Don McGrattan
@donmcgrattan.bsky.social
Veggie, yesser, leftist, cyclist. Co-owner of HMFC. I quite like the Clash. #MDANT
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Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
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🧵 Westminster politicians have said some wild stuff over the years about Scotland…
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🧵 Westminster politicians have said some wild stuff over the years about Scotland…
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
Reform UK both ugly and racist, says Don McGrattan;
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Reform MP's comments 'ugly' but intention was not racist, Farage says
Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being
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October 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reform UK both ugly and racist, says Don McGrattan;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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O'Neill and Maloney, wearing sunglasses and black pork pie hats chapping at the door of Bobo Balde's retirement village:
"We're putting the band back together"
"We're putting the band back together"
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
O'Neill and Maloney, wearing sunglasses and black pork pie hats chapping at the door of Bobo Balde's retirement village:
"We're putting the band back together"
"We're putting the band back together"
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Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs would have killed the Labour party at birth.
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs would have killed the Labour party at birth.
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and they’re unable and unwilling to fix it.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
October 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and they’re unable and unwilling to fix it.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
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THAT CROSS
THAT GOAL
THOSE SCENES
THAT GOAL
THOSE SCENES
October 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
THAT CROSS
THAT GOAL
THOSE SCENES
THAT GOAL
THOSE SCENES
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What joy at the final whistle. Scenes I haven’t seen and felt for a long time at Tynecastle. Pure joy! That’s why we support our team! Maroon over Edinburgh tonight 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What joy at the final whistle. Scenes I haven’t seen and felt for a long time at Tynecastle. Pure joy! That’s why we support our team! Maroon over Edinburgh tonight 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻
Iain Banks: the final interview www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
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September 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Iain Banks: the final interview www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...
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Statement from Paul Laverty
September 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Statement from Paul Laverty
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
September 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...
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Has US style right-wing anti-intellectualism arrived in Scotland? A leading black scholar believes so after a Tory MSP described a major peer-reviewed study of historic racism as a “staggering misuse” of money. Mini 🧵
www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...
www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...
September 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Has US style right-wing anti-intellectualism arrived in Scotland? A leading black scholar believes so after a Tory MSP described a major peer-reviewed study of historic racism as a “staggering misuse” of money. Mini 🧵
www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...
www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...
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Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed.
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
September 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed.
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
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Rentier economy
UK companies paid to turn-off wind turbines during high winds, electricity grid can't cope.
Gas plants paid extra to produce electricity.
2021-25 cost £11.8bn.
£8bn a year by 2030.
Since privatisation National Grid paid £27.8bn dividend, £600m share buyback, neglected investment
UK companies paid to turn-off wind turbines during high winds, electricity grid can't cope.
Gas plants paid extra to produce electricity.
2021-25 cost £11.8bn.
£8bn a year by 2030.
Since privatisation National Grid paid £27.8bn dividend, £600m share buyback, neglected investment
How successive government have created a new rentier economy
Governments appease corporations and the super-rich by following the old policies which benefit a few.
leftfootforward.org
September 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Rentier economy
UK companies paid to turn-off wind turbines during high winds, electricity grid can't cope.
Gas plants paid extra to produce electricity.
2021-25 cost £11.8bn.
£8bn a year by 2030.
Since privatisation National Grid paid £27.8bn dividend, £600m share buyback, neglected investment
UK companies paid to turn-off wind turbines during high winds, electricity grid can't cope.
Gas plants paid extra to produce electricity.
2021-25 cost £11.8bn.
£8bn a year by 2030.
Since privatisation National Grid paid £27.8bn dividend, £600m share buyback, neglected investment
Capitalism sucks!
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Tesla proposes $1tn award for Elon Musk if he hits ambitious targets
The car firm boss's enormous pay package depends on him hitting sky-high targets.
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September 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Capitalism sucks!
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Voice of Hind Rajab gets 23-minute ovation at Venice film festival
The Voice of Hind Rajab gets 23-minute ovation at Venice film festival
Film about five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza leave much of audience and many journalists sobbing
A gut-wrenching new film about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year received a 23-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.
The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania, had been described by critics as ‘‘the most powerful and urgent entry of this year’s festival”. It left much of the audience and many journalists sobbing as it was screened for the first time. Continue reading...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Voice of Hind Rajab gets 23-minute ovation at Venice film festival
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Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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September 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s a privilege to be noticed by reviewers, as Books pages shrink. It’s an actual joy to be critiqued so closely by a reviewer who places me and you (the reader) in a threesome with The Two Roberts, my two central characters. 🍾
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The Two Roberts by Damian Barr review – lost story of a gay art duo
The lives of Scottish artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, who found love and fame and lost it all, are vividly reimagined
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September 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s a privilege to be noticed by reviewers, as Books pages shrink. It’s an actual joy to be critiqued so closely by a reviewer who places me and you (the reader) in a threesome with The Two Roberts, my two central characters. 🍾
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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This is how dictatorships behave
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is how dictatorships behave
Hypocritical garbage from the party that gave us Yvette Cooper:
These Tory MPs are going to be furious when they find out who was in power when employment in offshore oil and gas HALVED between 2014 and 2023. The Conservatives are doubling down on being a cheap Reform tribute act rather than a serious party
September 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hypocritical garbage from the party that gave us Yvette Cooper:
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Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Vote | National Television Awards
Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards
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September 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out
And, the feathers it would ruffle
My lovely followers, you know what to do:
nationaltvawards.com/vote
🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep
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