Sam Page PhD
@samljpage.bsky.social
Green campaigner; New Scot #RejoinEU #BLM
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Sam Page PhD
@samljpage.bsky.social
· Mar 3
Why whole foods may not be good for us
We are being encouraged to eat food that may be laden with pesticide residues and forever chemicals
bylines.scot
The only way to be sure of eating food that is not laced with pesticides & forever chemicals is to grow your own or buy organic. So why is organic farming declining in Scotland?
@soilassocscot.bsky.social
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Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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Okay I didn't start with any great expectations of this Labour Government but this is a new low.
The question for the next election is would I vote for Labour tactically to keep Reform or the Tories out? On the basis of this policy I could hardly see the point.
The question for the next election is would I vote for Labour tactically to keep Reform or the Tories out? On the basis of this policy I could hardly see the point.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Okay I didn't start with any great expectations of this Labour Government but this is a new low.
The question for the next election is would I vote for Labour tactically to keep Reform or the Tories out? On the basis of this policy I could hardly see the point.
The question for the next election is would I vote for Labour tactically to keep Reform or the Tories out? On the basis of this policy I could hardly see the point.
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It seems the demonstration of even the most basic levels of compassion is a ‘pull factor’.
This is flat out bollocks by the Home Secretary. Nobody is seeking asylum in UK for the joy of being crammed into an overcrowded and squalid hotel and forced to eat inedible food, which is the case for many hotels. The UK is not "generous" and it's not a prime destination for people seeking asylum.
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It seems the demonstration of even the most basic levels of compassion is a ‘pull factor’.
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But government are acting as if it is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find
The Environmental Audit Committee found the government's measures are not enough to meet targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
But government are acting as if it is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Trump’s investigation into Epstein ties to political foes might be ‘smokescreen’, Republican says
Trump’s investigation into Epstein ties to political foes might be ‘smokescreen’, Republican says
Thomas Massie says move could be Trump’s ‘last-ditch effort’ to keep Epstein files from becoming public
Republican congressman Thomas Massie challenged Donald Trump on Sunday over whether the US president is making a “last-ditch effort” to keep the full files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from becoming public by ordering a fresh investigation.
Massie and Democratic congressman Ro Khanna, the two US representatives leading the bipartisan push to make all the files held by the government public both raised fresh concerns about the latest actions by the White House. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump’s investigation into Epstein ties to political foes might be ‘smokescreen’, Republican says
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Key lawmakers say support is building in the House toward passage of a measure that would require the government to release all of the information the Justice Department has related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite Trump’s ire, House gaining support on Epstein files vote
Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Key lawmakers say support is building in the House toward passage of a measure that would require the government to release all of the information the Justice Department has related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Well, it's a good job that the Mail doesn't have a history of backing the very worst people in history - because if they had, I'd completely ignore that headline.
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Well, it's a good job that the Mail doesn't have a history of backing the very worst people in history - because if they had, I'd completely ignore that headline.
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This. 👇
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This. 👇
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Not satire, apparently
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Not satire, apparently
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Historic vote in Isle of Man to end rights of Bishop to vote in Tynwald leaving UK in a strange club of three with Vatican and Iran where senior clerics have votes in Parliament.
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Historic vote in Isle of Man to end rights of Bishop to vote in Tynwald leaving UK in a strange club of three with Vatican and Iran where senior clerics have votes in Parliament.
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Sir Michael Palin remembers his late wife Helen and calls on Rachel Reeves for more hospice funding
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_sqNcS8qk
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_sqNcS8qk
Sir Michael Palin remembers his late wife Helen and calls on Rachel Reeves for more hospice funding
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sir Michael Palin remembers his late wife Helen and calls on Rachel Reeves for more hospice funding
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_sqNcS8qk
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_sqNcS8qk
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Newsnight accused of selectively editing same Trump Capitol riots speech as Panorama
Newsnight accused of selectively editing same Trump Capitol riots speech as Panorama
Newsnight is the second flagship BBC news programme accused of editing the speech to make it appear Trump made a more explicit call for violence from his supporters
BBC’s Newsnight has been accused of editing a Donald Trump speech in a way that made it appear that he made a more explicit call for violent protest ahead of the Capitol riots.
The corporation is already reeling from the resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, which followed the splicing together of the same Trump speech in an edition of Panorama last year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Newsnight accused of selectively editing same Trump Capitol riots speech as Panorama
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For all the excitement over Epstein's emails it is quite remarkable how no one has quite managed to establish how a fired private high school teacher managed to amass so much money in financial markets so quickly
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For all the excitement over Epstein's emails it is quite remarkable how no one has quite managed to establish how a fired private high school teacher managed to amass so much money in financial markets so quickly
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Here's Republican Megyn Kelly defending men who rape 15-year-old girls. Megyn Kelly has a 14-year-old DAUGHTER.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here's Republican Megyn Kelly defending men who rape 15-year-old girls. Megyn Kelly has a 14-year-old DAUGHTER.
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Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in 5 years, data reveals. Armed forces & settlers used bombs, dogs, poison & machinery to attack people & infrastructure. It's "an important part of a genocidal strategy" says Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals
Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in 5 years, data reveals. Armed forces & settlers used bombs, dogs, poison & machinery to attack people & infrastructure. It's "an important part of a genocidal strategy" says Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, a new study of more than 10,000 people age 70 and over found.
Listening to music is linked to lower dementia risk, study suggests
A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, a new study of more than 10,000 people age 70 and over found.
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“A world at 2.6C means global disaster. That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity. This is not a good place to be.”
#endfossilfuels
#restorenature
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#endfossilfuels
#restorenature
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“A world at 2.6C means global disaster. That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity. This is not a good place to be.”
#endfossilfuels
#restorenature
#climatecrisis
🔥🌎🔥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#endfossilfuels
#restorenature
#climatecrisis
🔥🌎🔥
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves | Euractiv
Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
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Rape perpetrators will be recorded as male, says chief constable www.holyrood.com/news/view,ra...
Rape perpetrators will be recorded as male, says chief constable
Jo Farrell set out the force’s stance during an evidence session in front of the petitions committee this morning
www.holyrood.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Rape perpetrators will be recorded as male, says chief constable www.holyrood.com/news/view,ra...
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Latest Epstein emails cast further doubt on Andrew’s claim of cutting ties
Latest Epstein emails cast further doubt on Andrew’s claim of cutting ties
Messages sent months after former prince said he ended relations and also appear to confirm Virginia Giuffre photo
Newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails have cast further doubt on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s account of when he cut ties with the child sex offender and his denials about meeting his accuser Virginia Giuffre.
In March 2011, four months after he later claimed to have ended his relationship with Epstein, the former prince told him and the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “I can’t take any more of this” in response to allegations put forward by the Mail on Sunday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Latest Epstein emails cast further doubt on Andrew’s claim of cutting ties
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As the dust settles on the latest stage in UK-EU relations, the EU agreeing a mandate, and before the impending next one THAT'S SAFE funding, a few quick thoughts on what it all means with two weaknesses on each side. TL:DR we'll keep stumbling forward www.ft.com/content/acf9...
Dispute over money threatens EU-UK ‘reset’ talks
France has demanded UK pays into ‘cohesion funds’ as price for reducing post-Brexit trade friction
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
As the dust settles on the latest stage in UK-EU relations, the EU agreeing a mandate, and before the impending next one THAT'S SAFE funding, a few quick thoughts on what it all means with two weaknesses on each side. TL:DR we'll keep stumbling forward www.ft.com/content/acf9...