Marion Davis
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Social policy & research in Scotland. Personal account and views.
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The Washington Post
about 9 hours ago
"They were girls who went to school to learn, with hopes and dreams for their future," Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said. "Today, their lives were brutally cut short.ā Read more:
https://wapo.st/4r7izC7
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John Swinney
about 18 hours ago
A beautiful Service of Thanksgiving today for the life of the remarkable woman, Jeane Freeman. Jeane has left a powerful legacy in our laws that we should treat people with dignity, fairness and respect - and thatās what I will always do. Rest in peace, Jeane.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tribute from Jeane Freeman's 'soulmate' at memorial service
A thanksgiving service followed the private cremation of the 72-year-old who died on 7 February, just 25 days after being diagnosed with cancer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5g159exzzo
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
about 18 hours ago
Todayās military strikes on Iran ā carried out by the United States and Israel ā mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.
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Neil Mackay
2 days ago
The Greens proved them all wrong - the left is back My column in
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
Hereās a taster And hereās a link to the full article
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Zack Polanski, cutting to the heart of the matter! The times they are a changingš
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Saul Staniforth
2 days ago
Alexander claiming Labour is left of centre Theres nothing left wing about demonising the disabled, siding with the private utility companies, scapegoating refugees, expanding private sector provision of NHS services, refusing to redistribute wealth, arming Israels genocide etc
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Lee Savage
2 days ago
Hello darkness my old friend...
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Karl Bode
3 days ago
Over at the newsletter I wrote about how the right wing, corporate U.S. press is utterly dedicated to derailing AOC's pursuit of higher office:
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The Press REALLY Doesn't Want AOC To Be President
The corporate press is already busy working hand in hand with bad actors to make life hell for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her crime? Being a progressive minority woman.
https://karlbode.com/the-press-really-doesnt-want-aoc-to-be-president/
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The National
3 days ago
BREAKING: The Greens have reported Labour to the police for alleged breaches of electoral law in the Gorton and Denton by-election. It comes after a van saying the Greens want 'our daughters used for legal prostitution' was reportedly seen near a polling station
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greensurge.bsky.social
3 days ago
Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay MSP
@gillianmacmsp.bsky.social
said: High quality, affordable
#childcare
should not be a luxury in Scotland. But the current system is not delivering
greens.scot/news/fmqs-gr...
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Iris Cook
3 days ago
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Gillian Martin
3 days ago
#media
#oppressors
#scapegoats
#inclusion
#diversity
#equality
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Humanity Must Win
3 days ago
Blair's think tank is funded by Larry Ellison (Oracle). Ellison is an enemy of democracy, building surveillance states and funds Israel's genocide. He should be nowhere near public services.
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Palantir, the most insidious tech company, owned by right wing facist Peter Thiel. They are a danger to our civil liberties. The UK government should cancel all their contracts.š»
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Cambridge for Europe
3 days ago
The UK needs much more than a closer economic relationship with the EU. We must build our security and political relationship, we must unite as democracies against the autocracies East and West that seek to undermine our values and our societies. We must embrace our European future!
#RejoinEU
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Wajahat Ali
3 days ago
No regulation. No oversight. Just endless streams of money for AI and also Crypto. These industries are giving MILLIONS to both Democrats and Republicans. What could go wrong?
www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
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AIs canāt stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/
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The Guardian
3 days ago
Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ
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Israel responsible for two-thirds of record 129 press killings in 2025, says CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of āintentionally targetedā journalist killings * The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war A record 129 journalists and media workers were killed in the course of their work in 2025, two-thirds of them by Israeli forces, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). It was the second consecutive year in which killings of members of the press reached unprecedented levels, and the second year running in which Israel was responsible for roughly two-thirds of the total, the New York-based independent organisation, which documents attacks on journalists worldwide, said in its annual report published on Wednesday. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/25/record-number-journalists-killed-2025-israel-gaza-war?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Owen Jones
3 days ago
This is a massive scandal. Labour has invented a made-up tactical vote organisation to trick Gorton and Denton into voting for them. How can this even be legal?
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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
10 days ago
Read our proposals for the next Scottish government:
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/policypriori...
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- Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
A blueprint for climate action in the next Scottish Parliament Scotland has a moral responsibility ā as a rich and influential nation with a proud industrial heritage ā to redouble its efforts to deli...
https://www.stopclimatechaos.scot/policyprioritiesfor2026/
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5 days ago
Along with 16 leading international humanitarian organisations, we are taking unprecedented legal action to protect civilians and staff. The Israeli authorities demand for a new registration system threatens to silence aid agencies and block lifeāsaving support.
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The Council Tax in Scotland is an unfair tax. The better off should pay more. It should be replaced.
www.taxjustice.scot
have concrete proposals for change.
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Carole Cadwalladr
4 days ago
NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by
@professorshaw.bsky.social
for
@thenerve.news
which starts with āYachtgateā, Mandelsonās 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska 1/
www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...
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Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread
When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paed...
https://www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mandelson-russia-superyacht-yachtgate-epstein-deripaska-global-counsel
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Association for Scottish Literature
4 days ago
#GrayDay
marks the anniversary of Alasdair Grayās LANARK ā published
#OTD
, 25 Feb, 1981 The cover of this edition shows Grayās frontispiece for Book 4. Based on Abraham Bosseās 1651 frontispiece to Hobbesā LEVIATHAN, it depicts a figurative State towering over a panoramic view across Scotland 1/8
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THE NERVE
4 days ago
This week's cultural hotlist š„ā¶ļø From GiseĢle Pelicotās unmissable memoir to a brilliant slice of Americana š full list:
www.thenerve.news/p/hotlist-cu...
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Devastating new research by international academics on the death toll in Gaza. An Israeli genocide funded by the US.š»
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This is astonishing and amazing reporting.š»
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Bremain in Spain
4 days ago
Reform, MAGA, AfD, all the same. True patriotism to them defined as belief in the superiority of white heterosexual Christians (males at the top) & readiness to bolster their supremacy with policies to reverse decades of immigration & boost āindigenousā birthrates. Putinās fascist puppets
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From Trumpās Maga to Farageās Reform, theyāre all following Putinās nationalism playbook | Rafael Behr
Reform is promising a āpatriotic school curriculumā ā but what does that mean? In the end it comes down to submission to the leader, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/donald-trump-maga-nigel-farage-reform-vladimir-putin-nationalism?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772000466
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Neil Mackay
4 days ago
Funny how the Greens are always āhard leftā but Reform is never āfar rightā
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Ilhan Omar
4 days ago
Donald Trump killed two of my constituents. He is a liar and should be ashamed of himself.
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Laura Ashe
5 days ago
Working from home proving more stressful than I feel is necessary
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Reform - plan to take from the poor to give to the rich. Dishonest, Deceitful, Despicable.š»
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Skye
6 days ago
Rep Robert Garcia: āAnnie Farmer is a courageous survivor of Epsteinās abuse. Iāve invited Annie to the State of the Union so she can join other survivors & remind the President of his refusal to release all the Epstein files Iāll be at the Peopleās State of the Union and tell her storyā
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Karen Gregory
5 days ago
Maybe Labour want to have re-think about who and what "grows" an economy.
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Michael
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Over 75k Call for Public Investigation Into Israeli Influence in UK Politics
More than 75,000 people have signed a petition calling for a public inquiry into the influence of pro-Israel groups on British politics.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/02/23/over-75k-call-for-public-investigation-into-israeli-influence-in-uk-politics/
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Ross Greer (he/him)
6 days ago
There's nothing Christian about Reform's nonsense heritage proposals. Jesus preached that hoarding wealth is sinful. He stated that we must welcome the stranger and love our neighbour, no matter where they come from. Reform loathe these real Christian values.
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Really is shocking of the BBC to be so fearful. This is a political decision- censorship. š»
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Daniela Gabor
7 days ago
First they came for your state pensions, and with workers money, they came for your public hospital, public school, public housing, and finally, they came for your job.
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Daniela Gabor
7 days ago
Workers' capital -pension funds - pushing for AI to replace workers is one of the exquisite ironies of the financialised welfare bargain
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Jim Waterson
7 days ago
Londonās āworst mass eviction in recent historyā is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Azizās Criterion Capital.
www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
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Who's the billionaire behind Londonās biggest mass eviction?
He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?
https://www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-mass-eviction-billionaire-landlord-criterion-capital
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Palantir - an insidious tech company now being recognised by other countries as posing a threat to their national security. An investigation into their contracts in the UK is vital.š»
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Oliver
7 days ago
"Lest we forgot: Britain has a patriotism problem" via UK Against Hate
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Reform Party UK Exposed
8 days ago
Nigel Farage skips £20m 'Love Clacton' meet to schmooze backers 300 miles away
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Nigel Farage skips £10m 'Love Clacton' meeting for cocktail bar 300 miles away
The Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage met supporters at a private function in Newcastle instead of attending the "Love Clacton" 10-year initiative
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nigel-farage-skips-20m-love-36755668
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Sarah Murphy
7 days ago
Farage āwants to distract people into thinking their problems are because of women or equality and diversity policies, or immigrants. Like Trump, it shifts the discourse and thatās v dangerousā Women must turn Farageās problem with women into a problem for him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women?
Critics link Farageās āTrump-liteā condescension to female journalists to Reformās moves against womenās rights
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/21/nigel-farage-women-problem-trump-style-provocation-prejudice?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU
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Paula Hammond
7 days ago
Today's
#PhotographyIsArt
share is another shot taken on my local beach just as the sun was coming up. I can't seem to get enough of those big, big, skies.
#Wales
#Llandudno
#naturephotography
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