It's clear that BBC news and current affairs lost its way years ago. Increasingly politically biased to the right and pro-English Establishment. This is a systemic problem and only wholesale change will fix it. Will Labour have the guts to embrace such a change? There's no indication they will.

Shout out for my multi-generational local butcher/baker, which continues to knock spots off the chain competition. The best early morning coffee and a bacon roll - what better way to start the day! Yum. forsythsofpeebles.com

It will be news to many people that the monarchy-loving, establisment toadying, pro-Zionist BBC represents 'liberal democratic values'. But perhaps that's just another attack from 'Scottish independistas'. Venceremos!! (Eat your heart out, Che Guevara.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 must have got something right. In '26 let's not let Labour and Reform in.

@stopfundinghate.bsky.social Just caught this on @lbc.co.uk news. Glad I did as I certainly won't be using Checkatrade ever again

So far Apple TV's new series Pluribus is proving marmite. But anything that leaves me wondering where on Earth the next episode is going to go must be good. Very enjoyable. And funny!

Hospital staff, patients and visitors across Scotland have saved over £90 million in parking charges - thanks to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 👏 www.facebook.com/ChristineGra...

What Alyn doesn't point out is that the SNP were always the most popular party, but they were kept out of power because the 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 propped up a 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 minority. Not a unique situation in Scotland by any means.

Scotland has a record 4000 firms paying staff the real Living Wage, with John Swinney suggesting this is 'five times' the level the UK has proportionately

The BBC in Scotland issues more apologies than anywhere else. Does it need to apologise for that?

Numbers 7 and 8 Moray Place on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in 1859, they were designed by the one and only Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, and they are just pure class. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #classicalarchitecture #alexandergreekthomson #morayplace #architecturephotography

How Scotland's Parliament was set up by Westminster. Vote twice: once for a Candidate; once for a Party. Clear - right?

I love that I was all ready to be affronted by this reference to "Northern England" merely as "the North of the UK", once again casually ignoring Scotland, but of course it means Northern Ireland ☺️

Wouldn't it be nice to be part of this? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💙 🇪🇺

But I'll post anyway?

Unbelievable that we STILL have a UKGOV whose stated objective is to "make Brexit work" .. the only way you can consider Brexit working is if you wanted to destroy democracy, the economy and society and succumb to the oligarchy & techgarchy. russia loves Brexit.

It's the big move weekend at the High School. Spotted this poster on the wall in the old school. Wonder how many politicians skipped this class at their school... "Social conscience: sense of responsibility and concern for wider society"

And with this truth, we see all we need to know about the success of the Zionist propaganda and influence strategy.

Nandy and Mahmood really are shaping up as blue Labour puppets. Wonder where they'll end up after Starmer has gone.

BBC director resigns over corporation skewing news, you say? Bitter laughs from Scotland. youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw

Labour gives pennies and takes pounds from those least able to defend themselves. That's why we need 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 - on Scotland's side, heading for independence.

"Reform is puppeting for their paymasters" over Climate Change denial.

Live in or near Peebles? What are you doing on 27th November? Why not come and listen to the great Alex Gill talk about his perspective on our Scotland, and our future... tickets are free, prior registration requested www.eventbrite.com/e/alex-gill-... #Scotland #IndependenceNow

INDY LIVE RADIO - a new voice for a new Scotland Today's schedule, Mon 10 Nov 2025 View the full schedule How to listen Get the iOS app Get the Android app or say 'ALEXA, play Independence Live Radio Scotland'

"𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳." Pretty much sums up the following three hundred years. And all because King James wanted it. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

“All that’s left is shame.” That and at least 69,000 murdered Palestinian civilians. Are we to assume that the British government didn't know all that was going on, whilst continuing to support the Israeli government? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Is this what tumbles the Trump house of cards?

I've had to update our new Donations link. The original plan was to use Revolut, but it was not working as I would have liked, so I'm now using Stripe which is a lot easier for users and more secure than PayPal. Click post below for link. Jim.

Alex Massie: regular contributor to The Times, Spectator - and the BBC in Scotland. The state of British journalism.

James Schneider is tipped to take over as Director General of the BBC. His wife works for Starmer.

BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned following revelations of BBC bias. There should be others, not least in the BBC in Scotland. The BBC is a disgrace.

Cutting taxes doesn't grow the economy. Richard explains this myth, that right wing parties including Labour continue to perpetuate.

A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

Join Scotland's Climate March 📍Glasgow Green 📅Saturday 15th November ⏰From 11am

Now if only I lived in a country that had control of more renewable energy than it needs, with a highly educated workforce and the geography to easily access the world's largest economic zone. Well, all of that is true - except the "control". For that we need 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Great display to a packed park from our local Round Table this evening. Who knew that after the original Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes came to be toasted as "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions".

If you're looking for some Glasgow-themed Christmas cards, I have a range of them featuring photos I've taken around the city over the last few years. They're now available from my website at: www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-cate.... #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #christmascards

Here in Scotland my young granddaughter was excited to tell me about how pleased she was about Mamdani's election win, and why. Yet this Labour cabinet minister claims never to have heard of him. Out of touch, or simply avoiding having to comment?

CalMac is pursuing legal action against Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard to recover multi-million repair costs for the MV Caledonian Isles dry-docked in Jan 2024 at Cammell Laird for repairs of £5m. After repairs a hull deformity was discovered. welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💙 🇳🇿 Fantastic rugby from both teams today. So close 👏

Look behind the headlines and this programme would mean that after ten years Labour in England would have caught up with where 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 is in Scotland already. But by then the Scottish Government will have built many more... www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/three-i...

Dozy Donald, once again demonstrating why it's time to have a mandatory retirement age for those in public office. 65?

This is still genocide. The Israeli government are still to blame. The UK and US governments are still complicit.

6 months until the election. Let’s build a fairer, more prosperous, more affordable country. An independent Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Is the population of Scotland's islands really 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨? I thought I'd check. Most are increasing! But overall less than the mainland (3.5% increase vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 5.4% from 2001 to 2022). Is there a trend in level of English immigrants and population increase or decrease? No. www.datawrapper.de/_/A4HCT/

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 is obvious to anyone with half an ounce of human empathy. Unfortunately Scotland doesn't yet control its own borders, so we have to stand and watch the effects of Labour's 'hostile environment' instead.

Here we are again with Westminster. Labour won't do anything substantive about reversing Brexit. So it doesn't do anything substantive about reversing public service cuts. Instead it raises taxes and distracts with talk about "magic money trees". Are you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Yes yet?

So you think Labour wants to protect the NHS?

💥 Private healthcare bosses had a hand in govt 10yr NHS Plan. Executives from UnitedHealth, InHealth and more sat on working groups that helped draft the blueprint. Patients deserve a health plan shaped by public need, not private profit. 👉 Read our full exposé: everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...