pro-EU, pro-indy Scotland, SNP member.
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dickwinchester.bsky.social
My priority for Scotland would be to establish a new banking network based on the German Sparkassen model, a Scottish stock exchange, realign the Scottish National Investment Bank with new management, establish a Scottish central bank, issue new currency & apply to join the EU or perhaps EFTA
January 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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julieannewingate.bsky.social
Shall we try this ?
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States:

“Enough is enough.”
We have been a close and loyal friend of the United States for generations. We have stood shoulder to shoulder in difficult times. We have taken responsibility for security in the North Atlantic - and not least for North America. That is what true friends do. Precisely for that reason, the current and repeated rhetoric coming from the United States is entirely unacceptable. When the President of the United States speaks of "needing Greenland" and links us to Venezuela and military intervention, it is not only wrong. It is disrespectful. Our country is not an object in great-power rhetoric. We are a people. A country. A democracy. That must be respected — especially by close and loyal friends. We are part of NATO, and we are fully aware of our country's strategic location. We also understand that our security depends on good friends and strong alliances. In that context, a respectful and loyal relationship with the United States is very important. That has been the case for decades. But alliances are built on trust. And trust requires respect. Threats, pressure, and talk of annexation have no place between friends. That is not how one speaks to a people who have repeatedly demonstrated responsibility, stability, and loyalty. Enough is enough. No more pressure. No more insinuations. No more fantasies of annexation. We are open to dialogue. We are open to conversations. But they must take place through the proper channels and in full respect of international law. And the proper channels are not random and disrespectful posts on social media. Greenland is our home and our territory. And it will remain so.
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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t0nyyates.bsky.social
Been watching the BBC coverage for 15 mins and there's no mention yet of the illegality of US intervention under US law [let alone international law]. Can't help think that Trump's lawsuit is causing them to feel unable to report what is happening properly.
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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umaija.bsky.social
Trump is killing international law on live TV.
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umaija.bsky.social AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 16d
Trump has contempt for international law and its value system that prohibits the use of force to change external borders. In its place Trump pursues “sheer coercive power” or mobster diplomacy with shakedowns, blackmail and deal-making as the agents of change.
www.theguardian.com/law/ng-inter...
Into the void: how Trump killed international law
The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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alanferrier.bsky.social
UK government now at unprecedented levels of monitoring the situation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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weegingerdug.bsky.social
The position of the US is that it can kidnap the president of a foreign country and try him in a US court for alleged crimes which were not carried out under US jurisdiction but the US president cannot be tried in a US court for alleged crimes which were carried out under US jurisdiction.
January 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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chaillich.bsky.social
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January 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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specialscot.bsky.social
Rich People and Huge Corporations who haven't had to pay Tax in the UK, don't want to pay Tax...

Who knew?

Anyone not wanting Scottish Independence, in 2026, is a bit silly.
January 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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scotnational.bsky.social
The UK Government is reviving terrorism charges against Irish rapper Mo Chara, his group Kneecap have said ⬇️
UK Government reviving terrorism charge against Irish rapper, group says
www.thenational.scot
January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Adolf Hitler banned The Red Cross from visiting his extermination camps.
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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socialistnan123.bsky.social
Irish Solidarity Is Humanity In Action.❤️💚🇵🇸🇮🇪✌️
December 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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maureenpickering.bsky.social
Foreign medics NOT shunning NHS Scotland because of anti-migrant rhetoric from London parties

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Foreign medics NOT shunning NHS Scotland because of anti-migrant rhetoric from London parties
Professor John Robertson OBA The Guardian above has another of its ‘UK’ pieces with not a word on Scotland in it. There is, of course, no peer-reviewed research on this topic but, the M…
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December 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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ballotbox.scot
Come for the chart of shifting party support, stay for the fury at the fact we're going to have one of the most consequential Scottish (and definitely most consequential Welsh) elections since devolution, yet the Westminster media can't stop speculating about PM Farage in 2029 long enough to care.
Even allowing for my disregards, there have been notably few polls this quarter relative to the same period in the last parliament. We had 8 polls then, and nowhere near that many now. Where’s the Norstat? Where’s the Savanta? Where’s the non-SCOOP YouGov? Completely missing in action. There’s a clear reason for this: it costs money to run a poll. Whilst there’s money to be had doing Westminster polling, or it’s easy just to attach it to other polls you’re being paid for, absolutely bloody nobody in the UK-level media gives a enough of toss about what’s going on at Holyrood – or the Senedd Cymru – to pay for polling. I don’t want to belabour the point here, but just for English folk reading this, this is such a good albeit very niche example of why Scots have such a chip on our shoulders. Oh don’t worry, this election is only going to determine our income tax rates over the next five years. It’s only going to shape the NHS that’s relied upon by five and a half million people. It’s only going to have responsibility for a nation’s education system, for its roads, for its police, for loads and loads of basic, every day essentials. It’ll only cross responsibility for £70 billion of public expenditure at some point this term but that’s chump change, eh? Of course that’s not as important as all your breathless whataboutery concerning a potential Farage premiership come 2029! Don’t bother your pretty little heads trying to figure out what’s going on up here for a much more imminent election, which will set the playing field for 57 (and in Wales, another 32) of the seats up for grabs come 2029! Westminster is, of course, the font of all political power in these isles and it’s the only place worth paying attention to! Why, our silly little Parliament is practically a children’s plaything, no? You can all just traipse up here for two weeks at the end of April and start of May and give us your bold pronouncements informed by what you could glean from Wikipedia on your train journey up. I’m sure we can all look forward to such phenomenally astute analysis as this (still uncorrected) piece from the literal Political Editor of the BBC, who appears to think that it’s somehow more embarrassing (and to be clear, it is still very embarrassing) to go through three First Ministers in a year than three Prime Ministers in three months. And why wouldn’t he assume that – after all, Scottish politics is so unserious, it must be our level that had the most embarrassing circumstances. Liz Truss? Never heard of her. Sorry. Looks like I belaboured the point. I just naively assumed that a media ecosystem which is uniformly editorially supportive of the continued existence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland might do a tiny bit sodding better when it comes to bits of it that aren’t England. I mean it’s not like there’s been any real evidence of such attempts at any point in my lifetime, come to think of it, but still, it’s not unreasonable to expect is it?
December 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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scotnational.bsky.social
Is it any wonder that young people are losing faith in governments that are claiming to work in their interests? asks Halla Mohieddeen ✍️

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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privateeyenews.bsky.social
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting

From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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weegingerdug.bsky.social
A couple of predictions for 2026. By this time next year and for very different reasons, we will have seen the back of both Starmer and Trump.

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Hope will start to dawn in 2026
Making predictions in politics is a mug’s game, particularly if those predictions concern a year ahead. It has famously been said that a week is a long time in politics, so a year is the equi…
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December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.

Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.

Times up.

Merry Christmas!

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A green Christmas would be more awful than you can imagine
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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libdems.org.uk
Donald Trump has made it his explicit policy to interfere in European politics and ‘cultivate resistance’ in the UK and elsewhere.

The government should include the US administration in the scope of its investigation.
Graphic featuring a black-and-white close-up of Donald Trump. Overlaid on the image is a news-style box from The Guardian with the headline: "Lib Dems call for inquiry into hostile foreign state interference to include US". The subtext states: "Party says US government’s explicit support for far-right nationalist parties in Europe amounts to outside interference".
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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centralbylines.co.uk
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end? | Mark Cunliffe
Trump unveils new dystopian visa plans, but where will it end?
The Trump administration intends to make visitors provide five years of social media, a decade of email addresses and DNA, where will this all end?
centralbylines.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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neilmackay.bsky.social
One of the world’s most interesting thinkers, the Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, says citizens need to form a modern day protest movement modelled on the 19th century ‘Temperance Crusade’ to bring Big Tech to heel before it’s too late.

I couldn’t agree more.

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
New ‘Temperance Movement’ is needed to tame the social evil of Big Tech
MI6 issues warnings, great thinkers call for action, and Australia lands the first blow on social media giants. Our Writer at Large says 2026 must…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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kevinstewartsnp.bsky.social
83% of folk in the north east oppose STV’s plan to axe STV North News.

If you are one of those people then please tell OFCOM your views by clicking on the link below & by completing their consultation.

www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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neilmackay.bsky.social
It was 22 years ago that I unmasked the highest placed spy for British military intelligence inside the IRA

This week, the British state tried to say it was all over

It’s not. Justice will remain denied until the army is forced to reveal exactly what it did

My story in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.

Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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montrose.bsky.social
Good morning

#Unabhängigkeit
December 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM