Democracy is about respecting the right of people to choose their own future. Scotland deserves better than another Prime Minister who believes Westminster alone gets to decide when democracy is acceptable. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Happy 70th birthday to the legendary Tom Hanks! #TomHanks

Donald Trump is a dangerous warmonger who constantly shows contempt for international law and human rights. The Scottish Government can't hide behind Westminster. It must use every power it has to ensure Scotland isn't used as a staging post for this reckless war.

"Farage is quite literally the establishment he claims to be fighting" via Jack Dart & Reform Watch

Just a reminder for those not familiar with UK media, please don't circulate posts or articles by the Daily Mail, the paper has been aligned with the far-right since the 1930s and continues to promote the forces of modern fascism.

UK tax system makes poor poorer Wage taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45%, national insurance (NI) paid. Capital gains & dividends taxed at the marginal rates of 18% to 24%, and 10.75% to 39.35%. No NI. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.

Which people is Nige again?

Here’s a crazy idea: if a corporation wants to build a data center, they should also be required to construct renewable resource mechanisms to operate it—not funded by the public, but from the mountains of wealth they already possess.

What would your priorities be for independence benefits? Fully funded national care service? Putting back the local train services pulled up by Westminster in the 50's? Full employment?

Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel

When’s the blue tents going to be put in Farage’s garden ? He’s buying time and trying to detract from his corruption by having a by-election .

Snaffle? Do you mean take all our Wealth & run our Economy into the ground like the wm government.

Facts you won't find in a Reform UK election leaflet ... meme via Robert Thomson

Who could be more establishment than Nigel Fartage? From his plummy public school whining,drawl to his multi home ownership and entitled behaviour? Accepting six figure gifts without considering them important? He's about as man of the people as cybertruks are Volkswagen beetles.

Perfect response from one @thetimes.com reader to J.D. Vance's nonsense.

"US spy tech giant Palantir paid an effective tax rate of just 8% on their £25.3m UK profits. Most companies with profits above £250,000 pay 25%. How is a company that’s won £670m in UK public contracts (including a massive £330m NHS deal) able to dodge our tax rules? " via 38 degrees

It's a good job Nigel Farage didn't fail to declare a ten quid Universal Credit overpayment, because he'd really be in trouble then

Casual "truth" spoken by pundits on omgwn that all public services are worse in Scotland" . Would love to see the source of that particular assertion.

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......

Whatever Labour's new neoliberal chancellor says to justify welfare cuts for the poor, this 👇

How is it that so many politicians look to the pockets of the folk who need benefits to try to fill fiscal holes created by the subsidising and tax avoidance of corporations and (b)millionaires?

Oooooh. It's always tempered my enthusiasm for Andy Burnham that his spacial awareness left something to be desired. Sadly, that he's jettisoned PR and still has no reasonable words for the devolved NATIONS, it is rapidly looking like the King of the Middle also has a concept understanding problem.

It’s HOT! Don’t forget to unplug your local Data center to stay cool.

We vote for an indyref but Westminster says no. In May Scots rejected Labour's plans for nuclear & city mayors but we may still have them forced on us. Elections in Scotland are becoming meaningless. The media presents this as a challenge for the SNP but it's really a crisis in Scottish democracy.

Dog rescued in Venezuela after 6 days in rubble! Such goodness all around 😍

It's interesting how everything people used to proudly call "public" when I was growing up (public parks, public libraries, public schools, public transportation, public television, etc) is suddenly "socialist" now that rich people are spinning it.

Take action with Amnesty International and email your MP to ask them to speak in support of ending trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied... www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...

If companies can't run data centres without polluting our air and water, pushing up energy bills, abusing workers' rights, harming local communities or wrecking the climate – then they shouldn't be allowed to run them A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren't

If corporations make profit by avoiding their legitimate contributions why should they be allowed to exploit the benefits system to subsidise their payrolls and be given "incentives to invest" and be allowed to make individual deals with HMRC? Prosecute don't pander.

Scotland should not allow war criminals or fascists to profit from our land or our people. It's time to seize Trump's golf courses.

"While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don't you know Talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper Poor people gonna rise up And get their share"

Socialism for the wealthy, feudalism for everyone else.

I would like to say how much I absolutely LOVED Andy Burnhams speech. KING OF THE MIDDLE ❤️ Long live the king.

Watching TV valium sci fi action series and wondering what are the chances of changing career in my 60s ...

The thing about being stranded on an island is when you plan an escape, every detail is really exciting.

Unregulated AI deployment risks significant job losses, increasing poverty while boosting corporate profits. It may also enable criminal activity through security breaches and scams, as its unchecked advancement overlooks serious societal consequences.

ketos.co/data-centers... After reading this it's clear big tech needs to be reigned in. This isn't the industrial revolution with no knowledge of how environments can be damaged. The world is burning, tech needs to reduce not add to the burden. Not all costs are cash.

Mamdani just showed up at Penn Station, wristbands in hand, helping World Cup fans find their trains like it was nothing. Panama vs England, MetLife bound, and the mayor was just out there in the crowd. No big deal. Very big deal.

Labour has found a way to reduce the state pension whilst claiming to have increased it...

crazy to me that rich people have been so successful in perpetuating the lie that the poor are stealing from everyone. they don't have any money. the rich people are the ones with the money! that's who stole the money

Remembering Alan Turing during Pride Month. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💗 www.kings.cam.ac.uk/alan-mathiso...

I have been listening to folk in the US pontificating about the problems in the UK and once more, truly struck that apparently they just don't get that looking after citizens is not a bad thing. Looking after folk is the purpose of life, looking after money is destroying it.

This is a remnant of the 90s and 2000s belief that managers were superheroes who needed paying massive amounts because of their unique talents. But just like trickle-down, managerism turned out to be a fraud, too.

Could someone please explain to me the role of ofcom especially in regard to giving huge sums of money to people for not doing their jobs properly?

@alfdubs.bsky.social remains one of the staunchest defendants of refugee rights. He is, as usual, absolutely correct here. I won't hold my breath, but Burnham should absolutely rip up Starmer and Mahmood's entire legacy of hostile immigration and asylum policies. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Beluga Whale Escapes Research Facility And Swims Hundreds Of Miles Back To Her Baby. It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.