Alistair McLean

Alistair McLean

@sandy-beach.bsky.social

Stay in a wee cottage on the Scottish coast hoping one day independence will create a progressive, inclusive society for all. We're aw Jock Tamson's bairns. Glasgow Warriors.

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We have a media which portrays opposition to Israel’s crimes as antisemitism. That same media is viciously and relentlessly Islamophobic. And as we see here, has no qualms using antisemitic tropes against “the wrong sort of Jew”.

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Everything that's wrong with our nation. Everything that's broken. Everything that's corrupted. Started with her.

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Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain

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If anyone suggests that the state of the UK now has fuck all to do with what this bitch done during her tenure in No10 needs to give their heads a fukin wobble. #ToryDeindustrialisation #Austerity #CostOfLiving #WinterOfDiscontent

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There's the public image: Nigel Farage, man of the people, down the pub, railing against elites, pint in one hand, fag in the other. Then there’s reality: Nigel Farage, multi-millionaire pal of global elites, sucking up to a guy he thinks is a US tycoon, champagne in one hand, oysters in the other.

heraldscotland.comChampagne, oysters and billionaire bucks: how can anyone vote for Farage’s party?The reality of Nigel Farge: multi-millionaire best friend of the global elite, sucking up to a guy he thinks is an American tycoon, champagne in one…

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SNP talk of a deal with Reform to put Nigel Farage in Number 10 in return for another independence referendum should disgust every single Yes voter in Scotland. Independence can be achieved without selling our soul to the Devil or trashing our own morality. My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

heraldscotland.comSNP talk of pact with Farage should revolt every Yes voterSNP Westminster leader Dave Doogan said he’d put Reform in power for another referendum – before u-turning. That won’t be forgotten, says Neil…

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Newsnight, billed as the most intelligent news programme on the BBC, has so far spent the entire show talking about Harry and Meghan returning to Britain. It’s all done with the breathless hyperbole of a 1930s Pathe news reel. What a ridiculous country. It’s embarrassing to live here 90% of the time

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I just knew we'd get this bollocks. Farage - like the Telegraph- doesn't want progress or anything to improve he just wants Britain to sit in a miserable slump in which he can holler constantly about "migrants" and drink pints in slow motion videos with people who pine for WW2.

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"We must rage against its cruelty, against the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment, against the idea that because each blow can be defended in isolation no one bears responsibility for the beating" Poignant reflections by my colleague @iainoverton.bsky.social on Jason Arday's death:

bylinetimes.comJason Arday: We Must Rage – Rage Against the Journalism of CrueltyThe death of the academic shows the casual conversion of humiliation into entertainment by a media running on monetised hate and cruelty

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Scotland is an unequal society where you are either support Democracy or Unionism. There is no middle ground on this. I do not spend my time campaigning for personalities to further the future of my nation. They come and go, whereas my goal remains the same. Independence for Scotland

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The Daily Mail's best paid columnist is Boris Johnson. A man more deserving of scrutiny across the last two decades than practically anyone else in public life.

Gerry Hassan@gerryhassan.bsky.social

The right-wing media hounding of Jason Arday: 188 articles in the space of a few days. 158 articles in The Daily Mail, Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express & Spectator. Maybe like cigarettes the r/w media should carry a health warning: these papers can kill.

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Arron Banks is smack bang in middle of latest Farage scandal, threatening & surveillance journalists & the absence of reporting on his previous form in this area is…well, what? Answers on a postcard, please. It’s not me who’s being gaslit here. It’s anyone with eyes.

UK Politics News // Papernaut@ukpolitics.papernaut.co

THE GUARDIAN: Arron Banks reportedly commissioned investigators to scrutinise a Sunday Times journalist after scrutiny of Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s finances - an unsettling response to reporting on wealthy donors and political power. - by Geraldine McKelvie

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#TheYearInReform Look, it's very simple. Nothing to see here. Move along. Reform UK is a party - sorry - a company built around British Patriotism and being frank with the public, and it is led by straight-talking anti-elite Nigel Farage.

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NEW: A read-out from Andy Burnham's first in-person meeting with First Minister John Swinney shows he said another independence referendum if 'off limits' to Scotland

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Wildfires sweep Scotland, even the very centre of Edinburgh, yet political debate is dominated by calls for more oil and gas from the North Sea. It’s insanity - because more drilling won’t lower prices. That claim is a lie. We’re like Nero fiddling while Rome burns In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

heraldscotland.comDrill, baby, drill: We’re like Nero fiddling while Arthur’s Seat burnsWildfires sweep Scotland yet the political debate is all about extracting more oil and gas. It’s a total delusion, and believing it is an act of…

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Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Scotland elected its biggest pro-Indy majority ever, bigger than the one which triggered the first referendum, but Burnham won't allow it to be discussed. Democracy UK-style.

The colonial mindset in action. He'll deign to visit us, but will only agree to talk about the things he chooses. "King of the north" indeed. www.thenational.scot/news/2640190...

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Sex Matters is a charity that loves to hate trans people. And your tax money is paying for it. The stuff they spin isn’t just false, it’s dangerous. So we reported them to the Charity Commission with a dossier of evidence on their staff & trustees. ✊Help us fight back: https://goodlaw.social/anrx

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Great to see this, and thank you for sharing. Important journalism

The Irish Voice@theirishvoice.bsky.social

We normally don't share our front page quite so early—as we've only gone to press today—but the subject matter is very important. Read all about how the Irish community has come together to take a strong stance against racism in both Ireland and Scotland. @neilmackay.bsky.social

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Scotland is ready to welcome the world. Honoured to open Team Scotland House in Glasgow today, ahead of the Commonwealth Games starting this Thursday.

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In a sane world there would be International Arrest Warrants naming every Oil, Gas & Coal billionaire for climate crimes against humanity not governments allowing more drilling kowtowing to billionaire greed aiding and abetting millions of heatstroke, wildfire, drought, hurricane, flood deaths