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Alan McNicol
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Scottish scientist
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Can’t think why a trans person wouldn’t come forward to the British Transport Police and report that they’d been assaulted.

Total mystery. 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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History has produced men more evil than Elon. There have also been stupider men than Elon. But history has never before brought us a man so singularly, transcendentally pathetic than Elon. The Angel of History beholds him and cringes so hard that entire centuries of memory vanish from its mind
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What surprised me back when the Lib Dems got into the coalition with the Tories (discovering that austerity was really a great idea) was that there wasn't a wave of defections of their MPs. Likewise, Labour is now the right wing authoritarian bigot party and their MPs are essentially fine with it.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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It's remarkable how straightforward and solvable most societal problems seem as long as you don't know shit about them
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Red sandstone townhouses on Dowanhill Street in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by David Barclay, they were built around 1990.

#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #dowanhill #townhouse
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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When Tommy Robinson celebrates Labour policy, the party deserves to die
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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To be absolutely clear, this government is evil, and if you are still knocking doors for this party this is basically the last moment for you to stop if you don't want to be seen as evil on a personal basis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Scotland simply doesn't need to develop Rosebank.

💨 In 2022, renewables generated 113% of Scotland’s energy consumption.
👷 Over 28,000 green jobs were advertised last year.
📤 We export 93% more energy than we import.
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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This is the "serious and systemic" bias that Davie ought to have resigned over, in June: bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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‘After environmental regulations were finally enforced and leaded gas phased out, crime in general plunged and the so-called “golden age of serial killers” came to an abrupt end.’

James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Lasdun · American Berserk: Serial Killers in Seattle
For a period beginning in the 1960s and ending around the turn of this century, the preferred form of the homicidally...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This with bells on.
I am hearing there’s a political campaign against the BBC by cynical liars and frauds who don’t care what’s real and only want to destroy it, and I can say: LOL too bad lads, you could not possibly more deserve to get wrecked by the wingnuts and cranks you were once so happy to promote.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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It’s not that it’s difficult to work out who is to blame for Britain’s rocket propelled decline: it’s right in everyone’s faces and undeniable. It’s just hard to explain who is to blame, if your continued employment depends upon you never saying it out loud.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Saturday's front page: Labour MPs now plotting to oust Starmer – as their anger grows about No 10 and plan to raise income tax
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I really struggle to understand what these anti-trans people have ever done for women in Scotland. The fight that matters to me is the one that ensures women aren't immolated or strangled by men in their lives. ✍️ @heraldscotland

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Casual dishonesty about lower violent crime for all and lower taxation for most in Scotland goes uncorrected talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/06/c...
Casual dishonesty about lower violent crime for all and lower taxation for most in Scotland goes uncorrected
Professor John Robertson OBA I don’t think I’ve commented on BBC Scotland’s Debate Night before. I’m guessing it is not much watched. However, last night I was taken by the …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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The Scottish government provides every family with a newborn with a ‘baby box’ of essentials to help them get started.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is bringing the boxes to NY.

Why can’t we have obviously good & nice things like this under a Labour government UK wide?
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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in spite of the original headline, i was simply not prepared for this vile drivel
Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Simon shining a light on Labour Government economic ignorance.
A reminder of what happened last time a UK govt tried to reduce bills by "cutting the green crap"

Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £22bn to UK energy bills since 2015

www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Conservative Councillor says "young black males" are "flooding" the UK

Contacted by Byline, she defended her comments, saying “we cannot sustain the volume of.. black males” that “jeopardises [our] security"

Asked why their skin colour matters, she replied “because they are [black], aren’t they?"
Conservative Councillor Accused of 'Old-Fashioned Racism' After Saying 'Young Black Males' Are 'Flooding' the UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pauline Giles defended her comments to Byline Times, saying that "we cannot sustain the volume of young black males" that "jeopardises the security of our country"
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.

Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.

The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM