Polly Mairead Davies
@pollydee.bsky.social
Tea & wine drinker, cake lover. Reads a lot, writes a bit 🚀 Trans Femme 🏳️🌈She/They. Scot. Eòrpach/European🇪🇺.
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If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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We live in a strange world where the US wants to sanction the UK, because we don’t want to see non consensual sexual images of women and girls.
And it’s when we find out if Starmer can grow a spine.
dailysceptic.org/2026/01/10/u...
And it’s when we find out if Starmer can grow a spine.
dailysceptic.org/2026/01/10/u...
UK Threatened With Sanctions if Starmer Bans X – The Daily Sceptic
Britain has been threatened with sanctions if Sir Keir Starmer attempts to block Elon Musk’s X over its AI tool undressing women and children.
dailysceptic.org
January 11, 2026 at 7:50 AM
We live in a strange world where the US wants to sanction the UK, because we don’t want to see non consensual sexual images of women and girls.
And it’s when we find out if Starmer can grow a spine.
dailysceptic.org/2026/01/10/u...
And it’s when we find out if Starmer can grow a spine.
dailysceptic.org/2026/01/10/u...
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What Scotland could do to uphold the international order; to protect ourselves and to set an example to others | Dr. Craig Dalzell
Scotland could lead the UK by upholding international law
What Scotland could do to uphold the international order; to protect ourselves and to set an example to others
bylines.scot
January 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
What Scotland could do to uphold the international order; to protect ourselves and to set an example to others | Dr. Craig Dalzell
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Premium article from the Daily Record today. I wonder how long before someone complains, and it gets taken down.
It would be such a shame if it was archived, and did the rounds. I mean, he does so hate to be laughed at.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
It would be such a shame if it was archived, and did the rounds. I mean, he does so hate to be laughed at.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Premium article from the Daily Record today. I wonder how long before someone complains, and it gets taken down.
It would be such a shame if it was archived, and did the rounds. I mean, he does so hate to be laughed at.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
It would be such a shame if it was archived, and did the rounds. I mean, he does so hate to be laughed at.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Coming this spring from Wizard's Tower: The Sword Garden by Peadar Ó Guilín. Art by Ben Baldwin.
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Coming this spring from Wizard's Tower: The Sword Garden by Peadar Ó Guilín. Art by Ben Baldwin.
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Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
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A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies.
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Same over here. It’s way past time we stopped trying to accommodate anti-immigrant views. They are born of racism and can never be satisfied. Immigration is a net positive. Say it loud and often.
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Same over here. It’s way past time we stopped trying to accommodate anti-immigrant views. They are born of racism and can never be satisfied. Immigration is a net positive. Say it loud and often.
By all the Gods, so much, this!
If I buy some everyday item, I do not need to review it. Pestering me will not haste my return.
The hill I will die on: Online shops, please I beg – stop with endless post-purchase emails | Athena Kugblenu www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If I buy some everyday item, I do not need to review it. Pestering me will not haste my return.
The hill I will die on: Online shops, please I beg – stop with endless post-purchase emails | Athena Kugblenu www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The hill I will die on: Online shops, please I beg – stop with endless post-purchase emails | Athena Kugblenu
You really want me to review my buy? Yes, it was fine. But that is where I would like our relationship to end, says comedian Athena Kugblenu
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
By all the Gods, so much, this!
If I buy some everyday item, I do not need to review it. Pestering me will not haste my return.
The hill I will die on: Online shops, please I beg – stop with endless post-purchase emails | Athena Kugblenu www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If I buy some everyday item, I do not need to review it. Pestering me will not haste my return.
The hill I will die on: Online shops, please I beg – stop with endless post-purchase emails | Athena Kugblenu www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I was aware of much of this, but the article is a succint explanation of the ways the far-right wriggle into people's everyday lives.
All jelped by the press and oligarchs, of course.
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
All jelped by the press and oligarchs, of course.
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I was aware of much of this, but the article is a succint explanation of the ways the far-right wriggle into people's everyday lives.
All jelped by the press and oligarchs, of course.
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
All jelped by the press and oligarchs, of course.
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Lots of chat about Labour being on course to lose in Wales for the first time in over a century.
But here's something: this constituency vote share (16.6%) would be their worst vote share in a national election in Scotland since *1910*.
But here's something: this constituency vote share (16.6%) would be their worst vote share in a national election in Scotland since *1910*.
Final Scottish Parliament poll tracker of the year, before the Christmas holidays start in earnest. SNP projected one short of a majority.
Seats (+/- 2021):
SNP: 64 (-)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Ref: 18(+18)
Grn: 12 (+4)
Con: 9 (-22)
LD: 8 (+4)
Alba: 0 (-)
20 marginals: 16 SNP, 3 Labour, 1 Conservative.
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Seats (+/- 2021):
SNP: 64 (-)
Lab: 18 (-4)
Ref: 18(+18)
Grn: 12 (+4)
Con: 9 (-22)
LD: 8 (+4)
Alba: 0 (-)
20 marginals: 16 SNP, 3 Labour, 1 Conservative.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lots of chat about Labour being on course to lose in Wales for the first time in over a century.
But here's something: this constituency vote share (16.6%) would be their worst vote share in a national election in Scotland since *1910*.
But here's something: this constituency vote share (16.6%) would be their worst vote share in a national election in Scotland since *1910*.
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Please share. Thanks
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please share. Thanks
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WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
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Take away from this morning's news?
People harming women: powerful, successful, cishet white men
People not harming women: immigrants, people of colour, trans women
But hey, we knew that
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
People harming women: powerful, successful, cishet white men
People not harming women: immigrants, people of colour, trans women
But hey, we knew that
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Take away from this morning's news?
People harming women: powerful, successful, cishet white men
People not harming women: immigrants, people of colour, trans women
But hey, we knew that
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
People harming women: powerful, successful, cishet white men
People not harming women: immigrants, people of colour, trans women
But hey, we knew that
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
There is no upside to gen AI.
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There is no upside to gen AI.
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The culture war is winning – and our values are the casualty | Nazish Saad
Culture thrives through change: our core values need guarding
The culture war is winning – and our values are the casualty
bylines.scot
December 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The culture war is winning – and our values are the casualty | Nazish Saad
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Jesus: I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in.
(Matthew 25:35).
Protestors on the Tommy Robinson ‘Put the Christ Back into Christmas’ rally carrying a sign that reads ‘Stop the Boats’.
(Matthew 25:35).
Protestors on the Tommy Robinson ‘Put the Christ Back into Christmas’ rally carrying a sign that reads ‘Stop the Boats’.
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Jesus: I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in.
(Matthew 25:35).
Protestors on the Tommy Robinson ‘Put the Christ Back into Christmas’ rally carrying a sign that reads ‘Stop the Boats’.
(Matthew 25:35).
Protestors on the Tommy Robinson ‘Put the Christ Back into Christmas’ rally carrying a sign that reads ‘Stop the Boats’.
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Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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I'm pretty old (71), so I remember clearly the National Front in the 1970s. They were pariahs that the main political parties wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. What is shocking is that the LABOUR party is now coming out with the same policies. What on earth would the likes of Benn, Foot etc. think?
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm pretty old (71), so I remember clearly the National Front in the 1970s. They were pariahs that the main political parties wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. What is shocking is that the LABOUR party is now coming out with the same policies. What on earth would the likes of Benn, Foot etc. think?
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”