No union should back Marra and then claim to stand up for its queer members.

Tristan Grayford@tristangrayford.scot · 10h ago

This would both be very funny and show how cooked Scottish Labour is. Monica Lennon is the most popular figure in the Labour grassroots, she's the most popular one to the voters Scottish Labour has lost over the past decade. Marra's fixation on preventing her even contesting? Also downs him? Yikes

Goodbye Article 8 Rights. It was nice to have you for the first 39 years of my life. You will be missed. 💙🩷🤍🩷💙

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

The Epstein Class continue to cause harm to the UK

Tristan Grayford@tristangrayford.scot · 2d ago

My comment goes beyond Rod Liddle. If you considered yourself a friend of Rod Liddle, someone who argued for legalising child porn and said he wouldn't be able to resist sexually assaulting students as a teacher - there's something deeply wrong with you and you shouldn't be involved in public life.

I bought a comically large hat.

Rod Liddle had a police caution for attacking his pregnant girlfriend. He peddled Rupert Lowe level virulent race hate for the Spectator long before it was fashionable. He wrote about wanting to fuck schoolgirls. To the end he was a bitter, petulant, thin-skinned, needy, angry man. Now he's dead. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Seriously pissed off at Amnesty capitulating. What the ACTUAL fuck.

Gilwell Park is owned by the Scouts, and they have a history of rolling over for big Zionist/TERFy lawers. They fear any conflict, and will be bullied by anyone who shouts the loudest.

Free the MBR Beagles@freethembrbeagles.bsky.social · 6d ago

📣 Absolutely gutted for the Great Vegan Gathering who, weeks away from the event, have lost their venue & had to cancel- owing to the actions of UK Lawyers For Israel We stand in solidarity with the GVG & against oppression 🌱💚🍉

Really, Kemi? Is that what you now think?

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 6d ago

“Climate change is real,” Badenoch writes. “We can see its effects all over the world. The question isn’t whether we should act. The question is whether the policies imposed in the name of climate action are effective, affordable and honest.” [Telegraph front page]

I have a very outside-in-the-sun wedding coming up, would it be a crime to wear a 5yd kilt rather than an 8?

Fucking hell it really is the media's sacred duty to shit on trans people at every opportunity!!!

Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · 7d ago

This may be true of others but I actually got express permission from the trans community to keep NYT games and recipes. I also have a news subscription, which is arguably worse, so I had to specifically send in a written request. Took 30 days but I got approved.

The UK political classes on repeat:

Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 7d ago

It's not going to happen, it's not happening, it's happened now so there's nothing we can do. The three tenses of catastrophe in British English.

I had a very, very, very overdue haircut.

It is 2005. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2012. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2018. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations.. It is 2025. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allegations. It is 2026. Jared Leto faces sexual misconduct allega--

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At the end of 2020, in the heart of COVID, me and a few friends were feeling a bit fed up of making the same banana bread and sandwich loaves we always did. We wanted to try new stuff and learn new skills and be pushed out of our comfort zone. So I thought about a list of bakes to work through.

I'm so glad that Burnham's first decision in Government was to drill for more oil. A fine example of Nominative Determinism in a PM. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Police declare 'major incident' over Nethy Bridge wildfire

Some residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have left their homes over the threat the wildfire spreading.

bbc.co.uk

The new Prime Minister has set up 'No 10 North', which I'm not opposed to but also...

Hope for our trans members of Parliament was already low, but holy fuck.

Q Manivannan MSP@qmanivannan.bsky.social · 2w ago

She very much does care. There’s far more there to say about the lack of resources to counter the immense legal and other threats that exist for hypervisible defenders of trans folks. As a trans person, I wouldn’t be here myself if not, and we must be more discerning with context beyond media 💜

I require a supercut of Les Miserable where every part is played by Ramin Karimloo. EVERY part. Even Cosette, you cowards.

Olivia Bailey oversaw: * The introduction of a crueller, trans-specific section 28 * The introduction of the ECHR guidance banning trans people from public spaces / removing our right to privacy * A huge increase in trans hate crimes * A conversion 'ban' that is anything but a ban in any way

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Liv Bailey's statement on leaving Govt, given the EHRC guidance went through when she was equalities minister, is... something.

Farage should stand in more elections. This is the quietest he's been / the least amount of media coverage I've ever seen of him haha

There is a curiously English phenomenon where everyone seems to think they are working class, everyone poorer than them is a benefits scrounger, and the elite is everyone richer. It's very self centered. See also thon boy on £80k who refused to believe he was in the top 5% of earners lol

Pete Fraser@petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ok, talking about class in vox pops is now banned until it starts making any sense.

Who's gonna be the next Labour leader (in Scotland) then? Baillie? Marra? Sweeney?

WHOMST amongst us has not...

shaun@shaunvids.bsky.social · 2w ago

it's a living

The thing that everybody said wouldn't work isn't working

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2w ago

A year after the Online Safety Act, British regulator Ofcom confirms its age-verification regulations haven't stopped kids from accessing porn — despite widespread industry compliance. "Our research shows that almost half of the pornography services visited by children have no age checks in place"

Mahmood staying as Home Secretary tells us all we need to know; that the new boss is the same as the old boss, but with a different accent. Seems he's keen to keep the right wing, racist, reactionary policies as the core of his administration. Not good for us visible minorities.

Is this him trying to appeal to both the vague left and the far, far, far right?

Paul Brand@paulbrand.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood both walking up to No10 at the same time. The new PM is keeping us guessing til the very end!

Never trust liberals.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

1. In major news, the Ohio Dem Party has banned the Progressive Caucus from criticizing candidate for Gov. Amy Acton's transphobia. It has now applied more pressure to quiet criticism of anti-trans politics than it has on its own nominee to stop embracing them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Arthur's Seat seems to on fire!

At an airport and the screens say I need to check the app for the gate, but the app says to check the screens. Love some sleazyjet efficiency lol