"rule changes announced on Wednesday include a change to the audio requiring the lead singer or singers must perform the main melody live" When did it become a lip sync contest? www.thenational.scot/news/2645937...

Eurovision Song Contest organisers announce major rule change for 2027

THE organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have said they have changed the rules for 2027

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Michael Shanks UK Energy Minister and professional North Brit has called John Swinney irresponsible for wanting wind turbines built in Scotland by the Chinese firm Ming Yang. What Shanks is fine with is using Scotland (Nigg) as a marshalling point for Chinese built wind turbines on the Dogger Bank 👇

If this results in cars that are easier to dismantle, reuse, recycle and recover, surely it should reduce accident damage costs and hence lower insurance?

EU Environment and Climate@euenvironmentandclimate.ec.europa.eu · 5h ago

🚗 New rules for a more circular and resilient EU automotive industry enter into force today! The End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation will: ✅ improve resource efficiency ✅ increase the recovery and reuse of valuable materials Learn more 👉 link.europa.eu/Yfvhjk ©🖼️ @karikaturalv.bsky.social

Tice got two E's at A level, despite being sent to £20k/yr Uppingham School? Still, he managed to scrape a 2:2 in Construction Economics before following his family into "property development". So if you got crap A levels don't worry - just make sure you're from a rich family.

Parody Nigel Farage@parodypm.bsky.social · 7h ago

If you don't get the A-level grades you wanted, just remember that Richard Tice got an E in his Politics and maths A-Levels and still went on to be an entitled prick who thinks he should be Chancellor.

Love it. Great how much (or not) these interviewers from other countries "get" the Count. You can see them thinking "he's a candidate for the British parliament who's getting lots of attention: I better be serious. But he's really funny".

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · 18h ago

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the world's press: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsa...

In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Higher exam results are sent directly to individual students online via text and email. Are you telling me that in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England they still have to go into school to see them pinned to a public noticeboard?

🍀 Proud to be “CREATED BY IMMIGRANTS” 🍀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪😎

Sarwar is yet another example of why the unelected 🇬🇧 House of Lords should be abolished. He led 🥀 Labour's worst ever election result for a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Parliament election. His reward? A lifetime of unelected politics in Westminster. theconversation.com/scottish-ele...

Scottish elections: why did Labour see its worst result in the history of devolution?

Yes, voters were angry at UK Labour – but the Scottish party failed to get the best out of Holyrood’s voting system.

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For all those who dismiss AI out of hand. This technology has huge benefits beyond social media and AI slop...

biologist077.bsky.social@biologist077.bsky.social · 3d ago

for years, flu treatments felt like chasing shadows as the virus mutated yearly. now, mindwalk's ai found a part of the flu that doesn't change as much. this could mean much more durable treatments, a real shift in how we tackle it.

The super rich can afford accountants to design personal tax avoidance schemes. How about tax allowances are simply banned for the super rich and tax charged on an "assessed" rather than "declared" wealth? It works for Norway and Spain.

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · yesterday

He needs to be FORCED pay his 40% Income Tax. That would be $107 BILLION. They will never stop using the money they should have paid in tax to destroy democracy.

I don't see cyclists in The Netherlands constantly condemning car drivers as the cause of all their woes 🤔

Katherine Hardy@kardyology.bsky.social · yesterday

Overheard an irate driver bemoaning that cyclists are using the roads that she is paying for. How do we educate them so they stop thinking that they own the roads. We ALL pay for infrastructure through our taxes but the cars cause the most damage.

From this poll, a majority in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland still want independence from the 🇬🇧 UK. Dismissing a group of people you've never met and don't understand is unlikely to make the problem go away. When will Westminster learn this. www.thenational.scot/news/2645922...

First Scottish Westminster poll of Andy Burnham premiership – see the results

THE SNP would win a comfortable majority in Scotland if a snap Westminster General Election was called tomorrow, The National can reveal.

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Pathetic.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h ago

Downing Street's press release for Burnham's "emergency" Cobra meeting on the drought didn't even mention climate, with the Prime Minister blaming the growing numbers of wildfires on disposable barbecues. He's since appeared on GB News this afternoon to talk about migrant camps

Pro tip. Clean water supply would stop without the computers needed to run the water companies and their operations, and these depend on... data centers.

The 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish NHS is great 👍. Had an accident on my cycle this afternoon. Told by 111 to attend A&E. Immediate triage then all wounds cleaned and bandaged, tetanus booster and out the door again, all within 40 minutes 👏. I'm fine 😥. (And for any readers from the USA, the bill was £0.)

For those unaware (e.g. the 🇬🇧 British Government) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland is one of the least populated countries in Europe. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England is one of the highest. So at least until we're independent of you, we need you to recognise what those differences mean in cost of living terms to our rural communities.

The "king of the north"'s only concern is the north of England, not the north of the UK.

John Swinney@johnswinney.bsky.social · yesterday

The UK government’s decision to block Ming Yang investment, with 1500 planned new jobs, has serious implications for Scotland. Andy Burnham should reconsider this decision.

The UK government’s decision to block Ming Yang investment, with 1500 planned new jobs, has serious implications for Scotland. Andy Burnham should reconsider this decision.

If Burnham's idea for devolution in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England follows the political principles of Labour's model trying to passify 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, it'll become a media shield to take the blame for anything Westminster does. Just watch the BBC in action here, discussing any Scottish Government policy.

I am Scottish. My husband and I voted for the party proposing we pay higher taxes on our hard-earned higher income. Our kids benefit from the 'no tuition fees' policy. We are happy pay a little more so all of Scotland's youngsters get the same start. Education should not be a burden. #CommonWeal

I've played about with microtonal scales - so difficult if you're brought up on a western scale. This is such an impressive performance...

TheBossRoss 🧶@thebossross.bsky.social · yesterday

I have seen this done with two scales - amazing. Then with three - awesome. But the ease with which this lady sings four scales is out of this world and beyond beautiful. [Jowairia Hamdy was Egyptian finalist of The Voice Kids Arabia, season 1]

The BBC in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland will use the annual GERS report to try and argue we would be poorer after independence. The only countries poorer after independence from Britain were those that experienced authoritarian rulers. The danger is staying part of the 🇬🇧 UK.

An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface

But what about the bikes?

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

She's at it again. Is there a hidden link between God fearing, Farage supporting transphobes and "young men wearing shorts and t shirts"?

48 hours after interviewing an Israeli government spokesperson on live radio, Sangita Myska was taken off air and removed from her show. Please watch and share. youtube.com/watch?v=am0v...

THE ISRAEL INTERVIEW MEDIA WANT TO BAN: Sangita Myska Doesn’t Hold Back

YouTube video by Double Down News

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The Burnham Bounce?

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2d ago

Scotland would vote to become independent from the UK if a second referendum were held tomorrow, according to the first poll on the issue of Andy Burnham’s tenure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 See the exclusive poll results on our website 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Assembly by Michael Visocchi. Installed on Saint Rollox Church in the Sighthill area of Glasgow in 2021, it consists of 77 crosses in 33 different Christian styles. Cont./ #glasgow #sighthill #church #publicart #cross

From free bus travel to no tuition fees. The SNP Government has ensured young people in Scotland have the best cost-of-living support anywhere in the UK.

The 🇬🇧 UK comes 2nd only to 🇮🇹 Italy for the most aggressive drivers... thanks to London. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Road rage: Which countries have the most aggressive drivers?

Some of the world's top tourist destinations are some of the least enjoyable places to drive, according to a new global survey. #EuropeInMotion

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That rare thing - public honesty from a London party politician.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3d ago

'I was told to stay away from [independence] by a lot of people who should have known better' Jeremy Corbyn reveals that during his time as Labour leader, he was pressured to stick to the Westminster line on Scottish independence