@williamduguid1.bsky.social
Also on the X hellsite, but maybe not for long. Used to write To September & Beyond, a political blog on Scottish independence that was hilarious, sometimes intentionally.
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'The whole handling of this case, and the deference being shown to the decisions of English courts, is yet more evidence that this pretended Union is a farce. We are a colony. It is time to move urgently for Independence.'
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@thebishf1.bsky.socialReposted by @williamduguid1.bsky.socialSerious question: why do the US media even bother to report Donald Trump’s empty & mendacious witterings these days? Doing so then leaves the job of debunking his statements to foreign media (in this case the UK’s #DailyMirror: see below).
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Where is the cultural strategy?' A cry of despair from Mike Small, via Bella Caledonia
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Scotland does not currently feel like a country about to embark on a major constitutional journey. There are no route maps, no discussion about supplies, no training, no urgency about the moment of departure.'
Lesley Riddoch, via The National
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'In Australia and Spain, nearly eight in 10 view Israel unfavourably; in Britain and France, it is nearly seven in 10; and in the US, long a bulwark of passionate pro-Israeli sentiment, it is now six in 10.'
Owen Jones, via The National
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Accent is genuinely a marker of social background. The people around us, often from similar socioeconomic backgrounds, shape how we speak. In that sense, accents carry social information. But we take that information and treat it as a verdict.' Megan Davidson via Common Weal
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'The BBC was birthed at the height of British Empire, and very much designed to inform the subjects of the realm about that world. How should I expect them to report on a project which, by definition, would diminish the powers of the British State?'
Pat Kane via The National
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Attacking electrical infrastructure over the winter is nothing new. Targeting water infrastructure, however, is new. Crossing that line represents an escalation that could have broader global implications.'
Brynn Tannehill, via Byline Times
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Taxing wealth is important and popular. Taxing land is one way to do that in Scotland. How to get there is up to us.'
Dr Craig Dalȝell, via Common Weal
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'The Tories do not get to withdraw from their side of the constitutional bargain while continuing to insist that the people of Scotland cannot also revisit the issue.'
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social"Remember when we were all seduced by 'a better future'? Is that what they produced? The whole of the US tech industry is based on 'move fast and break things' and there is simply nothing that better encapsulates the spirit of the Dark Triad." Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'For all its linguistic shifts, Labour continues to deny ‘genocide’, not just as a terminological denial. It protects the UK’s relationship with Israel and the USA, and Labour ministers responsible for previous pro-genocide policies.'
Martin Shaw via Byline Times
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Scotland is being held hostage by the Better Together parties which have a vested interest in resisting being held to account, even though they have lost every Holyrood election since 2014.'
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'The BBC axing World Pipe Band Championship is tone-deaf cultural vandalism.'
Iona Fyfe, via The National
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'AI makes nuclear weapons look like nothing.' Scary stuff from Bill Gates, interviewed by Ezra Klein. via Bella Caledonia
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'I was furious that Burnham could stand on a Labour Party stage and declare himself a patriot, aping the performances of Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe when he did so. This is gutter politics from the far right.'
Richard Murphy, via The National
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Palantir has helped build a military-grade domestic surveillance architecture that can be used to target both undocumented migrants to the US and those who protest against the President’s policies.' Nafeez Ahmed, via Byline Times
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Making capitalists poorer is never, ever allowed. Making workers poorer is the default policy. In fact, it is literally the only policy.' Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
@williamduguid1.bsky.social'Whatever the outcome of the ongoing RAF Fairford investigation, it will not detract attention from the ever-growing threat posed by the murky alliance of organised crime and hostile statecraft.'
David Pratt, via The National
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@williamduguid1.bsky.social'The British state is clearly willing to spend truly exorbitant sums in a white-knuckle effort to maintain the status that nuclear weapons supposedly confer.'
Samuel Rafanell-Williams of Scottish CND, via The National
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