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Jan29
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Scottish immigrant living in beautiful Andalucia. Golfer, padel player and F1 fanatic! EV (never tesla!!)
#rejoinEU #Indyref2 #VoteYes #ScottishIndependence
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bylines.scot
Bombs.
MoD plans to build bomb factory on Grangemouth site condemned
THE Scottish Greens have slammed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over its plans to develop an explosives factory on the site of the Grangemouth…
www.thenational.scot
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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scotnational.bsky.social
The Russian spy ship Yantar is operating on the edge of Scotland and has directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring its activities, the Defence Secretary has said
Russian spy ship 'loitering' in Scottish waters, UK Defence Secretary confirms
www.thenational.scot
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
Brian Eno: "I'd like the whole taxation system to be fairer, which means rich people paying more tax and poor people paying less tax... people know that somethings wrong, they know that rich people don't pay much tax compared to their incomes"
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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steb77.bsky.social
This is outstanding work by @ledbydonkeys.org. The Real BBC Bias Story, exposing the lies and disinformation of the political right.

People must see this, as the mainstream media are failing to report the real story here. Please share widely.
www.youtube.com/shorts/h5kF1...
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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writesbright.bsky.social
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".

📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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tanjabueltmann.net
Tried to get this published but no luck, so might as well ‘publish’ it here so it’s not a complete waste!

➡️ Stripping rights from refugees today endangers us all tomorrow

#asylum #Mahmood #history #humanrights
Stripping rights from refugees today endangers us all tomorrow   When I was 13, I visited a Nazi concentration camp for the first time, confronting my country’s dark history always—and rightly—a bedrock in my growing up.    One image from that visit has stayed with me ever since: a display of prisoners’ personal possessions.    It revealed a world in which those imprisoned were stripped not only of their freedom but of the last tangible traces of their humanity. That systematic erasure was the most important precondition for murdering millions.   Now, as a historian, I know that history does not flow into the present in a straight line, and direct comparisons are rarely appropriate. They certainly are not here.   But history is the one compass humanity has. Too often we choose to ignore it.    The Home Secretary’s proposals for changes to the UK’s asylum system represent such a moment of failure.    Yet the most troubling aspect of Labour’s frantic efforts to appear tough on immigration is not even the historical echoes that taking refugees’ possessions invokes. It is that cost recovery is not the real purpose of the rationale behind it.    The true aim is to appeal to a particular audience—those who take satisfaction in seeing people seeking refuge deprived of what little they have. It is hard to imagine a more troubling approach to policymaking, and that becomes even clearer when we consider the Home Secretary’s proposals in context.   As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% are hosted by low- and middle-income countries. The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. Around 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.   It is unconscionable that such a small and vulnerable population can be targeted with deliberate cruelty and weaponised for assumed political gain.   And that is all this will ever be. The core miscalculation is believing that adopting these positions will neutralise Reform.    Both historical knowledge and current research show the opposite. Mainstreaming extremist policies legitimises them further and aids only the original. Each step towards Reform’s territory simply gives Reform more power.   But our political discourse has been so degraded over the last decade that many no longer even recognise policies—or the language that frames them—as extreme.    That is how the Home Secretary can speak so casually of desperate people seeking sanctuary as recipients of a ‘golden ticket’ as though the context is Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory rather than countries torn apart by war and starved by famine. Speak of her ‘moral mission’ to withdraw support, alleging that ‘illegal migration is tearing our country apart.’ And warn of ‘dark forces stirring up anger,’ oblivious to her own role: from the use of blurry, dehumanising images of refugees to spread falsehoods about their impact on communities, to the equally false description of refugee movements as illegal migration.    I suggest the Home Secretary find a mirror if she is keen to understand who is helping turn anger into hate.   Because it is the mainstreaming of far-right talking points that the Home Secretary’s proposals represent that is really tearing our country apart.   For when a policy looks like the far right, speaks to the far right and is hailed by the far right as being far right, it is far right. There is a reason Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is jubilant and speaks of ‘the Overton window having been obliterated.’   This makes a mockery of the Prime Minister’s recent comments on the urgent need to tackle racism. But it also raises alarming questions about the impact this will have on communities around the country, many of which are already deeply divided.    The proposed policies will do nothing for these struggling communities, because their problems simply do not stem from people seeking sanctuary with us. In fact: for as long as politicians focus on immigrants and refugees as the cause of our problems, they will fail to deliver for the British people.   But it is important to grasp the impact of the Home Secretary’s proposals as they carry broader consequences for all of us. Suggestions for changes to how the European Convention on Human Rights is applied are particularly concerning. Requiring judges to prioritise ‘public safety’—falsely implying refugees pose a threat—would qualify human rights for a specific group.   And once one accepts that human rights can be qualified for one group, one creates tools that can be used against anyone.   So what these proposals really mean goes far beyond asylum policy. This is about the kind of country we will have in the future. If human rights are no longer universal, they become a means for exclusion and control.    That is why stripping rights from refugees today can only enable a system that endangers all our rights tomorrow.    And that is why our historical compass matters and why we have to use it now. Because that compass tells us without doubt that when first they come for one group that is never where it ends. 
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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wgsaraband.bsky.social
Christmas is coming up and any support after a difficult year as an indie artist is very welcome. Please have a look through my website wgsaraband.com and consider a painting that's truly unique, all-human made, and lasts a lifetime.

Geometric kingfishers, silly cats, Scottish landscapes and more!
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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ianfraser.bsky.social
Shenzhen-based toymaker FoloToy withdraws AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” after it was found to be giving wildly inappropriate responses, including tips on how to light matches, kiss, and engage in bondage.
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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maddenifico.bsky.social
This actually happened in America: Sunday, in Charlotte, North Carolina, for no other reason than to punish residents for living in a Democratic city, the pedophile president had his Nazi ICE Gestapo storm a church and apartment complexes. 😳👇
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Dear Mahmood/Labour,

Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.

Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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en.afp.com
18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs is sent to jail for a third time as Kremlin mounts a no-limits crackdown on any signs of dissent or opposition in Russia

u.afp.com/SnNA
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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qasimrashid.com
The Wash Post Editorial Board published one of the most reckless pieces of “journalism” I’ve ever seen, attacking NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.

The article is replete with disinfo, half truths, & anti-Black racism. I dismantle each of their claims—with receipts
www.qasimrashid.com/p/rebuttal-t...
Rebuttal to Washington Post Editorial Board
The paper that warned "Democracy Dies in Darkness" is killing democracy in broad daylight
www.qasimrashid.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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forbes.com
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
Trump’s Pardon List: Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Allies He’s Sprung Free
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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theguardian.com
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said. Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer, according to the chief executive of one NHS trust in England, who asked to remain anonymous. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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bestforbritain.org
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.

"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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josepgoded2.bsky.social
An Israeli soldier films his unit as they patrol with demolition excavators, leveling the remaining structures in northern Gaza beyond the ceasefire’s yellow line.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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europeanpowell.bsky.social
Blair wants to ban workers rights.
Join the dots
The nationwide rollout of Freeports, SEZs, and AI Growth Zones are carve outs where different laws and regulations apply separately from the host country.
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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profjacob.bsky.social
🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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europeanpowell.bsky.social
URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
petition.parliament.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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profjacob.bsky.social
🚨🚨 The UK has become too dependent on #Musk and his Space X company for the success of its space programme, and must urgently seek greater independence from it in order to stop the “politicisation” of these services , a new Parliamentary report has warned. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
FURIOUS Canada DOUBLES DOWN with NEW AD as Trump SQUIRMS
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FURIOUS Canada DOUBLES DOWN with NEW AD as Trump SQUIRMS
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November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
"Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'"

In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:
🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'
Mehdi debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.
zeteo.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM