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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 3h

The SNP's Stephen Flynn spelled it out clearly today: under Labour, Britain is Broken.

(video stream: @broadcastscot.bsky.social)

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 3h

Scotland is ready for the fresh start of independence - and today, our party has shown it’s united and determined to deliver it.

Together, we’ll put Scotland’s future where it belongs: firmly in Scotland’s hands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 2h

GMB told to stop supporting Labour if they want to keep jobs in Scotland or the UK talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/11/g...

GMB told to stop supporting Labour if they want to keep jobs in Scotland or the UK

Professor John Robertson OBA The GMB is joining in with Labour, the Herald and BBC Scotland as they try to detract from the SNP Conference. The GMB have clearly forgotten how little they can trust …

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 4h

www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2022/11...

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 23h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 9h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/11/s...

Sarwar Jr has the same grasp of medical science as RFK Jr before his conversion on measles vaccines and supports a criminal justice approach to drug abuse which does not reduce it and which carries si...

Professor John Robertson OBA Robert F Kennedy Jnr has at least had the intelligence to change his mind on measles vaccination but Sarwar Jr shows little sign of learning on drug abuse and regulatio…

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 4h

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 1d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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Oor Blaze fae Skye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @blazespage.bsky.social · 4h

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Melissa Eco-Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @melissapudding.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely lovely 💙

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 8h

We’re here to build a better future for the people who live here - an independent Scotland.

Fantastic energy at #SNP25 this morning and it’s great to meet members from up and down our beautiful country.

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Sandra. @sandratofriends.bsky.social · 5h

Exactly this, ppl thinking UK is immune to this, are blind.

CNN @cnn.com · 5h

Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the "rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe," even in countries once believed unsusceptible to an erosion of liberties.
https://cnn.it/3W0ma7O

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h

The message from Robert Jenrick has been clear. If you’re a far-right thug threatening migrants, refugees, or Muslims, then your rights to protest are to be protected at all costs. If you’re not then they won’t
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-descen...

The Descent of Robert Jenrick

The Shadow Justice Secretary's transformation from a 'Generic' moderate Conservative to the Great Hope of the far-right should alarm us all

www.adambienkov.co.uk

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 4h

When will the National Trust start installing Russian bribe machines in its men's toilets for the convenience of corrupt far-right politicians?

Only a Reform government can bring this deplorably "woke" organisation to its senses!

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ScotLassie(Extremist apparently😁) @scotlassie.bsky.social · 5h

WM cuts forces SG cuts. Scotland is mismanaged from WM. Vote for Independence. End of.
#EndLondonRule

Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 6h

BBC News - Rape crisis centre issues 'urgent' funding warning
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Glasgow Rape Crisis centre issues 'urgent' funding warning

Scotland's largest rape crisis centre has warned services are at risk of closure without "urgent and adequate" government investment.

www.bbc.com

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 10h

stop thinking right now

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 6h

More spoon fed lies

#AbolishtheMonarchy

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Melissa Eco-Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @melissapudding.bsky.social · 4h

That’s been kept very quiet!

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Sandra. @sandratofriends.bsky.social · 4h

We're not really seeing this in the headlines. 🤔

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 13h

Right-wing commentators claim inequality in Britain is falling. It isn’t. In this video, I expose the real story behind Britain’s growing inequality and why official data is misleading, as well as suggesting what we need to do to tackle this issue. youtu.be/WhFPzDWOQzk?...

Is Britain's inequality really decreasing?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 6h

Feet up after a full on first week of rehearsals for ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Leeds Playhouse, set in a Yorkshire woollen mill.
New relationships made and new skills gained.
Such a pleasure to share in our collective creativity.
Loving finding #EbenezerTheGeezer
Onwards!

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Melissa Eco-Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @melissapudding.bsky.social · 6h

How can you refuse that face? 😍

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

As Toby Young points out, Black people are over-represented in advertising. He somehow forgot to mention they are over-represented in poverty, unemployment and homelessness statistics too.

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Darrell Z. Grizzle @dzgrizzle.bsky.social · 7h

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