I saw Scotland in the 20th Century, before the Scottish Parliament.
I see Scotland in the 21st Century, with a Scottish Parliament.
Now is better, in every way.
There isn't a reasoned argument.
It you think 'the old days' were better, you're wrong.
Did you know?
YOU helped pay over £50k for this vanity portrait of Lindsay Hoyle.
It cost YOU £36k for the painting and a further £15k for the frame!
Do you like it? - Is it value for YOUR money? - Is it as should be? - What you'd expect your hard-earned cash to be spent on?👇🏻
Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia are being driven deeper into poverty by steep visa fees, with many facing arrest for non-payment. Augustine Passilly reports on this and other challenges facing the refugees. Read: ⬇️
UK politicians taking gifts, freebies, donations is nothing new.
Donors expect a return on their investment - access to policymakers, ministers, crony contracts, lax laws.
It is corrosive.
Must cleanse UK politics. Criminalise the receiving/giving of all political donations in any form.'
Why is Russia bombing schools and apartment buildings, and why are Trump, Vance, Rubio, Witkoff silent about it?
Tweet from Sharif Kouddous: "The health ministry has released a 1,516–page document listing the names of over 50,000 Palestinians confirmed killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. There are a total of 474 pages listing 15,600+ children’s names. The first 27 pages the age is listed as 0 — children under 1 year old"
27 pages. Of babies. Whose entire understanding of what Earth sounded like was bombs dropping & people screaming at the sky
@BBCJamesCook a brainwashed propagandist for the lying, corrupt, immoral and utterly incompetent monolithic political crime syndicate, that is the Westminster Establishment.
Fox News is now talking about people getting the death penalty for attacking Teslas
Conservative Milhouse can’t catch a break!!
Trump admin. cuts funding for program that tracked Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
The change comes amid President Donald Trump's large-scale crackdown on illegal immigration.
One of the best photos I have seen in response to “why don’t you wear a suit”
Britain's Labour government will announce plans to cut the amount spent on supporting people with disabilities and long-term health conditions, seeking to tame a sharply rising welfare bill despite unrest among some of the party's lawmakers reut.rs/4iXnd1A
Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least 200 people, Palestinian health authorities said, as attacks hit dozens of targets, ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted fighting in January reut.rs/4idJrg3
Multiple sources on the ground in Ukraine, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are vehemently disputing claims by Putin and Trump that Ukrainian troops have been encircled by Russian forces.
Zelenskyy has been briefed by Ukraine’s commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, and is stressing…
A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the United States, even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.
Purges career officials and installs political hacks more loyal to him than to the United States. Fires inspectors general. Demotes senior prosecutors. 5/18 #Resist #RobertReich
It’s entirely possible that future generations will look back on this awful time and see the seeds of fundamental reform. 12/18 #Resist #RobertReich
Overgangspræsident al-Sharaa vil ligestille Syriens sekteriske grupper og har indgået aftale med en kurdiskledet milits.
Samtidig anklages hans soldater for drab på op mod 1.300 mennesker i det blodigste angreb på civile i landet i flere år
Når Musk har forklaret DOGE’s arbejde, har det ofte lydt, som var det en sparerunde i en privat virksomhed inspireret af Silicon Valley-udtrykket »move fast and break things«. Sluk for pengene, og du kan se, hvad der er brug for. Inspirationen til dette finder Musk også i længere sydpå.
The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace.
US President Donald Trump said he plans to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and discuss ending the war in Ukraine, after positive talks between US and Russian officials in Moscow reut.rs/4izTtId
