I can't say I'm filled with enthusiasm at the thought of duplicating posts on two sites, but what I've done for the time being is set up a Bluesky account so people can follow me if they wish. If I get to, say, 100 followers, I may start promoting my blogposts there.
So if you're on Bluesky, you can follow me HERE.
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James I don't do Twitter or Bluesky but I do look at your tweets and I have to say your tweet re the BBC and the Gaza ethnic cleansing is spot on.
ReplyDeleteVery good you follow James Kelly posts even not using Twitter or Bluesky! His words about BBC and Gaza are strong and true. Many lies in media, but he speaks clear. Good you see this also!
DeleteGreat honor to see James Kelly bring wise analysis to Bluesky! Strong voice for Scottish independence now reaches even more people. 🚀
ReplyDeleteIsn’t Bluesky an echo chamber? The very kind of preaching to the choir that we’re quite fairly criticised for, in our marches of the Indy faithful and most everything we do online?
ReplyDeleteI don’t criticise you for cross posting there as readers are readers. But the place is illusory and a monoculture.
FYI, I don’t think any better of Twitter, either. I dumped it donkey’s years ago, long before Elon torched the joint.
DeleteI value blogs like yours so much more than social media “likes.” Indeed, even the comments sections.
But the place is illusory and a monoculture.
DeleteIt's definitely hostile to the MAGA/Reform/Likud/Putin side of things, but the rest of the spectrum from far left to somewhat right of centre seems pretty well represented. It reminds me of Twitter ten years ago (with a smaller user base)
For me I see Blue Sky as being like the polar opposite of Truth Social.
ReplyDeleteWhere one is like an echo chamber for the right-wing the other is also an echo chamber but for the left.
X/Twitter seems to annoy both sides of the political divide for different reasons... obviously not perfect but it's closer to being balanced than the other alternatives.
Well, there is one problem, though, which is that Musk seems to be rigging the algorithms. Most obviously he's rigged them so that everyone has to endure his "wow" tweets, but I suspect it goes deeper than that. I retweet a lot of pro-Palestinian material, and I do sometimes wonder if I get penalised for that.
DeleteX/Twitter seems to annoy both sides of the political divide for different reasons
DeleteWho on the right (much less the Trumpian right) expresses annoyance with Twitter these days?
Elon Musk called for the US to admit more foreign tech workers. He wants to make it simpler for the 'best and brightest' to come to the US on a H-1B visa.
DeleteThat obviously annoyed a lot of the 'America First' supporters on the right.
Trump himself isn't on it. He was all over Twitter like a rash, back in his first administration. Twitter without its cult leader just isn't Twitter, it's X.
DeleteX/Twitter isn’t perfect! Run by saluting Musk. It is now a right wing soapbox.
ReplyDeleteFollowed you on Bluesky.
ReplyDeleteJoined it a while ago, but must admit it is a bit boring.
Anodyne.
I am still on twitter and have recently lost a good few followers - possibly due to my constant crit of the Orange Balloon and my posting of Pro-Palestinian stuff.
I will stay on it just to annoy that total prick Musk, if nothing else.
The prick is annoyed by people leaving, not them staying
DeleteYir tadger will be glad aye the respite. Good idea Dave.
DeleteFollowed you, James.
ReplyDeleteBluseky is far from perfect. Lots of groupthink and very patchy coverage in terms of the spread of its membership. Way too much US politics focus for my taste. But it is also a warm and friendly place, with lots of lovely and well-informed people too. Overall, I like it, whilst clear eyed about its extensive limitations.
bluesky has a massive nonce problem, probably more of them than twitter has a nazi problem
ReplyDeletesome genius should invent a social medium for the nazi nonce demographic, then
Delete- profit
I am on faecebook, anyone want to join my "trannies for islam" group?
DeleteI mean Twitter is full of Nazis and nonces, so Bluesky still wins
DeleteAre you really allowed on Bluesky if you're "cis" or are you just a tolerated minority?
DeleteSomething something attack helicopters
DeleteThankfully, I prefer to talk to people rather than type at them (the world in 2025 has reverted to telegrams because it's impersonal), but Bluesky is a severed tentacle of X, probably from a cost-cut.
ReplyDelete£1 Billion kick in the teeth for oil jobs.
ReplyDeleteThe UK gov finding £1Billion to help out Ratcliffe develop England’s Manchester United Old Trafford. Not exactly a poor football club. Ratcliffe also getting £600 million for a Ratcliffe factory in Belgium. Ratcliffe being the guy closing Grangemouth and Starmer being the guy who promised along with Sarwar to save Grangemouth. Starmer the guy who says there is no money for other things.
The sad local Labour MP for the Grangemouth area elected last summer also promised it would be saved. He is now on the media bleating about his own leadership betraying them. That’s the sort of thing that happens when you are a colony. It’s incredible people in Scotland cannot see this.
The Proclaimers will be able to update their song and add ‘ Grangemouth no more ‘. This is nothing new. Westminster like a vampire likes to suck the blood out of Scotland but not kill it off. Just keep it so that House Jocks can say we are too poor to be independent. There are oil refineries in England just as there were steel plants in England when Ravenscraig was closed.
When you are a colony you have no control.
Sarwar’s party slogan should be vote Scottish Labour to make England great.
Nationalist propaganda bullshit in the extreme.
DeleteAnon@10:30pm comes across as a brainwashed fool.
DeleteAnon at 8.36 and 8.49 .... no, it's not, and no, he doesn't.
DeleteYes it is and yes he is!
DeleteVote Scottish Labour to make England great.
DeleteVote Scottish Labour to freeze your granny.
Both very accurate slogans - it's nice that Sarwar has a choice courtesy of his boss in London.
No doubt Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater will be happy at the devastation to the local community when Grangemouth closes. It looks like a " Just Transition " was just another slogan that the SNP/Greens couldn't do or couldn't be bothered doing. Or stupidly thought Westminster would help out. Scotland is England's colony and we do not count. Starmer is an Engish nationalist. Just how long will it take for this penny to drop in the minds of Scots.
DeleteANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST just another Sturgeon broken promise.
Anon 8.36am - House Jock.
DeleteAnon 8.49am - House Jock.
Anon 10.40am - House Jock.
Probably all the same House Jock called KC.
IFS@11:29,
DeleteI got another slogan for you,
Vote for independence to destroy Scotland.
SNP numpties have been saying for years on SGP that if you are not a SNP party member what is happening in the SNP is none of your business. Yet the volume of comment by SNP members on Alba party business since James started his Alba files series shows them up as:
ReplyDeletea) applying double standards; b) hypocrites; c) numpties; d) party drones or e) all of the above. Personally, I would go for e) all of the above. Happy to hear your opinion.😃
"We'd like people to comment or even notice us." - ISP
DeleteIfS: This is because Alba has attacked the SNP.
DeleteAnd the SNP never tried to smother Alba (with media help).
DeleteSelf-important numpties will spout their opinions, whichever party they're in or support, and a vital part of the job is never looking in the mirror. How do you think they got that way in the first place?
DeleteIfs is a numpty, heid case, hypocrite, britnat, self-centred, mysoginist, stalker so I’ve been told.
DeleteAh, typical—always looking for double standards where none exist. SNP members discuss Alba not because they meddle, but because Alba tries to play big role in independence debate while having tiny support.
DeleteIf you enter political arena, expect scrutiny.
Alba people always cry "free speech" but cannot handle criticism. Hypocrisy? No, just reality.
SNP shapes Scotland’s future; Alba is footnote.
Complaining about SNP members commenting is like shouting at rain for being wet.
Maybe focus on fixing Alba’s problems instead of whining about others talking? Or is truth too painful?
Quite a few numpties posting re my comment.
DeleteI'll just address the biggest numpty post at 10.55am. This anon numpty says:- " Complaining about SNP members commenting is like shouting at rain for being wet."
This top numpty disnae seem to realise I have no problem with people from other parties or no party like myself commenting on other parties what my post is commenting on is the SNP members who regularly post on SGP telling non SNP members they have no right to comment on SNP matters but here they are doing it with Alba in great numbers.
This numpty also wants me to fix Alba problems even though I am not a member and didn't vote for them last year.
So on that basis you anon at 10.55am are top numpty.
Your numpty words make you sound like a 15 year old hafwit. Sad.
DeleteIsn't BlueSky the social media home of all the gender idealogues?
ReplyDeleteCan you get a sex change operation in Aberdeen?
DeleteIs the Pope a Catholic?
DeleteAre pronouns pretentious?
DeleteSpeaking of which: Bluesky had better make them MANDATORY or it's getting reported to Police Scotland for a HATE CRIME.
Is that you JK ?
DeleteRemember all the mock outrage over hate crimes and the unionists deliberately lodging trivial complaints? How is that going ?
Delete"Can you get a sex change operation in Aberdeen?"
DeleteYou can get a rough-and-ready transition.
New article in The Times: Swinney has steadied the ship but SNP support is not recovering.
ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt the fall in Scottish Labour’s support in the polls since the general election is the result of dissatisfaction with Sir Keir Starmer’s government and some controversial policy decisions made in Downing Street. However, as Professor Sir John Curtice pointed out in response to the most recent poll from Find Out Now, “there is no dramatic breakthrough” for the SNP in response to that.
That is of little surprise when devolved services like the NHS are in crisis, policing has been cut to the bone, the Operation Branchform investigation into party finances continues, and controversies over ministerial limos and iPad roaming charges won’t go away.
The survey put the SNP on 31 per cent in the constituency vote — not only a massive 17 points down on the 2021 election, but four points down since December. As always, it’s trends that matter and the party remains far below the level it enjoyed throughout 2022 and 2023. So while John Swinney has steadied the ship following the turmoil of Humza Yousaf’s tenure, the party’s support is not recovering.
How are the other “independence” parties for comparison?
DeleteThe real story is the voters. Where have they gone, having abandoned the SNP? In 2024, many more of them (myself included) stayed at home instead of going for Labour or other parties. I reckon that's the still the case now: most of us who turned our backs on the indy-free SNP have not returned, as the problem still remains.
DeleteLabour's the one losing voters in droves now. Where are they going? It seems likely they're vanishing to the wind like the SNP's. You'd think a big chunk of Reform's support is scunnered Starmer voters, but surely more of Labour's lost 2024 vote is staying home again.
Any sign of this in the polling, James? What does Reform's voter base look like, by recalled vote?
Rent controls abandoned, housing crisis announced, emission targets abandoned, income tax redistribution abandoned, care 'plan' abandoned, NHS really ducked, ferries, teachers, libraries, swimming pools, police, courts, trains, roads, you name it.
DeleteThere isn't going to be an SNP resurgence any time soon.
There isn't going to be a Unionist resurgence either.
DeleteThere is only a small minority of people who care much for the unionist/nationalist binary totalitarian stuff.
DeleteThere is a populist surge, however.
DeleteThose numpties like to break things, which gives us a chance, as the inherently feart who voted No to be on the safe side find populists terrifying. Despite everything the SNP has refused to do for the last 10 years, the conditions are looking good to make the push for independence.
Wakey wakey, John. Hello?
I think the greatest resurgence will be voter apathy tbh.
DeletePeople are scunnered with all the main political parties and there's not a lot of motivation to turn up to vote for the 'least worst option'. If there's a feeling that nothing ever changes regardless what's the point etc?
If Farage wasn't topping UK polls, I'd agree with you. But he really could be Prime Minister in a few years time. There's no one effectively opposing him, and his party can't be held responsible until they're in power, so can essentially do no wrong.
DeleteIf that doesn't sharpen minds…
Yeah but I feel like Reform won't do quite as well in Scotland as they will in England. It's like ingrained in Scottish society to never vote Tory and Reform could be seen as just being a Tory spin-off/more right-wing version.
DeleteTheir rhetoric will resonate with many though as the negative sentiment with all the main political parties isn't just an English issue.
This comment is insufficiently appreciative of the SNP leadership team.
ReplyDeleteJohn Swinney and Kate Forbes have proven to be good captains, expertly navigating the SNP through choppy political waters after a turbulent period.
While the party has yet to catch the *full* force of the electoral winds in its sails, Swinney's steady hand on the tiller has certainly kept it from drifting further off course.
In the face of challenges—from public service pressures to ongoing investigations—he (along with Kate Forbes at his helm) has charted a calm and deliberate course, ensuring *not just* that the SNP remains afloat but also that it is ready to seize more favourable tides that lie ahead.
"along with Kate Forbes at his helm"
DeleteI like the image of Kate being the real leader of the party. I hope she's more active in her pursuit of independence if and when she gets that job at last. But I fear, now, it'll be in tougher circumstances than we have to build the case at present.
The SNP have turned hard to starboard under Swinney and Forbes.
DeleteBut which way's independence? Where's the compass?
DeleteHi ChatGPT.
DeleteHey Siri, what compass bearing should we take for indy?
DeleteAlaba's bogus MSP prefers a thermometer.
DeleteThey've avoided the icebergs and are heading for the rock instead.
DeleteAnon at 10.49am says "this comment " but disnae tell us what one.
ReplyDeleteAnyway your post is like a paragraph from a children's book called Tales From The Good Ship Swinney.
Point of detail anon - ships normally have one captain not two as you say. Perhaps that is why they have run aground in recent years.
The previous captain needs cast away in a lifeboat. She resigned her commission but she hasn't had the good sense to let others take over the boat.
DeleteIt's just AI generated nonsense, copied and pasted to troll the comment section.
DeleteI see the IDF are raiding and destroying books in West Bank bookstores. I wonder who else was it that liked to burn books they disagreed with.
ReplyDeleteWith Donald's permission, the West Bank's soon to get Robbed.
DeleteIf your neighbour from birth vowed to kill all of your family until your people were wiped from the face of the earth just because you're you, what would you do?
ReplyDeleteJews have had thousands of years of people killing them just because they're Jews
England's Britain in its empire days notched up a higher body count of victims than Na*i Germany did, and Britain had to travel around the world to do their killing
Israel isn't going anywhere, they're protecting their home from rabid murderers who refuse to stop killing them
The Jews never attacked Scotland, maybe people should focus their attention on who did attack and subject Scotland to their rule
"Israel isn't going anywhere, they're protecting their home from rabid murderers who refuse to stop killing them"
DeleteNo, they're not, they've stolen someone else's home and forced the rightful owners to live in the garden shed. Then they bombed the shed.
The same, of course, can be said for the Palestinians.
DeleteThe problem will be solved by moving 1MM Gazans to Washington DC and turning Gaza into Disneyworld. The future is orange, with a golden-fleece hat and a criminal record.
DeleteI'd love to see the Americans try. If they thought Iraq and Afghanistan were a waste of lives and resources, try evicting millions of people from Palestine…
DeleteThe best part of the very entertaining Donald Show is that he isn't into invading and evicting anywhere really (apart from maybe the Washington Senate building). Unlike his more erudite predecessors who went in for killing people in the middle east/bits of central Asia/Bits of Europe/small Caribbean islands/wherever.
DeleteThe Trump's message that he is going to end wars and bring peace on Earth doesn't jive with the alt-left.
DeleteAnon at 12.16pm is Dr Jim another poster on WGD who is an Israeli mass murder supporter. Dr Jim who supports colonialism and settler murders in Palestine and justifies it by saying the English are worse.
DeleteWGD the site where you cannot post criticism of the SNP but you can openly support mass murder. This is the site David Francis supports and wants James Kelly to work hand in hand with.
Jimbo: How do you get the Palestinians *out* of Palestine? Just wondering. The Palestinians themselves say they're not interested in leaving.
DeleteAnon Moron at 1216.
DeleteYou are a total ZIONIST WANKER.
Not worth any more of anyone's time.
The SNP are closing libraries. They have doubled child benefit, which may partially account for the increase in drugs/alcohol/oven chips misuse, but they need to pay for it.
ReplyDeleteOven chips misuse? So you're one of those dafties who supports a tax on fast food?
DeleteWealthy people don't binge on McCain's boxes…
Frying potatoes takes as long as putting pre-fried ultra processed chips in an oven. The difference is that a low-wage migrant has put them in a peeling and chopping machine.
DeleteO/T. Judging by his most recent blog Campbell really has lost the plot. The frothers are in overdrive. Grrr grr.
ReplyDeleteStu's "shocking" conversion to a Trumpist, Farrage supporting, indy-indifferent, habitual Tory-voter has been obvious and unremarkable for years now. He lost the plot when he went to court with Kezia and none of his SNP contacts backed him up. Still, at least he has some cool new rampantly British fans to cheer him on with the attention he seeks.
DeleteCampbell's as useful to independence as the SNP are under Swinney. And I don't mean that in praise.