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Willie Freeman

@angeltapes.bsky.social

Grind drummer, UX designer, vegan cook, civic nationalist 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Richard Murphy@richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 2d ago

Much of what is said about economics is little better than gaslighting.... I used AI tools when writing this post, including a spell checker. I also used 50 years of experience writing about these issues. The drawing was the smallest part of all that, and I had no budget to do it any other way.

An infographic on economic gaslighting
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration" Reform plan to make next week Immigration Week It could finally be the moment for broadcast media to notice the > 75% drop in net migration since 2024. There is also a 42% drop in boat crossings

Bloomberg: Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration Reform UK party is planning to hold multiple press conferences on immigration to turn public attention to the issue, despite the number of migrants arriving in the country nearly halving from the same time last year. A total of 14,200 immigrants have arrived in the UK via small boats so far this year, down 44% compared to the same period last year, with the Home Office and National Crime Agency increasing seizures of small-boat engines and improving enforcement cooperation with the French. The issue of immigration threatens to be riskier territory for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is already facing disquiet from backbench colleagues over reforms proposed during his predecessor's tenure.
Prof Nisreen Alwan@nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺@andrew.sharpe.scot · 3mo ago

A fifth term for the SNP, with more seats than 𝘢𝘭𝘭 the London unionist parties added together. A huge majority for the Scottish pro-independence bloc 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

Scottish Parliament 2026

A Flourish data visualization by Yes in Pictures

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Willie Freeman@angeltapes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I joined the SNP two years ago and helped them win in Easterhouse and Springburn. People weren’t that enthusiastic for this election but I believe we had the best polices in the end. Looking good for Plaid Cymru and the Greens too. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Ballot Box Scotland@ballotbox.scot · 3mo ago

This was Reform's best chance at a constituency gain, and they came up just short: in the final BBS model before polls opened, they had a tiny edge, it was a total tossup. SNP will be extremely relieved by this ^AF

Ballot Box Scotland@ballotbox.scot · 3mo ago

Banffshire and Buchan Coast (North East Scotland) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): SNP: 10374 (35.2%, -9.7) RUK: 10010 (33.9%, New) CON: 6348 (21.5%, -21.5) LD: 1162 (3.9%, +0.6) LAB: 1049 (3.6%, -3.2) IND: 555 (1.9%) Valid Turnout: 47.9% SNP HOLD - JB

@kaybell27.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anyone still questioning why Farage's Reform did so well? The majority of the British public have no idea how politics work in this country, they listen to our press and its lies and believe every word. If there is to be real change we have to take on our media.

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