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π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π³π± Accountability & Governance practitioner & researcher | International aid & development | Childrenβs Panel Member in Scotland | Founder & Director of Weans' Scran & Kitchin | cargo-bike/bakfiets owner | Glasgow-based | parent to a 4yr old
Merry Christmas! Iβm awake before my 4yr old (6:30am) so thatβs not bad at both ends. Thank you always for the best Christmas Eve tradition
25.12.2025 06:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I enjoyed my half mince pie and my wee dram as I filled the stockings
25.12.2025 06:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Correct! She wanted read it after The Night Before Christmas
25.12.2025 06:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My little 4 yr old sleeping curled up on a futon waiting for Santa with the dog sleeping in the crate - she gave up her room for visiting family - merry Christmas all #duvetknowitschristmas
24.12.2025 21:17 β π 136 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
12.12.2025 08:12 β π 5440 π 1715 π¬ 338 π 355Law and Disorder podcast did a really good episode on this
26.11.2025 09:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is why in Scotland the government supports care experienced young people until 26 - the evidence backs it up
21.11.2025 11:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I often think this, my mum had an address book because their generation didnβt love flat every 10min like our generation
13.10.2025 20:22 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding theyβre against communities living βparallel livesβ might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?
07.10.2025 10:45 β π 1831 π 410 π¬ 77 π 29Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
02.10.2025 18:24 β π 462 π 157 π¬ 0 π 0There is a key moral distinction between immigration policy on new arrivals, no matter how draconian, and on people who have already been granted status, on set conditions. It is about being a country that keeps its word. If we're not that, we might as well fucking give up now.
29.09.2025 18:15 β π 662 π 124 π¬ 14 π 7A reminder to sign this and help stop the stupid and expensive ID card mistake.
29.09.2025 18:29 β π 7 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0We don't have the money to end child poverty, but a digital ID card to try and appease the far right, up pops the magic money tree.
26.09.2025 16:00 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0I think there are reasonable arguments for the cards for most people to make it easier to get services etc. (And there are counter-arguments, of course.) But the idea that it controls/regularises immigration and the black economy is bollocks.
26.09.2025 13:43 β π 28 π 3 π¬ 0 π 03. β this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government.
FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.
"They work for Putin, we work for you"
The line is LITERALLY right there
Reminder that Kim Darroch was forced to resign as UK ambassador in Washington for telegrams being leaked that showed he was doing his job by providing his honest views but embarrassed the government.
Itβs inconceivably absurd to consider Mandelsonβs position *more* tenable than Darrochβs was.
Who will they blame whey they deport the foreigners but the country is still broken?
Might it be you?
Will this mean they canβt track Santa anymore?!
02.09.2025 18:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This back to school season, more districts than ever have cell phone bans in place. Teachers and legislators alike say the restrictions help kids focus in class.
01.09.2025 17:23 β π 215 π 17 π¬ 17 π 5Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they wonβt act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
01.09.2025 17:23 β π 8 π 10 π¬ 1 π 1Peopleβs homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmerβs βlaw and orderβ now? Theyβve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
31.08.2025 06:11 β π 879 π 343 π¬ 37 π 32The deadline to make your submission to Ofgem is this Friday.
Don't let the man who switched off Starlink in Ukraine, helping Putin, have the keys to switch off your electricity here in the UK.
Glasgow airport is underrated, cheap parking is available very close, itβs small so you get through quickly and the dining options are improving all the time. Rotterdam in the old days was glorious, my dad used to drive up to the plane and drop me off at the stairs
15.08.2025 09:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I agree with this in timing but boy does it feel on cheap easy eating options also why doesnβt it have a lounge?
15.08.2025 09:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A proper greasy spoon breakfast doesnβt do ramekins - beans dropped on plate to mix with the grease of the fried bread - as it should be!
15.08.2025 09:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I disagree. Scotland is a very congenial place to live. There are a few intolerable culture war arseholes who grate on the nerves, but then this country has always been plagued by midges
14.08.2025 18:20 β π 173 π 30 π¬ 16 π 5Good luck to all the P1s and their care givers starting school today in Scotland
14.08.2025 07:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Something is going on with wasps in the Central Belt in Scotland - went to minor injuries today with an infected wasp sting, 2 other people in with same issue. Everyone I have told says they know someone who has been stung by a wasp in last week or so
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