McScoobertDoo
@craig-mc.bsky.social
Here’s where I’m meant to sound clever and interesting. Mission accomplished!
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"I know from personal experience as a MP for over 20 years, that donations buy better access, and therefore potentially more influence."
— Tom Brake, a former Lib Dem MP and director of Unlock Democracy
https://www.theferret.scot/political-parties-lobbying-groups-scotland/
— Tom Brake, a former Lib Dem MP and director of Unlock Democracy
https://www.theferret.scot/political-parties-lobbying-groups-scotland/
January 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
"I know from personal experience as a MP for over 20 years, that donations buy better access, and therefore potentially more influence."
— Tom Brake, a former Lib Dem MP and director of Unlock Democracy
https://www.theferret.scot/political-parties-lobbying-groups-scotland/
— Tom Brake, a former Lib Dem MP and director of Unlock Democracy
https://www.theferret.scot/political-parties-lobbying-groups-scotland/
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Palantir – and every corporation that profits from occupation, surveillance, genocide and war – has no place in our society and should never again receive a penny of public money.
Me in @opendemocracy.net: www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sut...
Me in @opendemocracy.net: www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sut...
Zarah Sultana: Palantir has no place in UK public services
From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?
www.opendemocracy.net
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Palantir – and every corporation that profits from occupation, surveillance, genocide and war – has no place in our society and should never again receive a penny of public money.
Me in @opendemocracy.net: www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sut...
Me in @opendemocracy.net: www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sut...
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🔴NEW: The UK’s leading organic verification company is trying to dodge freedom of information law, in a case which could have important implications for transparency.
Find out more: https://www.theferret.scot/organic-food-certification-scrutiny/
Find out more: https://www.theferret.scot/organic-food-certification-scrutiny/
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
🔴NEW: The UK’s leading organic verification company is trying to dodge freedom of information law, in a case which could have important implications for transparency.
Find out more: https://www.theferret.scot/organic-food-certification-scrutiny/
Find out more: https://www.theferret.scot/organic-food-certification-scrutiny/
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Great documentary capturing the first Edinburgh IndiePop Alldayer from October. Very much looking forward to this year’s event.
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
EDINBURGH INDIEPOP ALL-DAYER 2025
YouTube video by eipcollective
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Great documentary capturing the first Edinburgh IndiePop Alldayer from October. Very much looking forward to this year’s event.
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
Great documentary capturing the first Edinburgh IndiePop Alldayer from October. Very much looking forward to this year’s event.
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
EDINBURGH INDIEPOP ALL-DAYER 2025
YouTube video by eipcollective
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Great documentary capturing the first Edinburgh IndiePop Alldayer from October. Very much looking forward to this year’s event.
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
#edinburgh #indiepop #music
youtu.be/_HN_hLGqaxE?...
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Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
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Let's just recap what the Scottish government has delivered in the last 18 years.
Now tell me is it not worth keeping a government with a track record that actually improves lives & has the interests of Scotland at it's heart?
Or would you vote for one who will put England first?
#AreYouYesYet
Now tell me is it not worth keeping a government with a track record that actually improves lives & has the interests of Scotland at it's heart?
Or would you vote for one who will put England first?
#AreYouYesYet
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Let's just recap what the Scottish government has delivered in the last 18 years.
Now tell me is it not worth keeping a government with a track record that actually improves lives & has the interests of Scotland at it's heart?
Or would you vote for one who will put England first?
#AreYouYesYet
Now tell me is it not worth keeping a government with a track record that actually improves lives & has the interests of Scotland at it's heart?
Or would you vote for one who will put England first?
#AreYouYesYet
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I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
December 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
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Tomorrow is the deadline for release of the Epstein files. I have a funny feeling we’re not gonna get them.
As for me I already have all I need.
As for me I already have all I need.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tomorrow is the deadline for release of the Epstein files. I have a funny feeling we’re not gonna get them.
As for me I already have all I need.
As for me I already have all I need.
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Zohran doubles down on his call to cap resale! While his focus is on FIFA, this is something that musicians have backed all over the US, and is already the law in much of the rest of the world. Last month, the UK joined the growing list of countries capping resale at face value.
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Zohran doubles down on his call to cap resale! While his focus is on FIFA, this is something that musicians have backed all over the US, and is already the law in much of the rest of the world. Last month, the UK joined the growing list of countries capping resale at face value.
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27 years ago this week, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton were bombing Iraq.
Declassified files show Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliament Britain had “the proper legal authority”.
www.declassifieduk.org/blair-misled...
Declassified files show Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliament Britain had “the proper legal authority”.
www.declassifieduk.org/blair-misled...
Blair misled parliament over 1998 Iraq bombing, files show
Declassified documents from 1998, when the UK and US bombed Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, show Tony Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliame...
www.declassifieduk.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
27 years ago this week, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton were bombing Iraq.
Declassified files show Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliament Britain had “the proper legal authority”.
www.declassifieduk.org/blair-misled...
Declassified files show Blair was consistently informed military action was unlawful without UN authorisation. But he told parliament Britain had “the proper legal authority”.
www.declassifieduk.org/blair-misled...
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The Green Brigade Food Drive is happening this Sunday.
Bring something. Every item matters 🍀
#GreenBrigade #CelticFoodDrive #WalkFromStMarys
Bring something. Every item matters 🍀
#GreenBrigade #CelticFoodDrive #WalkFromStMarys
December 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Green Brigade Food Drive is happening this Sunday.
Bring something. Every item matters 🍀
#GreenBrigade #CelticFoodDrive #WalkFromStMarys
Bring something. Every item matters 🍀
#GreenBrigade #CelticFoodDrive #WalkFromStMarys
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“There is no other way to put it. They were trying to rip a food bank off”
bit.ly/4rz8SNY
bit.ly/4rz8SNY
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“There is no other way to put it. They were trying to rip a food bank off”
bit.ly/4rz8SNY
bit.ly/4rz8SNY
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The UK doesn't recognise Maduro in Venezuela "because of the way in which the election was conducted", says foreign minister Baroness Chapman.
Her ally Sisi of Egypt "won" "elections" with 90% of the vote in 2023 and came to power after the massacre of 1,000 people in 2013.
#DCUKparliament
Her ally Sisi of Egypt "won" "elections" with 90% of the vote in 2023 and came to power after the massacre of 1,000 people in 2013.
#DCUKparliament
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The UK doesn't recognise Maduro in Venezuela "because of the way in which the election was conducted", says foreign minister Baroness Chapman.
Her ally Sisi of Egypt "won" "elections" with 90% of the vote in 2023 and came to power after the massacre of 1,000 people in 2013.
#DCUKparliament
Her ally Sisi of Egypt "won" "elections" with 90% of the vote in 2023 and came to power after the massacre of 1,000 people in 2013.
#DCUKparliament
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The BBC has refused to issue a public correction after Laura Kuenssberg made false claims about a UK Government deal for shipbuilding on the Clyde
BBC refuses to issue correction after Laura Kuenssberg error on Scotland funding
www.thenational.scot
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The BBC has refused to issue a public correction after Laura Kuenssberg made false claims about a UK Government deal for shipbuilding on the Clyde
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As billionaire owned papers tell the poor to pity millionaires, Britain’s fash dads are groomed by foreign bot farms. Nothing screams “take our country back” like funding Lamborghinis for the foreigners you claim to hate because you fell for their fake racism. Unbelievable.
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
Fash Dads Fund Foreign Bots? Yes, Really…
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As billionaire owned papers tell the poor to pity millionaires, Britain’s fash dads are groomed by foreign bot farms. Nothing screams “take our country back” like funding Lamborghinis for the foreigners you claim to hate because you fell for their fake racism. Unbelievable.
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
youtu.be/JDyGTaLKp5o?...
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Just to note that Stephen Delahunty for @bylinetimes.bsky.social reported on the strange PPE deals for Luxe Lifestyle and Ayanda within months of the Pandemic
The wheels of justice grind exceeding slow
👉 17 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/02/l...
👉 20 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/17/r...
The wheels of justice grind exceeding slow
👉 17 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/02/l...
👉 20 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/17/r...
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just to note that Stephen Delahunty for @bylinetimes.bsky.social reported on the strange PPE deals for Luxe Lifestyle and Ayanda within months of the Pandemic
The wheels of justice grind exceeding slow
👉 17 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/02/l...
👉 20 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/17/r...
The wheels of justice grind exceeding slow
👉 17 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/02/l...
👉 20 July 2020 bylinetimes.com/2020/07/17/r...
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It appears the UK government is not taking any steps to investigate or help investigate Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
With Russia in Ukraine, the UK is giving millions to the ICC to investigate war crimes.
Some war crimes are more acceptable than others.
#DCUKparliament
With Russia in Ukraine, the UK is giving millions to the ICC to investigate war crimes.
Some war crimes are more acceptable than others.
#DCUKparliament
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
It appears the UK government is not taking any steps to investigate or help investigate Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
With Russia in Ukraine, the UK is giving millions to the ICC to investigate war crimes.
Some war crimes are more acceptable than others.
#DCUKparliament
With Russia in Ukraine, the UK is giving millions to the ICC to investigate war crimes.
Some war crimes are more acceptable than others.
#DCUKparliament
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The Scottish Government told us it was “not aware” of the plans for Scottish sites and was “engaging urgently” with the Ministry of Defence
www.theferret.scot/m...
www.theferret.scot/m...
MoD confirms potential Scottish bomb sites after Ferret revelations
Government names areas being assessed for new munitions plants after The Ferret uncovers hidden details in a botched FoI response.
www.theferret.scot
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Scottish Government told us it was “not aware” of the plans for Scottish sites and was “engaging urgently” with the Ministry of Defence
www.theferret.scot/m...
www.theferret.scot/m...
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The PM that has pandered to the far right since taking power, using the divisive term, ‘an island of strangers’, and the stop the boats deportation and anti immigration narrative…the PM who ‘likes flags’ rather than addressing the racism behind them…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wake up 🏴!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wake up 🏴!
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The PM that has pandered to the far right since taking power, using the divisive term, ‘an island of strangers’, and the stop the boats deportation and anti immigration narrative…the PM who ‘likes flags’ rather than addressing the racism behind them…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wake up 🏴!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Wake up 🏴!
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🔴‘The BBC’s Surrender to Trump Is a Moment of Existential Weakness’
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
'The BBC's Surrender to Trump Is a Moment of Existential Weakness'
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🔴‘The BBC’s Surrender to Trump Is a Moment of Existential Weakness’
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
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On this day in 1995, Nigeria's military regime executed nine environmental activists.
Britain rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose sanctions on Nigeria after the executions as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests👇
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-bri...
Britain rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose sanctions on Nigeria after the executions as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests👇
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-bri...
Britain rebuffed Nelson Mandela’s appeal for oil sanctions against Nigeria after it executed environmentalists
The British government rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose oil sanctions on Nigeria after its military regime executed nine environmental activists in 1995 as it wanted to protect oil ...
www.declassifieduk.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
On this day in 1995, Nigeria's military regime executed nine environmental activists.
Britain rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose sanctions on Nigeria after the executions as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests👇
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-bri...
Britain rejected Nelson Mandela’s personal appeal to impose sanctions on Nigeria after the executions as it wanted to protect oil company Shell’s commercial interests👇
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-bri...
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This is what independent music media is for
Since 2022, Horsegirl, Lifeguard, and Friko have gone global—but what happened with the teen scene they grew out of? I talked to 18 different people about the Hallogallo scene now
chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
chicagoreader.com/music/music-...
What happens when a teen rock scene grows up? - Chicago Reader
The Hallogallo scene has produced international successes—Horsegirl, Friko, Lifeguard—as its grassroots DIY spirit spreads beyond Chicago.
chicagoreader.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is what independent music media is for
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The Foreign Office is still refusing to say who was invited to its Wilton Park conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
"Wilton Park Protocol means that we cannot provide exact names or institutions, but the attendees included international investors", it said.
#DCUKParliament
"Wilton Park Protocol means that we cannot provide exact names or institutions, but the attendees included international investors", it said.
#DCUKParliament
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Foreign Office is still refusing to say who was invited to its Wilton Park conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
"Wilton Park Protocol means that we cannot provide exact names or institutions, but the attendees included international investors", it said.
#DCUKParliament
"Wilton Park Protocol means that we cannot provide exact names or institutions, but the attendees included international investors", it said.
#DCUKParliament
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Did you know❓
The Foreign Office allowed ‘Prince’ Andrew to help deepen UK relations with its Gulf regime allies for 8 years after the Epstein scandal.
www.declassifieduk.org/prince-andre...
The Foreign Office allowed ‘Prince’ Andrew to help deepen UK relations with its Gulf regime allies for 8 years after the Epstein scandal.
www.declassifieduk.org/prince-andre...
Prince Andrew helped deepen UK relations with Gulf regimes for eight years after Epstein scandal
The queen’s second son has held 70 meetings with repressive Middle East monarchies in the decade since the Arab Spring uprisings. Most meetings took place after Prince Andrew’s role as official trade ...
www.declassifieduk.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Did you know❓
The Foreign Office allowed ‘Prince’ Andrew to help deepen UK relations with its Gulf regime allies for 8 years after the Epstein scandal.
www.declassifieduk.org/prince-andre...
The Foreign Office allowed ‘Prince’ Andrew to help deepen UK relations with its Gulf regime allies for 8 years after the Epstein scandal.
www.declassifieduk.org/prince-andre...