Gary Robinson

Delighted to hear @elliecraig.bsky.social member of @officialsyp.bsky.social making the case against a blanket ban on mobile phones in schools at #COSLA25 Conference.

'I regret my choice of words' - Staffordshire Reform councillor apologises for ‘disgusting’ tweets about black women and police A Reform UK councillor has apologised for his ‘choice of words’ in tweets about black women and the police.

'I regret my choice of words' - Staffordshire Reform councillor apologises for ‘disgusting’ tweets about black women and police

SIC leadership defends attending SNP conference COUNCIL leader Emma Macdonald has defended attending the SNP conference over the weekend - saying “I will always do whatever is needed to make sure I speak...

Council leader @emmamacdonald.bsky.social has defended attending the SNP conference over the weekend – saying “I will always do whatever is needed to make sure I speak up for Shetland”.
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@scotlibdems.org.uk @snp.org

EP3 - The Carbon Gold Rush: Tech's Next Frontier with Jan Wurzbacher, David Keith & Jim McDermott Scrubbing the Sky: Inside the Race to Cool the Planet · Episode

What do Stamps.com and direct air capture have in common?

Jim McDermott - who wondered what we'll do about the ~120 ppm of CO2 added to the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.

The DAC story continues in Episode 3: open.spotify.com/episode/0VKu...

Obscene Cost of Brexit to UK Business Revealed - The Highland Times New independent analysis has revealed the devastating cost of Brexit to UK business as a staggering £37 billion per year. House of Commons Library research, commissioned by SNP MP Stephen Gethins, con...

Humanitarian carnage is being inflicted by the UK Labour Government on on of the most vulnerable sector of the UK population to save £6 billion.
However BREXIT costs the UK economy £37 billion a year.
thehighlandtimes.com/obscene-cost...

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

People often ask me 'Can the UK rejoin the EU while shackled by 86 deregulated Free Zones?
No, it can't, the UK would have to realign its free zones with the EU Parliament's regulations, which prohibit the use of State aid for profit motives, why?
1/3
www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...

Photo of top of Guardian opinion article "Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool" by Jonathan Freedland.

Excellent article by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social on how autocratic "serially bad negotiator" Trump is taking an axe to the post-WW2 order, with dangerous implications for Ukraine.

Europe must build the unity & strength to prevail in this bleak new world.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.

Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

During Abrego Garcia hearing right now, Judge Xinis asks the DOJ attorney (Drew Ensign) where is Mr. Abrego Garcia.

Ensign: I don't have that info. My clients haven't given me that info as of today.

Judge Xinis: Where is he?

Ensign: I don't have that info.

Having lived in El Salvador and having had been married to a Salvadoran for 20 years, I know the Government of El Salvador would return Abrego Garcia if Trump demanded it. Trump won't because either 1) he's been exterminated or 2) his return would bring a witness to atrocities back to the USA.

Opinion | You Should Think About Replacing Your iPhone — Now (Gift Article) You will probably have to pay a lot more for your next iPhone. That’s bad news for Apple, for our markets and for our economy.

1/ Moving production of Apple products to the US —the stated goal of 47's tariffs—is almost impossible. China has roughly 90% of Apple’s global production. It’s the only country where Apple has made such extraordinary investments in people, machinery & processes over a quarter-century.

Gift link.

Just going into Parliament for the Rejoin EU debate 🇪🇺 with Peter Corr of @marchforrejoin.bsky.social

doing patchwork liberalism in a handful of countries for 75 years drove up human life expectancy by two and a half fold and income by twenty fold but then we let people read their neighbors thoughts online and now that’s over

Rachel Bendayan, Canadian immigration minister

Canada‘s new immigration minister says Trump presidency is creating an “incredible opportunity” for Canada to attract the best and brightest from around the world – including talented people currently living in the United States. #cdnpoli

Keep your eyes wide open and believe everything that you see with your own eyes

Here's the thing. He doesn't fucking care about the Constitution. Nor do his sycophants, or the supreme court.
We all know he's a traitor. We need to come together and roust his ass out of office. That is our only option.

Here is a screenshot, for those who can’t access Twitter anylonger:

World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create

Yes the super rich have horrendous emissions

But they also make unsustainable lifestyles look desirable, use their social and cultural power to perpetuate the idea that everything's fine, and wield their political and financial power to maintain and worsen the status quo

Exactly. It’s called representative democracy for a reason and disproportionate platforming of elected representatives distorts democracy itself. You wouldn’t be surprised if the company with the biggest advertising budget achieved the highest market share, but MSM advertises politicians for free!

Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024

Trump should be in jail.

Instead - he's about to get handed the keys to the White House.

That this can happen is not only mind-boggling, it's frankly terrifying I'm afraid.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pecksniff: So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

So concerned were the Reform MPs at violence against girls, as they claimed, that none even bothered to turn up to the Commons debate.

@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social

Less valid? The Daily Mail has a paywall!

Elon Musk: Tuesday I'm speaking to President Trump about getting together all the major players who care as much as we do about the abuse of young girls in the UK. So that's me, him, Andrew Tate, Matt Gaetz and that guy from Reform UK who has a conviction for getting drunk and assaulting his girlfriend. "We're the feminists now!" I say. "Fact!" Then I get distracted, because I've just seen a really cool meme on X about a hot milf getting stuck in a tumble-dryer while wearing yoga pants. "We're going to protect women," says Trump, "whether women like it or not" "Most Brits don't care about women at all," I say. "Have you heard of Jess Phillips?" "She's probably never even met one," says Trump. "She should be in jail," I say. "We'll do that after we invade." "Slow down, Elon," he says. "We're invading Greenland, Panama and Mexico first." "Oh sure," I say. "Priorities."

todays satirical diary from @hugorifkind.bsky.social

What could possibly go wrong..

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact

‘A govt spokesperson said: “It is important that we look forward, not backwards, that we do not reopen the Brexit divides, and that we make Brexit work for the British people.”’

Witless drivel. The figures speak for themselves. Brexit cannot be made to work.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...