Billy MacInnes
@billymac1964.bsky.social
Journalist, songwriter, music lover, husband, father of 4, Scot living in Ireland, 1 dog, 3 cats.
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Another Republican war for oil. I feel like we’ve done this before just a little while ago. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Another Republican war for oil. I feel like we’ve done this before just a little while ago. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
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good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
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It's never been more 2003 than it is right now.
137 More Oil Wells Liberated For Democracy
RUMAILAH OIL FIELDS, IRAQ–The U.S. continued to make progress in its fight against totalitarianism Tuesday, when 137 more oil wells were liberated for democracy.
theonion.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's never been more 2003 than it is right now.
"All of the women enrolled in the English language classes have children at the Dalmarnock school...locals at the event – who declined to give their name but said they do not currently have children at the school – said they had organised it." Sounds about right. www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
Protesters pledge weekly disruption at Glasgow school over mums' English classes
Glasgow City Council is set for a long-running stand-off with protesters targeting a local primary over English classes for pupils’ mums
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"All of the women enrolled in the English language classes have children at the Dalmarnock school...locals at the event – who declined to give their name but said they do not currently have children at the school – said they had organised it." Sounds about right. www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
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NATO Secretary Mark Rutte kisses Trump's ass on Fox & Friends: "This is a president really pushing peace worldwide"
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NATO Secretary Mark Rutte kisses Trump's ass on Fox & Friends: "This is a president really pushing peace worldwide"
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'Nigel Farage is facing calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
'Nigel Farage is facing calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.'
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
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Exactly the same as the Iraq Inquiry though: straight in the bin and never spoken of again, not least because none of it would’ve happened this way without the close, hand-in-glove cooperation of the British press. Don’t want to look to hard at that stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Exactly the same as the Iraq Inquiry though: straight in the bin and never spoken of again, not least because none of it would’ve happened this way without the close, hand-in-glove cooperation of the British press. Don’t want to look to hard at that stuff.
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Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about radioactive pollution at the Coulport nuclear bomb base on the Clyde.
#IndependenceIsNormal
#BelieveInScotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
#IndependenceIsNormal
#BelieveInScotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
Navy’s legal threats in bid to keep nuclear pollution secret exposed
The Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about…
www.thenational.scot
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about radioactive pollution at the Coulport nuclear bomb base on the Clyde.
#IndependenceIsNormal
#BelieveInScotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
#IndependenceIsNormal
#BelieveInScotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
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Navy’s legal threats in bid to keep nuclear pollution secret
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
Files released to The Ferret reveal that over 9 days in July and August, the navy sent 130 emails, held five meetings and made numerous phone calls urging Sepa to keep details of the pollution secret
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
Files released to The Ferret reveal that over 9 days in July and August, the navy sent 130 emails, held five meetings and made numerous phone calls urging Sepa to keep details of the pollution secret
Navy’s legal threats in bid to keep nuclear pollution secret exposed
The Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about…
www.thenational.scot
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Navy’s legal threats in bid to keep nuclear pollution secret
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
Files released to The Ferret reveal that over 9 days in July and August, the navy sent 130 emails, held five meetings and made numerous phone calls urging Sepa to keep details of the pollution secret
www.thenational.scot/news/2564296...
Files released to The Ferret reveal that over 9 days in July and August, the navy sent 130 emails, held five meetings and made numerous phone calls urging Sepa to keep details of the pollution secret
Scotland a study in mediocrity this half against Tonga.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Scotland a study in mediocrity this half against Tonga.
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I'm less confident I understand what's happening with this Peace Proposal Saga than I was three episodes into Severence season 1.
Perhaps because like in that show, several of the key protagonists appear to be operating on about half a brain.
Perhaps because like in that show, several of the key protagonists appear to be operating on about half a brain.
What the actual fuck is going on.
America put forward a nearly carbon copy version of the Russian plan for Ukrainian conquest, admitted it and backtracked, then doubles down.
America put forward a nearly carbon copy version of the Russian plan for Ukrainian conquest, admitted it and backtracked, then doubles down.
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I'm less confident I understand what's happening with this Peace Proposal Saga than I was three episodes into Severence season 1.
Perhaps because like in that show, several of the key protagonists appear to be operating on about half a brain.
Perhaps because like in that show, several of the key protagonists appear to be operating on about half a brain.
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The Polish prime minister reacts
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Polish prime minister reacts
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Ukraine to receive unspecified guarantees:
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ukraine to receive unspecified guarantees:
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Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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How embarrassing.
Administration sources were all-in on this Russian wishlist until it was revealed that it was an *actual* Russian wishlist and not just the worst possible peace plan for Ukraine.
Administration sources were all-in on this Russian wishlist until it was revealed that it was an *actual* Russian wishlist and not just the worst possible peace plan for Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
How embarrassing.
Administration sources were all-in on this Russian wishlist until it was revealed that it was an *actual* Russian wishlist and not just the worst possible peace plan for Ukraine.
Administration sources were all-in on this Russian wishlist until it was revealed that it was an *actual* Russian wishlist and not just the worst possible peace plan for Ukraine.
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It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
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So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
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So what the fk did they spend it on?? 🤔
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So what the fk did they spend it on?? 🤔
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“I’ve got the best poll numbers I’ve ever had! Red hot!!!”
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“I’ve got the best poll numbers I’ve ever had! Red hot!!!”
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This Pope guy has some bangers
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This Pope guy has some bangers
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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Elon Musk spending billions of dollars to buy a social network to replicate what it's like to have friends who like you, and an AI to replicate what it's like to have a supportive father who praises you, only to have both consistently turn on him is Promethean torture if Prometheus had deserved it.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Elon Musk spending billions of dollars to buy a social network to replicate what it's like to have friends who like you, and an AI to replicate what it's like to have a supportive father who praises you, only to have both consistently turn on him is Promethean torture if Prometheus had deserved it.
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13 yr old Ettudgui was not an isolated case…The Guardian says it has spoken to more than a dozen ex Dulwich College pupils who say they were at the receiving end of Farage’s racist/ bullying/ cruel rotten conduct -even in 6th Form
But adult Farage is too gutless to own up. He denies it.
But adult Farage is too gutless to own up. He denies it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
13 yr old Ettudgui was not an isolated case…The Guardian says it has spoken to more than a dozen ex Dulwich College pupils who say they were at the receiving end of Farage’s racist/ bullying/ cruel rotten conduct -even in 6th Form
But adult Farage is too gutless to own up. He denies it.
But adult Farage is too gutless to own up. He denies it.