The political and media failure to tell the truth about immigration is destroying this country Latest figures show immigration plummeting yet polling shows the public believe immigration to be rising Why? Because the media and politicians are corrupting the truth Me in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

How Tommy Robinson Disguises White Supremacism In the Coded Language of Anti-Islam Politics – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/05/15/h...

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

Just checked the BBC's setup for example: absolutely no indication that you will be able to get this information from them. 27 years and 7 elections into devolution, and effectively half of the story is invisible on the national broadcaster's website. Mortifying stuff, frankly.

Saw this on the other thing. Agreed.

While energy from wind and sun has never been cheaper, prices rise because of Trump's war in Iran. This oil and gas crisis is making billions for dirty energy corporations. Time for a Trump Tax to make them pay: 💵 to support families across Europe and 🔌 to fund home-grown renewable energy.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

‘Very alarming’ winter sees Arctic sea ice hit record-low for second year running www.carbonbrief.org/very-alarmin...

Ah, LOVED This Life. I'm still stuck in the 90s... www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

"...before 2030, Earth will exceed the limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming set by the Paris Climate Accord. It is the first time scientists have stated with statistical confidence that global warming is accelerating, not merely continuing at a steady pace." www.thenational.scot/news/2593727...

The best people to make decisions for Scotland are the people who live here, not politicians in London. But Labour continue to show that they're only too happy to use Tory legislation to bypass and undermine Scottish democracy.

“Rarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.” Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination. www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

This should be a warning to everyone. Their contempt for the law when they come to deport your neighbour will be no different to their contempt for the law when they decide to scrap your rights and freedoms too.

Another Labour fail. "Yes, the situation is actually worse than in the darkest days of Tory rule." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jeffrey Bezos is destroying the Washington Post for the same reason Musk destroyed Twitter and Ellison is destroying CBS—oligarchs oppose the free press when if it threatens their wealth and power. They don’t want normal people to see what is happening in America.

Times are tough and the world can seem a hard place. Acts of kindness matter, so a reminder that our Pay it Forward scheme gives a little help to those who might need it. Books should be for everyone; come in or gift a book to someone else. You can buy Pay it Forward vouchers through our website. X

Ah, bugger. That’s not fair.

Putin’s men on the inside merely doing their job.

'To see oursels as others see us!' on the return of Colonel Ruth Davidson, Suella Braverman and Labour's Burns Night optics ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/26/l...

Macron says France to fast-track social media ban for kids under 15

"I feel like I've come home," says party defector to a room full of people who think her home is somewhere in Asia and she should bloody well go back there.

Cancel World Cup + Olympics? They rewarded China with Olympics despite occupying Tibet for decades and crushing dissent in Tiananmen Square, Uyghurs…and we know what Russia has perpetrated. FIFA allowed hosts with appalling human rights violations including Russia + Qatar. Conscience? Nah. Profits.

Treated myself to a monster of a book: a hefty history of Malcolm III, King of Scots… Have been looking forward to this.

Appalling. Utterly terrifying. Trump's Brownshirts with blood on their hands. Imagine if the "Stop the Boats" mob get into power in the UK...? www.thenational.scot/news/2574829...

This is distrubing stuff. Again, showing the UK has been little more than Airstrip One since the second world war and Scotland it's nuclear dumping ground for rusting subs... www.thenational.scot/news/2574832...

"The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Another unequivocal sign of climate breakdown: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's beginning to get a little chilly - take care out there on Hogmanay! www.thenational.scot/news/2573185...

Did you enjoy our two dark tales for the festive season, Homecoming and The Last Delivery? Our next, Corryvreckan - the Cauldron of the Seas, explores the myths and legends which swirl around one of the world‘s largest whirlpools... Wishing you a safe, peaceful 2026. soundcloud.com/you-better-r...

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"What The Effingers teaches us is not to underestimate the danger of the fascist menace, and to fight on all fronts against it, before it is no longer possible." www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up. A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.

GAUDETE!

I think the EU countries should collectively call the U.S. ambassadors to explain why the United States plans to undermine the EU like a hostile power.

It's just f**king relentless. Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.

Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts" Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice. Join.greenparty.org.uk

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

Once a symbol of unity and hope across Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest has been turned into a pink-washing front for war criminals in Israel. After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.

Have enjoyed my first foray into botanical horror with Hazelthorn by C G Drews - beautifully grotesque, haunting, unsettling, sweet. One of my favourite reads of the year…

“Speaking outside his chateau in France…” I kid you not. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wishing you a very happy Saint Andrew's Day! Latha Naomh Anndra sona dhuibh!

Yet another manifesto commitment watered down by Labour. The climate crisis worsens every year, but the government continues to retreat. Instead of action we see climbdowns, u-turns and backtracking. All while the world's biggest polluters celebrate and rake in the profit.

From scapegoating migrants to ploughing ahead with Brexit, there is nothing between Britnat #Labour Party and Tories/Reform. For voters in Scotland, the message effectively is, it doesn't matter who you vote for as England expects to get exactly what it wants. www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...

this is mesmerizing

🔥🔥🔥 While everyone is distracted by other budget news, Labour have just announced that they will allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea 🔥🔥🔥 Genuinely catastrophic for our climate and further proof that Labour care more about corporate profits than people or planet.

"Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it: A 6–8% hit to GDP That's £180bn-£240bn a year It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything. Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.

A powerful piece @okwonga.bsky.social "In the UK, the soaring economic inequalities – supercharged by Brexit – have led to such scarcity that many voters are turning against those arriving in the country, blaming them for trying to steal more of a shrinking pie." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.” It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

Hey the brilliant @argonautbooks.bsky.social could do with your support. A 6th Waterstones branch in Edinburgh, metres from this brilliant indy shop, will have a massive negative impact. Waterstones has enough bookshops in the city, like a bricks and mortar Am*z*n! www.change.org/p/an-open-le...