Gavin Greig
@ggreig.com
Software developer wha bides i the East Neuk. He/him. Likes 28/32mm models for role-playing games, especially pulp/steampunk/scientific romance. Thinks Scotland should be a normal country - independent. http://ggreig.com, https://mastodon.scot/@ggreig
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Gavin Greig
@ggreig.com
· Nov 16
Should probably do an "introductory" thread:
I work as a software developer, now for a company in London, but I live in a village in Fife, Scotland. Technically I've been on BlueSky for a bit over a year already but have only fully committed to the move since the US elected Trump for a second time.
I work as a software developer, now for a company in London, but I live in a village in Fife, Scotland. Technically I've been on BlueSky for a bit over a year already but have only fully committed to the move since the US elected Trump for a second time.
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Meanwhile, Scotland is the member who has to hand over their pay packets to the 'head' of the house, get's half back to spend on themselves, has to pay interest in the debt when the head overspends, and isn't allowed to move out to another home that suits them better.
Britons are that family – and the giant hole in the roof is Brexit.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Meanwhile, Scotland is the member who has to hand over their pay packets to the 'head' of the house, get's half back to spend on themselves, has to pay interest in the debt when the head overspends, and isn't allowed to move out to another home that suits them better.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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Chapeau, Nicola 👍🎩No-one else will
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Chapeau, Nicola 👍🎩No-one else will
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
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This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is pretty striking and makes me wonder exactly what Labour have been up to in making policy seemingly in response to / fear of the former rather than the middle group.
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Internal Tory polling reveals the party is headed for just 14 seats if the election was held tomorrow. Pushing Brexit through. Electing Johnson. Then Truss. Inventing an immigration crisis. Tories have created the petri dish for the Faragist virus to grow & kill off their party.
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Internal Tory polling reveals the party is headed for just 14 seats if the election was held tomorrow. Pushing Brexit through. Electing Johnson. Then Truss. Inventing an immigration crisis. Tories have created the petri dish for the Faragist virus to grow & kill off their party.
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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
If you’ve had any reservations about calling Trump a fascist, don’t. He doesn’t mind.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you’ve had any reservations about calling Trump a fascist, don’t. He doesn’t mind.
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This 👇
The level of British media attacks is in proportion to the threat their owners perceive against the English Establishment. Sturgeon's public popularity and success is a huge trigger. Do we care?
The level of British media attacks is in proportion to the threat their owners perceive against the English Establishment. Sturgeon's public popularity and success is a huge trigger. Do we care?
The front pages of Scotland’s newspapers are a disgrace today. All of them harping about how Nicola was doing harm during Covid.
If you really want to see how biased the media is today is the day.
If you really want to see how biased the media is today is the day.
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This 👇
The level of British media attacks is in proportion to the threat their owners perceive against the English Establishment. Sturgeon's public popularity and success is a huge trigger. Do we care?
The level of British media attacks is in proportion to the threat their owners perceive against the English Establishment. Sturgeon's public popularity and success is a huge trigger. Do we care?
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This is a REALLY important thread. The Supreme Court was unequivocally and verifiably wrong in its misjudgment.
1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999 Drafting Instructions - a Freedom of Information request to Government Equalities Office
Please send me copies of the Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999’s Drafting Instructions given to the Parliamentary Counsel. If you can’t locate all versions, send me any one of th...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is a REALLY important thread. The Supreme Court was unequivocally and verifiably wrong in its misjudgment.
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And when people running a western country that was entirely founded on mass migration start telling you that mass migration is an existential threat to western civilisation, that's not just hypocrisy, it's inherently racist, because we all know they mean brown people.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
And when people running a western country that was entirely founded on mass migration start telling you that mass migration is an existential threat to western civilisation, that's not just hypocrisy, it's inherently racist, because we all know they mean brown people.
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It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
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When people in power are telling you there's a simple answer to all your problems and it involves attacking a specific group of people, that's fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When people in power are telling you there's a simple answer to all your problems and it involves attacking a specific group of people, that's fascism.
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As a woman of course, my preferences are flighty and fickle and random.
What bollocks. What you are talking about here are PEOPLE
What bollocks. What you are talking about here are PEOPLE
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
As a woman of course, my preferences are flighty and fickle and random.
What bollocks. What you are talking about here are PEOPLE
What bollocks. What you are talking about here are PEOPLE
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Makes a note to never, ever, go to Stranraer.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Makes a note to never, ever, go to Stranraer.
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Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
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The front pages of Scotland’s newspapers are a disgrace today. All of them harping about how Nicola was doing harm during Covid.
If you really want to see how biased the media is today is the day.
If you really want to see how biased the media is today is the day.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The front pages of Scotland’s newspapers are a disgrace today. All of them harping about how Nicola was doing harm during Covid.
If you really want to see how biased the media is today is the day.
If you really want to see how biased the media is today is the day.
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Having had a progressive 𝗦𝗡𝗣 Government for many years (albeit without all the powers) there are many areas where Scotland has succeeded and England has dropped behind 👏
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Having had a progressive 𝗦𝗡𝗣 Government for many years (albeit without all the powers) there are many areas where Scotland has succeeded and England has dropped behind 👏
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There's going to be a Farage-shaped hole across the entirety of UK political media for at least the next three days, isn't there?
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There's going to be a Farage-shaped hole across the entirety of UK political media for at least the next three days, isn't there?
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The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The thing with car culture is that you create a social model where every human being is, by default, disabled and cannot meet their daily needs without a mobility device. People have a relationship to their car more akin to a wheelchair than to a train. That's a problem.
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"At the beginning of November, I came to Edinburgh to give a speech at the annual dinner of the European Movement in Scotland.
I felt at home. Edinburgh is a European city." 👏👏👏
Guy Verhofstadt writes for @bylines.scot
I felt at home. Edinburgh is a European city." 👏👏👏
Guy Verhofstadt writes for @bylines.scot
More Europe is the key to our security and prosperity
The former Belgian Prime Minister and European Parliament Brexit negotiator is optimistic about the EU’s future, despite the world’s “new empires”
bylines.scot
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"At the beginning of November, I came to Edinburgh to give a speech at the annual dinner of the European Movement in Scotland.
I felt at home. Edinburgh is a European city." 👏👏👏
Guy Verhofstadt writes for @bylines.scot
I felt at home. Edinburgh is a European city." 👏👏👏
Guy Verhofstadt writes for @bylines.scot
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Oh! 😳
NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Oh! 😳
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“Westminster does not help to keep Scots safe but rather puts us at risk …we learned that Scotland is perfectly capable of confronting a global crisis without Westminster’s tutelage, and moreover can make a far better job of it than Westminster. That’s the real lesson of the pandemic for Scotland.”
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Westminster does not help to keep Scots safe but rather puts us at risk …we learned that Scotland is perfectly capable of confronting a global crisis without Westminster’s tutelage, and moreover can make a far better job of it than Westminster. That’s the real lesson of the pandemic for Scotland.”