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Graeme Purves
@gaspurves.bsky.social
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Citizen. Environmentalist. European. Spatial Planner. Democrat. Geddesian. Withered Botanist. Lapsed Munro-Bagger.
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scotnational.bsky.social
Keir Starmer has claimed that he 'didn’t know anything about' a prominent Labour think tank paying for an investigation into journalists reporting on its funding
Keir Starmer denies knowing about Labour think tank 'spying on journalists'
www.thenational.scot
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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politicalcartoon.bsky.social
Graeme Keyes @KeyesGraeme on #KeirStarmer #Mandelson #EpsteinFiles – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Polling finds 'near universal support' for protecting Green Belt land.
#GreenBelt
#ScottishEnvironment🌱
#Countryside

news.stv.tv/scotland/pol...
Polling finds ‘near universal support’ for protecting green belt land
Some 85% of those surveyed in Scotland consider such protections important.
news.stv.tv
February 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Matt Goodwin said in a post on X: “Welcome to the UK. Where you go to prison for 18 months for anti-immigration tweets. This is insane.”

No. What is insane is shrugging off incitement to racial murder.

Put this man in the bin, not the House of Commons.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform candidate called it ‘insane’ to jail man who said ‘burn asylum hotels’
Exclusive: It comes after The Independent revealed that Matt Goodwin called for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Israels continues its annexation of the occupied West Bank.

So whats the UK govt doing? Ending trade? Imposing sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy? Stopping all military assistance? Of course not. It says it opposes the annexation but it does nothing to stop it.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Circumstance is as much to blame for generational anxiety as technology | Andrew Tickell in 'The National':
#Childhood #Parenting

www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
Circumstance is as much to blame for generational anxiety as technology
FROGGER and Microsoft Encarta. When I was in my tiny primary school in mid-Argyll during the 1990s, this was about the extent of modern technology…
www.thenational.scot
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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bylines.scot
Good morning folks! Hope this week is better than last week. And don't forget we beat England at the rugby on Saturday!
a man in a kilt is playing a bagpipe next to another man in a kilt .
Alt: a man in a kilt is playing a bagpipe next to another man in a kilt .
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February 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Naomi Mitchison on humankind in 'Early in Orcadia' (1987):
#BookSky💙📚
#Humankind
#CommonHumanity
A quote from Early in Orcadia
Go far enough back and all of humankind are cousins. I would like to think, for instance, that somewhere in my genes are the cave painters of Lascaux or ...
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February 16, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Whenever Farage says jump, [Labour] say how high. You will never appease the right by doing that. They will just get more and more extreme"

Spot on. This is what people mean when they say Labour is ushering in the far right.
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
US tech giants in lobbying bliz of Scottish Parliament:
#ScottishPolitics #TechLords #CorridorLice #AIBubble🫧

www.thenational.scot/news/2585427...
Revealed: US tech giants in lobbying blitz of Scottish Parliament
US tech firms have ramped up their lobbying efforts at the Scottish Parliament ...
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
"The peace dividend we had hoped for after the cold war, that is completely gone, and we are seeing this Russian aggression as a persistent threat now"

Whereas we haven't bombed or invaded anyone since the end of the cold war, right?
February 15, 2026 at 8:41 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
The High Court ruling has vindicated every activist who stood against Genocide | Mike Small in 'The National':
#Palestine #GazaGenocide

www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
The High Court ruling has vindicated every activist who stood against genocide
The judgment ruling the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful is an important win but it is unlikely to be the end of a shameful period in…
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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cwebbonline.com
Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.

The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for underground bunkers | James Walker in 'The National'
#NuclearWaste #RadiationHazard☢️
Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery underground bunkers
A 1960s bunker at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site quietly leaked radioactive water for at least a year before the alarm was raised – and…
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
What BBC Scotland needs to do for Scottish music to restore trust | Stephen McAll in 'Bella Caledonia:
#ScottishMusic #ScottishCulture #PublicDisserviceBroadcasting

bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/02/14/t...
bellacaledonia.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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darthputinkgb.bsky.social
Zelensky said he'd stop bombing Russia so we can have an election that's free. But our elections are free

Of opposition candidates.
February 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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paullewismoney.bsky.social
Another Royal dragged into the Epstein scandal as founder and donor of William’s Earthshot Prize, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, is named in Epstein papers in embarrassing detail bit.ly/3My1nXX Charity Commission is investigating
Prince William’s charity reported over businessman’s links to Epstein files
The Earthshot prize is being examined by the Charity Commission over Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s donations of at least £1 million
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
Far-right thug Tommy Robinson flees UK after police warning over terror threat Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Roman altar stones from Inveresk, East Lothian, now restored.
#RomanBritain
Rare Roman altars acquired for the nation will go on display in the autumn | National Museums Scotland News
Two spectacular stone altars from a Roman fort near Edinburgh have been acquired for the National Collection ahead of a major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. The rare carvings are among...
media.nms.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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huwmarshall.substack.com
Farage, as he constantly does when challenged, laughs off the fact he's mentioned in the Epstein files.. "I didn't know him, I never met him...". But when have you heard any media pundit challenge him on why he's named? As part of a plan to destabalise western democracy for the benefit of Oligarchs.
February 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Instead of paying landowners to reduce deer density to levels that allow native woodland to regenerate naturally, the public are paying them to plant trees to maintain deer numbers at high levels. | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ForestryGrants

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Forestry grants, tree planting and native woodland (1) - 30 years on in Glen Shiel - parkswatchscotland
This is the first in a series of posts which looks at what forestry grants to large landowners to plant trees has done for native woodland in Scotland based mainly on the evidence I have seen on the g...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Fantastic result, well done to all who fought for this

Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful
Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates
Three judges rule against the Home Office in a massive blow to the government, but say the ban must remain until a further hearing.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Wow!

Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.

This is a *big* legal win.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Absolutely we should fear terrorism and seek to prevent it.
But we should also fear those who use either real terrorism or bogus claims about terrorism to boost their own powers, restrict our freedoms and corrode our democracy.
Both present major threats to public life.
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
gaspurves.bsky.social
Sir Keir Starmer 'spends his weekend complaining that he hates being Prime Minister | Alasdair Ferguson in 'The National'.🕰️
#UKPolitics
Keir Starmer 'spends his weekend complaining he hates being Prime Minister'
KEIR Starmer spends his weekends “complaining” about how much he “hates” being Prime Minister, reports say, as his Government faces…
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 AM