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Catherine Demetriadi

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Ex-American living in Scotland. Former charity development director/consultant. Mother and wife. Violinist and artist. Recently retired from Scottish Parliament constituency office. Working for an independent Scotland. #ScottishIndependence #Indy

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"Largely aligned" my ass. They wrote the damned thing.

07.12.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Weekend Update #162: The Best Week Since November 5, 2024 The Tomahawk Con: A Case Study: Pokrovsk And The Ranged War

It was always a lie and the BBC (et al.) reported it as gospel. Atrocious journalism, as ever.

open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

07.12.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Has the penny dropped yet?

#EndLondonRule
#IndependenceIsNormal

07.12.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.

As a Bostonian, I have to weep. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

07.12.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You are right. Shameful.

07.12.2025 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage vs โ€œRecollections May Varyโ€: how โ€œmade-up twaddleโ€ left Richard Tice holding the libel grenade Let the deputy call Dulwich classmates liars, keep Farageโ€™s hands clean, and hope voters miss the suspensions and legal fallout.

Laugh-out-loud read. Delicious.

open.substack.com/pub/satirica...

07.12.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee Theyโ€™re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.

www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...

06.12.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7700    ๐Ÿ” 2913    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 454    ๐Ÿ“Œ 310
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The Daily Dean Newsletter: Saturday Edition - December 6, 2025 Democracy doesnโ€™t take weekends off โ€” but authoritarian collapse sure loves a Saturday news dump.

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

06.12.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œAcross Scottish boundariesโ€, but energy policy is not devolved, and transmission strategy for the UK is not subject to Scotlandโ€™s control. Which makes sense, since we are not independent.

06.12.2025 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today Farageโ€™s hate wagon descends and infects Falkirk meet him head on and say No, you & it are not wanted here in our country. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

06.12.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Broadwaybabyto (@broadwaybabyto) Within 24 hours of Maurice Dubois being ousted from CBS News, they announce that theyโ€™re hosting a โ€œtown hallโ€ with Erika Kirk. Hosted by none other than Bari Weiss. Theyโ€™ve fired the people of co...

substack.com/@broadwaybab...

06.12.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Drey Dossier (@thedreydossier) Trump isnโ€™t building a ballroom. This much is obvious. TikTok pulled my video at 7-8 million views without appeal, and people keep asking where it went โ€” so Iโ€™m reposting it here. Iโ€™ll just say thi...

substack.com/@thedreydoss...

06.12.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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December 5, 2025 Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.

Everyone needs to read and comprehend this, including anyone left in the UK who thinks there is a special relationship with the US. We HAVE to get back into Europe.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

06.12.2025 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Emergency Meidas Health: AAP President Dr. Kressly Pushes Back on Hepatitis B Vaccine Changes Experts warn that proposed changes to newborn vaccination guidelines would reverse decades of progress and put Americaโ€™s children at risk in a new episode of Meidas Health

open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

06.12.2025 06:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk/X vs The EU: THE โ‚ฌ120 Million Fine And Threat That Could Ban X From The EU For Good The EU Finally Fined Musk for Turning X Into a Disinformation Amusement Park โ€” and What Happens When He Pretends Heโ€™s Above the Law

Yay!!!

open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

05.12.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: โ€œThis is a big, big problem.โ€

NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.

"It's bad," Smith says.

Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...

04.12.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4396    ๐Ÿ” 1619    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 253    ๐Ÿ“Œ 147

๐Ÿคฃ

05.12.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump hires new White House ballroom architect Although the president and the original architect had clashed over the size of the project, the decisive factor was the small firmโ€™s limited capacity to handle such an enormous project.

Trump taps new ballroom architect, replacing the one he hand-picked (and clashed with, as Trump micro-managed project and pushed to increase its size).

with @jonathanreports.bsky.social

04.12.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 349    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
โ€œLammy breaks ranks on Brexit. Rejoining the customs union would boost growth, says Deputy Prime Minister, days after Starmer ruled it out.โ€

โ€œLammy breaks ranks on Brexit. Rejoining the customs union would boost growth, says Deputy Prime Minister, days after Starmer ruled it out.โ€

Fortunately David Lammy you have the chance to vote for a customs union by backing our bill next week.

See you in the Aye lobby?

05.12.2025 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1715    ๐Ÿ” 464    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Undaunted Veteran Stands Up to MAGA Bullies Senator Mark Kelly is a national treasure

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05.12.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So.. I was a liar for money and now I am a liar for YOUR money

05.12.2025 11:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The New US National Security Strategy Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA

open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

05.12.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sex Matters โ€ข @SexMattersOrg โ€ข14h
@HJoyceGender: "What is distinctive about single sex groups is obviously lost if people of the opposite sex are admitted." @BBCNews

Sex Matters โ€ข @SexMattersOrg โ€ข14h @HJoyceGender: "What is distinctive about single sex groups is obviously lost if people of the opposite sex are admitted." @BBCNews

The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.

04.12.2025 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 672    ๐Ÿ” 181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Lawyers are furious over plans to ditch juries David Lammyโ€™s proposal to scrap thousands of jury trials in a bid to reduce the backlog of crown court cases could herald the death of the junior criminal Bar

Ending the right to a jury trial for thousands of cases will โ€˜destroy the criminal barโ€™ lawyers say bit.ly/4ps8krR also I hadnโ€™t realised the automatic right to appeal a conviction is to be ended - it will need court approval in future

04.12.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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High levels of โ€˜forever chemicalโ€™ found in cereal products across Europe โ€“ study Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water

PFAS, or 'forever chemicals', are among the most widely used pesticide active substances in UK

27 known PFAS active ingredients are used in UK, 6 of which are highly hazardous

"Our findings underscore the urgent need for an immediate ban" say PAN-Europe

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

04.12.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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My case offers a glimpse of a terrifying, no-jury future The bank trader was jailed for five years for Libor rigging by a judge who misdirected the jury. It took six appeals and ten years to get his conviction quashed

Libor trader wrongly convicted by a jury - but only because the single judge misdirected them bit.ly/4rAGBGZ

04.12.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wes Streeting will be forever known as the Anti-Bevan. I also love how he is becoming Dr Google and therefore knows better than the remaining (overwhelmed) actual professionals who know mental illness when they see it. Streeting is a horrible piece of work.

04.12.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ฅ Imagine being 18, a US citizen, asleep in a broken truck, and 8 masked ICE agents point rifles at you. Handcuffed, injured, no rights read. This is Manny Castilloโ€™s reality.
SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!

03.12.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Why zonal electricity pricing for Scotland is not going to happen Plans to set people's electricity bills based on where they live have been dropped by the UK government.

Zonal pricing.
Colonialism.
Common Weal, the ISP, and others have been all over this issue for years but Scots are only just starting to ask why they pay so much to send electricity generated locally to England:
www.bbc.com/news/article...

TL;DR: Occupation.

04.12.2025 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Did anyone record the CEO of Ofgem confirm on BBC Breakfast that the cost rises to fund infrastructure were in fact required to allow energy to travel from Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ to England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโ€ฆessentially confirming what critical thinkers already knew that Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and its resources are there to subsidise ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

04.12.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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