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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Well written as ever Niall! I’ve always said that for Brexiteers Ireland is Britain’s Taiwan, not a real country but a renegade province that must be brought to heel and reclaimed for the motherland. The incredulity that Dublin didn’t meekly follow them out the door was so telling.
November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Well written as ever Niall! I’ve always said that for Brexiteers Ireland is Britain’s Taiwan, not a real country but a renegade province that must be brought to heel and reclaimed for the motherland. The incredulity that Dublin didn’t meekly follow them out the door was so telling.
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Results from a decade-scale simulation of drought conditions show that the Southern Andes glaciers, long viewed as natural drought insurance for central Chile, may lose half of their buffering power by 2100.
Andes Glaciers Are Losing Their Ability To Protect Chile From Future Megadroughts - Profolus
Researchers from Chile, Germany, and the United States modeled how a future megadrought might unfold in a world with far smaller glaciers.
www.profolus.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Results from a decade-scale simulation of drought conditions show that the Southern Andes glaciers, long viewed as natural drought insurance for central Chile, may lose half of their buffering power by 2100.
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A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia Thursday evening killed five people and injured eight.
At least five apartment buildings were damaged, and several shopping pavilions were destroyed.
(And then Russia says it wants peace, and it's Ukraine and Europe prolonging […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
At least five apartment buildings were damaged, and several shopping pavilions were destroyed.
(And then Russia says it wants peace, and it's Ukraine and Europe prolonging […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia Thursday evening killed five people and injured eight.
At least five apartment buildings were damaged, and several shopping pavilions were destroyed.
(And then Russia says it wants peace, and it's Ukraine and Europe prolonging […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
At least five apartment buildings were damaged, and several shopping pavilions were destroyed.
(And then Russia says it wants peace, and it's Ukraine and Europe prolonging […]
[Original post on mstdn.social]
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Some reflections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say | Devi Sridhar
To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global ...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Some reflections www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU is a predictable, reliable and trustworthy partner.
We are here to work with our G20 partners. Because nobody can tackle global challenges alone.
We are here to work with our G20 partners. Because nobody can tackle global challenges alone.
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The EU is a predictable, reliable and trustworthy partner.
We are here to work with our G20 partners. Because nobody can tackle global challenges alone.
We are here to work with our G20 partners. Because nobody can tackle global challenges alone.
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The SNP are not forcing Scotland to choose independence.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The SNP are not forcing Scotland to choose independence.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
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I saw something a couple of weeks ago in Cherbourg that I just wouldn't have believed possible a few years ago - 3 evening sailings that day, 1 to the UK and 2 to Ireland. Of course the town and the terminal were full of Irish cars and people.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I saw something a couple of weeks ago in Cherbourg that I just wouldn't have believed possible a few years ago - 3 evening sailings that day, 1 to the UK and 2 to Ireland. Of course the town and the terminal were full of Irish cars and people.
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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 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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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I was out in Edinburgh, last night. EVERY hospitality place is looking for Staff.
It's Post-Brexit, November 2025.
In spite of what a tiny tranche of deeply-unenlightened poltroons try to tell you, 'Immigration' isn't a Scottish Problem.
We need Scottish Independence. Quickly.
It's Post-Brexit, November 2025.
In spite of what a tiny tranche of deeply-unenlightened poltroons try to tell you, 'Immigration' isn't a Scottish Problem.
We need Scottish Independence. Quickly.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I was out in Edinburgh, last night. EVERY hospitality place is looking for Staff.
It's Post-Brexit, November 2025.
In spite of what a tiny tranche of deeply-unenlightened poltroons try to tell you, 'Immigration' isn't a Scottish Problem.
We need Scottish Independence. Quickly.
It's Post-Brexit, November 2025.
In spite of what a tiny tranche of deeply-unenlightened poltroons try to tell you, 'Immigration' isn't a Scottish Problem.
We need Scottish Independence. Quickly.
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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As Labour ‘generously’ keep prescriptions at just under £10 a go how SNP free prescriptions have saved uncounted thousands of asthmatics talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/a...
As Labour ‘generously’ keep prescriptions at just under £10 a go how SNP free prescriptions have saved uncounted thousands of asthmatics
Professor John Robertson OBA Before we get into the often unreported benefits, let’s get rid of the myth that we cannot afford them. They would just love this to happen. but free prescription…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
As Labour ‘generously’ keep prescriptions at just under £10 a go how SNP free prescriptions have saved uncounted thousands of asthmatics talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/a...
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Labour and the other Unionists are not the solution. We need to look after our own affairs and be in charge of our own destiny and future.
Vote SNP .
#independence #snp #scotland #destiny #future #vote #labourout #election #solution #nounion
Vote SNP .
#independence #snp #scotland #destiny #future #vote #labourout #election #solution #nounion
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Labour and the other Unionists are not the solution. We need to look after our own affairs and be in charge of our own destiny and future.
Vote SNP .
#independence #snp #scotland #destiny #future #vote #labourout #election #solution #nounion
Vote SNP .
#independence #snp #scotland #destiny #future #vote #labourout #election #solution #nounion
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What is don't think many people realise is that the Scottish Government actually saves money by providing free prescriptions. It means the horrendous costs involved in administering the charges of all those individual prescriptions do not exist.
#ScottishIndependence will deliver more & better
#ScottishIndependence will deliver more & better
As Labour ‘generously’ keep prescriptions at just under £10 a go how SNP free prescriptions have saved uncounted thousands of asthmatics talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/a...
As Labour ‘generously’ keep prescriptions at just under £10 a go how SNP free prescriptions have saved uncounted thousands of asthmatics
Professor John Robertson OBA Before we get into the often unreported benefits, let’s get rid of the myth that we cannot afford them. They would just love this to happen. but free prescription…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What is don't think many people realise is that the Scottish Government actually saves money by providing free prescriptions. It means the horrendous costs involved in administering the charges of all those individual prescriptions do not exist.
#ScottishIndependence will deliver more & better
#ScottishIndependence will deliver more & better
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2/2. If Scotland doesn't escape soon it will more than confirm its status as just an energy supplier and pretty holiday destination for England.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
2/2. If Scotland doesn't escape soon it will more than confirm its status as just an energy supplier and pretty holiday destination for England.
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As English born and raised, in a way I can see things from both sides. As I write this Sky News are doing a piece on the coming energy price increases inc the need for Scotland to be producing energy for England. It's so blatant. 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
As English born and raised, in a way I can see things from both sides. As I write this Sky News are doing a piece on the coming energy price increases inc the need for Scotland to be producing energy for England. It's so blatant. 1/2
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Scotland is told by its bigger neighbour, which has benefited *enormously* from Scottish resources for over 50 years, that wanting independence and to benefit at last from those resources ourselves is 'selfish'. Uhuh. 😳🙄
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Scotland is told by its bigger neighbour, which has benefited *enormously* from Scottish resources for over 50 years, that wanting independence and to benefit at last from those resources ourselves is 'selfish'. Uhuh. 😳🙄
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Stephen Kinnock, "On food, let's get a better Brexit deal so we can reduce food costs because so much of the inflation in food cost is from the totally botched Brexit deal which ended up with massive import prices"
Fiona Bruce, "Forgive me for interrupting"
Fiona Bruce, "Forgive me for interrupting"
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Stephen Kinnock, "On food, let's get a better Brexit deal so we can reduce food costs because so much of the inflation in food cost is from the totally botched Brexit deal which ended up with massive import prices"
Fiona Bruce, "Forgive me for interrupting"
Fiona Bruce, "Forgive me for interrupting"
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Scotland v Argentina, 2026? Alexander Watson Hutton is the father of football there. He taught at St Andrews Scots School in Buenos Aires & the first Argentine championship of 1891 ended in a play off between St Andrews FC v Old Caledonians FC, with the St Andrews boys beating their compatriots.
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Scotland v Argentina, 2026? Alexander Watson Hutton is the father of football there. He taught at St Andrews Scots School in Buenos Aires & the first Argentine championship of 1891 ended in a play off between St Andrews FC v Old Caledonians FC, with the St Andrews boys beating their compatriots.
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I mean why TF is Gove a Lord now? He spent Covid plotting with Cummings and grifting his sorry arse off, having already lied himself inside out over Brexit - another reason our country is in such a mess.
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Michael Gove lobbied by Covid VIP lane’s biggest winner of PPE contracts
Exclusive: then Cabinet Office minister had phone call with Unispace, which weeks later got the first of £680m worth of deals
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I mean why TF is Gove a Lord now? He spent Covid plotting with Cummings and grifting his sorry arse off, having already lied himself inside out over Brexit - another reason our country is in such a mess.
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He gets a peerage.
We get to pay for it all.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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Reform UK’s Leader in Wales Nathan Gill will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to 8 charges or Russian Bribery. 🇷🇺
Farage was his leader.
He turned a blind eye to the ‘strange trips’ he was going on.
There’s a lot missing from the story.
#ReformRussianBribes
Farage was his leader.
He turned a blind eye to the ‘strange trips’ he was going on.
There’s a lot missing from the story.
#ReformRussianBribes
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Reform UK’s Leader in Wales Nathan Gill will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to 8 charges or Russian Bribery. 🇷🇺
Farage was his leader.
He turned a blind eye to the ‘strange trips’ he was going on.
There’s a lot missing from the story.
#ReformRussianBribes
Farage was his leader.
He turned a blind eye to the ‘strange trips’ he was going on.
There’s a lot missing from the story.
#ReformRussianBribes