oldbrat.bsky.social
@oldbrat.bsky.social
mother, grandmother, dog lover, cat lover, goldfish lover, Scottish, blessed. No DMs
can it be true all 3 devolved governments were as bad as Boris Johnson's WM government covid response?? hard to imagine remembering how Johnson infected himself by not wearing a mask #plonker news.sky.com/story/politi...
All four UK governments 'failed to appreciate' scale of COVID pandemic threat, inquiry finds
Baroness Heather Hallett found that, according to modelling data, had the first mandatory lockdown been introduced a week earlier in 2020 there would have been approximately 23,000 fewer deaths in Eng...
news.sky.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Andrew Polson has been jailed for two years, crossing the threshold for automatic disqualification. A by-election for East Dunbartonshire's Bearsden South ward will therefore now be held. This has been my most hotly anticipated by-election for genuinely three years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The current 🍊 POS seems to prioritize the interests of criminals and offenders over those of respectable women.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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BREAKING: Tayo Aluko sings "we are not the terrorists" as he is arrested in Leeds for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban.

He previously took direct action with Palestine Action against the Israeli weapons industry, before the group was proscribed.
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Jews helped Palestinians harvest olive in the West Bank but were stopped by the police

(Credit: Rabbis For Human Rights)
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
same problem that Millcroft Flats faced. Most of the landlords were good landlords, but the few rogue ones spoiled it for everyone else. Landlords blame NLC saying the council could have done more but instead did the minimum. www.scottishconstructionnow.com/articles/hou...
Housing association director calls for reform to aid mixed tenure repairs
Abronhill Housing Association is sounding the alarm over a growing crisis in Scotland’s mixed tenure housing blocks, where fragmented ownership is undermining efforts to maintain safe, compliant...
www.scottishconstructionnow.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
how to avoid attention by shining the spotlight on everybody else😏(it wasn't me, it was him!) LOL
Trump says he’s asking Justice Department to investigate Epstein’s ties to slew of high-profile figures - CNN
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Another sex trafficker buying up the housing market and the financing (Fannie Mae) was handed to Blackrock’s Larry Fink. Trammel Crow (Harlan Crow bro)
( 80% of Blackrock’s assets are Fannie Mae mortgages).

Fink was on the Trilateral Commission with Epstein.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Harlan Crow's brother accused of financing 100-person sex traffic ring
Trammell Crow, 72, is accused of financing and supporting a sex trafficking network involving 100 people. His brother Harlan Crow hit the headlines for his generous support of Clarence Thomas.
www.dailymail.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Keir Starmer is, or was, a member of the globalist Trilateral Commission. Notable members: Larry Fink (Blackrock), Rubenstein (Carlyle), Anthony Blinken (Biden Head of State) and one Jeffrey Epstein. Odd bed fellows for the leader of a supposedly socialist party, eh? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilate...
Trilateral Commission - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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MD is pressing pause on Private Eye’s investigation into the Lucy Letby case - to give the Criminal Case Review Commission time to catch up. But if it still hasn’t acted by February, MD says the anonymised expert reports should be made public.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Efforts to shore up Starmer's leadership may have backfired - BBC
😏The wolves are gathering at the door, Keir
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
israelis running amock - just because they can. There is no-one to stop them. Their government and citizens look the other way or sometimes cheer them on.
A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian industrial and agricultural facilities in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, causing large fires and injuring several people.
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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"Welcome back, members of the US House of Representatives. The world has changed since you've been gone," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/47C1Dgz
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The BBC will go after any challenge to the status quo from any source.

They did it with Scottish Independence. They did it with Brexit. They did it with particular gusto to take down Jeremy Corbyn.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Despite a fairly simple exterior, #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Southend Parish Church on Kintyre has some spectacular stained glass #WindowsOnWednesday by Ballantine & Son and Gordon Webster. They were installed by Ina Campbell, Dowager Duchess of Argyll, to commemorate Queen Victoria.

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November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been directly named in a fresh UN report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, Gaza Genocide: a collective crime: www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-repor…
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Trump says he has 'obligation' to sue BBC over speech edit - BBC
🤔Does this open the door for others especially Scottish political parties to sue BBC for the countless times facts about Scotland have deliberately been misrepresented / omitted/ manipulated by BBC?
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn after its chair admitted an error in editing a speech by the US president in a documentary about January 6 riots in 2021 - SkyNews
😏IMO a bit of karma there. Scots have been complaining for years BBC manipulate the truth about politics in Scotland
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A consultation has been launched today into proposed changes to the flight paths and airspace for Glasgow & Edinburgh Airports. The proposed changes would see far fewer flights passing over Cumbernauld, from around 92 per day to less than five per day. scottishairspacemodernisation.co.uk
Home - Scottish Airspace Modernisation
Scottish Airspace Modernisation is led by: About Scottish Airspace Modernisation Scottish Airspace Modernisation is part of a nationwide upgrade to UK airspace, driven by the...
scottishairspacemodernisation.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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A bit dreich but we’re still out speaking with folks about our campaign for a more affordable, brighter and connected West Lothian!

Great chats and growing support for our campaign and @snp.org across Blackburn this morning with @paulinestaffordsnp.bsky.social & @fionahyslop.bsky.social

#ActiveSNP
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
would I ride in a Chinese made robo-taxi? Yes,def. ✔️They look cool. Would I ride in a Tesla made driverless taxi? never😱
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Riding in a Chinese Robotaxi Is Pretty Smooth—That’s a Problem for Waymo
While U.S. companies dominate their home market, other countries are looking to China for driverless technology.
www.wsj.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
IMO Trump will be remembered positively if he succeeds in getting rid of filibusters, a despicable practice that benefits no-one
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump clings to filibuster demand as shutdown drags on
Despite a week full of political rebukes, President Donald Trump is still insisting on killing the filibuster to resolve the shutdown.
www.politico.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump says he's not going. Other leaders say Hurrah!😏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump: US to boycott G20 in South Africa over white farmer 'abuses'
Trump says no US official will be sent to the summit over discredited claims that Afrikaners are being persecuted.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM