2026-10-22T17:19:14Z https://nostr.now Indy Richard 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://nostr.now/npub1nzjz9lv86fwdq97mjglr5kvxlxvwuguggg8rqy23nhxkqr0wsfsqskj4fu https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/313/699/086/223/136/original/95b46c0f5a636b5b.jpg https://media.mastodon.scot/accounts/avatars/109/313/699/086/223/136/original/95b46c0f5a636b5b.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxmeu5jyy0va3wm079tcz0a65ar8vt2fv69y85frx786fralajtfgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq5lxnah A near-perfect summary of why so many look at the US and at Donald Trump and shake their heads. <br/>&#34;No class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace.&#34;<br/><br/>#Trump <br/>#USA<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/117/195/560/705/353/913/original/ea9ba8b588e47374.png"> <br/> 2026-09-01T11:34:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsymlxady6td46axux4gf5th6c7775ejnqqp4f42t06vhzc6vry5kgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq93jzxc I don&#39;t know how many people from Clacton might be about, but on the off chance some of them stumble across my post, today is the day, good people of Clacton. Please do us all a massive favour. Kick Nigel Farage right in the asteroids.<br/>#Binface <br/>#VoteBinface 2026-08-13T11:06:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0fa2u8jw3t8lqlhukn2yjyr4ddjwj9th7tzdkkyx6cvy8vc2lj9gzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqx5d2p3 We must never kid ourselves that our desire to choose our own path in Scotland, one in which looking after those in society most in need of assistance features highly, and that is distinct from that set by powerful people in London, will ever get fair coverage in the billionaire-owned press. <br/><br/>#Scotland <br/>#Socialism 2026-07-18T21:57:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstwknl9m0xtd8h70dcr8rn2wudgs4elwamv57304jqt833m8fy9qczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqrkfyd9 Some graffiti aimed at Germans. <br/><br/>Dear Germans,<br/>Don&#39;t wash your holocaust<br/>Trauma with Palestinian blood<br/><br/>Free Palestine<br/><br/>#Gaza <br/>#Germany<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/943/100/436/316/917/original/ac33ebc2f28d71b9.png"> <br/> 2026-07-18T21:30:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp34saj5v77a2r73uwknara320yz5tcgl272l5n75v53umxdf9fpgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqa32pwl I love this quote. It highlights the absurdity at the heart of our society.<br/><br/>Under capitalism, it&#39;s very normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be less rich, not poor, not struggling, just less rich, is considered insane.<br/><br/>#Socialism <br/>#Capitalism <br/>#WealthInequality<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/832/358/436/978/353/original/419493010708d164.png"> <br/> 2026-06-29T08:08:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdaqndlu76n9rclh2xdd76thpvq0v2jr2rjt45tge799husnujjgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqywrjq5 There is a quotation I found that says, &#34;Why were we taught to fear the witches, and not those who burned them?&#34;<br/>100% correct.<br/>It is frightening to think about the extreme violence and bloodlust seen back then by those in power, aided by a gullible mob, all to enforce conformity rather than sympathise with marginalised people. <br/>Sad to say that the marginalised are still targets to this day. <br/>#Marginalised 2026-06-23T19:51:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq2hzvqsp9fyduh46fwfjtkw7f66szgl9jg3pwn4xt2ua62dz8sczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2sldsd An Israeli firm caught red-handed interfering in elections around the World, including here in Scotland, targeting anyone prepared to call out Israeli murder and rape. <br/><br/>#Scotland <br/>#Israel <br/>#Gaza <br/><br/><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/">https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/</a> 2026-06-13T12:37:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9penuz6kfz6tj8d0z9nslundxgynmskfsfk548jac87dng6nxvdszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqzkp0h9 Can anyone explain why what I believe are considered to be policies of the extreme left? I believe every person should have access to food, housing, warmth and cool air, healthcare, and education. I also believe that a select group of people hoarding wealth while others suffer is inhuman. <br/>I don&#39;t see what is extreme about any of these things. <br/>#Socialism 2026-06-12T08:33:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspmux99zwqna7lvvl7rmfph7usjnwdt39eyyhqdef0sz5egz4kg8gzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqehqqtj The FIFA World Cup starts today. Before it has begun we have witnessed the US limiting access for fans, players and officials. We hear of the huge costs of tickets, hotels and travel. <br/>The recipient of the FIFA &#39;Peace Prize&#39;, Donald Trump, is bombing Iran the day FIFA&#39;s World Cup begins. Iran is one of the 48 teams taking part in the competition.<br/>Reports indicate that tickets have been returned and that hotel rooms are empty. The US&#39;s reputation continues to slide. <br/>#FifaWorldCup2026 2026-06-11T07:49:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf0p6qwxhjqw2lsrzhkysw76mxl2fswrz0tfylvhfn5qct28a80gqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqmzmr25 We live in a strange, perverted world where holocaust denial is a crime in many countries, yet genocide denial happens to this day in those same countries.<br/><br/>#Holocaust <br/>#Genocide 2026-05-29T16:22:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstlan97cfe9g4m5562zy3lgc5u05maz3t4nr0yd0xfjk3g3njc44szyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq6wgq66 Let&#39;s discuss the idea of &#34;once in a generation&#34; in a democracy. <br/> <br/>In Scotland, around 900,000 people were too young to vote in the independence referendum in 2014. They make up 16-17% of Scotland&#39;s population. This is from ONS data.<br/><br/>How can democracy in the UK work when the UK Government imagines that just saying no ends the matter and that 900,000 people in a population of 5.5 million just don&#39;t matter?<br/><br/>Just saying no isn&#39;t enough to define the future of the UK. <br/><br/>#Scotland 2026-05-27T10:55:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0evguyuhg8me0d7gdzq7gzktsxffnk5m05ue7uc0pvynnkazhltqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqfvklcd US tourism drops - International arrivals to the United States totalled 68.3 million in 2025, down 5.5 per cent from the prior year and costing the economy over $8 billion in lost spending. At the same time, global tourism has grown by 80 million trips, but people are voting with their feet against the US and Donald Trump.<br/>Shows that while many of our leaders are reluctant to criticise Trump, ordinary people show that Trump&#39;s policies and words have consequences. <br/><a href="https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/tourism-plummets-first-time-20-37204310">https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/tourism-plummets-first-time-20-37204310</a> 2026-05-27T08:38:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg5ya4nvxq3s92m6z2dqc4km75x6zpsrafnunr66lrvvcaarlx44szyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqgfukvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy78eg955r30mwznaz7j5w0flvypp429ahdl8uttukgztrv2c5xec2lcueg'>nevent1q…cueg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One further point. Peter Murrell stole £400k, not from the public but from SNP members. Where is the investigation and charges aimed at Michelle Mone, who stole £122m from all of us?<br/>I mention this, not as whataboutery, but to show the double standards in play. 2026-05-26T08:32:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy78eg955r30mwznaz7j5w0flvypp429ahdl8uttukgztrv2c5xeczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqrv4kml As a member of the SNP, I am one of the people who donated money, which was stolen by Peter Murrell. We watch with boredom the usual nonsense from the press, desperately trying to smear John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon with Murrell&#39;s guilt. Their aim, of course, is to attack the SNP and decrease support for our cause. This will not make me turn my back on my desire for Scottish independence.<br/>#Scotland <br/>#ScottishIndependence 2026-05-26T08:30:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswm7pt8qfjkyxq56vetwhxkqjamwrlugasfntqrmvrhtkl6u5swwgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqxx5s90 This is why Scotland needs independence before Nigel Farage gets the keys to Number 10.<br/><br/>&#34;We&#39;ve had enough of the freeloader<br/>Scots running political affairs from up<br/>here, we the Reform party will return<br/>control to Westminster where it belongs&#34;<br/><br/>Nigel Farage<br/><br/>#Scotland <br/>#ReformUK<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/601/057/685/300/095/original/8bbf7b7e39ea8ed5.png"> <br/> 2026-05-19T11:43:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg78rdtdp2m3c5z2elj5a736ez0nn8d47y32ug4cw2t223h2w32pczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq9peqt3 | think Scottish independence will be better for the world, not just Scotland.<br/><br/>Alasdair Gray<br/>Artist and Writer<br/><br/>#Scotland<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/601/038/992/918/303/original/0a39199bccd7871a.png"> <br/> 2026-05-19T11:38:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtqpqs0lp3kxh2dc25986gh3x0t5lvmer59578r939q43lmgzpzgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqfdup5d I hear that Tony Blair thinks the state pension should be abolished and replaced with a &#39;more flexible&#39; and &#39;fairer&#39; system. I think it is fair to suggest that, in Blair&#39;s mind, &#39;flexible and fairer&#39; probably means &#39;cheaper&#39;. Why is it that these multi-millionaires can&#39;t leave us alone?<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/591/168/532/839/659/original/abd52aa1df563906.png"> <br/> 2026-05-17T17:51:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszn4xzgahz2htlq4hxckzqncne722r5dyth2eh9dssdkjpl0fagnszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqyy3hy8 &#34;This is a nation that invented the light bulb, the telegraph, the television, the telephone, the computer chip, the smartphone, the GPS, the integrated circuit, and even the internet. <br/>Basically, we invented everything.”<br/><br/>— President Donald Trump, 2025<br/><br/>His audience applauded him. Is the US an idiocracy?<br/><br/>#Trump <br/>#USA<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/589/027/460/353/063/original/74d088e4221bca33.png"> <br/> 2026-05-17T08:44:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstcls2sapc96gsxal5jt46dmf4xgtwex5708j9twhwwy8gr4nfljgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqv8tvew In Wes Streeting&#39;s resignation letter, he says, &#34;For the first time in our country&#39;s history, nationalists are in power in every corner of the United Kingdom - including a dangerous English nationalism represented by Nigel Farage and Reform UK.&#34; <br/>To equate Plaid Cymru, Sinn Féin, and the SNP with Reform shows how little the Labour Government understands the public mood.<br/>#UKpolitics <br/>#SNP <br/>#Plaid_Cymru <br/>#sinnfein 2026-05-14T12:48:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9acyl7yzz78aq75c2ert4atcwflyje77gwqkgh6xu88xtluqdzlgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqmelhyp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsykffd60vfc6qq3ut3yx90etjlkkwgwmy5fxkmqva964xv947h2lq6p4fav'>nevent1q…4fav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They are using the exact same playbook used against Jeremy Corbyn to attack Zack Polanski and the Greens. It is so obviously a nonsense argument being made. It is always made against left-leaning politicians and never people from the far right, such as Farage, who, at school, made hissing gas sounds and told people the Nazis were right. I wonder why the left is considered a greater threat than the right? 2026-05-10T08:31:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfmfn4yeccdf9ezj5qafvntre2n4kt806p43jw6xgym7a87k5umpqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqfmgmez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflvrekqjy7agpmavuzeumgzyyrqswng6vkxtxrvvlpl7rjkuunkg2qdrln'>nevent1q…drln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I post this so that people who don&#39;t live in Scotland see what are everyday things for us. Filth, Jocks, mocking our culture, an openly hostile BBC and press, London-led political parties who tell us the union is a partnership of equals and a voluntary one, but, at the same time, there is no exit door. This and more is what it means to live in Scotland under never ending London rule 2026-05-09T20:44:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsflvrekqjy7agpmavuzeumgzyyrqswng6vkxtxrvvlpl7rjkuunkgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqye5kxh Whatever your politics and no matter how much folk might dislike the people of my country or me personally, is it ok for the press to call us filth? Is it any wonder we want to end London rule?<br/>#Scotland<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/546/279/166/588/435/original/9575b306a052a1cb.png"> <br/> 2026-05-09T19:32:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6e75ucs7nj0lsurpul5ls0frq9xsj0pqcwv8xcaqcnz9xr4069szyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqtzs2ww Scotland&#39;s First Minister, John Swinney, says Scotland needs independence before Nigel Farage becomes Prime Minister.<br/>Absolutely. <br/>#Scotland 2026-05-09T14:44:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdyyz2pyw2e0lmkqrqr6456datcc3ga884ykzxhlfmhr9kyuxnxfczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2clv4p Why do we allow bribes for politicians? Whether from foreign governments, big business, or oligarchs, they are all splashing the cash through direct donations, funding for trips and other perks and lucrative, non-parliamentary roles. <br/>I just cannot see why this in any way benefits our democracy. Maybe I am naive. <br/>#Corruption <br/>#UKPolitics 2026-05-07T10:24:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlpm2shruxqn8tqftsqc6pznjleks9m5l7f5v0gu998p2qfjd5sszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqnacsvk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqctm5ya3xwz338yq7h209txd772r5clp4d47u3p83th6pn54says300rng'>nevent1q…0rng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#Green says 243 uses lately, although I am not sure what lately means in this instance. 2026-04-15T12:31:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvx3w7wd8h5zplk5py9hs29yksx9knn6wpjjpzk2997nx6awjkruczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqs77gkw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwy55cz3cpe8hs4ljz2vqzjg2rk9aq3sqpd8fwhmvq4k3c30vqkqcfaquq'>nevent1q…aquq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amazingly, today it has been revealed that Reform and Labour are hoping to combine to defeat the SNP.<br/><br/>How can any normal person in Scotland lend their vote to Labour after this admission? <br/><br/>#Scotland <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/26021736.anas-sarwar-said-reform-labour-work-together-block-snp/">https://www.thenational.scot/news/26021736.anas-sarwar-said-reform-labour-work-together-block-snp/</a> 2026-04-14T19:07:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswwy55cz3cpe8hs4ljz2vqzjg2rk9aq3sqpd8fwhmvq4k3c30vqkqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqt0pc4a After watching the Channel 4 Scottish election leaders&#39; debate hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, here are a couple of thoughts. <br/><br/>Why does Anas Sarwar of Labour think he has the right to talk over everyone? He comes across as a deeply unpleasant man. <br/>Reform&#39;s Malcolm Offord is clearly a racist and offers nothing but bile and division.<br/>It is clear to me that neither has the gravitas to be First Minister.<br/><br/>#Scotland 2026-04-14T19:03:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgggmdvhacnmualv86n8pjytn8y3xmr8n0u634wtskznn2h9t00ngzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq453dcs I found this post, which details what Donald Trump was up to last night.<br/><br/>Up all night, posting about being Jesus? Someone needs to take away any sharp implements and the nuclear launch codes.<br/><br/>#Trump<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/397/475/074/732/754/original/9b04393b4569b4c2.png"> <br/> 2026-04-13T12:52:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyjljkntqf4vdcjmn55dflu4cwld6pkqvpx7fn4c947zvjjr4lwgszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq0k8hac What is wrong with humankind? Do we ruin everything we touch? We have a planet, rich in resources. We pollute the land and sea, strip mine, cause dust bowls in the land and overfish the sea. The rich live their lives of luxury, while the poor starve or have bombs dropped on them. Take email and the internet. Fabulous ideas to allow free access to learning and easy communication. What do we do? Pump email full of spam and the internet full of ads, racism and hatred.<br/><br/>Too negative? <br/>#Capitalism 2026-04-10T19:17:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrmfglc5066wfzx6exts6caxzpjwvtzrj3nyygc8hhdudt3fdhcfczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq9m2frv Many of us have all watched on in something close to despair as first Russia in Ukraine, then Israel in Gaza, in the West Bank, with their attacks on their neighbours, and theft of land for &#39;settlers, and the US kidnapping presidents and starting illegal wars. <br/><br/>When will we see war crime trials? <br/><br/>#Russia <br/>#Israel <br/>#US <br/>#WarCrimes<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/379/804/716/863/340/original/701e151b7623b533.png"> <br/> 2026-04-10T09:52:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgj58lm7cejd5k2hplzw8xnhkahvdzaq6llagy3wug385hwhf00wszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqf2aaa0 A reminder of just how sick the Israeli regime is. The IDF forced staff from a hospital, leaving premature and critically ill babies alone in intensive care. When staff were allowed to return, they found the decomposing bodies of the infants still in their hospital beds.<br/>I will never understand why this evil Israeli regime is not being hit with massive sanctions and is allowed to carry on its inhumanity to this day. <br/>#SanctionIsrael <br/><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/08/middleeast/babies-al-nasr-gaza-hospital-what-we-know-intl">https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/08/middleeast/babies-al-nasr-gaza-hospital-what-we-know-intl</a> 2026-04-03T18:52:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2c86ppdeuejv2rfvjg2448hg6w9s2l783gyzwdtnzrx8hyuyvyxszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqp6vmcg I know that this is a generalisation... but... <br/><br/>If you are over 60, you are slap bang in the segment of the population most in favour of the royals, most for the union to continue forevermore, most for Brexit, and today the biggest supporters of Nigel Farage and Reform. How is it possible that folk who grew up in the time of punk, mods, new romantics, and &#39;Free Nelson Mandela&#39; have now worked out that they were supporters of the far right after all? 2026-03-31T20:50:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4aj294ztn3dfryz8ar7rq7w0a6fldxwzgxm8dhmrkkgvwg0vxaqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqljllpq Since Donald Trump decided to attack Iran, the cost of diesel has risen by over 40 pence per litre, or around 30%. The World economy is in big trouble, while innocent people are being killed in Iran for no apparent reason. <br/><br/>Did the US attack simply because Trump is a moron / he is Benjamin Netanyahu&#39;s lapdog / he was trying to distract us from the Epstein files *(*delete as appropriate). <br/><br/>A special thanks to Donald and to the 77million people in the US who voted for him. <br/><br/>#Trump <br/>#Iran<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/325/362/496/538/779/original/25c5dc9b0f24eadd.png"> <br/> 2026-03-31T19:14:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszh74x7cvavylcwl006njenvyfsktt6s24xy6u6haq0n4ykf54dsczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqfxrnv6 The day that Donald Trump dies, the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief, yet that one death in itself won&#39;t fix what is wrong with the world. Israel will still enjoy support from the US, no matter how many people they murder. Russia will still occupy much of Ukraine. The US will still be in decline, and who knows what atrocities they might commit following on from Trump&#39;s attitudes to Cuba, Iran, Venezuela and more. <br/>#US <br/>#IsTrumpDeadYet 2026-03-31T13:29:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswylgjw49fzkx66f2q449z2znln56l8zzh472yeyau9taawl9k2vszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqkm800v NFT. Normal for #Trump<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/318/255/351/911/861/original/4f760f750f131ad3.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-03-30T13:03:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvulpys3sptlkuu95wxa75ksy2yp4r2r4sfaertwrz9wx3k9xdmngzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqgmv8vy Anti-Vaxx Health secretary, RFK Junior claimed at a Conservative Political Action Summit that Donald Trump has &#34;encyclopedic, molecular knowledge across a wide range of interests,&#34; and that, &#34;Trump&#39;s knowledge is so vast it&#39;s invisible to the human eye&#34;<br/><br/>Where to start?<br/><br/>Donald Trump is a man so thick his IQ gives him membership of Densa rather than MENSA.<br/><br/>#Trump<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/317/646/183/460/331/original/e024bf7e596d6011.png"> <br/> 2026-03-30T10:28:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlpj2rldjfxlzrxymrfhjxdtmzagfrngdyngtz3wjt5fe5dtd98czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqfcwdk5 The day that Trump dies, I think that all around this world (with possible exceptions from offices of Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu), there will be a huge outpouring of relief. Trump deserves no respect or sympathy. <br/>#Trump <br/>#IsHeDeadYet<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/300/489/222/944/419/original/25fa94c748a94cc7.png"> <br/> 2026-03-27T09:45:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszz5erazc6eucvylwl3fl04rz8k4pd6jq7050g8eklg0k2vz3fjrgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqn0p0fk Maureen Lipman writes in the Jewish Chronicle - &#34;Does the world have any idea of how tired the people of Israel are?<br/><br/>A dear friend told me that his grandchildren have needed to enter their safe room more than 200 times since the current battle began.&#34;<br/><br/>I wonder if Ms Lipman has ever stopped to consider where the &#39;safe rooms&#39; are for the Palestinian people? <br/>What an unfeeling cow. <br/><br/>#Gaza <br/>#WestBank <br/>#FromTheRiverToTheSea <br/>#Israel<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/296/696/872/384/870/original/052306a1a73b8b27.png"> <br/> 2026-03-26T17:43:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttf6tsvhm4z8nj9nyk3ct87yed288p9s6g77v3z94lmmm5ss6hzqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqhwqyty Sir Keir Starmer has ignored UK public opinion and is getting the UK ever more deeply involved in Israel and the US&#39;s illegal war on Iran. A poll just a few days ago revealed that 70% of voters oppose the UK joining the US&#39;s military offensive. Starmer follows Tony Blair&#39;s bloody footprints when he ignored millions of people who took to the streets to oppose his war in Iraq.<br/>Hey, Sir Keir, NOT. IN. MY. NAME. <br/>#Iran <br/>#Starmer <br/>#NotInMyName<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/263/093/403/259/033/original/a904d4093ad992f2.png"> <br/> 2026-03-20T19:21:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88htucqc9cyy33g4u59paxg0wg40r00zheqdj267h33hu8s8r2fqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqsnywdu Fine words, which I can&#39;t help but agree with.<br/><br/>&#34;So let me get this straight: Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz is &#39;unfair’, but blocking oil shipments to Cuba in order to collapse their whole country is what? <br/>Fair?&#34;<br/><br/>#Iran <br/>#Cuba <br/>#US<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/250/349/148/391/864/original/f8830f0b8420bad8.png"> <br/> 2026-03-18T13:14:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrd4mqyy2hkll9ssshe3p005wj725dxf36m0428w6axe3745r0ujczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqj6qrm6 Heartbreaking indeed.<br/><br/>#Trump<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/216/804/403/595/123/original/a9c8f9c77f82ac88.png"> <br/> 2026-03-12T15:02:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqdmj2eg5wpc25t92a2sq6jdz98xyz86n007yufprpxydqa9yvzmczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq93zsjw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmya2m3t8jkf2jyd48zqmnzkeh8a8d6u9z7xr25lj7dyrjfmgq5qmh72m4'>nevent1q…72m4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The MAGA crowd has the exact same mindset as the Brexit crowd. No matter how bad things get and where the trail of breadcrumbs leads straight to their heroes, they will still refuse to believe. As Orwell said, &#34;The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.&#34; 2026-03-06T20:08:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfleyy4hs63yj92atxcmuqs4kjam8djmq6hemecq7w2k4hkkktckqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqapd2x3 A post I found on another social media site that is worth sharing. <br/><br/>An interviewer is shocked when an applicant replies to a question on why they want the job, “to be transparent, it&#39;s for the money”.<br/>The interview is binned. <br/><br/>Someone replies, &#34;That&#39;s why we want any job. It&#39;s for the money so we can eat food and have a roof over our head. Your company isn&#39;t special or some amazing thing. It&#39;s a fucking job. Get over yourself.&#34;<br/><br/>#HR <br/>#TellTheTruth<br/>#GetOverYourself<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/182/245/094/942/375/original/c97edfca86db8359.png"> <br/> 2026-03-06T12:39:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy0a3jl3k2zjhdz7vyufhlrylluwre9005e9zrd0mas8t0jyvn05szyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2e6wty Israel has flattened Gaza and killed thousands and thousands of Palestiians. Most of World said nothing and many countries supported Israel. Israel has now told people of Beirut to move as they are going to start all over again and flatten Beirut. When will enough be enough? When the fuck will common sense prevail, and Israel face sanctions? <br/>#SanctionIsrael <br/>#Beirut 2026-03-05T19:10:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqpurvhm3tk0d23akw67dahvdapvj2h329x0rr7cn370dcqapddeszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqup3pxk The US and Israel conduct illegal and unprovoked strikes against Iran. Iran then retaliates. <br/><br/>The response of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer? <br/><br/>* Condemn Iran.<br/>* Calls on Iran to return to the negotiating table (where they were when they were attacked) <br/>• The aim of this negotiation is to sign a deal which Iran was already a signatory to but was cancelled by Donald Trump<br/><br/>Yet somehow this is all the fault of Iran. <br/><br/>#Iran 2026-02-28T16:12:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy65rzh22xv0zaqkctfjm3js3uuwzet2kdl828hfcmpvzfxkrs7nszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2fxqly What was the real reason for the attack on Iran? <br/>#Iran 2026-02-28T12:57:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9p2u3plc7dtw576teqdctugn9asmtdhk7hccjsfumm0wjgdft6uszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqrzr9ya So Israel and the US have started an illegal war against Iran. How many countries have the US and Israel bombed recently? Yet Donald Trump cried because he wasn&#39;t being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Israel bombs their neighbours yet plays the victim card.<br/>Meanwhile much of the Western press and our politicians buy this utter nonsense from Trump and Netanyahu and accept whatever they tell us. We live in a mad World. <br/>#Israel <br/>#US <br/>#Boycottusa <br/>#BoycottIsarel <br/>#ClietPress 2026-02-28T10:56:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2zhsmv6qj02q7gf2dvrswexvhwlhlaxp2uemcuefesvechshg6tszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq99grs8 Labour lost a byelection last night in Manchester. Maybe no surprise for the unpopular party of government, but the real point of interest was in who else lost and who won. The seat was taken by the Greens, well ahead of Reform and with Labour in third. Those in the press who have been pushing Reform with all they have must be so disappointed. Gives hope that maybe, just maybe, people can see through Reform&#39;s racism and that Nigel Farage will never become Prime Minister.<br/>#UKpolitics <br/>#Reform 2026-02-27T13:40:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyd3ucht44n9dnne5e2ldvhd6xzl9vnxz7tazyy0nc76r870fymxszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqkzcuj4 Utterly shocking piece from the New York Times. Almost as if they are trying to whitewash the abuse of children. Is the US really that far down the rabbit hole? <br/><br/>#Trump <br/>#Epstein <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/opinion/pedophilia-a-disorder-not-a-crime.html</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/124/951/446/213/103/original/afd9c97031bbb617.png"> <br/> 2026-02-24T09:44:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs89tnyz6qn8gu27neav6xxeyh0jnuw2mvjp7shx9mqtl6pv6aywsgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqm57q5l I found this post and it worth sharing. It says a huge amount about Donald Trump. He never believes he is wrong. Where might that leave women or children who reject his advances? <br/>Hard to believe how low the US has sunk. <br/>#Trump <br/>#Epstein<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/121/256/714/505/957/original/35e6b7f86b69283f.png"> <br/> 2026-02-23T18:05:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxagzfnmhegk6l5apmzledpqxnfw3e8kvczppjdq978gxv477c8eczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqj3drqu &#34;Huge day at the Olympics as Israel picks up gold in the starving children,<br/>massacring civilians, and playing the innocent victim categories.&#34;<br/>#WinterOlympics <br/>#SanctionIsrael<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/040/828/339/927/001/original/5cc9ad09b381d787.png"> <br/> 2026-02-09T13:09:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqlk9nv0npq3ws0eygtvaypuuufm3qjhfhwhe3fkvu0gczcqwq67szyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq3vajy4 Absolutely correct. We cannot claim some moral high ground in condemning Russia and applauding Israel.<br/>#SanctionIsrael<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/035/762/148/045/494/original/7daada10bb032c84.png"> <br/> 2026-02-08T15:41:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdp32tx739qeaj03u9dfsv05jv04w2qef7haj23dus45d6a4jcs7qzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqp67zr4 Revealing how much capital is being spent trying to portray the Prime Minister Keir Starmer as a sound man, a man of integrity and an all-round decent bloke. In the BBC piece below, they wheel out Gordon Brown to continue painting this picture. These folk forget to mention Starmer&#39;s ongoing support for the genocide of the Palestinian people. Interesting to consider what integrity means to these people.<br/>#Epstein <br/>#Mandelson <br/>#Starmer <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1g83zvlyo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1g83zvlyo</a> 2026-02-07T11:53:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfuh7xm745a2w8kxe6wcx7nm4kx5gxzz4jypsj9ptk3rty8tnumvgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq3wkc4y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ca8ge9num0qpxaml68a5w6rsf5et6u3euhyuptuld6w72mkm3fcyzzzp2'>nevent1q…zzp2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For many years, there have been rumours and suspicions of child sex rings at the top of the establishment involving royals, judges, police and more. It is no surprise to me that the Epstein files are such a tightly guarded secret with hidden text, faces covered and millions of unreleased documents. The rich and powerful are doing what they always do, club together, protect their friends, jobs for the boys. 2026-02-04T13:11:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9sr3r76nhaszyrq30dahkd5lmyn9z5gfk3868fenc5cnzyeducczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqxnx4he When I read this, my immediate thought was that one billionaire is trying to protect their rich and powerful pals.<br/>These people seem to think they can do whatever they please with no consequences. It makes me wonder just what dreadful things are in the Epstein files. <br/>#Epstein <br/>#Corruption <br/>#Paedophiles<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/994/844/503/604/143/original/f5d3331ca256c04d.png"> <br/> 2026-02-01T10:27:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw9fwk33rukx4vktm4sttjkfmnqdm2hrz9kl34qel4ntwhs4crl2czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqnwmzm8 70,000 dead Palestinians, maybe much more. This isn&#39;t just a number. It represents grandparents, parents, children, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and loved ones. Each with a name and a face and a story. Murdered by the genocidal Israeli regime and backed by many countries, including the UK.<br/>The murder continues. There should be war crimes trials.<br/>#Gaza <br/>#Genocide <br/>#Israel <a href="https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-accepts-gaza-death-toll-exceeding-70000-first-time">https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-accepts-gaza-death-toll-exceeding-70000-first-time</a> 2026-01-29T18:34:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqw79s0udme8vah4tw5f32r69d7kne9rsvqccdfaa4ks3alm3mzxczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqme4hms There are only 3,500 billionaires in the World. 3,500 people hoarding the wealth, wrecking the planet, laughing at the law, sowing distrust and havoc. Surely we can fix this... Another World is possible.<br/><br/>#Greed <br/>#Billionaires <br/>#Capitalism <br/>#Wealthinequality<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/967/255/705/389/950/original/3a6faa2a3d21828c.png"> <br/> 2026-01-27T13:20:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf9f37xc3fed96u6dq4w97dsceejfuezhv2sd802kfst2d28vt9uszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqshfu7v Here is a letter that Donald Trump sent to Norway&#39;s Prime Minister. Just in case anyone has a shred of doubt that Trump has lost his connection to reality. I don&#39;t think I will ever understand why the good people of the US elected such a poorly educated, petulant man-baby to such a position of power. <br/>#Greenland <br/>#Trump <br/>#ManBaby<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/921/513/080/160/623/original/0bbdf27deb70583a.png"> <br/> 2026-01-19T11:28:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3mnlce9cm794m3e0j6t84a64szvpqgjsvax36sta3ctgn4uh64czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqtmnczn Lisa Nandy is a Labour politician famous for saying Scottish Independence supporters should be treated in the same violent way as the Spanish authorities reacted to Catalan separatists. Yet here she is saying that the future of Greenland is up to the people of Greenland. I wonder if she thinks the Palestinian people should decide their future or be left to people like Tony Blair to decide?<br/>I find it incredibly frustrating how inconsistent politicians are. <br/>#Gaza <br/>#Scotland <br/>#Greenland<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/915/708/999/900/965/original/f3235fcf03c692e2.png"> <br/> 2026-01-18T10:54:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswladqzf4dhjkmnfp08w4676ncpk8tk3vlhknc59r0pakrj76xd6qzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq0l94wn Free speech, we are told, is a cornerstone of democracy. <br/>Yet, do you never hear discussion in the media on the pros and cons of capitalism, or about the future of the monarchy, or on whether the Zionist rulers of Israel have a problem with peace, or about the impact of bribes paid to UK politicians from foreign states or even about why violence against some gets noticed, and violence against others is ignored. <br/>We either don&#39;t have free speech, or we don&#39;t live in a true democracy. 2026-01-16T13:41:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq0ydc80e0rrs4rjrfpth7ytc4vdxpp220h53u5gdhp3xep2d33pczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqxftpfe The ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi has jumped from the Tory ship to join Farage&#39;s Reform. This, despite numerous quotes attacking Farage and his policies that he regarded as offensive and racist. The exact same move in the US was made by JD Vance. He was previously very dismissive of Trump, then suddenly became a fan.<br/>These people do not care about any of us. It is only their own naked ambition that motivates them. Sadly, many fail to see what is going on. Come on, folk, wake up. 2026-01-13T10:52:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs023e3suuaeqls85kmr2mk5snd0ur0fu9dhkx4ml06acye408ctdgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqd3vjpy Here is an example of Keir Starmer&#39;s ideas of fairness, justice and outright hypocrisy. <br/><br/>He tells us that Russia is wrong to invade Ukraine, that Israel has the right to defend itself when killing thousands of innocent Palestinians, that Greenland and Denmark can decide their own future, regarding the US kidnapping the Venezuelan president, that he needs to establish the facts and he says he will never allow the Scottish people the choice to break free from London rule.<br/><br/>Pick n mix justice. 2026-01-05T13:29:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0djyfkzz8mp2q86gr0g5kld2gnfak5x2pryk3jpdd5r9tqmpzdpszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqvk37ym I remember working in IT during the Y2K panic and all the extra work and overtime it generated. Sometimes, the bad things we imagine might happen never come to pass.<br/><br/>The World can be a far better place. Let&#39;s hope 2026 is a better year.<br/><br/>Have a Guid New Year.<br/><br/>#Y2K <br/>#NewYear <br/>#2026 2026-01-01T08:49:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmcvfeffje7gu7wwgr5c2uknxq622hpur0cmagud3uaas9g6yv3czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqzgv3zl Society does not need the super rich. We&#39;d be far better off without them. It not a message you&#39;ll ever hear from the press which is owned by the super rich or from most politicians who are also owned by the super rich. 2025-10-07T14:35:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw3z0985y58mzj5s9gsgna37fa3w2qf2gymx3xtgpg0jsk6a70enqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqjk5ws2 Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood looks to restrict pro-Palestine protest. She orders a review of protest laws, including whether police should be able to move protests or need extra powers to ban protests outright. Mahmoud claims that this not a ban on protests but &#34;about restrictions and conditions&#34;. Who believes a word she says? The message from the Labour Government is clear. It seems they only happy with protest they agree with. The authoritarian state in action. <br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24rmdngrrjo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24rmdngrrjo</a> 2025-10-05T08:51:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspucveazny7zq8u3jctpww5kzdzjtneemu9mwd4xm05vtk7a0nppgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqp2lsce Brilliant point well made by David Osland.<br/><br/>We&#39;re told pensions are &#39;unsustainable’, the Post Office is ‘unsustainable’ and now that the NHS is &#39;unsustainable&#39;. They were all entirely sustainable before the private sector starting looting the public sector.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/315/433/964/067/509/original/e95b85e7a0ddb77b.png"> <br/> 2025-10-04T10:32:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrchwcw82mgga6q6kedty5v0mckrzxs3y7grlqpu5vmgl08ta5ucqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2czmzq Energy prices highest in Europe.<br/>Attack the disabled, those in poverty and the elderly.<br/>Laugh and say no way to people in Scotland deciding their own path or on people who want to change their minds on Brexit.<br/>Support Israel come what may. <br/>Pay rises for politicians.<br/>Lies are the norm.<br/><br/>I could go on... but these just a few examples of the undemocratic mess the UK has become where as soon as election ends, the views of ordinary folk aren&#39;t worth a fart. 2025-10-04T08:17:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvufzuj62dmjzrztez8f6y3zwgj2quf9xd9kl3q6nqf5lyqm0qcxqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqdpzh78 I love little cultural differences, like<br/>how Americans are super<br/>offended by the word cunt but<br/>here in Australia we&#39;re super<br/>offended by school children<br/>being slaughtered with automatic<br/>weapons. <br/>Thomas Violence<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/289/235/742/668/833/original/3c855d64379c4bac.png"> <br/> 2025-09-29T19:30:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6m42828gp9wd2fu4c39f5ax48attjvdxukmwsnvd4vguv6q5d0qzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq9z03m4 Reposting this from AUOB as it gives interesting perspective on difference between membership of the European Union and &#39;membership&#39; of the British Union.<br/>It seems all the more important to think about with the horror that is Nigel Farage waiting in the wings.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/218/955/683/576/752/original/793f778c02bba2e1.png"> <br/> 2025-09-17T09:38:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8supjmtt8hajegv8n88qwnvnnn9dz88tx5zjn2c29jx4sqy7axrqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq3r6k68 Remember when some rich donor bought Sir Keir Starmer expensive clothes and new specs to try and make him look more professional? New specs for the Prime Minister was a spectacular fail. Starmer is blind to poverty, to the needs of the disabled and the elderly, to the terror the far right are causing on UK streets and to the suffering being caused by his friends in Israel.<br/>#Gaza <br/>#Poverty <br/>#uk_politics 2025-09-15T16:23:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsye7uet0wj2a9z42cn6adp20rrhr7gvmlzdgd2saw4nc0fpwlnenszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqjmcxvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs9ld7nceal5zw4cm0ajqypkgahfqm878azyrsnsaf0lypdgyfwglhj3cg'>nevent1q…j3cg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Makes perfect sense. I believe that until we have no people left going cold or hungry or spending the night without shelter that there should be no billionaires. 2025-09-14T16:31:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyjtfllj3zljzwcadrqe94jqr4hd2nrnlumrkrws2yxq4zfnent5gzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqm34d6f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzpvdta7p8y9axd5492kcj0y6h8w535l3ry3vucegxh30zealgdg9ahp07'>nevent1q…hp07</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well said. BBC News and Current Affairs coverage are beyond poor. They seem to have forgotten what investigative journalism is never might what balance might be. The BBC is yet another mouthpiece for the far-right and for Israel. 2025-09-03T19:23:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpnza78665p6n50ezcc5rmcx4tkrxzdu4y7c3j069rtejjkdty9gzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2k7x7u The UK Home Secretary was asked about flags. She says she has Union Jack, Yorkshire Rose and St George&#39;s Cross bunting, UJ and St George&#39;s Cross flags and tablecloths. <br/>FFS this gives me the creeps. It would be like as a Scot living in a house made up like a shortbread tin. Why doesn&#39;t England just seek independence and do us all a favour? 2025-09-03T09:05:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxq2hrwl6zwyu3gmf6pzmu7wf5mwvj05syjsmdneustz9p5m6c59czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqeed5z4 Why is it that so many, whether deliberately or through ignorance are pointing the finger in entirely the wrong direction?<br/>Cold weather payments not been cut because of immigration. The government are not attacking the disabled because of the working poor. It not the fault of those in poverty that food and energy bills are rising. <br/>I wish more folk would stop and think about what is really going on and who is doing very well in a time of austerity for the rest of us.<br/>#wealthInequality 2025-08-31T19:07:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyngygrgkma5d3jtftt998sudytvzrwwhddu4l4c2a2nc23q9rfqqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2yh2h0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92cgja8gud7erc6fmpw7ywmyt0d3aqmpz7qj5qu5tvnp2g8tucgcnu4lgv'>nevent1q…4lgv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You make a good point. It one of things I would like an independent Scotland to do differently. Yes still have political parties and politicians we vote for but also bring experts into Parliament to sit on committees and don&#39;t just leave it to professional politicians. For example, on health committees there should be porters, nurses, patients and more... 2025-08-09T10:06:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpjm52dth82w80j7v8a0v60x7dllh03lkqw7x5tp5ppzps7q5tuczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq2l6ckp Why does it feel like so many politicians are corrupt and for sale to the highest bidder? What happened to people who actually believe in real things and have a sense of morality? Has it always been like this and &#39;honest&#39; politicians are rare beasts?<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/998/193/929/860/667/original/355ca3ee3ccbbc90.png"> <br/> 2025-08-09T09:53:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswquuy9afvqr87jmtl5hydtkunjgw4fkyh9u3n3revm8473a9t28szyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqpsau6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswzr35qkkd04vme9pq8n8y00mld94xc7ysua2e45h3p2zqy23ylns6xg92q'>nevent1q…g92q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>An example of this absurdity is with Labour. Go to the Scottish Labour website. There is section where they claim you should join &#34;Scottish Labour&#34;. Yet click on the link to join and you are taken to UK Labour site with grinning photo of Sir Keir Starmer. Labour are an English Party. 2025-08-09T09:25:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswzr35qkkd04vme9pq8n8y00mld94xc7ysua2e45h3p2zqy23ylnszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq6mhcja It is completely ridiculous that most of the parties which fight elections are all English. It will come as no surprise that all of these English parties oppose Scottish independence. I wish that the Scottish people, on a point of principle, refused to vote for these parties. <br/>#ScottishIndependence 2025-08-09T09:04:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs06eeq0m45x7j0pytaq7dej8mjeenwkldrjh93lxhh0y6e6dcns7czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqtf2yy8 Given that its a wee bit blowy out there with Storm Floris here is an appropriate sign on Edinburgh&#39;s High Street.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/971/348/428/339/697/original/29101c5d4299cbf6.png"> <br/> 2025-08-04T16:07:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmet47543yx2ax5mfq6yr8ek4nkc34qcmegmewcx4tngqck942aczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqjjyyy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sgzfvat3uwrl8ez9hcwl357j7mc994zc8tnt807c93crls9fjss5e98t7'>nevent1q…98t7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sorry must be slow today. I come from world of IT and have lived with acronyms for an age so when I cross the road, so to speak, to a new field it can floor me sometimes when am not sure what something means. 2025-07-29T11:36:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4ehghd748m9hma403y5pz9ge6g9cleausemcmruf3famf2wu8gqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq9t7m6h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrs9fu4mer5rhf58zs02akhk2zwqpjkku7jf949r757qjave6mqgga8d4a'>nevent1q…8d4a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>UG? University of Glasgow? 2025-07-29T07:56:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfl2u9m7wljsahfd002gf4lljlqhlx8zyv3tvffna8khwxl2j9wgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq9uhk8a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgm3u8erq7p4tqlwv4a809kcm40ga8vevvq4g3wjpjp0gneyx5fmqm54exa'>nevent1q…4exa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have heard this many times of many people in positions of power - oh they&#39;re not stupid, they&#39;re cunning. I don&#39;t buy it sorry. I think maybe we don&#39;t want to admit we been taken in but absolutely I believe stupid people can and do reach positions of great power. In the UK for example we had Prime Minister Truss - she was as thick as a box of frogs. 2025-07-28T22:47:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9f3mxujk7xqz2fcmnwmjmgwehm8dlw7krc8extw5t6nsqh6ex3qczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq5detn8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzn56ycvuvhxnvq0mfydq32ykq2lxyt48z7h44u3wh9ugny532mqmeaw4k'>nevent1q…aw4k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I find it difficult to listen to Trump without my brain screaming about how much an idiot that man is and why can&#39;t everyone see it. I mean it is obvious. 2025-07-28T22:28:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspa9htdtnj9vhgj9353wxey98uwrq774zxvdvphk9rm47qqzj266czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqt5kxfh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszd9qurn2ylcfk3ln4apz76ru0h67qq4frzz2rmpdyt5n3f3shzecgjcew7'>nevent1q…cew7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh by the way, am not complaining as losing job pushed me back into education where I completed my undergraduate studies as a mature student and am about to start a Masters (as a slightly maturer student). 2025-07-28T18:35:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszd9qurn2ylcfk3ln4apz76ru0h67qq4frzz2rmpdyt5n3f3shzeczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqeplrcm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspwpwtmaty768c2dxh493f6x6art7uyjntysvk9ehq8wyt7fcsmsg0y47m0'>nevent1q…47m0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I completely agree with comment about the over 55&#39;s. Just before Covid I lost my job. During this time I slipped over the age of 55 and suddenly it seemed impossible to find a job. I was later told by someone who worked in HR that big companies told agencies not to pass on CVs for folk who were over 55 as these were rejected out of hand. I therefore retired a few years earlier than I wanted to. Instead of blaming older workers why not look at Brexit for manpower shortages? 2025-07-28T18:34:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvhnhkpaau40fxta6z40hmsfl2jw4d5rl574lm2f3a6peh3jy2smczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq3us88c I do love a good takedown.<br/><br/>This example for someone questioning the competency of someone who criticises the economic literacy in the White House.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/931/482/028/768/332/original/5bf12684a271aa50.png"> <br/> 2025-07-28T15:10:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xms5dl6t038jk430s9tnkrsqkm4amzlgk0092u0mym3vh0k2w8czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxquhje83 Welcome to Scotland Trump...<br/><br/>Go home ya big orange jobby. 🤣<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/916/156/973/578/140/original/4c232286825e7349.png"> <br/> 2025-07-25T22:11:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv0tkxvpl0s4ugz0c48fnryw78kta9p2a6dc928r9g6vju7dfywnqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqjwlzx2 Trump&#39;s visit to Scotland is going to be messy. We didn&#39;t invite him and we don&#39;t want him here. There is going to be widespread and very visible protest in full view of the World&#39;s press. I wouldn&#39;t be at all surprised if Starmer&#39;s Labour Government uses the police in an attempt to silence such protest. Here is a picture which sums up the sentiment towards Trump here in Scotland. I suspect it is the tip of the iceberg of anti-Trump feeling.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/907/520/903/438/376/original/793413b1fd844cc2.png"> <br/> 2025-07-24T09:35:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs856n0z5769jku9w2x7c22tweadx338fzrdzfhkv5sdnxpzla2y9czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqj4ds99 One of the great claims made from the time of Thatcher was that selling off state assets would result in more competition and would give consumer&#39;s more choice with cheaper and better service. How has that worked out? Has selling water companies or deregulation of buses make the service any better? Has ability to switch bank accounts or changing electricity or phone suppliers led to cheaper bills or a better service? Was this always just about extracting value for big business and shareholders? 2025-07-21T09:51:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2xafjjttthmvd0kqu759adp9xpde2ztuxcwz56z5y6wqqaqj7mfczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqgp3j6m Jeremy Corbyn tells us that &#34;Poverty, inequality and war are not inevitable.&#34; It is interesting to consider why so many politicians seem to have no interest in addressing poverty and inequality. As for wars, some people are making an awful lot of money from death and destruction. Am never sure what most wars are for other than to make some folk fabulously wealthy. 2025-07-19T09:56:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2dqnvqx6ggm72zuzdpyrq32edqsp3ucdcfp9fddnjvqyd0gvx3mczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqezzd7f Israel has been murdering 28 children every day in Gaza for almost 2 years. <br/><br/>This is not normal. It is not the action of a civilised state. It is barbaric. It is hard to see the difference between the actions of the Israeli state and the crimes committed by the Nazis. <br/><br/>What do we have to do and say to get our government to condemn Israel and to take actions against them? <br/><br/>#GazaGenocide <br/>#SanctionIsrael<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/875/696/414/938/590/original/2815910119fc45dd.png"> <br/> 2025-07-18T18:44:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv7vdhruhwge9k9hpc4hxjua8uqzdj7r5aq7ar9spgxckj7pjulzqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqz7g2z4 A really helpful few posts from a Junior Doctor who is paid £20 an hour explaining her pay and conditions. <br/><br/>In all of this we should remember that since 2008 pay for junior doctors has fallen by 20.8%. Over the same period from 2008 to 2025, the basic salary of MPs climbed from £63,291 to £93,904, an increase of 32.6%. Not including all their expenses. <br/><br/>Seems to me that they worth way more than 20 quid an hour.<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/824/776/759/426/041/original/cf37f110f2a87bdd.png"> <br/> 2025-07-09T18:53:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst47pfdwu6ncfh6jr9utqcr9s6elehakktkxjmyum4t0grg3k054qzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqwal896 A post by Tadhg Hickey - &#34;In my day, you&#39;d have to go on gruelling training camps in South Armagh and Pakistan to become a terrorist. Now some vegan prick just picks up a sign, and he&#39;s Osama Bin Laden. They have it too easy.&#34;<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/805/578/175/370/710/original/cc4517654e33d7e9.png"> <br/> 2025-07-06T09:29:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0hlgt4thyu99lamlwaejya7tlnuykgsjdh0t89uzu2xyxgcaylrgzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqym30yg I read that Corbyn&#39;s new party is being described as the most sinister party seen in decades. This by a figure who works for the Telegraph and GB News, Camilla Tominey. <br/><br/>These people describe the left as the hard-left. They try to pretend that Starmer&#39;s Labour Party are left of centre. At the same time they never ever describe any parties in the UK as being far-right. Can everyone see what the press are up to?<br/><br/>#Ukpolitics <br/>#Rightwingpress 2025-07-05T09:16:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9j4fxcnwzlu2vnkyk0xf5a6e3h7rfd7exu72hug7w3r428595dxqzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq396u2w The story below is about Australian native peoples and shows us the British Empire in action. That it took 200 years to come to this conclusion is amazing. The British Empire wasn&#39;t a force for good. It murdered, stole and ravished the World and has left some terrible problems behind including Palestine and Israel, partition in India, partition of the island of Ireland and more.<br/>It is difficult to understand why anyone still wants their country to be ruled from London. <br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn413zlld4mo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn413zlld4mo</a> 2025-07-05T06:43:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6llrc4kzs9qelsm8yegpqzxelkwpe8spagq6hv2yg5ecgndfsjczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq40zx3j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn5say3h38rs6yk2nrpefth7q5qfkd9l0mwkkzjq6uw8ujrdwjjqwrg5em'>nevent1q…g5em</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The lack of vision in politics, I believe, is a huge reason why for much of my life, no matter if it a Labour or Tory Government in power, we feel worse off. Things keep getting worse. One government does something, the next tinkers with the idea. Good ideas are very thin on the ground. All of this in what is supposedly the 5th or 6th richest country on the planet. It doesn&#39;t feel like we live in a country with good living standards commensurate with the wealth in the country. 2025-07-03T07:51:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2d5hc3u6u0hkwhqalpqssprn587rs4hnr90v7rmes2t5uyg40l8gzyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqqtq0j5 &#34;Dear America, you are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another another 1/3 while 1/3 watches&#34;.<br/><br/>It isn&#39;t just America though, the appeasement of the murderous Israeli state by many western governments is again an example of watching idly while people are being killed. <br/><br/>#GazaGenocide<br/> <img src="https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/783/094/295/131/622/original/60f38d705d558959.png"> <br/> 2025-07-02T10:14:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthujk6jvhs37rtg4kyszp93qah34vntsnn2tec207cqwlepactaczyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqxwzy6x A Labour Government which would rather attack the disabled than tax the rich. They don&#39;t seem to care about all the distress they have caused to people from whom life has taken so much. Is the end for the Labour Party which has lost sight of its purpose and who it stands for?<br/>Please excuse my language but am fucking furious. <br/>#Welfare <br/>#DisabilityCuts <br/>#Labour <br/>#Ukpolitics 2025-07-01T19:17:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8atz7a0egm6esszmmkn5pn0ym8xk80v8q0p8jnq0ealzyy9sgutszyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxqt3klmp The Labour Prime Minister has come up with a grand plan to try and win over rebel MPs threatening to derail his attack on the disabled. His solution? A plan that people already on disability benefits will get a better deal than anyone who becomes disabled and needs support in the future. There is no mention about what happens when those receiving PIP get re-assessed. If Labour rebels fall for this, it is another nail in Labour&#39;s coffin. Is there any point in the Labour Party?<br/>#DisabilityCuts 2025-06-27T10:31:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ughfkg3zxrspv0kq27az7vrdelw5jmwg8a50q2r4aqvvz7rgl6czyzv2gghaslf9e5qhmwfruwjesmue3m3r3ppquvq32xwu6cqda6pxq48p43e We are all far far closer to being disabled and in poverty than we are to being billionaires. Think on this when very wealthy politicians support the wishes of billionaires when attacking those in poverty and the disabled rather than those who live their lives in luxury. Especially think about these things before you cast your vote. <br/>#Socialism <br/>#DisabilityCuts <br/>#Ukpolitics 2025-06-27T09:13:43Z