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Brian Mikkelsen

@bam65.bsky.social

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Proud Scot and supporter of an independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿in Europe 🇪🇺

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Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · Mar 17

I see lots of Indy supporters on here criticising the @snp.org whilst failing to offer any other viable solution to gain #ScottishIndependence . If we fail to gain an Indy majority at Holyrood in 2026 these people are partly to blame. SNP is the only viable option in 2026 and that’s the reality.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3h

Left: Labour's Bridget Phillipson saying British Jews find the anti genocide in Israel protests "deeply upsetting"

Right: A British Jew on the anti-genocide in Israel protest wearing a watermelon a kippah

Shame on Labour for conflating anti genocide protests with anti Jewish sentiment -disgraceful

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 22h

Swinney didn’t just speak.—he drew a line: Scotland is on the road to independence, and there’s no turning back
#Scotland #ScottishIndependenceASAP #ScottishIndependence

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 18h

The SNP's Stephen Flynn spelled it out clearly today: Scotland belongs to everyone who lives here - wherever they were born.

(video stream: @broadcastscot.bsky.social )

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The SNP @snp.org · 1d

The General Secretary of Scotland's largest trade union body is absolutely correct.

Scotland's future must be decided by Scotland's people. #SNP25

Quote from Roz Foyer emphasizing the Scottish Parliament's right to hold an independence referendum if a pro-independence majority exists.

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 21h

IF I lived in England my vote would definitely go to the Greens. As my home is Scotland and I want to see my home an independent country, my vote has to be SNP 1, Greens 2.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Stephen Flynn tore into the 'failing branch offic' of Scottish Labour in his speech to SNP conference, as he declared an independent future for Scotland is 'essential'

'Failing branch office': Stephen Flynn rips into Scottish Labour at SNP conference

www.thenational.scot

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly this 👇

greyboy56.bsky.social @greyboy56.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone with a brain knows that Brexit is the underlying cause for lots of the problems facing the UK but while we still have politicians blaming everything on immigration and people who believe that the immigrants come here to eat swans then we will be shafted for many years to come

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Flynn has said that the SNP will secure a majority at next year's Holyrood elections and that John Swinney’s plan will deliver Scottish independence

Stephen Flynn says John Swinney's plan will secure Scottish independence

www.thenational.scot

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 1d

The Palestinians could never pack up and leave they were basically stuck in a walled concentration camp guarded and bombed by a brutal sadistic occupation.

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Kevin M Stevenson @kmcisaacstevenson.bsky.social · 21d

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 21d

Glasgow always outnumbers racists and I’ve never been prouder of my city 🥹

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 2d

More money in your pocket, more opportunities, fewer emissions.

I’m proud we introduced free bus travel for young people under 22 - and as of today, over 250 million free journeys have been made across Scotland.

Together with scrapping peak rail fares, we’re making your commutes cheaper.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

NHS England waiting list hits 7.41m appointments, 6.26m patients; lower than the Tory legacy.

Billions sucked out of the NHS through PFI, outsourcing, profiteering; more privatisation planned.

Thousands die awaiting hospital appointment.

Save lives, not fiscal rules.

Doubts over Labour promises as NHS waiting lists rise for third month

LABOUR’S NHS waiting list promises look increasingly unlikely after data published today showed a third consecutive rise in delays for planned hospital treatment in England.The number of treatments wa...

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 2d

Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, candidate for SNP leader in 2023 and subsequently Alba leader in 2025, has now quit Alba citing it's "direction". She becomes an Independent and is re-standing as one next year. Alba's - never earned, only defected - parliamentary representation is ended.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 2d

Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air, because he is exposing far right populism and all the lies. And everyone is listening because they've had enough. Labour , Tories and Reform are all the same now and that's why he stands out exposing all their hypocrisy.

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 3d

My latest blog post, Scotland stands at a fork in the road, democracy and decency with independence or impoverishment and authoritarianism in the UK.

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/t...

The fork in the road

It’s customary to describe every upcoming election as critical. That’s always been the case with Scottish independence, as should the pro-independence parties fail to win a majority in …

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 4d

Half of Scotland's land is owned by less than 1% of the people. We have some of the most unequal land distribution in Europe!

It's time to curb the power of super rich land hoarders and start giving ordinary Scots and communities new opportunities.

Scottish Government urged to prevent super rich from 'hoarding' Scotland's land

THE Scottish Government has been urged to prevent the super wealthy from hoarding Scotland’s land ...

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 4d

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 4d

www.gov.scot/publications...

A Fresh Start with Independence

This paper sets out why Scotland should become an independent country, and what an independent Scotland could look like. It provides details of this Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent ...

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 4d

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/h...

Homeless deaths in Scotland fall as they climb in other parts due to lack of national leadership

Professor John Robertson OBA Once again, I’m grateful to Brenda Robb for finding this and researching it for us. From BBC UK today but ignored by BBC Scotland, the above and: The figures show…

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 4d

A Fresh Start with Independence

As a nation state within the EU, Scotland could have freedom of movement both within the EU and the UK through the Common Travel Area, allowing service companies to draw from a combined population of over 500 million people.

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