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I'm sure all the commentators up in arms about Iranian bots trying to influence Scottish politics will be all over this.
Reuters: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says
Last month, Reuters revealed that French authorities suspected BlackCore was behind an online smear campaign targeting three mayoral candidates from the hard-left, pro-Palestine France Unbowed party (LFI) in the local elections.
"This modus operandi was not limited to municipal elections in France. It also appears to have been used to carry out foreign digital interference operations in other countries or regions, such as Angola, Togo, the elections in Scotland, and the 2025 municipal election in New York."
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Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says reuters.com/world/israeli-fi…
Love being Scottish and turning on the World Cup coverage just as they're going on about 1966. Break up Britain now.
This might be the least authentic quote about football I have ever seen from a politician. Sound like an English politician who's been parachuted into a safe seat that has never sat foot in Glasgow. A horror show.
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Be funny if there is a slender unionist majority and journos like this tell us that third-placed Anas Sarwar who will have overseen Labour's two worst ever results should still be First Minister on less than a third of the SNP's seats.
NEW: SNP 'bleeding' support as new poll finds John Swinney well short of overall majority.
Seat projection for the Survation poll commissioned by Ballot Box Scotland:
- SNP 57
- Reform 21
- Lab 18
- Tory 13
- Green 11
- LD 9
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/polit…
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Apparently it's "narrow nationalism" to not want Palantir to have your medical data.
EXC: In an interview with the Record, Wes Streeting has accused the SNP Government of rejecting England's NHS app for "narrow nationalist" reasons.
He said he would still be willing to share the app and blasted the SNP's record of "failure and decline".
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/polit…
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Lol
🚨 NEW: Donald Trump says Keir Starmer took “far too long” to give the US access to British bases
“That’s probably never happened between our countries before… we were very disappointed in Keir”
[@Telegraph]
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All the very obvious bots under this post are very amusing. You'd think the UK government could afford better quality astroturfing. Maybe they demoted him to the basic tier after the other day.
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@on_lothianbuses bams have smashed up the bus tracker at Northfield Crescent, looks like it was last night
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Shouldn't be so refreshing to see a protected politician like Anas Sarwar get asked such obvious questions, but it is. You'll never see this on the BBC.
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar on Grangemouth redundancies after FMQs youtu.be/PdJThDwqEMU
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Yet our leaders are upset at some Israeli casuals getting battered instead.
Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says bbc.in/4fH3RfP
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A Labour-hosted memorial event for the victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza and its invasion of Lebanon, coming up any moment I'm sure.
This morning @Keir_Starmer hosted a memorial event for British October 7th victims and hostages.
The event was attended by the family members of hostages still held captive by Hamas in Gaza, those who were brutally killed on October 7th as well as representatives of Britain’s Jewish community.
The prime minister stressed the need for the hostages in Gaza to be returned “immediately and unconditionally”.
He told the family members that it was “impossible not to be moved by your pain and the agony you’re going through. I want you to know, as your prime minister, that every single word you said to me has been hugely impactful.”
The PM promised that he “will not give up until your family come home.”
#BringThemHomeNow 🎗️
📸 by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street
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