Sarah Barwood
@indysarah64.bsky.social
Scottish independence & SNP member,
Ma to 3 grown ups, 2 dugs, Shug & Poppy,and Sweary Gran to 1.
Love fairness, detest injustice.
Glasgow is my dear green place.
Ma to 3 grown ups, 2 dugs, Shug & Poppy,and Sweary Gran to 1.
Love fairness, detest injustice.
Glasgow is my dear green place.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“This may be where history is leading,” our columnist David Brooks writes: “Smothering progressivism produced a populist reaction that eventually descended into a nihilist surge.”
“This may be where history is leading,” our columnist David Brooks writes: “Smothering progressivism produced a populist reaction that eventually descended into a nihilist surge.”
Opinion | The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism
Rather than conserve or build, some people just want to destroy.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“This may be where history is leading,” our columnist David Brooks writes: “Smothering progressivism produced a populist reaction that eventually descended into a nihilist surge.”
“This may be where history is leading,” our columnist David Brooks writes: “Smothering progressivism produced a populist reaction that eventually descended into a nihilist surge.”
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It’s taken 23 years and $890 million but a Scottish company you’ve never heard of believes it has created the first safe and affordable drug which can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s. But will the UK’s medicines regulator give it the green light?
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
Is a Scottish startup about to crack Alzheimer's?
Or will the medicines regulator say no?
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It’s taken 23 years and $890 million but a Scottish company you’ve never heard of believes it has created the first safe and affordable drug which can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s. But will the UK’s medicines regulator give it the green light?
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
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"The claim that protestors outside asylum hotels are all just ‘concerned citizens’ is a lie.
"Concerned citizens don’t perform Nazi salutes, as happened at protests in Falkirk. Concerned citizens don’t unfurl banners reading ‘Kill ‘em all’." || Neil Mackay 👇
"Concerned citizens don’t perform Nazi salutes, as happened at protests in Falkirk. Concerned citizens don’t unfurl banners reading ‘Kill ‘em all’." || Neil Mackay 👇
August 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The claim that protestors outside asylum hotels are all just ‘concerned citizens’ is a lie.
"Concerned citizens don’t perform Nazi salutes, as happened at protests in Falkirk. Concerned citizens don’t unfurl banners reading ‘Kill ‘em all’." || Neil Mackay 👇
"Concerned citizens don’t perform Nazi salutes, as happened at protests in Falkirk. Concerned citizens don’t unfurl banners reading ‘Kill ‘em all’." || Neil Mackay 👇
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Greg Jackson, "Our biggest offshore wind farm is paid not to generate energy 71% of the time"
"40% of all of the wind energy we could have from Scotland is paid to be not generated"
"We need to fix this because this is what is pushing people's bills up"
"40% of all of the wind energy we could have from Scotland is paid to be not generated"
"We need to fix this because this is what is pushing people's bills up"
August 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Greg Jackson, "Our biggest offshore wind farm is paid not to generate energy 71% of the time"
"40% of all of the wind energy we could have from Scotland is paid to be not generated"
"We need to fix this because this is what is pushing people's bills up"
"40% of all of the wind energy we could have from Scotland is paid to be not generated"
"We need to fix this because this is what is pushing people's bills up"
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A gif of Met police carrying away and arresting an elderly woman today in Parliament square
Shame on Labour for putting our police in this position
Shame on Labour for putting our police in this position
August 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A gif of Met police carrying away and arresting an elderly woman today in Parliament square
Shame on Labour for putting our police in this position
Shame on Labour for putting our police in this position
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Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain
August 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain
BIG BRAVE MET POLIS ARRESTING A RATHER SCARY TERRORIST, JUST LOOK AT HER GRIP 😐
How bloody ridiculous is this farce!
How bloody ridiculous is this farce!
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
BIG BRAVE MET POLIS ARRESTING A RATHER SCARY TERRORIST, JUST LOOK AT HER GRIP 😐
How bloody ridiculous is this farce!
How bloody ridiculous is this farce!
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What you are witnessing is Starmer commit political suicide by using the state apparatus arrest the enemies of his ISREALI HANDLERS...a BRITISH CITIZEN who is BLIND and DISABLED...the kiss of death and final nail in the coffin of Starmer's authoritarian Zionist-run short lived role as PM!!!
August 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What you are witnessing is Starmer commit political suicide by using the state apparatus arrest the enemies of his ISREALI HANDLERS...a BRITISH CITIZEN who is BLIND and DISABLED...the kiss of death and final nail in the coffin of Starmer's authoritarian Zionist-run short lived role as PM!!!
I WELCOME REUGEES BECAUSE I HOPE THAT ONE DAY, IF NEEDED , PEOPLE WOULD WELCOME ME AND MY FAMILY! 🫶
August 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I WELCOME REUGEES BECAUSE I HOPE THAT ONE DAY, IF NEEDED , PEOPLE WOULD WELCOME ME AND MY FAMILY! 🫶
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Reposted by Sarah Barwood
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Just sharing this again.
Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party
Evidently, the private healthcare sector thinks Labour is the right horse to back for advancing its interests, namely NHS privatisation
www.thecanary.co
June 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just sharing this again.
Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Reposted by Sarah Barwood
Poverty and hunger costs the UK economy £75.6 billion a year, landmark report finds
Increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and more spending on public services means poverty, in fact, costs us money says Trussell
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and more spending on public services means poverty, in fact, costs us money says Trussell
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Poverty and hunger costs the UK economy £75.6 billion a year, landmark report finds
Increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and more spending on public services means poverty, in fact, costs us money says Trussell
www.thecanary.co
May 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Poverty and hunger costs the UK economy £75.6 billion a year, landmark report finds
Increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and more spending on public services means poverty, in fact, costs us money says Trussell
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Increased unemployment, decreased productivity, and more spending on public services means poverty, in fact, costs us money says Trussell
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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It's been revealed that the Office for National Statistics, which prepares the UK's inflation data, has been using the wrong prices to estimate it. They have used list prices, not what most people pay. The result? Serious overstatement of inflation. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
The UK’s inflation data has been seriously overstated
FT Alphaville has an article this morning that has the headline:
The UK’s inflation figures were wrong and now we just have to live with that
I won't quote it at length, although it is good investig...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's been revealed that the Office for National Statistics, which prepares the UK's inflation data, has been using the wrong prices to estimate it. They have used list prices, not what most people pay. The result? Serious overstatement of inflation. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
JD'S 'Liz Truss' Moment 🫤
April 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
JD'S 'Liz Truss' Moment 🫤
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Great to be out with Katy Loudon and the SNP team in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse today.
Excellent local market and some lovely conversations appreciating our dear colleague Christina McKelvie.
Excellent local market and some lovely conversations appreciating our dear colleague Christina McKelvie.
April 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great to be out with Katy Loudon and the SNP team in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse today.
Excellent local market and some lovely conversations appreciating our dear colleague Christina McKelvie.
Excellent local market and some lovely conversations appreciating our dear colleague Christina McKelvie.
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When UK countries and regions are compared, child poverty is now lowest in Scotland. This did not used to be the case. The immediate reason for this turnaround in Scotland has been the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment.
Westminster needs to follow Scotland in tackling child poverty
Westminster needs to follow Scotland in tackling child poverty
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When UK countries and regions are compared, child poverty is now lowest in Scotland. This did not used to be the case. The immediate reason for this turnaround in Scotland has been the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment.
Westminster needs to follow Scotland in tackling child poverty
Westminster needs to follow Scotland in tackling child poverty