Veronica P
@veronscot.bsky.social
Scottish, socialist, independence supporter.
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Who benefits from vast expansion of Highland wind energy? Scotland’s already an energy exporter: weak grid means windfarm owners get millions NOT to produce & little benefit comes to folk with Europe’s highest energy bills. A just transition? A new film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXy...
The Highland Wind Farm Revolt
YouTube video by Lesley Riddoch
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Who benefits from vast expansion of Highland wind energy? Scotland’s already an energy exporter: weak grid means windfarm owners get millions NOT to produce & little benefit comes to folk with Europe’s highest energy bills. A just transition? A new film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXy...
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There’s a HUGE Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve our elections: shady billionaires like Musk can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap: effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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The Guardian is discussing a supposed crisis for Rachael Reeves today, when no such crisis exists. Whether she meets her fiscal rules is irrelevant. Poverty, poor housing, and suffering children are the realities they should be talking about. Why aren't they? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
The Guardian is part of the problem
As The Guardian notes this morning:
Rachel Reeves is braced for revised forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to blow a £20bn hole in her tax and spending plans before the autumn bu...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Guardian is discussing a supposed crisis for Rachael Reeves today, when no such crisis exists. Whether she meets her fiscal rules is irrelevant. Poverty, poor housing, and suffering children are the realities they should be talking about. Why aren't they? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
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I visited a brilliant non-profit café in Dumfries, #TheUsualPlace a small charity training neurodivergent kids to cook & bake & helping them get good jobs.Sadly it’s now under threat. Very best wishes, TUP, do hope you get the funding you need to survive.
March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I visited a brilliant non-profit café in Dumfries, #TheUsualPlace a small charity training neurodivergent kids to cook & bake & helping them get good jobs.Sadly it’s now under threat. Very best wishes, TUP, do hope you get the funding you need to survive.
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This guy knew....
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This guy knew....
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Thousands in Germany have taken the streets protest the rise of the Elon Musk and Kremlin supported neo-Nazi party AfD, ahead of the general election.
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Thousands in Germany have taken the streets protest the rise of the Elon Musk and Kremlin supported neo-Nazi party AfD, ahead of the general election.
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Fact-checking is not censorship.
Requesting evidence is not censorship.
Refuting falsehoods is not censorship.
Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship.
But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.
Requesting evidence is not censorship.
Refuting falsehoods is not censorship.
Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship.
But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.
January 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fact-checking is not censorship.
Requesting evidence is not censorship.
Refuting falsehoods is not censorship.
Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship.
But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.
Requesting evidence is not censorship.
Refuting falsehoods is not censorship.
Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship.
But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.
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Scotland closes attainment gap, hits record literacy and numeracy standards, 32% above England, after maintaining 36% more teachers
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/12/10/s...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/12/10/s...
Scotland closes attainment gap, hits record literacy and numeracy standards, 32% above England, after maintaining 36% more teachers
Professor John Robertson OBA, former Associate Dean (Quality Assurance) Faculty of Education, UWS From Literacy and numeracy standards reach record high, published today: The proportion of pupils a…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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Love it,more please
Scottish Water complete construction on pioneering green hydro energy scheme – believed to be the first of its kind in Europe –in East Lothian. Whiteadder Reservoir, will offset almost a third of the energy used by one of the area’s largest pumping stations. news.stv.tv/east-central...
'First of its kind' £3m green hydro scheme completed at reservoir
The £3m scheme at the Whiteadder Reservoir will save approximately 111 tonnes of carbon each year.
news.stv.tv
November 25, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Love it,more please