Lesley McG
@lesleymac.bsky.social
Social justice warrior, Scottish Independence, I want my EU citizenship back. She/her tree hugger, in the words of the great Mr Weller once a mod always a mod. No DM's please Anti-racist Anti-fascist Trans Ally free palestine Woke As Fuck
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Originally posted Dec. 29:
🔴 After 80 days of a supposed ceasefire, Israel has committed 969 documented violations, killing 418 Palestinians & wounding 1,141, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
Violations include direct shootings of civilians, bombardment of homes, military incursions...
🔴 After 80 days of a supposed ceasefire, Israel has committed 969 documented violations, killing 418 Palestinians & wounding 1,141, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
Violations include direct shootings of civilians, bombardment of homes, military incursions...
December 31, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Originally posted Dec. 29:
🔴 After 80 days of a supposed ceasefire, Israel has committed 969 documented violations, killing 418 Palestinians & wounding 1,141, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
Violations include direct shootings of civilians, bombardment of homes, military incursions...
🔴 After 80 days of a supposed ceasefire, Israel has committed 969 documented violations, killing 418 Palestinians & wounding 1,141, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
Violations include direct shootings of civilians, bombardment of homes, military incursions...
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Like me, everyone will no doubt be very surprised at this new Tory expenses scndal.
Not that it happened at all, but that Alister Jack syphoned off so much public money in just 3 months, and all while ordinary folk struggle with higher prices.
‘Better Together’…aye right!
Scotland needs indy asap 🏴
Not that it happened at all, but that Alister Jack syphoned off so much public money in just 3 months, and all while ordinary folk struggle with higher prices.
‘Better Together’…aye right!
Scotland needs indy asap 🏴
Alister Jack's expenses for first 3 months in House of Lords branded 'ridiculous'
ALISTER Jack’s House of Lords expenses have been branded “ridiculous” – after the Tory peer claimed more than £17,000 in just three months
www.thenational.scot
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Like me, everyone will no doubt be very surprised at this new Tory expenses scndal.
Not that it happened at all, but that Alister Jack syphoned off so much public money in just 3 months, and all while ordinary folk struggle with higher prices.
‘Better Together’…aye right!
Scotland needs indy asap 🏴
Not that it happened at all, but that Alister Jack syphoned off so much public money in just 3 months, and all while ordinary folk struggle with higher prices.
‘Better Together’…aye right!
Scotland needs indy asap 🏴
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The article mentions -1C in Penrith but -7C in Scotland.
Scotland generates huge amount of energy, much of it funnelled to England. Energy costs in Scotland, the generator, are close to highest in Europe as are grid connection charges.
So imagine how bad it is to heat -7 at extortionate costs
Scotland generates huge amount of energy, much of it funnelled to England. Energy costs in Scotland, the generator, are close to highest in Europe as are grid connection charges.
So imagine how bad it is to heat -7 at extortionate costs
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The article mentions -1C in Penrith but -7C in Scotland.
Scotland generates huge amount of energy, much of it funnelled to England. Energy costs in Scotland, the generator, are close to highest in Europe as are grid connection charges.
So imagine how bad it is to heat -7 at extortionate costs
Scotland generates huge amount of energy, much of it funnelled to England. Energy costs in Scotland, the generator, are close to highest in Europe as are grid connection charges.
So imagine how bad it is to heat -7 at extortionate costs
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Andrew Feinstein
Raised in apartheid South Africa Thiel’s worldview is informed by racist white supremacy
Raised in apartheid South Africa Thiel’s worldview is informed by racist white supremacy
December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Andrew Feinstein
Raised in apartheid South Africa Thiel’s worldview is informed by racist white supremacy
Raised in apartheid South Africa Thiel’s worldview is informed by racist white supremacy
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'Expect a lot more platforming of Reform UK by BBC Scotland as we approach the Scottish elections. BBC Scotland is in desperate need of a new Saviour of the Union. They’ll turn to far right English nationalists. It will be the undoing of the UK itself'. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
BBC Scotland, cheerleaders for Farage
On Wednesday evening BBC Scotland’s flagship evening news programme Och Aye the News, AKA Reporting Scotlandshire carried its second puff piece about Reform UK’s recent narrow council b…
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December 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'Expect a lot more platforming of Reform UK by BBC Scotland as we approach the Scottish elections. BBC Scotland is in desperate need of a new Saviour of the Union. They’ll turn to far right English nationalists. It will be the undoing of the UK itself'. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
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Wonder what Dr Iain Kennedy Chair of BMA Scotland that well known scourge of the SNP and resident commentator on all things health on GMS thinks of this.
Wonder if his comments will be sought by Geissler and McIvor on BBC Radio Scotland 'Breakfast' och aye the news?
Nae chance
archive.ph/l6pcC
Wonder if his comments will be sought by Geissler and McIvor on BBC Radio Scotland 'Breakfast' och aye the news?
Nae chance
archive.ph/l6pcC
December 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wonder what Dr Iain Kennedy Chair of BMA Scotland that well known scourge of the SNP and resident commentator on all things health on GMS thinks of this.
Wonder if his comments will be sought by Geissler and McIvor on BBC Radio Scotland 'Breakfast' och aye the news?
Nae chance
archive.ph/l6pcC
Wonder if his comments will be sought by Geissler and McIvor on BBC Radio Scotland 'Breakfast' och aye the news?
Nae chance
archive.ph/l6pcC
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In this white coat, he walked alone amidst death, destruction, & in front of tanks because his oath & his humanity were greater than any fear
A year of injustice has passed
Today, we ask for nothing but his freedom
Please share his story to keep his voice alive
dr Hussam abu Safiya
A year of injustice has passed
Today, we ask for nothing but his freedom
Please share his story to keep his voice alive
dr Hussam abu Safiya
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In this white coat, he walked alone amidst death, destruction, & in front of tanks because his oath & his humanity were greater than any fear
A year of injustice has passed
Today, we ask for nothing but his freedom
Please share his story to keep his voice alive
dr Hussam abu Safiya
A year of injustice has passed
Today, we ask for nothing but his freedom
Please share his story to keep his voice alive
dr Hussam abu Safiya
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So now, according to Marco Rubio, there exists a ‘global censorship industrial complex’? What does that even mean? Yet another example of meaningless. Trumpspeak.
It must drive Trump insane that he can’t control the comments of people outside the US.
This thought is pleasing to me.
It must drive Trump insane that he can’t control the comments of people outside the US.
This thought is pleasing to me.
Hard to overstate how bad this is.
The people doing anti-hate and anti-disinformation work are now being sanctioned by the United States of America.
This is really, really, really bad.
The people doing anti-hate and anti-disinformation work are now being sanctioned by the United States of America.
This is really, really, really bad.
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So now, according to Marco Rubio, there exists a ‘global censorship industrial complex’? What does that even mean? Yet another example of meaningless. Trumpspeak.
It must drive Trump insane that he can’t control the comments of people outside the US.
This thought is pleasing to me.
It must drive Trump insane that he can’t control the comments of people outside the US.
This thought is pleasing to me.
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Mark Zuckerberg settles $8bn lawsuit to avoid testifying under oath over Cambridge Analytica and walks away without public accountability
This is surveillance capitalism in action: law-breaking treated as cost of doing business, executives shielded, power untouched.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
This is surveillance capitalism in action: law-breaking treated as cost of doing business, executives shielded, power untouched.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Mark Zuckerberg settles $8bn lawsuit to avoid testifying under oath over Cambridge Analytica and walks away without public accountability
This is surveillance capitalism in action: law-breaking treated as cost of doing business, executives shielded, power untouched.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
This is surveillance capitalism in action: law-breaking treated as cost of doing business, executives shielded, power untouched.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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In run up to Scottish general election in May 2026 the UK parties - Tories, Labour, LibDems & Reform - will be criticising the SNP government for failures in sectors which they know are not devolved, counting on you NOT knowing that they are controlled by Westminster.
indyposterboy.scot/powers-less/
indyposterboy.scot/powers-less/
Powers Less - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that Westminster doesn't permit the Scottish Government any power over Broadcasting, Constitution, Defence & Security, Employment, Energy,
indyposterboy.scot
December 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In run up to Scottish general election in May 2026 the UK parties - Tories, Labour, LibDems & Reform - will be criticising the SNP government for failures in sectors which they know are not devolved, counting on you NOT knowing that they are controlled by Westminster.
indyposterboy.scot/powers-less/
indyposterboy.scot/powers-less/
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Britain’s dark history of child abuse in Yemen
#Opinion by Irfan Chowdhury
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251227-bri...
#Opinion by Irfan Chowdhury
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251227-bri...
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Britain’s dark history of child abuse in Yemen
#Opinion by Irfan Chowdhury
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251227-bri...
#Opinion by Irfan Chowdhury
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251227-bri...
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Resident DR’s in England striking! They have £96k student debt and pay £600
for each compulsory exam (2 x per annum) whilst moving to a specialism. Scots don’t incur that debt… this makes a difference in pay negotiations between Scottish & English drs. Think on Scots- vote SNP
vote for 🏴
for each compulsory exam (2 x per annum) whilst moving to a specialism. Scots don’t incur that debt… this makes a difference in pay negotiations between Scottish & English drs. Think on Scots- vote SNP
vote for 🏴
December 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Resident DR’s in England striking! They have £96k student debt and pay £600
for each compulsory exam (2 x per annum) whilst moving to a specialism. Scots don’t incur that debt… this makes a difference in pay negotiations between Scottish & English drs. Think on Scots- vote SNP
vote for 🏴
for each compulsory exam (2 x per annum) whilst moving to a specialism. Scots don’t incur that debt… this makes a difference in pay negotiations between Scottish & English drs. Think on Scots- vote SNP
vote for 🏴
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This was the government's position on "human rights defender" Abd El-Fattah in 2023, while Robert Jenrick sat in cabinet, Cleverly was Foreign Sec, and Sunak was PM - a position confirmed no fewer than ten times on the floor of both the Commons and the Lords.
Did Bob object back then? Thought not.
Did Bob object back then? Thought not.
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This was the government's position on "human rights defender" Abd El-Fattah in 2023, while Robert Jenrick sat in cabinet, Cleverly was Foreign Sec, and Sunak was PM - a position confirmed no fewer than ten times on the floor of both the Commons and the Lords.
Did Bob object back then? Thought not.
Did Bob object back then? Thought not.
On Scotland child poverty rates between 22-24% largely due to Scottish government interventions like child payment.
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
On Scotland child poverty rates between 22-24% largely due to Scottish government interventions like child payment.
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Hope will start to dawn in 2026 weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/h...
Hope will start to dawn in 2026
Making predictions in politics is a mug’s game, particularly if those predictions concern a year ahead. It has famously been said that a week is a long time in politics, so a year is the equi…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hope will start to dawn in 2026 weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/h...
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Foreign medics NOT shunning NHS Scotland because of anti-migrant rhetoric from London parties
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/f...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/f...
Foreign medics NOT shunning NHS Scotland because of anti-migrant rhetoric from London parties
Professor John Robertson OBA The Guardian above has another of its ‘UK’ pieces with not a word on Scotland in it. There is, of course, no peer-reviewed research on this topic but, the M…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Foreign medics NOT shunning NHS Scotland because of anti-migrant rhetoric from London parties
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/f...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/f...
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Westminster blasted over 139 years of delays to projects, TWICE that of SNP Government talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/w...
Westminster blasted over 139 years of delays to projects, TWICE that of SNP Government
Professor John Robertson OBA Based entirely on a tragic feed from Scottish Labour as they fall to fourth in the latest opinion poll for the May election, the Record and the Scotsman have a headline…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Westminster blasted over 139 years of delays to projects, TWICE that of SNP Government talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/w...
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SNP “weighed down by nearly two decades of incumbency…. Deflecting accountability for is own record in government …by blaming Westminster”
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
According to The Guardian, it's an SNP "trick" to blame Westminster for some of Scotland's woes 🫨
Amazing how badly the British media continues to misread politics outside England.
Actually it's no surprise at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amazing how badly the British media continues to misread politics outside England.
Actually it's no surprise at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on May 2026 elections: a new political geography is coming into view across Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SNP “weighed down by nearly two decades of incumbency…. Deflecting accountability for is own record in government …by blaming Westminster”
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
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Hinkley Point: £20+bn over-budget.
HS2: £70ish bn over-budget.
London Crossrail: £4.5bn over-budget.
2 x ACC: £3+bn over-budget.
Ajax tank: £6bn for 44 unusable vehicles.
ESN: £3+bn on a project that hasn’t even produced a prototype!
Is there any ukgov project that hasn’t run over-budget.
HS2: £70ish bn over-budget.
London Crossrail: £4.5bn over-budget.
2 x ACC: £3+bn over-budget.
Ajax tank: £6bn for 44 unusable vehicles.
ESN: £3+bn on a project that hasn’t even produced a prototype!
Is there any ukgov project that hasn’t run over-budget.
BBC Shortbread shout FERRIES ⛴️ ⛴️ 👇
Hinkley Point is considered the world's most expensive nuclear power project, with costs escalating to potentially over £46 billion, (around $57 billion+), far exceeding initial budgets 👇
December 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Hinkley Point: £20+bn over-budget.
HS2: £70ish bn over-budget.
London Crossrail: £4.5bn over-budget.
2 x ACC: £3+bn over-budget.
Ajax tank: £6bn for 44 unusable vehicles.
ESN: £3+bn on a project that hasn’t even produced a prototype!
Is there any ukgov project that hasn’t run over-budget.
HS2: £70ish bn over-budget.
London Crossrail: £4.5bn over-budget.
2 x ACC: £3+bn over-budget.
Ajax tank: £6bn for 44 unusable vehicles.
ESN: £3+bn on a project that hasn’t even produced a prototype!
Is there any ukgov project that hasn’t run over-budget.
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Hinkley Point is considered the world's most expensive nuclear power project, with costs escalating to potentially over £46 billion, (around $57 billion+), far exceeding initial budgets 👇
December 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Hinkley Point is considered the world's most expensive nuclear power project, with costs escalating to potentially over £46 billion, (around $57 billion+), far exceeding initial budgets 👇
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US strikes on Nigeria: We fact checked Trump's claim of Islamic State killing 'primarily Christians'
US strikes on Nigeria: We fact checked Trump's claim of Islamic State killing 'primarily Christians'
We factchecked Trump's claim on IS killing 'primarily Christians'.
news.sky.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
US strikes on Nigeria: We fact checked Trump's claim of Islamic State killing 'primarily Christians'
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‘No area or community is immune to countty lines drug supply’ from England to ‘Small town Scotland’
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/26/n...
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‘No area or community is immune to countty lines drug supply’ from England to ‘Small town Scotland’
Professor John Robertson OBA In the P&J but not in the MSM and certainly not on BBC Scotland North-East, today: Detective Sergeant Peter Sloan of Merseyside Police’s Project Medusa added: “No a…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
‘No area or community is immune to countty lines drug supply’ from England to ‘Small town Scotland’
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/26/n...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/26/n...
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