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Tish Chalmers

@tish1.bsky.social

Retired & living in Scottish Borders. Enjoying converting two fields to a wildlife garden and sharing with now 4 chickens & one dog. Environmentalist/politics/history and recently completed MLitt in Scottish history in my 60s. Member Scottish Green Party

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So what excuse does Israel now have for not letting foreign journalists into Gaza?

10.10.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 581    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 3
Andrea Bocelli - Who Wants To Live Forever (with Brian May) - Live at β€œTeatro Del Silenzio” 2024
YouTube video by Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli - Who Wants To Live Forever (with Brian May) - Live at β€œTeatro Del Silenzio” 2024

How brilliant is this!

youtu.be/oygIWCseYI0?...

10.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

β€œAnd I think that’s why the Green Party is surging right now – not just in the polls – but in hope.” Hope is essential for us all alongside a more equal society and as a member of @scottishgreens.org I join with others in congratulating @zackpolanski.bsky.social

10.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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is resolvable. The ferry route is a significant opportunity for the local community, the Scottish economy and our connection to Europe. Time is ticking away; we could lose the ferry route and the direct connection to Europe. We cannot afford to lose this opportunity.

10.10.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds painful. No wonder they wanted a couple of paracetamol.
Pseudoscientists will always use jargon wherever possible even if they don’t understand it. It’s also why they wear incredibly clean and shiny white coats. It’s a facade of credibility.

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

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Is it not correct to say that nominations for the nobel peace prize closed at end of January this year? This suggests that those who have nominated him miss recently were too late for this year. Let's hope so!

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Freed Global Sumud Flotilla activists expose Israeli abuse in detention
YouTube video by TRT World Freed Global Sumud Flotilla activists expose Israeli abuse in detention

youtu.be/Xzlu1lYSfa4?...

05.10.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent β€˜repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:

β€œProtest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists β€˜you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"

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This was in the Observer today

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BREAKING: The Green Party now has more members than the Lib Dems There are now more than 83,500 Green Party members.

Greens officially overtake Lib Dem’s in membership!

Can’t say I’m surprised, @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social both brought me to tears at multiple points. Crazy how hard *actual* empathy hits when it’s been totally absent in politics.

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/brea...

04.10.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Any soldier would be breaking the law if they followed Trump. They swear an oath to the constitution not him.

04.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe today it is worth pointing out again that being pro-Palestinian does not make a person anti Jewish.

04.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Thorough, important, and gripping journalism.

Please take time to read.

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We are still a rich country capable of affording decent, humane palliative care for all.

Do you really care so little for dying people that you are happy to see them failed them on your watch?

Thank you @channel4news.bsky.social for covering this story.

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04.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Can @wesstreeting.bsky.social rule out VAT on private healthcare? He is not the chancellor but he does receive donations from organisations connected to private healthcare. Just saying.

03.10.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He should have been expelled. This is way more than policing opinions.

- Inciting violence at far right rallies
- Interfering in government affairs
- Destroying health and science infrastructures
- Ensuring thousands will die

Abusers, excused and enabled by craven others, always grow in power.

01.10.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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This means that it is now Labour’s official position that Israel is committing genocide.

While at the same time, the Labour government continues to arm that genocide

Absolutely extraordinary!

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Ed Miliband to announce total ban on fracking – UK politics live There is not currently a permanent ban in law, just a temporary moratorium

UK energy and climate secretary Ed Miliband will today announce a β€œtotal ban” on fracking in the UK

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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"The average data centre uses enough energy to power roughly 5,000 UK homes, and between 11 million and 19 million litres of water per day.." If it's water that's required come to Scotland, we have plenty of wind too.
Sorted!

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But supporting Palestine Action does make you a terrorist.

29.09.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Tony Blair’s catastrophic decision to invade Iraq cost thousands upon thousands of lives.

He shouldn’t be anywhere near the Middle East, let alone Gaza.

It is not up to Blair, Trump or Netanyahu to decide the future of Gaza. That is up to the people of Palestine.

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Of course he should go. It’s so worrying that we’re even talking about this.

29.09.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems crazy to me that our media is more than happy to talk about Russian interference in Moldovan democracy and yet news of a Reform politician taking money to push pro-Russian narratives is rapidly brushed under the carpet...

29.09.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œIt (coal) was out of fashion” β€œCoal just makes the world go round”…not for much longer when the world burns.
As an engineer does Wright truly not realise what he’s doing? But then I read that he drank fracking liquid to prove it was non toxic. This man is a Danger to all of us.

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