Michael McGarvie
@mmcg125.bsky.social
Live in Leith, Edinburgh.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Sometimes Edinburgh’s industrial past is overlooked for its architecture, and its medical and legal heritage.
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Mills on the Water of Leith; including paper, snuff and grain. #Edinburgh
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Sometimes Edinburgh’s industrial past is overlooked for its architecture, and its medical and legal heritage.
Great collection of information here ⬇️
Great collection of information here ⬇️
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No Reform MPs attended Parliament today for the urgent question on Russia, because the Kremlin didn't think it was a good use of our time.
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
No Reform MPs attended Parliament today for the urgent question on Russia, because the Kremlin didn't think it was a good use of our time.
Stefan Zweig in the 1930s
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Stefan Zweig in the 1930s
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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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Yay! A fresh round of baseless scaremongering.
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yay! A fresh round of baseless scaremongering.
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
Now, the noisy minority of greedy super-rich are telling us settling up charges will mean no one will invest or start business in the UK.
Just like they don't elsewhere with exit taxes like **checks notes**
USA, France, Germany, Canada, Australia...
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The wrongful release of prisoners happened 800 times under the Tories.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The wrongful release of prisoners happened 800 times under the Tories.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.
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2,600 prison places created since Labour came to Power. Labour have approved the building of a new prison.
500 places were created by the Tories between 2010 and 2024. No new prisons built in 14 years.
But it’s all Labour’s fault. Yeah right. We are not stupid.
500 places were created by the Tories between 2010 and 2024. No new prisons built in 14 years.
But it’s all Labour’s fault. Yeah right. We are not stupid.
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
2,600 prison places created since Labour came to Power. Labour have approved the building of a new prison.
500 places were created by the Tories between 2010 and 2024. No new prisons built in 14 years.
But it’s all Labour’s fault. Yeah right. We are not stupid.
500 places were created by the Tories between 2010 and 2024. No new prisons built in 14 years.
But it’s all Labour’s fault. Yeah right. We are not stupid.
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No boat crossings at all in the last 7 days.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
No boat crossings at all in the last 7 days.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
The BBC hasn’t sent this to our phones as breaking news.
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The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
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Labour repair the damage done by the tories who sold all the stock to private company . Labour bought them back and now reinvest in the homes of military families .
Better with Labour 👍
Better with Labour 👍
Defence Housing Strategy
The government has launched the strategy which will see £9bn invested in houses for armed forces personnel & families.
It will see 40k homes modernised, refurbished or rebuilt.
A further 100k new homes will be built on MOD land, for both military & civilian families.
The government has launched the strategy which will see £9bn invested in houses for armed forces personnel & families.
It will see 40k homes modernised, refurbished or rebuilt.
A further 100k new homes will be built on MOD land, for both military & civilian families.
Defence Housing Strategy: A £9bn ‘generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth
The MOD is announcing its new Defence Housing Strategy, with £9bn to improve over 40,000 military homes.
www.gov.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Labour repair the damage done by the tories who sold all the stock to private company . Labour bought them back and now reinvest in the homes of military families .
Better with Labour 👍
Better with Labour 👍
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A perfect 10 of #LabourAchievements. Busy #FixingBritain In just the last four days announcements covering veterans, military homes, people in work up and big savings on electricity costs for business. 👏👏👏#FixingBritain every week by hard work and good government
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A perfect 10 of #LabourAchievements. Busy #FixingBritain In just the last four days announcements covering veterans, military homes, people in work up and big savings on electricity costs for business. 👏👏👏#FixingBritain every week by hard work and good government
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Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
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Scottish ministers must draw up plans to close £5 billion black hole, says watchdog
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Scottish ministers must draw up plans to close £5 billion black hole, says watchdog
The Auditor General for Scotland highlighted a ‘stark’ forecast gap
www.scotsman.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Scottish ministers must draw up plans to close £5 billion black hole, says watchdog
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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This has clearly been the SNP policy on currency for a while - keep quiet, make soothing noises about it all being fine, and let organisations like the Scottish Currency Group plant fantasy ideas in the heads of the independence-minded, because they can't be held to account when they don't work.
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This has clearly been the SNP policy on currency for a while - keep quiet, make soothing noises about it all being fine, and let organisations like the Scottish Currency Group plant fantasy ideas in the heads of the independence-minded, because they can't be held to account when they don't work.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
When you end up spelling your intitials by accident with this weeks Duolingo score!!
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When you end up spelling your intitials by accident with this weeks Duolingo score!!
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Gold earring - 3rd Century BCE
Such beautiful workmanship in creating a tiny object nearly 2,300 years ago!
This Etrurian example was found in Volterra & is 1.85 cm high.
It has an amber head & has a cap covered in granulations.
Now in Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Volterra.
#FindsFriday
Such beautiful workmanship in creating a tiny object nearly 2,300 years ago!
This Etrurian example was found in Volterra & is 1.85 cm high.
It has an amber head & has a cap covered in granulations.
Now in Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Volterra.
#FindsFriday
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Gold earring - 3rd Century BCE
Such beautiful workmanship in creating a tiny object nearly 2,300 years ago!
This Etrurian example was found in Volterra & is 1.85 cm high.
It has an amber head & has a cap covered in granulations.
Now in Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Volterra.
#FindsFriday
Such beautiful workmanship in creating a tiny object nearly 2,300 years ago!
This Etrurian example was found in Volterra & is 1.85 cm high.
It has an amber head & has a cap covered in granulations.
Now in Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Volterra.
#FindsFriday
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US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic.
Remember how the tariffs were supposedly bringing in "trillions" of dollars?
apnews.com/article/trum...
Remember how the tariffs were supposedly bringing in "trillions" of dollars?
apnews.com/article/trum...
US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
The U.S. government's gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion during the federal shutdown, marking a record high.
apnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic.
Remember how the tariffs were supposedly bringing in "trillions" of dollars?
apnews.com/article/trum...
Remember how the tariffs were supposedly bringing in "trillions" of dollars?
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Another Brexit bonus!
October 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Another Brexit bonus!
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Lots to unpack here.
• Christine represents a very wealthy constituency with high rates of private schooling. That's why she's saying this.
• The SCIS report cited is misleading to the point of being nonsense. Edinburgh Council says there was no significant increase in state school enrolment.
• Christine represents a very wealthy constituency with high rates of private schooling. That's why she's saying this.
• The SCIS report cited is misleading to the point of being nonsense. Edinburgh Council says there was no significant increase in state school enrolment.
Decline in private school pupil numbers
Following the changes made by the Labour Government which imposed VAT on private school fees, Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has hit out at the damaging impact of the decision, as new figures revealed a sharp drop in pupil numbers across Scotland’s…
Following the changes made by the Labour Government which imposed VAT on private school fees, Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has hit out at the damaging impact of the decision, as new figures revealed a sharp drop in pupil numbers across Scotland’s…
Decline in private school pupil numbers
Following the changes made by the Labour Government which imposed VAT on private school fees, Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has hit out at the damaging impact of the decision, as new figures revealed a sharp drop in pupil numbers across Scotland’s independent schools. Ms Jardine says the latest census from the Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS) shows that enrolments have fallen by almost 3,000 pupils, a 10% decline, since the tax was introduced, with the steepest drop seen in Edinburgh, where rolls have fallen by over 10%.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Lots to unpack here.
• Christine represents a very wealthy constituency with high rates of private schooling. That's why she's saying this.
• The SCIS report cited is misleading to the point of being nonsense. Edinburgh Council says there was no significant increase in state school enrolment.
• Christine represents a very wealthy constituency with high rates of private schooling. That's why she's saying this.
• The SCIS report cited is misleading to the point of being nonsense. Edinburgh Council says there was no significant increase in state school enrolment.
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Pressed by Peter Smith for answers on his independence paper’s currency proposals, John Swinney simply doesn’t have them. All he can do is retreat to his comfort zone of magical thinking on child poverty.
October 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pressed by Peter Smith for answers on his independence paper’s currency proposals, John Swinney simply doesn’t have them. All he can do is retreat to his comfort zone of magical thinking on child poverty.
Excellent piece about an infamous photograph from WW2 and the lessons for today.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/10/09/2...
app.independent.co.uk/2025/10/09/2...
The Independent UK
app.independent.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excellent piece about an infamous photograph from WW2 and the lessons for today.
app.independent.co.uk/2025/10/09/2...
app.independent.co.uk/2025/10/09/2...
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🎯 Nearly there...
Please help us raise the remaining funds for Govan Old and the Viking-Age Govan Stones!
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Please help us raise the remaining funds for Govan Old and the Viking-Age Govan Stones!
tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...
October 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🎯 Nearly there...
Please help us raise the remaining funds for Govan Old and the Viking-Age Govan Stones!
tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...
Please help us raise the remaining funds for Govan Old and the Viking-Age Govan Stones!
tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...