Greymane 🏴
@greymane54.bsky.social
a 70 something chap from Scotland. Devout independence advocate, progressive in my politics. A Social Democrat.
Scotland must shake the shackles of Westminster and become an independent republic.
No crypto
No requests for money
No ladies for friendship
Scotland must shake the shackles of Westminster and become an independent republic.
No crypto
No requests for money
No ladies for friendship
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Data Centres are also a land grab by multinational countries. Local Hero vibes here ( yeah l know) A promised boost of temporary jobs only. Then what 🤷♀️ Farmland gone, a security guard or two hired & water/electricity drained.
I haven't renewed my membership yet. l'm going to look at what happened again in Holyrood. I know data centres are needed but its like the speculative building trade on acid with the rapid growth in planning applications
We shouldn't be selling off farmland & we don't know their full impact
We shouldn't be selling off farmland & we don't know their full impact
Ok Scotties, wtf happened in Holyrood over the Data Centre vote because it's as clear as bird poop on a statue on the Duke of Wellingtons head 🤷♀️
The end of the year is 3 months away so wtf is the point of voting for ?Labours ammendment 🤷♀️
The end of the year is 3 months away so wtf is the point of voting for ?Labours ammendment 🤷♀️
September 18, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Data Centres are also a land grab by multinational countries. Local Hero vibes here ( yeah l know) A promised boost of temporary jobs only. Then what 🤷♀️ Farmland gone, a security guard or two hired & water/electricity drained.
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What on earth is happening?
September 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM
What on earth is happening?
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Read our ScotWind report to learn more about how Scotland could capture the wealth created from its offshore wind.
www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
Rethinking ScotWind: Maximising Scotland’s Offshore Wind Potential
Reforming the leasing process to secure a better deal for taxpayers, workers and supply chains.
www.futureeconomy.scot
September 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Read our ScotWind report to learn more about how Scotland could capture the wealth created from its offshore wind.
www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
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More than 75% of planned ScotWind capacity is owned by parent companies outside the UK.
Here our economist @jujupepe.bsky.social gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament on how Scotland could capture more of the wealth created off our coast to secure long-term returns for the people of Scotland.
Here our economist @jujupepe.bsky.social gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament on how Scotland could capture more of the wealth created off our coast to secure long-term returns for the people of Scotland.
September 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
More than 75% of planned ScotWind capacity is owned by parent companies outside the UK.
Here our economist @jujupepe.bsky.social gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament on how Scotland could capture more of the wealth created off our coast to secure long-term returns for the people of Scotland.
Here our economist @jujupepe.bsky.social gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament on how Scotland could capture more of the wealth created off our coast to secure long-term returns for the people of Scotland.
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The Burnham Bounce seems to have stopped at the Scottish border.
SNP GAIN from IND (previously LAB)
Congratulations Leigh and the Scottish National Party! 🏴🇪🇺🏆
This was billed as a tight Labour/SNP marginal, but in the end the SNP had a clear victory and Labour nearly got pipped to second place by Farage.
A piece of election trivia: this is the first time…
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Congratulations Leigh and the Scottish National Party! 🏴🇪🇺🏆
This was billed as a tight Labour/SNP marginal, but in the end the SNP had a clear victory and Labour nearly got pipped to second place by Farage.
A piece of election trivia: this is the first time…
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In the Avondale and Stonehouse (Ward 5) local government by-election, Leigh Payne of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has been elected, at stage 9 with 1,025 first preference votes.
September 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The Burnham Bounce seems to have stopped at the Scottish border.
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Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
September 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
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Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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If enough of us come together, we can kick Palantir out. Add your name to our petition calling on the Government to break the contract: 38d.gs/PalantirBrea...
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
38d.gs
September 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM
If enough of us come together, we can kick Palantir out. Add your name to our petition calling on the Government to break the contract: 38d.gs/PalantirBrea...
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'These small boats are *constantly* coming across. An invasion! Let's make an app to show the sheer scale of the problem, then Britain will wake up.'
'Oh... it turns out there aren't that many.'
Never believe your own BS. And yet the Right do this a lot.
'Oh... it turns out there aren't that many.'
Never believe your own BS. And yet the Right do this a lot.
Reform have launched an app & game for real-time tracking of boats crossing the channel. But some supporters have said it is boring because so little happens.
There were 3 boats in last 7 days
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
There were 3 boats in last 7 days
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Fury as Reform UK launch small boats mobile ‘game’
Reform launches mobile game amid questions over party’s £72 million donations
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 6:08 AM
'These small boats are *constantly* coming across. An invasion! Let's make an app to show the sheer scale of the problem, then Britain will wake up.'
'Oh... it turns out there aren't that many.'
Never believe your own BS. And yet the Right do this a lot.
'Oh... it turns out there aren't that many.'
Never believe your own BS. And yet the Right do this a lot.
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It's terrorism.
September 18, 2026 at 6:59 AM
It's terrorism.
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As ever it's going to be up to the people to send the fash packing. The BBC and the government aren't going to bother.
Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town.
This is how street fascism is normalised
This is how street fascism is normalised
September 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM
As ever it's going to be up to the people to send the fash packing. The BBC and the government aren't going to bother.
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Because he’s an entitled cvnt
Is that Rory Stewart in this photo? Why on earth is he an attendee at this "summit"? An ex Prisons minister in Boris Johnson's government. An interesting person but what qualifies him to be hanging out with these AI tech people? Maybe it's material for his next podcast with Alistair Campbell?
September 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Because he’s an entitled cvnt
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The RNLI: people of courage and commitment to their neighbours, whoever they might be www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... This one's personal. #RNLI
The RNLI: people of courage and commitment to their neighbours, whoever they might be
The Guardian reported yesterday that:
A lifeboat station on the south coast of England near the spot where far-right activists tried to stop asylum seekers landing has been forced to temporarily clos...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
September 18, 2026 at 6:57 AM
The RNLI: people of courage and commitment to their neighbours, whoever they might be www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... This one's personal. #RNLI
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This is incredible.
this experimental car t-cell therapy is something. a 3-year-old boy's massive, metastatic liver cancer (that spread to lungs/bones) fully regressed after two doses. car t usually tackles blood cancers, so this for a solid tumor is a significant step, with no toxicity.
A 3-Year-Old's Metastatic Cancer Disappeared After Two Doses of Experimental Therapy
Researchers have reported an extraordinary case where an experimental CAR T-cell therapy led to the complete disappearance of metastatic liver cancer in a three-year-old boy. This breakthrough is part
www.sciencealert.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This is incredible.
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"After those involved talked a big game about this being an "exciting time for Unionism", The National was interested to see inside this enthusiastic room.
Thursday's event was attended by just 10 people."
www.thenational.scot/news/2656049...
Thursday's event was attended by just 10 people."
www.thenational.scot/news/2656049...
Orange Order Unionist 'summit' flops as photos show tiny turnout
A Unionist summit organised by the Orange Order has flopped after just a handful of people turned up
www.thenational.scot
September 18, 2026 at 7:01 AM
"After those involved talked a big game about this being an "exciting time for Unionism", The National was interested to see inside this enthusiastic room.
Thursday's event was attended by just 10 people."
www.thenational.scot/news/2656049...
Thursday's event was attended by just 10 people."
www.thenational.scot/news/2656049...
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Sign the Petition
Menai Data Centre - SAY NO!
c.org
September 18, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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But they gave our Nige the money out of the goodness of their hearts ...
Reform to hand crypto investors hundreds of millions in tax breaks
Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent reveals the wealthiest crypto investors would get £100m a year in tax relief from Nigel Farage’s party
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 7:11 AM
But they gave our Nige the money out of the goodness of their hearts ...
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September 18, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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JFC
What on earth is happening?
September 18, 2026 at 7:20 AM
JFC
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As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...