The John Elrick
@thejohnelrick.bsky.social
Strangely strange but oddly normal. Existentialist depressive, Amiable Anarchist and recreational misanthrope.
Love my HiFi, guitars and Art books. Qualified Art Historian. Particular interests include Cinema, Oriental Culture and Military History.
Love my HiFi, guitars and Art books. Qualified Art Historian. Particular interests include Cinema, Oriental Culture and Military History.
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One of these two men is in charge of destroying Labour and impoverishing the vulnerable, the other is a sheet of cardboard roughly shaped into the pretence of a man, propped up with disappointment and loathing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer's chief of staff McSweeney not leaving role over briefing war, BBC told
The PM's top aide was not involved
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One of these two men is in charge of destroying Labour and impoverishing the vulnerable, the other is a sheet of cardboard roughly shaped into the pretence of a man, propped up with disappointment and loathing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Good Morning Scotland. We are the generation that has the last chance to regain our country's independence.
We are the saviours of our families and communities futures. We are the history makers we are ready to go. 🏴💙
We are the saviours of our families and communities futures. We are the history makers we are ready to go. 🏴💙
We need Scottish independence to stop privatisation of our SNHS.
✊️🏴💙💙💙
✊️🏴💙💙💙
Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Good Morning Scotland. We are the generation that has the last chance to regain our country's independence.
We are the saviours of our families and communities futures. We are the history makers we are ready to go. 🏴💙
We are the saviours of our families and communities futures. We are the history makers we are ready to go. 🏴💙
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4 years ago your Prez blasted claims that Russia plans to invade Ukraine as "alarmism".
Half true. The idea we had a "plan" has turned out to be alarmist.
Half true. The idea we had a "plan" has turned out to be alarmist.
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
4 years ago your Prez blasted claims that Russia plans to invade Ukraine as "alarmism".
Half true. The idea we had a "plan" has turned out to be alarmist.
Half true. The idea we had a "plan" has turned out to be alarmist.
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Good Morning Scotland.
Any Scot looking around and not absolutely accepting the best way forward for our families, communities and country is regaining our independence is definitely not looking out for our children's best hopes and interests.
Independence is our strongest future route forward 🏴
Any Scot looking around and not absolutely accepting the best way forward for our families, communities and country is regaining our independence is definitely not looking out for our children's best hopes and interests.
Independence is our strongest future route forward 🏴
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Good Morning Scotland.
Any Scot looking around and not absolutely accepting the best way forward for our families, communities and country is regaining our independence is definitely not looking out for our children's best hopes and interests.
Independence is our strongest future route forward 🏴
Any Scot looking around and not absolutely accepting the best way forward for our families, communities and country is regaining our independence is definitely not looking out for our children's best hopes and interests.
Independence is our strongest future route forward 🏴
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Only a fool doesn't want Scottish Independence.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Only a fool doesn't want Scottish Independence.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
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Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
Meanwhile in #Scotland 🏴
#Scottish #unemployment falls while #UK rate rises to highest level in four years!
Scotland and #Wales don't need #Westminster or their #toxic, one sided, slave #union!
Time for #Independence!
We'd do fine without #England and its toxic union!
#IndependenceIsNormal #YES
#Scottish #unemployment falls while #UK rate rises to highest level in four years!
Scotland and #Wales don't need #Westminster or their #toxic, one sided, slave #union!
Time for #Independence!
We'd do fine without #England and its toxic union!
#IndependenceIsNormal #YES
Meanwhile in Scotland🏴
Scotland and Wales don't need Westminster or their toxic, one sided, slave union! Time for Independence! We'd do fine without England and it's toxic union!
Scottish unemployment falls while UK rate rises to highest level in four years
Scotland and Wales don't need Westminster or their toxic, one sided, slave union! Time for Independence! We'd do fine without England and it's toxic union!
Scottish unemployment falls while UK rate rises to highest level in four years
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
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Please support Ahmed’s crowdfund if you can. He and his family are struggling with basic survival needs.
chuffed.org/project/1572...
chuffed.org/project/1572...
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please support Ahmed’s crowdfund if you can. He and his family are struggling with basic survival needs.
chuffed.org/project/1572...
chuffed.org/project/1572...
Glenn Campbell:
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Glenn Campbell:
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During the Indyref1 campaign bbc anti-independence lies and propaganda caused a diplomatic incident 🇱🇺
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
During the Indyref1 campaign bbc anti-independence lies and propaganda caused a diplomatic incident 🇱🇺
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Welcome to #Scotland where Category A nuclear accidents are being reported at Faslane and folk in Rosyth may be prescribed anti-radiation iodine pills.
Imagine if this story was about Plymouth, Portsmouth or London.
The shit would be hitting the fan.
#BairnsNotBombs
Imagine if this story was about Plymouth, Portsmouth or London.
The shit would be hitting the fan.
#BairnsNotBombs
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Welcome to #Scotland where Category A nuclear accidents are being reported at Faslane and folk in Rosyth may be prescribed anti-radiation iodine pills.
Imagine if this story was about Plymouth, Portsmouth or London.
The shit would be hitting the fan.
#BairnsNotBombs
Imagine if this story was about Plymouth, Portsmouth or London.
The shit would be hitting the fan.
#BairnsNotBombs
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We only rate dogs. This is a family of Suburban Gold Fairies. It's rare for them to travel together like this. Very magical but please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10 for all (TT: hdbrosriley)
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We only rate dogs. This is a family of Suburban Gold Fairies. It's rare for them to travel together like this. Very magical but please only send dogs. Thank you... 13/10 for all (TT: hdbrosriley)
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Both my grandfathers perished in WWII. They didn’t make that sacrifice so that new, sad and angry little cub-fascists like Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage could go all Hitler-lite by the time the grandchildren they never met were grown. #GuessWeForgot
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Both my grandfathers perished in WWII. They didn’t make that sacrifice so that new, sad and angry little cub-fascists like Sir Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage could go all Hitler-lite by the time the grandchildren they never met were grown. #GuessWeForgot
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Tour #Scotland travel video Blog of the Sea Mine War Memorial on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #West #Wemyss, #Fife. And story of Peter Graham, Colin Smart, George Storrar, James Anderson and David Laing tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2013/06/tour...
Tour Scotland Video Sea Mine War Memorial West Wemyss Fife
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Tour #Scotland travel video Blog of the Sea Mine War Memorial on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #West #Wemyss, #Fife. And story of Peter Graham, Colin Smart, George Storrar, James Anderson and David Laing tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2013/06/tour...
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But the more I see them panic about the replacement of the politics of hate with a politics of hope, the more we know our movement is on the right track.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
But the more I see them panic about the replacement of the politics of hate with a politics of hope, the more we know our movement is on the right track.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tour #Scotland #Autumn travel video Blog of the #Scots #American War Memorial on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to Princes Street Gardens in #Edinburgh. This memorial is called " The Call 1914 " and it was erected in 1927 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2012/11/tour...
Tour Scotland Autumn Video Scots American War Memorial Edinburgh
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November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Tour #Scotland #Autumn travel video Blog of the #Scots #American War Memorial on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to Princes Street Gardens in #Edinburgh. This memorial is called " The Call 1914 " and it was erected in 1927 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2012/11/tour...
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Message to our friends from our hoomom. If able plz consider donating to a group that provides food for the beloved pets of people struggling right now. Our mum grew up very poor & remembers how hard it was to feed the family & their pet. Share some kindness. Love you all 🩷
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Any Scot wanting to vote for the 21st-Century National Front, is totally nuts, anyway.
Their Manifesto is the same as the BNP had.
Are gullible saps STILL this unenlightened.
Their Manifesto is the same as the BNP had.
Are gullible saps STILL this unenlightened.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Any Scot wanting to vote for the 21st-Century National Front, is totally nuts, anyway.
Their Manifesto is the same as the BNP had.
Are gullible saps STILL this unenlightened.
Their Manifesto is the same as the BNP had.
Are gullible saps STILL this unenlightened.
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Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of Kilmaurs, #Gaelic Cill Mhàrais in East Ayrshire. Warlock, John Stewart, is said to have met with fairies on Kilmaurs Hill tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/10/old-...
Old Photographs Of Kilmaurs East Ayrshire Scotland
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November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of Kilmaurs, #Gaelic Cill Mhàrais in East Ayrshire. Warlock, John Stewart, is said to have met with fairies on Kilmaurs Hill tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/10/old-...
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Tour #Scotland short travel video Blog clip, with #Scottish music, of prehistoric Temple Wood stone circle on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #Kilmartin #Glen near Kintyre in West Argyll. Also known as Half Moon Wood tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/11/temp...
Temple Wood Stone Circle On History Visit To Kilmartin Glen Near Kintyre Argyll Scotland
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November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Tour #Scotland short travel video Blog clip, with #Scottish music, of prehistoric Temple Wood stone circle on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #Kilmartin #Glen near Kintyre in West Argyll. Also known as Half Moon Wood tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/11/temp...
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Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of Kilmacolm a village and civil parish in the historic county of Renfrewshire. And story of James Dempster who was born in 1797 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/11/old-...
Old Photographs Of Kilmacolm Renfrewshire Scotland
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November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Have a wee visit to a tour #Scotland travel video Blog of old #Scottish #ancestry #history #genealogy #photography of Kilmacolm a village and civil parish in the historic county of Renfrewshire. And story of James Dempster who was born in 1797 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2025/11/old-...