Marlene Halliday
@weegiefifer.bsky.social
Rather elderly person who has just discovered spin classes! 🚴♀️
Born 311ppm. It’s now 426ppm
Presenter at Scottish Independence Podcasts @ScottishIndyPod.bsky.social
My neglected website:
https://weegiefifer.scot
Born 311ppm. It’s now 426ppm
Presenter at Scottish Independence Podcasts @ScottishIndyPod.bsky.social
My neglected website:
https://weegiefifer.scot
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Marlene Halliday
@weegiefifer.bsky.social
· Dec 26
@scottishindypod.bsky.social Scottish Independence Podcasts is now a critically acclaimed media outlet… we’re said to be up there with the Muppets. Well my daughter thinks so anyway. Oh wait… 😂
Hey Y’all, you folk in USA? Do know how much better things would be for you if Denmark was running your country? How about this as a solution?
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Hey Y’all, you folk in USA? Do know how much better things would be for you if Denmark was running your country? How about this as a solution?
Been listening to this. Excellent even though it is a Spectator podcast. First half: current patterns in UK politics and why; second half, current support in devolved the parliament polling. Interview technique? Just let Sir John talk uninterrupted 😂 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
John Curtice: what to expect in 2026
Podcast Episode · Coffee House Shots · 02/01/2026 · 20m
podcasts.apple.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Been listening to this. Excellent even though it is a Spectator podcast. First half: current patterns in UK politics and why; second half, current support in devolved the parliament polling. Interview technique? Just let Sir John talk uninterrupted 😂 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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Our latest blogpost continuing the theme of Who Owns Scotland? We take a look at the example of #Ardrossan Harbour. Find it here scottishindypod.scot/blogpost/ard...
Ardrossan Harbour - Scottish Indy Podcasts
Ardrossan Harbour - who owns it? OK it might seem odd that we’re writing a blog post entitled Ardrossan Harbour. So here are some questions: who owns it? who used to own it? why isn’t CalMac using it ...
scottishindypod.scot
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Our latest blogpost continuing the theme of Who Owns Scotland? We take a look at the example of #Ardrossan Harbour. Find it here scottishindypod.scot/blogpost/ard...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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On top of his MPs salary of £91,346, Farage is also raking in £571,585 from outside jobs, in less than six months.
Don’t just like it, share it.
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Don’t just like it, share it.
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A full list of Nigel Farage’s 9 jobs and how much he earns from each one
So much for being a ‘man of the people’.
leftfootforward.org
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
On top of his MPs salary of £91,346, Farage is also raking in £571,585 from outside jobs, in less than six months.
Don’t just like it, share it.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/a-fu...
Don’t just like it, share it.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/a-fu...
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Fernando de Anda Gorráez
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Fernando de Anda Gorráez
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Pres Claudia Sheinbaum invokes the UN Charter against Trump’s Venezuela invasion. Mexico’s message: No nation is safe if international law is ignored. I love her..
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Pres Claudia Sheinbaum invokes the UN Charter against Trump’s Venezuela invasion. Mexico’s message: No nation is safe if international law is ignored. I love her..
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Nearly the New Year! Here’s a roundup of IndyPodcasters in Thumbnails. Pt1
@pensioners4indy.bsky.social @patkane.bsky.social @anthonycarroll.bsky.social @fatima-joji.bsky.social @thessp.bsky.social @snpcnd.bsky.social @revivecoalition.bsky.social @scottishgreens.org
@pensioners4indy.bsky.social @patkane.bsky.social @anthonycarroll.bsky.social @fatima-joji.bsky.social @thessp.bsky.social @snpcnd.bsky.social @revivecoalition.bsky.social @scottishgreens.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nearly the New Year! Here’s a roundup of IndyPodcasters in Thumbnails. Pt1
@pensioners4indy.bsky.social @patkane.bsky.social @anthonycarroll.bsky.social @fatima-joji.bsky.social @thessp.bsky.social @snpcnd.bsky.social @revivecoalition.bsky.social @scottishgreens.org
@pensioners4indy.bsky.social @patkane.bsky.social @anthonycarroll.bsky.social @fatima-joji.bsky.social @thessp.bsky.social @snpcnd.bsky.social @revivecoalition.bsky.social @scottishgreens.org
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What are we waiting for?
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
December 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What are we waiting for?
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
No Royals.
No House of Lords.
No more theft of Scotland's resources.
##ScottishIndependence
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Delivered by your SNP Scottish Government.
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Delivered by your SNP Scottish Government.
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Once again, Jackie Baillie on STV goes unchallenged, claiming ambulances are routinely sent single‑crewed.
If hospitalisation is needed, a fully crewed ambulance will always be dispatched.
Since 2017, single‑crewed shifts have averaged 1% - 2% of all ambulance shifts, with last year at 1.6%.
If hospitalisation is needed, a fully crewed ambulance will always be dispatched.
Since 2017, single‑crewed shifts have averaged 1% - 2% of all ambulance shifts, with last year at 1.6%.
December 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Once again, Jackie Baillie on STV goes unchallenged, claiming ambulances are routinely sent single‑crewed.
If hospitalisation is needed, a fully crewed ambulance will always be dispatched.
Since 2017, single‑crewed shifts have averaged 1% - 2% of all ambulance shifts, with last year at 1.6%.
If hospitalisation is needed, a fully crewed ambulance will always be dispatched.
Since 2017, single‑crewed shifts have averaged 1% - 2% of all ambulance shifts, with last year at 1.6%.
Well, have the Grundy’s finally given up on George? And will Amber and Brad twist the knife and get together?
#Archers #GeorgeGrundy
#Archers #GeorgeGrundy
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Well, have the Grundy’s finally given up on George? And will Amber and Brad twist the knife and get together?
#Archers #GeorgeGrundy
#Archers #GeorgeGrundy
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I found this long & nerdy essay by Thomas B. Edsall quite fascinating. And by the end, pretty hopeful. He lays out various strands of right-wing elite ideology coalescing around a vision of what happens after 47 is gone, & his conclusion is, they won't appeal to voters.
Free link: archive.ph/eKVOE
Free link: archive.ph/eKVOE
December 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I found this long & nerdy essay by Thomas B. Edsall quite fascinating. And by the end, pretty hopeful. He lays out various strands of right-wing elite ideology coalescing around a vision of what happens after 47 is gone, & his conclusion is, they won't appeal to voters.
Free link: archive.ph/eKVOE
Free link: archive.ph/eKVOE
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If you're taken in by 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 Wes Streeting and his path to NHS privatisation by stealth, read the shocking comments to this post about the real life impact of a privatised health service 👇
Millions of Americans remain at jobs they hate for one reason: the health insurance they receive. That’s absurd.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
Universal health care will give Americans the freedom to choose the work they want without worrying about health care coverage.
Another reason for Medicare for All.
December 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If you're taken in by 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 Wes Streeting and his path to NHS privatisation by stealth, read the shocking comments to this post about the real life impact of a privatised health service 👇
Well done these people. 👏👏 Let’s hope concertgoers cancel or stop booking for anything still on the Centre’s schedules.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Well done these people. 👏👏 Let’s hope concertgoers cancel or stop booking for anything still on the Centre’s schedules.
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Previously on Bylines Scotland...
Thatcherism, privatisation and corporate profiteering from UK energy bills
A study conducted by the think tank Common Wealth found that private energy bills were funding corporate profits
bylines.scot
December 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Previously on Bylines Scotland...
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Last Saturday I spent time in A&E listening to staff and watching them deliver excellent care under pressure.
There are real challenges in our NHS, but also real progress - long waits coming down, more operations and more GPs.
I’m determined to build on this in 2026.
There are real challenges in our NHS, but also real progress - long waits coming down, more operations and more GPs.
I’m determined to build on this in 2026.
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Last Saturday I spent time in A&E listening to staff and watching them deliver excellent care under pressure.
There are real challenges in our NHS, but also real progress - long waits coming down, more operations and more GPs.
I’m determined to build on this in 2026.
There are real challenges in our NHS, but also real progress - long waits coming down, more operations and more GPs.
I’m determined to build on this in 2026.
Interesting to lay it out in this way… somehow it makes the benefits we have here more tangible in context of losing them.
Don’t know if Labour / Tory are planning all this reset. But it’s not beyond bounds of possibility. And prob be a certainty if Fartage was in power up here.
Don’t know if Labour / Tory are planning all this reset. But it’s not beyond bounds of possibility. And prob be a certainty if Fartage was in power up here.
December 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Interesting to lay it out in this way… somehow it makes the benefits we have here more tangible in context of losing them.
Don’t know if Labour / Tory are planning all this reset. But it’s not beyond bounds of possibility. And prob be a certainty if Fartage was in power up here.
Don’t know if Labour / Tory are planning all this reset. But it’s not beyond bounds of possibility. And prob be a certainty if Fartage was in power up here.
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Dear me. He's counting on many people not knowing that, like so much else, telecoms is not devolved. indyposterboy.scot/powers-less/
Powers Less - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that Westminster doesn't permit the Scottish Government any power over Broadcasting, Constitution, Defence & Security, Employment, Energy,
indyposterboy.scot
December 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Dear me. He's counting on many people not knowing that, like so much else, telecoms is not devolved. indyposterboy.scot/powers-less/
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Politics doesn’t organise itself.
It can’t be left to others.
Let’s not leave politics to political parties?
If you care, get politically active in 2026.
#ymlaen
It can’t be left to others.
Let’s not leave politics to political parties?
If you care, get politically active in 2026.
#ymlaen
December 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Politics doesn’t organise itself.
It can’t be left to others.
Let’s not leave politics to political parties?
If you care, get politically active in 2026.
#ymlaen
It can’t be left to others.
Let’s not leave politics to political parties?
If you care, get politically active in 2026.
#ymlaen
Postie brought a leaflet from Reform UK today, in Glasgow. Incl a 2nd Class postage paid envelop. If you get one, remember to post the envelop back to them, empty or perhaps with a special message. Every envelop returned will cost them 85p. If every Glasgow household does that, cost will be £250K 😂
December 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Postie brought a leaflet from Reform UK today, in Glasgow. Incl a 2nd Class postage paid envelop. If you get one, remember to post the envelop back to them, empty or perhaps with a special message. Every envelop returned will cost them 85p. If every Glasgow household does that, cost will be £250K 😂
SNP “weighed down by nearly two decades of incumbency…. Deflecting accountability for is own record in government …by blaming Westminster”
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
According to The Guardian, it's an SNP "trick" to blame Westminster for some of Scotland's woes 🫨
Amazing how badly the British media continues to misread politics outside England.
Actually it's no surprise at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amazing how badly the British media continues to misread politics outside England.
Actually it's no surprise at all.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on May 2026 elections: a new political geography is coming into view across Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SNP “weighed down by nearly two decades of incumbency…. Deflecting accountability for is own record in government …by blaming Westminster”
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
Aye right, that’ll be the woes of free univ education, having more staff per capita in NHS & schools, Scottish Child Payment, reinstated winter fuel payments?
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If you are thinking of voting Reform… please think again, because… this IS who we are
December 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you are thinking of voting Reform… please think again, because… this IS who we are