Alison Rodger
@alisonro.bsky.social
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People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion. The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
People in Scotland want an asylum system that is controlled, that they have confidence in, and that shows compassion. The Home Secretary’s proposals do none of these things.
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
We need a humane, effective and efficient system 🧡
Read our full response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/asylum-immig...
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The MoD has identified disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites for their £1.5bn rearmament plans to make more bombs and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside - with @theferret.scot 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The MoD has identified disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites for their £1.5bn rearmament plans to make more bombs and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside - with @theferret.scot 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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My greatest disappointment with Starmer is the continuation of this same old game. Half-arsed policy with focus on electoral dynamics over effectiveness. Underlying situation gets worse. Then you complain the border is out of control, when in fact it is your policymaking which has failed.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My greatest disappointment with Starmer is the continuation of this same old game. Half-arsed policy with focus on electoral dynamics over effectiveness. Underlying situation gets worse. Then you complain the border is out of control, when in fact it is your policymaking which has failed.
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It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Christmas is coming up and any support after a difficult year as an indie artist is very welcome. Please have a look through my website wgsaraband.com and consider a painting that's truly unique, all-human made, and lasts a lifetime.
Geometric kingfishers, silly cats, Scottish landscapes and more!
Geometric kingfishers, silly cats, Scottish landscapes and more!
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Christmas is coming up and any support after a difficult year as an indie artist is very welcome. Please have a look through my website wgsaraband.com and consider a painting that's truly unique, all-human made, and lasts a lifetime.
Geometric kingfishers, silly cats, Scottish landscapes and more!
Geometric kingfishers, silly cats, Scottish landscapes and more!
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My annual good gift guide - just out!
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My annual good gift guide - just out!
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
A round-up of where to buy gifts from charities, museums and small businesses. Includes 80+ links.
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*Monday November 17th 21:40
☃️SNOW TUESDAY UPDATE SCOTLAND☃️
Windy says this is how it's looking tomorrow morning give or take
Mind though. For many it's a non-event
But it will be COLD and ICY so watch they roads first thing
Night 👋
☃️SNOW TUESDAY UPDATE SCOTLAND☃️
Windy says this is how it's looking tomorrow morning give or take
Mind though. For many it's a non-event
But it will be COLD and ICY so watch they roads first thing
Night 👋
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
*Monday November 17th 21:40
☃️SNOW TUESDAY UPDATE SCOTLAND☃️
Windy says this is how it's looking tomorrow morning give or take
Mind though. For many it's a non-event
But it will be COLD and ICY so watch they roads first thing
Night 👋
☃️SNOW TUESDAY UPDATE SCOTLAND☃️
Windy says this is how it's looking tomorrow morning give or take
Mind though. For many it's a non-event
But it will be COLD and ICY so watch they roads first thing
Night 👋
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Another example of decipherable housing history in Detling, Kent.
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Another example of decipherable housing history in Detling, Kent.
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This is amazing - Blitz Club with pre-fame Steve Strange and Marilyn, mod revival with live footage of The Merton Parkas and Secret Affair, plus a glamourous trip to the Roller Disco!
Directed by and narrated by Australian director Lyndall Hobbs.
Directed by and narrated by Australian director Lyndall Hobbs.
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is amazing - Blitz Club with pre-fame Steve Strange and Marilyn, mod revival with live footage of The Merton Parkas and Secret Affair, plus a glamourous trip to the Roller Disco!
Directed by and narrated by Australian director Lyndall Hobbs.
Directed by and narrated by Australian director Lyndall Hobbs.
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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"The Home Office has re-assessed Peru and finds that it is no longer the deepest, or the darkest on our list. It is therefore safe for you to return, and we will compel you to do so within 1 week of receipt of this letter. Your marmalade sandwiches have been confiscated in lieu of your costs."
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"The Home Office has re-assessed Peru and finds that it is no longer the deepest, or the darkest on our list. It is therefore safe for you to return, and we will compel you to do so within 1 week of receipt of this letter. Your marmalade sandwiches have been confiscated in lieu of your costs."
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Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
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Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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I look at the gov't right now and I keep thinking back to a piece by @iandunt.bsky.social years ago, about how he got lost in the jungle and - I paraphrase - was so scared of stopping, accepting he was lost, and recalibrating, that he kept walking, kept making decisions that got him more lost.
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve: Stella Creasy
“That the number of people seeking refuge in the UK has increased in the past year reflects not a generosity of our system, but the chaos of our world”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“That the number of people seeking refuge in the UK has increased in the past year reflects not a generosity of our system, but the chaos of our world”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I look at the gov't right now and I keep thinking back to a piece by @iandunt.bsky.social years ago, about how he got lost in the jungle and - I paraphrase - was so scared of stopping, accepting he was lost, and recalibrating, that he kept walking, kept making decisions that got him more lost.
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So now Labour have also adopted the far right lie that arriving here by boat, when there are no safe, legal routes, makes you illegal. They are utterly lost.
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So now Labour have also adopted the far right lie that arriving here by boat, when there are no safe, legal routes, makes you illegal. They are utterly lost.
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“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
Duke Health researchers announces breakthrough in breast cancer vaccine trial
A small group of women with advanced breast cancer participated in a trial where they received a vaccine, and all are alive today.
abc11.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“ABC11 spoke with Lori Lober, a study participant. Initially, she was given a grim prognosis, with median survival rate of less than 2 to 3% for five years. However, the trial at Duke Health gave her new hope. She has remained disease-free for 24 years.”
I could cry.
I could cry.
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There are just a few copies of my book, The Trumpton Project, left.
It's the perfect gift for family, friends, enemies, strangers or aliens.
Get yours here : mikedicksart.com/products/the...
It's the perfect gift for family, friends, enemies, strangers or aliens.
Get yours here : mikedicksart.com/products/the...
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
There are just a few copies of my book, The Trumpton Project, left.
It's the perfect gift for family, friends, enemies, strangers or aliens.
Get yours here : mikedicksart.com/products/the...
It's the perfect gift for family, friends, enemies, strangers or aliens.
Get yours here : mikedicksart.com/products/the...
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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If you missed the news, we now do hot chocolate and it’s dangerously cosy!
Our Christmas limited edition Speculoos Hot Chocolate is handcrafted with real finely grounded chocolate! Spiced with our signature Speculoos blend, it’s rich, smooth, and perfect for curling up on chilly evenings.
Our Christmas limited edition Speculoos Hot Chocolate is handcrafted with real finely grounded chocolate! Spiced with our signature Speculoos blend, it’s rich, smooth, and perfect for curling up on chilly evenings.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you missed the news, we now do hot chocolate and it’s dangerously cosy!
Our Christmas limited edition Speculoos Hot Chocolate is handcrafted with real finely grounded chocolate! Spiced with our signature Speculoos blend, it’s rich, smooth, and perfect for curling up on chilly evenings.
Our Christmas limited edition Speculoos Hot Chocolate is handcrafted with real finely grounded chocolate! Spiced with our signature Speculoos blend, it’s rich, smooth, and perfect for curling up on chilly evenings.