Karen
@oork.bsky.social
Retired teacher. Gran who believes in Scotland #BriansforIndy 🏴🇪🇺
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In a major escalation of their war on pensioners, WASPI women, the poor, the sick and the disabled, Labour is now setting their sights on *checks notes* ... social care workers.
How, exactly, does this help anyone apart from Farage?
news.sky.com/story/foreig...
How, exactly, does this help anyone apart from Farage?
news.sky.com/story/foreig...
'Crushing blow' for care homes as they face ban on overseas recruitment
The government has announced measures to reduce the number of low-skilled workers coming to the UK by about 50,000.
news.sky.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In a major escalation of their war on pensioners, WASPI women, the poor, the sick and the disabled, Labour is now setting their sights on *checks notes* ... social care workers.
How, exactly, does this help anyone apart from Farage?
news.sky.com/story/foreig...
How, exactly, does this help anyone apart from Farage?
news.sky.com/story/foreig...
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www.heraldscotland.com/news/2515383...
#bbcgms #BBCnews #skynews #LBC #GMB #scotland #news #snp #itvnews
#bbcgms #BBCnews #skynews #LBC #GMB #scotland #news #snp #itvnews
Independence will be 'central' to SNP 2026 election campaigning
John Swinney has said ‘Westminster doesn’t work for Scotland’ as he claims independence “central” to the SNP’s campaign ahead of…
www.heraldscotland.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Something's wrong somewhere when pensioners get their winter cold payments scrapped, while public funding for the "Royals" gets tripled. Am I missing something?
May 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Something's wrong somewhere when pensioners get their winter cold payments scrapped, while public funding for the "Royals" gets tripled. Am I missing something?
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The Labour Party has hit rock bottom.
Unionism is no longer working for Britain. It’s time
🏴 stood on its own
🏴
N🇮🇪
🏴
Have had enough of these non workable 🏴policies.
#DissolveTheUnion
Unionism is no longer working for Britain. It’s time
🏴 stood on its own
🏴
N🇮🇪
🏴
Have had enough of these non workable 🏴policies.
#DissolveTheUnion
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
May 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Labour Party has hit rock bottom.
Unionism is no longer working for Britain. It’s time
🏴 stood on its own
🏴
N🇮🇪
🏴
Have had enough of these non workable 🏴policies.
#DissolveTheUnion
Unionism is no longer working for Britain. It’s time
🏴 stood on its own
🏴
N🇮🇪
🏴
Have had enough of these non workable 🏴policies.
#DissolveTheUnion
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It’s really English liebour the Scottish bit is just another lie.
May 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It’s really English liebour the Scottish bit is just another lie.
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So, let me get this straight, Labour are taking money from disabled people and now they are taking carers away?
Almost like they want people to die.
Almost like they want people to die.
May 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
So, let me get this straight, Labour are taking money from disabled people and now they are taking carers away?
Almost like they want people to die.
Almost like they want people to die.
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The media are starting to see that genocide is undeniable.
However, those who have enabled this mass slaughter must be held to account, including the media and political classes.
There is no two-siding genocide.
However, those who have enabled this mass slaughter must be held to account, including the media and political classes.
There is no two-siding genocide.
May 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The media are starting to see that genocide is undeniable.
However, those who have enabled this mass slaughter must be held to account, including the media and political classes.
There is no two-siding genocide.
However, those who have enabled this mass slaughter must be held to account, including the media and political classes.
There is no two-siding genocide.
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Only a twit doesn't want Scottish Independence. There isn't even an argument.
We're chained to England, forced to take part in any half-assed scheme the 'UK' Government says, will transform things for Scotland, as part of the UK.
Spoiler alert: It fucking doesn't.
We're chained to England, forced to take part in any half-assed scheme the 'UK' Government says, will transform things for Scotland, as part of the UK.
Spoiler alert: It fucking doesn't.
WOW: Scottish reporter CALLS TRUMP OUT for OBVIOUS lies
YouTube video by David Pakman Show
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May 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Only a twit doesn't want Scottish Independence. There isn't even an argument.
We're chained to England, forced to take part in any half-assed scheme the 'UK' Government says, will transform things for Scotland, as part of the UK.
Spoiler alert: It fucking doesn't.
We're chained to England, forced to take part in any half-assed scheme the 'UK' Government says, will transform things for Scotland, as part of the UK.
Spoiler alert: It fucking doesn't.
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Not controversial at all. The man is ideally suited for Reform. A bullshitting con man and grifter.
Jacob Rees-Mogg faces 'dilemma' - after reportedly failing to rule-out a defection to Reform
Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the biggest Tories who ever Toried, is said to be considering a controversial switch to Reform.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Not controversial at all. The man is ideally suited for Reform. A bullshitting con man and grifter.
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To have a vibrant Scotland, we NEED immigration.
It's time to cut connections with England.
Their needs are totally different, to those of Scotland.
We need Scottish Independence.
It's time to cut connections with England.
Their needs are totally different, to those of Scotland.
We need Scottish Independence.
Dumb on so many levels.
Demographically: there simply aren't enough Britons to staff the care sector, especially with a growing elderly population. There never will be.
Economically: the UK only has ANY kind of GDP growth because of immigration, so ...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Demographically: there simply aren't enough Britons to staff the care sector, especially with a growing elderly population. There never will be.
Economically: the UK only has ANY kind of GDP growth because of immigration, so ...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
To have a vibrant Scotland, we NEED immigration.
It's time to cut connections with England.
Their needs are totally different, to those of Scotland.
We need Scottish Independence.
It's time to cut connections with England.
Their needs are totally different, to those of Scotland.
We need Scottish Independence.
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Absolutely revolted.
To believe the campaign was on a platform of turning this country back into a more civilised and tolerant society; instead it’s continuing on the path of horror which was sheparded by 14 horrific Tory years.
Labour are now just The Nasty Party 2.0 and nothing less. Ashamed.
To believe the campaign was on a platform of turning this country back into a more civilised and tolerant society; instead it’s continuing on the path of horror which was sheparded by 14 horrific Tory years.
Labour are now just The Nasty Party 2.0 and nothing less. Ashamed.
May 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Absolutely revolted.
To believe the campaign was on a platform of turning this country back into a more civilised and tolerant society; instead it’s continuing on the path of horror which was sheparded by 14 horrific Tory years.
Labour are now just The Nasty Party 2.0 and nothing less. Ashamed.
To believe the campaign was on a platform of turning this country back into a more civilised and tolerant society; instead it’s continuing on the path of horror which was sheparded by 14 horrific Tory years.
Labour are now just The Nasty Party 2.0 and nothing less. Ashamed.
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#Labour are a f**king shit show!
Ministers approve £9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
What with Cross Rail & Heathrow expansion...but no High Speed Train to the North.
And what about the other 3 Nations of your Union?
#Scotland, fight for your #Renewables.
#ScottishIndependence
Ministers approve £9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
What with Cross Rail & Heathrow expansion...but no High Speed Train to the North.
And what about the other 3 Nations of your Union?
#Scotland, fight for your #Renewables.
#ScottishIndependence
March 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#Labour are a f**king shit show!
Ministers approve £9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
What with Cross Rail & Heathrow expansion...but no High Speed Train to the North.
And what about the other 3 Nations of your Union?
#Scotland, fight for your #Renewables.
#ScottishIndependence
Ministers approve £9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
What with Cross Rail & Heathrow expansion...but no High Speed Train to the North.
And what about the other 3 Nations of your Union?
#Scotland, fight for your #Renewables.
#ScottishIndependence
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@teachersforindy.bsky.social Teachers are better paid, and schools better staffed and funded than elsewhere in the UK. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/25/s...
Scotland’s schools – better staffed, better funded and improving outcomes in a society where youth violence has plummeted
Professor John Robertson OBA, former schoolteacher, education lecturer, Associate Dean I was only a classroom teacher for three years (11 year-olds) before moving into higher education, but 18-24 y…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@teachersforindy.bsky.social Teachers are better paid, and schools better staffed and funded than elsewhere in the UK. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/25/s...
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Access to university for Scottish students from the most deprived areas has increased to a near record high, new figures show
University access for Scots from most deprived areas nears record high
www.thenational.scot
March 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Access to university for Scottish students from the most deprived areas has increased to a near record high, new figures show
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The Media won't tell you about rich people abusing the system to steal hundreds of millions.
Instead they will focus on the 1 in a million getting a few quid that maybe they shouldn't.
It's the rich people robbing you.
Instead they will focus on the 1 in a million getting a few quid that maybe they shouldn't.
It's the rich people robbing you.
March 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Media won't tell you about rich people abusing the system to steal hundreds of millions.
Instead they will focus on the 1 in a million getting a few quid that maybe they shouldn't.
It's the rich people robbing you.
Instead they will focus on the 1 in a million getting a few quid that maybe they shouldn't.
It's the rich people robbing you.
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On this day..in 1957
Ghana 🇬🇭 gained its independence from British rule, they joined all the other countries in the world..who are normal, who are in charge of all their own affairs
Only #Scottishindependence can end WM,s dependence on 🏴
Ghana 🇬🇭 gained its independence from British rule, they joined all the other countries in the world..who are normal, who are in charge of all their own affairs
Only #Scottishindependence can end WM,s dependence on 🏴
March 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
On this day..in 1957
Ghana 🇬🇭 gained its independence from British rule, they joined all the other countries in the world..who are normal, who are in charge of all their own affairs
Only #Scottishindependence can end WM,s dependence on 🏴
Ghana 🇬🇭 gained its independence from British rule, they joined all the other countries in the world..who are normal, who are in charge of all their own affairs
Only #Scottishindependence can end WM,s dependence on 🏴
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“Keir Starmer tells SNP to reverse nuclear weapons opposition”
They may if you’ll site them at Portsmouth.
They may if you’ll site them at Portsmouth.
March 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Keir Starmer tells SNP to reverse nuclear weapons opposition”
They may if you’ll site them at Portsmouth.
They may if you’ll site them at Portsmouth.
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Why is it that "tough choices" are always about harming the poor and disabled, and never about making the very wealthiest pay their fair share?
metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...
metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...
Jeremy Corbyn: Keir Starmer says there's no money - I don't believe him
The government cites 'difficult choices' when they are harming the most vulnerable, but increasing defence spending is apparently easy.
metro.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Why is it that "tough choices" are always about harming the poor and disabled, and never about making the very wealthiest pay their fair share?
metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...
metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...
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A lot of discussion about austerity. What about a discussion about a wellbeing economy instead?
“A Wellbeing Economy is an economy designed to serve people and the planet, not the other way around."
“A Wellbeing Economy is an economy designed to serve people and the planet, not the other way around."
A wellbeing economy isn’t just a wellbeing pension!
What does wellbeing economy really mean, and will the reality sustain the support attracted by the vision?
bylines.scot
March 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A lot of discussion about austerity. What about a discussion about a wellbeing economy instead?
“A Wellbeing Economy is an economy designed to serve people and the planet, not the other way around."
“A Wellbeing Economy is an economy designed to serve people and the planet, not the other way around."
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Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...
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Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm
bylinetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/m...