Moira Macmillan
@moiramac.bsky.social
Ex bookselling/publishing, now retired. Believe in Scottish independence. Share my life between Scotland and Spain. 🏴🇪🇦 Happy pensionista, independanista, bibliophile, europhile. Love wine, food, sun. 🍊🍇🍋🍷and Pego, Valencia. @moiramac.bsky.social
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🇮🇪🏴 The First Minister of Scotland John Swinney becomes the first Foreign Leader to be welcomed to Ireland by new President Catherine Connolly💚💙
It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🇮🇪🏴 The First Minister of Scotland John Swinney becomes the first Foreign Leader to be welcomed to Ireland by new President Catherine Connolly💚💙
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Did you know that Scotland has 1 district nurse per 1595 people, whilst England has only 1 district nurse per *7700*?
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Did you know that Scotland has 1 district nurse per 1595 people, whilst England has only 1 district nurse per *7700*?
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It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
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There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
There is a reason why Witkoff did not want any officials with the State Dept or anyone else present during his many meetings w/Putin - he didn’t want witnesses to his treasonous behavior. Highly unusual, but makes perfect sense when you consider that he only cared about Russia.
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And there we have it, privatization is whats planed for our SNHS if they get their grubby hands on it, we already know shes had quite a few meetings with the privet health care company's 😡. www.thenational.scot
Jackie Baillie backs Wes Streeting's NHS private sector plans
SCOTTISH Labour’s deputy leader has suggested the Scottish Government should follow Wes Streeting’s plans for heavier involvement of the private…
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
And there we have it, privatization is whats planed for our SNHS if they get their grubby hands on it, we already know shes had quite a few meetings with the privet health care company's 😡. www.thenational.scot
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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You're complicit in genocide and the attacks on migrants.
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You're complicit in genocide and the attacks on migrants.
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
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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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Racists complain that migrants don't want to learn English and integrate, but when migrants DO want to learn English and integrate, racists do this -
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
Protesters pledge weekly disruption at Glasgow school over mums' English classes
Glasgow City Council is set for a long-running stand-off with protesters targeting a local primary over English classes for pupils’ mums
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Racists complain that migrants don't want to learn English and integrate, but when migrants DO want to learn English and integrate, racists do this -
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
www.thenational.scot/news/2564569...
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Remind me why the UK has a House of Lords.
Labour peer Lord Evans had broken the rules, including by sponsoring events in Parliament for a company that was owned by his son, and in which he held one-third of the shares.
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Two peers face suspension from House of Lords - BBC News
Former Army chief Lord Richard Dannatt and businessman Lord Evans of Watford face suspensions.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Remind me why the UK has a House of Lords.
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With the release of The Covid 19 Report, this podcast is worth a listen again. It's an interview with Dr Dan Goyal who worked on the frontline during the pandemic. He was talking about the ITV series "Breathless" which depicted the conditions NHS staff worked under.
#Covid19Inquiry
#Covid19Inquiry
“Breathtaking”: Could it happen again? - Bylines Scotland
Dr Dan Goyal, NHS Medical Consultant and Bylines Scotland's Health Policy Editor talks about the ITV series "Breathtaking" and his own experience in working on the NHS frontline during the Covid pande...
bylines.scot
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
With the release of The Covid 19 Report, this podcast is worth a listen again. It's an interview with Dr Dan Goyal who worked on the frontline during the pandemic. He was talking about the ITV series "Breathless" which depicted the conditions NHS staff worked under.
#Covid19Inquiry
#Covid19Inquiry
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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
The UK is following the US model. Wealth concentrated in fewer hands. 24m can't attain minimum standard of living, real average wage unchanged since 2008, public services eroded, profiteering is rife.
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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Ciaran Jenkins, "Two peers are to be suspended from the House of Lords after the parliamentary watchdog ruled that they had broken lobbying rules" #C4News
Why suspended? Why not stripped of their peerages?
Why suspended? Why not stripped of their peerages?
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Ciaran Jenkins, "Two peers are to be suspended from the House of Lords after the parliamentary watchdog ruled that they had broken lobbying rules" #C4News
Why suspended? Why not stripped of their peerages?
Why suspended? Why not stripped of their peerages?
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We can’t let history repeat itself.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We can’t let history repeat itself.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
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Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.
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BBC News cover claims of Nigel Farage's racism
"One Jewish pupil said he was targeted by Mr Farage, who would tell him: Hitler was right and gassed them"
"Another public who was non-white was told to go back to where he came from"
"One Jewish pupil said he was targeted by Mr Farage, who would tell him: Hitler was right and gassed them"
"Another public who was non-white was told to go back to where he came from"
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
BBC News cover claims of Nigel Farage's racism
"One Jewish pupil said he was targeted by Mr Farage, who would tell him: Hitler was right and gassed them"
"Another public who was non-white was told to go back to where he came from"
"One Jewish pupil said he was targeted by Mr Farage, who would tell him: Hitler was right and gassed them"
"Another public who was non-white was told to go back to where he came from"
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Water bills in Scotland will be, on average £113 lower than in England this year.
🏴 That’s the power of public ownership, don’t let Labour get their hands on Scotland’s water 👇
🏴 That’s the power of public ownership, don’t let Labour get their hands on Scotland’s water 👇
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Water bills in Scotland will be, on average £113 lower than in England this year.
🏴 That’s the power of public ownership, don’t let Labour get their hands on Scotland’s water 👇
🏴 That’s the power of public ownership, don’t let Labour get their hands on Scotland’s water 👇
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Jackie Baillie wants to privatise our NHS!!
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
Jackie Baillie backs Wes Streeting's NHS private sector plans
SCOTTISH Labour’s deputy leader has suggested the Scottish Government should follow Wes Streeting’s plans for heavier involvement of the private…
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Jackie Baillie wants to privatise our NHS!!
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
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“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”
You can have those for nothing, lads.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.