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Retired Lawyer, supporter of Scottish Independence, SNP, Believe in Scotland and Celtic F.C. Proud Post Brexit Irish Citizen. “It is to Scotland that we must look for our idea of civilisation.” Voltaire
Andy Burnham has announced help is on the way for people with mental health issues by opening up 150 new centres people can walk into & to reduce pressure on A&E Departments Meanwhile John Swinney has opened 6 walk in hubs to help people struggling to get GP appointments & the response is...
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NEW: Police are monitoring far-right attempts to build a 'street army' in Scotland, a leading lawyer has said 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Just got my latest DNA update. I don’t think I could be more Celtic if my ma was Boudicca and my da was Fionn mac Cumhaill
Despite only being rolled out for a few months, the £2 bus fare cap trial in the Highlands and Islands is already being hailed as a 'great success' with transport firms already seeing a surge in passengers Here's our special report 👇
£2 bus fare cap hailed 'great success' amid huge uptake across Highlands and Islands
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"Ignoring extreme heat and raging fires isn't just complacency. It's a dereliction of duty." Experts warn the climate crisis is already costing lives and urgent action from the Government is needed.
Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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Shadowy Secretary of State for Scotland cannot read teacher numbers trend as it ‘plummets’ up the way
In the BBC Scotland analysis of today’s exam results this ridiculous claim un-moderated by the editor: Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie said “plummeting teacher numbers and spirall…
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This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’
independent.co.uk
🗓 we are so back! // kilmarnock v. celtic // sun august 9th 8:30am @ cøllect // refugees welcome // beers, glasgow celtic, community // spread the word detroit, all are welcome 🍀
Regulation of mobile phone operators in Scotland is controlled by British governments in England. This is the result.
Andrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺@andrew.sharpe.scot · 14h ago5G access is increasingly useful - if you have it. Cell sites are smaller so they tend to start in cities and along motorways. Countries like 🏴 Scotland have little coverage. But contrast with France with aggressive legally mandated investment.. it's also much cheaper. www.nperf.com/en/map/FR/-/...
Former soldier and engineer, @carlbenfield.bsky.social joins @zackpolanski.bsky.social "We need an immediate COBRA-level response. We need climate change reinstated at the top of our defence and security agenda. And we need the bold leadership of Zack Polanski for our nation. Thank you."
The Scottish Government will provide a £5 million support package to the City of Edinburgh Council after a fire on Princes Street caused widespread disruption 🚨
Scottish Government unveils funding package to support Princes Street recovery
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Andy Burnham called for “practical measures, not constitutional changes” when faced with an indyref request. Yet now he says he'll change the constitution...
Labour claim they’ll change the constitution… — Scottish National Party
We’d all love to see the plans.
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The banks pay £5bn a year less tax than in 2022 because of Rishi Sunak's bank tax cut which has never been reversed.
A frankly baffling row has broken out over the SNP’s promise to provide free school bags to children 👀 Hamish Morrison brings you today's Real Scottish Politics newsletter ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
Fantastic news out of Harris this morning, where a huge swathe of the isle (as well as numerous others and hundreds of crofts) are set to come under community ownership Story: Locals win £1m to buy 27,000-acre Scottish island estate after 14-year campaign
Locals win £1m to buy 27,000-acre Scottish island estate after 14-year campaign
A HUGE Scottish estate with its own private island is set to be purchased by the local community after a £1 million grant was secured ...
thenational.scot
An integrated system allowing Scots to use a single ticket across different modes of public transport will be in place before the next Holyrood election, Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn has pledged 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
5 August 1928 | A French Jewish girl, Bella Rubin, was born in Paris. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 July 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy together white her mother Marta and a younger sister Micheline. They were all murdered in a gas chamber.
1/2 Palantir paying a 1.4% global tax rate while taking millions in European public contracts shows state procurement is broken. Siphoning taxpayer funds while dodging local tax is untenable. Should tax avoidance ban tech firms from public tenders? 💻
Palantir’s EU tax tricks exposed as unions demand tougher rules on public contracts
Throught data, defence and AI, Palantir is worth €278bn. They owe the EU €12m in taxes, but member states keep indulge the multi-national's monopoly of public procurement contracts. That seems to be c...
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There's 1. glass half full people 2. glass half empty people and 3. OMG that glass is about to shatter into 1000 pieces slashing my carotid artery and it's the SNP's fault, people. The anti-independence media in Scotland is exclusively staffed by type 3.
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Just the same as when he promised to save G'mouth then folded like a cheap suit when it came time to act Really insincere excuses like, "It's a private company" and saying he was misquoted Aye, a real chancer He's in Fauxrage's league Post Indy I'd put them all on trial #HouseJock #Traitor
#Scotsabroad Dakar, Senegal@tewnion.bsky.social · 2w agoRead his lips, he's one of the most dishonest people in Scotland!
