Vivienjay
@vivienjay.bsky.social
Live in Edinburgh as an active English supporter of independence and EU membership for Scotland. Love birds and nature generally. Play viola badly and piano too seldom.
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Also hilarious, for want of a better word, that British ‘patriots’ are amplifying & funding foreign actors who live in unsafe countries & have never been near Britain slagging off Britain. Good old Elon.
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Also hilarious, for want of a better word, that British ‘patriots’ are amplifying & funding foreign actors who live in unsafe countries & have never been near Britain slagging off Britain. Good old Elon.
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I was compelled to look that performance up. The introduction of Yoyo Ma by the speaker is very poignant given where we are as a nation now. May we return to a country whose government values the contributions of immigrants again.
youtu.be/wiwkBFR6rW0?...
youtu.be/wiwkBFR6rW0?...
7-Year-Old Cellist Prodigy Yo-Yo Ma's Debut Performance for President JFK | The Kennedy Center
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
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November 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I was compelled to look that performance up. The introduction of Yoyo Ma by the speaker is very poignant given where we are as a nation now. May we return to a country whose government values the contributions of immigrants again.
youtu.be/wiwkBFR6rW0?...
youtu.be/wiwkBFR6rW0?...
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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Only @uklabourparty.bsky.social could be as duplicitous as this. But they did learn from their Tory friends.
But tell me what is to celebrate in freezing charges, When another, More radical party simply abolished them.
England needs to wake up & smell the shite that their government is shovelling.
But tell me what is to celebrate in freezing charges, When another, More radical party simply abolished them.
England needs to wake up & smell the shite that their government is shovelling.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Only @uklabourparty.bsky.social could be as duplicitous as this. But they did learn from their Tory friends.
But tell me what is to celebrate in freezing charges, When another, More radical party simply abolished them.
England needs to wake up & smell the shite that their government is shovelling.
But tell me what is to celebrate in freezing charges, When another, More radical party simply abolished them.
England needs to wake up & smell the shite that their government is shovelling.
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🇬🇧 To the uk Scotland is an afterthought, their provincial territory on the periphery
Its importance lies in its strategical position, and resources that it can be mined and fully exploited, where the resultant pollution and contamination has no impact on England🇬🇧
🏴 Scotland is abused in this union
Its importance lies in its strategical position, and resources that it can be mined and fully exploited, where the resultant pollution and contamination has no impact on England🇬🇧
🏴 Scotland is abused in this union
Here's your first look at tomorrow's Sunday National 📰
Revealed: Navy's secret fight to hush up nuclear pollution ☢️
Revealed: Navy's secret fight to hush up nuclear pollution ☢️
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🇬🇧 To the uk Scotland is an afterthought, their provincial territory on the periphery
Its importance lies in its strategical position, and resources that it can be mined and fully exploited, where the resultant pollution and contamination has no impact on England🇬🇧
🏴 Scotland is abused in this union
Its importance lies in its strategical position, and resources that it can be mined and fully exploited, where the resultant pollution and contamination has no impact on England🇬🇧
🏴 Scotland is abused in this union
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People talk a lot about Keir Starmer’s red lines, but it is important to remember that we have our red lines too, and we hold all the cards 🇪🇺💪
1. EU27 unity
2. Members first, partners second, third countries third
3. We decide the rules
1. EU27 unity
2. Members first, partners second, third countries third
3. We decide the rules
In particular our redlines -
α) Unity of the 27
β) Demonstrating the advantages of membership
γ) Retaining decision-making freedom
- aren't going anywhere.
With that in mind, negotiating "a" customs union might work, but it will have strings to protect our redlines
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α) Unity of the 27
β) Demonstrating the advantages of membership
γ) Retaining decision-making freedom
- aren't going anywhere.
With that in mind, negotiating "a" customs union might work, but it will have strings to protect our redlines
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November 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
People talk a lot about Keir Starmer’s red lines, but it is important to remember that we have our red lines too, and we hold all the cards 🇪🇺💪
1. EU27 unity
2. Members first, partners second, third countries third
3. We decide the rules
1. EU27 unity
2. Members first, partners second, third countries third
3. We decide the rules
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A sitting president shouting that people should be jailed for telling the military to follow the law.
You can hear the panic in every capital letter.
You can hear the panic in every capital letter.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A sitting president shouting that people should be jailed for telling the military to follow the law.
You can hear the panic in every capital letter.
You can hear the panic in every capital letter.
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Imagine living in a country where your neighbour's government bombing your village with immunity is dismissed as "Israeli overreach".
"High level politics" seems to necessarily ignore human reality. At a cost to us all.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"High level politics" seems to necessarily ignore human reality. At a cost to us all.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Why Trump’s lavish Saudi courtship leaves Israel on the back foot
Pageantry and trillion-dollar promises reveal how Washington’s loyalties may be tilting toward the Gulf
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Imagine living in a country where your neighbour's government bombing your village with immunity is dismissed as "Israeli overreach".
"High level politics" seems to necessarily ignore human reality. At a cost to us all.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"High level politics" seems to necessarily ignore human reality. At a cost to us all.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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It's July 2016 and Russian bribe enthusiast Nathan Gill is doing the rounds on Nigel Farage's behalf explaining why he resigned as UKIP leader.
Here he is on Russia Today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQtz...
Here he is on Russia Today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQtz...
Nathan Gill on Russia Today UK discussing Senedd's vote for a hard Brexit
YouTube video by UKIP Wales
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November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's July 2016 and Russian bribe enthusiast Nathan Gill is doing the rounds on Nigel Farage's behalf explaining why he resigned as UKIP leader.
Here he is on Russia Today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQtz...
Here he is on Russia Today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQtz...
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Remember how we kept getting told that a European Army was a REALLY BAD idea?
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Remember how we kept getting told that a European Army was a REALLY BAD idea?
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"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare?
Egalitarian ideals shape Scotland’s distinct health policies, but independence raises a key question: party agenda or public belief?
bylines.scot
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"In Scotland, all personal care is free at the point of need. The principal being, that our elderly have paid more than enough in taxation already."
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
#Care
#NHS
#WellBeing
#Scotland🏴
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If countries smaller than Scotland can make a better fist of their standing within the International community, You really have to ask as to why we are constantly told that we cannot.
#TooSmallToopoor#TooStupid #AreYouYesYet #WhyNotScotland #DissolveThisToxicUnion
#TooSmallToopoor#TooStupid #AreYouYesYet #WhyNotScotland #DissolveThisToxicUnion
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If countries smaller than Scotland can make a better fist of their standing within the International community, You really have to ask as to why we are constantly told that we cannot.
#TooSmallToopoor#TooStupid #AreYouYesYet #WhyNotScotland #DissolveThisToxicUnion
#TooSmallToopoor#TooStupid #AreYouYesYet #WhyNotScotland #DissolveThisToxicUnion
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“A Reform UK government would block EU nationals from receiving universal credit, a move that would rip up the post-Brexit trade deal with Europe and risk potential retaliation from Brussels.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’
Party claims its policies would eliminate ‘black hole’ Rachel Reeves faces in the budget – but Labour says the ‘fantasy numbers don’t add up’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“A Reform UK government would block EU nationals from receiving universal credit, a move that would rip up the post-Brexit trade deal with Europe and risk potential retaliation from Brussels.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
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“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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Funny they'd want to do that while not talking about NATHAN GILL at all.
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Funny they'd want to do that while not talking about NATHAN GILL at all.
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The SNP are not forcing Scotland to choose independence.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The SNP are not forcing Scotland to choose independence.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
The people are asking them to
get it for them.
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Polls suggest that Nigel Farage is heading for 10 Downing Street on a vote share of just 30%. It beggars belief that Labour is still committed to an outdated, undemocratic voting system that would see the hard right stroll into government on a minority of the vote.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Polls suggest that Nigel Farage is heading for 10 Downing Street on a vote share of just 30%. It beggars belief that Labour is still committed to an outdated, undemocratic voting system that would see the hard right stroll into government on a minority of the vote.