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Maureen Pickering
@maureenpickering.bsky.social
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Retired Depute HT, Scottish granny. Wants Scottish Independence for a fairer, more equal society where Scotland’s vast resources are used for the benefit of the people of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, not Westminster. I am a Sovereign Scot and will bow to no monarch. No DMs
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 1d
In Scotland two families own more wealth than 1.3 million people.

We're one of the wealthiest countries in history, but that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a tiny few.

That's why a wealth tax on the super-rich is supported by an overwhelming majority of Scots.
STV News. Wealth tax on ten richest Scots 'could lift 30,000 children out of poverty'. A tax of 2% levied against those with assets worth £10m or more could bring in £492m a year from Scotland's ten richest families, study finds.
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 22h
As we go into autumn and the leaves fall notice how few plastic bags there are hidden in the bushes. Remember all the fuss about the SNP charging for plastic bags?
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William Humphrey @williamhumphrey.bsky.social · 9h
How many morons must England have to vote in a Reform Government ?
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10h
EXCLUSIVE: Labour's plans to 'appease' Donald Trump will hike Scottish drug prices, The National can reveal 👇
Labour to hike Scottish drug prices to 'appease' Donald Trump
www.thenational.scot
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 9h
75,000 salmon have escaped into a Highlands loch after a fish farm was damaged during Storm Amy 👇
75,000 fish farm salmon escape into Highlands loch after Storm Amy
www.thenational.scot
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 8h
A global engineering and infrastructure firm has officially opened its new base in the Highlands, creating 50 jobs
Global engineering firm opens new energy hub in Highlands creating 50 jobs
www.thenational.scot
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 9h
Tomorrow's front page 📰

We mark start of the Royal National Mòd in Lochaber with a very special front page
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 5h
The establishment will take him down and never let him near power, just like they have done with every left wing leader of the Labour Party- they even spied on Harold Wilson, made a big deal of Michael Foot’s supposed “donkey jacket”.
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 7h
Seeing people's response to the far right loving Question Time with Fiona 'Get the SNP' Bruce just confirms to me that Zack Polanski has become the next target now Nicola Sturgeon is stepping down.

England, you finally have a chance for better. Don't just fecking hope, do it. Vote Green 💚
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Frank @frankieboy1964.bsky.social · 8h
Time you in England, woke up to your Corrupt Government.
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Greymane @greymane54.bsky.social · 3d
More privatisation by stealth!
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 3d
NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
NHS could cease to function under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 9h
So tell me this. Why did Trump wait until 67,000 Palestinians had been murdered in the Gaza genocide before deciding to "exert pressure" on Netanyahu and force a halt to the killings?
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 8h
I’d love to go there next year- the scenery looks beautiful! Calor gas brings back memories of our caravan in the 60s!
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ScotLassie(Extremist apparently😁) @scotlassie.bsky.social · 20h
Scotland, the country with all the resources...will be poorer out the union...ok deary.
a close up of a man with a mustache
ALT: a close up of a man with a mustache
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 21h
Norwegians are pretty clear on their views on ZeDump getting the Peace Price: 75 % says no 💚 tally still ongoing though.
We'll know tomorrow at 11 am local time and Nobel Committee leader Frydnes says he'll not answer any calls from the US president 😜😂😂
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 8h
Support for a Westminster Government denying Scotland our democracy should be considered an offence, surely?.....
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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 20h
Scotland’s freedom to choose is at risk. Many in the country might be deemed to be terrorists before too long. Those who might enact such laws have already given you due warning, writes Professor Richard Murphy 👇

www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Richard Murphy: How long until support for independence is made a terrorist offence?
THERE are moments when I would dearly love to return to writing about the Scottish economy in more detail, exploring how it works and how it might…
www.thenational.scot
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Bridget 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @bridget1965.bsky.social · 8h
I believe one is Francesca P. Albanese,
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
She should be high up on the list as well.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h
Greta Thunberg should win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow.

Imagine how much Donald Trump would rage.

Delicious!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h
Fiona Bruce, "I'm going to move on. I know you want to come in Zack, you'll definitely get your chance"

After letting Zia Yusuf spew drivel for 1 minute and 55 seconds, Fiona Bruce cuts off Zack Polanski and doesn't let him correct Yusuf
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 13h
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h
Green Party's Zack Polanski to Reform UK's Zia Yusuf,

"Do you ever think that immigration is the number one problem because you spend a lot of time spreading misinformation and fear?"
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 23h
During the last ceasefire, the Royal Air Force continued to send spy planes over Gaza to collect intelligence for Israel.

The evidence suggests Britain exploited the ceasefire to spy on Hamas and help Israel prepare for a return to war👇
www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-brita...
Why is Britain still sending spy flights towards Gaza?
Two RAF surveillance planes have flown over the eastern Mediterranean during the ceasefire, as campaigners demand inquiry into UK intelligence sharing with Israel.
www.declassifieduk.org
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 9h
Starmer NEEDS a Malcolm Tucker to talk common sense into him. He'd do a lot better than McSweeney, that's for sure...
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 15h
What would Malcolm Tucker of the Thick have said to Keir Starmer on his announcement he was going to visit Scotland more often ?
Let me think!

"More often? What ye gonna wear? Be as well going the full hog with a 17th century Redcoat Uniform and a see you jimmy wig with a cheery och aye the noo
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h
Zack Polanski,
"How do you expect people to integrate when you've taken away their services?"

"We need to make sure that all politicians are speaking about migration in a positive sense"
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