Andy_European🏴
@andy-s-64.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🇪🇺 Occasionally sweary, unapologetically woke ‘saboteur Remoaner’. ‘New Scot’ happy to help build the border wall with England once Scotland’s independence is regained 😘.
Stakeholder Member of @BelieveInScotland.bsky.social, member of @scottishgreens.org
Stakeholder Member of @BelieveInScotland.bsky.social, member of @scottishgreens.org
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Scotland should no longer be a playground for sport shooters and a privileged few, many of whom destroy our wildlife and environment at the expense of our people.
We need real land reform and we need parties to commit to it ahead of #Holyrood26:
revive.scot/land-reform-...
We need real land reform and we need parties to commit to it ahead of #Holyrood26:
revive.scot/land-reform-...
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All you had to fucking do was vote for Kamala Harris.
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
All you had to fucking do was vote for Kamala Harris.
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Scumbag Pete Hegseth Throws Admiral Under the Bus, Says Navy Leader Ordered Boat Survivors Killed www.mediaite.com/politics/heg...
Hegseth Throws Admiral Under the Bus, Says Navy Leader Ordered Boat Survivors Killed
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made clear that he believes Admiral Frank Bradley is the man responsible for a U.S. attack on the survivors of a boat bombing in the Caribbean.
www.mediaite.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Scumbag Pete Hegseth Throws Admiral Under the Bus, Says Navy Leader Ordered Boat Survivors Killed www.mediaite.com/politics/heg...
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NEW: The UK Government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties
UK Government considers banning cryptocurrency donations to parties
www.thenational.scot
December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEW: The UK Government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties
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Reminder that when the Times had similar worries about Reform, its response was to give Farage this advice on implementation:
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reminder that when the Times had similar worries about Reform, its response was to give Farage this advice on implementation:
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
Can anyone explain why Wicked was so popular?
an elderly woman is sitting in a chair and saying wow this is boring
ALT: an elderly woman is sitting in a chair and saying wow this is boring
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Can anyone explain why Wicked was so popular?
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"AI will survive, but the speculative bubble surrounding it is a sign of a deeper structural problem — the cost of which, when finally realized, will fall most heavily on the working class." interesting analysis theconversation.com/the-ai-bubbl...
The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably invest.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"AI will survive, but the speculative bubble surrounding it is a sign of a deeper structural problem — the cost of which, when finally realized, will fall most heavily on the working class." interesting analysis theconversation.com/the-ai-bubbl...
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The cover for this week’s issue is “White House of Gold,” by Kenton Nelson. See what’s inside: www.newyorker.com/magazine
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The cover for this week’s issue is “White House of Gold,” by Kenton Nelson. See what’s inside: www.newyorker.com/magazine
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From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White
From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White
Leaving eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown homeless and cut off from her family should never have been sanctioned by the state, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White
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• Vaccines don’t cause autism.
• COVID-19 vaccines aren’t killing kids.
• COVID-19 *is* the leading infectious cause of death in children.
The CDC & FDA have been taken over by wellness grifters.
Posting lies as “truth” doesn’t make them true—it makes them propaganda.
• COVID-19 vaccines aren’t killing kids.
• COVID-19 *is* the leading infectious cause of death in children.
The CDC & FDA have been taken over by wellness grifters.
Posting lies as “truth” doesn’t make them true—it makes them propaganda.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
• Vaccines don’t cause autism.
• COVID-19 vaccines aren’t killing kids.
• COVID-19 *is* the leading infectious cause of death in children.
The CDC & FDA have been taken over by wellness grifters.
Posting lies as “truth” doesn’t make them true—it makes them propaganda.
• COVID-19 vaccines aren’t killing kids.
• COVID-19 *is* the leading infectious cause of death in children.
The CDC & FDA have been taken over by wellness grifters.
Posting lies as “truth” doesn’t make them true—it makes them propaganda.
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What is the purpose of these murders? Is it to scare drug traffickers? Because who it's scaring is fishermen. Drunky Pete is going to prison for a long time. Sick Murderer.
Pentagon Pete Torched by Beloved Children’s Character Publisher
The defense secretary had posted a meme of a smiling Franklin the Turtle firing a rocket at drug-smuggling boats.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What is the purpose of these murders? Is it to scare drug traffickers? Because who it's scaring is fishermen. Drunky Pete is going to prison for a long time. Sick Murderer.
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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🚨 BREAKING: Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and top diplomat Stefano Sannino are in custody after Belgian police launched raids as part of a fraud probe.
Read the story: politi.co/4pORFPb
Read the story: politi.co/4pORFPb
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and top diplomat Stefano Sannino are in custody after Belgian police launched raids as part of a fraud probe.
Read the story: politi.co/4pORFPb
Read the story: politi.co/4pORFPb
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Shit sandwich.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Shit sandwich.
Fuck me. Labour’s done it, destroying legal protections for British citizens in one fail swoop.
Jury trials to be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years
Scotland, we need to cut ourselves free NOW!
apple.news/AR2IbtWs0Swa...
Jury trials to be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years
Scotland, we need to cut ourselves free NOW!
apple.news/AR2IbtWs0Swa...
Jury trials to be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years, says Lammy – UK politics live — The Guardian
Justice secretary expected to pull back from plans to reserve jury trials from only the most serious cases
apple.news
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Fuck me. Labour’s done it, destroying legal protections for British citizens in one fail swoop.
Jury trials to be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years
Scotland, we need to cut ourselves free NOW!
apple.news/AR2IbtWs0Swa...
Jury trials to be scrapped for cases where sentences are likely to be less than three years
Scotland, we need to cut ourselves free NOW!
apple.news/AR2IbtWs0Swa...
Labour types are celebrating the imminent demise of the OBR (it aint going nowhere) because it’s a Tory quango (it isn’t).
They are laughably tribal and also utterly delusional.
Labour are finished. Move on.
Vote Green instead.
They are laughably tribal and also utterly delusional.
Labour are finished. Move on.
Vote Green instead.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Labour types are celebrating the imminent demise of the OBR (it aint going nowhere) because it’s a Tory quango (it isn’t).
They are laughably tribal and also utterly delusional.
Labour are finished. Move on.
Vote Green instead.
They are laughably tribal and also utterly delusional.
Labour are finished. Move on.
Vote Green instead.
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Losing?
“The prime minister is losing his control as cabinet members voice concern they were not given the full picture about the state of public finances”
apple.news/APgjmttn3Rgq...
“The prime minister is losing his control as cabinet members voice concern they were not given the full picture about the state of public finances”
apple.news/APgjmttn3Rgq...
‘The cabinet is a sham’: the budget fallout shows Starmer’s authority is fading — The Observer
The prime minister is losing his control as cabinet members voice concern they were not given the full picture about the state of public finances
apple.news
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Losing?
“The prime minister is losing his control as cabinet members voice concern they were not given the full picture about the state of public finances”
apple.news/APgjmttn3Rgq...
“The prime minister is losing his control as cabinet members voice concern they were not given the full picture about the state of public finances”
apple.news/APgjmttn3Rgq...
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Left: Keir Starmer makes the case for scrapping the two child benefit cap in his second budget
Right: After his first budget, where he didn't scrap the cap, he suspended 7 Labour MPs, for doing what he's arguing for today
Right: After his first budget, where he didn't scrap the cap, he suspended 7 Labour MPs, for doing what he's arguing for today
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Left: Keir Starmer makes the case for scrapping the two child benefit cap in his second budget
Right: After his first budget, where he didn't scrap the cap, he suspended 7 Labour MPs, for doing what he's arguing for today
Right: After his first budget, where he didn't scrap the cap, he suspended 7 Labour MPs, for doing what he's arguing for today
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Free Palestine
Free West Bank
Free Gaza
Of course the Abraham Accords are a pact between the sell out Arab leaders and Israel.
youtu.be/TFfDE-vu08U?...
Free West Bank
Free Gaza
Of course the Abraham Accords are a pact between the sell out Arab leaders and Israel.
youtu.be/TFfDE-vu08U?...
Fatema Al Harbi: The Arab Working Overtime to Defend Israel’s Genocide
YouTube video by MintPress News
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Free Palestine
Free West Bank
Free Gaza
Of course the Abraham Accords are a pact between the sell out Arab leaders and Israel.
youtu.be/TFfDE-vu08U?...
Free West Bank
Free Gaza
Of course the Abraham Accords are a pact between the sell out Arab leaders and Israel.
youtu.be/TFfDE-vu08U?...
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Republicans won 58% of the vote across Indiana’s US House elections in 2024, granting them an already over-representative seven of the state’s nine congressional seats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
Indiana House Unveils New Map Rigged for GOP After Months of Trump Threats | Common Dreams
After abruptly changing course following months of bullying by Trump, Indiana's State House has released a newly drawn congressional map that hands the GOP control of all nine districts in the state. ...
www.commondreams.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Republicans won 58% of the vote across Indiana’s US House elections in 2024, granting them an already over-representative seven of the state’s nine congressional seats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
The new map, published Monday, would eliminate the remaining two seats in the state held by Democrats.
“[Labour] ended up merely increasing taxes on everyone who expects a pay rise this year by freezing the income tax wage thresholds.
This is undoubtedly the laziest way to breach their own rules but a breach it does remain.”
#LabourLies
www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...
This is undoubtedly the laziest way to breach their own rules but a breach it does remain.”
#LabourLies
www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...
Technically the most Left-leaning budget in decades - so why is no-one happy? — Common Weal
The UK Budget yesterday was a strange one. This was not the budget of a confident government still glowing in its record majority win and now settling down to implement all of the campaign promises it...
www.commonweal.scot
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“[Labour] ended up merely increasing taxes on everyone who expects a pay rise this year by freezing the income tax wage thresholds.
This is undoubtedly the laziest way to breach their own rules but a breach it does remain.”
#LabourLies
www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...
This is undoubtedly the laziest way to breach their own rules but a breach it does remain.”
#LabourLies
www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...
Why and how the Scottish Government must remove the profit motive from children’s care
#ThePromise
www.commonweal.scot/policies/pro...
#ThePromise
www.commonweal.scot/policies/pro...
Why and how the Scottish Government must end private provision of children’s care — Common Weal
As part of “The Promise”, the Scottish Government pledged to remove profit-making from children’s care. This paper examines how much profit is extracted from the children’s care sector, why these stat...
www.commonweal.scot
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Why and how the Scottish Government must remove the profit motive from children’s care
#ThePromise
www.commonweal.scot/policies/pro...
#ThePromise
www.commonweal.scot/policies/pro...
Because he’s continuity Tory? Thats not ‘change’.
May as well cut out the middle man and vote Reform.
Labour are finished. They offer nothing but more pain for the majority while spoon feeding the ultra wealthy
The 33% who elected them should be barred from voting again — they’re clearly cretins.
May as well cut out the middle man and vote Reform.
Labour are finished. They offer nothing but more pain for the majority while spoon feeding the ultra wealthy
The 33% who elected them should be barred from voting again — they’re clearly cretins.
This is why Labour.
This is why Starmer.
Story via ITV.
(The BBC didn't cover it.)
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
This is why Starmer.
Story via ITV.
(The BBC didn't cover it.)
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Because he’s continuity Tory? Thats not ‘change’.
May as well cut out the middle man and vote Reform.
Labour are finished. They offer nothing but more pain for the majority while spoon feeding the ultra wealthy
The 33% who elected them should be barred from voting again — they’re clearly cretins.
May as well cut out the middle man and vote Reform.
Labour are finished. They offer nothing but more pain for the majority while spoon feeding the ultra wealthy
The 33% who elected them should be barred from voting again — they’re clearly cretins.
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ProPublica found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
propub.li
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
ProPublica found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Read the full story: propub.li/44HU4Tp
Love hands free Apple CarPlay had this interaction while out on my run to Scone yesterday 🤣
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Love hands free Apple CarPlay had this interaction while out on my run to Scone yesterday 🤣