The SNP under John Swinney, state of independence a decade on from the indyref, & the power of light in an age of darkness which defines politics & the world all around us. My thoughts on BELLA CALEDONIA bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/05/14/the…

The true meaning of Brexit 'Global Britain': world-beating in tax havens & laundering dirty money.

.Ofcom seem to be asleep at the wheel: a complacent & weak regulator who are complicit in #GBNews running a horse & cart through regulations so that it can pump out r/w propaganda.

Gerry Hassan 🇺🇦 with a thought-provoking article. We don't always agree with Gerry, but he is always worth a read.

One thing we do agree on is the pressing need for a civic campaign.

A solid and provocative piece from Gerry. He covers a lot of ground. A new constitutional conversation is long overdue.

The SNP under John Swinney, state of independence a decade on from the indyref, & the power of light in an age of darkness which defines politics & the world all around us. My thoughts on BELLA CALEDONIA bellacaledonia.org.uk/2024/05/14/the…

Wonderful to see this volume & tribute to one of Dundee's & Scotland's great radical pioneers: Mary Brooksbank: trade unionist, Communist, feminist, storyteller & singer-songwriter. Who gave us 'The World is Ill-Divided'. Edited by Erin Farley & Siobhan Tolland for Abertay Historical Society

Tory fantasy land Britain. Every day insulting the intelligence of British voters in new & more brazen ways. Today: the UK: 'a sort of golden era of shipbuilding.'

Tbilisi, Georgia in the past 24 hours. A beautiful & stunning European capital city.

Yuval Harari just published a piece on Zionism in the The Washington Post. He argues:

'Nothing in this Zionist idea implies that Jews are superior to others, whether they are Greeks or Poles — or Palestinians.' Yuval Noah Harari

A short🧵.

Illuminating, thoughtful & empathising #Newsnight on the outrage of the Carer's Allowance used by DWP not to support carers but punish & treat as criminals innocent carers. A tale sadly too familiar in the way the British state acts: Windrush, Post Office, haemophiliacs & more.

Client journalism revealed. How the so-called 'free press' are happy to collude with a Tory PM to diminish & corrupt what passes for UK democracy.

'Growth is much slower in the era of neoliberalism. So not only did it lead to more inequality, and increased concentration of market power, it didn’t even deliver on the one narrow, materialistic objective of GDP.” Joseph Stiglitz in The New Statesman
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Johann Hari found out again & throwing his 'fact-checkers' under the bus. Blatant diversionary politics from a writer trying to pass the buck.

Three years ago today community & people power which I was proud to be part of stopped an immigration raid in Glasgow. The power & spirit of #KenmureStreet has to be utilised across the UK to resist Home Office brutality. #StopRwanda #RefugeesWelcome

Sunak doesn't remember his warning a week ago abt a hung Parl:
'These results suggest we are heading for a hung Parliament with Labour as the largest party ... Keir Starmer propped up in Downing Street by the SNP, Liberal Democrats and the Greens would be a disaster for Britain.'

More proof if it were needed that Rishi Sunak does not understand politics, democracy or even the UK. Scottish nationalism has for aeons been part of the fabric of what makes Scotland & even the UK.

Rishi Sunak in a major speech has attacked Scottish independence comparing it to to 'anti-semitic chants', 'anti-Muslim hatred' & gender activists' 'trying to set Briton against Briton.'

Then referenced 'Scottish Nationalists who are trying to tear our United Kingdom apart.”

Last thing the Scot Parl needs is an increase in its numbers. Instead it needs more power, status & authority in relation to the Scot Govt. Murdo Fraser, Jack McConnell & opaquely funded Reform Scotland propose more MSPs but not sure what that answers.
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Sculpture overlooking Kirkcudbright harbour: 'In Memory of Loved Ones Lost at Sea' by Charlie Easterfield. It commemorates those who lost their lives at seas such as the seven fishermen of the Solway Harvester who in January 2000 never made it back. #NationalFishingRemembranceDay