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MadeyeTheCarnaptious

@MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot

Scots, English, fluent Spanish and less fluent French speaking supporter of #ScottishIndependence, profoundly opposed to #Brexit.

Trying not to be carnaptious all of the time - family, friends, single malt, photography, books, travel, music, cycling and walking help keep me sane.

'Que la ignorancia no te niegue, que no trafique el mercader con lo que un pueblo quiere ser.'
(Joan Manuel Serrat)

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MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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We should be under no illusions in Scotland about the only party being targeted by the unionists.

The Better Together gang is back with a tsunami of anti-SNP slurry across all media.



MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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"The polls have suggested for some time now that the Labour victory will be a landslide. The more voters support Starmer south of the Border, the less he will pay the blindest bit of attention to Scottish voters and Scottish issues. Left to his own devices, he has shown that he does not give a toss."

Richard Walker: "Keir Starmer will have the same disdain for Scottish issues as Rishi Sunak".

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24342486.keir-starmer-will-disdain-scottish-issues-rishi-sunak/

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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Streeting has let the cat out the bag.

at Holyrood and in the "Scottish" media is relentless.

Remember Streeting's admission when sneaks into Scotland today to attack the Scottish Government’s record on NHS Scotland and other devolved areas.



MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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When Wes Streeting admits Westminster has an impact on devolved public healthcare, he is confirming he could impose his NHS privatisation measures for England on the devolved systems of NI, Scotland and Wales.

Against the wishes of devolved parliaments and assemblies.



MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Scotland
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" MP Patrick Grady tabled the Scotland (Independence) Bill on Thursday and asked for it to be given a second reading on July 4.

"As the title of the bill was read out, however, Deputy Speaker [of the House of Commons] Dame Eleanor Laing joked: "Oh dear."

"This led to laughs across the chamber."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24342407.oh-dear-commons-deputy-speaker-jokes-scottish-indy-bill/#comments-anchor

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Scotland
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"Rishi Sunak’s fleeting visit should mark the beginning of an apology tour of – and it's a reminder of why it's essential to vote to remove the Tory government and put Scotland first.

“This Tory government has been an unmitigated disaster for Scotland – imposing , austerity cuts and a cost of living crisis, and denying Scotland's democratic right to choose our own future with independence."

Stephen Flynn MP

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24341271.stephen-flynn-mocks-rishi-sunak-ahead-scotland-visit/

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Scotland
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In the same week that Scotland's latest census data indicated that 66% of our population identifies exclusively as Scottish and only 14% as exclusively British, #Captain_UTurn launches the UK Labour campaign festooned in union flags.

Will the "patriotic" union flag shagging be a feature of "Labour" campaigning in #Scotland?

#OptionalIdentityMark
#LabourInNameOnly
#VoteLabourGetThatcherism
#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@Wen @linuxgnome

Give it time...

They're not using the Saltire at all in their campaign materials, only the "union" fleg and the dark blue they like so much.

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Scotland
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Stand by for the big blue tent camper van time bomb to go off at a key moment in the campaign.

Watch the polls in .

Tick, tick, tick...

Time bomb with a digital countdown display. 2 seconds to go...

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@peterbrown

And so it begins: 🇬🇧 GE campaign Day 1.

"In a statement on Thursday afternoon, Police Scotland said... a report had been sent "in relation to a 59-year-old man who was charged on 18 April 2024".

"They added that the investigation dubbed "Operation Branchform" had not yet come to an end.

"... a spokesperson for the COPFS said... investigations into two others, a 72-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, remain ongoing."

How very convenient.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24342177.police-scotland-send-report-crown-office-peter-murrell-arrest/

JugglingWithEggs, to random
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Cold War Steve… swimming in sewage filled flood water outside of Number 10.

Nails the legacy to the UK…polluting our nation’s political discourse with culture wars and polluting our water courses with the proverbial.

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@JugglingWithEggs

Polluting English, not UK, water courses. Please don't pin this English shitshow on Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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“Voting Scottish [sic] Labour means booting out this rotten Tory Government, maximising Scotland’s influence with Scottish [sic] Labour MPs in government and delivering the change that Scotland needs."

Aye right, Anas. 🤣🤣🤣🤣



https://www.thenational.scot/news/24339541.general-election-unionist-parties-announce-plot-oust-snp/

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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Next time you see a Guardian headline about "Britons", remember this!

"Most people in Scotland say their only national identity is Scottish – with the number of people describing themselves as Scottish and British plummeting.

"[Scottish] Census data... show that 65.5% of the population had Scottish as their only identity – an increase from 62.4% in 2011."

STV News, 21/5/24.

https://news.stv.tv/scotland/most-say-scottish-is-their-only-national-identity-census-shows

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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"... nothing is going to change the outcome of this election. Labour already have it and we are headed for a dismal five years of them delivering wholly unnecessary austerity.

"I think you can sense my lack of excitement."

Richard Murphy

https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/22/the-waiting-is-over/

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Palestine
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Any statement yet from regarding the , Netanyahu and Gallant and ?

Three days and counting....

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Palestine
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"We said the point of recognising the state of was coming closer, that point has now arrived."

“Today, Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognise the state of Palestine."

“Each of us will now undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to that decision.”

Simon Harris, Prime Minister of Ireland.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24336800.ireland-norway-spain-recognise-state-palestine/

Wen, to privacy
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Who are the real extremists? The people challenging injustices or those trying to shut down our rights

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/extremists-injustices-rights-protest-society

But but but, the grate(ing) the gud - an ‘independent’ ex Labour MP says it is all OK, so shut up and cower in the cess pit plebs.

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@Wen

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woodcock,_Baron_Walney

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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As expected Lord Walney's report ('welcomed' by James Cleverly) represents an agenda to stifle and criminalise democratic protest.

This is a real and present danger, not so much from the Tories who will likely have too little time to get much of this near any legislative change, but from Labour whose instincts seems to have been becoming less & les permissive of protest over the last few years.

Democracy is in danger of being further constrained


https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/close-to-a-police-state-campaign-groups-condemn-uk-report-into-protests

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@ChrisMayLA6

Walney is an ex Labour MP and chairs "Labour Friends of Israel".

Why am I not surprised?

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@Wen @ChrisMayLA6

Unelected.
Unknown.
Lauded by Gove.
A close supportive friend of a state whose leadership will probably be issued with arrest warrants for war crimes.

Independent? Aye right.

cstross, to random
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Microsoft Recall in Windows 11: in what way can this be POSSIBLY compliant with the requirements of GDPR?

(Same goes for Office365 requiring autosave to stash files in OneDrive, and Outlook slurping all your emails into Microsoft's cloud and using them for AI training.)

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@cstross

Do you know if this Recall abomination is now on Windows 10 as well?

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Palestine
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow: 'Scotland and Empire'.

Racism A belief that one group of people is inferior or superior to another because of their race.

alanferrier, to random
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Fixed that for you, New Statesman.

Fun fact: England is the only country in the world to have fully privatised its water and sewerage systems.

Via the Financial Times: "Scotland—which has its own state-owned water company—massively outperformed its neighbours with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia."

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@alanferrier

Deliberate gaslighting conflation of England with "Britain".

They're terrified of communicating anything positive about Scotland.

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@Wen @alanferrier

Scots would have to subsidise the bail out of the exclusively English shitshow, needless to say.

Another farce.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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Lets be absolutely clear - at the centre of the infected blood scandal, as so many other 'scandals' involving institutions riding rough-shod over the interests & well-being of ordinary people (see the posted list & additions in my timeline over the weekend) is one thing:

People in power lying to those whose lives have been ruined.

LYING... not making mistakes, not misunderstanding... LYING.

This is the culture that infects our political & social 'elites'; being (very) comfortable lying to us!

MadeyeTheCarnaptious,
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@ChrisMayLA6

There's minimal political / electoral accountability in the UK particularly with the two-party stranglehold enabled by FPTP. There's no incentive for a truly strategic approach to citizens' well-being when shit can be shovelled under the carpet for the next "administration" to deal with and liars can operate with impunity and public inquiries are simply show trials (as in the case of Covid 19 in Scotland).

Citizens are powerless and ultimately not safe.

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to Palestine
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Netanyahu, spitting out his dummy at the , says the IDF is "the world's most moral army".

Goebbels will be chuckling in hell tonight.

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