NEW: An award for "the most dismal town in Scotland" has been scrapped following a backlash from its latest recipient

Why can't Starmer say this sort of stuff?

#Starmer #Labour and @lisanandymp.bsky.social are asleep at the wheel while British Media and TV push happily to Fascism.. #Ofcom is the answer says #Starmer. The insulting and dangerous response to the Petition for Plurality in Broadcasting 👇

BBC News - Scottish alcohol deaths at lowest rate for five years www.bbc.com/news/article...

Last week's @independencelive.net TNT Show with John Drummond, featuring Graeme McCormick, an advocate of true land reform, demonstrating that using land and property as the sole source of funding our public services can transform all our lives. Well worth a watch.

It’s just racism, the like we haven’t seen in Britain in my lifetime.

🗣 "This isn’t about enabling families to fly once a year on holiday. This is about a tiny few, the elite, being able to fly more and more, regardless of the cost to people or planet." @zackpolanski.bsky.social writes for the Independent on Labour's decision to expand Gatwick Airport.

I still can't quite believe that the very first attacks from Labour on Farage's bonkers idea to kick millions of people with INDEFINITE right to remain out of the UK were to argue that it's infeasible and wouldn't save anything like the amount he claimed. How about: - It's WRONG - It's IMMORAL ?

Reform is top headline on BBC. Again. Why does this continue? Why is BBC platforming this, with the vile cruel policy? Reform isn’t govt. It’s LibDem conference this week, and there’s virtually no live coverage of it, despite lots of policy announcements, and 72 MPs.

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

Nigel Farage announces plan to deport legal immigrants. Will split families. Will resisters end-up in concentration camps? Plans to deny welfare benefits to those who worked, paid taxes. Produces false financial savings numbers. Will the next road to Auschwitz go through Clacton?

If Reform gains power in Westminster, they control our Borders. It's a power our Parliament doesn't hold. Even the SNP can't help. To protect ourselves against this poison we need to regain independence.

📺 "It is probably the biggest misspending scandal in the UK of all time." A ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review from The Guardian for last night's The Covid Contracts documentary featuring commentary and analysis from our Chief Executive, @danieljbruce.bsky.social. Now available on ITVX ⤵️ www.itv.com/watch/the-co...

@labourlewis.bsky.social Is there any chance that you and some of your colleagues could suggest to your front bench that the correct words to use in response to Farage's deportation plans are 'immoral' 'vile' 'cruel' and 'unspeakable', rather than 'expensive' or 'unworkable'?

Scottish Lords have cost more than £13 million over the last 10 years. Labour promised to scrap the Lords before the election - now is the time to do it. Here’s the top five most expensive Scottish Lords 🧵👇

If the Reform Party plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain also abolishes settled status for EU citizens, that would be a breach of the withdrawal agreement, liable to lead to the EU retaliating by removing trade preferences.

Tylenol—also known as paracetamol or acetaminophen—is used as a painkiller by around half of pregnant women worldwide. Despite zero evidence, Trump has convinced himself that the analgesic is “a very big factor” in autism.

This Labour Government once again choosing to do the work of their vested interests - and not working for people or the planet. My article today in @the-independent.com on Gatwick Expansion. 👇🏼 www.independent.co.uk/voices/gatwi...

North Chesthill Estate is trying to stop walkers enjoying 4 Munros in Glen Lyon during all of Sept & Oct. #ScottishOutdoorAccessCode is clear on 🦌 stalking: Landowners can manage routes on specific days, but NOT force unreasonable blanket bans. We hope @perthandkinross.bsky.social can intervene.

“It’s time to change the narrative. Tommy Robinson does not represent the majority of Britons. We aren’t afraid. We’re angry. And we won’t be defeated.” The power we need coming from @sangitamyska.bsky.social here www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Scotonomics session on Scotland's Future Fiscal Rules, reaching conclusions that differ in several significant ways from the Scottish Government's. You'll need to have your brain fully switched on for it, but it's well worth a watch.

Decisions about Scotland are best made in Scotland. If we want to safeguard our whisky industry, protect jobs and grow our economy, we need to speak for ourselves – not leave it to Westminster governments that won’t put us first. Independence is the fresh start we need. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

SNP-run Falkirk council has only now succeeded in paying off Labour's PFI bill after 25 years, as its c£65m initial cost was bloated by pfi loan payments to more than 300m. Don't let Labour do it again. weownit.org.uk/act-now/new-...

I want to see #ScottishIndependence not because I am a nationalist, but because I am an internationalist. Because I would like Scotland to be a good neighbour to England as that country works through its dysfunctional issues, not dragged along in its chaos. #IndependenceIsNormal

We agree with Ed Davey. And we are working with lawyers on possible action against Elon Musk and/or X for terrorism act offences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'How long is it before WordPress, which provides software for this blog, or YouTube, which I use for my video channel, and other social media outlets are told that what I write is unacceptable - is "Antifa" - and so I must be denied a platform?' @richardjmurphy.bsky.social

NEW: Highland locals are rebelling against a huge 80-mile diversion in an area which covers parts of the North Coast 500 route 👇

The UK Government’s recognition of Palestine is a welcome step, and one that is long overdue. But words alone will not stop the genocide in Gaza. Sanctions, an end to arms sales, a ban on goods from settlements, and the suspension of the UK–Israel trade deal must follow.

[I noticed that both PMs of Canada and Australia have accounts here, and used them to announce their recognitions of Palestine, but our PM doesn't and didn't.]

Labour only recognised Palestine (after 75 years of nothing) to appease Labour members ahead of conference & because France, Spain, Australia & Canada are doing this. Labour’s UKGovt continue to supply bombing intelligence, military training for the IDF & to supply arms.

Now all we need is for Britain to ban bottom trawling across supposedly protected waters

I'm stunned to hear that #R4Today presenters do in fact have teeth in interviews; they're currently going for the Libdems. I'm surprised because whenever I hear them interview Reform they provide no challenge at all and come across as complete cheerleaders for them

Labour must finally stand up firmly against a Reform policy. Call it out for the obscenity it is. Starmer has recently finally spoken out against populism and division. What could be more populist and divisive than this? Nor for heaven's sake, don't dodge it, or excuse it. Challenge it.

Keir Starmer: "This death and destruction horrifies all of us" So you'll stop all arms exports to Israel? No So you'll halt all trade? No So you'll impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy? No So you'll end all military ties? No. So its just empty words.

Clips of his arrest, and his earlier words at the concert: (via Middle East Eye) www.youtube.com/shorts/C6rn3...

Brexit Britain pays the bill so Donald Trump can lord it over us. 🇬🇧 UK exporters: $1.36bn in tariffs in just 4 months under Trump deal. 🇪🇺 France & Spain: less under the EU. 💷 🇬🇧 farmers/manufacturers foot the bill while elites roll out red carpet. Had we rejoined Europe, we’d be so much better off.

This is a really well written article by The Ferret in today's National. Don't forget that Douglas Barrowman, Mone's husband promoted many of the schemes years ago They too preyed on working ppl like nurses and hospital workers who now face huge tax bills www.thenational.scot/news/2548286...

They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, paid holiday and sick leave. It would make them tens of billions a year. But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.

Does Donald Trump’s assault on the media signal America’s new McCarthyism? - Today’s in-depth international read 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/254...

There's a certain schadenfreude about in witnessing this sort of (justifiable) complaint against BBC bias when in 2014 no-one in the LibDems, Tories or Labour complained about the obvious institutional BBC bias against Scottish independence. youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw

Scottish independence is about justice, equality, and a brighter future for our children.

'Scottish independence is needed now more than ever. It’s a chance to build a thriving Scotland that doesn’t depend on myopic, unethical partnerships that ravage the world’s poorest people and destroy the very planet that sustains us.' Azra Wyart, via The National archive.is/yU9kC

BBC News - The thriving village flooded to make water for Liverpool www.bbc.com/news/article...

When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music.