Gordon MacKay
@gordon-mackay.bsky.social
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Balfron @eisunion.bsky.social members wearing RED in solidarity with colleagues facing precarious employment and unacceptable workloads. Scot Govt/COSLA must deliver promised 1.5-hour class contact time reduction. Stalling won't work: we launch statutory ballot for industrial action on 12 Nov #SU4QE
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Balfron @eisunion.bsky.social members wearing RED in solidarity with colleagues facing precarious employment and unacceptable workloads. Scot Govt/COSLA must deliver promised 1.5-hour class contact time reduction. Stalling won't work: we launch statutory ballot for industrial action on 12 Nov #SU4QE
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This is dangerous, reckless, anti-science nonsense.
Paracetamol is safe to use and Nigel Farage should stop spreading misinformation.
Paracetamol is safe to use and Nigel Farage should stop spreading misinformation.
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is dangerous, reckless, anti-science nonsense.
Paracetamol is safe to use and Nigel Farage should stop spreading misinformation.
Paracetamol is safe to use and Nigel Farage should stop spreading misinformation.
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The clincher, for me, is that what she did will be outlawed when the Renter’s Rights Bill comes in next year. It’s why the ‘didn’t break any rules’ defence falls short. Of course, Boris Johnson would have promoted her & borrowed the house for a year.
BREAKING: Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali resigns after it was revealed she had moved out tenants in her rented home and then raised the rent.
More soon
More soon
August 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The clincher, for me, is that what she did will be outlawed when the Renter’s Rights Bill comes in next year. It’s why the ‘didn’t break any rules’ defence falls short. Of course, Boris Johnson would have promoted her & borrowed the house for a year.
www.thenational.scot/news/2537175... This is beyond satire. She’s the homelessness minister FFS! And the people she evicted are her constituents!
Labour's homelessness minister 'evicted tenants and hiked rent to £4k a month'
LABOUR's homelessness minister has been found to have "evicted tenants" from her property in east London, and re-list the address after…
www.thenational.scot
August 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
www.thenational.scot/news/2537175... This is beyond satire. She’s the homelessness minister FFS! And the people she evicted are her constituents!
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They live in gold, we live in rust: why we must destroy the new Gilded Age
Inequality in the west is now at the same level as Rome during slavery. We can’t go on like this. Unless we change peacefully, we risk violence
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Inequality in the west is now at the same level as Rome during slavery. We can’t go on like this. Unless we change peacefully, we risk violence
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
August 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
They live in gold, we live in rust: why we must destroy the new Gilded Age
Inequality in the west is now at the same level as Rome during slavery. We can’t go on like this. Unless we change peacefully, we risk violence
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Inequality in the west is now at the same level as Rome during slavery. We can’t go on like this. Unless we change peacefully, we risk violence
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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We will be properly honouring ‘Daniel Hannan Day’ on Tuesday with all the requisite pomp, circumstance & documentary evidence of what an irredeemable arse he is that you would expect. Elevating our world’s wrongest man to the House of Lords will always be the essence of Brexit.
Do join us…
Do join us…
June 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We will be properly honouring ‘Daniel Hannan Day’ on Tuesday with all the requisite pomp, circumstance & documentary evidence of what an irredeemable arse he is that you would expect. Elevating our world’s wrongest man to the House of Lords will always be the essence of Brexit.
Do join us…
Do join us…
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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
June 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
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I see Reform Scotland has changed its name to the not at all pretentious 'Enlighten'.
I wonder if they'll now be willing to enlighten us about who funds them?
I wonder if they'll now be willing to enlighten us about who funds them?
May 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I see Reform Scotland has changed its name to the not at all pretentious 'Enlighten'.
I wonder if they'll now be willing to enlighten us about who funds them?
I wonder if they'll now be willing to enlighten us about who funds them?
The agenda of the Labour right was wicked in the 90s too, but at least Blair won elections for them. Now, Starmer’s hopeless, depressing approach is fuelling the rise of the far right and stamping out what remains of his party’s soul. Surely, Scotland’s ready for independence in Europe now?
There was never any enthusiasm for this Labour Party's vision, largely because they don’t have one, Owen Jones writes ✍️
Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politi...
May 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The agenda of the Labour right was wicked in the 90s too, but at least Blair won elections for them. Now, Starmer’s hopeless, depressing approach is fuelling the rise of the far right and stamping out what remains of his party’s soul. Surely, Scotland’s ready for independence in Europe now?
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The @heraldscotland.bsky.social education newsletter this week is about the consequences of the supreme court decision on kids across Scotland. It's probably my most-read article to far this year.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2509...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2509...
April 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The @heraldscotland.bsky.social education newsletter this week is about the consequences of the supreme court decision on kids across Scotland. It's probably my most-read article to far this year.
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2509...
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2509...
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Along with @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social, we've published our reaction to the judgement in the UK Supreme Court today.
There will be more we want to say to trans people directly once we have a chance to catch our breath.
www.equality-network.org/uk-supreme-c...
There will be more we want to say to trans people directly once we have a chance to catch our breath.
www.equality-network.org/uk-supreme-c...
April 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Along with @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social, we've published our reaction to the judgement in the UK Supreme Court today.
There will be more we want to say to trans people directly once we have a chance to catch our breath.
www.equality-network.org/uk-supreme-c...
There will be more we want to say to trans people directly once we have a chance to catch our breath.
www.equality-network.org/uk-supreme-c...
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This is the group who got Roe overturned. The reason 10 year old rape victims have to flee state. The reason women sit in car parks until they are close enough to death.
April 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the group who got Roe overturned. The reason 10 year old rape victims have to flee state. The reason women sit in car parks until they are close enough to death.
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May this grotesque little Marie-Antoinette and all of those like her taste the suffering of what real poverty means one day very soon web.archive.org/web/20250405...
‘Rachel Reeves is making us move to Italy’
Ann Kaplan Mulholland and her husband are worth ‘half a billion’, but she says the changes to non-dom rules have left them with ‘no choice’
web.archive.org
April 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
May this grotesque little Marie-Antoinette and all of those like her taste the suffering of what real poverty means one day very soon web.archive.org/web/20250405...
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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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🏴🗳️Who are the Scots who intend to vote for Reform UK in next year's Holyrood election? I've dived into the tables for today's Survation poll to find out.
TL;DR: they're probably exactly who you thought they were - relatively older, male, well-off, unionist Brexiteers.
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TL;DR: they're probably exactly who you thought they were - relatively older, male, well-off, unionist Brexiteers.
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🏴📊 New @survation.bsky.social Scotland poll, with Reform UK recording their highest ever voting intention north of the border and up significantly v. Survation's last poll in January. This is also the first Scotland poll with Reform UK leading the Tories on both the constituency and list votes.
March 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🏴🗳️Who are the Scots who intend to vote for Reform UK in next year's Holyrood election? I've dived into the tables for today's Survation poll to find out.
TL;DR: they're probably exactly who you thought they were - relatively older, male, well-off, unionist Brexiteers.
(1/5)
TL;DR: they're probably exactly who you thought they were - relatively older, male, well-off, unionist Brexiteers.
(1/5)
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Fascism.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Fascism.
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When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
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Jeez this is awful. Resolution Foundation warns changes to rules for PIP disability benefit could cost up to 1.2m people between £4,200 and £6,300 a year. What is this government thinking? Has it gone completely mad?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Jeez this is awful. Resolution Foundation warns changes to rules for PIP disability benefit could cost up to 1.2m people between £4,200 and £6,300 a year. What is this government thinking? Has it gone completely mad?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Tom Pollard
Head of Social Policy
New Economics Foundation
Head of Social Policy
New Economics Foundation
March 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tom Pollard
Head of Social Policy
New Economics Foundation
Head of Social Policy
New Economics Foundation
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Starmer proves that whatever Labour once stood for is dead. Labour doesn’t offer change. The only alternative for Scotland to this failed status quo is independence
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social on how Labour now fuels Indy as much as the Tories did www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social on how Labour now fuels Indy as much as the Tories did www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
I'm cured of my Labour nostalgia. Now I know it's indy for me
Occasionally, we find ourselves without the necessary words to express an emotion or idea because the language hasn’t yet been invented.
www.heraldscotland.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Starmer proves that whatever Labour once stood for is dead. Labour doesn’t offer change. The only alternative for Scotland to this failed status quo is independence
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social on how Labour now fuels Indy as much as the Tories did www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social on how Labour now fuels Indy as much as the Tories did www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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The men sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison:
- A tattoo artist seeking asylum who entered legally.
- A teen who got a tattoo in Dallas because he thought it looked cool.
- A 26-year-old whose tattoos his wife says are unrelated to a gang.
- A barber whose family says he has no gang ties.
- A tattoo artist seeking asylum who entered legally.
- A teen who got a tattoo in Dallas because he thought it looked cool.
- A 26-year-old whose tattoos his wife says are unrelated to a gang.
- A barber whose family says he has no gang ties.
March 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The men sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison:
- A tattoo artist seeking asylum who entered legally.
- A teen who got a tattoo in Dallas because he thought it looked cool.
- A 26-year-old whose tattoos his wife says are unrelated to a gang.
- A barber whose family says he has no gang ties.
- A tattoo artist seeking asylum who entered legally.
- A teen who got a tattoo in Dallas because he thought it looked cool.
- A 26-year-old whose tattoos his wife says are unrelated to a gang.
- A barber whose family says he has no gang ties.