@rabbrucesspider
Supporter of Scotland becoming a normal, self-governing country. Blind tech user. I write articles for iScot Magazine. If at first you don’t secede, try, try again. Blogs at: rabbrucesspider.blogspot.com
Contrary to what politicians & the media would have you believe, Social Security spending is not spiralling out of control. Who says so? The OBR.
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official-figures-disprove-claims-that-social-security-spending-is-spiralling-out-of-control/
Did #bbclaurak speak in these emotive terms about Palestinians in body bags? Did she ask the Israeli president (who was also on the program this morning) about footage & images she's seen from Gaza & ask how on earth he justifies that?
Of course she didn't.
Warmongers don’t change. Having taken the UK into Iraq at the behest of the USA, Tony Blair now wants to do the same in Iran.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/blair-starmer-trump-war-iran-labour-b2934207.html
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Thoughts & prayers with BBC Scotland at this difficult time.
Here’s Wee Ginger Dug highlighting how they’ve been forced to downplay the results of their own poll on independence.
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/humiliation-for-bbc-scotland-as-its-own-poll-shows-a-yes-majority/
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting CNN: “We’re told that Pentagon briefers did make a stark acknowledgment, and that was that there was no indication that Iran was preparing to preemptively strike U.S. bases.” Below is a CNN split-screen segment showing a female anchor on the left and a male correspondent on the right. A red “BREAKING NEWS” banner reads: “SOURCES: BRIEFERS TO CONGRESS UNDERCUT WHITE HOUSE CLAIM OF IMMINENT IRANIAN THREAT.”
Just like Venezuela does not send fentanyl to the U.S. and Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. It’s all been false flags to justify military aggression and war.
Spain's decision to expel US assets being used to attack Iran exposes an uncomfortable truth for countries like Germany, Italy, Britain & Belgium.
The rest of Europe is still indirectly collaborating in the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack by allowing bases here to be used.
Has Trump blundered in attacking Iran? Here’s an interesting piece suggesting that killing Middle Eastern leaders usually brings about even worse outcomes.
https://aje.news/uof9ps
I can’t even be bothered to look out my tiny violin.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25896022.kaye-adams-axed-bbc-radio-show-misconduct-claims-upheld/?ref=rss
How much humiliation will Anas Sarwar put up with in his quest for an ermine robe? Once again, his London Masters tell him to get back in his box. That’s how Westminster views Scotland.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25893694.douglas-alexander-tells-anas-sarwar-not-commentate-uk-politics/?ref=rss
Seeing how Nigel Farage reacts to defeat in a by-election is a good indicator of how he’ll treat democracy when he becomes PM.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/stop-looking-back-anger-nige-36789256
Can't wait to see Zia Yusuf deport his parents then himself!
But then their hateful bullshit rhetoric is never aboot them or theirs. Its always aimed at others to protect themselves and protect millionaires & the Epstein Class to keep the grift🙄
Don't be distracted by the awful things Reform are saying about immigration from the awful things Labour are doing with SEND.
The BBC: censoring pro-Palestinian comments but happy to let the world hear a racial slur. It makes you wonder which type of audeince they are pandering to.
No, actually, I don’t wonder.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25877106.bbc-cut-free-palestine-remark-baftas-not-racial-slur/?ref=rss
Donor suspended from Tories pays £50,000 for dinner with Kemi Badenoch.
That is 2+ years of minimum wage.
Monies at this scale are paid to buy influence and favours.
Criminalizing purchase/sale of political parties and legislators is a necessary step for ending political corruption.
Oh wow!!! maternity pay for teachers in England increased to eight weeks by Labour!!! Under The SNP in Scotland they have been enjoying 13 weeks since 2002.
Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.
“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”
This policy from Reform Ltd is good news for white, heterosexual men. Not so good for everyone else.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/reform-equality-act-farage-braverman-b2922061.html
Far-right thug Tommy Robinson flees UK after police warning over terror threat Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police
Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
Yet more evidence as to why you must not trust the BBC.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25852248.anger-bbc-omits-nadine-dorriess-reform-uk-ties-question-time/?ref=rss
Here’s an interesting suggestion on how to replace the House of Lords. It won’t happen, of course, but an independent Scotland might be able to establish a better form of Government scrutiny. https://www.thenational.scot/news/25850927.not-get-rid-house-lords-instead/?ref=rss
Ooft! Wee Ginger Dug pulling no punches in this analysis of Sarwar & Starmer. Well said.
https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/labours-real-problem-in-scotland-is-that-sarwar-and-starmer-are-the-same/
People in the UK are more concerned about immigration than people in any other country. I wonder what could possibly have caused this? Looking at you, BBC.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/immigration-concern-poll-britain-worldwide-b2919079.html
Was the Sarwar rebellion really just a ploy all along?
https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/11/starmer-told-sarwar-to-call-for-his-resignation-allowing-him-to-seem-to-be-standing-up-for-scotland-and-to-flush-out-and-scare-off-the-real-threats-with-a-promise-that-he-would-then-forgive-him-and/
The interesting thing about this article is not so much that some Republicans voted against Trump’s wishes, but that he publicly threatened any of them who did so. This is not democracy.
https://aje.news/v824p1
Weird how they keep finding more money to fund the gestapo that is damaging job numbers by deporting workers but can't find any for a universal healthcare system that will save money, a free housing for homeless folk program that will save money, or universal basic income that'll boost the economy.
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
New blog post on Sarwar’s gamble & Your Party deciding it is going to be pro-Indy.
https://rabbrucesspider.blogspot.com/2026/02/taking-gamble.html
No media coverage: anyone surprised 🤷
as Scottish Government allocates £20m to help young people secure homes where they live, and second homes plummet by half from Labour era
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
