Tam Britton
@tambritton.bsky.social
Trade unionist, cinema, music, books, curries, single malt whisky and Thistle.
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I beg your pardon
October 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I beg your pardon
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This metaphor is ridiculously obvious and unsubtle.
Fire the writers. They're hacks.
Fire the writers. They're hacks.
This is sad. General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s historic World War II globe was broken when Pete Hegseth’s team dropped it while trying to move it into his office.
October 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This metaphor is ridiculously obvious and unsubtle.
Fire the writers. They're hacks.
Fire the writers. They're hacks.
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October 21, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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A few thoughts on the announcement that the Jackdaw gas field development will go ahead 🧵
You'll hear claims today arguing we need Jackdaw for various reasons. Primarily some combination of energy security, perhaps cheaper bills and jobs. We should be sceptical of them.
You'll hear claims today arguing we need Jackdaw for various reasons. Primarily some combination of energy security, perhaps cheaper bills and jobs. We should be sceptical of them.
October 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM
A few thoughts on the announcement that the Jackdaw gas field development will go ahead 🧵
You'll hear claims today arguing we need Jackdaw for various reasons. Primarily some combination of energy security, perhaps cheaper bills and jobs. We should be sceptical of them.
You'll hear claims today arguing we need Jackdaw for various reasons. Primarily some combination of energy security, perhaps cheaper bills and jobs. We should be sceptical of them.
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Karl Marx: the contradictions of capitalism produce the conditions of its own downfall, creating a proletarian class that will emancipate itself from the class of capital and thus inherit the earth
The class of capital: not if we torch the earth first, bitch
The class of capital: not if we torch the earth first, bitch
Controversial Jackdaw gas field expected to be approved
Controversial Jackdaw gas field expected to be approved
The controversial Jackdaw gas field is expected to receive approval from energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh on Wednesday.
news.sky.com
October 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Karl Marx: the contradictions of capitalism produce the conditions of its own downfall, creating a proletarian class that will emancipate itself from the class of capital and thus inherit the earth
The class of capital: not if we torch the earth first, bitch
The class of capital: not if we torch the earth first, bitch
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The Guardian's homepage right now...
1. "UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea"
2. World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
1. "UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea"
2. World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
October 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
The Guardian's homepage right now...
1. "UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea"
2. World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
1. "UK approves Jackdaw gasfield in North Sea"
2. World must cut emissions by 18% in four years ‘to find our way back’, UN says
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There is an increasingly disingenuous narrative peddled in Scotland about the impacts of granting new oil and gas licences on North Sea production levels and job security. Amid this, it’s important to look at evidence 🧵
October 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
There is an increasingly disingenuous narrative peddled in Scotland about the impacts of granting new oil and gas licences on North Sea production levels and job security. Amid this, it’s important to look at evidence 🧵
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Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.
October 21, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Approving the Jackdaw gas field solves none of our problems, while contributing to the existential crisis of climate breakdown. The government has privileged special interests above the general interest. It's a shameful, cowardly decision.
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The the Institute of Economic Affairs is an anonymously-funded neoliberal think tank whose alumni appear on the BBC virtually every day of the week without viewers having a clue whose interests they represent, in flagrant violation of the BBC's own editorial guidelines.
#PoliticsLive
#PoliticsLive
October 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The the Institute of Economic Affairs is an anonymously-funded neoliberal think tank whose alumni appear on the BBC virtually every day of the week without viewers having a clue whose interests they represent, in flagrant violation of the BBC's own editorial guidelines.
#PoliticsLive
#PoliticsLive
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"Many elected officials within Reform believe the party is putting on an acceptable face to get elected, and then would install a British ICE, engage in mass deportations, or enact violent reprisals against civil servants, police officers, and others who it felt had betrayed Britain."
The mask has slipped - now we can see the real, shameful face of Reform
ITV’s documentary reveals the party as a hotbed of racists baying for concentration camps and executions
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
"Many elected officials within Reform believe the party is putting on an acceptable face to get elected, and then would install a British ICE, engage in mass deportations, or enact violent reprisals against civil servants, police officers, and others who it felt had betrayed Britain."
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‘Last night of the pogroms’
GB News is launching GB Music Radio, a 24-hour digital station only playing artists from Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on 2 November. Chief revenue officer Ross Sergeant said this "gives advertisers something genuinely new". radiotoday.co.uk/2026/10/gb-m...
October 19, 2026 at 12:20 PM
‘Last night of the pogroms’
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Find it just so typical that rather than Scotland's media explore what public ownership of busses means to the public, or how it works outside of Scotland - or even how it works in our own capital city - the amplified central voices are reactionary businessmen.
October 19, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Find it just so typical that rather than Scotland's media explore what public ownership of busses means to the public, or how it works outside of Scotland - or even how it works in our own capital city - the amplified central voices are reactionary businessmen.
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The University of Dundee's new principal and vice-chancellor must work to 'stop cruel compulsory redundancies,' the institution's rector, Maggie Chapman, has said
New University of Dundee leadership urged to stop 'cruel' redundancies
www.thenational.scot
October 19, 2026 at 8:14 AM
The University of Dundee's new principal and vice-chancellor must work to 'stop cruel compulsory redundancies,' the institution's rector, Maggie Chapman, has said
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Step by step, day by day, Americans experience the big platforms becoming Orwellian political censors. The US needs a federal government that will tax them and break them up; the democratic world needs to learn the lesson and protect itself.
Note: TikTok - 15% owned by Musk pal Larry Ellison - permanently banned our "Musk" the movie account on the platform. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
TikTok “Permanently Suspends” the ‘Musk’ Film Ad Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)
Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Step by step, day by day, Americans experience the big platforms becoming Orwellian political censors. The US needs a federal government that will tax them and break them up; the democratic world needs to learn the lesson and protect itself.
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A majority of the 635 children held in Israeli prisons in 2025 were put in solitary confinement, usually for between one and two weeks – some up to eight times.
92 per cent had not been sentenced. A third had not even been charged.
The world's highest court says Israel is an apartheid state.
92 per cent had not been sentenced. A third had not even been charged.
The world's highest court says Israel is an apartheid state.
October 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM
A majority of the 635 children held in Israeli prisons in 2025 were put in solitary confinement, usually for between one and two weeks – some up to eight times.
92 per cent had not been sentenced. A third had not even been charged.
The world's highest court says Israel is an apartheid state.
92 per cent had not been sentenced. A third had not even been charged.
The world's highest court says Israel is an apartheid state.
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Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has donated $2,500 to a super PAC supporting Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.
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October 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Barbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has donated $2,500 to a super PAC supporting Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.
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Tomorrow's Sunday National front page
October 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Tomorrow's Sunday National front page
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Four Reform UK candidates apparently did not disclose how much they spent during their Scottish election campaigns and the value of their donations. Five more seemingly failed to sign off their spending. https://tinyurl.com/4f9xwtjf
October 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Four Reform UK candidates apparently did not disclose how much they spent during their Scottish election campaigns and the value of their donations. Five more seemingly failed to sign off their spending. https://tinyurl.com/4f9xwtjf
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I mean it’s not a vetting problem, is it? It’s that it’s a racist party, run by racists, with racist policies, for the benefit of racists. The fact that it turns out to be full of racists is not a glitch
Reform faces questions over candidate vetting after undercover filming
Reform UK says the party has "improved and prioritised its vetting procedures".
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I mean it’s not a vetting problem, is it? It’s that it’s a racist party, run by racists, with racist policies, for the benefit of racists. The fact that it turns out to be full of racists is not a glitch
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Sign the open letter from our students to the incoming Prinicipal, Angela Scott.
They are calling for the end of cuts and the investment in crucial services.
Share with friends, family and your network. Let’s get this going around the world.
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They are calling for the end of cuts and the investment in crucial services.
Share with friends, family and your network. Let’s get this going around the world.
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Open Letter to Angela Scott
Dear Angela Scott,
We are writing to you as Students Against Cuts on behalf of the wider student body, as well as staff and members of the public, to ask you to oppose compulsory redundancies at the ...
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October 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Sign the open letter from our students to the incoming Prinicipal, Angela Scott.
They are calling for the end of cuts and the investment in crucial services.
Share with friends, family and your network. Let’s get this going around the world.
forms.gle/dZX3BDHxETLRhysf8
They are calling for the end of cuts and the investment in crucial services.
Share with friends, family and your network. Let’s get this going around the world.
forms.gle/dZX3BDHxETLRhysf8
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As Israel blocks PA funding, the West Bank’s healthcare system is failing https://aje.news/65ye7z
October 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
As Israel blocks PA funding, the West Bank’s healthcare system is failing https://aje.news/65ye7z
That was way way harder than it should have been imo. Our defence won that game tonight. We were poor in their penalty area, too many passes. However, I’ll absolutely take it.
October 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
That was way way harder than it should have been imo. Our defence won that game tonight. We were poor in their penalty area, too many passes. However, I’ll absolutely take it.
This ref is terrible
October 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This ref is terrible