Dick Winchester..
@dickwinchester.bsky.social
Teller of truths. Energy tech/bizdev/strategy consultant, adviser and columnist. Motorsport not football.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
BREAKING: Netherlands to ban 'addictive, polarising & anti-democratic algorithms'
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
Govt wants 'enforceable EU minimum age of 15 for social media with privacy-friendly age verification as long as social media are not sufficiently secure.'
#coalitieakkoord
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/documenten/2...
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Curse of Private Equity.
PE firms cashing in on Britain’s special needs crisis.
Councils paying £90,000 - £104,614 a year for day-pupils with complex needs to Abu Dhabi controlled entities. Council spending £2.2bn a year.
No curbs on profiteering.
archive.ph/LdXqs
PE firms cashing in on Britain’s special needs crisis.
Councils paying £90,000 - £104,614 a year for day-pupils with complex needs to Abu Dhabi controlled entities. Council spending £2.2bn a year.
No curbs on profiteering.
archive.ph/LdXqs
The private equity firms cashing in on Britain’s special needs crisis
Specialist schools are a source of income for investors and a financial burden on cash-strapped councils
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
PE firms cashing in on Britain’s special needs crisis.
Councils paying £90,000 - £104,614 a year for day-pupils with complex needs to Abu Dhabi controlled entities. Council spending £2.2bn a year.
No curbs on profiteering.
archive.ph/LdXqs
PE firms cashing in on Britain’s special needs crisis.
Councils paying £90,000 - £104,614 a year for day-pupils with complex needs to Abu Dhabi controlled entities. Council spending £2.2bn a year.
No curbs on profiteering.
archive.ph/LdXqs
And the prize for the most stupid answer goes to Rachel from accounts. www.facebook.com/reel/1963019...
8.2K views · 188 reactions | 🗣️ An important question respectfully delivered.
👎 I'm just sorry the Chancellor responded to my constituents' concerns with a party political attack.
😬 Incidentally, ev...
🗣️ An important question respectfully delivered.
👎 I'm just sorry the Chancellor responded to my constituents' concerns with a party political attack.
😬 Incidentally, every pressure I listed is the....
www.facebook.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:16 PM
And the prize for the most stupid answer goes to Rachel from accounts. www.facebook.com/reel/1963019...
Norway has 43 airports all of which are operated along with their air traffic control system by a state owned company called Avinor AS and they have a drop-off charging system but allow a free, short-term stop, usually ranging from 7 to 10 minutes called "kiss and fly".
Sensible not greedy.
Sensible not greedy.
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Norway has 43 airports all of which are operated along with their air traffic control system by a state owned company called Avinor AS and they have a drop-off charging system but allow a free, short-term stop, usually ranging from 7 to 10 minutes called "kiss and fly".
Sensible not greedy.
Sensible not greedy.
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Scotland's Health Secretary has blocked a Labour councillor from sitting on the board of NHS Lothian after he was accused of sending sexual messages to Ukrainian refugees
Health Secretary blocks Labour councillor from NHS board after sex messages probe
www.thenational.scot
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Scotland's Health Secretary has blocked a Labour councillor from sitting on the board of NHS Lothian after he was accused of sending sexual messages to Ukrainian refugees
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Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
The Farage-Orbán network
Inside Reform’s deepening ties to Hungary’s autocratic regime...
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Matthew Goodwin is a key node in Reform’s growing ties to autocratic Hungary 👇🏻
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Trump ally admits he was 'shocked by president's psychological state' after recent visit www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...
Trump ally admits he was 'shocked by president's psychological state' after recent visit
A President Donald Trump ally described his concern and shock over the president's mental state, according to a report Wednesday. Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, apparently made a private...
www.rawstory.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Trump ally admits he was 'shocked by president's psychological state' after recent visit www.rawstory.com/trump-mental...
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Why the euro's rise to $1.20 is a big deal reut.rs/4bWwN4A
Why the euro's rise to $1.20 is a big deal
The euro has hit a new milestone against the dollar, highlighting the single currency's renewed push higher as sentiment towards the greenback sours.
reut.rs
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Why the euro's rise to $1.20 is a big deal reut.rs/4bWwN4A
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🚛Platinum Member @boschglobal.bsky.social is fueling the future of #heavyduty transport with its H₂ICE truck.
Powered by #hydrogen & producing no CO₂, engine-based tech integrates into existing operations, bringing rollout-ready #HydrogenMobility to the road.
www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/h2ice-demons...
Powered by #hydrogen & producing no CO₂, engine-based tech integrates into existing operations, bringing rollout-ready #HydrogenMobility to the road.
www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/h2ice-demons...
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
🚛Platinum Member @boschglobal.bsky.social is fueling the future of #heavyduty transport with its H₂ICE truck.
Powered by #hydrogen & producing no CO₂, engine-based tech integrates into existing operations, bringing rollout-ready #HydrogenMobility to the road.
www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/h2ice-demons...
Powered by #hydrogen & producing no CO₂, engine-based tech integrates into existing operations, bringing rollout-ready #HydrogenMobility to the road.
www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/h2ice-demons...
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The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
I really am not comfortable with this.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US remove tanker captain from UK waters as crew set to leave Scotland
The US Department of Justice told Scottish authorities that the skipper and his first officer were on board the US Coast Guard vessel Munro.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I really am not comfortable with this.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)
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Trump's fascism is spreading very fast, everywhere...
Wake up people!
Wake up people!
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Trump's fascism is spreading very fast, everywhere...
Wake up people!
Wake up people!
And yet Ed Milliband is roaring ahead and building an energy system that will be so easy to completely disrupt that any old dictator could do it. Putin must be laughing is socks off..
❗️"The destruction is colossal": Russia strikes Odesa's energy sector, repairs will take a long time
As DTEK stated, during a night drone raid on the city on January 27, an energy facility was attacked again.
As DTEK stated, during a night drone raid on the city on January 27, an energy facility was attacked again.
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
And yet Ed Milliband is roaring ahead and building an energy system that will be so easy to completely disrupt that any old dictator could do it. Putin must be laughing is socks off..
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"After two years of Israeli attacks, more than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost at least one parent. A further 17,000 kids have lost both parents. Nearly 2,600 of those children have been registered as what is known as 'WCNSF', wounded child no surviving family"
Genocide.
Genocide.
January 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
"After two years of Israeli attacks, more than 39,000 children in Gaza have lost at least one parent. A further 17,000 kids have lost both parents. Nearly 2,600 of those children have been registered as what is known as 'WCNSF', wounded child no surviving family"
Genocide.
Genocide.
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Way to go Gavin!
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Way to go Gavin!
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BBC put Labour first this morning to suggest a two-tier NHS in Scotland which this simple map and that only 4% were done privately completely ridicule
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 AM
BBC put Labour first this morning to suggest a two-tier NHS in Scotland which this simple map and that only 4% were done privately completely ridicule
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BBC News why are you failing to report on the mass protests against ICE across the US that are taking place right now? Instead you reported vile nonsense from Trump. There is a huge peaceful outpouring of protest, but you have nothing on your 10 o’clock news. Not good enough"
via Martin Illingworth
via Martin Illingworth
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 AM
BBC News why are you failing to report on the mass protests against ICE across the US that are taking place right now? Instead you reported vile nonsense from Trump. There is a huge peaceful outpouring of protest, but you have nothing on your 10 o’clock news. Not good enough"
via Martin Illingworth
via Martin Illingworth
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Finland is the perfect antidote to Trump's America. Equal, relaxed (despite Russian threat), well educated, trusting & united as a country. New film 14 screenings with Montrose, Ullapool & Dumfries coming soon. Tx to Scots Indy Podcasters for this great chat; www.youtube.com/watch?v=avF6...
The Making of Finland - with Lesley Riddoch
YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Finland is the perfect antidote to Trump's America. Equal, relaxed (despite Russian threat), well educated, trusting & united as a country. New film 14 screenings with Montrose, Ullapool & Dumfries coming soon. Tx to Scots Indy Podcasters for this great chat; www.youtube.com/watch?v=avF6...
Watching Offord on Scotland Tonight. He hasn't a bloody clue. Words fail. This man & his party mustn't get even a sniff of power. We need reforms not Reform.
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Watching Offord on Scotland Tonight. He hasn't a bloody clue. Words fail. This man & his party mustn't get even a sniff of power. We need reforms not Reform.
It doesn't matter how big the grid is it won't protect you from power cuts and only going off grid using solar, small scale wind & other local renewable sources plus inter-seasonal hydrogen storage at domestic or micro-grid level will work www.reuters.com/business/env...
US storm leaves 1 million without power, forces 10,000 flight cancellations
Forecasters said snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously frigid temperatures, would sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation.
www.reuters.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:21 AM
It doesn't matter how big the grid is it won't protect you from power cuts and only going off grid using solar, small scale wind & other local renewable sources plus inter-seasonal hydrogen storage at domestic or micro-grid level will work www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Labour did so well the last time round because the SNP couldn't get their vote out! This is different, in May, this is a Vote for Scotland, do your duty and protect everything we currently benefit & keep the Independence dream alive!
Vote SNP 1, Greens 2 in May, it's the only choice!
Vote SNP 1, Greens 2 in May, it's the only choice!
January 24, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Labour did so well the last time round because the SNP couldn't get their vote out! This is different, in May, this is a Vote for Scotland, do your duty and protect everything we currently benefit & keep the Independence dream alive!
Vote SNP 1, Greens 2 in May, it's the only choice!
Vote SNP 1, Greens 2 in May, it's the only choice!
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More than ever this is important. 🎉
January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
More than ever this is important. 🎉