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Onich, Scotland, Former COO, all for Scottish Independence and rejoin the EU #RejoinEU #ScottishIndependence

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · Nov 23

“Our [Octopus Energy] CEO made headlines recently when he said Scotland could have the cheapest power in Europe if the UK moved to regional energy pricing”

Another way to get zonal pricing - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Independence

QED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 independence will give 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 the cheapest power in Europe
octopus.energy/blog/regiona...

How zonal pricing could make bills cheaper

How zonal pricing could give Scotland the cheapest power in Europe... and give everyone else in the UK cheaper power too.

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 3h

“the unionists have been decimated” “unionists are not even the official opposition” “you cannot defend the union any more in Scotland - your party is an irrelevance”

John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 3h

It changes the narrative. Currently (and for the last years) the parliament is basically 50%/50%. It drives the “there is no support for Indy“ narrative by the unionists.

What about “an overwhelming support for Indy” “the people have spoken” “Westminster is denying democracy” “the union is over”

John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 10h

Here is the impact of shifting SNP 2nd vote to Scottish Greens:

73% of the Scottish Parliament supporting Indy. Up to 22 more Indy MSPs = 22 fewer unionists.

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 10h

Vote SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2 in 2026. The attached table shows the impact of shifting SNP vote to Scottish Greens at increasing % levels. This shows that indy supporting parties could hold 73% of the Scottish Parliament seats with a 59 seat super majority.

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 19h

you will never hear or see this on the tv 👇

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations to Eilidh Munro who has been selected as candidate for the 2026 Holyrood Election for Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch

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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 21h

The NHS in Scotland out performs every other part of the UK. Not that our MSM or the BBC would ever tell you that!

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1d

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/i...

Infant and neo-natal mortality significantly lower in Scotland to save hundreds every year

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to one of the TuS Anons for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today, the above and: At the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week, we should remember that the numb…

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 21h

Norway electricity rate going to 3p KWh. A tenth of the rate here. Imagine the benefit to every family, OAP, business and drive to electrification for heating, transport etc that such a significant rate would make here in Scotland. Everything becomes less expensive. Salaries and pensions go further

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 1d

Top stuff from @lloydmelville.bsky.social
#ScottishIndependence

Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 1d

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Wullie @wullieforindy.bsky.social · 1d

Fiji Independence Day 2025: History, Celebrations & Travel Guide swikblog.com/fiji-independe…

On this day, in 1970
Fiji gained their independence from British colonial rule.
To this day, 65 other countries within the last 100 yrs has chosen self determinatio#ScottishIndependencece

https://swikblog.com/fiji-independe…

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Broadcasting Scotland @broadcastscot.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a difficult year with enormous challenges, but we are working hard to turn things around. We are leaving now to head to Aberdeen to bring you live coverage of the 3 days of @theSNP Conference.

We really need your support to keep going now.

www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/

Donate to Broadcasting Scotland - Broadcasting Scotland

The need for a fair and balanced independent broadcaster in Scotland has never been greater. Please donate to Broadcasting Scotland.

www.broadcastingscotland.scot

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 22h

No doubt to be replaced by an English version of Komsomolskaya Pravda

John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 22h

Alba don’t compete in the constituency vote so don’t know if this will result in any extra constituency seats for the SNP. More votes for the SNP in the regional vote won’t get any list seats.

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d

Now watch as the orange shit gibbon throws an absolute galactic-scale tantrum, blames it on 'antifa', and targets Norway with purely coincidental tariffs.

Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 1d

Watch out for flying Ketchup🤣

Well done Maria Corina 👏👏👏

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela share.google/0q5lpVIxwNMr...

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarność 🤛

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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 1d

www.thenational.scot/news/2553124...

“The regulation of medicine pricing is reserved to the UK Government through the Department of Health and Social Care.

“Any agreed price increases will apply UK-wide, including Scotland, so NHS Scotland would face higher costs.”

Labour to hike Scottish drug prices to 'appease' Donald Trump

LABOUR’S plans to "appease" Donald Trump will hike Scottish drug prices, The National can reveal.

www.thenational.scot

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK in the dock ⚖

9th October Andy Osborn.
14th October Neil Stevens, Tony Stevens, and Rob Sheridan.
15th October Sarah White.
21st November Nathan Gill.
16th December Mandy Clare.
22nd May 2026 Daniel Taylor.

Under investigation:
Joseph Boam.
Lee Duffy.
George Cottrell.

#ReformInTheDock

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 2d

This is a list of the harm that has been inflicted upon us by
Westminster & what it has done to Scotland by the Torys & the Labour, LibDems & UKIP/Reform are complicit in the damage to our country & still it continues by those blinkered unionists who need to wake up & stop with the anti SNP keech.

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 2d

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources | Bylines Scotland

How to own Scottish energy

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 3d

Sooooo, we've now had TWO radiation leaks reported in the last month in Scotland! Both happened over a year ago! What chance our UKGOV would tell us when they actually happen?

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3d

I wrote about whether the hideous Thames Water bailout plan - which lets it off fines for up to 15 years - is lawful or will need the support of MPs. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...

Is the Thames Water bailout plan - which relieves the company from fines for up to fifteen years - lawful?

A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors, London & Valley Water (“L&VW”), has submitted to Ofwat proposals for them to be relieved from fines for past or future sewage dumping for a period of up to ...

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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 3d

HR26: vote SNP 1 and Scottish Greens 2 for an Indy majority
Vote sensibly not loyally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 3d

Sums it up nicely. The PR system is what WM installed to actively PREVENT any one party getting an outright majority of seats (i.e. with the SNP specifically in mind). To get an INDY majority it has to be SNP 1, Green 2

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 3d

This is England - again. If you live in Scotland and vote for a unionist party this is what you'll end up with here and you'll only have yourself to blame. You may not like the SNP but at least they have the right priorities.

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 4d

As threat of resident (junior) doctor strikes in NHS England loom again, how the SNP settlement last year was praised by the BMA and means NHS Scotland is set to avoid thousands of excess deaths again talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/07/a...

on strike over what they say is a lack of future training places. Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Breakfast is headlining the above report with the following detail on their website: Newly-qualifi…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 3d

It's pretty clear from the monthly Westminster polling subsamples that the rise of Reform is coming from other unionist parties. The SNP and Green vote has held firm since January; while the Tories (-5) and UK Labour (-4) have lost ground. This backs up the excellent analysis by Ballot Box Scotland.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 4d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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