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Carol McNamara
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Scottish independence: re-join the EU: extremist (apparently)
⚠️ I swear
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How much is Musk getting!?
A million seconds is 11.5 days A billion seconds is 31.7 years A trillion seconds is 31,700 years
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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When your starting point is bottom of the heap...
Snip of text reading: GDP per Capita: Despite strong overall growth figures, when adjusted for population growth, economic output per head puts the UK near the bottom of the G7 league table. This is a more accurate reflection of individual living standards and highlights a significant long-term issue. Productivity: The UK has faced persistently low productivity growth since the 2008 financial crisis, lagging behind the US, France, and Germany in GDP per hour worked. Low levels of public and private investment are cited as contributing factors. Inflation: The UK has faced the highest inflation rate among G7 nations for both 2024 and 2025, primarily driven by rising energy bills and labor costs. Investment: The UK also lags behind every other G7 country in terms of business investment as a share of its economy. In summary, the UK started 2025 with a strong cyclical recovery in overall GDP growth, but from a position of structural weakness marked by low productivity and high inflation compared to its G7 peers.
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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She's small fry compared to some of the others. Meanwhile, what are we doing about Michael Gove?
Snip of article reading: The report Behind the Masks; Corruption red flags in COVID-19 public procurement identifies 135 contracts that we believe carry a high risk of corruption. Altogether, these contracts represent a staggering £15.3 billion of public funds—nearly a third of all pandemic procurement by value. To put this into perspective, that figure is almost equivalent to the entire annual Home Office budget. These figures show Whitehall departments award almost £4.1bn to suppliers with political connections to the party of government at the time. Many of these went through the infamous 'VIP' and 'high priority lanes' for PPE and testing, referred by MPs and ministers from the party of government for fast-track treatment - a substantial proportion of which were not subject to adequate due diligence checks.' Link to article: https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/new-research-raises-corruption-questions-over-billions-covid-public-spending Snip of article reading: Unispace Global Ltd took the largest slice of the VIP lane contracts handed out by the Tories for PPE during the pandemic, landing contracts worth £679m at some of the highest rates. Details on how they were able to secure a place on the unlawful fast-track scheme have been hidden – until now. Following a six-month freedom of information battle with the Cabinet Office, Good Law Project can reveal Michael Gove was lobbied by the firm in the weeks leading up to its first eye-watering PPE deal. In a previously unpublished email signed by the company’s “Founder”, the firm contacted Gove on 24 March 2020, thanking him for his “time spent with us on the phone earlier” and offering to sell PPE, hospital beds, ventilators and other supplies. This initial message seems to have been sent to a personal email address, but the Cabinet Office refused to disclose whether Gove used his personal email address. Link to article: https://goodlawproject.org/michael-gove-opened-the-door-to-biggest-vip-lane-firm/
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Some more of Scotland. The second pic (Loch Lomond) is about 40 minutes drive from the first one (the motorway going through Glasgow).
Picture of the M8 motorway at night Pic of Loch Lomond
October 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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hehe 😆
Digitally altered satirical image showing Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin dressed in drag, standing on a street corner in revealing outfits and high heels. Next to them, Xi Jinping is depicted wearing a fur coat, flashy jewellery, and holding a wad of cash, styled to look like their pimp.
October 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Anas as a boy...
Photograph of Anas Sarwar as a child of about 12 years old meeting Yasser Arafat. Both are smiling in the image. Arafat has his arm round Sarwar's back and is firmly squeezing the boy's arm and shoulder.
September 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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I always associate the NF with the Jack.
Image of National Front march in 1970s Yorkshire, UK - each member holds a Union Jack.
August 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This is my bsky banner image.
Bold red text on a black background reading 'Art Kills Fascism'.
August 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Tell that to my gran and grandpa.
An image from 1960s Glasgow depicting derelict, but inhabited, tenements with a baby's pram in the foreground.
July 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Spreading disinformation is shitty.

www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Snip from a 25 July 2025 Canary article reading: Spanish airline Vueling have explained that a group of French-Israeli teenagers were removed from a plane for safety reasons. However, right-wing media, including a number of Israeli outlets, have reported that the passengers were ejected for being Jewish. In a statement, Vueling said: During flight VY8166, a group of teenagers engaged in disruptive behaviour and adopted a confrontational attitude in breach of Article 41 of Air Safety Law. The company went on to detail how the teenagers tampered with passenger safety equipment, disrupted the safety demonstration, and “repeatedly disobeyed crew instructions.” Cabin crew gave “increasingly serious warnings” before resorting to assistance from the flight deck. There, due to safety reasons, the decision was undertaken to request support from the police. Link to full article https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/07/25/israeli-teenagers-plane/
July 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Reality flies in the face of your assertion. (For context, the UK is 28th on that list).
Table of countries listed by GDP per capita. 1. Singapore 2.i Luxembourg 2.ii. Lichtenstein 2.iii. Macau 3.i Ireland 3.ii. Monaco 4.i. Qatar 4.ii. Bermuda 5. Norway 6. Switzerland 7. Brunei 8. Guyana 9.i United States 9.ii. Cayman Islands 9.iii. Isle of Man 10. Denmark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
July 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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England's well on its way to a fascist future. It's time for Scotland to go. #ScottishIndependence
Snip of text from BBC site reading: Knife-edge Runcorn by-election Reform UK won its first Parliamentary by-election, taking Runcorn and Helsby from Labour by just six votes after a recount Reform candidate Sarah Pochin got 38.7% of the vote. The Conservatives came a distant third, with the Green Party fourth First Reform mayor Reform also won its first mayoral contest, with former Tory MP Dame Andrea Jenkyns getting 42% of the vote in Greater Lincolnshire - a long way ahead of the Conservative candidate on 26% Labour hold trio of mayoral contests In North Tyneside Labour held the mayoralty by just 444 votes It was also a tight result in Doncaster, with Labour clinching victory over Reform by 698 votes Labour also held on in the West of England mayoral contest, with a majority of 5,949, as the Tories were pushed into fourth place behind Reform and the Greens But the party saw its share of the vote fall significantly as Reform came a close second in all three races Reform make council gains Reform UK won more than half of the first 100 council seats to be declared - and has a vote share so far of about 38% Northumberland County Council is the first council to declare and will stay in No Overall Control with the Conservatives currently on the most seats Reform UK appear well on the way to winning control of Lincolnshire County Council after taking 14 of the first 17 seats to declare, with Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives on one each
May 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Here you go :)
Idiot emoji
April 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Labour controlled Glasgow (1980)
The Squirrel Bar in front dilapidated tenements. Three people sit to the right of the foreground beside burning debris.
March 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Fuck Reform uKKK
Silhouetted figure wearing a pointed union jack hood.
March 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I was having a bad a day but this is cheering me up a bit. Tesla stock down more than 10% 😆
Graph of Tesla stock price showing a value of $234.43 - a drop of 10.75% today.
March 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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It's happening
Graph showing Tesla stock price @ $272.04 - down 30.64% in the past month.
March 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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📝 Take five minutes today: Find your reps, send that email, and tell them that Scotland will not be silenced. Use www.writetothem.com to easily contact your councillors, MSPs, and MPs in one go!
#ScotlandDemandsBetter #ScottishIndependence #MakeYourVoiceHeard #ScotRef #ScotPol
Snip of text reading: 🚨 STOP SHOUTING INTO THE VOID – START EMAILING YOUR REPS! 🚨 Social media debates won’t win Scotland’s independence. Algorithms ensure we’re only speaking to each other, while those in power ignore us. It’s time to change the game. 💻 Email your political representatives directly! They can’t ignore inboxes overflowing with demands for action. 📢 If your rep is SNP or Green: Demand they solidify a strategy and commit to a concrete plan for achieving independence. We need more than just rhetoric—we need a clear, deliverable route to self-determination. ❌ If your rep is Labour or Conservative: Challenge their undemocratic stance. They’ve made it clear they’ll ignore a pro-independence majority at the 2026 Holyrood election. Ask them: Why do they believe Scotland’s democratic will should be overridden? Why do they think Westminster should hold a veto over Scotland’s future? This is our country, our democracy, and our future. Let’s stop waiting for permission and start demanding action.
March 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Map of Gulf of Mexico renamed to Gulf of Make Believe
March 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Anyone using Telegram is nuts
Snip of text describing Telegram encryption which reads: Encryption type Telegram uses 256-bit symmetric AES encryption, 2048-bit RSA encryption, and Diffie–Hellman secure key exchange. Security concerns Proton VPN notes that many popular Telegram features, like channels, are not end-to-end encrypted. This means that Telegram can see much of the user data in the app.
February 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The Labour party and the GB Energy con.
#WakeUpScotland
February 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Tesla stock down 9% in a morning's trading. Good!
Graph of Tesla stock price currently valued at $300.71 down 9.02% today.
February 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Who owns most US debt? UK right up there cos it's 'safe debt' don't you know? And Luxembourg wtf?
Bar chart showing countries holding most US debt. Currently Japan, China, closely followed by the UK then Luxembourg and Canada.
February 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Truth twister extraordinaire.
February 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Yup. I'm not a Christian but I have read the Bible and seem to know it much better than people who claim they are. I find that concerning. I saw this image earlier and thought it was fitting.
An image of a red MAGA style hat with 'And they shall wear the mark of the beast on their foreheads' written on it.
February 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM