To be clear, we totally can pretend it's not our war on the simple basis that it isn't.

Rather than remembering some English queen who paid £12m of hush money for her paedo son, let's remember John Muir - Scottish-born American naturalist known as the "Father of the National Parks", who was born on this day in 1838.

Iran going straight for the jugular in the latest LEGO ditty.

a Scottish branch office Labour MP called for the pension triple lock to be cut to help pay for defence spending.

His name Graeme Downie. the Labour MP for Dunfermline and Dollar. He wrote this weekend that pensioners who benefited financially from peace" should make a greater contributions 👇

Tice ‘happy to put things right’ after ‘he failed to pay £100k in corporation tax’ Mr Tice said last year Angela Rayner would resign if she had “any moral decency” after admitting to underpaying stamp duty

Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022.

He's now offering to "put things right".

Go on then Richard - resign.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Brian Cox: Vote for Scotland. Vote for independence. Vote for the SNP on Thursday 7th May.

Crikey! (Strong language, I know, but justified...)

The BBC are back to running a live feed on the old Starmer / Mandelson story.

Where's their live feed on whether Refukker Tice can survive his latest tax 'issue'?

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That "Yes" graphic looks more like a 45% line than 73%.

That this man is seen as an enemy by Dem centrists is completely insane.

Come on, now. That kind of thing only applies when it’s female politicians.
See also: Police Scotland erecting a blue tent in the garden of Nicola Sturgeon’s home and donning forensic coveralls for their investigations into alleged missing cash. All of which was gleefully covered by various media.

BBC output regarding the activities of Israel quote the Israeli government.
Their Press office put on record that their output is fabricated.
BBC quoting Israeli Government sources is a clear breach of their charter. See Principles 3.2.1 - 3.2.2 - 3.2.3
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Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet…

It reads: “Iran is only weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.”

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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The world on the brink of collapse for closing a strait for a few weeks.
Can you imagine something like that for more than 60 years?
That's what Cuba is suffering, in silence.

#Cuba
#standwithcuba

Green MP: Labour caricatures working-class people over greyhound racing Hannah Spencer says minister ‘continuously offends people by saying working-class people don’t care about dogs’

Hannah added: “I get offended when I hear the argument made that it is working class. Working-class people are fed up with gambling companies being able to wreak havoc in people’s lives.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There's a shocker.

Having twenty years of experience talking endlessly to Sensible Moderates about political matters, both in life and online, I can confirm: they *cannot hear* what you are saying, ever, usually because they’re thinking about how they’re going to dismiss you as silly and childish.

People in England instead of questioning why Scotland has no tuition fees, no prescription charges and free hospital parking why dont you question why you dont?

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

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NEW: Peter Mandelson failed security vetting but the UK Government decided to appoint him US ambassador anyway, it has emerged

Keir Starmer 'lied and lied over Peter Mandelson and must resign', MPs say

Keir Starmer 'lied and lied again' to the public and MPs over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador and must resign, opposition parties have said

Oh dear, how annoying: Keir Starmer has simultaneously lost his phone and had his work PC infected by an email-destroying virus later this evening.

#TaxTheRich

100% this 👏🏽

Scotland is an outlier compared to most other developed nations.

Raising the school starting age to 7 and introducing a play-based kindergarten stage for 3 to 6 year olds would help boost education and child wellbeing outcomes.

The bell of Liverpool Town Hall chimes 97 times for each of the Liverpool fans unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough Disaster, 37-years-ago today