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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 1h

but it happened in 2011 because more people voted snp 1 and 2. If the same % did the same in 2021 the snp would've had the 1 more msp for a majority. We could've had our 2nd referendum by now.

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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 58m

so there are 73 constituency FPTP seats, + 56 regional seats. So yes, we could get the 65 majority on constituencies alone, but tough ask. The SNP won list msps in 2011 because a higher % of voters voted 1 And 2. It was only after that some started agitating voting for another party on2nd ballot

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 2h

The SNP's very unlikely to broadcast how it works because it would illustrate why a list vote for a party that's successful in the constituency seats is more or less a wasted vote. (It becomes worth about a sixth or a seventh of the other votes). That's why people advocate SNP:1, Scottish Greens: 2.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 2h

Difficult to get your head round the d'Hondt method, but basically for every seat a party wins in a region (constituency/ regional),the party's list votes are divided by that number plus one. Why it's well-nigh impossible to win both constituency and list seats.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 4h

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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

With WM able to over-ride Holyrood on anything it likes (including Scots Law if it's so inclined) I can't somehow see that approach having any success but good luck in giving it a go when it comes to it .

Tàmhas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇪🇺 @scozia.bsky.social · 8h

Commendable, from John Swinney

“…there is “no way” his government is “going to go along with it”.

This kind of determination requires courage and risk. The attitude needed when Starmer/Sunak blocked an Indyref, instead of mild acceptance.

www.thenational.scot/news/2553643...

John Swinney vows to block UK Government's 'ludicrous' digital ID cards

JOHN Swinney has vowed to block Keir Starmer’s “ludicrous” digital IDs in Holyrood as he stated there is “no way” his government is…

www.thenational.scot

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 2h

Isn’t the very fabric of devolution created to ensure there is no majority in Holyrood and that 2011 was a fluke and hasn’t happened since, tbh my heads all over the place re how to vote and wish the SNP or a politician would podcast how it actually works and why.

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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 2h

A minority government has no clout and no mandate for an indyref. We need a MAJORITY gov, and the only way to achieve that is following 2011 strategy.... both votes SNP. Even if we have a parliament full of independence supporting MSP's, we don't have a majority government, therefore no mandate.

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Wee Oorie @johnbhoy1964.bsky.social · 6d

I love Glasgow

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 4h

In Gaza, the war of death may have ended - but the war for life has begun

As the ceasefire begins, Palestinians return home to Gaza and face a new battle: one for survival after two years of relentless siege, writes our Palestinian correspondent Alaa Shamali
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In Gaza, the war of death may have ended - but the war for life has begun

As the ceasefire begins, Palestinians return home to Gaza and face a new battle: one for survival after two years of relentless siege.

www.thecanary.co

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 8h

Yes Then, Yes Now, Yes Always. #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 vote for it in 2026.

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 8h

There’s no turning back on the road to independence.

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 8h

UK Labour partys DWP in England, Wales & NI apple.news/Aen9CpyoQSJu...

When DWP will start checking people's bank accounts - and who will be targeted — Yorkshire Live

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to start checking people's bank accounts

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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 8h

Keith Brown speech beginning 8.48 to 14.12 reminding us that if same % as voted 1 &2 in 2011 had voted 1 & 2 in 2021, SNP would've won a majority. Also Ann Faulds at 1:21:00 to 1:24:22 laying out the legal reasons for 1 and 2. #SNPConference
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#SNP25 Day 1 | Session 2: Winning Independence

YouTube video by Scottish National Party (SNP)

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 11h

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

Left: Bridget Phillipson, "In many cases Jewish young people feel that they need to conceal their identity"

Right: Under watermelon themed kippah's on anti Israeli genocide in Gaza marches in London?

Shame on Labour for pushing the anti Israeli genocide in Gaza with being anti Jewish

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 8h

Treated as a third country that’s what they wanted but fast becoming a third world fascist right wing country. #ScottishIndependence2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11h

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 11h

If you subscribe to that channel (Broadcasting Scotland) they have yesterday's livestream as well.

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 9h

No

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 12h

Labour's Neil Bibby on BBC Scotland claims 1 in 6 Scots on NHS waiting list when it is 1 in 8.6. publichealthscotland.scot/publications...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The Headline smear, what Polanski actually said.

Mr Polanski, 42, said he too would 'consider shoplifting' if he also had no other option to earn money or obtain food.

Zack Polanski said people who steal because they do not have much money should be shown compassion

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 9h

We can rewrite the future
#Unabhängigkeit

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Broadcasting Scotland @broadcastscot.bsky.social · 11h

We will be live from 10:00 am with full coverage and interviews from the second day of the SNP 2025 Conference in Aberdeen. #SNP25

www.broadcastingscotland.scot/snp-conferen...

SNP Conference 2025 Day 2 - 12/10/2025 - Broadcasting Scotland

Join us live from the SNP Conference 2025 in Aberdeen for the second day of the SNP's 91st Annual National Conference 2025.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Strong 'bald men squabbling over comb' vibes to this attack line. Yes, Nigel Farage drove the economy into a cul de sac with Brexit. But the dude who refused to reverse it out is Keir Starmer.

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 1d

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