Posts by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
(DIR) Post #APxzJDC4FdIQnckOYK by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2022-11-25T15:39:37Z
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@gretathunberg Well said Greta
(DIR) Post #AU75ftnz8hQIc3YOa8 by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-03-29T12:37:18Z
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This article by a Fabian Society journalist shows Labour's thinking on Scotland, namely, we exist only to give them the keys to Downing Street. Then they can ignore us till the next election.As a former Labour member & activist I can assure her Scots alienation from Labour is much deeper than she imagines. We do not like the right wing policies of Keir Starmer which offer Tory not so lite policies. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/29/this-is-how-labour-can-win-back-scotland-and-achieve-a-majority-uk-government?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
(DIR) Post #AUk5gIFTNNR6rBt5Ae by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-04-17T11:49:45Z
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Very encouraged to see the FM is planning to introduce double council tax for second homes in Scotland. Hope the additional revenue will be used to build more affordable homes to let especially in areas where due to second home owners pushing prices up houses are unaffordable for local people.https://www.thenational.scot/news/23459869.plans-bring-double-council-tax-second-homes/
(DIR) Post #AVbt4GKDr9CzXWKjBY by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-05-13T10:40:48Z
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As a former Labour supporter words fail me to describe my reaction to this betrayal of Labour values. He is effectively saying to disgruntled Tories vote for us we sre the heirs to the Conservative party ypu supporyed before it was hijacked by UKIPer's.This appears to be about getting power for powers sake & petsonal aggrandisement rather than to bring about constructive change for the many.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/12/clause-iv-on-steroids-keir-starmer-says-his-labour-must-go-further-than-blair
(DIR) Post #AVbz1qMI1nxa9RWvfU by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-05-13T12:06:02Z
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@drgeraint delusional but also very disturbing. As ' right wingers' take over left of centre party posing as progressive when bidding for leadership then show they are right wing. Outcome party members deceived & electorate robbed of choice
(DIR) Post #AVm5lk7MFRGqk6X3p2 by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-05-18T09:07:11Z
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Two comments on these faith leaders contribution to debate on assisted dying.They are entitled to view human life as a gift of God but it is a strange gift if the recipient can't return it when it involves only suffering. What they are not entitled to do is to force other people who do not share those beliefs to suffer prolonged & miserable deaths when they want assisted dying.https://www.thenational.scot/news/23530070.assisted-dying-bill-facing-opposition-faith-leaders/
(DIR) Post #AVr75fBt5B5xvRqBZg by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-05-20T19:01:39Z
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Interesting that the left wing commentator & Labour supporter argues the difference between them are very slight. In a hung parliament he hopes SNP will influence Labour to mitigate the worst excesses of Tory rule.While I hope Labour will move leftwards it is not Scotland's role to save England from the Tories or New Labour. That is a task for the non Tory voting majority of English voters.https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23536024.owen-jones-labour-tories-really-now/
(DIR) Post #AW5uij9Vu0ixTPQTZo by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-05-27T12:43:05Z
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I am glad that our FM has spoken about his experience as a Scot of Pakistani heritage being on the receiving end of racism. Despite bring a law abiding citizen he has been stopped & searched by the police many times for no reason other than the colour of his skin. Shameful as these incidents are we in Scotland need to face up to them & stop sweeping them under the carpet. https://www.thenational.scot/news/23549110.humza-yousaf-recalls-stopped-police-due-racial-profiling/
(DIR) Post #AXqdBwiIhEIPHMMUmO by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-07-19T08:37:50Z
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https://bylines.scot/opinion/england-needs-scottish-independence-so-lets-take-the-campaign-down-south/Intetesting proposals for fielding candidates at general election to effect progressive change. Labour won't deliver unless it is forced too by electoral pressure
(DIR) Post #AYLiwumPllLMz38Pom by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-08-03T08:59:41Z
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https://bylines.scot/politics/this-is-about-who-we-are-and-how-we-carry-ourselves/If you do no more ponder these words to see how our democracy is being attacked. Scotland wake up the only way to stop being a vassal state is independence."If passed, the UK Government would need the consent of the devolved administrations of Northern Ireland and Wales if London wanted to stop or amend environmental laws. No such courtesy is to exist for Scotland. Scotland is only to be"
(DIR) Post #AYiVTXf2aiiQtsnIDQ by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-08-14T08:27:50Z
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rent-tenants-landlords-uk-housing-b2391050.htmlIn the 19th & early 20th century the UK had the worst slums in Europe. There was no regulation & exploitative landlords were free to make fortunes from homes not fit for human habitation. Things improved with the construction of council housing & the imposition of housing regulation, rent controls,etc. Successive Tory Government have deregulated housing & look where we are.
(DIR) Post #AcMt0lrmriGuhzRhVw by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-12-01T14:21:55Z
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@aljazeera Israel you do not pause genocide YOU STOP IT. The world will hold you to account for these war crimes
(DIR) Post #AcytuFEaliOvoVbEGW by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-12-19T19:31:42Z
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https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24000003.scottish-budget-mess---thanks-tories-not-snp/well worth reading this article by Richard Murphy on the reasons why Scotland's budget involves cuts and he places the blame where it squarely belongs with the UK Tory Government who hold the purse strings. Under devolution our Scottish Government revenue raising options are severely restricted.
(DIR) Post #AdITAEmPASDmPIv5Xs by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-12-29T09:06:15Z
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@rms one benefit of cameras on mobile phones is that it is much easier to capture incidents like that one.
(DIR) Post #AdMdXjtDyaKtrN1wEi by ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot
2023-12-30T16:22:27Z
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@faab64 Nor me, the suffering of so many Palestinians is beyond description or understanding yet ot is important we see these pictures painful as they are to look at because it reminds us of the human cost of Israeli war crimes & the reason we must not test till there is a ceasefire & the war criminals are brought to justice