Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

The secrecy of flowers | Susana W. Dawn

Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation  | Robin McAlpine @thecommonweal.bsky.social

Ross Greer co-leader of the Scottish Green Party

The Scottish Parliamentary Elections are just over 6 months away and Bylines Scotland wants to hear from you! We're looking for volunteer writers, editors, researchers, fact- checkers and podcasters. Scotland needs you! Get in touch: editor@bylines #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Holyrood

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land  | Bylines Scotland @revivecoalition.bsky.social

Talking about BBC...it's worthwhile to have a look on what we previously published. @cluthaman.bsky.social

See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down

The verdict marks the culmination of a ten-year case that started in a fierce political battle within the Parliament in the run-up to Brexit. It's time we had sight of the Russia Report 👀 www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

At this time of year, when we wear our poppies for those who fought for our freedom, I remember a dear friend and the camaraderie we shared | Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social

18-year-old Josh Fyvie, recently elected Councillor to Stirling District Council, talked to Martin Roche on the 7 November | Bylines Scotland @cluthaman.bsky.social @ronniebarbout.bsky.social

Over the top  bylines.scot/society/poet...

Majority of people not proud of post-Brexit Britain, new survey reveals www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Polish FM Radosław Sikorski said that Putin may prefer a "bad war" in Ukraine to a "bad peace" which would expose his "mistake" in invading the country. "If Russia were to prevail in Ukraine, it would be tempted to use the territory, and the industrial& human resources of that country,to go further

A beautiful story of the formative relationship of Frances with her "Glasgow Granny". bylines.scot/my-scotland/...

Flaws in the proposed new council tax propositions in Scotland. www.commonweal.scot/puimageonly/...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

FUNDRAISER UPDATE: We got an offer from the supplier. They gave us a wee discount. My friend's company that helps me will pay for delivery costs. That means we can buy TWO of those toys, yay! Thanks to everyone who chipped in, you guys are great! CC: @bylines.scot @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

Is it time to stop feeding the corporate social media with our content? | Tomasz Oryński

Romania confirmed the first cut of U.S. troops on NATO’s eastern flank — ending a rotating brigade spread across several countries. This isn’t a full retreat— but will be read in Moscow as a win, and possibly as a US retreat from the defense of Europe. youtu.be/NBn6ddfRQDs

An exclusive interview with Martin Roche from Bylines Scotland and European politician Guy Verhofstadt bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...

🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...

Calls for Elon Musk to be investigated by British police after he spouts more lies about UK www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/calls-f...

Putin wants everyone to think he’s a tough nut – unbreakable. The Oreshnik missile system is an extension of his threat and bluster, even say symbolic of his authority and virility. But the Oreshnik appears to have been cracked / destroyed by Ukraine. youtu.be/QiRJVALhqMU

Norwegian events at the Edinburgh Storytelling Festival are unexpectedly funny | Amanda Wheatley

The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia. This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give. How are Reform getting away with this? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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“Europe’s political moderates must urgently counter threats to stability and prosperity,” says leading European politician Guy Verhofstadt in Edinburgh  | Bylines Scotland

A quick update on how the fundraising for Ukraine powerbanks is going and what the next steps are | Tomasz Oryński

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Outrageous: Minister misleads the public about Scottish Water to hide the failure of privatisation in England

Press release: The answer to Scotland’s housing emergency is in homegrown homes | Bylines Scotland

Listen to what Prof. John Curtice discussed with @ronniebarbour.bsky.social about the latest political polling and what it means to us in Scotland.

Bylines Scotland Radio. Ronnie Barbour and Professor Sir John Curtice discuss the latest political polling and what it means for Scotland ahead of the Holyrood Elections in May 2026.

Everyone says neoliberalism is dead, but in practice it staggers on like a zombie ideology | Dr Daniel Gay @dangay.bsky.social

🎙️A new podcast episode is out! Worthwhile to listen to @ronniebarbour.bsky.social and @cluthaman.bsky.social to know why they are scared of the future...

NEW: The cleavage shot no UK tabloid will print. If you want to understand how truly ignorant and absent the British media is on Russian interference, read on. A Kremlin spy scandal, a trove of bikini shots....and still nothing but tumbleweed. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

A story of a bygone era but also of an entrepreneur with a strong moral compass, compassion and generosity  | Joanna Krahe @jolk.bsky.social

I’m so happy to see this. @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit. Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏

Press release: A milestone for Scotland's sovereign future | Bylines Scotland @scg1.bsky.social @chartaist.bsky.social

Pleased to be part of this hugely significant legal challenge. The Boris Johnson Govt first suppressed the Russia report & then refused to act on it. As evidence mounts of Putin’s hybrid warfare, it’s vital that we can be confident in the robustness of our democratic systems

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

Is Trump colluding with Putin to block the €140 billion EU loan to Ukraine? Can he block the loan? Not directly — it’s an EU instrument, built on EU-held assets, with EU guarantees. But a U.S. refusal can complicate and discourage - sabotage it in fact. youtu.be/MuPC6Qy8Uiw

William Gillies’ reputation as a traditionalist and a ‘countryman’ is re-evaluated in a touring Royal Scottish Academy exhibition | Amanda Wheatley @awheatley24.bsky.social

NEW: The Kremlin is attempting to use all available informational avenues to convince the US, Europe, and Ukraine to acquiesce to the Kremlin’s demands by convincing them that a Russian victory in Ukraine is certain when it is anything but. More in tonight's assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar102025

War Diary Day 1,335 Trump is utterly unreliable. We must spend serious money on defending Ukraine. And ourselves. VPDFO! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/mWNd2g9y?…