Cailean Caimbeul
@bruiach.bsky.social
Workforce Development Manager in Social Services and pretend crofter. Photography is my wellbeing.
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My latest blog piece contrasting the Labour govt's efforts to save the Scunthorpe steel mill with its inaction when it came to saving the Grangemouth refinery.
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Grangemouth and Scunthorpe a travail of two cities
The steel works in Scunthorpe were in the news this week as the plant is threatened with closure and the Labour government is in talks with Jingye, the Chinese owners of British Steel in an attempt…
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April 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My latest blog piece contrasting the Labour govt's efforts to save the Scunthorpe steel mill with its inaction when it came to saving the Grangemouth refinery.
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My latest blog piece. The Scottish media's personality disorder. The strange inability of the Scottish media to recognise Scottish success stories
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The Scottish media’s personality disorder
If the Labour government wanted to know why so many people are claiming sickness and disability benefits for anxiety and depression, all they need to do is to cast an eye over the handiwork of thei…
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April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My latest blog piece. The Scottish media's personality disorder. The strange inability of the Scottish media to recognise Scottish success stories
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Here's an idea if we can't tax the rich maybe we should just take their stuff?
I have looked in history books and there are loads of examples of it working really well.
I have looked in history books and there are loads of examples of it working really well.
March 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here's an idea if we can't tax the rich maybe we should just take their stuff?
I have looked in history books and there are loads of examples of it working really well.
I have looked in history books and there are loads of examples of it working really well.
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The Government have decided that the two biggest sources of money, ending Brexit £42bn a year, or taxing the richest 1% the same 47% as everyone else £250bn a year, are not an option.
But there is loads of money and they are choosing not to take it.
But there is loads of money and they are choosing not to take it.
March 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Government have decided that the two biggest sources of money, ending Brexit £42bn a year, or taxing the richest 1% the same 47% as everyone else £250bn a year, are not an option.
But there is loads of money and they are choosing not to take it.
But there is loads of money and they are choosing not to take it.
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This headline is misleading. Reeves has not been "forced" to find an additional £1.6 billion in cuts to benefits. She has CHOSEN to impose more cuts on benefits because she refuses to raise taxes on the wealthiest.
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Further benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bn
Chancellor risks wrath of Labour backbenchers with spring statement set to confirm deeper cuts
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This headline is misleading. Reeves has not been "forced" to find an additional £1.6 billion in cuts to benefits. She has CHOSEN to impose more cuts on benefits because she refuses to raise taxes on the wealthiest.
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💯 RFK Jr. approved!
March 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
💯 RFK Jr. approved!
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The share of income going to the top 1% in the UK has been rising since 1980. The richest 50 families in the UK own as much as 50% of the population. But Starmer is not taxing the rich, he's punishing the sick and disabled. Thatcher would be proud of him.
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The Scale of Economic Inequality in the UK - Equality Trust
The UK has very high inequality of income compared to other developed countries. The UK's wealth inequality is much more severe than income inequality.
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March 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The share of income going to the top 1% in the UK has been rising since 1980. The richest 50 families in the UK own as much as 50% of the population. But Starmer is not taxing the rich, he's punishing the sick and disabled. Thatcher would be proud of him.
equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-econom...
equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-econom...
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If the Covid Inquiry hopes to have any credibility it needs to look at the so called VIP lane, and in public, not private.
March 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If the Covid Inquiry hopes to have any credibility it needs to look at the so called VIP lane, and in public, not private.
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Scotland, let's do this times 100,000 when the Putin loving Orange balloon visits Scotland. It's what Janey Godley would have wanted, now more than ever.
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Scotland, let's do this times 100,000 when the Putin loving Orange balloon visits Scotland. It's what Janey Godley would have wanted, now more than ever.
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The Gender Recognition Reform Bill would bring Scotland in line with global best practice
It was extensively consulted on, evidence was heard from across society, and it passed overwhelmingly
But for Scottish Labour your human rights will never be as important as a good headline in the Daily mail
It was extensively consulted on, evidence was heard from across society, and it passed overwhelmingly
But for Scottish Labour your human rights will never be as important as a good headline in the Daily mail
NEW: Anas Sarwar has said Scottish Labour 'regrets' supporting the Gender Recognition Reform bill.
'Knowing what we know now, we would not have supported the bill,' the Scottish Labour leader told the Holyrood Sources podcast in a screeching U-turn
'Knowing what we know now, we would not have supported the bill,' the Scottish Labour leader told the Holyrood Sources podcast in a screeching U-turn
February 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Gender Recognition Reform Bill would bring Scotland in line with global best practice
It was extensively consulted on, evidence was heard from across society, and it passed overwhelmingly
But for Scottish Labour your human rights will never be as important as a good headline in the Daily mail
It was extensively consulted on, evidence was heard from across society, and it passed overwhelmingly
But for Scottish Labour your human rights will never be as important as a good headline in the Daily mail
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NEW: Nicola Sturgeon is '100 per cent' certain Scottish independence will happen in her lifetime
Nicola Sturgeon: I am '100 per cent' sure I will live to see Scottish independence
NICOLA Sturgeon has said she is 100 per cent certain Scotland will become independent in her lifetime.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
NEW: Nicola Sturgeon is '100 per cent' certain Scottish independence will happen in her lifetime
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NEW: Labour ministers must be investigated for 'denying or even justifying' genocide in Gaza, a UN special rapporteur has said
Read the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2491980...
Read the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2491980...
February 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
NEW: Labour ministers must be investigated for 'denying or even justifying' genocide in Gaza, a UN special rapporteur has said
Read the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2491980...
Read the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2491980...
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Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.
But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.
But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell.
But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.
But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.
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This is horrific, Scotland needs to get out of this English nationalist hellscape.
‼️NEW | Reform projected to win 300+ seats
🟣 REF 29% (+2)
🔴 LAB 25% (+2)
🔵 CON 18% (-3)
🟠 LD 13% (+2)
🟢 GRN 10% (-)
Via FindoutnowUK, 5 Feb (+/- vs 27 Jan)
🟣 REF 29% (+2)
🔴 LAB 25% (+2)
🔵 CON 18% (-3)
🟠 LD 13% (+2)
🟢 GRN 10% (-)
Via FindoutnowUK, 5 Feb (+/- vs 27 Jan)
February 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is horrific, Scotland needs to get out of this English nationalist hellscape.
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What a pity Fergus Ewing didn't take the opportunity, while given a platform on @lbc.co.uk with Andrew Marr, to remind everyone that we were told in 2014 that there was no more oil. Massive missed opportunity 😡.
February 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What a pity Fergus Ewing didn't take the opportunity, while given a platform on @lbc.co.uk with Andrew Marr, to remind everyone that we were told in 2014 that there was no more oil. Massive missed opportunity 😡.
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Iceland is sub-Arctic. Scotland isn't. Yet energy there costs less than a quarter of bills here. And that's not just cos of geothermal power - it's how that power is owned. Third wee film in Resilient Iceland series now online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXBE...
February 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Iceland is sub-Arctic. Scotland isn't. Yet energy there costs less than a quarter of bills here. And that's not just cos of geothermal power - it's how that power is owned. Third wee film in Resilient Iceland series now online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXBE...
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Reform continues to rise as a manifestation of the Death of Liberal England, and with it, inevitably comes the Death of Scottish Labour. England’s turn to what is politely termed ‘right-wing populism’ has potentially lethal consequences for the Union
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The Strange Death of Liberal England
The title comes from a famous (or used-to-be famous) book written by George Dangerfield, and published in 1935. The book surveys the collapse of the Liberal Party after a resounding electoral trium…
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February 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reform continues to rise as a manifestation of the Death of Liberal England, and with it, inevitably comes the Death of Scottish Labour. England’s turn to what is politely termed ‘right-wing populism’ has potentially lethal consequences for the Union
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/02/02/t...
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Happy Imbolc! This old Celtic festival marks the start of spring, the beginning of the lambing season, and may have been dedicated to a goddess called Brigit, later St Brigid - the first female saint in Irish literature.
February 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy Imbolc! This old Celtic festival marks the start of spring, the beginning of the lambing season, and may have been dedicated to a goddess called Brigit, later St Brigid - the first female saint in Irish literature.
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The Growth Fantasy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/01/28/t... @degrowthuk.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy @timescarcass.bsky.social @degrowth.bsky.social @degrowthinfo.bsky.social #degrowth
The Growth Fantasy
The BBC’s Newsnight Editor tell us that the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves entered the room for the PLP meeting clapping her hands saying: “growth, growth, growth”. The obsession with growth as a …
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January 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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So Rachel Reeves' big infrastructure investment to boost the Scottish economy is...
...drum roll...
...a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Nothing for Wales or Northern Ireland either.
They're not even bothering to hide their Anglo-centric contempt for the rest of the UK.
...drum roll...
...a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Nothing for Wales or Northern Ireland either.
They're not even bothering to hide their Anglo-centric contempt for the rest of the UK.
January 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
So Rachel Reeves' big infrastructure investment to boost the Scottish economy is...
...drum roll...
...a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Nothing for Wales or Northern Ireland either.
They're not even bothering to hide their Anglo-centric contempt for the rest of the UK.
...drum roll...
...a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Nothing for Wales or Northern Ireland either.
They're not even bothering to hide their Anglo-centric contempt for the rest of the UK.