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UK politics are broken & failing. But Scottish politics, democracy & govt are not in good health. Neither is the SNP or independence & we should recognise this, discuss it & do something abt it. My Sunday essay on my site. gerryhassan.com/blog/scotlan...
July 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
UK politics are broken & failing. But Scottish politics, democracy & govt are not in good health. Neither is the SNP or independence & we should recognise this, discuss it & do something abt it. My Sunday essay on my site. gerryhassan.com/blog/scotlan...
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The BBC is a parody. Its endless platforming of Farage is now like a piece of absurdist performance art. The channel symbolises the rotten state of the British media and its dangerously incestuous relationship with this extremist who offers no policy except the policy of using hate to divide Britain
July 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The BBC is a parody. Its endless platforming of Farage is now like a piece of absurdist performance art. The channel symbolises the rotten state of the British media and its dangerously incestuous relationship with this extremist who offers no policy except the policy of using hate to divide Britain
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Think this is the purest and most open distillation of what is an increasingly influential among elites, strain of thought on the British Christian right which goes “I oppose Islam because it is hostile to mainstream modern British thought, which I am explicitly hostile towards”.
Daniel Kruger MP made this speech on a call for a "new restoration" which recognises that "all politics is religious"
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Future of the Church of England - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' Future of the Church of England' on Thursday 17 July 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
July 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Think this is the purest and most open distillation of what is an increasingly influential among elites, strain of thought on the British Christian right which goes “I oppose Islam because it is hostile to mainstream modern British thought, which I am explicitly hostile towards”.
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By-Election Preview: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (East Renfrewshire) 21st of August 2025
The sad death of a long-serving Labour stalwart kicks off what could be a close contest between them and the SNP in East Renfrewshire's most left-leaning ward
The sad death of a long-serving Labour stalwart kicks off what could be a close contest between them and the SNP in East Renfrewshire's most left-leaning ward
By-Election Preview: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (East Renfrewshire) 21st of August 2025
The sad death of a long-serving Labour stalwart kicks off what could be a close contest between them and the SNP in East Renfrewshire's most left-leaning ward.
ballotbox.scot
July 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
By-Election Preview: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (East Renfrewshire) 21st of August 2025
The sad death of a long-serving Labour stalwart kicks off what could be a close contest between them and the SNP in East Renfrewshire's most left-leaning ward
The sad death of a long-serving Labour stalwart kicks off what could be a close contest between them and the SNP in East Renfrewshire's most left-leaning ward
Yip. I'm afraid Johns no more affective than a supply teacher
John Swinney’s independence routine is now just embarrassing
His ‘new plan’ is the same as the old one. He doesn’t have a clue how to get another referendum or sell Indy to voters
This is not what the Yes movement wants
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
His ‘new plan’ is the same as the old one. He doesn’t have a clue how to get another referendum or sell Indy to voters
This is not what the Yes movement wants
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
John Swinney’s chat about independence is just getting embarrassing now
It’s all becoming a wee bit sad lately. John Swinney starts talking about independence and nobody cares.
www.heraldscotland.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Yip. I'm afraid Johns no more affective than a supply teacher
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Despite figures showing positive news about Edinburgh and Scotland’s economy, the fact of l continued economic damage of Brexit remains. It is clear: would be doing so much better within the EU👇
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Despite figures showing positive news about Edinburgh and Scotland’s economy, the fact of l continued economic damage of Brexit remains. It is clear: would be doing so much better within the EU👇
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📈Recent figures show the strength of Edinburgh’s economy. GDP per capita now greater than London. Details in Edinburgh Evening News. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📈Recent figures show the strength of Edinburgh’s economy. GDP per capita now greater than London. Details in Edinburgh Evening News. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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It’s for unaccompanied child refugees, you heartless fucking bastards. Kids whose parents are probably dead and they’ve fled regimes like the Taliban
July 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It’s for unaccompanied child refugees, you heartless fucking bastards. Kids whose parents are probably dead and they’ve fled regimes like the Taliban
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The great tradition continues. We opened this beauty just a few weeks ago.
July 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The great tradition continues. We opened this beauty just a few weeks ago.
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The two most damning political & economic failures of the past 45 years: Thatcherism & its legacy & Brexit still do huge harm to the UK. And yet these are the two totems the UK political class dare not question despite the discontent & wreckage related to them all around us.
July 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The two most damning political & economic failures of the past 45 years: Thatcherism & its legacy & Brexit still do huge harm to the UK. And yet these are the two totems the UK political class dare not question despite the discontent & wreckage related to them all around us.
Unsustainable
July 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Unsustainable
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Really excellent interview here. A year old, but as relevant now as it was when it was recorded, and well worth an hour of your time.
youtu.be/46T6Nk2VOG8?...
youtu.be/46T6Nk2VOG8?...
James O'Brien meets Gary Stevenson | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Really excellent interview here. A year old, but as relevant now as it was when it was recorded, and well worth an hour of your time.
youtu.be/46T6Nk2VOG8?...
youtu.be/46T6Nk2VOG8?...
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Opinion | "Musk says he is building an alternative to mainstream information. In fact, he is replicating his own radicalisation process in the form of an advanced system", writes @iandunt.bsky.social https://trib.al/RHnq4tj
July 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Opinion | "Musk says he is building an alternative to mainstream information. In fact, he is replicating his own radicalisation process in the form of an advanced system", writes @iandunt.bsky.social https://trib.al/RHnq4tj
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More than 80% of Scots under 34 would vote for independence as the first step towards EU membership
We share the same culture & history, so it's not fair that our young people have been cut off from our European friends
@believeinscotland.bsky.social
@greens-efa.eu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4w...
We share the same culture & history, so it's not fair that our young people have been cut off from our European friends
@believeinscotland.bsky.social
@greens-efa.eu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4w...
Let's Not Be Strangers
YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
More than 80% of Scots under 34 would vote for independence as the first step towards EU membership
We share the same culture & history, so it's not fair that our young people have been cut off from our European friends
@believeinscotland.bsky.social
@greens-efa.eu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4w...
We share the same culture & history, so it's not fair that our young people have been cut off from our European friends
@believeinscotland.bsky.social
@greens-efa.eu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa4w...
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I called my US senators and rep to ask them to publicly call for investigations of Twitter's Nazi posts, to call for a boycott of Twitter, and to delete their own Twitter accounts. If you agree, feel free to call your own reps.
You can find them here: reps.fyi
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
You can find them here: reps.fyi
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler'
Elon Musk's Grok chatbot unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed it to be 'politically incorrect'
www.rollingstone.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I called my US senators and rep to ask them to publicly call for investigations of Twitter's Nazi posts, to call for a boycott of Twitter, and to delete their own Twitter accounts. If you agree, feel free to call your own reps.
You can find them here: reps.fyi
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
You can find them here: reps.fyi
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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I've taken down the paywall on the Striking 13 podcast, so it now goes out to all subscribers - paid and unpaid. You can listen here. It's a feast of editorial inadequacy iandunt.substack.com/p/seven-unre...
Seven unrelated thoughts about Labour's first year in power
A torrid week in Westminster made it a uniquely inopportune time to celebrate an anniversary. What the hell is going on?
iandunt.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I've taken down the paywall on the Striking 13 podcast, so it now goes out to all subscribers - paid and unpaid. You can listen here. It's a feast of editorial inadequacy iandunt.substack.com/p/seven-unre...
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Always skip Promised you a miracle, but apart from that...Of it's time and of all time. A rarity 🙏
July 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Always skip Promised you a miracle, but apart from that...Of it's time and of all time. A rarity 🙏
bsky.app
July 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Scottish Labour MPs 'have power to block cuts'
Scottish Labour MPs 'have power to block cuts'
June 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Scottish Labour MPs 'have power to block cuts'
Scottish Labour MPs 'have power to block cuts'
If only the place had some self belief in '14. It would be triumphant right now.It's a source of embarrassment that my home city voted No. Surely the only Capital in history to vote against being a Capital.
Time for Scotland to be Independent.
It's past the tipping point.
There isn't even a counter argument.
It's past the tipping point.
There isn't even a counter argument.
Edinburgh economy outperforms London for first time, new data reveals
Figures from ONS showed a gross domestic product per capita of £69,809 in Edinburgh, compared to £69,077 for London.
news.stv.tv
June 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
If only the place had some self belief in '14. It would be triumphant right now.It's a source of embarrassment that my home city voted No. Surely the only Capital in history to vote against being a Capital.
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I mean, I can't *prove* that Epstein was working for Israeli intelligence... but I'm guessing Bibi got all that juicy kompromat and is squeezing it for all it's worth.
June 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I mean, I can't *prove* that Epstein was working for Israeli intelligence... but I'm guessing Bibi got all that juicy kompromat and is squeezing it for all it's worth.
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You useless fucks always talk about cradling your guns to fight tyranny. But as it's actually now imposed by conservative authoritarians, you won't do shit. Just post internet memes and defend the next moron who stands his ground by shooting whatever black kid knocks on the door to ask directions.
Still thinking you don't need the 2nd Amendment?
The highest court in our land has determined the government can deport human beings to countries not their own and without any legal review -- until at least such time as a court rules this unconstitutional.
And, oh, the matter will be litigated for years.
Welcome to the American gulag. It's here.
And, oh, the matter will be litigated for years.
Welcome to the American gulag. It's here.
June 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You useless fucks always talk about cradling your guns to fight tyranny. But as it's actually now imposed by conservative authoritarians, you won't do shit. Just post internet memes and defend the next moron who stands his ground by shooting whatever black kid knocks on the door to ask directions.