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Jamie McDiarmid

@jamiemcdiarmid.bsky.social

PhD Researcher in International Relations, Stirling University ( #Migration #Refugees #ClimateMigration #HumanRights #InternationalSecurity #Populism #Nationalism #IO’s). My PhD focuses on the EU's approach to refugee crises. Funded by ESRC & SGSSS

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He’s 100% going on reputation damage control because he was so poisonous that Tesla shares collapsed and the banks came knocking because he stupidly used his shares as collateral to buy Twitter.

He achieved his goal in government anyway now he can relax for the next 4 years.

20.05.2025 17:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“What’s on your summer reading list Jamie”

Research Articles… lots of them.

20.05.2025 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m 100% convinced she deliberately says this knowing that it’s not true.

20.05.2025 15:35 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The next parliament will be a make or break for independence and we need real world experience to deliver that in parliament.

27.04.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A worry I’ve had for a long time and made me distant from party activism in the last few years is exactly this.

We are losing a lot of experience from our MSP cohort and I can’t help but notice it being replaced by a lot of people who only want to be politicians.

27.04.2025 19:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Trump and JD Vance accusing Zelensky of gambling with a third world war yet that’s exactly what Putin has been doing for over a decade, that’s exactly what the Soviet Union was doing during the Cold War yet not a word from then about that.

02.03.2025 15:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Damn I wonder why the man who spent his entire campaign demonising every single minority group wants to leave the UN Human Rights Council…

04.02.2025 21:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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If you’re wondering wether or not Musks antics lately has affected his business… Tesla share price has dropped almost 3% in the last 5 days, 4% in the last month.

23.01.2025 18:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We have entered into the worlds longest period of i told you so.

In 4 years time we will have another never again moment.

21.01.2025 16:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I read that this story was unconfirmed but what makes that worrying is the possibility that this story had been spread in order to give him the idea to take it over.

14.01.2025 14:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The normality and calmness of this platform is refreshing.

13.01.2025 18:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“Free speech means that people without a voice can speak truth to power: it has never meant that the rich&powerful can say whatever they want,however ill informed, with impunity”

One of the best ways I’ve heard it put.

06.01.2025 19:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump-Musk fallout coming in 3…2…1…

The damage that Musk has done for diplomatic relations will hit Trump pretty hard on day 1.

06.01.2025 14:24 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This isn’t what Starmer said, I’m sure Musk watched the same clip we all did.

Not surprising that he’s retweeting an account know for Disinformation.

This is Musks world, he’s not interested in free speech. He’s interested in “Alternative Facts”.

Musks world is one in which he’s “always right”.

06.01.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Shutdown X, it’s a threat to democracy and free speech

05.01.2025 16:56 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Anyway the fall of Musk and the far right looks like it’s coming sooner rather than later.

05.01.2025 15:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Well in a matter of weeks Musk went from being best pals with Farage to… an enemy?

With Musks recent actions in the US, Germany and the U.K. not only has he managed to single-handedly destroyed diplomatic relations but has made sure that only our and proud Nazis side with him.

You can, only laugh

05.01.2025 15:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Could I be added please 🙋🏻‍♂️

28.12.2024 14:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

One of the major problems we have in politics right now, the reason why politics is not civilised right now is because politicians like Trump have normalised seeing political opponents as “enemies” rather than legitimate political actors within the system.

27.12.2024 20:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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He’s going to get impeached again isn’t he?

23.12.2024 13:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We all know there is going to be a messy divorce between Trump and Musk soon but not just because he’s overshadowing Trump but also because Musk is now dictating US foreign policy and diplomatic relations via tweet, particularly with countries the US really won’t want strained relations with.

22.12.2024 20:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I openly support an EU wide ban of X. It should be rightly recognised by governments as a platform intent on promoting extremist ideology and deliberately spreading Disinformation with the intent of sowing distrust in elections and political processes.

22.12.2024 17:45 — 👍 18    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0
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So, an abundance of disinformation is spread following the attack.
- Find out attacker is a supporter of the AfD
- Attackers Twitter profile is taken down.
- made available again but with pissy deleted showing his association with the AfD

What was Musk saying about the media lying?

22.12.2024 16:43 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

Elon Musk is gonna single handily destroy the US diplomatic relations with every European country it seems.

Trumps been quiet lately. Somethings brewing.

21.12.2024 16:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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President Musk

21.12.2024 12:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wait so like who’s running Tesla, Space X etc if their CEO is spending all this time on X and trying to run the country?

21.12.2024 01:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The more Twitter (X) becomes a hot bed for far-right, neo-Nazis and spreaders of disinformation then it is only right that governments and the EU begin to treat the platform as a hostile actor that threatens international security and democratic norms and freedoms.

20.12.2024 21:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

20.12.2024 12:11 — 👍 25603    🔁 5001    💬 228    📌 204

So Musk:
- Is referred to as “President” Musk
- Next day endorses Neo-Nazis in Germany

All the media can talk about is Elon Musk…. The Donald isn’t going to be happy and I think the break up is coming sooner than people think.

20.12.2024 21:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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