Scottish Labour u-turn on opposition to the Internal Market Act opening up privatisation of the Scottish NHS

Scottish Labour (aka “the branch office”) u-turn on opposition to the Internal Market Act that opens up the possibility of privatisation of the Scottish NHS.

Who are Labour for these days.

Every public service in Scotland is performing better than those in other parts of the UK The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the bl…

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How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. Oslo & Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills #Oslo #Helsinki

Community tree planting at Gleann Shìldeag - Woodland Trust Come along to Gleann Shìldeag to help us restore and expand Scotland’s rainforest!

Join @wtscotsocial.bsky.social at Gleann Shildeag on 1 March for a day of community tree planting to help restore and expand #ScotlandsRainforest! There are over 300,000 trees to be planted around the glen this spring so all help is much appreciated!

An important point to keep in mind.

Pre-match beers (with or without alcohol) at Fierce ABZ. 10% discount for ticket holders as always

Man standing in front of a line of Cybertrucks in a cartoon resembling the scene in Tiananmen Square.

Get the message?

By Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz.

YouTube video by Veritasium What if all the world's biggest problems have the same solution?

What if all the world's biggest problems have the same invisible solution?

District heating using heat pumps and geothermal sources is awesome - so efficient and effective. 👍🌱🔥

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

This is important — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

One of our busiest roadsides is in a more natural state than many of our hills.

It is time we fixed them.

Find out more in our Nature Recovery Report. 👉 https://buff.ly/3EagOBk

Jeremy Clarkson: Brexit makes me want to sit in a gutter and weep Since we left the EU it’s been easier to get into Iraq than France. None of this has made our lives better in any way

Clarkson is right. Brexit has made travelling to the EU with any kind of professional equipment, nightmarish. Carnets for cameras etc is a bureaucratic, expensive waste of time. But it applies to loads of industries, esp musicians/performing artists etc.
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But Alex, you, and every other bad faith British Nationalist, swore blind in 2014 that there was no oil left.

It’s almost like you were misleading the public for political gain.

NEW: Child poverty is set to fall in Scotland but rise in rest of the UK, a major new report projects.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said that the UK Government should follow Scotland's lead👇

BBC England reveals that ScotRail had fewer cancellations, often far fewer, than any other other UK rail company in 2024 I’m grateful to my old friend, workmate, dry humourist* and sandwich stealer, from events he hadn’t been invited to attend, Prof Mike Danson of UWS, for alerting me to this. Never to my…

Scotrail is the new Calmac for the miserablist anti-independence Scottish media, determined to 'prove' we couldn't possibly cope as an independent nation.

Never mind that Scotrail performs better than any other rail company in the UK.
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Awesome! Baillie, Sarwar and co will be gutted. Cue their MSM up their attacks on the SNHS under the SNP, whose budget is controlled by Westminster.

BREAKING: All schools and nurseries in Glasgow City Council will be closed tomorrow after a red weather warning was issued.

Story to follow.

BREAKING: All Scotrail service will be suspended on Friday, January 24.

It comes after the Met Office issued a red weather warning for Storm Eowyn.

Story to follow.

BREAKING: A rare red weather warning has been issued for wind across central Scotland.

Story to follow.

UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com

In the UK, auto insurance prices dropped 16% in a year.

A big reason: Lower urban speed limits

Industry analyst: "Areas where 20mph zones have been introduced result in lower levels of claim frequency – a key factor in the cost of car insurance."

No churning clouds, no furious winds, no dramatic light breaking through, just the sun's first rays dancing across one of our planet's most spectacular & imposing massifs. Torres del Paine, Patagonia.

#photography #travel #bluesky #nature #landscape #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scape

Scottish Cup game day.🔴⚪️

Slide by @toderianUW.bsky.social saying “Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.“ – Lewis Mumford, 1955

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand

Pape Gueye is pictured at training at Cormack Park.

Pape Gueye is pictured at training at Cormack Park.

Working his way back to full fitness.

Great to see you back out on the grass, Pape 🕺

DOOHAN 👊

A huge late penalty save from Ross Doohan.

The Scottish government does better than Westminster with one tied behind their back.
With independence we could do so much more.
#independence #Scotland

The Scottish government does better than Westminster with one tied behind their back.
With independence we could do so much more.
#independence #Scotland