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Web development in the Scottish Borders. Also cook, baker, muso, mamil, lover of countryside & dog walker extraordinaire.

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This is quite extraordinary

07.02.2026 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic work!

07.02.2026 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I miss America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

07.02.2026 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Too late, msg delivered.

06.02.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seriously? Have you forgotten Johnson? Truss? Cameron?

06.02.2026 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Itโ€™s an incredibly low bar, granted, but Starmer is by far the best PM we have had in the past 15 years.

06.02.2026 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is anyone surprised? Elect a
mobster and this is what you get.

05.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At least someone is saying the truth. Mandleson could swim in the sewer of filth surrounding trump and come up smelling of roses. Except he was as flithy and rotten as the rest of them.

05.02.2026 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

04.02.2026 20:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1450    ๐Ÿ” 388    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

Absolutely bang on. Politics in the US is a grubby business and having a master of mendacity and sleaze *on your side* was presumably the hope. The problem was mandleson was even more ghastly than anyone imagined.

05.02.2026 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And who would you have replace him?

05.02.2026 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He hasnโ€™t, he wonโ€™t.

04.02.2026 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No itโ€™s not - pragmatic, sensible and moving forwards. Mandleson was way way worse than we considered, but did a good job taming trump. Possibly having ghastly โ€˜friendsโ€™ in common helped thatโ€ฆ.

04.02.2026 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy happy ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

04.02.2026 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fred Goodwin coins in ยฃ600k a year pension as final RBS sale set to cost taxpayers ยฃ10bn The UK taxpayer is line for a ยฃ10bn loss when the former RBS group is finally returned to full private ownership.

Same old same old

uk.news.yahoo.com/fred-goodwin...

04.02.2026 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes certainly not straightforward. Nevertheless, Mandleson has proven to be a completely amoral character.

04.02.2026 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Presumably part of the thought was as mandleson and trump were both privy to Epstein, mandleson may have something on trump which could be useful.

04.02.2026 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes there should, but it wont happen. Apart from some sacrificial lambs, the rich white/orange men are too powerful

03.02.2026 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yawn ๐ŸŒฎ

02.02.2026 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, as all the info containing him has undoubtedly been removed. Rich white men get away with with it again

02.02.2026 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a terrible look for the lords. Shocking undermining of democracy.

01.02.2026 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are on the mend. After 15 years of disastrous Toryโ€™s of various shades of arrogance, incompetence and utter ineptitude. It will take time, but definitely things are looking up.
Thank fuck we have a decent, sensible, pragmatic, professional in charge at last.

01.02.2026 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that โ€˜worlds biggest electric-car makerโ€™ will soon be someone else.

28.01.2026 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why on earth does Italy need thick-as-mince yankie gestapo at the winter Olympics?

28.01.2026 06:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The headline reads 2nd MPLS. Killing and shows a woman crying on the streets being comforted by another man

The headline reads 2nd MPLS. Killing and shows a woman crying on the streets being comforted by another man

Front page of Minnesota Star Tribune showing a US citizens being held on the ground and pepper sprayed. The headline says Children as young as 5 detained

Front page of Minnesota Star Tribune showing a US citizens being held on the ground and pepper sprayed. The headline says Children as young as 5 detained

Right now, this is the most important publication in America.

Its reporting has been relentless and essential.

@startribune.com

25.01.2026 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 497    ๐Ÿ” 167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Fair enough, but I feel clear blue water between reform and labour is important. So making it simple is key.

25.01.2026 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Its calmer with Starmer. Go to the next election with a promise of a referendum on negotiations for joining the EU.

25.01.2026 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Change the law to fix music streaming It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...

25.01.2026 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If this is not civil war, what is it?

24.01.2026 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s the reformograph

23.01.2026 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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