Stevie's Yer Da'

Stevie Anderson
Scottish. Socialist. Huge toast fan, literally. Mental health support work, mental illness struggler at times
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2026-04-26 23:50:43 UTC

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It's one thing to correctly see the Democrats as hugely problematic and supporting many horrors, it's quite another thing to boldly assert that the Republicans in their current form are the equals of the Democrats. It's simply not true. A kinder torturer is still a better thing than a crueler one, even if we wish to be rid of both

2026-02-28 17:29:10 UTC

The US Military from top to bottom is following illegal orders. Time to take names and consider a future filled with courts and jails for many of the "following orders" brigade
#Iran

2025-07-22 16:50:02 UTC

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I'd further note if we accept these arguments for proscription and labelling groups or individuals as terrorist then why aren't we applying the same criteria to Israel, Israel's supporters, pro-Israel groups, weapons suppliers etc

2025-07-22 16:47:33 UTC

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I've had a similar discussion with my local MP and at pains to point out that even if there is law breaking this is not the same as terrorism. We can agree or disagree on direct action and legality without the huge escalation of naming the activity/organisation as terrorist

2025-07-14 11:55:01 UTC

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2/2
Meanwhile on BBC News we have fully undisclosed talking heads from right wing think tanks and pro-Israel groups yacking away - without challenge or qualification regarding who they speak for - any time the BBC wants commentary on economics or Palestine. The double standards and class interests are shocking
The UK, the BBC and the Labour Party are a fucking disgrace
#politics
#BBC
#Gaza
#Labour

2025-07-14 11:54:46 UTC

So fucking tired and angry with BBC and Labour Party bullshit about Palestine, and everything else too
Today's report critcizes the production company for not "disclosing" that the 13 year old narrator was the son of a "Hamas official", while acknowledging that not one word of what the child said was influenced by this relationship.
Labour Oberlieutenant Lisa Nandy refers to this as "a serious of catastrophic failures"
#politics
#BBC
#Gaza
#Labour
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2025-07-02 05:59:20 UTC

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For the NHS to work properly it has to exist in a fully functioning welfare system. It cannot be the provider of last resort for a country that's given up on local government, social care, housing and all the other ways people need support during crisis periods of their lives

2024-12-30 07:51:27 UTC

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I think there's also a crude truth that Guardianistas, and liberals are onboard with globalisation, fear radical change as it would threaten their current privilege and security
Being morally shocked by Trump, Farage and Le Penn makes wonderful ratings while stocking Mick Lynch on a platform, not so much

2024-12-30 07:42:21 UTC

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I think it's fair to say the right has captured votes far more effectively than the left and our experiences of Corbynism and the way centrists have handle Sanders or "the squad" in US politics illustrates why
Billionaires and centrists (the right wing of Labour and the Democrats for example) will not tolerate a surge in the Left''s fortunes even if it means we get Farage, Le Penn and Trump

2024-11-29 17:02:14 UTC

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St Andrews?

2024-11-20 18:01:45 UTC

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Skye Bridge?

2024-11-07 13:41:26 UTC

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I hope today is a far better day for you and that you are safe and well

2024-11-07 05:07:30 UTC

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I work on a mental health/suicide service. I hope you're safe and doing better now.
You're right, you're never alone, reach out, pick up the phone to talk things through before hurting yourself and so, so many others with a moment of extreme desperate action in response to real pain
Take good care of yourself

2024-11-06 14:32:31 UTC

I can't come to terms with the simple facts that
America looked at a fascist
Saw a fascist
and CHOSE a fascist
I don't know how we recover from this but I hope and know that we will
#TrumpFascism
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2024-09-11 20:13:45 UTC

Why is every single media outlet reporting the US Presidential debate as if one of the participants didn't shit his own pants and spout off about immigrants eating people's dogs?
Trump is a disgraceful human being with no redeeming or endearing qualities. He displayed this fully yet we still suffer
"Who won the Presidential debate!!??!"
"Both candidates accuse the other of lying"
"Good points and bad for Trump and Harris"
FUCK THE FUCK OFF with the horse race nonsense
#politics
#debate

2024-09-01 00:32:09 UTC

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and following precisely the right wing forumation that Chomski laid out a decade or few ago..
Underfund the public service
Cause the crisis
"Solve" the crisis with privatisation and profit

2024-08-06 19:11:53 UTC

I returned to Twitter/x for a week, having previously binned it just prior to Musk buying it.
It is SO SO much worse than when I left. An absolute toxic, racist hellhole. There's racist pile ons for any prominent muslim posting, Humza Yousaf for example. The gobshites from the racist gutter press post incitements and "legitimate concerns" and get hundreds of racists joining in. I had to delete it, it's beyond harmful to be taking part in that. Twitter is a vehicle for fascism now
#uk_politics

2024-06-05 12:16:32 UTC

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I'm not arguing AGAINST democracy, I'm saying that unless we start to deliver real democracy, freedom, equality and justice to the 99% then we will have fascism.
What we have called democracy over the last half century has been steadily undermined by the raw power of the 1%,. So yes we should all vote and fight fascists electorially, but we must also seek to remove the power, wealth and privilege of the 1% to undermine and co-opt fair society.

2024-06-05 10:53:24 UTC

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is it possible to say that liberal democracies haven't failed?
We have seen the moderate gains of the post war era rolled back, while the nation state, governments, trade unions, elections, political parties have all been smashed or co-opted to support the rich at all costs, while the planet has been sacrificed on their altar
The illusion of democracy being effective, fair and remotely in our favour, is gone. The rich will defend themselves with force now. Fascism

2024-06-05 08:25:56 UTC

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because liberal democracies have utterly failed, having nominally governed vast inequality, climate catastrophe and now open support for genocide. We hear cries to support democracy and the rule of law at a time when democracy fails us all and there is no law for the rich and powerful.
The rich and powerful fear that liberal democracy will no longer suffice to legitimate their wealth and power, and thus we are at the door of force, authority and raw power to defend their position