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Does the Scottish Government issuing bonds make sense? Expert gives verdict AN economic expert has claimed the Scottish Government issuing bonds is “more about politics than economics”, questioning claims it would lead…

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Harbour Energy blame Reeves and windfall tax as they cut 100 more jobs Harbour Energy will cut a further 100 offshore jobs in Aberdeen, blaming lower prices and the Energy Profits Levy, amid growing industry anger.

A commission should have been set up at the outset of the net zero planning to control the smooth transition from oil& gas to renewables. Instead we have had what’s best described as “organised chaos “ …we got Westminster!
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Wait a minute, what about this case in Darlington.

Not much reporting about it. But maybe no political points to be scored by anti-Scots and no wealthy backers?

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A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. This has put me in mind of Nigel Farage This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse

A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. This has put me in mind of Nigel Farage

This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse

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Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...

”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...

Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...

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ALBA Launches Petition Calling for an End to Onshore Wind Development The pro-independence ALBA Party has today launched an online petition calling for an end to “large-scale onshore wind farm developments.”

Not a member of a political party but signed this petition.
Scotland’s rural & island communities are being destroyed with too much infrastructure. The ” just transition” has been anything but “just“ thus far, with the benefits accrued by monopolists & shareholders
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How much more evidence do people need? Farage is and has always been a Fascist, ReformUK is a Fascist party. He is courting the very worst of the FarRight with a blatant Neo Nazi code that most will not recognise or understand.

Continuity with currency does not guarantee stability Such an argument appears intuitive, even comforting, but it rests on a misunderstanding that continuity and stability are interchangeable

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Bams.

Record number of nurses suffering nightmares and panic attacks due to understaffing, RCN poll finds NURSES are suffering nightmares and panic attacks due to understaffing in the NHS, a poll has revealed.Workforce shortages are forcing many to keep working while ill, leaving them “broken” by stress, ...

Just wondering at what point we're going to say, "hold on a minute lads, maybe this has gone a bit too far now."

Hopefully it's while we still have a health service left.

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Wouldn’t make any odds whether they met together re the budget. Both are economically illiterate and devotees of an economic model which should have gone out with wooden boilers.

Don’t be a Trump….

The bogey man Trump is going to get you…

100% agree, I said the same last week, they have destroyed what they see as incriminating evidence. It is so obvious.

Other countries have the files too, especially Russia.

The women will speak out & I hope every woman and child that was raped by Donald Trump shouts it from the rooftops.

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Nearly 900,000 Scottish pensioners to receive help for winter heating bills MORE than 880,000 pensioners are set to receive help with their heating bills this winter, the Scottish Government has announced

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Eligibility calculator here :
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Will Scottish independence improve Scotland’s healthcare? Egalitarian ideals shape Scotland’s distinct health policies, but independence raises a key question: party agenda or public belief?

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Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...

Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump :

The emails show that Trump spent Thanksgiving evening 2017 in the company of Jeffrey Epstein, at the home of a model agency owner in Palm Beach. 13 years after trump claimed to have broken off contact with him.

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The financialisation of housing costs you tens of thousands of pounds — Common Weal The way we build houses in the UK could be costing you an average of almost £67,000. This could be fixed by making housebuilding a public infrastructure project rather than a means for very rich share...

Houses could be so much cheaper.
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America is a Banana Republic El Presidente Donald Trump is the gringo version of brutal and corrupt dictators foisted on Latin American countries by their oligarchs and Yankee imperialists.

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Covid vaccine decision 'irresponsible and short-sighted' | DAUK DAUK says the decision not to offer NHS staff Covid vaccines this winter is ‘irresponsible and extremely short-sighted’.

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This is why an independent Scotland must have its own currency THERE is widespread confusion among the general public – and within the ranks of the independence movement – about “government debt” and the…

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Military procurement has always been out of control — Common Weal Many people will have missed a story in this weekend's Financial Times , but it is crucial to know about to understand the debate over the militarisation of Europe. From 1 to 8 of February this yea...

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Why doctors fear this winter's flu crisis will be the worst in years An aggressive strain of flu causing record-breaking cases in Australia has been an early warning sign for the UK

The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity

If you haven’t had your flu vax get it

Covid as well if possible

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It’s not acceptable that healthcare staff should have to pay £100 for a COVID vaccine since the NHS as their employer have a duty of care to their staff as well as patients. In protecting staff , they would be protecting patients from hospital acquired infection and helping to avoid staff shortages.

More porkies from Dougie Alexander. Is anything he says true? What’s the point of the sleekit scunner?

“Alexander Dennis asked Scottish Government for help reaching UK ministers [who didn’t get involved then claimed the credit for saving bus firm jobs].”

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The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies

Those companies pay billions to their shareholders

And then lay off their workers

Think that's unfair?

Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…

Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him, say civil servants PM had been given ‘summary of reputational risks’ but did not know about contents of emails before PMQs, MPs told

Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him US ambassador.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn.

Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap.

What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?