Phil Taylor

Phil Taylor

@philctaylor.bsky.social

Knocking on, likes Rugby, Reading, Photography, Scuba Diving, Golf. Interested in politics, news, tech, marketing. Supports Scottish independence, Scottish Rugby, Edinburgh Rugby, and Heart of Midlothian Football Club.

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Phil Taylor reposted

Behold an English politician bought and paid for by private healthcare companies and Labour friends of Israel. When he say “this country” be very clear that he means England. Not you Scotland. Your vote does not count! 👇👇👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😡😡😡

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SHARE THIS …..AND SHARE IT AGAIN !!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤬 🇬🇧 british government confirm that Scotland is a prisoner in their british union🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺

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Explain to me why we generate much more renewable energy than we need, yet Labour forces on us the highest energy prices in the UK and Western Europe. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘕𝘗 𝘰𝘯 𝟩 𝘔𝘢𝘺

Nick Young@nickofnz.bsky.social

BOOM! South Australia's power prices have plummeted as they near 100% renewables, proving to the world that relying on wind and solar with battery back-up is possible, more reliable and costs people less. THIS is how we avoid the next oil crisis. #EnergyRevolution

Phil Taylor reposted

Westminster is sleepwalking into an energy crisis and Scotland is left paying the price. Scotland’s energy should be in Scotland’s hands, so we can bring bills down and build a wealthier country. On May 7th, make it #bothvotesSNP for a fresh start with independence and lower energy bills.

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I am sure lots of you are planning to visit the Edinburgh Festival this summer. Why not use my book to make the very most of your visit? #Edinburgh #EIF www.eif.co.uk?gclsrc=aw.ds...

eif.co.ukHome | Edinburgh International FestivalEdinburgh International Festival. Discover the best artists from opera, music, theatre & dance on the world’s greatest stage. 1-24 August 2025.
George Harris@historylecturer.bsky.social

"Getting to know Edinburgh: Second Edition" . Ten routes, with maps, all round the city and environs, showing you lots and lots of things, with a great deal of comment and history. www.amazon.co.uk/Getting-Know...

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Israel has pushed ground forces into multiple areas of southern Lebanon They've displaced huge numbers of civilians... Yet it barely registers. Russia did the same in Ukraine and the world responded with sanctions, outrage and coordinated pressure The double standards are UNFORGIVABLE.

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🚨 “This is not North Korea we’re talking about - its state sponsored torture in THIS country - happening right now”

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

🚨IT’S BEEN DESCRIBED AS STATE SPONSORED TORTURE - AND ITS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY - RIGHT NOW. It’s one of the most cruel, inhumane and monumental injustices of the past half-century - and yet incomprehensibly it’s been allowed to continue under a Labour government youtu.be/-Uo6dXX2oeg?...

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CHINA ARE INVESTING £152 BILLION IN THE UK. BUT IT'S ONLY WHEN THEY WANT TO INVEST £1.5 BILLION IN A WIND TURBINE FACILITY IN ARDERSIER IN THE HIGHLANDS, THAT CHINA BECOMES A SECURITY ISSUE. AYE RIGHT, IT'S A WESTMINSTER ANTI SCOTTISH ISSUE. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Replying to @cms48.bsky.social

There's definitely more to Westminster’s decisions to reject China's £1.5bn investment in Scotland - it isn’t based on an undisclosed matter of "national security". 👀

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Scotland is rich in energy, so why do we pay some of the highest bills in Europe? Because we don’t control our own energy resources. Independence is how we can lower bills and ensure our energy wealth works in the interests of Scotland - not Westminster.

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On 1 October 2025 Keir Starmer promised on BBCBreakfast to meet the veterans to discuss the commitment Labour made to them for justice & compensation in opposition. That was almost 6 months ago 30 of the veterans have died since Christmas. They have waited twenty months since Labour came to office

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

🚨NUKED BLOOD SCANDAL UPDATE SHOCKING NEW FILES COULD LEAD TO MULTIBILLION PAYOUTS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH youtu.be/u6YXI4sNtqM?...

Phil Taylor reposted

NEW: British billionaire convicted in US for failing to implement adequate money-laundering controls on his cryptocurrency business is funding political base in Westminster used by “anti-woke” & rightwing activists. Fascinating fr @sandralaville @ @rowenamason www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comRevealed: a crypto billionaire’s political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in WestminsterPardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, Ben Delo provides funding, networking, and podcasting space for a range of groups, including those with hardline views on migration and abortion

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Screeching 180 from Reform leader Farage who’s gone from Trumpian “Bomb the Islamists” to “We cannot get involved directly in another foreign war, we don’t have a Navy, we can’t even defend our own military base in Cyprus” overnight. He’s seen the polling showing the public don’t support the war.

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Route 6, section 4. The Grassmarket. This stone commemorates the founding of the market by James III in 1477. Note the Edinburgh coat of arms in the top left hand corner of the plaque.

George Harris@historylecturer.bsky.social

Ten routes round Edinburgh. I tried to write the book I would like if I were visiting. Amazon paperback or Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited. www.amazon.co.uk/Getting-Edin...

Phil Taylor reposted

I keep hearing them saying because the wholesale price has risen we have to pass that on to our customers, excuse me but you don't, you could take a cut in your already obscene profits but no you CHOOSE to pass it on to us.🤬🤬🤬🤬 #GreedyCapitalists #CostOfLiving #CostOfGreedCrisis

The National@scotnational.bsky.social

NEW: Drivers are being urged to consider cutting out 'non-essential journeys' because fuel prices are expected to rise as the cost of oil soars

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Route 5, section 2 Stockbridge Market, a really important part of the New Town.

George Harris@historylecturer.bsky.social

Ten routes round Edinburgh. I tried to write the book I would like if I were visiting. Amazon paperback or Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited. www.amazon.co.uk/Getting-Edin...

Phil Taylor reposted

Hmmm, remember the media furore over SNP minister Michael Matheson's kids ramping up an £11k bill (by mistake), that led to him resigning from cabinet?

The National@scotnational.bsky.social

A Tory MSP has cost the Scottish public £185,000 by inundating the Government with more than 1300 'AI-generated questions', the SNP have said

Phil Taylor reposted

What did we think would happen? Trump tripled ICE’s budget to $27.7 billion a year It now has a bigger budget than the militaries of most countries Then he turbo‑charged recruitment with six‑figure salaries and up to $50,000 sign‑on bonuses Anyone paying attention could see what he was growing

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Chilling warning from a Trump-aide. ”the U.S. will use its military “unapologetically” to secure U.S. interests". “nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.” "Western countries should not have given up their empires and colonies after WWII". Madness.

independent.co.ukStephen Miller ramps up Trump threats to take over Greenland in fiery CNN interviewDuring a heated back and forth with Jake Tapper, the White House deputy chief of staff argued the ‘future of the free world’ depended on the U.S. taking aggressive actions such as the recent capture o...

Phil Taylor reposted

Nigel Farage wants energy-rich Scotland to become poorer by taking away vital support like free prescriptions and free tuition. And he's openly discussed privatising our NHS. Declare your support for Scotland's right to decide today: www.yes.scot/decide

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Could still be time to get from Amazon... 🎅🎄

George Harris@historylecturer.bsky.social

Christmas stocking filler. "The Secret of Eilean Mhor, a children's adventure set on the West Coast of Scotland. Younger grandson: "One of the things I liked was the really good fight at the end." www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Eilea...

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From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms exploit customers. Profiteering is rife and inflation is baked in the system. Rip-off practices in water, energy, insurance, internet, banking, insurance, elsewhere. There is lack of competition; poor regulation and toothless regulators.

theguardian.comUK watchdogs need to step in on rip-off bills, which are bad for consumers and the economy | Heather StewartFrom mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms are able to exploit the fact they know more than customers

Phil Taylor reposted

Appeals against deportation on human rights grounds are vanishingly rare - less than one per cent of foreign national offenders remain in the UK on human rights grounds. So changing how the Convention is interpreted won’t make a material difference to migration figures

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...

Phil Taylor reposted

#ScottishIndependence

Scotland powers the Union. Literally. Oil. Gas. Wind. All flowing south to keep London’s lights on. Then they tell us we’re ‘subsidised’? That’s not unity. That’s extraction. Scotland has the energy but not the power. Independence means we’ll have both. #IndependenceIsNormal

Phil Taylor reposted

"Microplastics are everywhere now; these minute particles are in our bodies – in the bloodstream, liver, digestive system and more... Continued use of plastic products and poor disposal leads to pollution of land, air and water."

centralbylines.co.ukDerby nightlife scene feeds the threat of toxic microplasticsDerby city centre nightlife poses a major environmental concern with littering of waste leading to pollution by microplastics

Phil Taylor reposted

Looking at these polls, I wonder at the 42% that say they’d vote for the union. With everything that has happened since 2014, folk in Scotland are worse off, and will continue to struggle. Things they threatened if we left, have happened anyway. So why stay?🤔 www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...

thenational.scotHuge double-digit lead for Scottish independence in new pollingSCOTS would vote to leave the Union should an independence referendum be held tomorrow, a new poll has found.

Phil Taylor reposted

Yes! What else would you expect from Stammer, he hid when Israel was bombing children why would he worry about some football neds smashing up the place.

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned because of information from Interpol in Europe, who passed it on to the Home Office, who gave it to the Police, who banned them. Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?