One of my fave community notes to date…

Why was this concealed from the British public?

TO RECAP:
- The president will grant the most notorious living sex trafficker on the planet clemency, if she testifies that he’s innocent
- They don’t want you to believe the thousands of women who were victims of Epstein
- But they do expect you to believe ONE woman, Ghislaine Maxwell

Six framed portraits hang above a fireplace in a classic room, with three faces crossed out in red and the title 'STARMER'S MEN' above them. Mandleson, Sweeney, Allan, Sarwar, Streeting and Starmer

Who is next?

Mournful, ceremonial: Minneapolis VA memorial gathering overflows to remember Alex Pretti Nearly 1,000 of Pretti’s colleagues found one way or another to watch the service in the hospital’s chapel.

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These are all very bad, but No.4 should put you in jail.

If you wanted to design an organisation to kill journalism, you would create something very much like Reach.

This week has shown that Westminster is broken.

Scotland needs a fresh start with independence.

Vote SNP on the 7th May.

New figures show surge in free eye test uptake across Scotland Figures show 2.4 million free eye tests were carried out in Scotland last year, with the SNP highlighting this as evidence of increased access to…

The SNP have delivered 2.4 million free eye tests in Scotland last year alone.

They cost between £24-£60 each in England 😬

That’s a big saving for Scots under the SNP.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583306...

Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein as trade envoy, files suggest Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information.

Andrew M-W appears to have knowingly shared confidential info with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 & 2011.

A pattern now of people getting favors from Epstein & being in favor with Epstein where sensitive information was given to him in exchange. Exchange for what?

Reform UK is now under police investigation after admitting it distributed by election material disguised as a private letter from a “concerned neighbour”. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. By Liz S “Reform UK is now under police investigation after admitting it distributed by election material disguised as a private letter from a “…

Reform UK is now under police investigation after admitting it distributed by election material disguised as a private letter from a “concerned neighbour”. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/07/r...

The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass. As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

This article clearly shows how poor commentary can be in Scotland.

Murdo Fraser wasn’t elected in 1999, Kenny Gibson wasn’t there between 2003/07.

Brian Adam was a staunch SNP loyalist & a great friend & mentor to me, but sadly Brian passed in April 2013.

Very poor journalism!

If Mandelson was an ordinary person like you he would be spending the rest of his life in prison.

BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

Bloody hell. This little pound shop soprano open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

On Thursday 7 May, let’s keep Scotland connected to 𝗼𝘂𝗿 Parliament.

🟡 Vote SNP in your constituency.

🟢 Vote Scottish Greens on the regional list.

❌️ Labour in turmoil.

❌️ Reform UK utterly
unthinkable.

❌️ Tories and Lib Dems adrift from reality.

𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗱 – 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿

Shamefully, even now, BBC Scotland still conceal how Jeanne Freeman’s, unique in the UK, quick action on vaccines saved thousands of lives in Scottish care homes Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In BBC Scotland’s retrospective comment on Jeanne Freeman’s time as Health Secretary, they write: Freeman stood beside Sturgeon in p…

Shamefully, even now, BBC Scotland still conceal how Jeanne Freeman’s, unique in the UK, quick action on vaccines saved thousands of lives in Scottish care homes

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/07/s...

Picture of Jeane Freeman

Jeane Freeman 1953-2026

Times report: Allies of Rayner said they believed that Wes Streeting, the health secretary, would be “ruined” by the mass disclosure of all communications with Mandelson in coming months. Streeting and Mandelson were close allies for years.

In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.

Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72 Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has died at the age of 72

www.thenational.scot/news/2583473... sorry to hear this such a lovely woman.

I am heart sore this morning at the death of Jeane Freeman, a wonderful Cabinet colleague.

Jeane gave selfless service to Scotland especially as Health Secretary during Covid. In designing Scotland’s social security system, she put dignity and respect at its heart. (1/2)

Wow, this speech from Mayor of NY Zohran Mamdani 👏💯

"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"

"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger"

"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"

Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client

New on FT website:

Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract.

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Er, no idea if this actually comes from team Starmer, but "in a world where Trump tears up international rules...." is quite bold when the source of the current trouble is that Starmer picked the bloke who gives less of a fuck about rules than anyone else anywhere and sent him to suck up to Trump?

SNP demand Anas Sarwar answer 6 questions over 'MSP's paedophile links'

Anas Sarwar has “failed to answer key questions on a Scottish Labour MSP’s serial paedophile links”, the SNP have said

Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…

Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski says

ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in securing the deals.

www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...

#epsteinfiles