David
@dmack1967.bsky.social
Scottish Islander/European - interested in politics, sport, books, travel, food, whisky, PWS and some other stuff. Disliked the other place and it's direction of travel.
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@BBCr4today Community Pharmacists in Scotland have been doing this for years: providing a treatment service. You’re a **UK** BBC service why not report the news in the UK not just England?
People in Scotland, Wales & North of Ireland are sick of this kind of reporting.
People in Scotland, Wales & North of Ireland are sick of this kind of reporting.
May 29, 2026 at 6:20 AM
@BBCr4today Community Pharmacists in Scotland have been doing this for years: providing a treatment service. You’re a **UK** BBC service why not report the news in the UK not just England?
People in Scotland, Wales & North of Ireland are sick of this kind of reporting.
People in Scotland, Wales & North of Ireland are sick of this kind of reporting.
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In April when the SNP suggested caps on the price of some goods at supermarkets, Labour described it as "incoherent" and "undeliverable"
One month later ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One month later ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Supermarkets urged to limit food prices by government
Any price caps would be voluntary apply to key groceries such as eggs, bread, and milk, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2026 at 7:03 AM
In April when the SNP suggested caps on the price of some goods at supermarkets, Labour described it as "incoherent" and "undeliverable"
One month later ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One month later ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Worth repeating that the SNP has more MSPs than all the unionists put together. The bbc and other right wing anti-Scotland, anti-EU folk seem to have trouble understanding that. Scotland isn’t England.
May 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Worth repeating that the SNP has more MSPs than all the unionists put together. The bbc and other right wing anti-Scotland, anti-EU folk seem to have trouble understanding that. Scotland isn’t England.
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Using pejorative attack language from political opponents as a news headline is absolutely not impartial public service broadcasting. They're throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the SNP a few days before polling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
SNP's free childcare plan branded a 'gimmick' in education debate
Plans from the SNP to roll out more free childcare have been criticised by the Labour and Conservative parties.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Using pejorative attack language from political opponents as a news headline is absolutely not impartial public service broadcasting. They're throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the SNP a few days before polling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scotland can remain as part of the UK, with Nigel Farage and a load of ex Tories.
Or: Retain £14 billion in VAT payments and also have the cheapest Energy in Europe, as a rich European economy.
It's a tough one, for rational Scottish people.
Or: Retain £14 billion in VAT payments and also have the cheapest Energy in Europe, as a rich European economy.
It's a tough one, for rational Scottish people.
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Scotland can remain as part of the UK, with Nigel Farage and a load of ex Tories.
Or: Retain £14 billion in VAT payments and also have the cheapest Energy in Europe, as a rich European economy.
It's a tough one, for rational Scottish people.
Or: Retain £14 billion in VAT payments and also have the cheapest Energy in Europe, as a rich European economy.
It's a tough one, for rational Scottish people.
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Another BBC retraction
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Another BBC retraction
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Luskentyre beach on Harris. Pic: Christopher Swan
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Luskentyre beach on Harris. Pic: Christopher Swan
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Absolutely, we should tell people who are thinking of voting Reform that it's the political equivalent of drunk driving, something only arseholes do.
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Absolutely, we should tell people who are thinking of voting Reform that it's the political equivalent of drunk driving, something only arseholes do.
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What you won’t see on the BBC:
Scotland
Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%
England
Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%
Scotland
Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%
England
Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%
October 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What you won’t see on the BBC:
Scotland
Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%
England
Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%
Scotland
Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%
England
Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%
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Scotland is a nation - and nations have the right to decide their future.
Today I have launched and signed the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
Today I have launched and signed the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
September 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Scotland is a nation - and nations have the right to decide their future.
Today I have launched and signed the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
Today I have launched and signed the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
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NEW: Scottish Water, the publicly owned utility company providing water in Scotland, has hit back at Labour minister Steve Reed after he claimed water pollution in Scotland is "worse than in England"
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
Scottish Water hits back at UK minister's 'inaccurate' pollution comments
SCOTTISH Water has hit back at a UK Minister’s comments about water pollution in Scotland ...
www.thenational.scot
July 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
NEW: Scottish Water, the publicly owned utility company providing water in Scotland, has hit back at Labour minister Steve Reed after he claimed water pollution in Scotland is "worse than in England"
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
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You don’t always need bombs to murder children.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
At least 66 children dead of malnutrition in Gaza amid Israel’s war
UNICEF says the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip is rising at an ‘alarming rate’.
www.aljazeera.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
You don’t always need bombs to murder children.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
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𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲.
That Scotland stays by choice. That we can leave, if we want to.
But when a Scottish government, elected with a clear mandate for a referendum, tries to hold one, the answer is always No.
The UK Government took it to the Supreme Court to stop it happening.
That Scotland stays by choice. That we can leave, if we want to.
But when a Scottish government, elected with a clear mandate for a referendum, tries to hold one, the answer is always No.
The UK Government took it to the Supreme Court to stop it happening.
May 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲.
That Scotland stays by choice. That we can leave, if we want to.
But when a Scottish government, elected with a clear mandate for a referendum, tries to hold one, the answer is always No.
The UK Government took it to the Supreme Court to stop it happening.
That Scotland stays by choice. That we can leave, if we want to.
But when a Scottish government, elected with a clear mandate for a referendum, tries to hold one, the answer is always No.
The UK Government took it to the Supreme Court to stop it happening.
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April 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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If Labour at Westminster can nationalise British Steel, why not the same for Grangemouth?
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
April 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If Labour at Westminster can nationalise British Steel, why not the same for Grangemouth?
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
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Silly Scots fell for this!
March 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Silly Scots fell for this!
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Labour: "We're delivering things the Tories said they would, but didn't deliver. That's why people are saying, what's the point of the Conservative Party?"
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Labour: "We're delivering things the Tories said they would, but didn't deliver. That's why people are saying, what's the point of the Conservative Party?"
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?
With Labour boasting about delivering Tory policies, what's the point of Westminster?