Gavin Barrie

Culture and sport in Wales at risk as funds dwindle, warn MSs

New Direction for labour? - a decade of spending cuts had left Wales ranking second from bottom of European countries in terms of spending per person on cultural services and third from bottom on recreational and sporting services

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The world needs WAY MORE JIMMY CARTER...

... and WAY LESS DONALD TRUMP.

💙 if you agree and pls pass on.

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

Mail front page Mon 30 De 2024: “Councils Let Staff ‘Work From Beach’ In Ibiza And Australia - Probe reveals hundreds logging in from abroad as loval services are slashed and taxes soar”

"Probe reveals hundreds logging in from abroad..."

There are over a million council staff (900k FTE). Hundreds could be abroad at any point for all sorts of reasons - including work, study, compassionate grounds, etc.

This is a ludicrous non-story designed to attack public servants.

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'We have failed': Watch as Edinburgh councillor tears into Labour colleagues A LABOUR councillor tore into her own party’s administration in Edinburgh insisting it had “failed” to deliver for the people of the city…

A Scottish Labour councillor in Edinburgh has torn into her colleagues for having 'turned a blind eye to dishonesty'

Watch the speech here ⬇️

Edinburgh Labour councillor accuses Labour, propped up by Tories and Libdems, of "putting your own interests above the people of Edinburgh"

The puppet master and his puppet.

Be aware, that QR Code may be taking you somewhere you really don't want to be.

My understanding is that if you need treatment between annual checkups there is nothing to stop you getting an appointment with your NHS dentist.

Holy moly. MAGA is losing their mind over an uncovered video from 2016 where Donald Trump says people should use the bathroom they feel is inappropriate and speaks out against trans bathroom bills. Feel free to share this so MAGA implodes.

Scottish seafood is worth £885 million per year to the economy.

• Mr Clarkson went on: "Frankly, I'd have them all shot. I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families. I mean, how dare they go on strike when they have these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living?"

for some reason I’ve remembered what Jeremy Clarkson, who said he bought land to avoid inheritance tax, said on live TV about striking public sector workers (extra marks for use of ‘us’)

Nurses valued more in Scotland

This one will definitely split opinions!!!!! Where is that fence, I need somewhere to sit.

Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙

Lovely to see lots of followers and would really like to follow you all back, but if you haven't, could fill in your Bio so I have some idea on your likes, believes and interests. Unlikely to put me off following, open to robust discussion, but after the other place I'm just being a bit cautious.

Picture of Jeremy Clarkson with his 2010 quote: “Land is a better investment than any bank can offer. The govt doesn’t get any of my money when I die.”

Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”

Sarwar’s U turn is not what it seems When is a promise not a promise? When it’s a promise made by the Labour party in Scotland. Then it’s not a promise, it’s a lie. Right now on BBC Scotland there’s a programme…

'Sarwar’s great pitch to pensioners who are angry about the loss of the winter fuel payment is: "Vote for us, and Labour will replace the universal flat rate benefit that we axed with something much worse."'
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Scotland is an energy giant yet our household electricity bills are set by a Government in England #ScottishIndependence

That’ll be a YES!

Aerial night shot of the sunset over Edinburgh in distance with lights from Christmas markets LNER Big Wheel and star flyer in foreground

Today in Princes Street Gardens the Light Night Concert begins at 2pm. No tickets left for the bandstand enclosure but still possible to watch from the gardens. More details here edwinterfest.com/edinburgh-ch... 📸

#FreePalestine #Human

Scots energy giant SSE rakes in 'offensive' £4million a day as fuel bills soar The Perth-based firm made £714million in pre-tax earnings in the six months to September, latest financial results show.

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Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined UK economy Andrew Bailey calls for relations with EU to be rebuilt as Trump plans US tariffs

The governor of the Bank of England has gone about as far as he can go without being a politician, to be honest.

He – like anyone who knows the first thing about economics – understands that Brexit has been a disaster for the economy.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

STV now says only that he is a councillor that has stepped down over an assault charge not a single word about him being a labour council leader

Only 17 years, I could teach them a thing or two. 😜

X logo made of the words racism bigotry and hatred

This is why I moved over here

Woman testified to House Ethics Committee that Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17: Sources The woman at the center of the DOJ's probe of Matt Gaetz testified to the House Ethics Committee that he had sex with her when she was 17 years old, sources say.

ABC: Woman testified to House Ethics Committee that Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17