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@BBCScotlandNews The Reform UK manifesto should frighten the shit out of everyone living in Scotland. Prescriptions Gone tax on health. University Education Gone. Barnett Block Grant Gone. Scottish Enterprise Gone Social Security Scotland Gone. Nature Scot Gone. Visit Scotland Gone. & much more

Over the last day Farage has called: - Welsh speakers, foreign language speakers. - For a removal of powers from the Scottish Parliament. Don’t be fooled, this is an outright attack on our democracy and the nations of the UK.

@LindseyGrahamSC @POTUS

Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake. The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure. The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America. I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.

@FlyIngenuity @amandadeibert Same. Kiwis and strawberries to a lesser extent 😭

@amandadeibert Pineapples for me. Still love them.

Me googling "do oranges make everyone's mouth sting?" DO THEY NOT?????

@MrTibblesNewEra @thecarolemalone Brain eating bacteria would starve to death in her head.

Yeah, that's not why it happened. You know it too. What a sad life you lead when all you can do is lie and spread hate. Still, I'm nice and it doesn't pay the bills. @thecarolemalone

Remembering the Angels of Dunblane and their teacher on the 30th anniversary of that tragic day. Thoughts, love and prayers to their families, friends and everybody affected. #Dunblane #DunblaneMassacre #30Years @allontheboard

It's confirmed folks, Trump is sending 2,500 troops to Iran (boots on the ground). Now would be a very good time to make #SendBarron trend again

‘Like’ if you would like King Charles’s proposed visit to USA to be postponed. ‘Repost’ if you would like it to be cancelled until the USA has rid itself of the demented orange warmonger.

@EOSK25 @grazzar09 Neither do you.

@Eilidhexmo @grazzar09 You don’t speak for Scotland.

Dear Donald You claim Scottish heritage You claim many things you are not In Scotland you are regarded as a complete cunt. Not welcome in Scotland A loser. A pedophile Absolute scum Hell beckons for you.

Reminder. The USA did not enter WWII until the attack on Pearl Harbour. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mum) were dispatched to the USA mid 1939 to strengthen ties, but the USA would not budge. No lectures please from the Tangerine Tw*t. #BBCBreakfast #BBCLauraK

What we need is a Government that is very clear about our defence and our national interest. Labour are political pygmies playing student union politics. Britain should lead, defend our interests, and stand strong. Keir Starmer doesn’t have the backbone. Conservatives do🇬🇧👇

@nickimoraa Not long after we moved in, we found a hidden cupboard filled with the belongings of the previous owners deceased wife. He'd stuffed everything in, then boarded it over.

As an adult I have learned that the most shocking and unexpected opponent in life is the person who owned your house before you.

Can't disagree with that

Just a reminder, should it be needed, that the man slagging off the United Kingdom is a former reality TV host, who boasted about grabbing women by their genitals, has changed his mind no fewer than three times on the Chagos deal, blamed Ukraine for being invaded, refused to accept the result of a democratic election that he lost, uses social media LIKE A SULKING TEENAGER, taunts his allies with tariffs, and only weeks ago threatened to take over Greenland. If anyone’s damaging the special relationship between Britain and America, it’s Trump - a raging, narcissistic, unpredictable, vicious, vindictive man-child, who holds domestic and international law in contempt, and whose own White House pumps out content that celebrates him as the gangster-in-chief.

Marco Rubio on Tuesday: "Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics." The White House Thursday:

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Donald Trump- “This isn’t Churchill we’re dealing with.” You’re right. It isn’t. Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. For nearly two years before America entered the conflict after Pearl Harbor, Britain and the Commonwealth stood virtually alone against Hitler. London burned in the Blitz. Coventry was flattened. Families slept in Underground stations not knowing if their homes would survive the night. And it wasn’t just Britain. 2.5 million volunteers from the Indian subcontinent, the largest volunteer army in history. Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders. Hundreds of thousands from Africa and the Caribbean. They fought from 1939, in North Africa, in the Atlantic, in Italy, in Burma long before the United States entered the European war. When America did enter, it became decisive but after victory, Britain was financially exhausted. In 1946, we borrowed $3.75 billion from the United States and $1.19 billion from Canada to rebuild a country that had poured everything into defeating fascism. And we honoured that debt. With interest, Britain repaid around $7.5 billion to America and about $2 billion to Canada nearly $10 billion in total. The final payment was made in December 2006. Sixty years after the war ended, Britain was still paying back what it owed. So yes, this isn’t Churchill’s war. But Britain still remembers what standing first looks like.

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