Íomhar Mac Eoin

The murder of Charlie Kirk exposes the lie at the core of the American story. It’s time to stop saying “this is not who we are” and admit this is who we always were.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺 Congratulations to @albomp.bsky.social on your re-election.

I look forward to continued friendship and strong ties between Scotland and Australia in the years ahead.

Antrim: Free Presbyterian Church holds Irish language event The event highlighted the history of the Presbyterian Church and the Irish language.

BBC News: Event spotlights Presbyterianism's 'forgotten' Irish language history
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Made by the effort if two #Canadian Provinces and our #allies in EU. The shirt is $65 CAD and made sustainably out or 100% organic cotton.

Back it or spread the word to help bring this print to live 💕 It will be made & delivered by #canadaday!

#elbowsup 🇨🇦

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Image of Scoil na Seolta’s new building. It’s modular with green and purple panelling and lots of windows. Pic has a path running up to the Scoil, as well as grass and car parking.

We’re excited to be providing Rang a hAon/Primary 1 for 2025/26.

Our children will benefit from immersive education and bilingualism. We’ll also be doing French and swimming. 8am breakfast club and 8.30am start.

Spaces still available, email for info scoilnaseolta.org/contact

Significant point from my colleague Simon Schama. It's clear that the broligarchs fully understand and appreciate this. It's not clear that Trump himself or other senior Republicans even have a clue...

People take part in a nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protest in New York City on April 5, 2025. | Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday: cnn.it/4hYKFL3

Donald Trump slapped tariffs on penguins and not on Putin.

Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority. bit.ly/3XEYO8Z

BREAKING: Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, NBC News projects, defying Elon Musk after he spent millions against her. nbcnews.to/4hU1reg

I wrote this in July 2016
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French MEP asks US to return the Statue of Liberty France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French MEP said.

The MEP Raphael Glucksmannas said that the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue a gift from the French people to America for the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence in 1886
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Like Putin, Erdoğan, and Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader.
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Surprise! The Russians, who have repeatedly said they don't want a ceasefire, have once again said they don't want a ceasefire

Reform UK claims to speak for ordinary people, but their actions reveal a party defined by violence, extremism and internal warfare. If Reform UK don’t even trust each other, then why should anyone else trust them?

🔴BREAKING: Reform UK is in crisis.

The party has suspended MP Rupert Lowe and referred him to the police for alleged bullying and threatening violence against his own party chairman. 💥

Deeply worrying, but unsurprising given Reform UK’s track record. 🧵👇

A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military A Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies.

"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies"
From Graeme Wood

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Yes, Trump just rescued the Russian economy

That’s right. 🇺🇦

Remember when the British Brexit MEPs turned their backs on Europe. They admired Putin and Russia.
This is now The Reform Party.

The politics of the far-right will divide us and destroy so much that we hold dear.

There’s more that unites us than divides us - and it’s time to come together to reject the politics of fear.

I will offer the leadership to Scotland to do exactly that.

Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.

After three years of failure, Putin can’t win on the ground, but he can win in his enemies’ heads—if we let him.

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3 years since Russia launched its brutal, illegal war of aggression on Ukraine!

To help 🇺🇦 achieve a comprehensive, just, lasting peace, we must double down on support, keep maximum pressure on 🇷🇺 & strengthen defence capabilities.

Democracy will prevail.

Ukraine will prevail!

Q/ Why is Trump posting offensive rubbish about Zelensky?
A/ The Americans got their asses handed to them in Saudi and the Europeans are standing tall.
Focus on what the USA does, not what it says, because it is negotiation through surrealist hallucinatory rhetoric. Ukraine can win!

We're close to diplomatic midnight Trump is ripping up the Western alliance. Wake up.

We're close to diplomatic midnight. https://open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/were-close-to-diplomatic-midnight?r=2sidg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We don’t want an 🇪🇺-🇺🇸 trade war.

But when tariffs hit, Europe must respond immediately with retaliatory measures.

Let’s be clear: we will not give in to blackmail and we will not change European legislation to please the United States, says
@kvanbrempt.bsky.social

The 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum don’t protect US businesses or jobs, despite Donald Trump’s claims.

Instead, they make everyone poorer - while China benefits the most.

It’s time to show we can do what’s necessary. We will not succumb or bend the knee to Donald Trump.

@ymaniatis.bsky.social

After October 7, Simon Sebag Montefiore was one of the first to amplify my writing, helping me connect with key individuals and organizations, particularly in the UK. His support has meant so much.

Trump: ‘The US will take over the Gaza Strip’ “We’ll own it, and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings,” he said.

World leaders were shocked President Donald Trump upended decades of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East when he said, during a news conference Tuesday evening with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that he wanted to turn Gaza into a territory of the United States.

YouTube video by John Swinney ⚡️ Scotland is an energy powerhouse

Scotland is an energy powerhouse and we have a brilliant, talented workforce.

It was great to meet some of them at the Harland & Wolff Methil yard, which has been acquired by Navantia with Scot Gov support - securing local jobs and opening up big economic opportunities.

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