Jim Cuthbert
@jimcuthbert.bsky.social
Diaspora Scot. Curious
Still distracted by what next, for long list inc Scotland, UK, EU, Ukraine, USA, Earth
Still trying to find something more interesting to distract myself from above
Still distracted by what next, for long list inc Scotland, UK, EU, Ukraine, USA, Earth
Still trying to find something more interesting to distract myself from above
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BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
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Detail will be important but this is an important announcement. Since Osborne’s abolition of grants we’ve had the invidious situation where the poorest students have been getting more indebted than richer ones, who are supported by parents.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Targeted maintenance grants for students to be reintroduced
Disadvantaged students studying priority courses will benefit from extra financial support to access and excel in higher education.
www.gov.uk
September 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Detail will be important but this is an important announcement. Since Osborne’s abolition of grants we’ve had the invidious situation where the poorest students have been getting more indebted than richer ones, who are supported by parents.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on:
- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on:
- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
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I'm a big fan of central bank independence. So the attempt to fire Lisa Cook is a big deal. I'm sure a Trump controlled monetary policy, aided by Trump controlled statistics, will be much worse and more volatile. But much more important is the threat to the rule of law and institutions generally.
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'm a big fan of central bank independence. So the attempt to fire Lisa Cook is a big deal. I'm sure a Trump controlled monetary policy, aided by Trump controlled statistics, will be much worse and more volatile. But much more important is the threat to the rule of law and institutions generally.
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Labour have now put out a response to the Farage speech, in the name of Ellie Reeves - it’s all about the practicalities of deportation and detention. Suggests they’re just fine with his tone/language/the very dark turn this whole debate is taking.
August 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Labour have now put out a response to the Farage speech, in the name of Ellie Reeves - it’s all about the practicalities of deportation and detention. Suggests they’re just fine with his tone/language/the very dark turn this whole debate is taking.
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Russian propagandist Skabeeva claims that Estonia is preparing to strike Russia first.
August 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Russian propagandist Skabeeva claims that Estonia is preparing to strike Russia first.
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Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South, urged Sir Keir Starmer to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Middleton South, urged Sir Keir Starmer to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
archive.ph/u6Snj
archive.ph/u6Snj
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Anyone would think that it was UKRAINE that unlawfully invaded Russia. Not the other way around.
And that it was Ukraine bombing flats, hospitals and civilians in Russia.
Trump is such a liar.
And that it was Ukraine bombing flats, hospitals and civilians in Russia.
Trump is such a liar.
Trump: "I get along with Zelenskyy, but I disagree w/ what he's done. Severely disagree. This is a war that should have never happened...I was a little bothered by the fact that Zelenskyy was saying, 'I have to get constitutional approval.' I mean, he's got approval to go into war & kill everybody"
August 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Anyone would think that it was UKRAINE that unlawfully invaded Russia. Not the other way around.
And that it was Ukraine bombing flats, hospitals and civilians in Russia.
Trump is such a liar.
And that it was Ukraine bombing flats, hospitals and civilians in Russia.
Trump is such a liar.
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No one should believe a single economic statistic produced by the US government under Trump after this. www.axios.com/2025/08/01/t...
Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report
Trump is turning his ire about poor jobs numbers on the number-crunchers.
www.axios.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
No one should believe a single economic statistic produced by the US government under Trump after this. www.axios.com/2025/08/01/t...
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People are missing the real story here. If Trump is being serious he has basically neutered all US strategic submarines activity around Russia before this. He was doing exactly what Putin would have wanted.
BREAKING: President Trump says he’s deploying two nuclear subs following Russian nuclear threats.
Trump says he's deploying two nuclear subs after 'highly provocative statements' from Russia's Dmitry Medvedev
Tension between the U.S. and Russia has escalated this week as Trump and Medvedev have exchanged harsh statements.
nbcnews.to
August 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
People are missing the real story here. If Trump is being serious he has basically neutered all US strategic submarines activity around Russia before this. He was doing exactly what Putin would have wanted.
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Trump has not guaranteed that he will put sanctions on Russia in 50 days, he has offered Putin protection against additional sanctions for 50 days. And he can always extend beyond that.
July 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump has not guaranteed that he will put sanctions on Russia in 50 days, he has offered Putin protection against additional sanctions for 50 days. And he can always extend beyond that.
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“Putin is tired of this whole thing,” Trump said on Fox News. “He’s not looking good. And he wants to look good.”
In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon
Ukrainians are confident that they can continue fighting, even without the same level of American support.
www.theatlantic.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Putin is tired of this whole thing,” Trump said on Fox News. “He’s not looking good. And he wants to look good.”
In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
In reality, it is Trump who is tired of “this whole thing,” Trump who’s not looking good, and Trump who wants to look good.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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We are about to complete four years since the fall of Kabul by the Taliban, and Afghan girls are still not allowed to study. 💔
May 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We are about to complete four years since the fall of Kabul by the Taliban, and Afghan girls are still not allowed to study. 💔
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This little Afghan girl says, “Don’t move me to a safe place, make my home a place of peace for me”.
🖤♥️💚 🇦🇫
🖤♥️💚 🇦🇫
May 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This little Afghan girl says, “Don’t move me to a safe place, make my home a place of peace for me”.
🖤♥️💚 🇦🇫
🖤♥️💚 🇦🇫
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President Zelenskyy: "We are not kids with Putin at the playground in the park. He [Putin] is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids" — ABC News.
Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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June 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
President Zelenskyy: "We are not kids with Putin at the playground in the park. He [Putin] is a murderer who came to this park to kill the kids" — ABC News.
Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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Zelenskyy responded to Trump's comparison of the Russo-Ukrainian war to "two little kids fighting in a park."
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Remember all the GOP congressmen who empowered Trump to destroy the flourishing US economy that Biden left behind!
Oust them all!
Oust them all!
June 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Remember all the GOP congressmen who empowered Trump to destroy the flourishing US economy that Biden left behind!
Oust them all!
Oust them all!
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Inflation is up. That's down to government incompetence in permitting excessive price increases in regulated industries, and we'll all pay a price for that as the Bank of England keeps interest rates high. Incompetence on a grand scale is there for all to see. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
Government-created inflation is back
As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning:
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.5% in the 12 months to April 2025, up from 2.6% in the 12 months to March.
On a monthly ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
May 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Inflation is up. That's down to government incompetence in permitting excessive price increases in regulated industries, and we'll all pay a price for that as the Bank of England keeps interest rates high. Incompetence on a grand scale is there for all to see. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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Credit investors dump US bonds and buy Europe
European credit trading at a premium to the US for the first time in 3 years
US CDS hedging activity at highest levels since Silicon Valley Bank collapse in 2023 👇
www.ifre.com/story/518380...
European credit trading at a premium to the US for the first time in 3 years
US CDS hedging activity at highest levels since Silicon Valley Bank collapse in 2023 👇
www.ifre.com/story/518380...
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Credit investors dump US bonds and buy Europe
European credit trading at a premium to the US for the first time in 3 years
US CDS hedging activity at highest levels since Silicon Valley Bank collapse in 2023 👇
www.ifre.com/story/518380...
European credit trading at a premium to the US for the first time in 3 years
US CDS hedging activity at highest levels since Silicon Valley Bank collapse in 2023 👇
www.ifre.com/story/518380...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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