Dave
@rdaved.bsky.social
Cyclist, mountaineer & Civil Engineer (often working in Energy).
Northern Scotland often touring all over Scotland including the Western & Northern Isles (for work & play)
Northern Scotland often touring all over Scotland including the Western & Northern Isles (for work & play)
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Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...
www.desmog.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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NEW: Trump admin to lift pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine and will resume security assistance.
So what was the week where Ukrainian civilians were left to suffer the full force of Russian ballistics for exactly?
It is at best, unclear.
So what was the week where Ukrainian civilians were left to suffer the full force of Russian ballistics for exactly?
It is at best, unclear.
March 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: Trump admin to lift pause on intelligence sharing with Ukraine and will resume security assistance.
So what was the week where Ukrainian civilians were left to suffer the full force of Russian ballistics for exactly?
It is at best, unclear.
So what was the week where Ukrainian civilians were left to suffer the full force of Russian ballistics for exactly?
It is at best, unclear.
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Àn Audited Report of the #USAID was completed in Nov. 2024. Here's a link to the report together with Financial Statements.
It raises the question of the veracity of the recent allegations of fraud. However, make your own inference.
oig.usaid.gov/node/7278#:~....
It raises the question of the veracity of the recent allegations of fraud. However, make your own inference.
oig.usaid.gov/node/7278#:~....
Audit of USAID’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2023 | Office of Inspector General
oig.usaid.gov
February 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Àn Audited Report of the #USAID was completed in Nov. 2024. Here's a link to the report together with Financial Statements.
It raises the question of the veracity of the recent allegations of fraud. However, make your own inference.
oig.usaid.gov/node/7278#:~....
It raises the question of the veracity of the recent allegations of fraud. However, make your own inference.
oig.usaid.gov/node/7278#:~....
@theguardian.com
Worthwhile reading this insightful analysis from Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Worthwhile reading this insightful analysis from Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
From saviour to Judas… How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country | Simon Tisdall
With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own course
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@theguardian.com
Worthwhile reading this insightful analysis from Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Worthwhile reading this insightful analysis from Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here's why fact checking matters.
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Factchecking Donald Trump’s claims about the war in Ukraine
As US-Russia talks continue in Saudi Arabia, we look at the US president’s misleading and outright false statements
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Here's why fact checking matters.
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump gives misleading and false statements about the war in Ukraine.
@theguardian.com provides the facts on five of these statements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
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Badenoch was Minister for Children and Families. She never once raised the issue of grooming gangs or met any survivors.
But now she implies that Labour MPs are complicit, refuses to defend Jess Phillips and hopes to wreck the child safety bill.
All to please Musk.
Utterly… unforgivably detestable.
But now she implies that Labour MPs are complicit, refuses to defend Jess Phillips and hopes to wreck the child safety bill.
All to please Musk.
Utterly… unforgivably detestable.
January 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Badenoch was Minister for Children and Families. She never once raised the issue of grooming gangs or met any survivors.
But now she implies that Labour MPs are complicit, refuses to defend Jess Phillips and hopes to wreck the child safety bill.
All to please Musk.
Utterly… unforgivably detestable.
But now she implies that Labour MPs are complicit, refuses to defend Jess Phillips and hopes to wreck the child safety bill.
All to please Musk.
Utterly… unforgivably detestable.
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This aged rather poorly.
January 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This aged rather poorly.
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I seem to have upset the
Nigel_Farage
fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
RT if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
Nigel_Farage
fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
RT if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
December 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I seem to have upset the
Nigel_Farage
fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
RT if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
Nigel_Farage
fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
RT if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
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I’m old enough to remember Boris Johnson telling businesses Brexit paperwork could go in a bin. Now they need a warehouse to store it in
December 16, 2024 at 8:31 AM
I’m old enough to remember Boris Johnson telling businesses Brexit paperwork could go in a bin. Now they need a warehouse to store it in
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To say that this has aged badly would be the understatement of the year.
I'm frankly astonished it's still live.
I'm frankly astonished it's still live.
November 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
To say that this has aged badly would be the understatement of the year.
I'm frankly astonished it's still live.
I'm frankly astonished it's still live.
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What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin?
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
November 25, 2024 at 9:57 PM
What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin?
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.
Please share below 👇🏽
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Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water
Coca-Cola extracts largest amount of freshwater of any drinks company in England, FoI request finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled water
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Free; my bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the festival of hypocrisy and self interest that characterises the debate about private education and inheritance tax for the landed gentry.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Russell Jones's Week Moment: All Aboard With Jeremy and Nigel on the Inheritance Tax-Avoiding Tractor Wagon!
The bestselling author of 'The Decade in Tory' on the festival of hypocrisy and self interest that is the debate about tax and farmers
open.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Free; my bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the festival of hypocrisy and self interest that characterises the debate about private education and inheritance tax for the landed gentry.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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A right wing paper that has *never* had a similar headline about the UK economy taking a FAR greater hit from the ruinous Tory Brexit deal, can’t be taken seriously when it slates Labour for dealing with the epic mess the Tories left behind.
What did you expect, Times?
You helped grenade the place.
What did you expect, Times?
You helped grenade the place.
November 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM
A right wing paper that has *never* had a similar headline about the UK economy taking a FAR greater hit from the ruinous Tory Brexit deal, can’t be taken seriously when it slates Labour for dealing with the epic mess the Tories left behind.
What did you expect, Times?
You helped grenade the place.
What did you expect, Times?
You helped grenade the place.
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Well this seems bad.
November 23, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Well this seems bad.
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● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
The great patriot doesn’t like the new Jaguar advert, so he hopes they go bust. What a horrid man.
November 22, 2024 at 7:44 AM
● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
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Victoria Derbyshire nails Jeremy Clarkson over his Inheritance Tax scam.
Hilarious to watch him squirm.
Hilarious to watch him squirm.
November 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Victoria Derbyshire nails Jeremy Clarkson over his Inheritance Tax scam.
Hilarious to watch him squirm.
Hilarious to watch him squirm.
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As a former officer and now an academic working in policing I can quite confidently say that the Tories damaged policing almost beyond repair. Chris Philp as policing minister had no impact whatsoever on policing; he remains a pointless mouthpiece. #BBCLauraK
November 17, 2024 at 9:47 AM
As a former officer and now an academic working in policing I can quite confidently say that the Tories damaged policing almost beyond repair. Chris Philp as policing minister had no impact whatsoever on policing; he remains a pointless mouthpiece. #BBCLauraK
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Two things we've seen from Trump in the past week:
- Appointing superspreaders of misinformation to high office.
- Announcing that social media media platforms will no longer be allowed to act against misinformation.
It's going to be quite the ride.
- Appointing superspreaders of misinformation to high office.
- Announcing that social media media platforms will no longer be allowed to act against misinformation.
It's going to be quite the ride.
November 15, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Two things we've seen from Trump in the past week:
- Appointing superspreaders of misinformation to high office.
- Announcing that social media media platforms will no longer be allowed to act against misinformation.
It's going to be quite the ride.
- Appointing superspreaders of misinformation to high office.
- Announcing that social media media platforms will no longer be allowed to act against misinformation.
It's going to be quite the ride.
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Former home secretary James Cleverly spent £655 a head on catering for flight to Rwanda to sign deportation deal that didn’t deport a single person 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
James Cleverly spent £655 a head on in-flight catering for one-day trip to Rwanda
FOI request reveals then home secretary spent £9,803.20 on catering for flight to Kigali to sign deportation deal that never deported a single person
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Former home secretary James Cleverly spent £655 a head on catering for flight to Rwanda to sign deportation deal that didn’t deport a single person 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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There can’t be an open debate about the single market because there can’t be an open debate about free movement because there can’t be an open debate about immigration because Tory/Reform would lose their shit.
And so we all just stay stuck in this low-growth Brexit binfire.
And so we all just stay stuck in this low-growth Brexit binfire.
October 15, 2024 at 7:21 AM
There can’t be an open debate about the single market because there can’t be an open debate about free movement because there can’t be an open debate about immigration because Tory/Reform would lose their shit.
And so we all just stay stuck in this low-growth Brexit binfire.
And so we all just stay stuck in this low-growth Brexit binfire.
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Fucking WOW.
Seriously.
"Imagine what might have happened if we hadn't parachuted members of our tiny hate cult into positions of influence."
Fuck you, Kemi. For a Black woman to be punching down in this way is... extraordinary.
Seriously.
"Imagine what might have happened if we hadn't parachuted members of our tiny hate cult into positions of influence."
Fuck you, Kemi. For a Black woman to be punching down in this way is... extraordinary.
Oh, what's that, nothing, just a minister of state admitting they stuffed the EHRC with bigots to push their weird idealogy (oh, and quote-tweeting one of the vilest transphobes on the site)
June 9, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Fucking WOW.
Seriously.
"Imagine what might have happened if we hadn't parachuted members of our tiny hate cult into positions of influence."
Fuck you, Kemi. For a Black woman to be punching down in this way is... extraordinary.
Seriously.
"Imagine what might have happened if we hadn't parachuted members of our tiny hate cult into positions of influence."
Fuck you, Kemi. For a Black woman to be punching down in this way is... extraordinary.
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Trump is already talking about using the Insurrection Act on his first day in office, if he is reelected, to put down any civil protests. I can’t stress this enough.
November 6, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Trump is already talking about using the Insurrection Act on his first day in office, if he is reelected, to put down any civil protests. I can’t stress this enough.