Posts by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
(DIR) Post #AhUqwTTV1mG3h4btRY by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-05-02T21:36:47Z
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The Guardian (🏴=🇬🇧): "Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses."In the interests of accuracy and with respect to our [sic] precious union™ this headline should read "Polls close in local elections in England with Tories expecting heavy losses."Plus ça change....
(DIR) Post #AhkRLWK6MapuVAIATY by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-05-10T07:34:56Z
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"Natalie Elphicke's defection, and Starmer's welcome that has been extended to her, is the clearest sign as to why his capacity to govern is so limited... he does not have the most basic understanding of what is required to undertake that role, which is the capacity to make decisions based upon a transparent ethical framework... He has no such framework, and that is what will pull him down.- Richard Murphy on why Starmer will fail. #StarmerChameleon #LabourInNameOnlyhttps://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/09/starmer-has-no-ethical-or-political-framework-to-guide-his-actions-and-that-is-why-he-will-fail/
(DIR) Post #AhuYB2PDNqF04uEQAS by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-05-15T09:18:26Z
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"The Nakba: All you need to know explained in five maps and charts". "The 1948 forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland has created the longest unresolved refugee crisis in modern history". #Nakba #JusticeForPalestine #IsraelApartheid #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelGenocide https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-nakba-ethnic-cleansing-explained-five-maps-charts
(DIR) Post #Ai0mfMc9NS8fkSOdBw by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-05-18T08:08:41Z
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@JackTheCatMost of the latest "pledges" from #Captain_UTurn relate to England only, just as his latest speech didn't mention NI, Scotland or Wales once.No matter: Starmer will renege on them within days.#VoteLabourGetThatcherism #VoteLabourGetElphicke #VoteLabourGetStreeting #VoteLabourGetReeves #VoteLabourGetStarmer #OptionalIdentityMark
(DIR) Post #Aj3MZGg0jwNlc0aOcC by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-17T18:20:05Z
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I was 18 when Thatcher was elected. I didn't vote for her.I was 36 when Blair was elected. I did vote for him.Then the Tories' turn came around and inevitably they got back in.We ended up with Thatcherism again, this time on steroids, with nothing much to show for Blair (or Brown).Under Starmer, "Labour" has morphed into the Tories under Cameron.I'm old enough to remember.I'll never vote Labour again.#ScottishVotesForScottishParties #ScottishIndependence #IndependenceIsNormal
(DIR) Post #AjPlnYWVwYAgNdTHVI by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-29T08:36:30Z
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"[The Scots] want to be part of Europe... I’ve been asked what bothers me most about this Euros. I said that the Scots have already gone home." "A lot of things come to a head in sport, and these Euros are no exception. That’s why culture is important. There’s no point in criticising major events in principle. Their value is evident these days. And in this sense, more Europe means being more Scottish."(Philipp Lahm, tournament director for Euro 2024.)https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/28/scotland-fans-euro-2024-philipp-lahm
(DIR) Post #AjRrkO0BaqjOvA8qQa by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-30T06:24:52Z
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"How Labour tried to gag The National with [a] pre-election legal threat"."[We] had had a tip-off that a senior Labour figure had been reported to Police Scotland for alleged breaches of electoral law." ("When [the SNP's] Michael Matheson was reported to the police twice this year... Police Scotland [eventually said] no action would be taken. But that didn’t stop major news outlets, from the London Evening Standard and the BBC to the Scottish Sun, from covering it".)https://www.thenational.scot/news/24419479.labour-tried-gag-national-pre-election-legal-threat/
(DIR) Post #AjRrkPeHTGOi1nuNYu by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-30T06:27:22Z
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"Since, for now, there will be no further action taken, we’ve chosen to not publish the details of the original complaint. But we do think it’s important to be open and transparent about how the Labour Party was so quick to use a £30k legal threat to try to stop a story in the public interest from being published during the election campaign. And, how, without risking spending tens of thousands of pounds, there was absolutely nothing we could do about it."https://www.thenational.scot/news/24419479.labour-tried-gag-national-pre-election-legal-threat/
(DIR) Post #AjRrkQpJ5koNgI4hO4 by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-30T06:31:12Z
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"The National was planning to publish an article last week about a senior Labour figure being reported to Police Scotland for alleged breaches of electoral law." "Labour soon sent a threatening legal letter arguing that publishing it would be defamatory and in breach of electoral law - a “corrupt practice” and potentially a “criminal offence”, one that could result in jail for the journalists responsible."https://www.thenational.scot/news/24420172.labour-condemned-attempt-gag-national/
(DIR) Post #AjRrkRJnGPCLCqL2uG by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-30T06:38:34Z
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Labour threatens The National with a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation"."The complicated acronym hides a simple tactic. A rich oligarch or shadowy corporation, for example, wanting to suppress a story, will threaten costly legal action unless the journalist or media outlet in question agrees not to publish what it knows."“No political party should be using SLAPPs to silence journalistic comment at any time, let alone during an election.”https://www.thenational.scot/news/24420172.labour-condemned-attempt-gag-national/
(DIR) Post #AjRrkTAeNN4Yx44lvs by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-30T06:46:34Z
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"Labour’s legal threat to The National came the same week The Independent reported that the party attempted to gag a prominent Black barrister who wrote a report about racism within the party."... a letter sent by lawyers representing Labour warned Martin Forde KC that he was “acting against the party’s interest” after he gave an interview with Al Jazeera in March 2023 saying there was a lack of debate and engagement by the party over his findings at the time."https://www.thenational.scot/news/24420172.labour-condemned-attempt-gag-national/
(DIR) Post #AjRrkVfZ5OzQhWYUOe by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-06-30T06:54:00Z
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The SLAPPs also come "as Labour’s manifesto... [lacks any] media-specific policies, despite senior figures including... David Lammy previously committing to taking action against SLAPPs – mentioning in particular threats from Russian oligarchs." “Despite what David Lammy says, SLAPPs are not the sole preserve of Russian oligarchs, and no political party, Labour included, should be using the law as a weapon against legitimate journalism." (Roger Mullin)https://www.thenational.scot/news/24420172.labour-condemned-attempt-gag-national/
(DIR) Post #Ajv04DRXzdNloPzWO8 by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2024-07-14T10:08:41Z
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Down but not out. #SNP"#Scotland to incorporate #UN children’s rights charter into law". https://www.thenational.scot/news/24450559.scotland-incorporate-un-childrens-rights-charter-law/
(DIR) Post #AuPuXKgIf6j6G1KQ4m by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-05-24T10:22:48Z
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@ChrisMayLA6 Starmer probably doesn't get this either (or is at least ignoring its implications for his tedious Tory one nation shtick).
(DIR) Post #AuZy8SEp6m8aZ8xGEK by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-05-28T11:26:26Z
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All my own work.
(DIR) Post #AufSoKDofIFpegWWuG by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-05-31T23:04:30Z
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@georgetakei "This post is not applicable to maimed and murdered Palestinian kids in #Gaza."
(DIR) Post #AujXDRqmcH1b0FpCue by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-06-02T22:09:31Z
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"Starmer was speaking at the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow where his big announcement was warfare not welfare. Speaking to the BBC, Starmer insisted it was "right" to axe the universal Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners as he announced plans to build 12 new nuclear submarines, 6 new munitions factories, thousands more long-range weapons including missiles and drones, and... spend £15 billion on [a] nuclear warhead programme."‐ Paul Kavanagh via The National, 2/6/25.
(DIR) Post #AulHEBE4hVRomaxyVc by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-06-03T18:18:27Z
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Our water belongs to us. 🏴#Scotland#IndependenceIsNormal #ScottishIndependence
(DIR) Post #AulKInTGkReOQ0xywS by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-06-03T18:50:14Z
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Via The National today: " ... the 'Labour' leader said that there would not be another independence referendum [for Scotland even] if a [pro-independence] majority emerges after next year’s Holyrood election as it was "not a priority". Awa an shite Kier, ye arrogant useless English fud. #IndependenceIsNormal #ScottishIndependence
(DIR) Post #AunQcNh7HawaJ45Kb2 by MadeyeTheCarnaptious@mastodon.scot
2025-06-04T18:58:13Z
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TACO IS STILL MIA.#GoodNightAmericaAndGoodLuck