Rab Boyce
@rabboyce.bsky.social
Creator of http://scotfact.com , ex CTO of Alderstone consulting. Proud to be a centrist dad.
Btw if you think that a foreign leader bullying our national broadcaster to shut down reporting and criticism is a good thing then you are a bloody idiot.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Btw if you think that a foreign leader bullying our national broadcaster to shut down reporting and criticism is a good thing then you are a bloody idiot.
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The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Makes sense, I suppose. Her political career was largely a performative exercise anyway ;)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former SNP MP Mhairi Black to play a detective in BBC drama Counsels
Black, who was the SNP deputy leader at Westminster, will play a detective in the eight-part series in her first acting role for television.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Makes sense, I suppose. Her political career was largely a performative exercise anyway ;)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I don't know about you, but I am really looking forward to endless speculation for the next 4 weeks about what will be in the Autumn Statement. I especially love precious face time with cabinet minsters being taken up with questions about something we know they won't answer until after Nov 26.
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I don't know about you, but I am really looking forward to endless speculation for the next 4 weeks about what will be in the Autumn Statement. I especially love precious face time with cabinet minsters being taken up with questions about something we know they won't answer until after Nov 26.
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- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
Apparently there were anti fascists in Germany in the mid 20s...anyone know why?
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Apparently there were anti fascists in Germany in the mid 20s...anyone know why?
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You never fought that war. YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE, MAN!
Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
You never fought that war. YOU WEREN'T EVEN THERE, MAN!
So who had Texas invading Illinois in their 2025 forecast?
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So who had Texas invading Illinois in their 2025 forecast?
Blimey
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Blimey
I think Labour should adopt a 'who gives a shit' what Nigel Farage thinks policy. Every time a minister is asked about something Nigel Farage says they should just shrug and move on to something important.
September 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I think Labour should adopt a 'who gives a shit' what Nigel Farage thinks policy. Every time a minister is asked about something Nigel Farage says they should just shrug and move on to something important.
Totally agree with this, allowing the far right to force us to reframe everything isn't going to end well.
Selling ID cards as the way to stop illegal immigration rather than as a tool to simplify everyone’s lives is yet another colossal and very obvious mistake.
Estimates of the size of the "shadow economy"
France 7%
Germany 7%
Italy 8%
..even Estonia 7%
UK: 5%
Idea that ID cards are some kind of panacea...
www.ey.com/content/dam/...
France 7%
Germany 7%
Italy 8%
..even Estonia 7%
UK: 5%
Idea that ID cards are some kind of panacea...
www.ey.com/content/dam/...
September 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Totally agree with this, allowing the far right to force us to reframe everything isn't going to end well.
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Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
Really looking forward to all the UK vaccine cranks feeling empowered now. Wonder whether it will be Reform or the Tories who jump on that particular bandwagon first.
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Really looking forward to all the UK vaccine cranks feeling empowered now. Wonder whether it will be Reform or the Tories who jump on that particular bandwagon first.
Love the fact every time Trump says something ridiculous Starmer, unconsciously, looks to the Camera with a straight face. :) #pressconference
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Love the fact every time Trump says something ridiculous Starmer, unconsciously, looks to the Camera with a straight face. :) #pressconference
Bloody hell.
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Bloody hell.
Once again, @lewisgoodall.com hirs the nail on the head, this time with a substack on the reaction to the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
No Boris Johnson, Charlie Kirk did not represent "common sense"
His murder was a tragedy. Yet it was politicised by his own side instantly. The reaction revealed much.
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Once again, @lewisgoodall.com hirs the nail on the head, this time with a substack on the reaction to the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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there simply isn't enough coverage of the fact that, as a matter of ideology and public policy, trump and his administration think domestic violence is good
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
there simply isn't enough coverage of the fact that, as a matter of ideology and public policy, trump and his administration think domestic violence is good
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There are many reasons why you should NEVER vote for Republicans again, particularly for President.
They have stacked the court with fascists who no longer defend our Constitution.
Arresting people at random is what secret police in fascist regimes do.
#VoteBlue
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
They have stacked the court with fascists who no longer defend our Constitution.
Arresting people at random is what secret police in fascist regimes do.
#VoteBlue
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles
The ruling blocks a lower court’s order that found the enforcement operations were based on impermissible factors.
www.politico.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There are many reasons why you should NEVER vote for Republicans again, particularly for President.
They have stacked the court with fascists who no longer defend our Constitution.
Arresting people at random is what secret police in fascist regimes do.
#VoteBlue
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
They have stacked the court with fascists who no longer defend our Constitution.
Arresting people at random is what secret police in fascist regimes do.
#VoteBlue
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
With England being set upon by gangs of nationalists appropriating the national flag to promote their own political agenda, we can all be thankful that doesn't happen in Scotland.
September 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
With England being set upon by gangs of nationalists appropriating the national flag to promote their own political agenda, we can all be thankful that doesn't happen in Scotland.
Yes, we do realise. And let us all be thankful for that.
'Do you realise now that we have a government prepared to employ expensive legal advice so they can act against the interests of the local people, and for the interests of migrants?' asks @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social, after the Epping ruling.
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Yes, we do realise. And let us all be thankful for that.
The state taking ownership of private companies...not very Republican is it?
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The state taking ownership of private companies...not very Republican is it?