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Gavin Steven

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Scot, old and retired, but still breathing Passionate about Environment ๐Ÿ’š, Scottish Independence ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and European integration ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ. Tha Gร idhlig beagan agam

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DUBAI right now. Unbowed! We love it.
We push on (Isabel Oakeshott)

DUBAI right now. Unbowed! We love it. We push on (Isabel Oakeshott)

Reports of another drone in Middle East.

This one was spotted filming the beach with her phone.

08.03.2026 11:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 971 ๐Ÿ” 146 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 148 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
Screenshot of BBC headline "Failed asylum seeker families to be offered up to ยฃ40k to leave UK" - 5 March 2026

Screenshot of BBC headline "Failed asylum seeker families to be offered up to ยฃ40k to leave UK" - 5 March 2026

Screenshot of the Guardian headline "BNP would offer non-white Britons ยฃ50,000 to leave UK, says Nick Griffin" - 2010

Screenshot of the Guardian headline "BNP would offer non-white Britons ยฃ50,000 to leave UK, says Nick Griffin" - 2010

"Families of failed asylum seekers will be offered up to ยฃ40,000 to leave the UK under a trial scheme announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood"

Sounds familiar

"BNP would offer non-white Britons ยฃ50,000 to leave UK, says Nick Griffin" - 2010

07.03.2026 07:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 123 ๐Ÿ” 74 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
ยฃ40,000 Russian Bribe: Reformโ€™s Shame Exposed
ยฃ40,000 Russian Bribe: Reformโ€™s Shame Exposed YouTube video by Ben Goldsborough MP for South Norfolk

ยฃ40,000 in Russian bribes.

Reformโ€™s former leader in Wales is now serving ten and a half years in prison.

Foreign interference in UK politics is not theory. It is fact. We must defend our democracy.

youtube.com/shorts/3hd17...

07.03.2026 18:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 373 ๐Ÿ” 174 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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07.03.2026 18:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 95 ๐Ÿ” 68 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
"As a nation, you either shape events or are shaped by them. I fear that in our handling of this crisis, we have fallen into the latter category.
Britain had no affirmative role in the planning or execution of this operation. But that hasnโ€™t protected our sovereign territory from attack, or insulated our economy from the aftershocks. We must learn the lessons of this episode."

"As a nation, you either shape events or are shaped by them. I fear that in our handling of this crisis, we have fallen into the latter category. Britain had no affirmative role in the planning or execution of this operation. But that hasnโ€™t protected our sovereign territory from attack, or insulated our economy from the aftershocks. We must learn the lessons of this episode."

False dichotomy and wishful thinking here from Sunak. The idea that UK involvement would have significantly changed Trump and Netanyahu's approach, or reduced the consequences for the UK, is laughable. More thoughtful than Johnson, but with the same simplistic vanity, the desire to feel in control.

07.03.2026 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 279 ๐Ÿ” 61 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Well done, Scotland!!

Outstanding performance. So proud of you all. #AsOne ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

07.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 201 ๐Ÿ” 51 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, but you gave your Nobel prize to a moronic, warmongering, fascist paedophile in return for a shot at running an undemocratic oil cartel, so my sympathy is kinda limited.

08.03.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 287 ๐Ÿ” 46 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niรฑo

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

07.03.2026 09:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 3615 ๐Ÿ” 1755 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 225 ๐Ÿ“Œ 153
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So much for that special relationship..

07.03.2026 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 574 ๐Ÿ” 119 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 176 ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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We're living in a very odd UK.

Any Scot who doesn't want to get the fuck out of it, is totally bonkers.

Or, very racist.

07.03.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was
debris from a successful interception
Everyone is ok.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was
debris from a successful interception
Everyone is ok. Stay calm, everyone is safe.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok. Stay calm, everyone is safe.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was
debris from a successful interception

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was
debris from a successful interception.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception.

I wonder if a drone has hit Dubai Marina. Or whether it was just
debris from a successful interception.

If only loads of Dubai based accounts, including Isabel Oakeshott's, could tell me.

07.03.2026 23:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2177 ๐Ÿ” 517 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 208 ๐Ÿ“Œ 86

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez: โ€œA country that always defends human rights and international law, like Spain, earns the respect of the entire world, as has happened in recent weeks.โ€

07.03.2026 11:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3055 ๐Ÿ” 599 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niรฑo

It doesnโ€™t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. Itโ€™ll never cease to amaze me that people donโ€™t care that itโ€™s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

07.03.2026 10:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 4243 ๐Ÿ” 1640 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67 ๐Ÿ“Œ 121

Back in the US Farage has spent more time there than in his own constituency of Clacton.

07.03.2026 07:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 429 ๐Ÿ” 124 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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A little bit obsessed with all the nut clusters currently โ€˜ashamed to be Britishโ€™ because Starmer didnโ€™t sign us up to this shit show.

07.03.2026 12:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2553 ๐Ÿ” 464 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 276 ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesโ€”including the United States.

Cowardly American War Criminals

โ€œThe Iranian frigate the Dena may not have been armed because it was returning from an international exercise in the Indian Ocean, and the U.S. Navy likely knew it because it was taking part in the same exerciseโ€

07.03.2026 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 47 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Love these old-fashioned cast-iron road signs in the Carmunnock area of Glasgow, and especially the precision used for the distances

#glasgow #carmunnock #roadsign #oldsign #oldroadsigns #scotland

07.03.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 70 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

07.03.2026 12:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 12280 ๐Ÿ” 3594 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 587 ๐Ÿ“Œ 176
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In the last Scottish Parliament Election in 2021 ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐๐. (40.3% of the vote share)

๐’๐๐:
1,094,374 votes (40.3%)
2 List seats

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ:
637,131 votes (23.5%)
26 List seats

๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ:
485,819 votes (17.9%)
20 List seats

๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž:
๐ŸŸก ๐’๐๐ ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŸข ๐†๐‘๐„๐„๐๐’ ๐Ÿ

06.03.2026 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Cyprus raises doubts about future of British bases on island after drone strike Foreign minister wants โ€˜conversationโ€™ about closing UK military sites following lack of warning of impending attack on RAF Akrotiri

Cyprus talking about removing British bases from the island

07.03.2026 05:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wes Streeting is taking a pop at the SNP Scottish Government for not giving Palantir access to NHS Scotland.

Wes Streeting can keep his neb out of Scottish politics and his โ€œdonorsโ€ can piss off back to London.

06.03.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 111 ๐Ÿ” 62 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

These people are fucking dimwits and they embarrass us as a species.

07.03.2026 04:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1056 ๐Ÿ” 187 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Reform UK Leader in Notts Mick Barton advised that 1000 potholes could have been fixed with the ยฃ75k wasted on putting flags up. His response 'Shut up about the flags, listen we've run out of money'. #ReformUK

06.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 94 ๐Ÿ” 44 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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15 years of SNP government and significant increases in employment across almost every sector Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account โ€“ 12266421 Name โ€“ JOHN ROBERTSON From Industry statistics published today: You&โ€ฆ

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/03/06/1...

06.03.2026 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A timeline:

Trump denies Ukraine missiles to destroy Shahed drone factories in Russia

Iran hits the U.S. military with Shahed drones; Russia gives Iran targeting intel

The U.S. begs Ukraine for help; Ukraine says yes

Trump insults Zelenskyy and lifts sanctions on Russian oil

07.03.2026 02:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 73 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Who better to accuse others of being a laughing stock than the sexually incontinent compulsive liar who can't dress himself and combs his hair with a balloon?

06.03.2026 21:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 839 ๐Ÿ” 154 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

ร“rbanโ€™s crazy and wicked.

What might the EU do?

06.03.2026 20:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 48 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Surely alleged spying for China is worth a big blue police tent and staying as the top story more than alleged fraud within the SNP?

06.03.2026 09:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I've been the UK explaining-the-madness correspondent for Late Night Live for eight years. This week, for the first time, I went into the studio. It was oddly moving. It's been such a privilege being a small part of this great show.

06.03.2026 09:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 334 ๐Ÿ” 48 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Tate was trying to get to Dubai on a bus.

When they got to the Saudi border everyone was told to get off for passport and baggage checks and Tate decided to stay on - presumably because the bus was air conditioned and he didn't want to stand in a queue.

He then got detained by Saudi guards.

06.03.2026 10:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 2771 ๐Ÿ” 550 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 277 ๐Ÿ“Œ 90