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Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
'They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke. Not to inflation, but to that joke.'
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Leaked Israeli documents reveal how Benjamin Netanyahu's government waged a secret campaign to stop boycotts of Israel in Britain.
That included a "sensitive" meeting with Michael Gove -- when he was justice secretary in 2015 -- about countering the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.
Israel’s lobbying campaign was led by its justice minister Ayelet Shaked, who met Gove in London in November 2015.
Shaked, from the far-right Jewish Home party, was alarmed by a European Commission plan to label goods produced on illegally occupied Palestinian land as originating from an “Israeli settlement”.
The issue was consequently high on Shaked’s agenda, with the Israeli government fearing that the labels would help pro-Palestine boycott campaigns.
Gove “enjoyed” meeting Shaked and specifically requested “more information” from the Israeli embassy on the labelling issue, the leaked emails show.
Israel’s foreign ministry then arranged for an analysis to be prepared for Gove “as soon as possible” on the imminent EU measures.
“I am aware of the workload, but there is an unusual window of opportunity here”, noted one Israeli official, apparently referring to Gove’s openness to guidance.
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Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Record 90% of Scots attend cultural events in 2025 but UK under Labour saw a fall to 85% talkingupscotlandtwo.com/202…
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Israel allows 2 million Palestinians with Israeli citizenship (who did not become refugees in 1948) to vote and run for office while it denies that right to 6+ million it has kept under a brutal illegal occupation for nearly 60 years.
That is not democracy. It is Apartheid.
Israel’s Arab citizens, men and women, are turning out in historic numbers to vote. They can vote, run for office, and serve in the Knesset, rights denied to many Arabs and women across much of the Middle East.
Our critical ally in the fight against terror, Israel, is the only democracy in the region, and today shows it.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
I received a report – we carried out two missile strikes, destroying two Russian Su-34s and hitting an Iskander launcher. Thank you, guys, for this result! Another aspect of our anti-ballistic work is the packages of interceptors, primarily for Patriots, that our partners can provide us. They must protect lives. We now have intel about the Russians preparing new ballistic missile attacks. We need the capabilities to shoot down this Russian evil and are awaiting the decisions. Thank you to everyone who really helps us!
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
⭕️ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser:
“The more I studied Zionism, the more I spent time there, the more I realized that every inch of Israel is Palestine. It was always Palestine.
Jews were never not allowed to live there as equal citizens, as they are in Britain or any other Western country. But the establishment of this state really did mean this massive ethnic cleansing that was not just a one-off.”
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
A horrific Russian strike on the railway station in Dnipro. The Russians launched a drone attack on a platform where an ordinary commuter train and a scheduled passenger train were standing. Unfortunately, 13 people have been confirmed killed as of now. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Ten more people were injured. All necessary emergency services are working at the scene.
Just how many terrorist strikes has Russia carried out against our people since sanctions were lifted on certain Russian oligarchs and the Russian energy sector, rather than de-escalating? This is precisely why Ukraine has always said that just and decisive action by America and Europe is needed in response to Russian escalation – sanctions against Moscow and its war machine must not be eased for as long as this Russian war continues. It is time for new, stronger sanctions steps by the EU, the United States, and the G7. I thank everyone who is ready to help in this way.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Nothing more ridiculous than a tired Unionist trying to sound robust on defence when they said this just two weeks ago.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
He'll say anything else before apologising for his family's role in slavery. It's actually crazy how out of touch Charles is. The royals have a racism problem. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
🇬🇧 🇧🇸 King Charles III acknowledges 'injustices of the past' in the Bahamas
King Charles III says "we should acknowledge" the suffering caused by Britain's colonial past amid mounting calls for a formal apology and reparations over the transatlantic slave trade, as he begins a Caribbean tour in the Bahamas.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
As we suspected, Reporting Scotland had zero in depth analysis of the budget and its impact on Scotland. The programme instead had a vox-pop. The betrayal of Acorn was glossed over as was gas standing charge being applied to unit cost and the real terms cut to our block grant.
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Two trains collided south of Madrid on Wednesday morning, killing at least 10 people and leaving multiple others injured, Spanish media have reported.
Read the full story here: l.euronews.com/H1ZY
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Scottish Govt has given the go ahead for a new gas burning and power station with carbon capture plant in the north east of Scotland.
Great news but we now need to build a hydrogen production plant next door so that Scotland can produce SAF & e-fuels
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Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Wait a minute, on gas prices...
By moving the cost of the standing charge on to the unit rate - has Andy Burnham actually just put up energy bills for the majority of Scots?
We are colder country & have to put the heating on more, the more gas we use, the higher price we pay!
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Doogan himself has stood in the House of Commons and demanded the redistribution of the standing charge to the unit price claiming it will lower bills and reduce carbon emissions.
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Yedioth Ahronoth, citing officials close to US President Donald Trump, reports that US President Trump intends to personally use the means available to him to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a government that includes far-right politicians Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
NEW: Chancellor John Healey is reportedly planning to reverse the decision to slash the annual Isa allowance from £20,000 to £12,000 in his inaugural Budget thenational.scot/news/266761…
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
This is a long run campaign about the moral hazard of energy standing charges. They're a disincentive to reduce bills, far too may pay even when they don't use. 95% support a shift it to 'a pay for what you use' model. Its the biggest complaint people have sent my mailbag for years.
Both Lab & Tory in last election said 'they'd reduce them'. Yes energy prices are far too high, I've long campaigned on that too and we need more effort on that. However don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, fairer pricing matters too. This is a good switch I hope the same happens on electricity.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Genuine question. Does BBC Scotland have an editor or reporter capable of understanding the complexities and detail of the budget? We can't think of a single person left at the station who is up to the task.
Paul Robertson. 🏴🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 retweeted
Barring the recent announcement of regulation of home heating oil and LPG I've not heard anything. I presume the support package in the budget today though will cover heating oil & LPG users as well though. We'll have to wait and see.
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NEW: Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has issued a stark warning to Labour ahead of Andy Burnham’s first Budget as Prime Minister 🚨
Jenny Gilruth says the Chancellor must reverse plans which currently leave Scotland facing a real-terms cut to its funding in 2027/28, arguing Labour now has the chance to 'finally end austerity budgets'
