"Largely aligned" my ass. They wrote the damned thing.
07.12.2025 17:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@ccdemetriadi.bsky.social
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
"Largely aligned" my ass. They wrote the damned thing.
07.12.2025 17:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It was always a lie and the BBC (et al.) reported it as gospel. Atrocious journalism, as ever.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Has the penny dropped yet?
#EndLondonRule
#IndependenceIsNormal
As a Bostonian, I have to weep. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
07.12.2025 14:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You are right. Shameful.
07.12.2025 09:43 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Laugh-out-loud read. Delicious.
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โAcross Scottish boundariesโ, but energy policy is not devolved, and transmission strategy for the UK is not subject to Scotlandโs control. Which makes sense, since we are not independent.
06.12.2025 10:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Today Farageโs hate wagon descends and infects Falkirk meet him head on and say No, you & it are not wanted here in our country. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
06.12.2025 07:45 โ ๐ 68 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Everyone 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...
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...
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05.12.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Trump 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
โLammy 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?
So.. I was a liar for money and now I am a liar for YOUR money
05.12.2025 11:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sex Matters โข @SexMattersOrg โข14h @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 ๐ 672 ๐ 181 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 4Ending the right to a jury trial for thousands of cases will โdestroy the criminal barโ lawyers say bit.ly/4ps8krR also I hadnโt 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 ๐ 18 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0PFAS, 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/...
Libor trader wrongly convicted by a jury - but only because the single judge misdirected them bit.ly/4rAGBGZ
04.12.2025 10:08 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Wes 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 ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฅ 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 Castilloโs reality.
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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.
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 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ to England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฆessentially confirming what critical thinkers already knew that Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and its resources are there to subsidise ๐ฌ๐ง
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