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Brian McRoberts

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Fifer. Scottish.
Software Tester.
Living in Leith, Edinburgh,Scotland
Illegitimi non carborundum.

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Signing off and unplugging. Going to read books, draw, write, ,garden. See you all..whenever :-)

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I had a peek at GB News. Its like a 1970's Working Mans Club -they even have an Elvis Impersonator.
#UKGE2024
#GeneralElection2024

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Aberdeen and Perth/Kinross. One of the seats in Stirling has always been a 'wee c' I know because I was a student at Stirling in the mid 80's

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I held my nose, and had a look. Its like a 1970;s working mans club set up. They even have an Elvis impersonator
#UKGE2024
#GeneralElection2024

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Has anyone seen what is going on over on GB News? I am loathed to check.

#UKGE2024
#GeneralElection2034

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One or two big hitters in the SNP look like their jobs are on a shoogly peg. Those are in parts of Scotland that have always been Conservative with "A wee c"
#UKGE2024

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Oh to see the Tory Whatsapp chat groups

#UKGE2024
#GeneralElection2024

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The race here in Scotland is going to be interesting. People forget that some parts of Scotland have always been Conservative with a "wee c" I see SNP losing a lot to those types.
#UKGE2024
#GeneralElection2024

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Don't be fooled. He voted against same sex marriages; against lower voting age; against transferring power to Scottish/Welsh/NI Parliaments; for restrictions on charities campaigning during elections; for voter ID; for reducing corporation tax; against fairer electoral system...

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I have opened the bottle of Wine, I don't think I will be staying up that late, hope to see at least one senior Tory lose their seat.
#GeneralElection2024

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If Reform Ltd get that number of seats, I hope they get a lot more scrutiny on where they get their funds.

#GeneralElection2024

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It would appear the dregs of the Tory party support have gone over the Reform Ltd. I hope those numbers are wrong.SNP have been bashed.

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They will all be wired on Caffeine and Sugar rushes

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Would not be surprised if there is a whole load of them end up there..

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I intend to! Do a bit of reading, doodling and gardening.

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Depending on what media, the RW papers will be gunning for them as soon as they finish blaming everyone else for the Tory demise.

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Ooft that would 3rd party territory...that would not happen surely??

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I was betting 100-120. Any lower than that its a shellacking you wonder if they come back from

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After tonight/early hours I am going to unplug social media for holidays. Might post the odd pic if there is nice view if I can be bothered.
Tonight will be fun.
#Holidays

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Was that not around that time GB walked out of the band? IG was more friendly with TI. It was them getting smashed in a pub that resulted in IG joining Black Sabbath. IG phoned his manager the next morning and told him "I think I joined Black Sabbath last night"

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A pal of mine went see DP on the last tour and he thought they sounded ok but everything was a bit slower, the audience was all sitting down as they were "a bit OAP". I thought Born Again was a good album if a bit badly produced. The story of it getting made is an absolute hoot to read.

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Riana's avatar Riana @riana.bsky.social
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Decided just now to start rereading Hitchhikers Guide for the first time in many years and uh

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Met him years back when he was running his side hustle of the comedy club out of the basement of Christies Bar just off the Grassmarket. We would get a bit phished with him and he would let us in free sometimes to watch the acts.

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Reasonable account of the big differences between UK and US elections if any American friends want a primer before the UK votes tomorrow.

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Every time I think, "I can just nip out and get some provisions for tonight.." big grey clouds swoop in and drop a rain shower. Going to be one of those afternoons.
#Edinburgh
#rainshowers

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*Typewronger Books..damn autocorrect

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My Mum had this typewriter. It was still bing used up to a few years back. Think she chucked it out.
#Typewriter
💙📚

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In the last Scottish Parliament election was 63%, be interesting to see if it gets anywhere near that for the GE though

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Steady traffic at my polling station in Leith this morning. Despite the gusty wind!

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🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote! Vote!

⮑ Edinburgh’s daily local news without the noise (including non-election stuff too, I promise) - edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...

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In a good mood. You can tell

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The Telegraph’s final barking mad eve of poll meltdown: Ed Davey is the Antichrist.

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Settle for anything between 90-115 seats and that will still be some shellacking.

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Got a lot of Brit friends over here on Bluesky, so to all of you, I wish you an awesome and patriotic 4th of July! Send those Tories packing tomorrow and take your country back. Looking forward to returning to a kingdom that has returned to sanity.

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