George Liston

This Is Fascism

Scots demand real land reform as research reveals overwhelming public support for change Press release from REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform (11 Oct 2025) SCOTS DEMAND REAL LAND REFORM AS RESEARCH REVEALS OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CHANGE Largest ever public consultati…

Research by the Diffley Partnership, commissioned by
@revivecoalition.bsky.social featured on front page of The Herald this morning.

Revive is at SNP conf this w/e where conversation expected to be lively after SNP decision to delay muirburn licensing.

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Shooting Times uses selective quote to shamelessly misrepresent my view on predator culls A couple of weeks ago, on 24 September, the Shooting Times published a news item in which it was suggested that I support predator culls: The Shooting Times article was supposedly a précis of an ar…

'This is either shameless misrepresentation or whoever wrote that piece for Shooting Times is struggling to grasp the principles of basic English comprehension – you know, the stuff you learn at school when you’re eleven about context and drawing conclusions'

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“SNP caves to shooting lobby” – reactions to Scottish Government’s decision to delay muirburn licensing (again) As expected, the Scottish Government’s announcement on Thursday that it has delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing (for the second time) has been met with anger. Scottish Greens MSP…

Photo shows aftermath of recent wildfire on Dinnet Muir National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire, caused by out-of-control muirburn by gamekeepers on nearby grouse moor. Photo by @kredp.bsky.social

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Delighted to have Kirsty Jenkins, Director of Policy for
@onekind.org join our panel at our upcoming National Conference on Saturday 8th November.

We hope to see you there!

Book your place⬇️
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Announcing our first speaker @ruthtingay.bsky.social (@raptorpersuk.bsky.social) who will be presenting at our upcoming National Conference.

Scotland’s land reform journey is entering its most important chapter – and we want you to be part of it.
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Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing af…

📣You really couldn't make this up!

On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...

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You might be a bad human when Dr. Jane Goodall calls you out from the grave.

Just ban muirburn until the training has been implemented. Given the current risk of wildfires, and a history of abuse by the shooting fraternity, no burning would be more straightforward to police.

Text that reads: RSPB Scotland is deeply disappointed that yet another delay to the implementation of the muirburn provisions of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Act 2024 has been announced by the Scottish Government. Muirburn as a practice has been very weakly regulated since the Second World War and there were many examples of poor practice leading to negative impacts, including starting wildfires. The new framework is meant to allow muirburn to continue, but with more oversight so that the negative impacts are avoided. We hope this further delay will provide ample opportunity for the Scottish Government to put in place the proper training for practitioners on the ground, as well as better communicate to land managers how the licencing system will operate in advance of its full implementation ahead of the Autumn 2026 season.

Our reaction to a further delay by the Scottish Government on the implementation of muirburn licencing.

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
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Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…

Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey /predators in general remain stubbornly persistent in many parts of the UK.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

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Everyone visiting or living in the @yorkshiredales.org.uk needs to be made aware of this. It's disgraceful and it needs to be stopped.
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Licensing would be a first step towards the inevitable banning of driven grouse shooting. Any 'sport' or business that relies upon crime to exist needs to go.

The demographic time bomb that will end Westminster rule in Scotland We are now at the point which was predicted by a friend of mine in 2014 in the aftermath of that year’s independence referendum. After a careful study of the demographic breakdown of the refe…

My latest blog post, the demographic time bomb that will end Westminster rule in Scotland

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Who lights the fires in the Cairngorms National Park? - parkswatchscotland parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/09/30/w...

More information about the suspicious disappearance of Hen Harrier ‘Sita’ who vanished on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park In May this year I blogged about a young satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ‘Sita’ who had disappeared under suspicious circumstances from a winter roost site on an unnamed grouse moor …

New info from RSPB reveals last known location of this young Hen Harrier was on a grouse moor between Reeth & Redmire on NE side of Yorkshire Dales National Park, before she disappeared in suspicious circumstances.

#RaptorResearch #Wildlifecrime #Ornithology

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Ladybird on a green plant

This autumn, please consider leaving dead plants in your garden rather than 'tidying' them up. Over the winter they will provide sheltered spots for hibernating ladybirds and lots of other creatures 🐞

UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

WELL THIS HAS CHEERED ME UP
But will fraudster Michelle Mone be locked up?
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Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak

What was that about improving workers' rights that Labour promised before the last general election?

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This has to stop. ☹️

This was a satellite-tagged territorial pair so the sudden disappearance of both of them at the same time is highly suspicious.

We're incredibly concerned about the welfare of two satellite-tagged golden eagles, Tarras and Wren, that have recently disappeared in Dumfries and Galloway.

Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.

Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo

📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images

17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to ‘shooting & killing’ of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick The Scottish Government’s nature advisory agency, NatureScot, has been now been procrastinating for 17 months on whether to impose a sanction on an estate in relation to the ‘shooting and killing’ …

17 months! What's the hold up? Why isn't this decision-making process a priority for NatureScot?

The consequences of this inaction were made v clear yesterday, with the suspicious disappearance of two more Golden Eagles in south Scotland.

#RaptorResearch

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There are many alarming things about Starmer's ID plan, he's creating instruments of state surveillance which he'll hand over to the far right after the next general election. If there's a pro indy majority in Holyrood after 2026, ScotGov needs to hold an indyref & dare Starmer to stop them.

Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Homo Sapiens Are Nearly Twice As Old As We Thought And our ancestors may have originated outside of Africa.

Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...

'We can win it': Scottish Greens to contest Glasgow South seat for first time THE Scottish Greens have selected a candidate to contest the Glasgow South constituency for the first time, The National can reveal.

The Scottish Greens contesting a constituency seat in the 2026 Holyrood elections risks splitting the pro-indy vote at a time when the UK is witnessing the rise of actual fascism. It's short sighted, stupid & dangerous.

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Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

Completely lost their moral compass
"Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews"
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Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.