I'm old enough to remember when Keir Starmer was pro EU.

There are very few organisations that could deliver a worse performance than Thames Water. Castle Water would top that list.

Famous quotes :-

In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme

I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...

George talks sense

Start the game properly and we shouldn't have anything to worry about. Start the game like the St Mirren and Hibs games...

Starmer didnt have an answer to this by Stephen Flynn 😂

Very close to 3K followers. Please repost with your Scottish based crowd to see that smashed!! A Scottish currency is the key to unlocking Scotland's potential

Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.

The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.

This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.

It would be interesting to know what percentage of farm estates are taken on by the next generation and farmed rather than sold with no IHT liability. I see no justification for anyone selling the farm or holding it purely as a financial asset to pay less than the general 40% rate.

The issue now is presumably whether the pitch is frozen. If undersold heating was on it shouldn't be.

It looks like the pitch wasn't covered and undersoil heating wasn't on. Were they not expecting snow?

Nigel Farage lined up as best man?

This post from the PM is problematic for a number of reasons.

A thread…🧵

I couldn’t believe this tweet was real. I had to go to X to check.

Incredibly, it is real. Has the PM *no* awareness of the reputation of BlackRock?

The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.

So who has been protecting the Reform MP?

Black Friday has hit GB Energy jobs hard

@kevinstewartsnp.bsky.social

Great news. He's going to have a massive impact under Thelin this season.

Rising Lebanese soccer star left in coma by Israeli airstrike Leading Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar is in a medically-induced coma after she was critically wounded in an Israeli strike near her home in Beirut's southern suburbs - her international championship prospects on hold.

www.reuters.com/sports/socce...

While Lebanese and Palestian footballers and referees are killed as a result of indiscriminate bombing, Israel continues to participate in European football. Why?

Times article says: “Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend The MP had told the media he had been jailed for 'pushing' former partner in 2006, when the court records suggest a more violent assault”

excellent reporting by George Greenwood at the Times

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Does he have 1 arm shorter than the other?

BREAKING:

The Netherlands signals its intent to comply with the International Criminal Court (ICC), vowing to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Galant if they step onto Dutch soil.

Dumbarton in administration: Police 'look into some transactions' Police confirm they are investigating a report of suspected fraud in relation to Dumbarton, who entered administration this week.

Dumbarton home games postponed indefinitely due to a blue tent on the pitch.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

The Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall admits to MPs that the department's own modelling has found cutting winter fuel payments will push 100,000 pensioners into poverty.

Ministers previously denied any kind of impact assessment had been done on the policy

I'd be interested to know if they think that someone inheriting a farm and selling it within a couple of years should pay the same inheritance tax as someone continuing to farm it. The 20% inheritance tax rate is too generous for the former.

Now Anas Sarwar says he will “reinstate” the winter fuel payments. Yet here is Anas Sarwar just last month voting AGAINST reversing the winter fuel cuts!

This is simply another lie from Sarwar and Labour trying to bribe voters for the future Scottish election after their ratings have dropped.

Stand by for the Scottish Labour at War headlines and the story about the conflict between Sarwar and the Scottish Labour MPs who voted to end the winter fuel allowance.
Just don't hold your breath.

Excellent article from John Randall, a member of the Scottish Currency Group Finance & Banking working group

Werder Bremen have left the X platform (previously Twitter) while encouraging followers to join them on BlueSky. The club’s translated statement will follow below. They’re not holding back! #SVW