Langspoon 🏴
@langspoon.bsky.social
Retired. Cyclist, curler. Support independence for Scotland.
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Trump's (ahem Putin's)"peace" plan
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Trump's (ahem Putin's)"peace" plan
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“If the UK is a nation of devolved nations, why is there no BBC England? Why are the devolved nations paying for a national service that concentrates on England?"
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“If the UK is a nation of devolved nations, why is there no BBC England? Why are the devolved nations paying for a national service that concentrates on England?"
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My latest blog piece, hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right
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Hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right
Racists complain that migrants don’t want to learn English and integrate, but when migrants do want to learn English and integrate, racists mount a protest outside the school where English la…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My latest blog piece, hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right
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Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Michelle Mone can be expelled from the House of Lords by a simple majority vote in the Commons, and then in the House of Lords.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
Like if she needs to go.
RT if she has to go.
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THIS -
Blaming the Scot Gov for Mossmorran is ridiculous 👇
Blaming the Scot Gov for Mossmorran is ridiculous 👇
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
THIS -
Blaming the Scot Gov for Mossmorran is ridiculous 👇
Blaming the Scot Gov for Mossmorran is ridiculous 👇
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On the Caledonian Antisyzygy, and Scottish victory as a Luminous Moment open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
Stop Making Sense
Scotland's victory over Denmark is a luminous moment
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On the Caledonian Antisyzygy, and Scottish victory as a Luminous Moment open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
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Always remember, Labour were willing to save the Scunthorpe steel works, but not Grangemouth or Mossmorran & their Energy Profits Levy is destroying investment, livelihoods & jobs in Aberdeen & the north east.
Scotland will always be an afterthought for Westminster, it’s time for independence 🏴
Scotland will always be an afterthought for Westminster, it’s time for independence 🏴
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Always remember, Labour were willing to save the Scunthorpe steel works, but not Grangemouth or Mossmorran & their Energy Profits Levy is destroying investment, livelihoods & jobs in Aberdeen & the north east.
Scotland will always be an afterthought for Westminster, it’s time for independence 🏴
Scotland will always be an afterthought for Westminster, it’s time for independence 🏴
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
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We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
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November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Excellent thread.
Rachael Johnson: "Boris did his best".
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Excellent thread.
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Safe Drug Consumption Rooms – A year after UK researchers confirm they work, five years after the SNP call for them and eight years after 349 research groups prove they work, UK Labour have no plans to amend 54 year-old drug laws because of Reform UK threat? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/s...
Safe Drug Consumption Facilities – A year after UK researchers confirm they work, five years after the SNP call for them and eight years after 349 research groups prove they work, UK Labour have no pl...
Professor John Robertson OBA In 2017: The largest review ever undertaken, of 349 research studies, from across the globe though mostly in Europe, carried out by the Centre for Criminology at the Un…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Safe Drug Consumption Rooms – A year after UK researchers confirm they work, five years after the SNP call for them and eight years after 349 research groups prove they work, UK Labour have no plans to amend 54 year-old drug laws because of Reform UK threat? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/s...
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My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
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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…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
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Westminster bails out two English companies as 'essential' but fails to give the same support to similarly important industries in Scotland and Wales.
For a 'just transition' that works for Scotland’s people, we need #ScottishIndependence
www.thenational.scot/news/2563397...
For a 'just transition' that works for Scotland’s people, we need #ScottishIndependence
www.thenational.scot/news/2563397...
Keir Starmer breaks silence on ExxonMobil site at Mossmorran
KEIR Starmer has addressed the closure of the ExxonMobil site in Fife which threatens more than 400 jobs.
www.thenational.scot
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Westminster bails out two English companies as 'essential' but fails to give the same support to similarly important industries in Scotland and Wales.
For a 'just transition' that works for Scotland’s people, we need #ScottishIndependence
www.thenational.scot/news/2563397...
For a 'just transition' that works for Scotland’s people, we need #ScottishIndependence
www.thenational.scot/news/2563397...
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Anas Sarwar's promises to "stand up to Keir Starmer and defend Scotland's interests" has been so effective that he has saved *zero* jobs at Grangemouth, Alexander Dennis and Mossmorran.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Anas Sarwar's promises to "stand up to Keir Starmer and defend Scotland's interests" has been so effective that he has saved *zero* jobs at Grangemouth, Alexander Dennis and Mossmorran.
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My latest blog piece, a vote for Labour, or for another anti-independence party in Scotland, is voting to be ignored and irrelevant.
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A Labour vote in Scotland is a vote not to matter
You’ve got to hand it to the Labour party, they are certainly consistent, consistent in their shafting of Scottish workers. It’s almost as though, despite Labour’s protestations t…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My latest blog piece, a vote for Labour, or for another anti-independence party in Scotland, is voting to be ignored and irrelevant.
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💡 Scotland is an energy-rich nation, yet Scottish businesses face the highest energy costs in the developed world – holding back growth, investment and jobs.
🟦 It is time to end Scotland’s energy bill rip off: www.believeinscotland.org/how_uk_energ...
🟦 It is time to end Scotland’s energy bill rip off: www.believeinscotland.org/how_uk_energ...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💡 Scotland is an energy-rich nation, yet Scottish businesses face the highest energy costs in the developed world – holding back growth, investment and jobs.
🟦 It is time to end Scotland’s energy bill rip off: www.believeinscotland.org/how_uk_energ...
🟦 It is time to end Scotland’s energy bill rip off: www.believeinscotland.org/how_uk_energ...
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Today we delivered over 724,000 petition signatures to the Treasury, demanding the govt tax the super rich at the next budget.
We were joined by millionaires who are happy to pay & here to stay, by public service workers and by a huge collection of civil society organisations.
We were joined by millionaires who are happy to pay & here to stay, by public service workers and by a huge collection of civil society organisations.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today we delivered over 724,000 petition signatures to the Treasury, demanding the govt tax the super rich at the next budget.
We were joined by millionaires who are happy to pay & here to stay, by public service workers and by a huge collection of civil society organisations.
We were joined by millionaires who are happy to pay & here to stay, by public service workers and by a huge collection of civil society organisations.
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
It takes 30 seconds
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November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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Made me LOL. Sorry.
The calculators run entirely locally on your device - nothing is sent to us or indeed put on the internet at all.
(You may feel better if you burn your phone afterwards, but it's not strictly necessary)
(You may feel better if you burn your phone afterwards, but it's not strictly necessary)
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Made me LOL. Sorry.
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HALF of all UK Renewable Energy is Produced in Scotland.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
HALF of all UK Renewable Energy is Produced in Scotland.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
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My latest blog article No, independence supporters’ well documented compaints about BBC bias on the Scottish constitutional question are nothing like Trump's attacks on freedom of the press.
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No, independence supporters’ compaints about BBC bias are nothing like Trump
There is certainly no love lost between supporters of Scottish independence and the BBC. It is however egregious I’m-not-a-nationalist-I’m-British bollocks to suggest, as former Labour …
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November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My latest blog article No, independence supporters’ well documented compaints about BBC bias on the Scottish constitutional question are nothing like Trump's attacks on freedom of the press.
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It's 2025 & people still dress like this & expect respect!
Look I know we expect the Swiss guards outside the Vatican to dress like this, And even some Chinese & Japanese theatre shows as well. But 'Catch yourself on folks', These cosplaying leeches actually believe that this is the way to dress.
Look I know we expect the Swiss guards outside the Vatican to dress like this, And even some Chinese & Japanese theatre shows as well. But 'Catch yourself on folks', These cosplaying leeches actually believe that this is the way to dress.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's 2025 & people still dress like this & expect respect!
Look I know we expect the Swiss guards outside the Vatican to dress like this, And even some Chinese & Japanese theatre shows as well. But 'Catch yourself on folks', These cosplaying leeches actually believe that this is the way to dress.
Look I know we expect the Swiss guards outside the Vatican to dress like this, And even some Chinese & Japanese theatre shows as well. But 'Catch yourself on folks', These cosplaying leeches actually believe that this is the way to dress.
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My latest blog piece @believeinscotland.bsky.social have the route map to independence that we need
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Believe in Scotland’s path to independence, the routemap we need
I have previously blogged about my view that the UK is entering a terminal phase crisis which it is unlikely to survive in its current form. The pro-independence campaign group Believe in Scotland …
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November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My latest blog piece @believeinscotland.bsky.social have the route map to independence that we need
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