Chris
@cjnmcg.bsky.social
I'm hoping for Scottish independence in the near future.
Married, kids, and cats.
Married, kids, and cats.
Pinned
Chris
@cjnmcg.bsky.social
· Jun 30
"The fact that these firms continue to ignore basic environmental protections while raking in taxpayer money is completely unacceptable"
theferret.scot/mega-...
theferret.scot/mega-...
Revealed: The mega farms polluting the environment with excrement
Mega farms in Scotland have repeatedly leaked excrement and failed to monitor contamination, putting humans, wildlife and the environment at risk.
theferret.scot
More and more I'm leaning towards voting @scottishgreens.org in 2026.
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How access journalism works.
Every political editor/correspondent falls in love with the SpAd who provides them with scoops.
Until, inevitably with McBride/Timothy/Cummings/McSweeney, the SpAd's demise becomes the next scoop.
Rinse and repeat.
Ad nauseam
Every political editor/correspondent falls in love with the SpAd who provides them with scoops.
Until, inevitably with McBride/Timothy/Cummings/McSweeney, the SpAd's demise becomes the next scoop.
Rinse and repeat.
Ad nauseam
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
How access journalism works.
Every political editor/correspondent falls in love with the SpAd who provides them with scoops.
Until, inevitably with McBride/Timothy/Cummings/McSweeney, the SpAd's demise becomes the next scoop.
Rinse and repeat.
Ad nauseam
Every political editor/correspondent falls in love with the SpAd who provides them with scoops.
Until, inevitably with McBride/Timothy/Cummings/McSweeney, the SpAd's demise becomes the next scoop.
Rinse and repeat.
Ad nauseam
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To all media wonks, newspaper wanks..
This.
A warning: we have had enough of your shenanigans, your desperate attacks on our democracy and your attempts to smear SKS and drive us into the Farage camp.
WE are organising. WE will not be passive.
Back off and sit down!
To all media wonks, newspaper wanks..
This.
A warning: we have had enough of your shenanigans, your desperate attacks on our democracy and your attempts to smear SKS and drive us into the Farage camp.
WE are organising. WE will not be passive.
Back off and sit down!
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
To all media wonks, newspaper wanks..
This.
A warning: we have had enough of your shenanigans, your desperate attacks on our democracy and your attempts to smear SKS and drive us into the Farage camp.
WE are organising. WE will not be passive.
Back off and sit down!
To all media wonks, newspaper wanks..
This.
A warning: we have had enough of your shenanigans, your desperate attacks on our democracy and your attempts to smear SKS and drive us into the Farage camp.
WE are organising. WE will not be passive.
Back off and sit down!
Mmmm, I fear 1979 all over again, this could lead to Farage as Thatcher in 21st century.
It’s time for Labour stop the infighting and get on with fixing the country.
And if they can’t do that - they should call a General Election.
And if they can’t do that - they should call a General Election.
February 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Mmmm, I fear 1979 all over again, this could lead to Farage as Thatcher in 21st century.
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The first ever inviting proposition from the Trump administration. On justice, accountability and the Epstein Files.
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The first ever inviting proposition from the Trump administration. On justice, accountability and the Epstein Files.
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Growing calls on Keir Starmer to resign (including from the head of the Scottish Labour party) over having named as US ambassador a man with close ties to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Keir Starmer’s Allies Rally Around Him Amid Pressure to Resign as Britain’s Prime Minister
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Growing calls on Keir Starmer to resign (including from the head of the Scottish Labour party) over having named as US ambassador a man with close ties to Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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I'm getting yelled at by the British on this website and I'd like to apologize. In the words of Lord Vernon Maxwell, if I knew you guys had internet over there I would've never made those tweets.
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I'm getting yelled at by the British on this website and I'd like to apologize. In the words of Lord Vernon Maxwell, if I knew you guys had internet over there I would've never made those tweets.
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Until television news begins to reflect the realities of the political situation in Wales, a crucial part of Wales’ news media landscape will remain absent ✍️Caitlin Thomas wp.me/p8Mk4U-1eem
wp.me
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Until television news begins to reflect the realities of the political situation in Wales, a crucial part of Wales’ news media landscape will remain absent ✍️Caitlin Thomas wp.me/p8Mk4U-1eem
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The job of cabinet secretary is looking increasingly messy / untenable of late.
That gets said more of the job of PM itself, but I think that’s arguably more that people get the job and don’t then actually *do* it. The cab sec stuff feels a little more structural.
That gets said more of the job of PM itself, but I think that’s arguably more that people get the job and don’t then actually *do* it. The cab sec stuff feels a little more structural.
EXCL: Chris Wormald, the most senior civil servant in Downing Street, is negotiating his exit as part of a wider shakeup of Keir Starmer’s operation after dramatic day - @kiranstacey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Top civil servant could become third key No 10 departure in days
Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The job of cabinet secretary is looking increasingly messy / untenable of late.
That gets said more of the job of PM itself, but I think that’s arguably more that people get the job and don’t then actually *do* it. The cab sec stuff feels a little more structural.
That gets said more of the job of PM itself, but I think that’s arguably more that people get the job and don’t then actually *do* it. The cab sec stuff feels a little more structural.
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Via @labourlewis.bsky.social at the other place.
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Via @labourlewis.bsky.social at the other place.
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British police are assessing a complaint that ex-prince sent confidential trade reports to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Palace says King Charles will ‘support' police probe into ex-Prince Andrew
British police are assessing a complaint that ex-prince sent confidential trade reports to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.aljazeera.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
British police are assessing a complaint that ex-prince sent confidential trade reports to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Now Sarwar has betrayed Starmer, isn't it time for Starmer to turn the tables and announce a Scottish Independence Referendum (to distract from the internal Labour mess) Ho ho ho.
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Now Sarwar has betrayed Starmer, isn't it time for Starmer to turn the tables and announce a Scottish Independence Referendum (to distract from the internal Labour mess) Ho ho ho.
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Historian @tessadunlop.bsky.social gets to the core of the Andrew M-W royal family scandal. The UK royals are still unaccountable & do not live in the modern age & UK. Bagehot's "light" is slowly destroying this secretive & rotten institution. #C4News
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Historian @tessadunlop.bsky.social gets to the core of the Andrew M-W royal family scandal. The UK royals are still unaccountable & do not live in the modern age & UK. Bagehot's "light" is slowly destroying this secretive & rotten institution. #C4News
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I'm willing to travel to Ilford North on the build up to the next election...and cover every available surface with this picture.
February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I'm willing to travel to Ilford North on the build up to the next election...and cover every available surface with this picture.
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Sarwar half as popular as Swinney:
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Sarwar half as popular as Swinney:
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I'm a bit reassured - www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/09/e...
"Ensnared" and "Manipulated": Official Statement by Valéria Chomsky Regarding Jeffrey Epstein
As many are aware, my husband, Noam Chomsky, now 97, is confronting significant health challenges after suffering a devastating stroke in June 2023.
www.counterpunch.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I'm a bit reassured - www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/09/e...
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Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too.
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too.
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
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Calmer with Starmer!
Calmer with Starmer!
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Calmer with Starmer!
Calmer with Starmer!
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🔴Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin?
How did Reform’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a ‘fully-paid up member of the liberal left’ to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
How did Reform’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a ‘fully-paid up member of the liberal left’ to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin?
How did Reform's candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a 'fully-paid up member of the liberal left' to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
bylinetimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
🔴Whatever Happened to Matt Goodwin?
How did Reform’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a ‘fully-paid up member of the liberal left’ to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
How did Reform’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a ‘fully-paid up member of the liberal left’ to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
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BREAKING: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says she "profoundly disagrees" with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, after he called for Keir Starmer to resign.
February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
BREAKING: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says she "profoundly disagrees" with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, after he called for Keir Starmer to resign.
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
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Darren Jones, at the despatch box, has either misspoken or announced a toughening up of post-ministerial jobs rules. Jones said now ex-ministers who broke rules "requiring repayment of severance"; but ministerial code only says "they will be **expected** to repay their full severance payment."
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Darren Jones, at the despatch box, has either misspoken or announced a toughening up of post-ministerial jobs rules. Jones said now ex-ministers who broke rules "requiring repayment of severance"; but ministerial code only says "they will be **expected** to repay their full severance payment."
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🚨 Norway’s anti-corruption agency Økokrim has charged ex-ambassador Mona Juul with gross corruption and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen with aiding it, citing the Epstein files.
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
Another blow to Norway from Epstein files as diplomat quits
Norway’s ambassador to Jordan and Iraq, Mona Juul, showed “a serious lapse in judgment,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said.
www.politico.eu
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
🚨 Norway’s anti-corruption agency Økokrim has charged ex-ambassador Mona Juul with gross corruption and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen with aiding it, citing the Epstein files.
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
www.politico.eu/article/norw...