Journalist | Audience @uk.theconversation.com | Trustee of @mysociety.bsky.social | Co-editor of @gairlochtimes.org.uk | Based in Scottish Highlands but often roaming. Contact via @Signal.org username: allytibbitt.92
Ally Tibbitt
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A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered...
#RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow
Oh nothing, just the BBC protecting the identity of someone doing actual Nazi salutes as part of a pro-racism group in Glasgow.
The President just said we're on the cusp of a deal with Iran.
Today's post explores two fun facts:
1. It's the fiftieth time he's said this. (I counted!)
2. Even so, stocks rose on the news.
newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/how-to-pri...
Absolutely bizarre. No-one knows the true author of a controversial op-ed but it stays online as an "accurate record" of something or other.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
The hospitality industry wants their VAT cut to 10%. It will cost £12bn
Who benefits?
❌ The smallest most vulnerable businesses? Nope. 45% get nothing.
❌ Consumers? Nope - prices won't fall.
✅ Nearly half the cash goes straight to large chains. McDonald's gets £400m.
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And what will the UK government do?
news.stv.tv/politics/isr...
It appears my countrymen have arrived in the Americas and culturally appropriated a statue of George Washington.
Trafalgar Street: “🎶Nazis Stuck in a Tunnel.🎶” #Brighton
Other countries holding big tech to account latest...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Ofcom will not hesitate to demand that the horses that bolted are put back in the stables... later.
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For the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently.
Media regulator Ofcom has written to platforms reminding them that they have legal duties to remove illegal content, and suggesting they do this about posts inciting racist violence in Northern Ireland.
It says Ofcom "will not hesitate" to act against those who fail
www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
Ofcom has written to online service providers operating in the UK about the increased risk of their platforms being used to stir up hatred, provoke violence and commit other offences under UK law, in ...
