Tha trioblaid dha-rìribh anns na h-eileanan le Sasannaich agus ‘incomers’ beartach eile a’ beachdachadh air na h-eileanan mar fhàsach fiadhaich brèagha agus chan e àite far a bheil daoine a’ fuireach agus ag obair

Noam Chomsky reveals the method of Margaret Thatcher's privatisation. Defund it, blame State ownership, privatise for pennies, extort you forever.

Why is a Labour Home Secretary perpetuating this myth in The Sun? Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage

🗣️ "Something exciting is happening at the club." Tony Bloom has issued a message to Hearts fans about supporting the FOH ahead of his visit to Tynecastle Park on Sunday.

The interviewer asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he's worried about splitting the left vote & whether the best way to beat the right is to vote Labour. Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"

There are *2* news stories about the abuse of young girls on rte news today. Only one of them is getting this reaction.

Heather Humphres voted to seal the records of the Mother and Baby Homes. Never forgot. #rtept #Aras25

Am watching the #Aras25 election with interest and as an Albannach from the Brexit-ravaged lands of NorthBritain. Heard Catherine Connolly on @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social and she came across very well. Then learn that her opponent supports fox hunting(?!). That & this headline should see CC win.

My only contribution to the Irish election as a non-voting immigrant: I got a knock on the door well after dark, shuffled warily to the door, cracked it open. There were two nice lady canvassers for Catherine Connolly. When I told them I couldn’t vote, they said, “Oh well then! Welcome to Ireland!”

🚨 NEW | Greens hit 15% with YouGov ➡️ REF – 26% (-1) 🔴 LAB – 20% (-) 🔵 CON – 17% (-) 🟠 LD – 15% (-1) 🟢 GRN – 15% (+2) Via @YouGov, 19-20 Oct (+/- vs 13-14 Oct)

Okay, ending the "operational independence" of law enforcement and centralising their control with "elected politicians" is precisely what the Germans back in the day under a funny little glasses dork called Heinrich, and we thought that was jolly bad show at that time. Has something changed?

Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting 'Death to the IDF!' Four months on, he's bullying the police to let Israeli football thugs into the UK to chant 'Death to the Arabs!' Read my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

“Saudi Arabia has one of the worst human rights records in the world,” thundered the Daily Mail in September, slamming comedians like Jimmy Carr and Jack Whitehall for performing there. 🧵1/4

Naomi Smith, "For the last ten years we've had successive governments tell us what a great thing Brexit is" "Well our polling shows that nearly 2/3 of people think Brexit has been more of a failure than a success"

The people who build their heaven on your land are telling you that yours is in the sky. - Nina Simone Pic of the day #photography

Awaiting condemnation from Sir Keir Starmer.

Learning from Ireland’s Cultural Revival | Where is Scotland’s Manchán Magan?https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/19/learning-from-irelands-cultural-revival/

Thigibh Cruinn Còmhla airson latha coimhearsnachd na Gàidhlig air 15 Samhain! Fàilte chridheil ron a h-uile duine, le gnìomhachdan airson gach aois agus gach ìre de dh’fhileantas. Cruinn Còmhla · Disathairne 15 Samhain 2025 10.00 – 16.00 · Darroch, 7 Sràid Ghilleasbaig, Dùn Èideann EH3 9NH

Corporate Welfare A profitable pharmaceutical company received £3.4bn tax cut from a UK tax incentive scheme. The drug wasn't available to the NHS for several years. Big pharma wants to hike drug prices. £3.4bn would drastically cut child poverty... but ... but ... there is no money for that.

Real estate is the largest donor lobby in UK politics. The wheel spins as it should. inews.co.uk/news/leaked-...

The Green Party are level with the Labour Party for the first time in history. Let's see if the UK media give the Greens greater coverage to reflect their new popularity. Cannot imagine it will be anywhere near their continual talking up of Farage even when he had ZERO MPs.

No Scottish Greens (we have 7 Green MSPs) but we have a Reform councillor on

Number crunching: council tax hikes From the new Private Eye, out now.

🎶🎉🥇🏆 Glòr òir nan Gàidheal aig a’ Mhòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail 🥇 Thòisich gràinnean-mullaich nan seinneadairean Gàidhlig san t-saoghalair co-fharpaisean nam Bonn Òr aig a’ Mhòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail ann an Loch Abar air an t-seachdamh latha dhen fhèis ainmeil.

My latest blog piece. Joani Reid and the rat pack. Labour's MP for East Kilbride and Stathaven has become one of those people that her late great grandfather Jimmy Reid warned us about weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/j...

Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman owe £145m, their estimated wealth is £500m. They should be arrested and kept in prison until they payup in full. Just like any criminal who stole this much would be.

Lits fuckin go!

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it. Join.greenparty.org.uk

"That's why we all need to vote Green" is fast becoming the only ethical and strategic answer to reasonable "I don't want to let the fascists in by splitting the left vote" concerns.

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman." This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women." RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen shared his economic wisdom at the Tory conference. The Conservative party, he said, must be the party of “sound money”. 🧵1/3

The evil Green Party is going to tax the richest 0.3% of us. Is really not going very well as an attack on the Green Party. I'm sure they will come up with a new completely fake smear soon, like the antisemitism one from 2017-19.

Journalist to EU spokesperson, "You say Russia should pay to rebuild Ukraine. Should Israel pay to rebuild Gaza?" EU spokesperson, "Interesting question, no comment"

Vodafone down. Its good to know private enterprise is so efficient... www.techradar.com/news/live/vo...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

🚨 NEW | Greens surge to 15% (2pts behind Lab) ➡️ REF – 32% (-3) 🔴 LAB – 17% (-2) 🔵 CON – 17% (+3) 🟢 GRN – 15% (+4) 🟠 LD – 12% (-) Via @FindoutnowUK, 8 Oct (+/- vs 1 Oct)

www.thenational.scot/news/2553124... “The regulation of medicine pricing is reserved to the UK Government through the Department of Health and Social Care. “Any agreed price increases will apply UK-wide, including Scotland, so NHS Scotland would face higher costs.”

Things Farage won’t answer: 1. Why did he lie about buying a house in Clacton? 2. What did he know about Welsh Reform Leader Nathan Gill’s Russian Bribes? 3. Why did he lie about meeting the Russian Ambassador? 4. Why is his flagship council Kent raising taxes and cutting services?

Does Reform have a Russia problem?

🚨 POLL | Reform lead by 7% ➡️ REF – 27% (-2) 🔴 LAB – 20% (-2) 🟠 LD – 17% (+2) 🔵 CON – 17% (+1) 🟢 GRN – 12% (+1) Via @YouGov, 5-6 Oct (+/- vs 28-29 Sep)

🏅 Lawrence Shankland has been named Player of the Month. ⚽️ Three goals in September

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

Absolutely disgraceful that BBC Scotland is giving airtime to an extremist Zionist commentator who is allowed to characterise anti-genocide protests as “celebrating the murder of Jews” without any pushback from the ‘interviewer’.

Who would I listen to on both the questions of protest against genocide and hate against Jewish people... Starmer or @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ? I'm with the latter.

If we're going with: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, and tolerance being the 'British' values; I would have thought sending arms to a genocidal state that has broken almost every international law and is ethnically cleansing illegally occupied land is 'un-British'!

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday. Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Another wee push for yesterday's analysis piece; if for some reason the inadvertently candy floss coloured map doesn't draw you in, there is a TL;DR version here, but if you do just read this screengrab you won't see my bit about Anas Sarwar's nightmares or a mildly spiced take on radicalisation.

Derek McInnes said Hearts did try and find a way to win. And they did. He spoke about the substitutions and the wonderful noise of the Hearts support. 🗣️ "We changed from matching up wing-back to wing-back on that side, to attacking wide player against outside centre-back."