Steven Duncan

🇮🇹 The speech that all of Italy heard. And that the world must hear. In a country that will host the Olympic Games, Italian Senator and Vice President of the Human Rights Commission Filippo Sensi took the floor and said what should have been said out loud long ago. He called it a disgrace that the International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych. Not for doping. Not for violating fair play. But for… memory. For a helmet bearing the faces of Ukrainian athletes — his friends, colleagues, champions — killed by Russia. The IOC stated that the helmet “did not comply with regulations.” And then Sensi asked a question that brought silence to the chamber: Does aggressive war comply with regulations? Is there a separate technical protocol for it? The correct angle of a missile strike? The permissible size of a crater? An athlete prepares for the Olympics for years. A Ukrainian athlete trains between air raid sirens, in shelters, under news of the dead. He overcomes fear, exhaustion, and loss. And he steps to the start line not only for a medal — but for the right to exist. And he is suspended… for remembering. Because memory is the most dangerous substance. It is hard to add to a prohibited list. But apparently, someone would very much like to. The senator named names. Just a few among more than 650 Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia: ▪️ Yevhenii Malyshev, 19, biathlete — killed in Kharkiv. ▪️ Mariia Lebid, 15 — missile strike in Dnipro. ▪️ Dmytro Sharpar, 25, figure skater — killed in Bakhmut. ▪️ Volodymyr Androsiuk, 22, track and field athlete — also Bakhmut. ▪️ Daria Kurdel, 20 — missile strike in Kharkiv. ▪️ Alina Perehutova, 14 — standing in line for water with her mother in Mariupol. ▪️ Maksym Halinichev, 22, boxer — killed defending Luhansk region. ▪️ Viktoriia Ivashko, 9, judoka — missile strike in Kyiv. ▪️ Kateryna Diachenko, 11, gymnast — airstrike on Mariupol. ▪️ Karina Bakur, 17, world kickboxing champion — shielded her father with her body. These were the faces Heraskevych wanted to carry with him to the start line. So that they would “compete” alongside him. So that their dream would not die with them. And for that, he was punished. Because it turns out that the faces of murdered athletes violate regulations. But their absence on the track does not. In his speech, Sensi said the most important thing: The Olympic Committee did not lose an athlete. It lost its most valuable medal — its conscience. Sport without memory is just a show. Sport without humanity is just decoration. Sport that fears truth is not about peace. The Olympic movement was born from the ideals of honor, dignity, and unity. Yet today Ukrainian athletes must prove not only their strength — but their right to remember their fallen. And if memory becomes a violation of regulations — then the problem is not the helmet. The world must hear this. Because silence is also a position. And indifference is also a choice. Memory cannot be disqualified. And conscience cannot be added to a prohibited list. 🇺🇦 We remember every one of them. And we will not allow their names to be erased.

Farage to Mishal Husain "Listen love, you're trying very hard....listen love, you're trying very hard" Vile man.

🟥 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC is pleased to once again support @SRtRCScotland match action this weekend. Racism has no place in football or society. If you hear it, see it, or experience it – call it out. ➡️ ictfc.com/show-racism-th… #TogetherWeAreStronger #MatchAction25

@imried7 Deepest condolences to you and your family from ours at this saddest time

30.07.25-19.08.25 Our girl got tired in the early hours of Tuesday morning & decided it was time to rest ‘If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever’ 💔

We all knew Mark Carney was going to humiliate him. And he did.

FT: ICTFC 3-0 Arbroath WE ARE STAYING UP 🔴🔵🙌

So now @MaggieChapman will face a vote on whether she can stay on the Equalities Committee - a vote controlled by the very same SNP majority who pushed self-ID and will almost certainly close ranks to protect her. Let’s be honest: this isn’t accountability. It’s political theatre. This is a stage-managed process designed to look like action, while everyone already knows the outcome. It’s performative politics, not principle. A tick-box exercise to calm the outrage, not uphold the standards of public office. Chapman accused the UK Supreme Court, including some of Scotland’s most respected legal minds of acting out of “bigotry, prejudice and hatred.” That is a direct attack on judicial independence, the rule of law, and the integrity of our highest court. And yet, the Committee she disgraced is expected to vote on whether she gets to stay. A committee dominated by her political allies. This whole charade insults the intelligence of the public. It’s not a real test of accountability, it’s a protection racket for party politics. Maggie Chapman should not just step down from the Committee. She should resign as an MSP. She is unfit for public office. #ChapmanMustResign #RuleOfLaw #HolyroodFailing

Time for government to take accountability without delay. If you need advice on lawful policy I recommend @ForWomenScot & @mbmpolicy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🤍💜

I’ve formally reported Maggie Chapman MSP to the Presiding Officer and Standards Committee following her dangerous dismissal of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Equality Act as a ‘political attack’. MSPs have a duty to uphold the law, not undermine it. #ScotParl #WomensRights #RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence

Alan Bates is considering Privately Prosecuting the Bosses of the Post Office for Corporate Manslaughter. RT If you support him, it is the only way there will be justice.

GOOD NEWS FOR SCOTLAND COMES IN THREES In one week, 66% of Scots say they are Scots and not pretend English, women told officially they are woman, and support for self-determination on the rise to 60% of the Indigenous population. Onward!

Every politician including councillors who promoted TWAW and every public body including Police Scotland and SPS need redding out today. Men aren’t women and never will be. The end.

This is the beginning of the end for political transvestism. The plot to reconfigure society around gender identity has broadly failed. The tactic of corrupting governments and public services in the shadows has just hit a very hard judicial road block. There is no way back.

“The ribbons of Mr Ewing’s family DNA are stitched into the fabric of the modern SNP...now though, he can’t even be certain that his candidacy for the 2026 election will be endorsed by the party” archive.ph/eBNdr

🚨 We’re sad to announce that #StormÉowyn has caused severe damage across our Gardens. At #Edinburgh, 15 trees have been lost – either uprooted or damaged beyond recovery. This includes the Garden’s tallest tree, the 29-metre Cedrus deodara, planted in 1859 👇

Three huge points 💪🔴🔵 📸 @TMPfoto

@SocialistNHS 💙

Hi Nigel Farage, We don't want ANY privatisation in our NHS and we don't want a tariff based system Stay away from our NHS...If you agree reply with a 💙 let's send him a message #OurNHS

The party's over. "to make it almost impossible for a sitting leader to be challenged and almost impossible for any outsider candidate to ever have any hope of being able to stand. This is the SNP oligarchy ending the last avenue for change in the SNP" robinmcalpine.org/the-snp-is-abo…

This doesn't miss 😄