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Nurses for Scottish Independence
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Curating a community Starter Pack for nurses who support Scottish Independence https://go.bsky.app/5RPGudr #nursesforindy #SNHS #ScottishIndependence Contact us to join our community.
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · Dec 18
If you are a nurse (current, retired, former, student) join our community Starter Pack to show your support for Scottish Independence. #nursesforindy #snhs

Gie us a follow please & show your support.
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 1d
Life science, more to Scotland than oil and whisky.
#independence #Scotland
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 15h
Excluding all health and social care workers from the winter COVID vaccine makes no sense
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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 17h
“Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn” [apologies - I cannot get full text to link so this is the abstract]:
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn
Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstr...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 1d
Farage is saying all teachers are Marxists. They're not. They just teach that we should care for one another. But that offends his fascist instincts. The result is he is turning on a profession that teaches about compassion and empathy - because he loathes it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness
According to The Guardian, Nigel Farage, speaking at an event at a private Christian college in Michigan, USA, has accused teachers in the UK of “poisoning our kids” and predicted that they would go o...
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 1d
The NHS in Scotland out performs every other part of the UK. Not that our MSM or the BBC would ever tell you that!
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 2d
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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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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 1d
How mad will Trump be today?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d
⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 1d
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Free bus travel scheme for young Scots hits 250 million journeys
The scheme was launched in January 2022 and offers free bus travel to those under the age of 22.
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 1d
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Bid to overturn Palestine Action ban through Scottish courts launched
CAMPAIGNERS have launched a bid to overturn the ban on Palestine Action through the Scottish courts – a move they have said could trigger a…
www.thenational.scot
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 1d
So sick of them all critising our Scottish NHS talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/10/s...
So we have BBC Scotland, the Chair of the Scottish BMA, Sarwar, Baillie, the English NHS Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the UK PM, all of Labour HQ & the branch office Labour party in Scotland all po...
English Health Correspondent Hugh Pym with bad blood By Liz S “Why is Reporting Scotland still headlining the three-day-old news of ‘hundreds’ of operations cancelled in one NHS board”…….why indeed…
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 4d
Labour- targeting the vulnerable-
Catchy new sound bite for them!
#LabourTargettingtheVulnerable

www.thenational.scot/news/2552216...
Labour blasted over disability payment 'cuts by stealth'
LABOUR have been blasted for imposing “cuts by stealth” on a benefit to help disabled people get back into work.
www.thenational.scot
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 5d
You. And - oddly - it's a thing the media *never* report on.
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Scottish Child Payment - Indy PosterBoy
Download this design as a printable PDF document, perfect for printing using your home inkjet or laser colour printer at A5, A4 or even as big as A3 size.
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 4d
Labour- targeting the vulnerable-
Catchy new sound bite for them!
#LabourTargettingtheVulnerable

www.thenational.scot/news/2552216...
Labour blasted over disability payment 'cuts by stealth'
LABOUR have been blasted for imposing “cuts by stealth” on a benefit to help disabled people get back into work.
www.thenational.scot
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 6d
Our children are our future. The Scottish Government's 'Scottish Child Payment' has made a huge difference to families here. They can do so much better with independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 6d
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Child poverty in ‘UK’ soars to almost 50% higher than in Scotland with gap only likely to widen and a resulting increase of dying young
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this: Published in Nursing Practice of 29 September 2025, One-third of UK children grow up in poverty with higher risk of dying youn…
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 12d
🟦 Two polls in the last week have confirmed that Yes is in the lead.

🙌 The hard work is paying off and the harder we work - the stronger the movement!

#BelieveinScotland
Poll graphic showing Yes at 53% and No at 47% with the text “Another poll confirms Yes lead” and “The harder we work—the stronger the movement!” Believe in Scotland
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 11d
📣 Let's make independence impossible to ignore in Edinburgh on 28th March 2026!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Follow this event page for updates: www.believeinscotland.org/march_and_ra...
Poster with a woman shouting into a megaphone against a blue burst background, promoting a March and Rally for Scottish Independence in Edinburgh on March 28, 2026.
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 6d
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 An exciting first step to a stronger Yes movement - BiS is reaching out across the Yes movement to Reset. Reunite. Rebuild and Win.

🤝 Believe in Scotland and the SNP sign a working agreement, here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/a_new_step_t...
Graphic showing a Sunday National front page with headline “SNP and Believe in Scotland partner up for indy,” promoting a working agreement for Scottish independence.
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 6d
Done 👍
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 6d
It would be great if you could offer support to have our own "Led By Donkeys" type of campaign.
Every wee bit helps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Meidas Scotland 🏴EU @sovereign.scot · 10d
"I’ll Tell you What I Want, What I Really Really Want"

I'd love to do what Led By Donkeys do with projections onto Castles and Digital AdVans etc., but their budget is way bigger than ours.

Our last campaign delivered 68+ large banners funded 50/50 by sif.scot and Meidas Scotland @circa £3,400
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 6d
Some positive strategies for the Independence movement.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 6d
My latest blog post on the Scottish Greens' new assertive independence strategy and the agreement between the SNP and Believe in Scotland

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/g...
Getting the indy band back together
It’s been a good couple of weeks for hopes of Scottish independence, with some very positive opinion poll results, and signs of a new assertiveness amongst the main pro-independence parties. …
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 6d
The NHS in Scotland is the best performing NHS in the UK. The gutter press will have you believing that it is the worst.
Imagine how much better we could do without the restraints of Westminster holding us back.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 7d
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As the Guardian reports cancer treatment failures in NHS England how Scotland hits 95% target and outperforms it to save thousands but ‘your’ media keep quiet
Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today, the above. Looking at the most recent statistics: NHS Scotland In Q2 2025 (April-June), 95.3% of 7 461 patients started treatment within 31 days …
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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 6d
Have any of the Unionist Parties seen atrocities carried out by Trump's masked ICE force?
Labour, Tory and Lib-Dem are all singing from the same right wing English Nationalism book. Scotland has more humanity and we deserve better than this.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 6d
In the run-up to Scotland's 2026 general election the English-registered opposition parties - Labour, Tory and Libdem - will no doubt target 'wasteful' SNP ScotGov spending. *This* is how ScotGov 'wastes' our money. More of this waste, please. #SNP1Greens2
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 13d
UK (Scotland), Norstat poll:

Should Scotland be an independent country?

Yes: 53% (-1)
No: 47% (+1)

+/- vs. 27-30 May 2025

Fieldwork: 22-25 September 2025
Sample size: 1,010

➤ https://europeelects.eu/uk
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 9d
My latest blog post, the demographic time bomb that will end Westminster rule in Scotland

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The demographic time bomb that will end Westminster rule in Scotland
We are now at the point which was predicted by a friend of mine in 2014 in the aftermath of that year’s independence referendum. After a careful study of the demographic breakdown of the refe…
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 10d
“There is now ample evidence that independence for Scotland and Wales would result in a stronger economy than remaining
in the UK.”
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 19d
It’s inevitable that Reform will eventually come for naturalised citizens soon. They’re in full brutality mode now, fed and watered by Starmer’s govt & the BBC, Sky and the London press

Scotland: we need to vote our way out of this rotten Union before the next UK election or we’ll live to regret it
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