Ian McIntosh
@gorbalsian.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Wants include: More bridges/ tunnels/ train lines/ cycle lanes/ less street clutter…& to live in a normal, independent country. 🏴
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Turning a genuinely vile xenophobic bigot into ‘golden girl’ is horrific enough, but this isn’t a media circus any more but an attempted coup of our entire judicial system.
Amended rulings happens very regularly. It’s not even news but the gender criticals want to make it into something it isn’t.
Amended rulings happens very regularly. It’s not even news but the gender criticals want to make it into something it isn’t.
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Turning a genuinely vile xenophobic bigot into ‘golden girl’ is horrific enough, but this isn’t a media circus any more but an attempted coup of our entire judicial system.
Amended rulings happens very regularly. It’s not even news but the gender criticals want to make it into something it isn’t.
Amended rulings happens very regularly. It’s not even news but the gender criticals want to make it into something it isn’t.
Not often (never?) that I whole hardheartedly agree with Anas Sarwar, but here I'd say. Gawn yersel' & well done Anas!)
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Not often (never?) that I whole hardheartedly agree with Anas Sarwar, but here I'd say. Gawn yersel' & well done Anas!)
Every. Single. Word.👏
Stephen Flynn criticises Nigel Farage from attacking children who speak more than one language #BBCQT
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Every. Single. Word.👏
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"Mike's on his phone, Mike couldn't care less. It makes me want to cry"
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Mike's on his phone, Mike couldn't care less. It makes me want to cry"
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
I don’t like whisky, but this is just delicious, upbeat & fabulous! youtu.be/LWT1tPE7BFQ?...
Whisky Mouth
YouTube video by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I don’t like whisky, but this is just delicious, upbeat & fabulous! youtu.be/LWT1tPE7BFQ?...
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I don't disagree but would have more sympathy if Labour hadn't joined with the Tories & LibDems in helping the BBC in Scotland do exactly the same to SNP/ScotGov for the last 17 years. 🏴
The attacks on Labour from BBC News are now so relentless, day after day, minute after minute, putting headline negativity on absolutely anything they say, or do.
Are they now the official opposition?
Are they now the official opposition?
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I don't disagree but would have more sympathy if Labour hadn't joined with the Tories & LibDems in helping the BBC in Scotland do exactly the same to SNP/ScotGov for the last 17 years. 🏴
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.
Get fucked.
Get fucked.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
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"I earned a Bronze Star for my leadership under fire. When I was promoted to major, one of my supervisors wrote that there was 'no limit' to my potential in the Army.
"I am being forced out of the Army solely because I'm transgender." 👇
𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
"I am being forced out of the Army solely because I'm transgender." 👇
𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"I earned a Bronze Star for my leadership under fire. When I was promoted to major, one of my supervisors wrote that there was 'no limit' to my potential in the Army.
"I am being forced out of the Army solely because I'm transgender." 👇
𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
"I am being forced out of the Army solely because I'm transgender." 👇
𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘚𝘈 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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I just want a government that is morally *better* than this.
People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I just want a government that is morally *better* than this.
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Joey Barton’s lawyer questioning Lucy Ward about his posts likening her and Eni Aluko to Fred and Rose West. Just about the most perfect response I have heard in a very long time.
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Joey Barton’s lawyer questioning Lucy Ward about his posts likening her and Eni Aluko to Fred and Rose West. Just about the most perfect response I have heard in a very long time.
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Take a moment to compare and consider the absolute corrupt and ridiculous UK energy system that we suffer from.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Take a moment to compare and consider the absolute corrupt and ridiculous UK energy system that we suffer from.
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Absolutely, we should tell people who are thinking of voting Reform that it's the political equivalent of drunk driving, something only arseholes do.
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Absolutely, we should tell people who are thinking of voting Reform that it's the political equivalent of drunk driving, something only arseholes do.
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I presume the 'protecting our women and girls' mob will stop hounding innocent people in hotels and will instead picket this castle, accompanied by enthusiastic headlines in the Daily Mail?
Also, Scotland doesn't want the paedo* prince in our communities.
*alleged
Also, Scotland doesn't want the paedo* prince in our communities.
*alleged
Prince Andrew has been invited to stay at a Highland castle by Lady Carbisdale amid reports he is being 'exiled' to the north of Scotland
Prince Andrew invited to stay at Highland castle amid 'exile' reports
www.thenational.scot
October 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I presume the 'protecting our women and girls' mob will stop hounding innocent people in hotels and will instead picket this castle, accompanied by enthusiastic headlines in the Daily Mail?
Also, Scotland doesn't want the paedo* prince in our communities.
*alleged
Also, Scotland doesn't want the paedo* prince in our communities.
*alleged
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Yep. It's literally this simple. Divide and conquer tactics designed to keep them up and everyone else down. Who's them? The corporate bosses, the political classes they have in their pocket, and the media they own.
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Yep. It's literally this simple. Divide and conquer tactics designed to keep them up and everyone else down. Who's them? The corporate bosses, the political classes they have in their pocket, and the media they own.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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what the fuck are you talking about, she made a whole community of friends online and was stabbed to death by two of her classmates
Meeting yesterday with Brianna Ghey's mother Esther - and pupils at Brianna's former school - was a powerful reminder of why controls on social media and smartphone use in schools is so important for children, teachers and parents. (1/2)
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
what the fuck are you talking about, she made a whole community of friends online and was stabbed to death by two of her classmates
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Every word spot on… #ScottishIndependenceNow
September 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Every word spot on… #ScottishIndependenceNow
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Quite apart from Tice going out to defend Farage's shady house purhcase and making things ten times worse, for the guy who says he will be the next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to end on: "I'm not a tax expert - you're asking the wrong guy," is objectively hilarious. ~AA
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Quite apart from Tice going out to defend Farage's shady house purhcase and making things ten times worse, for the guy who says he will be the next UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to end on: "I'm not a tax expert - you're asking the wrong guy," is objectively hilarious. ~AA
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How to give an answer which makes you look both ridiculous and sinister both if you’re telling the truth or if you’re lying.
With apologies for the bad language but what in the gibbering Hades is this fucking nonsense?
September 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
How to give an answer which makes you look both ridiculous and sinister both if you’re telling the truth or if you’re lying.
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Yvette, I'm confused.
September 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Yvette, I'm confused.