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alanferrier, 1 day ago to random

That'd be the Nelson Mandela who said in 1997 that the ANC's struggle was ongoing. “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”

Tell me you don't know who Nelson Mandela was or what he stood for without telling me, etc... https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-labours-david-lammy-suggests-mandela-would-oppose-gaza-student-protests

alanferrier, 2 days ago to random

The Labour Party: abolishing the House of Lords since 1910.

alanferrier, 4 days ago to random

I'm sure BBC Reporting Scotland will be all over this.

alanferrier, 4 days ago to random

FREE places on Open University Microcredential Courses (Normally Up To £800) - Scotland only. Supported by @ScotGov and the Scottish Funding Council. Final deadline for applications is Sunday, 19 May.

Go grab yourself some free training (link fixed): https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/choose/scotland-micro

alanferrier, 7 days ago to random

"The £2.1bn link between Peterhead in north east Scotland and Drax in north Yorkshire, is expected to provide enough 'green' electricity from Scottish offshore wind farms to power 2m homes in England."

There are 2.55 million homes in Scotland.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/the-yorkshire-beach-where-ps21bn-cable-carrying-electricity-from-scottish-windfarms-will-come-onshore-4039515

alanferrier, 8 days ago to random

The Rector of the University of Glasgow, a Palestinian witness to war crimes, is now banned from entering both Germany and France and, it would seem, the whole of Europe.

alanferrier, 8 days ago to random

Neal Ascherson - always worth a read, be you independence or union-minded.

"Polls saying the nationalist cause is no priority among voters are misleading. The aspiration to once again be a sovereign European state has only been strengthened by devolution."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/04/the-snp-may-be-laid-low-but-the-call-of-scottish-independence-is-loud-and-clear

alanferrier, 8 days ago to random

The fact that the Tories have lost almost 500 local councillors in England and Wales but Labour has only managed to pick up fewer than 200 of these leads me to believe that alarm bells will be ringing at Labour HQ.

alanferrier, 9 days ago to random

A recurrent theme from the UK media - @theSNP leaders being hung, crucified, beheaded, hunted. Still - Andrew Neil thinks they're "brilliant" so that's fine.

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alanferrier, 10 days ago to random

Perfect.

Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting photo ID

alanferrier, 10 days ago to random

Andrew Neil quietly deleted this misinformation but not before it garnered over 150K views. In reality, the FM's pension is about £2K/annum. Has Neil issued a correction or an apology? No. Has he ever called out Truss or Johnson who each receive a pension of £115K for life? No.

alanferrier, 11 days ago to random

Bitter, deeply unpleasant media shitlord thinks he's being acerbic and funny but actually comes across as just cringeworthy.

alanferrier, 11 days ago to random

Oh, they know exactly what they're doing.

alanferrier, 11 days ago to random

In a statement today, the Scottish Parliament said: “Humza Yousaf’s First Minister pension will be either 1/40 or 1/50 of his final salary of £104,584 (depending on which funding option he chose) for each year in office (ie one year in office) - his First Minister pension will therefore be in the order of £2k per annum, payable from age 65."

Mr. Neil has subsequently deleted his tweet but if he had any decency he'd issue a retraction and an apology.

He doesn't so he won't.

alanferrier, 13 days ago to random

Green Party representation in Holyrood relies heavily on list votes from, predominantly, SNP supporters who won't look kindly on them for, as they see it, sabotaging the BHA. This means there's little likelihood of a pro-independence majority at the next election.

alanferrier, 14 days ago to random

As the UK Home Office prepares to set the police on scared, vulnerable people in a desperate attempt to solicit votes from its racist base, we should all remember the words of historian and journalist Neal Ascherson, from 2017: #AsIf
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/15384883.neal-ascherson-scotland-must-act-independence-nation/

alanferrier, 14 days ago to random

The UK Home Office will reportedly launch a surprise operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK tomorrow in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, weeks earlier than expected and timed to coincide with council elections in England.

Setting the police on scared, vulnerable people in a pathetic, desperate attempt to solicit votes from their racist base. Utterly detestable.

alanferrier, 14 days ago to random

What a xenophobic little shithole the UK has become.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/28/home-office-to-detain-asylum-seekers-across-uk-in-shock-rwanda-operation

alanferrier, 14 days ago to random

Your party imposed a new, unelected First Minister on Wales 38 days ago.

alanferrier, 15 days ago to random

Daniel Poulter, who's just defected from the Conservative Party to Labour, was Health minister when the state-owned NHS blood plasma supplier - Plasma Resources UK - was sold to Bain Capital, a US company co-founded by Mitt Romney, in a £230m deal.

Bain Capital then sold it on to the Chinese Creat Group. For £820m.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/minister-welcomes-bain-capital-buying-majority-stake-in-pruk

alanferrier, 16 days ago to random

Your imperial masters have spoken.

alanferrier, 17 days ago to random

I see King Charles has today given royal assent to human trafficking for the first time since slavery was abolished in 1807.

alanferrier, 18 days ago to random

Do you remember, back in 2014, when our unionist chums persuaded a majority of Scots that the UK was a stable country where decency, human rights, respect for the rule of law, internationalism and standards in public life were cherished?

Seems a long time ago. A generation, even.

alanferrier, 18 days ago to random

“Conspiracy theories about the royal family being lizards disguises the fact that they’re actually something even worse: a slightly dim German family to whom we’ve inexplicably given billions of pounds.”
—Frankie Boyle
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68882308

alanferrier, 19 days ago to random

Truly remarkable, and a huge credit to both the engineers who built this thing 50 years ago and those today who were able to resurrect its comms. This actually is rocket science.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/23/voyager-1-transmitting-data-again-after-nasa-remotely-fixes-46-year-old-probe