W thomson
@tamsonaep.bsky.social
🏴Scottish independence is my priority Billionaire’s are an abomination I cannot abide bigotry and I wish to live in a society that looks after the poorest and most disadvantaged
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The Parties south of the border apparently only have time for migrant bashing and punish disabled ,war and flags .No other policies matter That is what they vote on, stop the boats and stop disabled.
Meanwhile SNP busy making our country better in every area. #independence🏴
Meanwhile SNP busy making our country better in every area. #independence🏴
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Parties south of the border apparently only have time for migrant bashing and punish disabled ,war and flags .No other policies matter That is what they vote on, stop the boats and stop disabled.
Meanwhile SNP busy making our country better in every area. #independence🏴
Meanwhile SNP busy making our country better in every area. #independence🏴
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
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UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
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Peel Ports invested less than £3m in Scotland in 2025—compared to £500m in England
£400m Liverpool 2 deep-water terminal
£100m Biomass dock Gladstone
£70m Port of East Anglia
£3m King George V Dock Glasgow
£0 Ardrossan
🏴 ports are in managed decay while 🏴 sites flourish
£400m Liverpool 2 deep-water terminal
£100m Biomass dock Gladstone
£70m Port of East Anglia
£3m King George V Dock Glasgow
£0 Ardrossan
🏴 ports are in managed decay while 🏴 sites flourish
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Peel Ports invested less than £3m in Scotland in 2025—compared to £500m in England
£400m Liverpool 2 deep-water terminal
£100m Biomass dock Gladstone
£70m Port of East Anglia
£3m King George V Dock Glasgow
£0 Ardrossan
🏴 ports are in managed decay while 🏴 sites flourish
£400m Liverpool 2 deep-water terminal
£100m Biomass dock Gladstone
£70m Port of East Anglia
£3m King George V Dock Glasgow
£0 Ardrossan
🏴 ports are in managed decay while 🏴 sites flourish
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Dropping the ECHR would mean no treaty protection against this in the UK.
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Dropping the ECHR would mean no treaty protection against this in the UK.
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bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k... Tells you it all now ! It’s not the people’s party any longer they’ve taken the 30 pieces of silver !!!
Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance
The UK has joined with the United States and a handful of other rich nations in rejecting the UN push
bylinetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k... Tells you it all now ! It’s not the people’s party any longer they’ve taken the 30 pieces of silver !!!
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A Fresh Start with Independence
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
A Fresh Start with Independence
This paper sets out why Scotland should become an independent country, and what an independent Scotland could look like. It provides details of this Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent ...
www.gov.scot
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A Fresh Start with Independence
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
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Westminster serves the rich – Scotland can do so much better
www.snp.org/westminster-...
www.snp.org/westminster-...
Westminster serves the rich - Scotland can do so much better — Scottish National Party
Independence means that Scotland’s energy wealth will be in our own hands – meaning we can use our vast, low-cost renewable electricity to bring your bills down.
www.snp.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Westminster serves the rich – Scotland can do so much better
www.snp.org/westminster-...
www.snp.org/westminster-...
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Part Two is live.
Project 2025 isn’t just an American story anymore - it’s being rewritten in Westminster under a new name:
The Centre for a Better Britain.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
Project 2025 isn’t just an American story anymore - it’s being rewritten in Westminster under a new name:
The Centre for a Better Britain.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Part Two is live.
Project 2025 isn’t just an American story anymore - it’s being rewritten in Westminster under a new name:
The Centre for a Better Britain.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
Project 2025 isn’t just an American story anymore - it’s being rewritten in Westminster under a new name:
The Centre for a Better Britain.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/resolute-1...
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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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Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
September 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity.
Boycott Disney.
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"Every one of the territories on the UN's decolonisation list has its own assembly and parliament just like Scotland, where their own colonial client politicians pocket their salaries and do a little administration for the colonial masters; exactly like Holyrood."
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September 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Every one of the territories on the UN's decolonisation list has its own assembly and parliament just like Scotland, where their own colonial client politicians pocket their salaries and do a little administration for the colonial masters; exactly like Holyrood."
archive.is/6l8Zl
archive.is/6l8Zl
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Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson.
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
September 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Probably the most important but neglected scandal about Mandelson.
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
Epstein was close to Peter Thiel. Thiel had secret meetings with Cummings and Johnson before Palantir’s 100m contract
Mandelson’s Global Counsel was pitching Thiel’s Palantir to Starmer.
What a carousel of cronyism
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Good morning ☕️ people
The clue, as in Reform, sold you a lie about Brexit to get people raging about Europeans working hard over here (we were over there) now they're selling you a smokescreen about the ECHR that PROTECTS YOU. They have VOTED AGAINST ALL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & are funded by the rich
The clue, as in Reform, sold you a lie about Brexit to get people raging about Europeans working hard over here (we were over there) now they're selling you a smokescreen about the ECHR that PROTECTS YOU. They have VOTED AGAINST ALL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & are funded by the rich
August 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Good morning ☕️ people
The clue, as in Reform, sold you a lie about Brexit to get people raging about Europeans working hard over here (we were over there) now they're selling you a smokescreen about the ECHR that PROTECTS YOU. They have VOTED AGAINST ALL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & are funded by the rich
The clue, as in Reform, sold you a lie about Brexit to get people raging about Europeans working hard over here (we were over there) now they're selling you a smokescreen about the ECHR that PROTECTS YOU. They have VOTED AGAINST ALL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS & are funded by the rich
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Scotland 8.5% of the UK's population.
14.6% of total UK food and drink manufacturing GVA
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/business...
14.6% of total UK food and drink manufacturing GVA
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/business...
August 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Scotland 8.5% of the UK's population.
14.6% of total UK food and drink manufacturing GVA
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/business...
14.6% of total UK food and drink manufacturing GVA
www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/business...
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Don't be fooled. The only reason anyone would want to leave the European Convention of Human Rights is so that they can abuse the rights of people less fortunate than themselves. The only reason.
August 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Don't be fooled. The only reason anyone would want to leave the European Convention of Human Rights is so that they can abuse the rights of people less fortunate than themselves. The only reason.
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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
August 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
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The A9 has become a gar safer road since SNP took over the Scottish Parliament. Ballinluig Junction rebuild, for one, was personally managed by John Swinney coming in under budget, ahead of time and saving many lives.
A9 should have been dualled with our oil money, why wasn't it?
CANARY WHARF is why
A9 should have been dualled with our oil money, why wasn't it?
CANARY WHARF is why
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The A9 has become a gar safer road since SNP took over the Scottish Parliament. Ballinluig Junction rebuild, for one, was personally managed by John Swinney coming in under budget, ahead of time and saving many lives.
A9 should have been dualled with our oil money, why wasn't it?
CANARY WHARF is why
A9 should have been dualled with our oil money, why wasn't it?
CANARY WHARF is why
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Sneaked out on Friday afternoon by UK Labour Government to successfully avoid ‘Scottish’ media coverage, 60 000 disabled Scots many on below national average wage, to be stripped of winter fuel payment.
When will labour voters here open their bloody eyes 😡
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
When will labour voters here open their bloody eyes 😡
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
Sneaked out on Friday afternoon by UK Labour Government to successfully avoid ‘Scottish’ media coverage, 60 000 disabled Scots many on below national average wage, to be stripped of winter fuel paymen...
Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Professor John Robertson OBA Only in the Sunday Telegraph, as far as I can see, the above ex…
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August 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Sneaked out on Friday afternoon by UK Labour Government to successfully avoid ‘Scottish’ media coverage, 60 000 disabled Scots many on below national average wage, to be stripped of winter fuel payment.
When will labour voters here open their bloody eyes 😡
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
When will labour voters here open their bloody eyes 😡
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
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It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
August 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.
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Where the US has serious problems, the UK is not far behind…
…this trend is also happening in the UK. It’s extremely dangerous.
…this trend is also happening in the UK. It’s extremely dangerous.
Over a quarter of all homes sold in the first three months of 2025 were bought by real estate investors.
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
If we want to make housing affordable again, we must get Wall Street out of our homes. https://youtu.be/q9TOGxDJ0TE?feature=shared
How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
August 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Where the US has serious problems, the UK is not far behind…
…this trend is also happening in the UK. It’s extremely dangerous.
…this trend is also happening in the UK. It’s extremely dangerous.
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Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer Sigrid McCawley reacts to the Maxwell transcripts, saying Maxwell “repeatedly and brazenly lied” to the government and is trying to “recreate history.”
Full statement
Full statement
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer Sigrid McCawley reacts to the Maxwell transcripts, saying Maxwell “repeatedly and brazenly lied” to the government and is trying to “recreate history.”
Full statement
Full statement
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How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win youtu.be/Ggca48_uYN4?... Fascists and far-right politicians define an 'other' group in society and then blame them for all its problems. I explain why this tactic is so effective – and so dangerous.
How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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August 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
How fascists use black-and-white thinking to win youtu.be/Ggca48_uYN4?... Fascists and far-right politicians define an 'other' group in society and then blame them for all its problems. I explain why this tactic is so effective – and so dangerous.