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Norma Ballingall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🇵🇸
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Lifelong Scottish Independence supporter and pro EU. I have no time for idiots or bots and they will be blocked.
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One of my abiding impressions of Brexit is the way it slammed doors of opportunity in the faces of young people several rungs below Boris Johnson’s countless children on the ladders of privilege & advantage.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Sen. Kelly, "How many times in our country's history have you heard a president say that members of the Senate should be hanged, executed?"
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Slay me.
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I just saw a woman on Reporting Scotland referring to asylum seekers as 'fighting age men' with the clear implication that asylum seekers are here to conduct a violent invasion. That's not just a racist dog whistle, it's a racist fog horn.
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Oh no!
😭😭
( Would this have happened if we were still in the EU??)

We MUST pay more for our NHS now! It’s a priority!
NHS to pay 25% more for innovative drugs after UK–US zero-tariff deal
Agreement could cost NHS an extra £3bn a year, industry sources estimate
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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2025: Keir Starmer, "The Brexit vote was a fair democratic expression"

2020: Stewart Hosie, "The UK gov actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered in Brexit" - UK's Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

Keir Starmer now telling lies like Boris Johnson, sad
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Gosh, these racists are thick. #Disclosure
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Well it wasn’t his ‘bone spurs’.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 18h
Trump appeared open to releasing the results of a recent MRI, although he said he was unaware which part of his body was examined in the scan. https://cnn.it/4audS0a
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Swiss politicians filed a criminal complaint with the country’s top prosecutor over a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar presented to US President Donald Trump by business executives shortly before he agreed to cut tariffs on the country’s exports. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rolex, Gold Gifts to Trump Spur Call for Swiss Investigation
Swiss politicians have urged the the country’s top prosecutor to open a criminal investigation into the gifting of a Rolex table clock and an engraved gold bar to US President Donald Trump by business...
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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80!? How'd that happen?
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Another snake joins the pit of turquoise vipers… 🤮
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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He doesn’t know what part of the body they did an MRI on. Sounds plausible. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results

Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.

Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?

Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions.

Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Since we released this @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social documentary two years ago, more information has come to light that Boris Johnson went to this meeting to discuss a 'backchannel' to Putin with Alexander Lebedev, who was working for the Kremlin in Crimea at the time

youtu.be/QkZzN3XHEPY?...
Boris Johnson's KGB Links EXPOSED - John Sweeney FULL Documentary
YouTube video by Byline TV
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.

This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.

This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.

A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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When he’s gone, I know there will be a lot to do, but can we make sure the living rose garden gets restored?

Started. Going.
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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This is relatable to the point of despair. That is exactly why doing this healing is so important.
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM