KeithN
@borderslad.bsky.social
Proud Scot and European from the Scottish Borders. Enjoy running, cycling, rugby as well as the Common Ridings and the odd beer or two. All views are my own.
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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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Yes, we should reject it entirely. In every role…
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yes, we should reject it entirely. In every role…
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Pictures of Donald Trump are included among at least 16 documents that have disappeared from the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice (DOJ)
news.sky.com/story/images...
news.sky.com/story/images...
Images of Trump among documents removed from latest Epstein files release
One of 16 documents missing from the release includes two photos of the president; one of him with women in swimsuits and the other of him and his wife with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
news.sky.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Pictures of Donald Trump are included among at least 16 documents that have disappeared from the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice (DOJ)
news.sky.com/story/images...
news.sky.com/story/images...
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🇬🇧 It’s fundamental to the ‘bbc North britain’ propaganda strategy to showcase and promote the unionist party most likely to challenge the SNP
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
🏴🇪🇺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
🏴🇪🇺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The 'fed up' Scottish town that voted for Reform UK
Why did the people of Whitburn - and nearby Blackburn - choose Nigel Farage's party over others?
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🇬🇧 It’s fundamental to the ‘bbc North britain’ propaganda strategy to showcase and promote the unionist party most likely to challenge the SNP
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
🏴🇪🇺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In recent years the bbc have moved from championing the Tories & Ruthie Davidson, to Labour & Sarwar, and now it’s Refash uk
🏴🇪🇺
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Absent from various front pages of the “Scottish” media is this reply to Baillie from the presiding officer!
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff
Professor John Robertson OBA In my post earlier, I pointed out that there were no confirmed reports, ever, of an employer being spied on by an employee in the UK but many of the opposite. The suppo…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Absent from various front pages of the “Scottish” media is this reply to Baillie from the presiding officer!
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
“No evidence that any SNP MSP was spied on by staff” talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/20/n...
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So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed.
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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I couldn’t be more embarrassed for the people who put this man in power…
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I couldn’t be more embarrassed for the people who put this man in power…
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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This is an absolute scandal, the Ajax Tank which has already cost the taxpayer £billions could be scrapped or may run for another “decade” because of health and safety issues.
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is an absolute scandal, the Ajax Tank which has already cost the taxpayer £billions could be scrapped or may run for another “decade” because of health and safety issues.
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
But hay ho nothing to see here, let’s talk about “THE FERRIES ⛴️” #DefundtheBBC 👇
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In the sixth largest economy, millions of Britons rely on food banks.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
‘Bills keep going higher’: community ‘warm spaces’ on the rise in the UK
As places such as Walworth Living Room step in to help people in need, charities lament lack of government help
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In the sixth largest economy, millions of Britons rely on food banks.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.
Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
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In Victorian England poverty, ill health and low wages were not caused by immigrants.
It was the greed and indifference of the ruling class that was to blame.
Just as it is today..👇
It was the greed and indifference of the ruling class that was to blame.
Just as it is today..👇
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In Victorian England poverty, ill health and low wages were not caused by immigrants.
It was the greed and indifference of the ruling class that was to blame.
Just as it is today..👇
It was the greed and indifference of the ruling class that was to blame.
Just as it is today..👇
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
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So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed.👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/
December 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed.👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/
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Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Poorest Britons lose right to financial privacy.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on the bank accounts of recipients of universal credit; employment and support allowance; state pension credit.
No court order needed. No right of appeal.
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In the 1950, 60s and 70s the Government actually did things.
Now it begs billionaires to do them, it is pathetic.
Lets take back control.
Now it begs billionaires to do them, it is pathetic.
Lets take back control.
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In the 1950, 60s and 70s the Government actually did things.
Now it begs billionaires to do them, it is pathetic.
Lets take back control.
Now it begs billionaires to do them, it is pathetic.
Lets take back control.
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After months of uncertainty, the UK government’s support for Grangemouth is welcome and long overdue.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
New £150m funding package to protect jobs at Grangemouth
The UK government and owners Ineos say the funding will support 500 jobs at the site's ethylene plant.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
After months of uncertainty, the UK government’s support for Grangemouth is welcome and long overdue.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
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50p Dougie get his whole interview platformed on BBC Shortbread so they can platform 🇬🇧 🐂 💩 propaganda whereas as the🏴 FM gets virtually zero positive coverage!!! Wake up Scotland 🏴 they are gaslighting a nation! 🤬
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
50p Dougie get his whole interview platformed on BBC Shortbread so they can platform 🇬🇧 🐂 💩 propaganda whereas as the🏴 FM gets virtually zero positive coverage!!! Wake up Scotland 🏴 they are gaslighting a nation! 🤬
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When oh when are the British people
going to receive an apology
from Nigel Farage and the other UKIP liars!
going to receive an apology
from Nigel Farage and the other UKIP liars!
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When oh when are the British people
going to receive an apology
from Nigel Farage and the other UKIP liars!
going to receive an apology
from Nigel Farage and the other UKIP liars!
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"REVEALED: How foreign polluters pour cash into British think tank to influence UK politics" open.substack.com/pub/ourfairf...
REVEALED: How foreign polluters pour cash into British think tank to influence UK politics
Exxon and Shell among polluters who meddle with our domestic policy to serve their profiteering while the world burns
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"REVEALED: How foreign polluters pour cash into British think tank to influence UK politics" open.substack.com/pub/ourfairf...
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Unemployment statistics NOT reported by BBC/ITV or SkyNews
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Unemployment statistics NOT reported by BBC/ITV or SkyNews
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
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