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Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Today is #RLSDay which marks the birthday of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson who would have been 175 today.
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
It's also a good day to remember that it is NOT actually his birthday because in 1891 he gave it away to a young girl because she didn't like her birthday. 🧵
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Disgusting Daily Record politicises one baby death to malign Scotland’s maternity service, the best in Britain
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/d...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/d...
Disgusting Daily Record politicises one baby death to malign Scotland’s maternity service, the best in Britain
Professor John Robertson OBA The Record today with another single case of supposed NHS failure then generalised and politicised to mislead readers and viewers. This representation of Scotland’…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Disgusting Daily Record politicises one baby death to malign Scotland’s maternity service, the best in Britain
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/d...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/08/d...
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Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
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Scotland’s homicide rate plummets by more than half in last 20 years, below Denmark and well below rUK, in wake of 18 years of reducing inequality, predicted by researchers but the story falls off BBC Scotland in only hours talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/29/s...
Scotland’s homicide rate plummets by more than half in last 20 years, below Denmark and well below rUK, in wake of 18 years of reducing inequality, predicted by researchers but the story falls off BB...
BBC Scotland did report Scotland’s dramatically falling homicide level yesterday but this morning it has completely disappeared from the their website, not just the top stories above, but all…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Scotland’s homicide rate plummets by more than half in last 20 years, below Denmark and well below rUK, in wake of 18 years of reducing inequality, predicted by researchers but the story falls off BBC Scotland in only hours talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/29/s...
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Independence won't increase energy prices, according to Octopus CEO, Scotland would have cheaper almost free electricity
Remaining in the toxic union is guaranteed to increase the price alongside suppliers profits
🏴🇪🇺🏴 Saor Alba saorsa thig 🏴🇪🇺🏴
Remaining in the toxic union is guaranteed to increase the price alongside suppliers profits
🏴🇪🇺🏴 Saor Alba saorsa thig 🏴🇪🇺🏴
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Independence won't increase energy prices, according to Octopus CEO, Scotland would have cheaper almost free electricity
Remaining in the toxic union is guaranteed to increase the price alongside suppliers profits
🏴🇪🇺🏴 Saor Alba saorsa thig 🏴🇪🇺🏴
Remaining in the toxic union is guaranteed to increase the price alongside suppliers profits
🏴🇪🇺🏴 Saor Alba saorsa thig 🏴🇪🇺🏴
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Anything to make the Scot Gov look bad. It doesn't matter to them if it's in Scotland's interests or not. They did it out of spite. I hope the court case finds for the Scot Gov. Biffa have a case but it was WM that caused it to collapse not HR.
A UK Government minister blocked a Scottish deposit return scheme (DRS) in order to give the SNP a 'black eye', a court has been told
Former Scottish Secretary blocked return scheme to give SNP 'black eye', court hears
www.thenational.scot
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Anything to make the Scot Gov look bad. It doesn't matter to them if it's in Scotland's interests or not. They did it out of spite. I hope the court case finds for the Scot Gov. Biffa have a case but it was WM that caused it to collapse not HR.
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Things like this keep happening.
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Things like this keep happening.
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has one of the lowest operation cancellation rates in Scotland with nearly 99% completion rates talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/23/n...
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has one of the lowest operation cancellation rates in Scotland with nearly 99% completion rates
Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald has the above today and: Children in Glasgow have been taken to England for vital heart surgery due to staff shortages at the Royal Hospital for Children. It…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has one of the lowest operation cancellation rates in Scotland with nearly 99% completion rates talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/23/n...
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
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There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today
The Guardian published this at 7.20 this morning:
Newsflash: UK government borrowing has hit its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half of this tax year, eating into chancellor R...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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Rachel Reeves says she needs to raise taxes to “balance the books.” But that’s not how government finance works. In this video, I explain why the government’s job is to sustain spending power, not drain it.
youtu.be/iUxvARzRi8U?...
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Why most tax rises now would be economic madness
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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October 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Rachel Reeves says she needs to raise taxes to “balance the books.” But that’s not how government finance works. In this video, I explain why the government’s job is to sustain spending power, not drain it.
youtu.be/iUxvARzRi8U?...
youtu.be/iUxvARzRi8U?...
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Release the Gove Files!
October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Release the Gove Files!
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Reform UK in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
Reform in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election
Nigel Farage's party took more Cornwall Council seats than anyone, but after a shocking week for the party, can it regroup and become a serious political force or will it fall apart?
www.cornwalllive.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Reform UK in Cornwall imploding within six months of sweeping election
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
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The i Paper: Farage's duplicity on Russia makes him totally unfit to lead our country
inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
Farage's duplicity on Russia makes him totally unfit to lead our country
Farage fears his desire to reach Downing Street might be thwarted by this simpering stance towards a bloodstained war criminal
inews.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The i Paper: Farage's duplicity on Russia makes him totally unfit to lead our country
inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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"I thought it would've been stopped several dead ppl ago!"
Just think about that.
What is happening to make a statement like that becoming the normal accepted parlance?
It's becoming clear these boats aren't drug boats at all. Where's the evidence?
bsky.app/profile/ronf...
Just think about that.
What is happening to make a statement like that becoming the normal accepted parlance?
It's becoming clear these boats aren't drug boats at all. Where's the evidence?
bsky.app/profile/ronf...
“This is not about drugs, it’s not about Venezuela, it’s not about anything else but this new assertion by the president that the U.S. military will kill anyone he points at, for any reason he deems sufficient.”
Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Very true and very scary comment by Tom Nichols.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"I thought it would've been stopped several dead ppl ago!"
Just think about that.
What is happening to make a statement like that becoming the normal accepted parlance?
It's becoming clear these boats aren't drug boats at all. Where's the evidence?
bsky.app/profile/ronf...
Just think about that.
What is happening to make a statement like that becoming the normal accepted parlance?
It's becoming clear these boats aren't drug boats at all. Where's the evidence?
bsky.app/profile/ronf...
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
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“Brexit was hugely divisive both politically and socially”
BBC Verify examines its impact including
4% reduction of UK economy and large increases in migration..
And the people who said that #Brexit would help UK prosper and fix our borders are still lying to you
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC Verify examines its impact including
4% reduction of UK economy and large increases in migration..
And the people who said that #Brexit would help UK prosper and fix our borders are still lying to you
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Brexit was hugely divisive both politically and socially”
BBC Verify examines its impact including
4% reduction of UK economy and large increases in migration..
And the people who said that #Brexit would help UK prosper and fix our borders are still lying to you
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC Verify examines its impact including
4% reduction of UK economy and large increases in migration..
And the people who said that #Brexit would help UK prosper and fix our borders are still lying to you
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Now's the day, now's the hour... 🏴
Record public support for Scottish independence | Ipsos share.google/3AnN6PIWygJi...
Record public support for Scottish independence | Ipsos share.google/3AnN6PIWygJi...
Record public support for Scottish independence
Ipsos’s Scottish Political Monitor, run in partnership with STV News, finds the highest level of support for independence yet recorded among the Scottish public.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Now's the day, now's the hour... 🏴
Record public support for Scottish independence | Ipsos share.google/3AnN6PIWygJi...
Record public support for Scottish independence | Ipsos share.google/3AnN6PIWygJi...
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man this guy just sucks
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
man this guy just sucks
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SNP run Glasgow built 110 times more social housing than Labour run Liverpool!
The city’s “additional social rent dwellings” in 2023-24 totalled – and read this slowly –FIVE.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The city’s “additional social rent dwellings” in 2023-24 totalled – and read this slowly –FIVE.
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A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis | John Harris
Liverpool was once praised for its tolerance, but housing shortages are driving fearful, unsettling behaviours – and people are blaming outsiders, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
SNP run Glasgow built 110 times more social housing than Labour run Liverpool!
The city’s “additional social rent dwellings” in 2023-24 totalled – and read this slowly –FIVE.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The city’s “additional social rent dwellings” in 2023-24 totalled – and read this slowly –FIVE.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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