Gill Bird
@burtybird.bsky.social
Looking forward to an Independent Scotland taking her rightful place within the EU family. living quietly in Scotland, hoping for a better future. Interested in MMT
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"Why don’t we fight back? Because land is power. Every single piece of credible research says that Scots overwhelmingly do want to fight back. Land reform is wildly popular, supported by overwhelming majorities. Yet still it doesn’t happen. Why?"
#LandReform
#Scotland🏴
#LandReform
#Scotland🏴
Land is power – Scotland’s people have none
Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation
bylines.scot
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"Why don’t we fight back? Because land is power. Every single piece of credible research says that Scots overwhelmingly do want to fight back. Land reform is wildly popular, supported by overwhelming majorities. Yet still it doesn’t happen. Why?"
#LandReform
#Scotland🏴
#LandReform
#Scotland🏴
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Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
The Alternative Budget 2025 – The Background
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long.
I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewh...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rachel Reeves has already made a complete mess of her Budget, so I thought I should offer an alternative. This is the first part. There are several more to come. When the country's economy is failing, it's time to be radical. Nothing less will do. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is youtu.be/8LyKv8veLCc?...
Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Why money isn’t our limit — but political courage is youtu.be/8LyKv8veLCc?...
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“Climate change is already biting.”
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
Outgoing Broads boss: the unstoppable rise of the waters
Outgoing Broads Authority chief executive John Packman warns climate change is “already biting” as rising seas threaten Norfolk’s wetlands
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Climate change is already biting.”
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
The outgoing Broads Authority chief, Dr John Packman, warns Norfolk’s wetlands can’t be saved by resisting the sea.
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How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station like Labour’s new one proposed for Anglesey, 360km from Westminster? It depends whom you ask but EVERY German study says it doubled childhood leukaemia risk talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/16/h...
How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station like Labour’s new one proposed for Anglesey, 360km from Westminster? It depends whom you ask but EVERY German study says it doubled childho...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
How dangerous is it to live 5km from a nuclear power station like Labour’s new one proposed for Anglesey, 360km from Westminster? It depends whom you ask but EVERY German study says it doubled childhood leukaemia risk talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/16/h...
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English judges in England’s Supreme Court over-rule Scotland’s research based changes to protect victims of rape like this talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/16/e...
English judges in England’s Supreme Court over-rule Scotland’s research based changes to protect victims of rape like this
The Supreme Court in London – 10 to 2, peely-wally old guys Professor John Robertson OBA There was little chance that the Sunday Daily Record would report this honestly as their Holyrood 2026…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
English judges in England’s Supreme Court over-rule Scotland’s research based changes to protect victims of rape like this talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/16/e...
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This is Richard Smith and he thinks it’s ok to hit horses. Shame on him.
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is Richard Smith and he thinks it’s ok to hit horses. Shame on him.
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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Tickets are now available for previews of Pride, the theatre production based on the hit film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, at Sherman Theatre
Ticket sale begins for Pride the Musical previews
Tickets are now available for previews of Pride, the theatre production based on the hit film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, at Sherman Theatre. The musical will run in Cardiff from 31 Ma...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tickets are now available for previews of Pride, the theatre production based on the hit film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, at Sherman Theatre
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Disgusting when Chief executive Louise Beardmore is paid £840,000 every year! United Utilities has reported a 131% increase in profit for the 6 months ending on 30/9. That follows ‘regulator’ Ofwat approving a five year plan to raise people’s bills in the North West by 32%, starting April 2025.
United Utilities just hiked your bills—and saw a 131% profit surge
United Utilities is paying more than half the profit to shareholders, exposing its ‘infrastructure investment’ claims as a PR smokescreen
www.thecanary.co
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Disgusting when Chief executive Louise Beardmore is paid £840,000 every year! United Utilities has reported a 131% increase in profit for the 6 months ending on 30/9. That follows ‘regulator’ Ofwat approving a five year plan to raise people’s bills in the North West by 32%, starting April 2025.
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Ten years ago, Storm Abigail became the first UK storm with a name. Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. Here’s how it works and some of the biggest storms we’ve seen since then.
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@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Ten years of naming storms and saving lives
The Met Office’s storm-naming scheme marks its tenth year, transforming how Britain prepares for extreme weather
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ten years ago, Storm Abigail became the first UK storm with a name. Since then, clear warnings have saved countless lives. Here’s how it works and some of the biggest storms we’ve seen since then.
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@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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A snapshot of life without human rights- i.e. without the protection of the ECHR!!! it's just horrific😰
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Patronato: My mum was a 17-year-old free spirit in Franco's Spain - so she was locked up and put in a coma
Marina's mother was held against her will in a convent in 1960s Spain under Franco's regime.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A snapshot of life without human rights- i.e. without the protection of the ECHR!!! it's just horrific😰
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Make people reapply for leave 8 times? Right now there are hundreds of people with refugee status in limbo because they have applied for indefinite leave in time after 5 years and not got a response. They're legally here with full rights and no papers to show for it. Home Office can't cope.
We don’t make most people (again, with exceptions for those committing offences) re-apply for asylum on a regular basis or make their status ‘permanently temporary‘, so to speak, for two good reasons 2/
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Make people reapply for leave 8 times? Right now there are hundreds of people with refugee status in limbo because they have applied for indefinite leave in time after 5 years and not got a response. They're legally here with full rights and no papers to show for it. Home Office can't cope.
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New look @theferret.scot website featuring a superb investigation that demands Scotland consider how to crack down on land ownership transparency loopholes. www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
From Moscow to Paisley: How a blacklisted Russian oligarch secretly invested in Scottish car parks
A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a UK property portfolio under the veil of secretive offshore trusts, The Ferret can reveal. Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation i...
www.theferret.scot
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New look @theferret.scot website featuring a superb investigation that demands Scotland consider how to crack down on land ownership transparency loopholes. www.theferret.scot/russian-olig...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Danny Kruger claims migrant men represent a disproportionate threat to women.
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
Reform UK Danny Kruger: Migrants are a threat to women & girls
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Danny Kruger claims migrant men represent a disproportionate threat to women.
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
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Credit : Cath Jones Scottish Currency Group
“Listen to this speech…our own currency is what drives connecting what we CAN do to how we mobilise our resources to do it. "All without borrowing a single penny from outside Scotland"
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“Listen to this speech…our own currency is what drives connecting what we CAN do to how we mobilise our resources to do it. "All without borrowing a single penny from outside Scotland"
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97K views · 3.2K reactions | 🇨🇦 “If we could mobilize the financial, material, and human resources of this country to fight a successful war against Nazi tyranny, we can, if we want to, mobilize the s...
🇨🇦 “If we could mobilize the financial, material, and human resources of this country to fight a successful war against Nazi tyranny, we can, if we want to, mobilize the same resources to fight a...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Credit : Cath Jones Scottish Currency Group
“Listen to this speech…our own currency is what drives connecting what we CAN do to how we mobilise our resources to do it. "All without borrowing a single penny from outside Scotland"
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“Listen to this speech…our own currency is what drives connecting what we CAN do to how we mobilise our resources to do it. "All without borrowing a single penny from outside Scotland"
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When, inevitably, Labour's latest round of dog whistle anti-asylum measures don't appease the far right enough, exactly how far will those defending them today stomach it before they twig that the only way to beat the likes of Reform is to counter their messaging, not reinforce it?
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When, inevitably, Labour's latest round of dog whistle anti-asylum measures don't appease the far right enough, exactly how far will those defending them today stomach it before they twig that the only way to beat the likes of Reform is to counter their messaging, not reinforce it?
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Wes Streeting urged to explain '£200k from private health-linked donors' 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2562426...
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Wes Streeting urged to 'come clean over £200k from private-health linked donors'
WES Streeting has been urged to “come clean” about the benefits private healthcare companies are reaping for alleged donations worth more than…
www.thenational.scot
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wes Streeting urged to explain '£200k from private health-linked donors' 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2562426...
www.thenational.scot/news/2562426...
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President Stubb:
In World War II, Stalin was in Berlin in four years. We're almost four years into the war and Russia is nowhere near Kyiv and they're not going to get there.
In World War II, Stalin was in Berlin in four years. We're almost four years into the war and Russia is nowhere near Kyiv and they're not going to get there.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
President Stubb:
In World War II, Stalin was in Berlin in four years. We're almost four years into the war and Russia is nowhere near Kyiv and they're not going to get there.
In World War II, Stalin was in Berlin in four years. We're almost four years into the war and Russia is nowhere near Kyiv and they're not going to get there.
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Keir Starmer is the most unpopular UK Prime Minister on record with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social. Starmer’s net satisfaction rating is a -66%. Worse even than Liz Truss, Sunak, Boris Johnson, Brown, Blair, John Major & Margaret Thatcher. How long has he got in office?
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Keir Starmer is the most unpopular UK Prime Minister on record with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social. Starmer’s net satisfaction rating is a -66%. Worse even than Liz Truss, Sunak, Boris Johnson, Brown, Blair, John Major & Margaret Thatcher. How long has he got in office?