Marion Davis
@mariondavis.bsky.social
Social policy & research in Scotland. Personal account and views.
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"He had the bullet wound for two months? Wow."
Lewis Hamilton visited the Red Cross and Red Crescent to see the work they are doing to help civilians caught up in the fighting in Gaza.
Video: British Red Cross
Lewis Hamilton visited the Red Cross and Red Crescent to see the work they are doing to help civilians caught up in the fighting in Gaza.
Video: British Red Cross
January 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"He had the bullet wound for two months? Wow."
Lewis Hamilton visited the Red Cross and Red Crescent to see the work they are doing to help civilians caught up in the fighting in Gaza.
Video: British Red Cross
Lewis Hamilton visited the Red Cross and Red Crescent to see the work they are doing to help civilians caught up in the fighting in Gaza.
Video: British Red Cross
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Clearly struck a nerve here...This interview with Ash Sarkar of Novara Media has had more than 200,000 views…and nearly 1,000 comments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu3V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu3V...
2008 Whistleblower On The Next Big Crash | Ash Sarkar Meets Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Novara Media
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January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Clearly struck a nerve here...This interview with Ash Sarkar of Novara Media has had more than 200,000 views…and nearly 1,000 comments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu3V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu3V...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar reacted to President Donald Trump suggesting that the assault on her by a man who rushed her and sprayed a syringe of liquid at her during a town hall in Minneapolis was "probably staged."
January 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Rep. Ilhan Omar reacted to President Donald Trump suggesting that the assault on her by a man who rushed her and sprayed a syringe of liquid at her during a town hall in Minneapolis was "probably staged."
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NEW: Scotland’s political leaders are under new pressure to replace the unfair council tax system.
New polling from Tax Justice Scotland shows five times as many Scots back reform in the next Parliament as oppose it. 🧵
New polling from Tax Justice Scotland shows five times as many Scots back reform in the next Parliament as oppose it. 🧵
January 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM
NEW: Scotland’s political leaders are under new pressure to replace the unfair council tax system.
New polling from Tax Justice Scotland shows five times as many Scots back reform in the next Parliament as oppose it. 🧵
New polling from Tax Justice Scotland shows five times as many Scots back reform in the next Parliament as oppose it. 🧵
Reform's proposed policies for Scotland described as "profoundly unserious, almost comically so" by one of Scotland's top policy experts. 🔽
"Stephen Boyd, the director of the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland, described the proposals as 'profoundly unserious, almost comically so'." @stephenboydippr.bsky.social contributed to this article on Reform's tax plans.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform says it would cut green policies to fund £2bn income tax cut in Scotland
Party’s pitch to voters in May Holyrood elections dismissed as ‘profoundly unserious, almost comically so’ by analysts
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Reform's proposed policies for Scotland described as "profoundly unserious, almost comically so" by one of Scotland's top policy experts. 🔽
Reform policy agenda for Scotland- analysis by experts. Summary...take from children in poverty and give to the rich! Scoundrels. 🔻
NEW: Scotland can have lower taxes if it chooses to – but that would require a reduction in the range and scope of public services and social security benefits for residents.
Associate Director David Phillips analyses Reform UK’s proposal for income tax cuts in Scotland: ifs.org.uk/articles/ana...
Associate Director David Phillips analyses Reform UK’s proposal for income tax cuts in Scotland: ifs.org.uk/articles/ana...
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Reform policy agenda for Scotland- analysis by experts. Summary...take from children in poverty and give to the rich! Scoundrels. 🔻
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More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
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This is quite a rough slap down of both Andy Street and Ruth Davidson, two people who have decent records within Conservative politics and whose views are clearly no longer welcome.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch
Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:29 PM
This is quite a rough slap down of both Andy Street and Ruth Davidson, two people who have decent records within Conservative politics and whose views are clearly no longer welcome.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Genocide, occupation and apartheid never ended.
Join us on Saturday to say loud and clear: it is up to the Palestinian people to determine their own future.
Join us on Saturday to say loud and clear: it is up to the Palestinian people to determine their own future.
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Genocide, occupation and apartheid never ended.
Join us on Saturday to say loud and clear: it is up to the Palestinian people to determine their own future.
Join us on Saturday to say loud and clear: it is up to the Palestinian people to determine their own future.
"Too late for quality control" 🤣🤣
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
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January 27, 2026 at 10:46 AM
"Too late for quality control" 🤣🤣
A very unpleasant woman. 🔽
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM
A very unpleasant woman. 🔽
Happy people don't read the Telegraph.....
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Happy people don't read the Telegraph.....
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Farage looks as cold as his heart. 🥶
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser
Nigel Farage’s trip to Davos this week was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire, the Guardian has learned.
The leader of Reform UK has been touring Davos this week, giving speeches in which he pledged to tax banks and “fight the globalists”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Farage looks as cold as his heart. 🥶
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In case you wonder what our team is up against re vexatious complaints (particularly in relation to our coverage of Gaza), here you have it:
The National was the most complained about paper to regulator IPSO (outside London) last year, yet not one complaint was upheld‼️
The National was the most complained about paper to regulator IPSO (outside London) last year, yet not one complaint was upheld‼️
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM
In case you wonder what our team is up against re vexatious complaints (particularly in relation to our coverage of Gaza), here you have it:
The National was the most complained about paper to regulator IPSO (outside London) last year, yet not one complaint was upheld‼️
The National was the most complained about paper to regulator IPSO (outside London) last year, yet not one complaint was upheld‼️
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
Pair testify that Pretti did not hold weapon and was trying to help woman federal agents had shoved to the ground
Two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti have said in sworn testimony that the 37-year-old intensive care nurse was not brandishing a weapon when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, contradicting a claim made by Trump administration officials as they sought to cast the shooting of a prone man as an act of self-defense.
Their accounts came in sworn affidavits that were filed in federal court in Minnesota late Saturday, just hours after Pretti’s killing, as part of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony
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ICE raids turn life into a daily terror for Minneapolis schoolkids: ‘This is a generational trauma’
ICE raids turn life into a daily terror for Minneapolis schoolkids: ‘This is a generational trauma’
As Trump-deployed agents pervade the region, students struggle to carry on with lessons while carrying grief and fear that they or their loved ones will be taken
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
ICE raids turn life into a daily terror for Minneapolis schoolkids: ‘This is a generational trauma’
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The world as we knew it has gone. But we can influence what comes next. Rejoining the EU is no longer an academic issue nor a decision borne of nostalgia. It’s a matter of political necessity
Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
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Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
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January 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The world as we knew it has gone. But we can influence what comes next. Rejoining the EU is no longer an academic issue nor a decision borne of nostalgia. It’s a matter of political necessity
Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
▶️ buff.ly/YvqAyV8
Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
▶️ buff.ly/YvqAyV8
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They tried to cover it up immediately and the Minneapolis police chief refused. Witnesses have been taken to police headquarters and all available off duty police have been called to work. ICE cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Congress must act now. The Courts must stop the foot dragging.
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
They tried to cover it up immediately and the Minneapolis police chief refused. Witnesses have been taken to police headquarters and all available off duty police have been called to work. ICE cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Congress must act now. The Courts must stop the foot dragging.
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The White House posted an AI-generated image on Friday of President Donald Trump holding hands with a penguin as they walk through snow toward a Greenland flag planted in a mountain range, the latest example of the president's communication team provoking critics amid an issue of immense global ...
White House mocked for not knowing there are no penguins in Greenland in AI post
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January 24, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The White House posted an AI-generated image on Friday of President Donald Trump holding hands with a penguin as they walk through snow toward a Greenland flag planted in a mountain range, the latest example of the president's communication team provoking critics amid an issue of immense global ...