www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/open... This is Golden. Charles Windsor arrives at the side gate of the Scottish Parliament to be greeted by a bagpipe rendition of... Hamish Henderson's Freedom Come 'A Ye. Please tell me this was an official choice.

Reform types getting all upset about new SNP Lara Bird MP being "disrespectful" by crossing her fingers while swearing an oath to the royals, having tattoos, & wearing a short skirt & boots. If you are annoying those people on day one, you are doing something right

The unfortunate part is, it’s even worse than that: at the elite level, both sides of the Leave/Remain divide calculated that the Tories winning and forcing Brexit through was in their best interest, because they would worry about the details later. So they all worked to ensure that happened.

I’m seeing more ‘Starmer was a decent man’ takes this morning. You can’t even keep only think he was a decent man if you think immigrants don’t deserve decency, let alone trans people, protestors or disabled people.

It's courageous for any victim of sexual abuse to go to trial, but when your abuser is a man as powerful as Jeffrey Donaldson, it is on another level. Solidarity to those women today

The media silence over the Island of Strangers speech seems to be part of an overall consensus that it’s impossible for people *not* to be against immigration. The media won’t even consider that there are people upset by xenophobia.

I read somewhere that austerity is the midwife to fascism. Think that might be right.

For many LGBT folk like me, and especially trans folk, Keir Starmer will be remembered in the same way as Margaret Thatcher: with deep contempt for having overseen a deeply hostile, queerphobic government, which rolled back human rights and set society back by at least a decade. Good riddance.

You know that bit in Doctor Who, when he regenerates into the new doctor, who may look and act slightly differently but is somehow still the same person...?

Why aren't other politicians pointing this out? I don’t see any party leaders calling out the Islamophobia in the (lack of) media coverage on Friday’s terrorist attack in Edinburgh. Where’s @eddavey.libdems.org.uk? The @snp.org? The Tories? Why is @zackpolanski.bsky.social the only one?!?

Always so inward looking, performing joyless nationalism with no thought of connecting with anyone else. Do they think this is dominant behaviour or something? chttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/z2t42-Vm6EM

yeah unfortunately the point at which security agents started manufacturing crimes to so they could arrest people to support the delusions of a single personalist ruler was the point at which the story stopped being silly heavy-handed metaphor and started being of real concern

The FACT the BRITISH GOVERNMENT is still arrested peaceful protestors against ongoing GENOCIDES, whilst Ben Gvir is telling the world all Lebanese should be BURNED. WTF ? And the British GOVERNMENT are fine with that statement, apparently for £50k a pop made them let Israel just carry on. CUNTS.

Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab, says human rights group. Solidarity with the women of Iran. State power and religion always make a toxic mix of intolerance and obedience. Yet the far-right in the USA, UK, West pursuing religious nationalism.

Meet Congo‘s most dedicated World Cup fan. Michel Kuka Mboladinga: the man who stands as a statue for the entire match. [📹 romangabriel1933] Original post

We are digging coal

My favourite four frame story of all time. #WorldCup

Posted on the biggest anti-Muslim hatred site on the planet.

Let's be very clear that vicious anti Muslim hatred by politicians and their trillionaire mate Elon Musk create the conditions for this kind of vile attack. Sending huge solidarity to the Muslim community in Edinburgh and beyond.

This story currently leads BBC Scotland. But down here in London you have to scroll all the way down past the London news, the World Cup, whatever the BBC calls its Reels equivalent, more World Cup, weekend picks and 'lazy summer recipes' to the 'around the UK' to see it

We need to talk about the revolving door… 🚨🚨🚨 Click here to read: open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...

Some guy has written a song about the Scottish fans

“restrictions on pro-Palestinian speech and protest, when justified by invocations of Jewish safety, will backfire and weaken social cohesion and potentially increase antisemitism”. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

What two scenes have the same vibe. I'll go first:

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Shakespeare could write histories on the parallel tragedies of Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer - both desperate to have power, but no idea how to use it for the betterment of the people.

Roy Hodrien (British Artist, born 1957) "Still Life with Lemon and Grapes", n.d. Oil on Canvas Painting, 41 × 30 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Chainsaws speak louder than words.

This Governments branding of protest as 'terrorism' has seen grandparents arrested and dragged through the courts simply for holding up signs. It's deeply authoritarian when people are speaking out against a genocide and for a free Palestine.

How Farage broke Britain. #Brexit 👇

Creativity is what makes you different: Charpai texture [📹 varma.vinodkumar] Original post

The Little Milk Carrier, 1844 by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austria, 1793 -1869). Oil on canvas | 79.5 x 62.5 cm. Location: Belvedere, Vienna, Austria. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Ron Lawson (Scottish Artist, born 1960) "Old Phonebox, Tiree", 2019. Watercolour and Gouache, 16 × 30 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Hippos can’t technically swim. The perfect combination of buoyancy and bone density allows them to “fly” thorough water at speeds of 5mph, (8 kph), propelling themselves using intermittent ground contact, like astronauts on a moon walk. Original post

Er. I hope someone has reported this to the police because I really feel this should be reported to the police

It’s so strange that Starmer is unpopular. Completely incomprehensible.

They say banning trail hunting will mean thousands of hounds have to die. But they already kill them. Our hidden camera footage shows hunt staff tossing the bodies of healthy dogs into skips like rubbish. Routinely. Casually.

It is deeply wrong that Scotland cannot decide for itself whether to hold a referendum on its future. Decisions about Scotland should be made by the people who live here, not imposed by Westminster politicians.

The upshot of this piece I wrote last year for @bylines.scot was that I don’t feel safe with Starmer as PM. If anything, that’s even truer now than it was then. bylines.scot/politics/wan...

Enough is enough. When politicians use hateful language, they create conditions for hatred to grow. This is the Reform party I warned about, and they should be ashamed for inciting racial division in Scotland. I will always stand up for the inclusive country we are. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

the only thing that gives me hope about this fuckass island right now genuinely is john swinney saying "scotland has become like this because of people like you" at reform MSPs. well done. that's MY first minister

Rosie O'Donnell on Donald Trump, "If you grew up in New York you knew he was an assh*le and a liar from day one" "He is a conman, he is a narcissist, and he is a psychopath if you ask me"