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   Laura (lauravivanco@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 03:21:14 JST Laura

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   • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
   • Lucy Wallace

   @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @CloudyMrs @Snoweider Here's another benefit of not living in England: "Coeliac patients in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are less at risk of long-term health complications because they can access free gluten-free bread, pasta and flour." I assume there's still some risk, as people might eat some other foods they don't get for free, so the article's not necessarily wrong to describe this as a UK issue. But I'm glad Scotland's doing something! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/26/free-from-food-increasingly-unaffordable-uk-experts-warn

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 18:53:44 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @Snoweider that's the Guardian for you. If only there were some nearby country where access rights have been enshrined in law for over 20 years to be used as an example of how things might develop if similar legislation were to be enacted in England. The Guardian has a pathological aversion to any story that highlights Scotlands' status as a country, separate from England. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/outdoors-community-marks-20-years-of-scottish-access-rights/

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     Lucy Wallace (snoweider@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 18:53:49 JST Lucy Wallace

     The message here is that the great unwashed are the source of any harm that comes to our countryside, and that farmers are blameless custodians of the land. 🤔

     #RightToRoam

     https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/26/gates-left-open-and-crops-destroyed-the-risks-and-benefits-of-right-to-roam

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     Lucy Wallace (snoweider@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 18:57:13 JST Lucy Wallace

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     @CloudyMrs ha yes! Although the #dailyfail somehow made a story about denied access in England about how unfair it is that Scots have their own access laws.

     https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12837357/amp/English-banned-beauty-spot-Scots-roam-free-Fury-landowner-blocks-river-south-national-border-access-remains-open-villagers-side.html

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 19:04:18 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @Snoweider bloody Scots. How dare we be different?

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 19:26:29 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @Peternimmo @Snoweider the Guardian seems to have a policy of never ever mentioning any difference between Scotland and England unless they can spinniy to to claim that Scotland is failing in some way due to said difference. They're every bit as Unionist and anti Scottish as the Daily Mail. They just come at it from a different direction.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 19:32:21 JST Mrs Cloudy

     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider Also child poverty and homelessness rates. Would have been compared in depth if they were worse in Scotland but not even referenced since England compares unfavourably. This was very noticeable during Covid. Scotland was only mentioned whenever rates were worse here, alongside demands for Nicola to follow Boris's lead. Never ever the other way around.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 19:37:03 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider I read the comments. Lots of reference to the SNP and discrimination. They read the headline and decided the story was about English people being banned by the SNP, from places where Scots could go. Thick as mince. But scary.

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     Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (madeyethecarnaptious@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 19:37:04 JST Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @Snoweider @CloudyMrs

     That's the Daily Fail for you. Bitter and twisted!

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 21:52:59 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Toni Scott
     • Lucy Wallace

     @ToniScott @Snoweider should moving away from the countryside mean they can never have access to the countryside again? Seems a bit permanent to me. Why not look for a middle ground? It's clearly possible. Just look North.

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     Toni Scott (toniscott@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 21:53:00 JST Toni Scott

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     @Snoweider
     That’s a harsh conclusion to reach! People have literally moved away from the countryside, and many have no clue about how things work. Right to roam comes with a responsibility to care for farmed animals and respect those who make their living on the land, many of whom struggle to make a living.

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     Toni Scott (toniscott@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 22:46:56 JST Toni Scott

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @CloudyMrs @Snoweider
     I wasn’t talking about denying access, but about understanding. People with little or no experience of country life do not always grasp why it is important to close gates; dog owners believe they have a god-given right to let their dog off the leash in the country - trust me on that, I’ve tried to reason with them often.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 23:31:59 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @ToniScott @Snoweider sounds like an argument for better education rather than for continuing to restrict access.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 23:37:42 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @InkySchwartz @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider Easy. It's Severin Carrell. Subtext is always "Scotland is shite, why won't they do things like England does?"

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     InkySchwartz (inkyschwartz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 23:37:43 JST InkySchwartz

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     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @CloudyMrs @Snoweider

     Ok so where does thia fit: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/20/scottish-ministers-cut-spending-on-free-university-places

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2023 23:49:04 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @InkySchwartz @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider The Guardian calls itself a UK publication. Why not compare outcomes between different parts of the UK where different policies are in place? Saying things are going to shit in Scotland without reference to shared Westminster policies or to how things are also looking in rUK is disingenuous, at best.
     https://ifs.org.uk/publications/annual-report-education-spending-england-2023

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     Toni Scott (toniscott@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 00:23:12 JST Toni Scott

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @CloudyMrs @Snoweider exactly.

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 00:26:00 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Lucy Wallace

     @ToniScott @Snoweider let's get the legislation underway then. Education can be part of it.

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     Linda (lassielmr@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 00:55:30 JST Linda

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     • Mrs Cloudy
     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @CloudyMrs @InkySchwartz @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider bingo

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 03:21:13 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @lauravivanco @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider I never knew that.

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     Laura (lauravivanco@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 03:24:38 JST Laura

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     • Mrs Cloudy
     • Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
     • Lucy Wallace

     @CloudyMrs Neither did I until I read this article! But it makes so much sense (medically, in terms of helping the patients, and from the perspective of long-term costs to the NHS), given what will happen to people if they can't access the right kind of food. @MadeyeTheCarnaptious @Snoweider