Norma Ballingall 🏴 🇪🇺 🇵🇸
@balr0g.bsky.social
Lifelong Scottish Independence supporter and pro EU. I have no time for idiots or bots and they will be blocked.
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It’s a damn shame, really. While the orange clown hogs every headline with his circus act, nobody’s talking about the kids, the future of this country, who can’t even land a job after dropping a house-sized down payment on a degree.
And when the middle class goes, the whole country goes with it.
And when the middle class goes, the whole country goes with it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It’s a damn shame, really. While the orange clown hogs every headline with his circus act, nobody’s talking about the kids, the future of this country, who can’t even land a job after dropping a house-sized down payment on a degree.
And when the middle class goes, the whole country goes with it.
And when the middle class goes, the whole country goes with it.
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Rev. Bates-Chamberlain: Once ICE came in on their rampage, you literally had mass agents kidnapping people off the streets. It felt like you were in a horror movie, but this was a real occurrence happening in the United States in 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rev. Bates-Chamberlain: Once ICE came in on their rampage, you literally had mass agents kidnapping people off the streets. It felt like you were in a horror movie, but this was a real occurrence happening in the United States in 2025.
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What a headline.
White House defends Trump calling a female reporter 'piggy' reut.rs/49xn6IK
White House defends Trump calling a female reporter 'piggy'
The White House on Thursday defended President Donald Trump after he called a female reporter "piggy" as she questioned him about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying the president's remarks reflected his frankness and transparency.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What a headline.
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Pretty sure calling for the deaths of democratic lawmakers is sedition in itself and at the very least, an impeachable offense.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Pretty sure calling for the deaths of democratic lawmakers is sedition in itself and at the very least, an impeachable offense.
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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.
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Farewell to Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the bassist for the Stone Roses who later joined Primal Scream.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of Stone Roses dead at 63 - latest tributes
The musician rose to fame with the Stone Roses in the 1980s
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Farewell to Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the bassist for the Stone Roses who later joined Primal Scream.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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Again. Labour will never be cruel enough for the hard right, the right wing media shills, or the majority of Reform voters yet they continue to damage themselves by trying to do so
It’s quite incredible
It’s quite incredible
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Again. Labour will never be cruel enough for the hard right, the right wing media shills, or the majority of Reform voters yet they continue to damage themselves by trying to do so
It’s quite incredible
It’s quite incredible
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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BBC: Brexit: New models from Vauxhall, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot and Jaguar Land Rover 'may not be sold in NI'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Brexit: New models from Vauxhall, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot and Jaguar Land Rover 'may not be sold in NI'
From January new cars registered in Northern Ireland will have to have an "EU-type" approval.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
BBC: Brexit: New models from Vauxhall, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot and Jaguar Land Rover 'may not be sold in NI'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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RIP Mani........a legend gone! The Stone Roses got me into that indie scene when they came on the scene.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Stone Roses' Gary Mani Mounfield dead at 63 - all we know so far
The legendary musician, from Crumpsall, died aged 63
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
RIP Mani........a legend gone! The Stone Roses got me into that indie scene when they came on the scene.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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👇💯 History lesson
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
👇💯 History lesson
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Johnson & Cummings killed 23,000 people.
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Johnson & Cummings killed 23,000 people.
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If a lockdown had been imposed on 16 March, a week earlier than it was, it could have cut the number of deaths in England in the first wave of the virus by almost half, saving 23,000 lives, the Covid inquiry says.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
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Trump’s lies about grocery prices are the one set of his lies that have never concerned me. It’s the one subject where it doesn’t matter how much he lies about it, he fools absolutely no one who shops for groceries. Something which, incidentally, he has never done in his life.
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump’s lies about grocery prices are the one set of his lies that have never concerned me. It’s the one subject where it doesn’t matter how much he lies about it, he fools absolutely no one who shops for groceries. Something which, incidentally, he has never done in his life.
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At least Trump is going into this with an open mind as a positive and optimistic unifier of the American people.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
At least Trump is going into this with an open mind as a positive and optimistic unifier of the American people.
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Daily show not holding back
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Daily show not holding back
Good grief 😱
Elon Musk, "AI and humanoid robots will eliminate poverty"
"In 10-20 years work Will be optional"
"Money will stop being relevant in the future"
"If civilisation continues, which it probably will, AI in space becomes inevitable. We shouldn't take civilisation for granted"
"In 10-20 years work Will be optional"
"Money will stop being relevant in the future"
"If civilisation continues, which it probably will, AI in space becomes inevitable. We shouldn't take civilisation for granted"
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Good grief 😱
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Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gary Stevenson, "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger share, in economies with almost no growth, and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
"The reason ordinary families and the gov get poorer year after year is because of this massively increasing inequality"
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You may not be able to afford rent and groceries, and your health insurance may be about to skyrocket in 42 days, but the good news is that the Saudis got F-35s, nuclear tech, and security guarantees after putting hundreds of millions in Trump’s pocket.
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
You may not be able to afford rent and groceries, and your health insurance may be about to skyrocket in 42 days, but the good news is that the Saudis got F-35s, nuclear tech, and security guarantees after putting hundreds of millions in Trump’s pocket.
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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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Guess what, because of these prices and barely getting the monthly bills paid…we aren’t having Christmas this year? When a family can barely afford these high prices yet don’t qualify for SNAP (even though they’re not giving them out lol) it really ruins everything for everyone.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Guess what, because of these prices and barely getting the monthly bills paid…we aren’t having Christmas this year? When a family can barely afford these high prices yet don’t qualify for SNAP (even though they’re not giving them out lol) it really ruins everything for everyone.
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Fool me once...
Scots from the EU, take note when you cast your ballot in 2026 that the Unionist parties of Labour Conservative and Reform are not your friends. #SNP1SGP2 #Holyrood2026
Choose Independence for Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scots from the EU, take note when you cast your ballot in 2026 that the Unionist parties of Labour Conservative and Reform are not your friends. #SNP1SGP2 #Holyrood2026
Choose Independence for Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform plans to strip EU citizens of benefit rights, says Farage
Leader Nigel Farage says his party would renegotiate the Brexit deal struck by the Tory government.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fool me once...
Scots from the EU, take note when you cast your ballot in 2026 that the Unionist parties of Labour Conservative and Reform are not your friends. #SNP1SGP2 #Holyrood2026
Choose Independence for Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scots from the EU, take note when you cast your ballot in 2026 that the Unionist parties of Labour Conservative and Reform are not your friends. #SNP1SGP2 #Holyrood2026
Choose Independence for Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Disgusting irredeemable monsters, both of them.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Disgusting irredeemable monsters, both of them.