🇪🇺 Labour believe 10 years and changing circumstances IS reason enough to reconsider EU membership. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Labour believe 12 years and changing circumstances IS NOT enough to reconsider Scottish independence. Read more about their double standards here: www.believeinscotland.org/burnhams_bre...

Tories want you to trust them with the economy but they can’t even add up numbers in a spreadsheet. Their claims of the cost of Net Zero are wrong by 100%. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/09/tories-overstate-net-zero-cost-500bn-spreadsheet-error

Execution as performative art? That’s how low the USA has sunk. This piece sums up the moral vacuum that Trump’s America has become. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/09/nidal-hasan-execution-pete-hegseth-us-military-tv-democracy

Tories want to impose nuclear power on Scotland by removing powers from the Scottish Govt. How long before Labour decide this is a good idea? https://www.thenational.scot/news/26609008.top-tory-mp-vows-cut-scottish-governments-planning-powers/?ref=rss

There’s an interesting new Indy poll out, but I think some people are missing the point. New blog post. https://rabbrucesspider.blogspot.com/2026/09/missing-point.html

This is a good piece on the hypocrisy of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, a knight of the realm who longs for the days of empire. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jim-ratcliffe-immigrants-tax-rant-37688767

DARREN LEWIS: 'Ratcliffe rant in elite league of wild hypocrisy'

Hypocrisy doesn’t come more blatant than Man United's majority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe. He grew up in a council house, now lives as a tax exile abroad. Yet he has the nerve to target immigrants....

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Good question 👇 No, excellent question 👇

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Ask yourself if Scotland continues to say no to nuclear (quite rightly so) & they all have to be built in England, will England build multi billion pound undersea cables leading to Scotland? 🤔

Netanyahu said 9/11 was good for Israel…‼️ WHICH COUNTRY BENEFITED THE MOST FROM 9/11 It was not Iraq or Afghanistan. “Netanyahu said…” “Nations, democracies, don’t go to war easily. […] Sometimes they need to be bombed into going to war”

After Jeff Bezos sacked journalists from the Washington Post for not being MAGA enough, they’ve only gone & set up their own news outlet. Check out the Washington Sun at washingtonsun.com

Superb as ever from Wee Ginger Dug on how BBC Scotland is deliberately misleading viewers over Scottish education performance. As always, do not trust the BBC. https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/bbc-scotlands-educational-f-grade/

Strong stuff from George Monbiot in this piece, arguing that Burnham has already sold us out to the oligarchs. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/02/andy-burnham-mistake-political-donations-wealthy-britain

And those Brexit benefits just keep on coming. The sunlit uplands must be close now. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/scotlands-universities-hammered-by-post-brexit-drop-in-eu-students-says-snp

Hi @vicderbyshire.bsky.social if Jason Arday and marathons ever come up, please see the evidence and references below. Better yet, invite @monkemma.bsky.social on and ask why she was able to find this information but most journalists have not

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One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

This is good from Wee Ginger Dug on BBC Scotland’s ongoing campaign to tarnish Scotland’s Reputation in support of a far right agenda. https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/the-bbcs-glasgow-hit-piece-says-more-about-the-bbc-than-glasgow/

This by George Monbiot is both brilliant & terrifying, looking at the UK Govt’s complacency over food shortages. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/britain-food-crisis-government-summer-weather-war-stockpiles

It's GERS day in Scotland! 📢 🎙️ Editor Laura Webster and Political Editor Xander Elliards discuss the GERS figures, plus how the BBC has been blasted for misleading Scots on what the figures actually mean, on the latest edition of The National Podcast

BBC accused of MISLEADING Scots over GERS figures

Editor Laura Webster and Political Editor Xander Elliards discuss t...

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Let’s remember today that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...

If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him

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A ship not fit for purpose which has been out of service for years. Surely Swinney must resign. Oh, hang on … https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/08/destroyer-disaster-as-royal-navy-destroyer-still-not-in-service-after-23-years-takes-three-times-as-long-as-as-scotlands-fiasco-ferries/

In case you missed the BBC’s not so extensive reports. https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/05/bias-by-the-omission-of-really-good-news-for-scotland-record-university-places-for-scots-students-and-acceptances-for-most-deprived-young-people-at-new-high-which-also-understates-the-true-numbers/

Is the BBC a mouthpiece for Reform Ltd? If not, they certainly seem to be trying hard to claim that position. https://www.thenational.scot/news/26418517.bbc-newsnight-slated-surreal-interruption-zack-polanski-story/?ref=rss

Colour me surprised! It seems John Swinney never had a secret plan after all. I’m gobsmacked. Just as well I didn’t hold my breath waiting for him to reveal his plan. https://www.thenational.scot/news/26417428.john-swinneys-secret-plan-bust-route-indyref2/?ref=rss

Should we thank the broad shoulders of the Union for bringing the Commonwealth Games to Glasgow? It seems not. https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/07/28/uk-government-is-now-dishonestly-claiming-a-central-and-instrumental-role-in-bringing-the-commonwealth-games-to-glasgow/

The USA has no universal healthcare, but it does have 49 billionaires who made their wealth from private healthcare. 🤔 Post Anything Here: interactink.vercel.app

Whether you call it the BBC Effect or the Farage Effect, the fact is that most Scots seriously overestimate the number of refugees who come here & how much financial support those refugees receive. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/four-in-five-scots-overestimate-uk-refugee-numbers-survey-finds

Just like food banks, just like austerity, just like the bedroom tax-All are forgotten by #r4today presenters. However give them a chance to talk about taxes on the rich and then they are all over the issue.

Here’s a fascinating look at how Trump, who has reportedly grifted billions of dollars for himself & his family out of being President, is still trying to fleece his loyal supporters. https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/chris-lord-i-could-not-be-a-film-journalist-without-the-internet/

Now that Andy Burnham has, predictably, refused permission for a 2nd IndyRef, I expect we’ll hear from John Swinney what his secret plan to gain independence is. Any day now…

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. He’ll stay close to the people & Listen. As long as those people aren’t Scots. https://www.thenational.scot/news/26404346.andy-burnham-avoiding-media-first-official-scotland-visit/?ref=rss

A Regulator has given the Tories permission to keep demonising Benefits claimants despite their claims being untrue. http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/regulator-gives-tories-green-light-to-keep-saying-welfare-is-spiralling-out-of-control-even-though-its-not/