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The Guardian
9 days ago
Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says
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Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says
Reformās deputy leader, Richard Tice, seeks to present issue as irrelevant in interview with Laura Kuenssberg Labour has accused Nigel Farage of attempting to dodge scrutiny as the Reform leader continued to face questions over the Ā£5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire shortly before the last general election. Asked about the gift from Christopher Harborne on Sunday, the partyās deputy leader, Richard Tice, sought to present it as an irrelevance to voters and said it had complied with all the rules. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/farage-trying-to-avoid-scrutiny-over-5m-gift-from-crypto-billionaire-labour-says?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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weegingerdug
11 days ago
I was oddly despondent last night, convinced the worst would happen, but I am much happier now. Scotland will have another pro-independence majority in Holyrood and the SNP have secured a historic fifth victory despite everything the media has thrown at it.
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11 days ago
Anas Sarwar up until yesterday. This election isn't about Starmer, it's about casting judgement on the SNP and making me first minister. Anas Sarwar today - it's all Starmer's fault.
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Bylines Network
16 days ago
Nigel Farage pulls out of BBC interview Farage, man of the people, straight talker and a huge fan of asking the āhard questionsā of others, has pulled out of an interview on BBC
northeastbylines.co.uk/letters/nige...
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Nigel Farage pulls out of BBC interview
Farage, man of the people, straight talker and a huge fan of asking the āhard questionsā of others, has pulled out of an interview on BBC
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/letters/nigel-farage-pulls-out-of-bbc-interview/
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20 days ago
6 house, 5 cars, 6 yachts and zero self-awareness. My latest blog piece, Malcolm Offord's staggering self own is the most out of touch a public figure has shown themselves to be since Marie Antoinette reputedly said "Let them eat cake."
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/s...
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Six houses, five cars, six yachts and zero self-awareness
I didnāt watch the STV leadersā debate as we had visitors, which meant I missed the moment that Malcolm Offord torpedoed Reform UKās āWeāre the party which is opposed ā¦
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/six-houses-five-cars-six-yachts-and-zero-self-awareness/
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weegingerdug
about 1 month ago
I'm no polling expert but this new MRP poll of Holyrood voting intention looks like bollocks. There is no planet on which Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a contest between Reform and the Lib Dems. This poll also has the Greens standing in every constituency.
www.thenational.scot/news/2602325...
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New poll predicts winner in all 73 Scottish seats ā see the map
A NEW poll has predicted the winners in all of Scotlandās constituencies ā suggesting Scottish Labour and Reform UK could pick up several seats.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26023259.new-poll-predicts-winner-73-scottish-seats---see-map/
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weegingerdug
about 1 month ago
Accurate Labour election poster
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MeidasTouch
about 2 months ago
Start the fire. Walk away. Tell the world theyāre on their own.
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Guardrails of Democracy
about 2 months ago
Bruce Springsteen performing at No Kings - St. Paul, MN āStreets of Minneapolisā
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Reform Party UK Exposed
about 2 months ago
āNothing prepared me for quite how hateful Reform UK areā
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I was at the Reform conference ā nothing prepared me for quite how hateful they are
Reform UK Scotlandās manifesto launch had not begun before a transphobic comment was thrown at me from the gathered crowd
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25961805.nothing-prepared-quite-hateful-reform-uk/
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9 months ago
GERS 2024 Figures have been released 'Data is produced for Scotland as part of the UK ā it does not model scenarios for an independent Scotland in which the Scottish Government would be enabled to make its own fiscal choices' Source: Deloitte who produce the figures to compile GERS. 1/
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Maureen Pickering
2 months ago
All right everyone- save this quickly before they take it down! Scotlandās contribution to the U.K. exchequer is Ā£204bn - from the U.K. governmentās Scotland office! We are being robbed!
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weegingerdug
2 months ago
My latest blog piece, some personal musings on what the demise of the Alba party means for the Scottish election in May and the broader independence movement.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/w...
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What the end of Alba means for Mayās election and the broader independence movement
Well thatās it. The Alba party has gone and will not be contesting the Holyrood election in May, or indeed any elections in the future. Unlike some, I am not gloating about the partyās ā¦
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/what-the-end-of-alba-means-for-mays-election-and-the-broader-independence-movement/
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John Swinney
2 months ago
Relieved that no serious injuries have been reported after the devastating fire in Glasgow. My thanks to the emergency services and partners for their hard work overnight. We will support Glasgowās recovery and work to get the city centre up and running as quickly as possible.
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Byline Times
2 months ago
š Weekend Reads ā Philosophy & Ideas (Edition 83) āļø
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The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel ā which holds UK government contracts ā researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICEās data platform to conduct massā¦
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āDomestic Terrorismā ICE Contractor Palantirās Tools for Tracking Dissent
The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel ā which holds UK government contracts ā researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICEās data platform to conduct massā¦
https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/83/domestic-terrorism-ice-contractor-palantirs-tools-for-tracking-dissent/
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Mother Jones
2 months ago
Staff at the nationās largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/at-largest-ice-detention-camp-staff-bet-on-detainee-suicides-ap-reports/
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weegingerdug
3 months ago
My blog's annual fundraiser has smashed through its target in record time.
@scotnational.bsky.social
has done a story about it
www.thenational.scot/news/2585922...
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Pro-independence blogger smashes annual fundraising target in record time
THE Wee Ginger Dug blogger has smashed his annual fundraising target in the shortest time ever, taking just 16 days to reach the goal.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25859221.wee-ginger-dug-blogger-smashes-annual-fundraising-target/
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Ruth Watson
3 months ago
Quite rightly, Scotland's NHS has not given Palantir access to our records. England's Wes Streeting, however, has said he will 'hold the door open' to privatising England's NHS. Palantir's access to England's NHS records is a very slippery slope.
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weegingerdug
3 months ago
My latest blog piece, thoughts on Jim Ratcliffe's race-baiting - Billionaire migrant tax evader blames poor people for Britain's problems.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/b...
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Billionaire tax evader blames poor people for Britainās problems
73 year old billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, the UKās own racist granddad, moved to the tax haven of Monaco in 2020 in order to avoid paying his fair share of taxes. Heās doubtless one of thoā¦
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/billionaire-tax-evader-blames-poor-people-for-britains-problems/
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The boss, Bruce Springsteenās new song calling out Trump.
open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...
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Streets of Minneapolis
https://open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHxdvghUjcjdPX1VhWN?si=RzauIOT8SumrONFx9a4ALQ
4 months ago
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weegingerdug
4 months ago
My latest blog piece, Reform UK's blueprint for an authoritarian power grab. The biggest threat to democracy and the rule of law ever seen in modern Britain and a reason why the need for Scottish independence is so urgent.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/r...
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Reform UKās authoritarian project for power
The American author and poet Maya Anjelou famously wrote: āWhen someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.ā That has never been more true than where we are now in Britā¦
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/reform-uks-authoritarian-project-for-power/
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weegingerdug
4 months ago
I'm not a fan of Andy Burnham, but with Starmer loyalists blocking him from standing in the Gorton & Denton byelection, the Labour party is now unsalveageble for those on the left and its transition to a centre-right party is complete. Starmer & McSweeney are handing the UK over to the right.
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Dan Izzo
4 months ago
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
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Aaron Rupar
4 months ago
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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The Canary
4 months ago
Man of the People: Reform leader said he went to Davos to stick it to the elites; turns out he was there on behalf of an Iranian billionaire
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Reform donor labelled a 'sham' as billionaire funds Farage's Davos jollies
Man of the People: Reform leader said he went to Davos to stick it to the elites; turns out he was there on behalf of an Iranian billionaire
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/01/24/reform-donor-labelled/
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Ian Carrillo
4 months ago
Top two articles are about ICE abducting a 5 year old and a 2 year old. Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike. Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Erick Jackson on HUT8 , Canadian company
#bitcoin
#AI
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MeidasTouch
4 months ago
The Nobel Foundation makes yet another statement:
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John Swinney
4 months ago
Itās not for Keir Starmer, or whoever replaces him, to deny Scotlandās democratic right. Scotlandās future is up to people in Scotland - and if the SNP win in May, we must have that choice. š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ
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George Monbiot
4 months ago
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column.
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politiciansā surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments donāt tackle the problem because they donāt want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/super-rich-inequality-politicians-extreme-wealth
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weegingerdug
4 months ago
Jenrick is the 15th former Tory MP to defect to Reform. You have to laugh at Tory defectors to Reform claiming that Britain is 'broken'. They're the ones who broke it, they're like arsonists selling fire insurance.
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Maureen Pickering
4 months ago
Aberdeenshire SNP councillors tried to keep grit bins but were outvoted by Unionist councillors keen to cut costs based on assuming āmild winter scenarioā and who allowed bin removal even DURING winter to endanger pensioners
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/a...
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Aberdeenshire SNP councillors tried to keep grit bins but were outvoted by Unionist councillors keen to cut costs based on assuming āmild winter scenarioā and who allowed bin removal even DURING winte...
Aberdeenshire has just had one of the worst winters in recent years but not by any means that rare an event for them. In February 2025, by a vote of 43 to 21 the council voted for a budget includinā¦
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/aberdeenshire-snp-councillors-tried-to-keep-grit-bins-but-were-outvoted-by-unionist-councillors-keen-to-cut-costs-based-on-assuming-mild-winter-scenario-and-who-allowed-bin-removal-even-during-win/
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Talking-up Scotland
4 months ago
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12 000 babies to benefit from increase to £40 per week in SNP child benefit already praised widely across UK and Europe
Image ChatGPT From Scottish Budget 2026 to 2027, published today: We will uprate theĀ SCPĀ in line with inflation to Ā£28.20 per week per child. We will also begin the necessary work in 2026ā27 to intā¦
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/12-000-babies-to-benefit-from-increase-to-40-per-week-in-snp-child-benefit-already-praised-widely-across-uk-and-europe/
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4 months ago
Flashback Kamala Harris: āDonald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him.ā
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News Eye
4 months ago
HAPPENING NOW: Tens of thousands have filled 5th Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday (Jan 11) in a massive anti-ICE protest. New York showed up! šš (š„Hands Off NYC)
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4 months ago
Did you know that since the SNP nationalised Scotrail it has helped to contribute £4Bn to the Scottish economy, instead of paying out dividends to rich shareholders?
indyposterboy.scot/nationalised...
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Nationalised Rail - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that since the SNP nationalised Scotrail it has helped to contribute £4Bn to the Scottish economy, instead of paying out dividends to rich
https://indyposterboy.scot/nationalised-rail/
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The National
4 months ago
Protesters have gathered outside the US consulate in Edinburgh over the country's attack on Venezuela and the abduction of the country's president Nicolas Maduro š
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George Monbiot
4 months ago
A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
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Mike Galsworthy
4 months ago
šØā¼ļø BREAKING: Trump just said āWeāre going to do something with Greenland whether they like it or notā
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BladeoftheSun
4 months ago
A reminder after seeing what has happened in the USA that Nigel Farage constantly says that the Police should carry guns and that handguns should be unbanned. He wants this type of terror on British streets.
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Bill Madden
4 months ago
COLD BLOODED MURDER: Here is a frame by frame account of a sadistic ICE Nazi who was looking for an excuse to murder Renee Nicole Good. Good was a legal observer who had been monitoring the Nazis in Minneapolis. š³š
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weegingerdug
4 months ago
If Labour thinks the answer to its unpopularity is to replace Starmer with Wes Streeting, a health secretary bought and paid for by the private health lobby, the party has well and truly lost the plot and deserves to be wiped out in May's elections.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2574667...
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Anas Sarwar brands own MPs and allies of the PM 'idiotic' after briefing war
Anas Sarwar condemns anonymous Labour briefings as āidioticā amid reports of unrest over Keir Starmerās leadership.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25746678.sarwar-hits-idiotic-briefings-labour-mps/
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Mark Chadbourn
4 months ago
Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Millerās comments about annexation last night.
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The utter contempt Westminster colonialist have for Scotland & wakesā¬ļø Greenland a population of 57,000 should decide its future, whilst Scotland & wales historical countries of millions are denied a democratic vote.
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weegingerdug
4 months ago
My latest blog piece. We can defeat fascism and keep the flame of independence alive. In May Scotland's destiny is in our hands.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/i...
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In May Scotlandās destiny is in our hands
Speaking to SNP party members in Glasgow as the campaign for the Scottish elections in May starts to ramp up, First Minister John Swinney has said that the Scottish media should be ālividā at the Uā¦
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/in-may-scotlands-destiny-is-in-our-hands/
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Talking-up Scotland
5 months ago
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Labour Wales councils in debt at FIVE times the level in Scotland for worse services
By stewartb If Scotland was an independent nation-state I would think it perfectly reasonable ā indeed necessary ā to hold its parties and system of government to account in part through making pubā¦
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/labour-wales-councils-in-debt-at-five-times-the-level-in-scotland-for-worse-services/
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#brexit
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Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannonās European Revolution ā Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/dinner-with-mr-brexit-bannons-european-revolution-planned-with-farage-backed-by-epstein/
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Ruth Wishart
5 months ago
Note to @BBCr4today guest editor (and Sir Keir): Scotland became a nation in 843AD.
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Colin Dunn š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ
5 months ago
Did you know that the safest place in the UK to dump nuclear waste is actually in the deep clay beds near London? How likely do you think that it is to happen vs 'remote' locations in Wales or Scotland?
#NoNewNukes
#IndependenceIsNormal
#Scotland
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