Gillian Sproule

Death toll surpasses 62,000 in Gaza as at least 60 Palestinians killed overnight

NEW: The death toll has surpassed 62,000 in Gaza as at least 60 Palestinians have been killed by Israel today and a further five have died from malnutrition

Hypocrisy writ large...

Only 5 months ago, Labour MSP Pam was pure dead livid at the poor provision of funds for disabled people but since her bosses in London made their welfare cuts announcements, she's gone awfy quiet 🤔

When they realized that Feudalism wouldn't be allowed to continue they invented Capitalism.

Feudalism with a 0.001% chance that you too could become very rich.

Which people believed was completely different.

FAFO! Bye bye to the teenage mutant ninja incel at Treasury. Per the WSJ:

Denmark has the same size population as Scotland but is independent and runs its own economy.

I'm frankly sick and tired of unionism. It's completely destroyed Scotland's potential. People need to get angry.
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Relative was executed for murder they didn’t commit, we can't return to death penalty The story is quite simple in its horror: many years ago, long before I was born, one of my family was executed for a murder they didn’t commit.…

‘My relative was executed for a crime they didn’t commit. We can never bring back the death penalty’

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social as a clamour begins for the reintroduction of capital punishment in Britain

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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

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Happy heavenly birthday Janey

Two side-by-side photos of an older woman in a blue dress holding a large book. In the left photo, she is handing the book to another woman, while in the right photo, she is opening the book to reveal that it is empty. The text above the images reads: 'Who else remembers the time when Kayleigh McEnany gave Leslie Stahl a ginormous empty book claiming it was Trump’s healthcare plan?'

Yes, kids, this actually happened. And it’s still empty, filled with naught but concepts of a plan.

1month after
Labour in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 came to power they axed funding for the new Al
Supercomputer that Edinburgh University was going to build.
Labour said it didn't make "strategic sense" to build it in Edinburgh
Now Starmer is
announcing funding for a new
supercomputer in ENGLAND

Strategic Sense.
Isn't it about time that those of a unionist leaning in Scotland started to question just what "strategic sense" means to a Scotland in thrall to a potential rival economy?
With Westminster running scared of Scottish independence, why would Westminster act to strengthen Scotland?

It's very obvious now that the only capital investments Westminster will make in Scotland are those which boost the extraction of Scottish resources. It's almost as though they expect us to become independent & are trying to squeeze as much out of us as they can before we leave.

Germany and France warn Trump against taking over Greenland The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.

“Germany and France warn Donald Trump against threats to take control of Greenland from Nato ally Denmark”

This is what it’s come to — before Trump even takes office.

$1,131,794,901

That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.

Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.

I fought all these battles against homophobia back in the 80s, now the likes of Musk & Zuckerberg are trying to make bigotry acceptable again. We need the same spirit of resistance now. You don't get equality by asking for it nicely.

Hi Val, welcome! Good to see you here! 😃

The Telegraph have now published a correction admitting that the immigration numbers in Nick Timothy's bizarre rant (original at link) were pure fantasy.

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In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now

Kristin Brooks (@krisi930) on Threads I see a lot of people on Threads asking what everyone’s quote, song, or phrase for 2025 is going to be. Here’s mine.

😁😁😁

FFS 😣

UK’s Brexit decision means higher costs and more paperwork for British citizens visiting EU countries Press release: “Brexit a national tragedy that can be reversed,” says Scotland’s leading pro-EU group

“2025 will see new Brexit barriers to British passport holders… First to arrive will be the EU Entry/Exit System, known as EES. A few months later…The European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). Citizens of 60 nations, including the UK, will be subject to these new procedures.”

Real growth can't happen until we rejoin the EU & reform the financial sector so that it works for us not just for itself..

2014: “Vote No to independence for the best of both worlds.”
2024: Heading for the “worst of all worlds”.

Without trade unions & the workers willing to back them with strike action when needed we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements

victories which have benefited every single person in this country

Can we share the famous red bus & ask Ms Mone where is our 29 Billion 🤔
#IndyClan ⚔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

UK’s Brexit decision means higher costs and more paperwork for British citizens visiting EU countries Press release: “Brexit a national tragedy that can be reversed,” says Scotland’s leading pro-EU group

Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage said there would be no downsides to leaving the EU. What we got was a smaller economy, less trade, less choice, dearer food and clothing and more complex and more expensive travel.
Let’s rejoin #ScottishIndependence

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We will be better than OK.

Feel free to share.

#independence #Scotland #YES

Things that took less time than Operation Branchform

1 Investigation, arrests, trials & sentencing of Great Train robbers

2 Watergate investigation

3 Building Eiffel Tower

4 Building Empire State Building

6 Arrest & conviction of Harold Shipman & subsequent Shipman Inquiry