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Scotland
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The Labour Government has 'short-changed' Scotland after handing more than £500 million to the Wales without a penny for an equivalent Scottish fund, the Deputy First Minister has said
Scotland 'missing half-a-billion pounds' as Labour give Welsh ministers £550m
www.thenational.scot
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Satisfaction with local health services TWICE as high in Scotland and more so in rural areas to cast doubt on BMA Dr Kennedy’s politically motivated comments talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/11/s...
Satisfaction with local health services TWICE as high in Scotland and more so in rural areas to cast doubt on BMA Dr Kennedy’s politically motivated comments
From Scottish Household Survey 2024: Satisfaction with Local Health Services and Sport and Leisure Facilities, published today: Across Scotland, the percentage of adults who said they were satisfie…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Tomorrow's front page 📰

Ceasefire violations are 'repeated and deliberate'
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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BBC Scotland amplified her unsubstantiated charge, so it’s a political ‘win’ in advance of the Holyrood election talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/04/b...
BBC Scotland amplified her unsubstantiated charge, so it’s a political ‘win’ in advance of the Holyrood election
By stewartb Lots of BBC coverage online of NHS Scotland today (November 4), but no space for positive news! Lots of quotes from opposition politicians amplified (without challenge of course) by BBC…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🚨The BBC has issued a correction after copying an anti-SNP press release from the Scottish Tories almost word for word

Get the details: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="430946" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Since the Gaza ceasefire was signed last month,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;has continued to violate the agreement.</p> <p>From air strikes and shootings to arrests and incursions beyond the deployment lines, most of the violations appear unprovoked.</p> <p>Israel has cited alleged breaches by Hamas and other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;groups to justify its actions.</p> <p>Hamas, however, has denied the accusations, insisting it has fully complied with the terms of the ceasefire.</p> <p>Many of the violations targeting civilians, meanwhile, have occurred without justification.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-list-israels-ceasefire-violations-gaza">Full list of Israel's ceasefire violations in Gaza</a></h3> <p><img alt="A woman reacts after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 29 October 2025 (AFP/Bashar Taleb)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/000_82CE7HT%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=st5prIg4"></p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.

Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.

No govt targets to cut poverty.

1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households
New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Labour minister misled public in attack on Scotland's water quality
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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❌ End the Union's biggest economic lie. GERS doesn’t show what independence would look like - it shows the cost of staying in the Union.

✅ Our proposal, i-GERS, will demonstrate the brighter future independence brings: www.believeinscotland.org/i_gers_the_r...
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts.

Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.

Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.
Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds
Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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For those who care (i.e. not the mainstream political pundits!) if we correct the bias introduced by the massive 2014 No-voter upweight in that Survation poll, it boosts support for pro-indy parties by 2 points - equivalent to a 4 point swing. It reduces RUK (-0.8) Con (-0.7) & LD (-0.5).
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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To keep fleet young and reliable, CalMac scraps 40 year-old, younger or same age as 14 still in service in Canada’s milder seas talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/28/t...
To keep fleet young and reliable, CalMac scraps 40 year-old, younger or same age as 14 still in service in Canada’s milder seas
Professor John Robertson OBA BC Ferries, based in archipelago around Vancouver in Canada operates 41 ferries to 47 locations. CalMac operates 36 vessels with another 5 being built to 50 locations. …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The Scottish Tories have claimed more than £1 million of taxpayer money has been spent sending CalMac and CMAL staff to Turkey to oversee the construction of new ferries

Spoiler: This is false, very false. Read the full piece to see just how false 👇
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It seems remarkable, yet true, that so many people in Scotland are apparently still ignorant of the huge stripping of Scottish devolved powers by Westminster's Powergrab in 2018. Where have you *been*?
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM