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There is an interesting article in today’s ‘National’ discussing Danny Dorling’s observations that Scottish independence is well underway - by stealth with a growing gap between our country and the rest of the UK. Slowly slowly catchee monkey?

Now to follow it up with financial and political independence.

thenational.scot/news/25220069

archive.today/2025.06.08-05022 (archive)

Today in Labor History June 7, 1866: 1,800 Fenian raiders were forced back to the U.S. after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas in Canada. The Fenian raiders were members of the Fenian Brotherhood (Irish Republican Brotherhood), a U.S.-based Irish Republican organization that attacked British installations in Canada. Their goal was Irish independence from the UK. They carried out raids in 1866, as well as 1870-1871. The IRB also took part in the ill-fated Fenian Rising, in Ireland, in 1867.

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…Türk said he was "profoundly disturbed" by the #sanctions & called for their "prompt reconsideration & withdrawal".

The 4 judges named are ALL #women: Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, & Beti Hohler of Slovenia.

The #ICC has responded in a stmnt, saying it "deplores" the sanctions, which were "a clear attempt to undermine" its #independence.

#Trump#law#judiciary
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The #ICC slammed the move, saying it was an attempt to undermine the #independence of an international #judicial institution that provides #hope & #justice to millions of victims of "unimaginable atrocities."

Both judges Bossa & Ibanez Carranza have been on the ICC bench since 2018. In 2020 they were involved in an appeals chamber decision that allowed the ICC prosecutor to open a formal investigation into alleged #WarCrimes by American troops in #Afghanistan.

#law#criminal#felon47
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“Having a senior official placed in any #InspectorGeneral’s office who reports to the agency head, in this case #DNI, would undermine the entire construct of #independence that is integral to the IG’s #oversight mission,” said Mark Greenblatt, a former #Trump-appointed Interior Department inspector general & former chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency [#CIGIE].

#law#corruption#Project2025
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…“The appointment of a highly partisan advocate for prioritizing personal loyalty to President #Trump above #independence & professionalism in the federal government—& one who apparently answers to #DNI #Gabbard rather than to you—in a senior role within [intelligence community IG’s office] raises troubling questions about the independence of the IC IG & whether there exists a need for #Congress to strengthen protections for the IC IG’s independence,” Lynch wrote to Johnson.

Anopther crass article from Kettle in which has calls for an effort to make the UK 'work' and managed to only gudginly Wales, Scotland and NI with no understanding of any of them A classic example of SE Londonon bubbles.

And a short piece from Bylines Cymru that could (although it predates it) be written in ripost.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

bylinetimes.com/2025/05/21/wal

The Guardian · The UK risks falling apart. Keir Starmer can mend it now – but he doesn’t have much timeVon Martin Kettle

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