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The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on bank accounts of benefit recipients.

The poor, old, sick have no financial privacy.

The same does not apply to enablers of tax abuse schemes.

We are all equal, aren't we?

Labour’s dangerous plans for NHS Scotland The Holyrood elections are just eight weeks away. This will be a critical election for Scotland’s future and it is more important than ever that Scotland returns a pro-independence majority, …

Labour has dangerous plans for NHS Scotland & would introduce privatisation by the back door. Meanwhile Reform UK is hostile to the very concept of free universal healthcare. Only an SNP led Scottish Govt will protect NHS Scotland from the private sector.

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Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

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UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer The prime minister says it remains the case that the UK will

UK allows US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites.

UK getting sucked into illegal US war.

No UN mandate for regime change. The powerful running amok.

What if Russia copies the US and murders Ukrainian president?

There will be turmoil for generations. And Trump wants Nobel Peace Prize.

The choice facing Scotland is independence or fascism. A major new poll was published on Wednesday which confirms other recent polls in showing that Scots are on track to elect a pro-independence majority to Holyrood in May’s election. Even bette…

As a new poll puts the SNP within striking distance of winning a majority in May's Holyrood election and projects Reform UK as the largest anti-independence party, the choice facing Scotland has never been starker, Scottish independence or British fascism.

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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

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Best NHS - Indy PosterBoy Did you know that UK government figures reveal that NHS Scotland’s cancer waiting times are significantly better than NHS England, and much better than NHS

Did you know that UK government figures reveal that NHS Scotland’s cancer waiting times are significantly better than NHS England, and much better than NHS Wales and Northern Ireland? #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal #Holyrood26 #SNP1SGP2
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Scotland has world’s greatest wind capacity per head of population in the World but uses it to benefit England The above table is not clearly linked to its source. I’ve asked and will update when I get it. As you are aware, the above is doing nothing for our energy bills, the highest in the UK and in …

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Clean Pure Water - Indy PosterBoy Did you know that Scotland’s state-owned water company massively outperforms our neighbours, with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia?

As the BBC tries to spin water price rise in Scotland (whilst ignoring higher price in England), it's worth remembering that water is privatised in England, pays dividends to profiteers, and has a *dreadful* record on cleanliness and sewage dumping.
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Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul Exclusive: Campaigners claim changes will let companies ‘off the hook’, as government prepares to unveil new white paper for water industry

This is worse than a joke.

You can’t effectively regulate a profit-first system. We’re throwing good money after bad and not even tackling the root problem.

Any solution that doesn’t involve public ownership is a waste of the public’s time and money.
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Only a water company boss could call this “accountability.”

The laws already exist to impose real consequences: strip licences and bring companies into public hands.

This long-awaited ‘overhaul’ is pure smoke and mirrors.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:

-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS

Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.

Cartoon by Adam Zyglis

I like hearing abt migrants “not respecting the laws of our nation” from ppl who knowingly voted for a felon.

Jenrick is the 15th former Tory MP to defect to Reform. You have to laugh at Tory defectors to Reform claiming that Britain is 'broken'. They're the ones who broke it, they're like arsonists selling fire insurance.

Donald Trump’s imperialism is the latest tool to advance the hegemony of US capital Trump's policies are not isolationism. They're seeking to thwart the emergence of a multipolar world.

Trump wants to retain hegemony of US capital.

Tariffs shield US capital from competition.

Wants disintegration of the EU, supports far-right parties. Elon Musk wanted to hand $100m to Reform.

Up to 500% tariffs on BRICS countries to prevent their rise and possibilities of a multi-polar world.

This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections

Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike.

Privatised water is a scam.

I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.

We are delighted that the Scottish Government has committed to doing better for babies in today’s budget by announcing a boost to the Scottish Child Payment for families with a baby from 2027.

"Scotland increases its generation of cheap renewable energy for England and Wales, whilst continuing to pay more than anyone else to use its own energy locally" might be an alternative leader.

The BBC’s shameful enabling of fascism The failure of the BBC to report fairly and without bias on Scottish politics is a regular theme in this blog and amongst other supporters of Scottish independence. The favouritism which the Corpor…

My latest blog piece, the shameful role of the BBC in enabling the rise of the new fascism.

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Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.

Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.

Trump's attack on Venezuela will create global instability.

Will prolong the Ukraine war. How could the US condemn and sanction Russia?

Encourage Putin to kidnap Zelensky.

Encourage China to takeover Taiwan.

What is the point of the UN if rogue powers can do whatever they want?

Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela until 'safe transition can take place'.

He will install a puppet regime. US Oil companies moving in to boost profits.

Free/fair elections are not possible under the US jackboots. People can have any govt as long as it serves Trump.

Shameful chapter in US history

The superpower of piracy The international rule of law has been on life support for some time. It was battered and bludgeoned by the West’s invasion of Iraq. Israel casually ignored international law as it pursued ge…

My latest blog piece, Trump's attack on Venezuela shows that the USA is now the superpower of piracy. Scotland needs to reintegrate with Europe in order to protect itself

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The government’s budget is simply managing decline The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth

The budget didn't bother the powerful.

No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.

No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.

Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.

85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.

Blaming the OBR for the Budget maths is a waste of time The government must explain why tax reform is necessary and desirable for fiscal sustainability

Wrote this pre-Budget but seems even more relevant now.

The obsession with OBR/forecasts (and even more so the current absurd media firestorm)is a pointless distraction from the UK's real economic and fiscal problems.

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