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Eleanor Ferguson

@elliefer.bsky.social

I live in Edinburgh,support independence for Scotland and have campaigned for SNP.I have a disabled daughter so interested in disabled issues.Gardening, walking,rugby,aquafit,cooking&reading.No DMs thank you.Married for 53 years for my sins.

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Stephen Flynn to raise ‘folly’ of Brexit with Bank of England governor SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said he will raise the “folly” of Brexit with the governor of the Bank of England ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2556146...

22.10.2025 12:20 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hope the BBC was listening..

21.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

13.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 885    🔁 452    💬 61    📌 26

None of us should put pressure on Zelenskyy when it comes to territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.

19.10.2025 18:05 — 👍 1585    🔁 403    💬 45    📌 24
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Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

13.10.2025 20:41 — 👍 26630    🔁 7648    💬 490    📌 231

In 2014 we were told the oil was running out.

21.10.2025 10:56 — 👍 45    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 2
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Steph Paton: Keir Starmer looks like biggest idiot in UK over Maccabi Tel Aviv call THERE’S something about the “intellectual” that reeks of elitism. Maybe it’s because intellectualism has, in history, seemed too aloof; too…

www.thenational.scot/sport/opinio...

21.10.2025 11:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Labour Government 'waiting for Waspi generation to die to avoid compensation payout' THE UK Labour Government has been accused of “waiting for the Waspi generation to die” to avoid paying out compensation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2554921...

21.10.2025 08:34 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com

“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

15.10.2025 07:57 — 👍 353    🔁 220    💬 10    📌 11
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Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int European convention on human rights : How it changed the lives of many people across the continent.

What has the European Convention on #HumanRights ever done for anyone?

Here are over 200 examples from across the continent:

www.coe.int/ECHR

There are many more.

#ECHR

14.11.2024 12:00 — 👍 243    🔁 157    💬 8    📌 12

Oh dear, what a pity, never mind😂

20.10.2025 12:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mhairi Black: UK Government totally wrong to try and overturn Maccabi fan ban AT the time of writing, Number 10 were hard at work trying to change the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending their team’s away…

www.thenational.scot/sport/opinio...

18.10.2025 12:39 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Scottish Government to sponsor care workers in defiance of Labour visa ban THE Scottish Government will sponsor UK visas for care workers to get around Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced.

www.thenational.scot/news/2553922...

15.10.2025 18:17 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

14.10.2025 12:17 — 👍 12446    🔁 5637    💬 1654    📌 625

Global solidarity.

13.10.2025 13:25 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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BREAKING: Scottish police found Palestine Action’s activities below level for 'terrorism' ban Details of meetings obtained by The National show Police Scotland found Palestine Action's activities far below the level of terrorism

BREAKING: Scottish police found Palestine Action’s activities below level for ‘terrorism’ ban...

14.10.2025 22:21 — 👍 45    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 0
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We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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15.10.2025 09:20 — 👍 42    🔁 31    💬 1    📌 1

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland is England’s energy and resources mine

15.10.2025 09:19 — 👍 29    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 0
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If Labour don’t reform the Energy Profits Levy then even more jobs will go.

They must listen to industry, the unions and workers and do the right thing.

14.10.2025 20:49 — 👍 32    🔁 23    💬 5    📌 1
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BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures The BBC has been forced to issue a correction after exaggerating the number of drug deaths in Scotland ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2553069...

09.10.2025 16:34 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Ricky Hale (@councilestatemedia)

Starmer’s bestie has a number one achievement with Sir Kier’s help and the RAF’s surveillance.

07.10.2025 18:18 — 👍 73    🔁 42    💬 2    📌 1
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Radioactive water from Dounreay nuclear site leaked in major breach RADIOACTIVE material was accidentally released at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site in a major environmental breach, The National can reveal ...

www.thenational.scot/news/2552519...

07.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Richard Murphy: How long until support for independence is made a terrorist offence? THERE are moments when I would dearly love to return to writing about the Scottish economy in more detail, exploring how it works and how it might…

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

07.10.2025 12:58 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Steph Paton: Lying politicians have made a post-truth world the new reality IT’S funny to think that the term “post-truth” first came to prominence back in 2016 during Donald Trump’s first presidency. Nearly 10 years…

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

07.10.2025 12:55 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Global Sumud Flotilla activist returns to Scotland after Israel detention A SCOTTISH activist has returned to Glasgow after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces

www.thenational.scot/news/2552215...

06.10.2025 18:11 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I became aware of it and was amused by it when I heard it from a Polish friend. I didn't know it had become commonplace here.

05.10.2025 18:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Mhairi Black: Plastic Union Jacks won’t turn back tide of fascism Just when I thought Keir Starmer couldn’t get any more uninspiring, along came the Labour Party Conference ...

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

05.10.2025 18:34 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Lesley Riddoch: Keir Starmer is doing a grand job winding up Celtic nations KEIR Starmer could be forgiven for feeling a little cocky today.

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

02.10.2025 12:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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