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Morning, a huge thanks to you all for supporting Bylines Scotland! There's some great reading and listening for you here.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Morning, a huge thanks to you all for supporting Bylines Scotland! There's some great reading and listening for you here.
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Keep warm ❤️
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We should be ashamed and embarrassed to be a society in which people will willingingly, actively, point a loaded gun in the face of a fellow citizen.
A free society should be one where government employees don't put a gun to your face when you're exercising a core tenet of said society: free speech
A free society should be one where government employees don't put a gun to your face when you're exercising a core tenet of said society: free speech
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
We should be ashamed and embarrassed to be a society in which people will willingingly, actively, point a loaded gun in the face of a fellow citizen.
A free society should be one where government employees don't put a gun to your face when you're exercising a core tenet of said society: free speech
A free society should be one where government employees don't put a gun to your face when you're exercising a core tenet of said society: free speech
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Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question.
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question.
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
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Whilst Labour is focused on cutting the cost of living, Farage's Reform spread hatred and division wherever they go.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Whilst Labour is focused on cutting the cost of living, Farage's Reform spread hatred and division wherever they go.
Take action - get your MP to attend our briefing on NHS private finance
weownit.org.uk
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 AM
No more blood for oil! I've just taken this action, calling for 2026 to be the year we come together and move away from fossil fuels – not launch wars to drill for more. act.350.org/sign/no-bloo...
No Blood for Oil: Demand a Fossil-Free Future!
2026 should be the year we transition away from oil, coal and gas – not launch conflicts to drill for them. Clinging to fossil fuels locks us into a cycle of violence, volatility, and authoritarianism...
act.350.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
No more blood for oil! I've just taken this action, calling for 2026 to be the year we come together and move away from fossil fuels – not launch wars to drill for more. act.350.org/sign/no-bloo...
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🟥 Brexit promised rule-making.
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
🟥 Brexit promised rule-making.
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
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When he was chasing a headline, Nigel Farage said he’d scrap the two child limit.
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
You’re a fraud Nigel Farage.
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
You’re a fraud Nigel Farage.
January 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
When he was chasing a headline, Nigel Farage said he’d scrap the two child limit.
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
You’re a fraud Nigel Farage.
Now Labour’s actually doing it, he’s going to vote against.
You’re a fraud Nigel Farage.
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Ball. His court.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ball. His court.
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Coincidence?
"First, the allegations around Bots making up 90% of Reform's and now this, which looks suspiciously like they may have engineered an opinion poll.
Considering the dishonesty Farage and #Reform have shown over other issues, this needs full investigation"
via Fibbymcfibface
"First, the allegations around Bots making up 90% of Reform's and now this, which looks suspiciously like they may have engineered an opinion poll.
Considering the dishonesty Farage and #Reform have shown over other issues, this needs full investigation"
via Fibbymcfibface
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Coincidence?
"First, the allegations around Bots making up 90% of Reform's and now this, which looks suspiciously like they may have engineered an opinion poll.
Considering the dishonesty Farage and #Reform have shown over other issues, this needs full investigation"
via Fibbymcfibface
"First, the allegations around Bots making up 90% of Reform's and now this, which looks suspiciously like they may have engineered an opinion poll.
Considering the dishonesty Farage and #Reform have shown over other issues, this needs full investigation"
via Fibbymcfibface
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The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The government is saying that violence rules. That snatching foreign leaders and territories, and shooting US citizens in their cars at point blank range, is justified. That resistance is not only futile, it is dangerous. They can say these things. But they cannot force us to believe them.
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So just found out that Audible have silently removed six audiobooks from my library. Because I noticed, and complained, they gave six credits to buy them back again. They did this because the publishers updated the books and Audible just deleted the old versions.
January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
So just found out that Audible have silently removed six audiobooks from my library. Because I noticed, and complained, they gave six credits to buy them back again. They did this because the publishers updated the books and Audible just deleted the old versions.
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White House website gives distorted version of Capitol Riot. "...[it includes] brazenly false claims about the Capitol Police ‘escalating’ tensions with rioters by firing ‘tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters.’" www.commondreams.org/news/trump-j...
'Filled With Lies': Trump White House Releases False History of Jan. 6 | Common Dreams
Trump White House website revises history of Capitol riots, falsely blaming police and praising rioters. Critics denounce as dangerous revisionism.
www.commondreams.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
White House website gives distorted version of Capitol Riot. "...[it includes] brazenly false claims about the Capitol Police ‘escalating’ tensions with rioters by firing ‘tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters.’" www.commondreams.org/news/trump-j...
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Trump's ICE agents have killed a US citizen in broad daylight.
Trump's ICE agents have killed a US citizen in broad daylight
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
thecorbynproject.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Trump's ICE agents have killed a US citizen in broad daylight.
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Every day we see where the politics of Donald Trump and the far right leads.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Every day we see where the politics of Donald Trump and the far right leads.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
It's a politics of hate, fear, corruption and destruction.
It's a politics everyone in Scotland must stand unequivocally against, abroad and at home.
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Don't forget that every World Cup match
generates huge profits for FIFA officials
who gave a toadying "Peace Prize"
to an illegal warmongering paedophile president
meme via Anthony Corella
generates huge profits for FIFA officials
who gave a toadying "Peace Prize"
to an illegal warmongering paedophile president
meme via Anthony Corella
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Don't forget that every World Cup match
generates huge profits for FIFA officials
who gave a toadying "Peace Prize"
to an illegal warmongering paedophile president
meme via Anthony Corella
generates huge profits for FIFA officials
who gave a toadying "Peace Prize"
to an illegal warmongering paedophile president
meme via Anthony Corella
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No sleep last night…
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
No sleep last night…
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
Can’t get that video out of my head
Can believe the lies being told to betray her even in death
Can’t believe the mindless lemmings that swallow them up
America is lost.
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“Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. It probably feels quite along time ago now, but not for Reform of course because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 PM
“Can I begin by saying I hope all colleagues had a happy Christmas. It probably feels quite along time ago now, but not for Reform of course because today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia”
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
Keir Starmer
#PMQs
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Cost of living has exploded in the US.
“GDP per capita, adjusted for differences in the cost of living, has increased by 70% in the United States since 1990, compared to 63% in the EU-27.”
The tale of US “economic advantage” is based on some key myths…
“GDP per capita, adjusted for differences in the cost of living, has increased by 70% in the United States since 1990, compared to 63% in the EU-27.”
The tale of US “economic advantage” is based on some key myths…
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Cost of living has exploded in the US.
“GDP per capita, adjusted for differences in the cost of living, has increased by 70% in the United States since 1990, compared to 63% in the EU-27.”
The tale of US “economic advantage” is based on some key myths…
“GDP per capita, adjusted for differences in the cost of living, has increased by 70% in the United States since 1990, compared to 63% in the EU-27.”
The tale of US “economic advantage” is based on some key myths…