LinB
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Scottish, support independence, cats, books, politics, rejoining EU. Love being a granny to my beautiful granddaughters.
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Those of us in Scotland have had to put up with hugely biased output from BBC & Radio Scotland for years. Their anti SNP reporting is obvious (see some examples below), but apparently, it takes bias to someone in a foreign country for anyone to care. #bbc
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Those of us in Scotland have had to put up with hugely biased output from BBC & Radio Scotland for years. Their anti SNP reporting is obvious (see some examples below), but apparently, it takes bias to someone in a foreign country for anyone to care. #bbc
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Just once, I'd like an "immigration shake-up" to actually *improve* things for asylum seekers, restoring rights rather than taking them away. But no, these only ever go in one direction, and it just happens to be the direction Farage and his troglodyte supporters want. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just once, I'd like an "immigration shake-up" to actually *improve* things for asylum seekers, restoring rights rather than taking them away. But no, these only ever go in one direction, and it just happens to be the direction Farage and his troglodyte supporters want. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As nurses in our Scottish NHS it is so demoralising having Labour telling lies repeatedly about our NHS. It is the best performing NHS in the UK.
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/9...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/9...
99% of drug and alcohol patients seen in 3 weeks, 99% of children and adolescents with mental health problems seen on time and 98% of cancer patients begin treatment within 31 days but local Labour MP...
being missed. Professor John Robertson OBA UK Labour’s Elaine Stewart outside her local hospital to shout about supposed failures, demoralising passing staff again and being carefully selecti…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As nurses in our Scottish NHS it is so demoralising having Labour telling lies repeatedly about our NHS. It is the best performing NHS in the UK.
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/9...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/9...
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The one thing he stands for is denying Scotland any democratic right to choose it's future.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The one thing he stands for is denying Scotland any democratic right to choose it's future.
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6 months until the election.
Let’s build a fairer, more prosperous, more affordable country.
An independent Scotland. 🏴
Let’s build a fairer, more prosperous, more affordable country.
An independent Scotland. 🏴
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
6 months until the election.
Let’s build a fairer, more prosperous, more affordable country.
An independent Scotland. 🏴
Let’s build a fairer, more prosperous, more affordable country.
An independent Scotland. 🏴
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Senior UK government figures like Healey, Alexander, and now Lammy claiming that the SNP are a national security threat isn't just infantile, it's dangerously delegitimising a democratically elected government, and is the first step in securitising the issue of Scottish self-determination.
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Senior UK government figures like Healey, Alexander, and now Lammy claiming that the SNP are a national security threat isn't just infantile, it's dangerously delegitimising a democratically elected government, and is the first step in securitising the issue of Scottish self-determination.
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Please bookmark and share widely. This is a summary of all the work and links to articles I've done over the last 3 months, so worth keeping somewhere.
free-scotland.scot/resources-fo...
free-scotland.scot/resources-fo...
November 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Please bookmark and share widely. This is a summary of all the work and links to articles I've done over the last 3 months, so worth keeping somewhere.
free-scotland.scot/resources-fo...
free-scotland.scot/resources-fo...
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Tuesday 4th. Only £314 to get to target but only 5 days left.
If you haven't already shared this with you friends, family and followers, could you please repost and ask them to search behind the sofa. Thanks
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
If you haven't already shared this with you friends, family and followers, could you please repost and ask them to search behind the sofa. Thanks
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
Tuesday 4th. Only £314 to get to target but only 5 days left.
If you haven't already shared this with you freinds, family and followers, could you please repost and ask them to search behind the sofa. Thanks
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
If you haven't already shared this with you freinds, family and followers, could you please repost and ask them to search behind the sofa. Thanks
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media
To raise funds for the production of Scottish Independence related media specifically the 'Free Scotland From Westminster' campaign
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November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tuesday 4th. Only £314 to get to target but only 5 days left.
If you haven't already shared this with you friends, family and followers, could you please repost and ask them to search behind the sofa. Thanks
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
If you haven't already shared this with you friends, family and followers, could you please repost and ask them to search behind the sofa. Thanks
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Didn’t realise that in Scotland and NI unaccompanied child refugees have access to a guardian. Sensible and compassionate for all sorts of reasons including giving added protection from traffickers. . talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/02/s...
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Didn’t realise that in Scotland and NI unaccompanied child refugees have access to a guardian. Sensible and compassionate for all sorts of reasons including giving added protection from traffickers. . talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/02/s...
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Second class England
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Second class England
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
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Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
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Dental services in SNP run Scotland are better resourced than those in England, Wales & Northern Ireland according to official figures compiled by the British Dental Association.
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Dental services in SNP run Scotland are better resourced than those in England, Wales & Northern Ireland according to official figures compiled by the British Dental Association.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire??
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
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Powerful, grubby men using their connections to cover their abuse of a trafficked teenage girl.
After all the revelations, it's never "not" shocking.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/...
After all the revelations, it's never "not" shocking.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/...
October 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Powerful, grubby men using their connections to cover their abuse of a trafficked teenage girl.
After all the revelations, it's never "not" shocking.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/...
After all the revelations, it's never "not" shocking.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/...
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How I feel about Starmer undermining UK police decisions on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How I feel about Starmer undermining UK police decisions on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.
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Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
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For over 4 YEARS I have campaigned to our Government to END the DISCRIMINATION of #deaf #athletes. On Tuesday 14th October 2025 I will sit before the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee alongside my life long friend & now team mate Henry & #UKDeafSport to share my story & my hope for the future
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For over 4 YEARS I have campaigned to our Government to END the DISCRIMINATION of #deaf #athletes. On Tuesday 14th October 2025 I will sit before the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee alongside my life long friend & now team mate Henry & #UKDeafSport to share my story & my hope for the future
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🏴🇵🇸 Thank you, Ambassador Zomlot.
Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.
Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🏴🇵🇸 Thank you, Ambassador Zomlot.
Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.
Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.