James Aithie 🏴
@jamesaithie.bsky.social
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"- Soren Kierkagaard
Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴
Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴
Pinned
The same lie is being told in the UK.
Mike Johnson lies that voter ID "is an 80 or 90 percent issue on the polling nationwide"
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The same lie is being told in the UK.
So basically, he only worked for the bent Labour leaders.
. @skynewsrss.bsky.social states that "Peter Mandelson has served every Labour leader in the past 40 years". Not quite correct. He did not serve or work for John Smith or Jeremy Corbyn when each was Labour leader.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
So basically, he only worked for the bent Labour leaders.
Pretty much standard for Government Ministers over the last decade or so.
Mandelson was not just operating against his government's interests, but against his country's interests inews.co.uk/opinion/rot-...
The rot at the heart of British politics is a patriotic affront
It would seem that Mandelson was not just operating against his government's interests, but against his country's interests
inews.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Pretty much standard for Government Ministers over the last decade or so.
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Did you ken? Scottish Currency Group now have a booklet on their website about Pensions in an independent Scotland. Well worth a wee read.
Link is here: scg.scot/wp-content/u...
Link is here: scg.scot/wp-content/u...
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Did you ken? Scottish Currency Group now have a booklet on their website about Pensions in an independent Scotland. Well worth a wee read.
Link is here: scg.scot/wp-content/u...
Link is here: scg.scot/wp-content/u...
Amputee Captain America can verify this, as he is clinging on for dear life. (No I do not know the backstory here).
February 3, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Amputee Captain America can verify this, as he is clinging on for dear life. (No I do not know the backstory here).
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Bit gusty down at the beach!
#DumfriesAndGalloway 🏴
#DumfriesAndGalloway 🏴
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Bit gusty down at the beach!
#DumfriesAndGalloway 🏴
#DumfriesAndGalloway 🏴
#ScottishIndependence 🏴📚📺
Delighted to say that Archiving the Referendum is now out in the world and available to buy! Do you like #tv, #archive, and #indyref ? Why not treat yourself to a copy!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Archiving the Referendum
This book provides insights into BBC Scotland’s role in shaping narratives around the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
link.springer.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
#ScottishIndependence 🏴📚📺
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The Peter Mandelson scandal is not just abt Mandelson. It is about:
The influential friends of Mandelson who colluded with him;
His contacts & networks in the UK political system & media;
His corporate class allies & advocates;
All punting a worldview that deregulation & inequality are unavoidable.
The influential friends of Mandelson who colluded with him;
His contacts & networks in the UK political system & media;
His corporate class allies & advocates;
All punting a worldview that deregulation & inequality are unavoidable.
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The Peter Mandelson scandal is not just abt Mandelson. It is about:
The influential friends of Mandelson who colluded with him;
His contacts & networks in the UK political system & media;
His corporate class allies & advocates;
All punting a worldview that deregulation & inequality are unavoidable.
The influential friends of Mandelson who colluded with him;
His contacts & networks in the UK political system & media;
His corporate class allies & advocates;
All punting a worldview that deregulation & inequality are unavoidable.
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BBC Radio 6 Music
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
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Cursive
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Mandy, Indiana
Cursive
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
BBC Radio 6 Music
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Mandy, Indiana
Cursive
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Mandy, Indiana
Cursive
"Scotland, you've got red on you!"
Also, if SNP take 2 of the Tory seats in Scotland, they will have more seats than them in Westminster. 🤣
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
Also, if SNP take 2 of the Tory seats in Scotland, they will have more seats than them in Westminster. 🤣
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
Scotland and England far apart in the latest @YouGov poll. #Reform majority in England. In Scotland Labour collapse & @theSNP yellow across the country.
Polling: @YouGov
Graphics: @LeftieStats
Polling: @YouGov
Graphics: @LeftieStats
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
"Scotland, you've got red on you!"
Also, if SNP take 2 of the Tory seats in Scotland, they will have more seats than them in Westminster. 🤣
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
Also, if SNP take 2 of the Tory seats in Scotland, they will have more seats than them in Westminster. 🤣
#ScottishIndependence 🏴
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AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
For Gulls who like buoys who like buoys who like gulls…
A quirky Valentines (or galentines or birthday) card with a terrible pun based on a song - soz
Blank for your message
dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/6736...
#valentinesday #galentinesday #greetingscard #birds #gull #bsnm
A quirky Valentines (or galentines or birthday) card with a terrible pun based on a song - soz
Blank for your message
dippyfishcards.etsy.com/listing/6736...
#valentinesday #galentinesday #greetingscard #birds #gull #bsnm
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Trump "I've never been to Epstein Island. That guy told a lie. He's terrible."
Says the guy who has never knowingly told the truth, including about having never visited Epstein Island.
Says the guy who has never knowingly told the truth, including about having never visited Epstein Island.
Trump: [Trevor Noah] said I spent time on Jeffrey’s— Jeffrey Epstein's island. I didn't. He's a lightweight, this guy, I think he's terrible.
February 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Trump "I've never been to Epstein Island. That guy told a lie. He's terrible."
Says the guy who has never knowingly told the truth, including about having never visited Epstein Island.
Says the guy who has never knowingly told the truth, including about having never visited Epstein Island.
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The Canadian groundhogs predicted early spring, American predicted late spring, but it's 2026 so we all know who to believe.
February 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The Canadian groundhogs predicted early spring, American predicted late spring, but it's 2026 so we all know who to believe.
Thing is, the corporate class ARE the Government. The UK isn't a country, it's a (corrupt) corporation, just like the USA...
Killing Them Softly (2012) 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zK-...
Killing Them Softly (2012) 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zK-...
February 2, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Thing is, the corporate class ARE the Government. The UK isn't a country, it's a (corrupt) corporation, just like the USA...
Killing Them Softly (2012) 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zK-...
Killing Them Softly (2012) 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zK-...
Wow, I've heard of explosive diarrhea, but this is next level.
February 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Wow, I've heard of explosive diarrhea, but this is next level.
Lucy Adams bringing her A game in the knitwear department, on Reporting Scotland tonight.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Lucy Adams bringing her A game in the knitwear department, on Reporting Scotland tonight.
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Thriller set in a world of state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Four - Edge of Darkness, Series 1
Political thriller series set in a world of state security.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Thriller set in a world of state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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About to finish The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey, I was the same age as the main narrator at the time the book was set and it is really evocative of that time
February 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
About to finish The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey, I was the same age as the main narrator at the time the book was set and it is really evocative of that time
"Hey, hook me up with that Alex Selkirk. They're saying he's Greatest. Of. All. Time. Shagger."
"Erm, that's not quite what they're saying."
"Erm, that's not quite what they're saying."
317 years ago today, after being stuck there for four years and four months, Alexander Selkirk was rescued from Más a Tierra – now known as Robinson Crusoe Island, because he inspired Defoe’s novel. The book, though, omits to mention one of the ways he passed his time: by fucking goats 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"Hey, hook me up with that Alex Selkirk. They're saying he's Greatest. Of. All. Time. Shagger."
"Erm, that's not quite what they're saying."
"Erm, that's not quite what they're saying."
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Today I learned Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
I hope they didn’t think we forgot about impeaching Kristi Noem. 181 cosponsors and counting, 40k+ letters sent, and countless calls telling Representatives to get on board.
Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Let them know we aren’t slowing down. Send your letter here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Today I learned Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting
Her initials are KLAN
Fitting