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Jackie Walker

@halmyre63.bsky.social

60's, Scottish, runner, chain reader most genres, follower of current news, crocheter (although not very well).

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The myth that the NHS is ‘free’ is propagated by people who don’t want it to exist. No it’s not free! It’s paid for by the public - and many older patients who need the service more than most have paid into the system for their entire working lives!

23.11.2025 15:42 — 👍 146    🔁 51    💬 5    📌 2

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?”

“Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?”

You can have those for nothing, lads.

22.11.2025 11:23 — 👍 3187    🔁 894    💬 89    📌 22
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He didn't do it for free.

21.11.2025 20:34 — 👍 27    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
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Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW

Britain has set a new wind generation record.

"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"

"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"

21.11.2025 21:59 — 👍 392    🔁 159    💬 14    📌 8
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Why has STV forgotten their own report – ‘World Health Organisation tells Scotland ‘you are doing well’’ as the Covid inquiry and try to blame Scotland’s FM? Sir David NabarroKCMG CBE Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to for reminding me of this: From STV, the above and: A special envoy to the World Health Organisation has said he is impressed with ho…

Thanks to TalkingUpScotland for this...
On the back of the covid report we continue to have attacks on Nicola Surgeon's handling of events for the Scottish public.

These attacks are puerile & pathetic, I know because I was there!
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/w...

21.11.2025 14:47 — 👍 20    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 2

Scotland became a net exporter of energy in 2021, but suffers the highest prices in the UK.

Independence would give our government all the powers to address this ludicrous situation.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲.

21.11.2025 08:23 — 👍 33    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 0

Let'e hope the UK PM doesn't back his pal Donald in the attempt made by Russia and the US to carve up Ukraine without the basic courtesy of consulting them.

20.11.2025 12:31 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

If there is a serious gap between revenues in the UK and tax paid the Inland Revenue should be given the power to refer the issue to a jury and let them decide how much tax it is reasonable for the company to pay. Companies like Starbucks need fierce rules that can't be dodged.

20.11.2025 08:19 — 👍 55    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 0
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Terrific

19.11.2025 14:06 — 👍 23601    🔁 10601    💬 1019    📌 1307
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Nouri™️ (@nourim) There is never any ceasefire when it’s Israel making the deal!

Fact.

substack.com/@nourim/note...

19.11.2025 07:17 — 👍 4    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.

19.11.2025 04:10 — 👍 4090    🔁 675    💬 90    📌 43

Well that says it all! it couldn’t be clearer.Scotland generates the energy that lets England enjoy cheaper bills, solar power, and extra funding for England’s NHS & schools, yet Scotland gets nothing! It’s a disgrace, and people need to stop ignoring the reality of how Scotland is treated😡#voteSNP

18.11.2025 14:21 — 👍 6    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Monday thoughts.........

17.11.2025 10:26 — 👍 122    🔁 33    💬 3    📌 0

Dounreay nuclear power station last produced electricity 30+ years ago, yet decontamination is expected to last until the 2070s and cost £8Bn, with full decontamination of the site estimated to take more than 300 years. Now Westminster wants to build *more* nuclear power stations in Scotland.

17.11.2025 15:11 — 👍 64    🔁 62    💬 9    📌 3

I just want a government that is morally *better* than this.

17.11.2025 11:53 — 👍 291    🔁 58    💬 11    📌 5

New statement from Labour MP Simon Opher, who is not very happy at the proposed asylum plans: "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel…. We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it."

17.11.2025 11:24 — 👍 51    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 2
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.

How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?

17.11.2025 08:00 — 👍 1973    🔁 656    💬 152    📌 98

I feel sick reading Labour’s asylum policy. They’re setting fire to their base and the scum they’re pandering to despise them regardless.

It’s simple. Process and let asylum seekers work and pay tax.

It’s indefensible despicable shit.

I’m fucking disgusted by them.

17.11.2025 10:42 — 👍 410    🔁 73    💬 41    📌 3

Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.

17.11.2025 10:48 — 👍 1371    🔁 354    💬 53    📌 28
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Hey Labour

Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?

We're still over here 👋

17.11.2025 07:49 — 👍 1540    🔁 451    💬 91    📌 42

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 doesn’t need, or want ☢️ when we are generating approx. 113% of our needs with renewables
@thesnpmedia.bsky.social

16.11.2025 13:49 — 👍 18    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 0

Does a resident doctor earn more than an MP? No. Let’s save the desperate morality grasps from politicians then. MPs have had umpteen pay rises since 2010 and they have quietly and relentlessly awarded these to themselves, regardless of what the public is going through.

16.11.2025 09:06 — 👍 237    🔁 93    💬 11    📌 3
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#bbcqt

15.11.2025 11:39 — 👍 52    🔁 34    💬 3    📌 0
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All four nations Scotland, Wales, England and a reunified island of Ireland - deserve to choose their own destiny.

No more clinging to an ancient union or the ghost of a dead empire.

Westminster has had its day. Time to disolve it and start anew.

END THE UNION
DISOLVE WESTMINSTER

15.11.2025 12:19 — 👍 142    🔁 61    💬 9    📌 2
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And then when it inevitably collapses these great libertarian titans of industry will go cap in hand to the state to save them.

12.11.2025 15:19 — 👍 232    🔁 28    💬 15    📌 3

If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour

11.11.2025 13:08 — 👍 2190    🔁 607    💬 100    📌 32
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11.11.2025 00:01 — 👍 61    🔁 42    💬 1    📌 3

Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.

10.11.2025 12:47 — 👍 2870    🔁 882    💬 61    📌 20

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