Supporter of Scotland becoming a normal, self-governing country. Occasional blogger & writer of articles for iScot magazine on tech aids for visually impaired. Blind user of social media.
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Last Notes npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Social media for the blind: npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Contrary to what politicians & the media would have you believe, social security spending is not spiralling out of control. Who says so? The OBR. Funny that this has been largely overlooked. It’s almost as if politicians want an excuse to hammer claimants. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider And the FIFA prize for projection goes to … npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Seeing how Nigel Farage reacted to defeat in the by-election is a good indicator of how he’ll treat democracy when he becomes PM. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I can’t say I’m enthused by John Swinney’s plan for IndyRef2. The #Holyrood voting system is designed to prevent any party winning an absolute majority, so the plan seems bound to fail. I’d normally not consider giving the #SNP my List vote as I’d prefer an overall pro-Yes majority. But with the rise of Reform & the advent of Corbyn’s new party, could the pro-Union vote be split so much that SNP 1&2 might actually produce a majority? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Is that the BBC effect? If the media keep platforming Farage, those ideas are going to find support from the hard of thinking. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Scotlan’d ferry services are dreadful. We know this because the media keeps telling us so. But what if they aren’t bothering to provide any context? Prof Robertson gives a different perspective which suggests the media may have some sort of agenda. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Trickle down? Seriously? Does anyone have any evidence for that actually working? And if not, why is she clinging to it as a model for growth? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider It’s July in #Scotland, and the UK media keep telling us we’re experiencing a heatwave. My heating came on this morning. Still, at least all the renewable energy Scotland produces means our energy bills are kept low. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Have I got this right? In response to Trump’s fascism, Canada votes for an anti-Trump Party, Australia votes for an anti-Trump Party, wile England embraces a pro-Trump, pro-fascist Party? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This is how desperate the #BBC are to portray #Scotland in a negative light. Their obsession with #Ferries is driving them to make ludicrous comparisons. It’s rather pathetic, really. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider The BBC are in raptures over the latest bad news about a ferry needing to reduce passenger numbers due to failing a safety check. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider President Musk isn’t in power yet, but it looks as if he’s already split the MAGA support. His Trump puppet has joined him in turning against those who want a total immigration ban. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Scottish pupils are rubbish at Maths? Only if you pauchle the figures to create BBC headlines. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider When I heard that the Telegraph was advocating that the UK should become the 51st State of the US, I thought it was a spoof. Apparently not. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider After KC3 praising NHS staff yesterday, the UK media in Scotland is going all out in their attack on #NHS #Scotland. So here’s Prof Robertson once again pointing out the things that our politicised #media won’t tell you. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I must admit it bothers me that, when they speak about Scotland on some rare occasion, they are so far off the mark. It makes me wonder how on the ball they are with other areas. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider You’re a lot more patient than me, then. I’ve always had my doubts about that lot & their knowledge of Scotland. They’ve just confirmed my suspicions. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Dear God! I had to stop listening to The Newsagents podcast on “What if Scotland had voted Yes?” npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Once again, Prof Robertson doing the work BBC Scotland should have done. Nearly 2 thirds of the Scotrail delays they were crowing about are caused by UK-controlled Network Rail. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider There’s much wailing about President Musk funding Reform, but all the major parties accept massive dodgy donations from wealthy foreigners. The real reason Reform will win the next UK election is the media platform Farage will be given by the newspapers & the BBC. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider It would be great if Scots could watch their own team free on TV instead of being restricted to watching England matches, but in light of the Governor-General’s change of heart over supporting WASPI Women, I’m not sure there’s much point in asking him to support this campaign. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Of course they do. Remember the Quadrature donation to Labour from the Caymans earlier this year? They’re all in it for the money, and they don’t much care where it comes from. If they blocked Musk, they’d also cut off their own dodgy funding sources. https://mastodon.scot/@Fife4Europe/113692555756763270 npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider How dare they vote in opposition to the wishes of President-elect Musk? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I’ve seen some media articles which say that the UK, 1 of the world’s wealthiest sovereign states, is strapped for cash. None of them mention that the reason is an adherence to artificial, self-imposed rules created by the Tories to justify Austerity. If you have a central bank, you cannot run out of money. Yes, you can ruin your economy if you create money and spend foolishly, but if you invest in infrastructure & social policies, you can improve things. That’s how the NHS was created. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Prof Robertson pointing out that BBC Scotland are, as many predicted, protecting Anas Sarwar from the public backlash over yesterday’s decision by his London Masters not to compensate the Waspi Women. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Another day; another attempt by Anas Sarwar to gaslight the people of Scotland. His brass neck is probably visible from space. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Oh, look! Scottish Labour MSPs once again put in their place by their London masters, making a mockery of their previous promises. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider An excellent parody song has shown the scale of the public backlash against the UK Government’s decision to cut pensioners’ Winter Fuel Payments. New blog post on how Labour got into this mess. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Nigel Farage obviously thinks he has nothing to learn when it comes to bullying, misogyny & harassment. Read into that what you like. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Here’s a good piece on childcare provision in Scotland. I know some people who work in this sector, and I can confirm that the most vulnerable children can receive free childcare from the age of 2. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider What’s the betting that, if a second poll shows significant lead for Yes to Scottish independence, there will be some sort of announcement about Operation Branchform? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider For anyone who bothers to read my musings and rantings, I think I’ve found an alternative blogging platform which is accessible. Here’s a short note explaining the background to the switch. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider For info, I’ve found an accessible blogging platform. Blogger.com was so simple compared to the others. It may look horrible visually, but I can post text which is the main thing. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider They’ve also got together in several Scottish Councils. Co-operating against the SNP seems fine with them. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider The headline is encouraging, but the number of MPs who actually voted was pretty low. Quite frankly, I can’t see an autocrat like Keir Starmer ever supporting PR. Perhaps the threat of Farage as PM might persuade him, but the FPTP system suits the 2 Party arrangement. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Yeah. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Postach.io get their act together, but it’s not looking good. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Looks like I may need to give up blogging on Scottish politics. My Postach.io site still isn’t working, and I haven’t found an alternative which is accessible with a screen reader. Disappointing to say the least. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Notice how the #BBC focus on perceived failings by the Scottish Govt in comparisons with England. No mention that being an independent country would allow more money to be spent on childcare. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I see The Guardian has an article about Dark Money influencing UK politics. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider The Brits really don’t like foreigners. What petty bureaucracy to use a minor mistake on a form to deny schoolchildren a holiday. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider He was elected on a slogan of Change (without ever explaining what it meant), but has simply continued the pro-Brexit, pro-Israel,, pro-Austerity policies of the Tories. Scrapping Winter Fuel Payments, focusing on Benefits and refusing to increase taxes on the wealthy even slightly haven’t really suggested any sort of fundamental change, and the rows over gifts just made him look as greedy as any Tory even if the scale was not comparable. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider A bit wasted on me, although I do recall hearing something about it some time ago. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Ah, thanks. I get that, and it’s a clever distraction. In my case, though, my scan picked up the feet first, then confused me by mentioning all the other things in the background. It makes a nice change for the AI to be less easily fooled than the human eye. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Can you help visually impaired people understand the joke? I’ve run a few scans on the photo and it says there are feet on the tray. OK, that’s weird, but my AI says that other highlighted areas are light fittings and a person sitting in the background. It claims there is nothing unusual about any of them. Given the oddity of the feet, I’m curious about the other aspects. Thanks. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Yes, and he did claim he was performing his own form of art. Taking the piss, more like, and quite right too. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Shock & surprise as Unionist newspaper awards Unionist MSP Politician of the Year. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Some people clearly have more money than sense. That applies as much to the crowds who came to see this ridiculous exhibit as it does to the person who paid so much for a banana. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This article makes the usual mistaken assumption that the UK is a country, & it ignores Scotland’s leading role in the production of renewable energy, but it is still a very good critique of the UK’s broken energy pricing model even if it does assume the continuing use of Scotland’s resources to power the rest of the UK. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider You are spot on as usual. Sadly, the SNP has been guilty of similar performative politics in recent years. They used to make sure they kept their promises, but that seems a thing of the past. All political parties now seem to have adopted this way of operating. It’s rahter depressing. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Is anyone else starting to think that all the pre-election hype about GB Energy was just that - hype? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Something doesn’t ring true here. If the Grangemouth refinery is so unprofitable, you’d think the owners would be happy for someone to take it off their hands. It’s almost as if they are determined to close the place down. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Bad news for workers at Grangemouth. Given the scale of losses, that’s inevitable. What’s not clear is why the losses are so huge. Do other refineries run at this scale of losses? Is it because it is old & has not been properly maintained/upgraded? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider New blog post on the main lesson our politicians need to learn after the US election. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Wee Ginger Dug on the greed of the British Royal family and the media response to the recent revelations about just how much money the King & his elder son are squeezing out of our public services. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider The #BBC is not biased. Or so they keep telling us. Yet, as this piece shows, their reporting certainly doesn’t seem impartial. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I’ve been using Meta AI on my Meta Rayban glasses. As a blind person, I find the speed & convenience of this a wonderful help in daily life. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Scotland’s ferry service must be the worst in the world. We know this because the media keep saying so. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I do hope the Scottish Government does pay pensioners some sort of Winter Fuel allowance. That will really show the Scots who voted Labour which Government really cares about Scotland. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This is one of the many reasons Westminster will never voluntarily let Scotland become a normal, self-governing country. They need our resources too much. If they had to pay for them instead of just taking them, they’d be in real trouble. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider The royals exploiting the public for their own financial gain? Who’d have thought it? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider OMG! The right wing media really is a weird place. Scrolling my RSS newsfeed this morning, I saw headline bemoaning the crisis facing Non Doms. Will nobody think of the wealthy? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I bet the #BBC will be all over this. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I’m surprised people still bother to watch Question Time, but those who do are exposed to misinformation which the pro-Union Chair rarely bothers to correct. Here, Prof Robertson does some AI searching to debunk the latest lies about Scottish water quality. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Naw, we’d be permanently blootered if we did that. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider DWP to get power to lift money from bank accounts. It seems Labour are adopting the Tory view that all Benefit claimants are scroungers out to defraud the state. Will they apply similar rules to tax dodgers? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This is a significant announcement from the Scottish Government. I’m sure it’s down to a glitch in my RSS feed, but the BBC don’t seem to have mentioned it. I probably just missed it, no doubt. It would be a public service announcement, so they cant have ignored it, can they? Please tell me I’m wrong. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Scotland’s ferries are a national disgrace, right? We know because the #Media, especially the #BBC, constantly tell us so. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider A powerful and cautionary piece by Robin McAlpine. I must say I agree with him about the calibre of political leaders who could step up to the challenge. I don’t see them either. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This is exactly what you’d expect a Tory PM to say. Ripping up red tape to allow private investors to help growth. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This says it all. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I’ve been trying to ignore the media output. It’s a sad enough time as it is without reading their skewed perspective. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This is brilliant from Lesley Riddoch on the farcical Council of Nations & Regions. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider And you’re all welcome. Thanks for choosing to help our nation grow. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Scotland is allegedly the highest taxed part of the UK and this will drive people away. London’s Deputy Mayor must have missed the news about more people moving to Scotland, but letting facts get in the way of an anti-Scotland story never bothers our London masters. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider It’s possible they will if they take enough of Scotland’s renewable energy. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Nobody puts the boot in like Wee Ginger Dug. This is brilliant on Labour’s colonial attitude. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider What? But Keir Starmer promised GB Energy would bring down bills. Could he have been lying? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This sounds like it would be a step in the right direction - so I expect it won’t happen. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider New blog post on the UK Government’s remarkable ability to fund controversial CCS schemes while unable to keep pensioners & children out of poverty. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider A problem with ferries that the #BBC seem reluctant to cover. Why? Because it shows a small, independent nation can succeed where #Brexit Britain fails #Scotland. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Apparently, John Swinney hasn’t ruled out calling a snap election if the Scottish Govt budget isn’t passed. I believe that, if this happens, the 2026 election must still be held to maintain the cycle, so any Government elected in a snap election would have less than 2 years in power. I’m tempted to say it might be worth having a Labour/Tory coalition for that length of time just to show people how bad that would be. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Whether it was a genuine accident or not, it says a great deal about Kuenssberg’s reputation that so many of us are questioning her claim. It’s been obvious for years that she is a strong supporter of the Tories in general & Johnson in particular. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I can’t help thinking this was a very convenient accident. It means she can’t embarrassBojo the Clown by asking difficult questions. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider That seems to work out at a whopping $1 or less for each password. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider You’ll have had your democracy? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider A new head of BBC Scotland. I notice she didn’t mention rebuilding trust like one of her predecessors did. Maybe they’ve given up on that. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider A lesson in language by Wee Ginger Dug, explaining why Andrew Marr was so wrong. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider In my iScot Magazine articles, I often extol the virtues of the wonderful Be My Eyes app. And it just keeps getting better. Now they’ve announced that, within a few months, blind people will be able to contact a sighted volunteer by voice via Meta Rayban glasses, and the volunteer will be able to see through the glasses’ camera. That means you can get help hands free which is a major bit of progress. Juggling a phone while trying to complete some tasks is very difficult. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Scrolling through my news feed this morning was more than a little depressing. The world is in a mess, and there are a lot of really nasty people out there. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Interestingly, Richard J Murphy is making the same points. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider I must admit I’m surprised to hear that stat. Freeports provide unscrupulous employers with all sorts of ways to ignore rules which apply elsewhere. I’d have thought more would have jumped at the chance. But if take-up is so poor, perhaps the UK Government will decide to do away with them. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider What could possibly go wrong? Given the DWP’s appalling record when it comes to people with disabilities, often resulting in unnecessary deaths, I can have no confidence that they will not abuse these new powers. As for Labour, they do love those Tory policies, don’t they? Targeting the poorest but letting the richest off seems to be their main focus. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider He’s right. It’s a phenomenon which has a name I can’t recall at the moment. Something like baseline perception. It can be applied to all aspects of our environment. It’s the reason so many Scots think that the natural state of our highlands is miles and miles of heather grouse moors. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider This is an excellent piece by Marina Hyde. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Wow! This week’s Lesley Riddoch Podcast is an absolute belter. Do yourself a favour and listen to it. I’ve rarely heard Lesley so animated and pure bilin’. npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider If there are so many wealth creators in the UK, where is all the wealth? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Latest blog. What has changed since Labour took power? npub1xqx2z3scgme9eyhqzve5a0qvankwvwy0gp97stqd2l5xqgt5emgqs9qlpk Rab Bruce’s Spider Another step towards reclaiming the Scots language. Don’t be embarrassed by the way you speak. Language snobbery & the #Cringe have convinced many that Scots is an inferior sort of English, but it is its own language.