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Reads, writes. Follows politics – endlessly fascinating and frustrating. Scottish independence, of course!

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This is amazing

04.03.2026 14:02 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Ah but there is an election on the horizon and Labour desperately need a big boost so everything possible will be tried to gain votes.

04.03.2026 15:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Three men connected to Police Federation arrested on suspicion of fraud The City of London Police's corruption unit says it has carried out a

BBC News - Three men connected to Police Federation arrested on suspicion of fraud
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.03.2026 14:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Should the partner of someone accused of spying be in public office?

04.03.2026 14:39 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Partner of Labour MP arrested on suspicion of spying for China He is one of three unnamed men who the Met Police suspect of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.

When Peter Murrell was arrested the bbc & Sky News immediately set up an encampment at Nicola Sturgeon’s home, and put a helicopter above to provide continuous live TV footage about the “arrest of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband”

When it’s Labour, no names, no TV footage

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.03.2026 14:01 — 👍 82    🔁 52    💬 4    📌 3

Poor wee Joani Reid. Grand Daughter of the late firebrand socialist Jimmy Reid's husband has been arrested for spying on the UK for Red China....

04.03.2026 14:39 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Scottish Labour MP issues statement after husband arrested in China spy probe SCOTTISH Labour MP Joani Reid has said she is “not part of my husband’s business activities” after he was arrested on suspicion of spying for…

www.thenational.scot/news/2590739...

04.03.2026 14:41 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

😮 It was mentioned at PMQs earlier but not who was concerned. I wonder how long it will take BBC Scotland to a) mention it, and b) acknowledge it is a Lab MP who's connected with it through her husband?

04.03.2026 14:39 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0
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The European Commission has pledged to back Spain against the overnight commercial threats from US president Donald Trump against Madrid.

euobserver.com/205567/eu-co...

04.03.2026 12:34 — 👍 82    🔁 36    💬 2    📌 2

Hahahahahahahaha

04.03.2026 12:36 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Spanish PM Sánchez on Trump's threat to end trade:

"We are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and contrary to our values and interests simply because of fear of reprisals... We have absolute confidence in the economic, institutional & moral strength of our country."

04.03.2026 11:46 — 👍 1634    🔁 398    💬 29    📌 36
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Spain has refused to allow the United States to use jointly operated military bases on its territory for strikes against Iran. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned the US-Israeli military action as a “unilateral military intervention and warned it could create a more unstable international order

04.03.2026 11:50 — 👍 14    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
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A £9bn Scottish surplus? Tell me I’m wrong Let’s ignore the usual incomplete source for understanding Scotland’s public finances (GERS) and start again from the basic data. Then how does Scotland look? The answer's very healthy!

"Scottish Government gets a boost as a little more of Scotland's money is returned to it". Of course we'll get a much bigger boost when we regain independence and keep 𝗮𝗹𝗹 our revenues.

Don't believe me? Here's a couple of worked examples...

open.substack.com/pub/yesinpic...

04.03.2026 08:31 — 👍 15    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

The only positive emotion we get from the news these days is schadenfreude but at least we're getting plenty of that

04.03.2026 12:40 — 👍 32    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

04.03.2026 11:24 — 👍 6742    🔁 2272    💬 165    📌 375
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US strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says Macron Macron joins Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in calling the legality of the strikes into question.

After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law.

But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?

03.03.2026 23:18 — 👍 9493    🔁 2303    💬 347    📌 167
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Head of Police Federation of England and Wales arrested on suspicion of corruption Mukund Krishna arrested by City of London police along with two other national board members

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

04.03.2026 12:50 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

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04.03.2026 08:21 — 👍 5906    🔁 1817    💬 117    📌 237
03.03.2026 14:21 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

She is completely and utterly out her depth…in a puddle!

03.03.2026 21:06 — 👍 19    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0
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Literally can't make this shit up...

TRUMP ANNOINTED BY JESUS‼️

03.03.2026 22:44 — 👍 46    🔁 19    💬 14    📌 4
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Tomorrow's front page 📰

Clarity demand over US military flights

03.03.2026 22:42 — 👍 25    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 2

You know what truly infuriates me?

That a handful of wealthy elites, driven purely by greed, are destabilising, empoverishing, polluting the world for their own gain, whilst the vast majority of ordinary people reject their corrupt and self-serving agendas!

And this should infuriate ALL of us!

🤬

03.03.2026 14:01 — 👍 1706    🔁 491    💬 80    📌 32
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Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

03.03.2026 21:48 — 👍 18680    🔁 7809    💬 2288    📌 1094

They're completely and totally insane.

03.03.2026 03:44 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 1

The thin end of a very large wedge. How long till some of the other landlords/owners try the same wheeze. Does the Council concerned have the right to over-ride a national/constitutional right ?

03.03.2026 15:56 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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UK Floundering in our Unstable World Where now for the UK's politics and its inept government as the US and Israeli war on Iran creates more chaos.

UK Floundering in our Unstable World
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03.03.2026 23:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

babe wake up, new nepo-Ayatollah just dropped

03.03.2026 22:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Political Rockstar

Dave Doogan 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍

#BothvotesSNP

03.03.2026 17:12 — 👍 29    🔁 16    💬 4    📌 1
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"This has never been about nuclear weapons. This has been about Israel's regional hegemony in the Middle East. Israel wants to topple the Iranian regime. Period. It has said so. This is not a mystery."

Prof Jeffrey Sachs is a passionate practitioner of speaking truth to power. #SolidarityWithIran

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