Kenneth MacArthur
@kennethmac2000.bsky.social
Scottish European 🏴🇪🇺 ❤️ ☕️, 🇪🇺, 💶, fair votes, free speech, podcasts, SI, ☀️, travel 😡 Brexit, elision of 🏴🇬🇧, imperial units
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This was fun. Friday News Agents with @zackpolanski.bsky.social Extended conversation on his political journey, his politics, and where it might yet take him.
Out at 5pm.
Out at 5pm.
October 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This was fun. Friday News Agents with @zackpolanski.bsky.social Extended conversation on his political journey, his politics, and where it might yet take him.
Out at 5pm.
Out at 5pm.
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NEW: Weekend @TheNewsAgents
Extended conversation with former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
Fascinating reflections on his political life, working with Trump, May, Johnson- advice for Keir Starmer and why liberalism is losing the battle of ideas.
Listen now
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Extended conversation with former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
Fascinating reflections on his political life, working with Trump, May, Johnson- advice for Keir Starmer and why liberalism is losing the battle of ideas.
Listen now
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Leo Varadkar on Trump, Starmer and the death of liberalism
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 26/09/2025 · 51m
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September 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NEW: Weekend @TheNewsAgents
Extended conversation with former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
Fascinating reflections on his political life, working with Trump, May, Johnson- advice for Keir Starmer and why liberalism is losing the battle of ideas.
Listen now
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Extended conversation with former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
Fascinating reflections on his political life, working with Trump, May, Johnson- advice for Keir Starmer and why liberalism is losing the battle of ideas.
Listen now
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
@lewisgoodall.com is one of a generation of journalists who ‘gets’ devolution to the UK’s nations, and who has a respect for the offices of first minister - while still robustly holding the holders of those offices to account. Delicious.
"We will not be working with Reform. That's out of the question."
Welsh Labour is struggling in polls ahead of 2026 elections in Wales, but first minister Eluned Morgan explains why it will never work with Nigel Farage and his MPs
Welsh Labour is struggling in polls ahead of 2026 elections in Wales, but first minister Eluned Morgan explains why it will never work with Nigel Farage and his MPs
Welsh first minister: ‘Farage doesn’t understand the first thing about Wales’
Eluned Morgan, first finister of Wales and leader of Welsh Labour, tells The News Agents why the party will never work with Reform UK, and why Nigel Farage’s plans to restart the Welsh coal industry i...
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July 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@lewisgoodall.com is one of a generation of journalists who ‘gets’ devolution to the UK’s nations, and who has a respect for the offices of first minister - while still robustly holding the holders of those offices to account. Delicious.
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"The UK government’s failure to consult fully with those [devolved] nations prior to signing the summit deal with the EU have caused further damage to relations."
Elin Royles, Carolyn Rowe & Rachel Minto on the UK's EU policy in relation to the devolved governments
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Elin Royles, Carolyn Rowe & Rachel Minto on the UK's EU policy in relation to the devolved governments
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
Intergovernmental relations and UK-EU policy - UK in a changing Europe
Elin Royles, Carolyn Rowe and Rachel Minto explore the need to take account of the different positions of the devolved governments in order to realise the aims of the May 2025 UK-EU summit.
ukandeu.ac.uk
July 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"The UK government’s failure to consult fully with those [devolved] nations prior to signing the summit deal with the EU have caused further damage to relations."
Elin Royles, Carolyn Rowe & Rachel Minto on the UK's EU policy in relation to the devolved governments
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
Elin Royles, Carolyn Rowe & Rachel Minto on the UK's EU policy in relation to the devolved governments
ukandeu.ac.uk/intergovernm...
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Will Hayward describes our ludicrous electoral system in one glorious paragraph. ☕️ 🍻 💥
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Will Hayward describes our ludicrous electoral system in one glorious paragraph. ☕️ 🍻 💥
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Around 3/4 of people don’t want Reform in power.
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward
Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Around 3/4 of people don’t want Reform in power.
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But the narrative is that they are unstoppable.
First-past-the-post has warped British politics for far too long.
Now it risks letting the extreme right win a majority.
It needs to go. My latest guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@lewisgoodall.com How about a Friday special report on the West of England mayoral election? Would be awesome! marriott-stats.com/nigels-blog/...
Who will win the West England Metro Mayor Election in 2025?
This is the closest election I've ever forecast. We have a potential 5-way marginal and my 4 models give 3 different winners! Someone needs to carry out a WECA poll soon.
marriott-stats.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
@lewisgoodall.com How about a Friday special report on the West of England mayoral election? Would be awesome! marriott-stats.com/nigels-blog/...
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Introducing our new Liberal Leader, Mark Carney!
March 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Introducing our new Liberal Leader, Mark Carney!
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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You don’t see a 0% very often in polling - Brexit’s appeal, always narrow, has not expanded an inch (or a centimetre). And people who supported it at the time are mostly of the view that it made no difference. Few major political projects have failed so abjectly to become a settled consensus…
What impact has Brexit had on yourself personally?
All Britons
Positive: 8%
Negative: 45%
No impact: 38%
Leave voters
Positive: 17%
Negative: 19%
No impact: 57%
Remain voters
Positive: 0%
Negative: 74%
No impact: 22%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
All Britons
Positive: 8%
Negative: 45%
No impact: 38%
Leave voters
Positive: 17%
Negative: 19%
No impact: 57%
Remain voters
Positive: 0%
Negative: 74%
No impact: 22%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
You don’t see a 0% very often in polling - Brexit’s appeal, always narrow, has not expanded an inch (or a centimetre). And people who supported it at the time are mostly of the view that it made no difference. Few major political projects have failed so abjectly to become a settled consensus…
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1 YEAR OF 20MPH
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
January 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1 YEAR OF 20MPH
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
There were around 100 fewer people killed / seriously injured on 20/30mph roads.
Casualties from July-Sept was the lowest Q3 figures in Wales since records began.
Over the year the number of casualties on 20/30mph roads is 28% lower than the year before.
Good policy making.
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Today we've published a devolution special Ministers Reflect featuring candid interviews with former ministers from Scotland and Wales.
Interviews include former first ministers
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @humzayousaf.bsky.social, Mark Drakeford www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
Interviews include former first ministers
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @humzayousaf.bsky.social, Mark Drakeford www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
![“Firstly, remember that you're the decision maker, so listen, take advice, but don't outsource your decisions to officials or political advisers. […] You're accountable, you're elected, you're the one that has to stand or fall on your decisions.”
Nicola Sturgeon, former first minister of Scotland.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d656x5rt365ylfpbzpwgpl4i/bafkreidxvf55ckhdzkc2msjim6mt4ujnwpqt55gxatp2436x5vwiah4gmi@jpeg)
January 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today we've published a devolution special Ministers Reflect featuring candid interviews with former ministers from Scotland and Wales.
Interviews include former first ministers
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @humzayousaf.bsky.social, Mark Drakeford www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
Interviews include former first ministers
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @humzayousaf.bsky.social, Mark Drakeford www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
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The latest For Wales, See Wales is out and we welcome Wales' former First Minister Mark Drakeford.
He tells us that he believes Wales needs to have fewer hospitals and beds to put more money into primary care.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2p...
He tells us that he believes Wales needs to have fewer hospitals and beds to put more money into primary care.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2p...
Ep16: Mark Drakeford, Cheese and Politics
YouTube video by For Wales See Wales
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January 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The latest For Wales, See Wales is out and we welcome Wales' former First Minister Mark Drakeford.
He tells us that he believes Wales needs to have fewer hospitals and beds to put more money into primary care.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2p...
He tells us that he believes Wales needs to have fewer hospitals and beds to put more money into primary care.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2p...
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And here's the Holyrood poll:
Constituency:
SNP: 35% (+3)
Lab: 22% (-4)
Con: 14% (nc)
RefUK: 13% (+3)
LD: 8% (-1)
Grn: 6% (nc)
Alba: 1% (-)
List:
SNP: 31% (+4)
Lab: 21% (-4)
Con: 14% (-1)
RefUK: 13% (+2)
LD: 10% (+1)
Grn: 9% (-1)
Alba: 2% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP: 35% (+3)
Lab: 22% (-4)
Con: 14% (nc)
RefUK: 13% (+3)
LD: 8% (-1)
Grn: 6% (nc)
Alba: 1% (-)
List:
SNP: 31% (+4)
Lab: 21% (-4)
Con: 14% (-1)
RefUK: 13% (+2)
LD: 10% (+1)
Grn: 9% (-1)
Alba: 2% (-1)
🏴📊 New @survation.bsky.social Scotland-only Westminster poll out for @holyroodsources.bsky.social & True North (+/- 1-15 Nov 2024):
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
January 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And here's the Holyrood poll:
Constituency:
SNP: 35% (+3)
Lab: 22% (-4)
Con: 14% (nc)
RefUK: 13% (+3)
LD: 8% (-1)
Grn: 6% (nc)
Alba: 1% (-)
List:
SNP: 31% (+4)
Lab: 21% (-4)
Con: 14% (-1)
RefUK: 13% (+2)
LD: 10% (+1)
Grn: 9% (-1)
Alba: 2% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP: 35% (+3)
Lab: 22% (-4)
Con: 14% (nc)
RefUK: 13% (+3)
LD: 8% (-1)
Grn: 6% (nc)
Alba: 1% (-)
List:
SNP: 31% (+4)
Lab: 21% (-4)
Con: 14% (-1)
RefUK: 13% (+2)
LD: 10% (+1)
Grn: 9% (-1)
Alba: 2% (-1)
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🏴📊 New @survation.bsky.social Scotland-only Westminster poll out for @holyroodsources.bsky.social & True North (+/- 1-15 Nov 2024):
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🏴📊 New @survation.bsky.social Scotland-only Westminster poll out for @holyroodsources.bsky.social & True North (+/- 1-15 Nov 2024):
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
SNP: 33% (+2)
Lab: 24% (-4)
RefUK: 15% (+2)
Con: 13% (-2)
LD: 9% (+3)
Others: 5% (-3)
First Reform lead over the Tories in a Survation Scotland poll.
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🆕We're joined in conversation by John Swinney and Kate Forbes.
Up for discussion: the budget, meeting Donald Trump, welcoming Elon Musk, independence, energy policy, the SNP's Governmental record...
Streaming now on your podcast app. @akmaciver.bsky.social @calumam.bsky.social
Up for discussion: the budget, meeting Donald Trump, welcoming Elon Musk, independence, energy policy, the SNP's Governmental record...
Streaming now on your podcast app. @akmaciver.bsky.social @calumam.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🆕We're joined in conversation by John Swinney and Kate Forbes.
Up for discussion: the budget, meeting Donald Trump, welcoming Elon Musk, independence, energy policy, the SNP's Governmental record...
Streaming now on your podcast app. @akmaciver.bsky.social @calumam.bsky.social
Up for discussion: the budget, meeting Donald Trump, welcoming Elon Musk, independence, energy policy, the SNP's Governmental record...
Streaming now on your podcast app. @akmaciver.bsky.social @calumam.bsky.social
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Final LEADING interview of 2024 with the new First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan … Rory is impressed !!https://alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/114-the-future-of-wales-eluned-morgan/
114. The future of Wales (Eluned Morgan)
How did Morgan’s upbringing as the daughter of a priest set her off on a path to become Welsh First Minister? What does a former member of the European Parliament think happened with Brexit? How has t...
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December 30, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Final LEADING interview of 2024 with the new First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan … Rory is impressed !!https://alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/114-the-future-of-wales-eluned-morgan/
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#Eurovision2025….
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Stage ✅
Tickets ✅
Here’s everything you need to know about Basel 2025 🇨🇭
eurovision.tv/story/eurovi...
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Tickets ✅
Here’s everything you need to know about Basel 2025 🇨🇭
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Eurovision 2025: Visuals, stage and ticketing info revealed
Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR has released details about tickets for Basel 2025, as well as revealing the stage design and the visual and audio identity of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.
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December 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
#Eurovision2025….
Theme ✅
Stage ✅
Tickets ✅
Here’s everything you need to know about Basel 2025 🇨🇭
eurovision.tv/story/eurovi...
Theme ✅
Stage ✅
Tickets ✅
Here’s everything you need to know about Basel 2025 🇨🇭
eurovision.tv/story/eurovi...
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Last night in Westminster, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Europe was launched.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
December 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Last night in Westminster, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Europe was launched.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
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91% of trade agreements concluded by the UK since 2017 intersect with devolved matters and interests. The overlaps vary significantly and most do not require specific legislative changes in devolved law. This begs questions about the regulatory effect of FTA provisions. citp.ac.uk/publications...
December 10, 2024 at 10:13 AM
91% of trade agreements concluded by the UK since 2017 intersect with devolved matters and interests. The overlaps vary significantly and most do not require specific legislative changes in devolved law. This begs questions about the regulatory effect of FTA provisions. citp.ac.uk/publications...