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Birgitte Nyborg fan account. [SNP councillor and staffer. Freelance translator. Glasgow. He/him]
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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A terrible day for trans people in Britain and a shameful one for the EHRC and government
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 19h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations officially comes into effect today. See our full statement with @transsolidarity.bsky.social and @transactualuk.bsky.social on our website here: www.scottishtrans.org/ehrcs-code-o...
The UK’s return to Erasmus+ shows what closer co-operation with Europe can deliver in practical terms: more opportunities to learn, train, teach, volunteer and build partnerships across borders. Find out more: www.intercom.org.uk/erasmusplus
interesting rewriting of history from the herald here implying that the entire scottish labour party didn't also vote in favour of the gender recognition bill before immediately folding and pretending it didn't happen
RDCK98@comradekenobi.bsky.social · 4d agoReading this, and thinking about the 2026 election where activists boycotted campaigning for Scottish Labour and LGBT+ voters held with SNP on the constituency and Greens on the list, wondering what on earth the theory of victory is from left-wing transphobes www.heraldscotland.com/news/2642848...
If I wanted to protect the most prestigious and highly paid jobs for the social groups who usually hold them I'd probably design an education system that discouraged poorer children from studying the entry qualifications for these jobs as early as possible..
De grootste bedreiging voor de stabiliteit en solidariteit van Europa komt niet van migranten, maar van de extreemrechtse morele paniek rond migratie. Eat hetlrmaal nog erger maakt is dat we intussen doen alsof Europa het slachtoffer is, terwijl wij de baddies zijn in dit verhaal.
Today's environmental politics is tomorrow's cost of living. Why is this so hard? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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This is why the Philosophy Tube episode on conversion therapy in Britain was so carefully worded and went through lawyers first! It’s difficult to educate the public on topics that rich and powerful groups do not want people to know about
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 4w agoAmnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
I had a vague idea that Switzerland would be pricey but GOODNESS ME.
Projection so powerful, you could screen the Odyssey in 70MM IMAX from it.
Here's Monica Lennon prattling on that a pro Independence majority means it's a matter for the Scottish people. We have that Independence majority. So why has she changed her mind? To be 'Scottish' Labour leader. Unelectable, unprincipled and undemocratic. Same old.
Honeymoon period and all that, but there's an awful lot of us seemingly thinking similarly here, in my case that I'm rather unconvinced that the political answer for young people is either attainable or what they want
Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · last wk.I know it goes against the new emphasis on “devolution = good”, but I’m quite uncomfortable with the some aspects of the mooted education reforms. New technical education routes for 14+ are a good thing. But I worry that devolving design will disadvantage kids in areas with weaker economies.
Realised when checking into our hotel in Ljubljana that its reception is in what was once the pub in which I met a friend we’re visiting here for the first time, what a nice little coincidence
Higher English was Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (decent), Death of a Salesman (meh) and Porphyria’s Lover (which as a wee emo I loved but do not get much out of now, unlike eg My Chemical Romance’s back catalogue which continues to be a masterpiece)
Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2y agoUS and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
(No, there should not be a by-election, no, it is not a democratic outrage to fill vacancies from the list, this is basic list PR voting system stuff that preserves proportionality, don't be tiresomely FPTP-brained.) (Peerages are, however, an actual democratic outrage)
Today we’re heading to Bologna, which is where I did a year abroad approx. 1753 years ago and haven’t been back to since, and feel quite weird about it.
From Liz Kendall's cabinet departure letter, posted on… you guessed it… X
That's a lie. Badenoch is lying. She is a liar. Source: ourworldindata.org/profile/co2/...
Dan Grey@dangrey.bsky.social · 3w agoBadenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not
Statement from the Language Hub, Glasgow, closing due to right wing intimidation. An important story being completed ignored by the media in Scotland. www.linkedin.com/posts/mich%C...
The Language Hub Closes Glasgow Premises Due to Safety Concerns | Michèle Gordon posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Today marks the most depressing post I have added to this forum as I have to announce the closure of our beloved The Language Hub premises in Glasgow. Unfortunately, the premises are no longer safe fo...
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This was a brilliant resource, not only offering language lessons but also a multilingual library of books for children and adults, an amazing thing for any parents trying to raise their children with a heritage language. Absolutely shameful this is happening to them.
David Leask@leaskyd.bsky.social · 3w agoI am not sure that we appreciate how much hostility there is from the far right to the learning and speaking of languages. 1/2 www.thetimes.com/article/9a33...
A year long plan to become prime minister that seems to have been wholly untroubled by questions like 'why is there a looming vacancy?'
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 2mo agoBurnham is visibly not across the detail of what the Starmer government has actually done in office which is going to make his first months in office absolutely crackers.
