Reposted to counter BBC Scotland's stop and search panic: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/19/a...

People are marching against Trump’s authoritarianism in the USA, Macron’s failures in France, and the cruelty of Gaza policy in the UK. Everywhere, governments are asking 'how to stop protest?' when they should be asking 'why people feel the need to protest?' youtu.be/CE4vwdSfdcY?...

Dr Assal Rad— "This is how you do a front page story."

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, quoted by Pope Leo.

The SNP doing what no other UK Political party has the courage to do, this is why I am so proud of Scotland, showing the UK what moral leadership looks like in difficult times. The BBC will not show this, this is why Starmer loathes the SNP.

When Labour's Sarwar and Baillie in Scotland claim that NHS Waiting Times are going down under their party's watch - they're lying 👇 (video: MSM Monitor)

What you won’t see on the BBC: Scotland: Drug Deaths ↓13% Alcohol Deaths ↓7% Knife Homicides no increase/decrease Homelessness Deaths ↓18% England: Drug Deaths ↑11% Alcohol Deaths ↑7% Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8% Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16% (@pjwoodside)

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏 www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

Massive insider trading. Thirty minutes before Trump’s China tariff announcement, a crypto “whale” opened a $100M+ short on Bitcoin. 4:30 PM: Whale opens $100M+ BTC short 4:50 PM: Trump announces 100% tariffs on China 5:20 PM: $19.3 B in liquidations hit the market The whale’s profit: $192 million

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Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

I wonder 🤔

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick” Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

Neil Bibby: A Liebour list MSP since 2011, rejected twice 2016 & 2021 by the Scottish electorate, but selected by his Red Tory party so he continues to sit in the Scottish Parliament at our expense talking complete mince on subjects he's either lying or clueless about. We urgently need term limits.

All I can say is: Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.

What would Keynes, Galbraith and Beveridge say now? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

The least surprising news ever. But also thank you to @robevansgdn.bsky.social & @direthoughts.com for shining a light on how two Silicon Valley lobbyists have joined forces to advance their billionaire-funded techno-accelerationist agenda into the heart of UK govt.

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

Scots overwhelmingly support bigger changes on land reform, a coalition of charities has said following a public consultation

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

Really privileged to meet Sid Khan today - a remarkable Scot who joined the Global Sumud Flotilla in solidarity with the people of Palestine. His compassion and courage in standing up for peace and justice speak to who we are as a nation. 🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Being ignored TV by interviewers today - More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/s...

Neil Bibby is another excellent example of why we need term limits for list MSPs.

New episode with Zack Polanski and Owen Jones out now on all platforms

Have you always thought that some work, whether making, caring, or educating, must be more valuable than shuffling wealth to make a short-term profit? If so, it turns out you're right. Quantum theory can explain why. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

When I hosted a show at LBC many of you wrote to me asking me to watch The Labour Files and to interview Martin Forde KC. In heavily biased legacy media environments doing that was a risk. But as journalists it’s our job to platform perspectives the public should hear without fear or favour.

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Good. Let's make sure that in Scotland there's no place for this draconian and misconceived ban. Bid to overturn Palestine Action ban through Scottish courts launched www.thenational.scot/news/2553264...

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Reposted to contextualise Herald front page: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/h...

You won't hear about this on BBC(in) Scotland,Westmonster's propaganda station. #YouYesYet?

Farage is saying all teachers are Marxists. They're not. They just teach that we should care for one another. But that offends his fascist instincts. The result is he is turning on a profession that teaches about compassion and empathy - because he loathes it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide. You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it. You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

How long is it before promoting Scottish, Welsh and Irish independence is deemed to be a terrorist action? #YouYesYet? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...