John Swinney ate my cat

The British nationalist media is really scraping the bottom of the SNPbad scare story barrel now that it’s looking as though Anas Sarwar’s tenure as Saviour of the Union has been more short lived than most, with the implosion of support for Labour in Scotland. Labour’s chances of forming the next…

Palestine Action Scotland target Biffa Limited in Glasgow and Edinburgh

As Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay attempts to emulate his ridiculous predecessor with a sick joke: “Was thinking of buying this from @ThalesUK but it’s not LEZ compliant …” others were busy elsewhere. A few nights ago, activists from Palestine Action Scotland targeted the Glasgow and Edinburgh premises of Biffa Limited. They smashed windows, spray painted […] Source

‘Taking Your Country Back’ (Again), The Great Moving Right Show

Much has been made of the ever-shifting rightwards Labour party under Sir Keir Starmer, see the latest here (Blue Labour v Reform: The Pro-Worker, Anti-Woke Plan To Beat Farage). As if mesmerised, and bored, we ignore the Conservative party’s race to keep up with Reform UK. As Adam Bienkov notes: “Anyone wishing to know what […] Source

UK is the ‘nimby’ when it comes to sourcing materials for renewables

KEIR Starmer has been very vocal about the “nimbys” who do not want renewable energy projects, giant pylons, overhead lines, substations, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in their environment. Yet, with a bit of research and observation, it would appear Keir Starmer is the greatest nimby of them all. For all this junk being dumped in our countryside in the name of “net zero” comes at a price, and that price is the offshoring of our industry and therefore our carbon emissions. Source

Steve Bannon on Elon Musk and the Battle for Trump’s Ear

Ross Douthat sits down with Steve Bannon to discuss the many right-wing factions vying for dominance in the Trump administration. He gives very little push-back on Bannon’s euphemistic ‘populist nationalism’ where he is given free-reign. His hot-take is that the tech oligarchs, the titans of capital, are ‘left wing’, is hilarious if it wasn’t so […] Source