“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
NELSON MANDELA
In Germany, neo-Nazis broke into and vandalized the home of a Protestant pastor known for speaking out against far right extremism.
Now, that IS persecution of Christians
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"I was watching [the Commons] in the press gallery.. and you could see the support seep away from the prime minister, from Labour MPs behind him as it went on.."
Increasingly it looks like Mr Starmer remains in power because none of the candidates to replace him are credible to the wider parliamentary Labour Party. In that none of them are trusted to change the outcome of the next election or obtain public trust in power!The death agony of the Labour Party!
👤 Kelechi Iheanacho
🗓 19/04/2026
🏆 Scottish FA Cup
📍 Glasgow
🏟 Hampden Park
✅️ Celtic FC 6-2 (AET/A.P) St Mirren
⚽️ Daizen Maeda 1', Anthony Ralston 45'+3, Kelechi Iheanacho 96', 100', Luke McCowan 98', Benjamin Nygren 102'
#Celtic #CelticFC #COYBIG 🍀🇮🇪☘️
Interesting that there is still no decision from the inquiry into the accusations of their long term financial misconduct!!
Actually we’re not paying either enough!
Even at 2-0 up Celtic winning despite ourselves today! Hopefully better 2nd half! Mon the Hoops!🍀
The Starmer-Mandelson scandal is the British political establishment reverting to its comfort zone: talking abt itself, process & personalities. The bigger issues of the dysfunctionalism of the British state are glossed over as are the global corporate class values which made Mandelson possible.
Irish immigrants coming to Scotland encountered religious and social discrimination, intolerance and poverty. Brother Walfrid had 2 objectives in creating Celtic Football Club, to feed newcomers who had difficulty finding employment and to break down the walls of intolerance.
#Celtic #CelticFC 🍀🇮🇪☘️
As people get postal votes for the Scot Parl election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the real Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.
One of the worst things to happen to society in the last 30 years has been the normalisation of gambling. We should go back to there being no advertising of it on TV and the shops having opaque windows, making it look like the seedy pastime that it is. anon_opin GOLD from 11th December 2023
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Sir Keir Starmer going is the only ethical thing he can do and it is a necessity if Labour are to have any chance of limiting damage at the next election. He is absolutely diminished in the eyes of the public and has neither the gravitas of an actual leader nor the faux charisma of a populist one!
Perhaps Peak culture war ultra right convert whose religion is constantly subordinated to his toxic ideology.
“Pope Leo XIV should urgently review the agreement and press Beijing to end the persecution and intimidation of underground churches, clergy, and worshipers.”
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I think Your Party has been problematic from the start. My own instinct was cautious optimism. I think what is laid out here is what I have heard elsewhere. A pro independence Scottish left party needs to emerge now. Sadly too late for these elections.
The revelations about Taylor’s adoration of Hitler will be particularly embarrassing for Reform.
Home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf boasted last month that Reform had “the best vetting in the country”.
Pope Leo's visit to Algeria has been billed as a homecoming for the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine to the place where Augustine himself preached the Gospel. But after President Trump attacked him on social media, the pontiff’s identity as an Augustinian has taken on wider significance.
Memo to messrs Offord and Findlay. Of the 790k people in Scotland who are currently economically inactive:
122k are retired
185k are students
124k are looking after family
267k are long-term sick
The idea that '800k inactive people' are choosing not to work to live a life on benefits is ludicrous
There is now a massive street party with huge crowds dancing in Budapest. Hugs, tears and bottles opening. Orban is gone, Peter Magyar took power
Pope Leo told journalists
“I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do. We are not politicians. ……….but I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”
This is an important result!
Looks like spurs are definitely getting relegated now!Really one of those “they are too big to go down” moments.Impossible for us to go down but there is a connection here to Celtic!Another club whose board have focussed on income generation rather than football itself with disastrous impact!
How will Orban respond? If he loses will he accept the result?
🇭🇺 Hungarian elections
Records are being broken:
Voter turnout stood at 54.14% as of 1:00 p.m., representing 4,075,272 votes cast. In 2022, voter turnout stood at 40.01% at 1:00 p.m.
