Another one to file under "This is NOT normal behaviour by a supposed democracy and ally". This isn't about censorship, if it was the US would be sanctioning Russian and Chinese government figures who really are suppressing free speech. www.bbc.com/news/article... (1/2)

NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners. It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Professor Emma Tominey from the University of York led the research. She said: “Our study of families’ experiences in England and Scotland is clear in suggesting that the Scottish child payment is having a significant impact in reducing family hardship, child deprivation, and food insecurity"

Not once did I hear anyone say they were ready and willing to throw in the towel in standing up to Russia’s aggression, even without US support, shares David Pratt after a visit to Ukraine✍️

Island voices 'not being heard by CalMac' https://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles/40800-island-voices-not-being-heard-by-calmac #scothinews

Westminster and Scotland's energy, fool me once... weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/w...

Financially corrupt *and* morally corrupt Some people can achieve world leading levels of corruption in one sphere, or the other Only FIFA can really hit the dizzying heights in both

Delighted to reveal that I will be announcing the very first winner of the LBC* Peace Prize on Monday**. *(morning show) **I’ll probably forget

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal. We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

Question from @martinwhitfieldmsp.bsky.social in the Scottish Parliament on cuts and job losses at Edinburgh University as @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social take third day of strike action this week #SaveHE #StopTheCuts www.heraldscotland.com/news/2563152...

Starmer’s shambolic government continues but he may not be prime minister this time next year. In these unstable times, the fundamental question is can serious, strategic, genuinely progressive alliances be built at home & internationally. My latest blog. open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhu...

Lesley Riddoch has released a new film investigating Scotland’s 'missing forests'

Why the West is shamefully complicit in Sudan’s horrors - Today’s in-depth read www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560712...

One week to go! Join us at Cruinn Còmhla - Gaelic community day in Edinburgh Classes · Music · Conversation · Culture · Café Further info: www.ionaddhuneideann.org Saturday 15 November 2025 10.00 – 16.00 Darroch, 7 Gillespie Street, Edinburgh EH3 9NH

If it’s tough for the SNP to look fresh after 18 years in government, try Welsh Labour’s 26 years with public service provision often the worst in the UK and entrenched poverty, writes Lesley Riddoch ✍️ Read here: tinyurl.com/3u6xa5y9

It's great to be back recording Talk Media. I've missed the grown up, informed discussion that I find difficult to get elsewhere. All for the cost of a cup of coffee per month. worth every penny! www.patreon.com/posts/gaza-s...

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Comhairlean ionadail a' beachdachadh air mar a dh'fhaodte foghlam Gàidhlig àrd-sgoile a leudachadh agus leasachadh ann am meadhan Alba Tha mi toilichte a bhith an sàs anns an rannsachadh seo do Bhòrd na Gàidhlig còmhla ris an eòlaiche foghlaim Jim Whannel. www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

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People need to be aware that leaving the ECHR opens the door to reinstating the barbarity that is the death penalty. Protocol 13 commits member states to the abolition of the death penalty under all circumstances. Leaving the ECHR allows a future Westminster Govt to bring it back.

Finland's war readiness looks justified after Russian drones over Oslo & Copenhagen Airports - what next? Your Party launch was a washout - can it survive? Is Andy Burnham about to oust Starmer? Will the EU cut trade links with Israel? Listen to podcast lesleyriddoch.com/podcast

I see the British media is full-on normalising far right extremism now. Flag wavers screaming "save our kids" & calling for mass deportations are not "anti-immigration protestors", they're racists. Charlie Kirk was not a "conservative activist" he was a white supremacist.

My latest blog piece, the moral isolationism of Starmer in the face of the far right. It’s no longer a question of if Scotland should risk the uncertainties of independence, but should we risk the ugly certainty of a far right English nationalist UK. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/t...

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

We’ve all seen the letter from Donald Trump to the vile sex trafficker and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and the handwritten note from Lord Mandelson calling Epstein his “best pal”. Today I asked the PM what other compromising material the White House might have on the Ambassador.

Tha seo math www.thenational.scot/politics/254...

My latest blog piece. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/w...

Reminder: Scotland already has the powers under devolution to bring Scottish energy generation into public ownership which would allow Scotland - not multinational megacorps and foreign public companies - to benefit from Scotland's energy. Here's how to do it: www.commonweal.scot/policies/how...

The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.

Farage is all in with the very definition of Wilhoit's Law. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." www.thenational.scot/news/2541432...

Lets make this the norm at any sporting event Israel appears in and when their national anthem is played. Even better, the opposition turn out wearing the colours of the Palestinian flag. Make the Israeli team, management, support, population feel the contempt internationally their countries held in

Excellent turn out for our street stall in Burntisland today. Lots of support and positive chats with those who are undecided. They left with lots of information. Our new tablecloth also made it's debut.

Another positive Yes South Fife Coast street stall in Inverkeithing this morning. Plenty of evidence that the desire for Independence is still out there

A Gaelic-speaking MSP has called on a budding Scottish Labour candidate to apologise for 'deeply disrespectful' remarks she has made around the language 🗣️ 'These comments are depressingly ill informed and deeply disrespectful to Scotland’s Gaelic-speaking communities'

Funeral held for Anas al-Sharif and other journalists killed in Israeli strike