Gabriel McKay

'Barclays sites across the country have been the target of protests for its ties to the state of Israel' || @gabymckay.bsky.social

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'This is a truly shocking and shameful decision. Much of the Scottish public will be appalled'

Hampden sponsorship move branded 'shameful'

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American band Disturbed appeared at Glasgow's OVO Hydro on Tuesday night, but were met with demonstrations and a free punk show outside the door due to singer David Draiman having shared an image in which he signed an artillery shell while visiting with the Israel Defence Forces 👇

Campaigners have criticised The Hydro and the Scottish Government for a lack of action over a concert by a controversial band

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Pop superstar Katy Perry flies around Glasgow's OVO Hydro on a giant butterfly while singing her 2013 hit Roar.

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𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵

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A charity's decision to shut its operations on a small Scottish island will have a devastating effect on the community, locals warn

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'When I think about Gaza I can’t sleep at night' 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...

From nuclear leaks to conflict in Gaza, here are the issues that are of concern to those opposing the defence industry

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Police Scotland raided a yacht and arrested five people - but nobody knows why More than 10 days ago Police Scotland raided a yacht at Craobh Haven and arrested five people - they were released without charge, but the…

On September 13, police boarded a boat and arrested five Russian speakers ( 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 and 🇨🇾)

All were released without charge but 11 days later the boat remains locked down, and Police Scotland won’t say what they’re looking for or why they were detained…

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I’m not Rick (I spell and pronounce my name differently) but also been very excited to read your Oasis take - saw them in Edinburgh and still thinking about it. Doubly so after reading the funbag, great stuff.

“Look at the other side: 'smash the fascists and racists'. There is no fascism and racism here. They’re the socialists, they’re the fascists"

Inside the Falkirk asylum protest at the Cladhan Hotel 👇

'Stepping off the train in Falkirk on an overcast Saturday morning, it's not immediately clear there's a culture war raging.

'The streets may be quiet, but this Forth Valley town, like Erskine before it, has found itself at the centre of Scotland's asylum seekers debate' 👇

A dire warning has been issued about the future of the fire service in Scotland, with looming cuts raising fears over public safety

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'We all know who the real terrorists are. And they are not the ones silently holding cardboard signs, or those taking a hammer to the weapons of genocide'

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Frasier when his dad moves his chair into the apartment

'It’s not just an insult to the families of those he slew that he, rather than being tried for murder, was awarded this city’s highest honour, it’s an insult to every worker, every trade unionist, and every citizen in this city' 👇

'It’s an insult to every worker, every trade unionist, and every citizen in this city' 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/life...

Perth asylum protest met by larger anti-racism demonstration Around 150 people demonstrating against the housing of asylum seekers in a Perth hotel were challenged by around 300 anti-racism campaigners

Around 150 racists and people with “legitimate concerns” met by around 300 anti-racism campaigners outside Perth’s Radisson Blu hotel.

“Today the Perth community stood together against hatred and division,” said Perth Against Racism which organised the counter protest. @gabymckay.bsky.social

Wire? Showing your age here pal…

Anti-racism campaigners say a protest in Falkirk is a 'dangerous wake-up call' after far-right figures and a man with a banner reading 'kill them all' attended

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As internet trolls target Kilmarnock's Skye Stout, have we left no sense of decency? In attacking a 16-year-old, commenters degraded only themselves

Have we left no decency?

Wrote about the abuse directed at a young girl signing her first contract with Kilmarnock

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'There was no such pearl clutching when Take That had their big reunion with Robbie Williams and came to Scotland, so why the doomsaying over Oasis? Could it be because their fans are, largely, working class men?' 👇

Sneering at Oasis and their fans isn't cool or clever - your attitude effing stinks Oasis are due to play Murrayfield in Edinburgh next month, and for some it's being treated like an impending apocalypse

Lighten up, guy: Oasis fans aren't on a mission to destroy Edinburgh, says @gabymckay.bsky.social from under his bucket hat @heraldscotland.bsky.social

University of Edinburgh profited from slavery and promoted racist pseudoscience An inquiry into the University of Edinburgh has found it played an outsized role in the creation of racist pseudoscience and greatly profited from…

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A comedian has cancelled her Edinburgh Fringe show due to bail conditions imposed after a van was allegedly driven into the fence at an arms factory in the city

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Unsung hero of Scotland's music scene with 'a colour spectrum all of his own' John 'Soapy' Soutar will be honoured at the Barrowland Ballroom by some of the bands he enthusiastically promoted

A lovely, heart-warming tale from @gabymckay.bsky.social on an extraordinary Barrowlands figure @heraldscotland.bsky.social @barrowlands.bsky.social

"I met a little girl who had horrible burns and had her right arm amputated and the doctors were saying, quite clearly, ‘if she doesn’t get medical evacuation I’m going to have to amputate her left leg’. Three weeks later I get a note from the mum saying ‘my daughter has had her left leg amputated'"

'Spraying paint and breaking windows is not terrorism - Israel's genocidal war is' 👇

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'On paper none of this should work in a stadium setting. But...'

Lana Del Rey at Hampden reviewed 👇

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