I'm always skeptical of BBC-bashing, but BBC News website hasn't reported on the Tice tax scandal since 12 April, when the headline was "Tice £91,000 tax row is 'minor administrative error', party claims".

Palantir on X: "Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel" / X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel

Palantir is a menace to society. Its "Manifesto" reads like a very bad Hollywood science fiction dystopia movie.

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Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.

The media must have missed that one.

Don Brad @gord1brad [Replying to @ScotTories] As an Englishman in England | can only marvel that Scotland, uniquely in the world, is a nation which hosts three foreign political parties which are dedicated entirely to maintaining rule, exploitation, extraction, and domination by a foreign nation which holds Scots in contempt

“Despite the ceasefire”
Looks like Israel is showing its usual respect for agreements and international norms

We have only this to protect. Start now by electing humans who will protect our fragile environment

All media needs to stop reporting Trumplethinskin's every word as if it were fact.
He changes his mind after each person he talks to.
He can only remember the last conversation and his campaign road greatest hits.
Fact check him before you breathlessly report on his edicts.

Labour blasted as leaflet falsely claims Scottish NHS 'no longer free' SCOTTISH Labour have been accused of “spreading lies about Scotland’s NHS” after an election leaflet said the healthcare service is “no…

It's just constant lies from Anas Sarwar at the moment. Desperation is clearly setting in.
A huge 40% is outsourced in England to private companies compared to 4% in Scotland.

www.thenational.scot/news/2603211...

Sarwar Admits Regret Over Grangemouth Promise as Pressure Mounts - The Highland Times Anas Sarwar has said he regrets his promise to save Grangemouth refinery, following its closure and job losses, as political pressure grows over industrial policy and differing UK government intervent...

'Anas Sarwar does not regret the fact that Grangemouth closed, he simply regrets being caught out in a lie.' thehighlandtimes.com/sarwar-admit...

The president and this administration are clearly lying about what's going on over in Iran. We're not getting the truth from them about anything. Whether it comes to the situation overall or how many of our soldiers are injured and/or dead. Nobody should believe a word they say. All they do is lie.

France announces more food price caps, takes aim at multinational firms | CNN Business The number of price-capped products in French supermarkets will double to 5,000, finance minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday, as data revealed another month of double-digit food inflation.

France introduces more stringent controls to supermarket pricing, But when Scotland proposes a similar scheme, Britain & her despotic, undemocratic politicians say, NOT A CHANCE!!!

Why should'nt we be allowed to be in charge of our own affairs?

#AreYouYesYet
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Spoiler Alert: It's not a 'bombshell' or 'shocking' - it's the 45th Treasury report on payments to the EU as a result of Johnson's Brexit deal - to cover things like Farage's pension.

Not sure why the Express chose to quote right wing 'free speecher' Frank Furedi of Orban's MCC Brussels think tank.

Reform has fallen to 15% in Scotland — their lowest in over a year.
They've lost their national lead for the first time.
Neil Kinnock called them a "posh boys club" with "no design, no practical plan."
Their flagship council is a "horror show."

Is the bubble bursting?
Let's hope so 🙏

Yes, there will be problems when Scotland becomes a self- governing country
Yes, many people in Scotland will be unhappy at our separation from UK
Yes, Westminster will make it as difficult as possible for us
BUT Scotland will be able to make its own decisions and regain pride and self-belief . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sarwar Admits Regret Over Grangemouth Promise as Pressure Mounts - The Highland Times Anas Sarwar has said he regrets his promise to save Grangemouth refinery, following its closure and job losses, as political pressure grows over industrial policy and differing UK government intervent...

The cost of Aviation Fuel has increased by 270% since Feb, and airlines are dropping flights as a result

🇬🇧 Labour gave an election promise to “SAVE GRANGEMOUTH”, Scotland’s only oil refinery and producer of Aviation Fuel, then let it close

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ?

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SNP Proposed pricing cap of food essentials.
Here is what Hungary does.
Rather than capping the final price, they limit the profit margin for supermarkets on 14 essesntial products including Flour, Sugar, Chicken.
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Five Questions with Independent Journalist Scott MacFarlane Where do we find reliable news in an era of disinformation?

Scott MacFarlane, after leaving CBS, has one of the hottest new indie news Substacks around. He joins us tonight to give us a peek at his new world—and how he manages to cover all the news, all the time. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.

Quite frankly anyone travelling to the US voluntarily gets no sympathy from me. They know what they are getting into.

news.sky.com/story/englan...

Christian Nationalist Pete Hegseth has come up with a way to motivate Iranians to kill more American troops. Instead of framing the war as being against the Iranian regime, which many Iranians dislike and wouldn't fight for, he talks of the war being against their Islamic faith. He's smart that way.

Jackie Baillie left red-faced after blazing attack on SNP backfires spectacularly SCOTTISH Labour depute leader Jackie Baillie has been left red-faced after launching a blazing attack on the SNP ...

She has been SLAB's attack dog for over 10 years now &
how she ever got into office is anyone's guess, But one thing is for sure, She needs to be given a rest after May & let her see how her party quickly forgets who she once was.

www.thenational.scot/news/2603056...

Just to point out the bare-faced dishonesty of RR again: The estimate of uncollected tax reveneue for the year 2023/4 was ca. £46bn. This is the low-end estimate for that year. Govt spending on welfare provides not only relief for people but has a reasonably good investment multiplier rate to boot.

Please repost if you agree that the BBC has been undermining democracy and enabling foreign interference in our politics by promoting and protecting Farage.

**AFFORDABILITY CHEQUE** **Last August Reform UK's coffers were boosted by a generous £100,000 donation from the UK franchise of Sotheby's International Realty.** It isn't hard to see why the property agency, whose UK and Dubai franchises are owned by businessman George Azar, would be interested in supporting Reform. Not only is it the estate agent used by the party's treasurer, Nick Candy, but Reform is hoping its planned tax exemption for multimillionaires prompts wealthy people to relocate to the UK, which would boost the luxury property market Sotheby's deals in. Less clear, however, is how Sotheby's was able to afford its donation to Reform. Its accounts for 2023 show the company was heavily in debt, with net liabilities of more than £12.8m. The company's accounts for 2024, which might have shed some light on the matter, were due by 31 December 2025. But, more than three months on, they still haven't been filed, which is a criminal offence under the Companies Act. Alas, whether Sotheby's had made sufficient profit from its UK operations to fund its generous gift remains, for the time being, a mystery.

Pretty terrible that heavily-indebted Sotheby's has donated to Reform UK. Via Private Eye

In serious times, Scotland needs serious leadership.

The SNP will always be on Scotland’s side, working to help with the cost of living, improve our NHS, and deliver the fresh start of independence.

I will be launching our manifesto at 10am - watch live on @theSNP channels.

I hope @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social is going to give this the once over. ESP coming up to the May elections

🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

“They call us terrorists, but the real terrorists are themselves.

They kill anyone, anywhere, whenever they want, and then speak about human rights. Shame on them!”

Trump really is mentally ill. He’s in serious need of psychological intervention.

"Illegal illegal illegal illegal illegal
It is beyond tragic irony that in Great Britain we have an ex-lawyer as P.M. who turns a blind eye to his paymasters' genocide, war crimes, settler atrocities and modern day Lebensraum.
No wonder people are going Green"
via Danny Brittain