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@williew.bsky.social

Retired maintenance engineer. Wrong side of 60. SNP branch member and activist. I like to play golf, go to the gym, listen to music and holiday as often as possible. I dislike lots of things; unionists particularly Red and Blue Tories

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Exposing Whatโ€™s at Stake for the NHS With your support, weโ€™ll shine a light on the facts before new government policies reshape our NHS.

Exposing Whatโ€™s at Stake for the NHS www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposing-w...

03.11.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save NHS dentistry now! I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. Iโ€™ve signed 38 Degreesโ€™ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

21.09.2025 09:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

10.08.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.

Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb

09.08.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop fuelling the โ€œeconomy of genocideโ€ A historic new UN report just did what the UN almost never does โ€” it named dozens of global corporations fuelling Israelโ€™s โ€œeconomy of genocideโ€. Theyโ€™re helping bomb Gaza and steal Palestinian land f

Stop the big corporations fueling Gazaโ€™s destruction.
action.eko.org/a/stop-fuell...

25.07.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...

Trumpโ€™s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

24.07.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Petition: Call time on corporate courts The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals. At this very moment, the government is negotiating an investment treaty with India that...

The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals.

Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS

act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...

07.07.2025 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Urge Falkirk Council to Rethink Unjustifiable Council Tax Increase

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13.06.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s high time the likes of him were being tackled by the media, but the media have become toothless due to the control on what they are and are not allowed to print.

08.06.2025 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

NO English MP, none of them, wants English Independence, to finally get away from the 'subsidy junkie' that is Scotland.

Why not?

08.06.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sarwar just canโ€™t open his mouth or move his lips without lying. Why oh why havenโ€™t the people of Scotland sussed him out yet?

08.06.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop 24-hour slots venues killing our high streets My mum, Wendy, was preyed on by a 24-hour slots venue in the town where I live, Stockport, when she was undergoing cancer treatment. Wendy spent hours each day gambling on the machines, losing many th...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

08.06.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

chng.it/tmGVsCWJwb

29.05.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Demand full sanctions on Israel Amid unimaginable suffering, the government has paused trade talks with Israel. Now help us go further. The suspension of trade talks is a step forward, which weโ€™ve been demanding for many months. It ...

act.globaljustice.org.uk/demand-sanct...

27.05.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Starmerโ€™s Silent Brexit Betrayal: How the REUL Act Fuels Austerity, Corporate Greed, and Jobless Freeports Itโ€™s the scandal nobodyโ€™s talking about.

europeanpowell.substack.com/p/starmers-s...

20.05.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#NotLiebourForNoReason #LabourDontCare

12.05.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Arab Leaders: Resist Trump As Israeli forces gear up to completely flatten Gaza, vowing to destroy every standing building and displace 2 million people (again), Donald Trump will be en route to the Middle East. One likely agen

Tell MBS and all Arab leaders: resist Trump, no normalization with Israel action.eko.org/a/arab-leade...

09.05.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wee Skribbles asks did you know?
Over a third of the UK's natural wealth belongs to Scotland*. This makes Scotland, per capita, not only much wealthier than the rest of the nations of the UK, but also one of the most naturally wealthy countries on the planet. How is Scotland's natural wealth split ๐Ÿ‘‡

25.04.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop employers covering up abuse Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...

NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

25.04.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In that context youโ€™re quite correct

12.04.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Populist Grift That Keeps on Giving Trumpโ€™s insider trading scandal this week shows that right-wing populists never wanted to โ€œdrain the swampโ€ โ€” they want to swim in it.

open.substack.com/pub/uglypoli...

12.04.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#ScottishIndependence
#YouYesNow?

08.04.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No second state visit for Trump Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. Itโ€™s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

Donald Trump is not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

07.04.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NO cruel cuts to benefits The Government is planning โ€œcatastrophicโ€ cuts that experts say will force disabled people into poverty. Donโ€™t think thatโ€™s right? Add your name now.

The Government is planning โ€œcatastrophicโ€ cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isnโ€™t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelBenef...

06.04.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isnโ€™t it running out?

Fkn lies. All fkn lies. #Grangemouth closing isnโ€™t a fkn lie. Kick bollocks Scotland.

While we are in a rage this fine morning, letโ€™s hope for something good #ScottishRepublic

25.03.2025 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sign the petition: donโ€™t cut taxes for US tech giants! Unbelievable. Rachel Reeves is thinking about cutting a tax on US tech giants to appease Trump and his band of billionaires. If anything we should be taxing them more - not less! Agree? Sign today:

38d.gs/k5qd

24.03.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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