Helen
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Loving life over here, away from Twitter
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For those of you who are wondering how Scotland's national public broadcaster could ignore our national day in this way: Scotland is forced to pay for the BBC as its national public broadcaster - but, remarkably, has no control over it.
“The #BBC in no way represents the… cultural or political life of #Scotland.
“This was a major Scottish news story on Scotland's national day, which they [recorded] then took an editorial decision not to cover in any way at all.“
“This was a major Scottish news story on Scotland's national day, which they [recorded] then took an editorial decision not to cover in any way at all.“
BBC 'chose not to cover' St Andrews Day service celebrating Saltire
THE BBC has been slammed after "choosing not to cover" a St Andrew’s Day service where politicians and faith leaders united behind the…
www.thenational.scot
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For those of you who are wondering how Scotland's national public broadcaster could ignore our national day in this way: Scotland is forced to pay for the BBC as its national public broadcaster - but, remarkably, has no control over it.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death.
This is her final message from it.
This is her final message from it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death.
This is her final message from it.
This is her final message from it.
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I might understand supporting Labour in England if your only alternative was Reform (it's really not).
But in Scotland and Wales? There's no such excuse. The SNP, Scottish Greens, Plaid are all better choices.
This is a new low for Starmer's party.
But in Scotland and Wales? There's no such excuse. The SNP, Scottish Greens, Plaid are all better choices.
This is a new low for Starmer's party.
… there is no “golden ticket”… Bt
There is a dog whistle called “golden ticket”
They are “stopping “ something that never existed
If anyone spoke to asylum seekers.. (I worked with them) .. they are given less than the bare minimum & are housed in flea pits .. it’s actually deeply inhumane
There is a dog whistle called “golden ticket”
They are “stopping “ something that never existed
If anyone spoke to asylum seekers.. (I worked with them) .. they are given less than the bare minimum & are housed in flea pits .. it’s actually deeply inhumane
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I might understand supporting Labour in England if your only alternative was Reform (it's really not).
But in Scotland and Wales? There's no such excuse. The SNP, Scottish Greens, Plaid are all better choices.
This is a new low for Starmer's party.
But in Scotland and Wales? There's no such excuse. The SNP, Scottish Greens, Plaid are all better choices.
This is a new low for Starmer's party.
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It speaks volumes about the dire state of British politics that an MP can say that she gets mad about seeing Black and Asian people in adverts on TV and she hasn't immediately been expelled from her party - a party that hopes to form the next Govt.
October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It speaks volumes about the dire state of British politics that an MP can say that she gets mad about seeing Black and Asian people in adverts on TV and she hasn't immediately been expelled from her party - a party that hopes to form the next Govt.
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A cornerstone of Labour's campaign against the SNP is its claim that the NHS in Scotland is failing.
Yet by most measures it's doing consistently better than England under Labour.
And judging by this, things are only going to get worse in England...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yet by most measures it's doing consistently better than England under Labour.
And judging by this, things are only going to get worse in England...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met
Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A cornerstone of Labour's campaign against the SNP is its claim that the NHS in Scotland is failing.
Yet by most measures it's doing consistently better than England under Labour.
And judging by this, things are only going to get worse in England...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yet by most measures it's doing consistently better than England under Labour.
And judging by this, things are only going to get worse in England...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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We have a Farage problem. That's it.
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
We have a Farage problem. That's it.
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Comrades & friends, Expect the Holyrood elections in 2026 to be the nastiest election ever. The unionists know that they are on a hiding to nothing, So they will conflate, obfuscate & damn well lie to promise you that the empire is still #BetterTogether What they won't do is recognise any of this.👇
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Comrades & friends, Expect the Holyrood elections in 2026 to be the nastiest election ever. The unionists know that they are on a hiding to nothing, So they will conflate, obfuscate & damn well lie to promise you that the empire is still #BetterTogether What they won't do is recognise any of this.👇
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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The ECHR is not a foreign court it’s there for all members to protect all its citizens from being stamped on by Westmonster governments.
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The ECHR is not a foreign court it’s there for all members to protect all its citizens from being stamped on by Westmonster governments.
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Mair brass than a pair of mantlepiece workhorses.
''Whahh whahh,whahh leave me & my ill-gotten gains alone''.
GET HER JAILED|.
www.thenational.scot/news/2551294...
''Whahh whahh,whahh leave me & my ill-gotten gains alone''.
GET HER JAILED|.
www.thenational.scot/news/2551294...
Michelle Mone demands Keir Starmer ends Labour's 'vendetta' over PPE scandal
Tory peer Michelle Mone has demanded Keir Starmer ends the “vendetta” against her after a firm linked to her was ordered to repay £122 million…
www.thenational.scot
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Mair brass than a pair of mantlepiece workhorses.
''Whahh whahh,whahh leave me & my ill-gotten gains alone''.
GET HER JAILED|.
www.thenational.scot/news/2551294...
''Whahh whahh,whahh leave me & my ill-gotten gains alone''.
GET HER JAILED|.
www.thenational.scot/news/2551294...
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British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
Reform, with 0.7% of all MPs, featured in 25% of BBC's recent 10pm news bulletins
Astonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
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What's very important right now: don't call stupid people for not knowing this.
The info is available, but there are too much distractions at the moment. We see more images in one day than someone living in the middle ages in their whole life time. So don't blame someone for getting distracted.
The info is available, but there are too much distractions at the moment. We see more images in one day than someone living in the middle ages in their whole life time. So don't blame someone for getting distracted.
September 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What's very important right now: don't call stupid people for not knowing this.
The info is available, but there are too much distractions at the moment. We see more images in one day than someone living in the middle ages in their whole life time. So don't blame someone for getting distracted.
The info is available, but there are too much distractions at the moment. We see more images in one day than someone living in the middle ages in their whole life time. So don't blame someone for getting distracted.
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Still absolutely nothing to say about far right thugs rioting and attacking the police while a US tech billionaire calls for a violent insurrection on our streets
September 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Still absolutely nothing to say about far right thugs rioting and attacking the police while a US tech billionaire calls for a violent insurrection on our streets
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Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Farage dodged parliament, went to the US, slagged off the UK, lied to Congress, grifted for donations and hoped to persuade the US to punish us for the Online Safety Act. And got his arse handed back to him.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
You’d think our ‘patriotic’ media would go nuts. But no. Some quiet mumbling. Beyond feeble.
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
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Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
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Kevin Maguire: "If you're put up in a hotel & you get meals you get £10/wk.. all these terrible myths.. free iPads.. myths & lies have gone mainstream & we've got to challenge them.. we've gone back to the worst aspects of the 1970s where racism is becoming mainstream"
Well said
Well said
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Kevin Maguire: "If you're put up in a hotel & you get meals you get £10/wk.. all these terrible myths.. free iPads.. myths & lies have gone mainstream & we've got to challenge them.. we've gone back to the worst aspects of the 1970s where racism is becoming mainstream"
Well said
Well said
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Ohh ffs DO YOUR OVER PAID JOB, and stop the fukn show boating for the votes, you useless bag of 💩😠😠
NEW: Keir Starmer has said he hangs the English flag in his home and 'always sits front of a Union Jack'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
September 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ohh ffs DO YOUR OVER PAID JOB, and stop the fukn show boating for the votes, you useless bag of 💩😠😠
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Parliament reopened today, but Nigel Farage was in Washington DC on his 10th trip to the US since becoming an MP. You don't get to earn £1m from 12 jobs by wasting time on what is meant to be your full time role.
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Parliament reopened today, but Nigel Farage was in Washington DC on his 10th trip to the US since becoming an MP. You don't get to earn £1m from 12 jobs by wasting time on what is meant to be your full time role.
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This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.
Race hate.
Race hate.
August 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is where the empty headed Flag shagging leads.
Race hate.
Race hate.
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There is a worrying trend with these clowns who wish to demonise the refugees & asylum seekers that we house in our hotels in Scotland. I had hoped this was only an English thing as Scotland has always been an inclusive & welcoming country. But now it has grown arms & legs because of the far right.
August 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
There is a worrying trend with these clowns who wish to demonise the refugees & asylum seekers that we house in our hotels in Scotland. I had hoped this was only an English thing as Scotland has always been an inclusive & welcoming country. But now it has grown arms & legs because of the far right.