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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 23h

Rising bills. Falling living standards. The UK economic model is broken.

Independence is the fresh start for Scotland - so we can build a wealthier, fairer nation shaped by the people who live here.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👉 yes.scot/decide

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d

Independence is about giving Scotland a fresh start - and a chance to build an economy that works for us.

A future where all decisions are made by people who live here.

I’m in the stunning National Portrait Gallery this morning, where I will set out more at 9am.

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · 1d

Best of luck from across the pond John. A decade has already been lost since the last vote so let's not lose any more. We want to be young enough and on this side of the grass to support and celebrate our great country.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d

Scotland has enormous resources and huge potential, but we are being held back by Westminster governments that treat us like an afterthought.

It’s time for a fresh start. An independent Scotland.

Today I have published our latest paper on what it could look like: www.gov.scot/publications...

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!...but whoever awards these accolades has obviously never been in international arrivals when three North American flights arrive in close proximity. It's not a good look if it is someone's first impression of Scotland. Hopefully, there are plans in place to rectify the situation.

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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 13d

If you live in Scotland and you don't want to see Nigel Farage as your Prime Minister, you have to support Scottish Independence parties at the next Scottish election to give us a chance of avoiding this calamity of a politician ruling over us.
Your kids deserve a better future. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 13d

SNP is the ONLY vehicle to Scottish Independence.

An Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.

“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 13d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Recent polling shows rising support for the SNP, with this poll being the first to suggest an SNP majority

Poll also suggests a massive Indy majority, with SNP & Scottish Greens taking 80 seats

The end of Murdo Fraser is nigh !

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · 17d

If anyone tells you Scotland couldn't afford to be independent because it's in such a state, tell them it's because of the union that it is in a state in the first place. An independent Scotland could have been as prosperous as Norway. Even a yes in 2014 would have improved things markedly by now.

CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · 22d

For some reason, Portsmouth or Plymouth doesn't need the work? Of course not - much safer to have it 10 miles upriver from the capital...They've already got Glasgow covered thanks to Faslane/Holy Loch.
Must be one of those 'Union Dividends' they're always banging on about...

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · Jul 25

Scotland is renowned the world over for its hospitality and friendliness as can be seen here in the headlines... 😉

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our viral front page today was very simple. We told the facts about Donald Trump, a man who doesn't like the facts 👇

'Is this real?!': America reacts to The National's viral front page

www.thenational.scot

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · Jul 21

Genius! Bravo Scotland!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · Jul 13

So let me get this straight. In two days we went from “the Epstein list doesn’t exist” to “the Epstein list that certainly exists was created by Obama n such”

Ya ok

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · Jul 11

Time to start charging full price for oil, export tax on electricity and just hang onto that potash for ourselves and our allies.

#FAFO
#Tariffs

Trump announces 35% tariffs on Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a 35% tariff rate for goods imported from Canada, starting August 1.

www.reuters.com

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · Jul 9

Well, maybe if Scotland would get off its collective backside and stand on its own feet like every other self respecting country in the world, it wouldn't need to have anything to do with him. Scots with a 'Britain knows best mentality' are their own worst enemy. True in 1707, and still true today.

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Christine Cooper 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @coopspeak.bsky.social · Jul 3

Things are about to get very dark in America.
It is about to become a full on police state.
There will be no checks or balances.
Today, I feel like I've just witnessed the death of democracy and a nation that has lost its way.

#RIPAmerica

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Faun Heather Harriman @bcpr.bsky.social · Jul 3

Absolutely 💯

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · Jul 1

Republicans in the Senate passed a bill that will increase our debt, take away healthcare, and raise grocery prices — all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

This is a betrayal of the American people.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Jun 26

B.C.'s premier says measles spikes across Canada a result anti-vax 'recklessness' https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/bc/b-c-s-premier-says-measles-spikes-across-canada-a-result-anti-vax-recklessness/article_fe911559-0552-5371-bca3-c49b78790812.html

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

B.C. Premier David Eby appears in Vancouver, on Monday, May 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · Jun 25

“What frightens the British Establishment most is the prospect of an independent, progressive, prosperous Scotland being witnessed by the English electorate.”

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.thenational.scot/news/2526608...

Donald Trump no longer meeting King in Scotland ahead of state visit

Donald Trump is no longer set to meet the King in Scotland ahead of an official state visit, it is understood

www.thenational.scot

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · Jun 23

Canada no longer looks to the USA as a reliable partner. Betrayal is a bitter pill to swallow.So we’re done. Our future lies elsewhere

“We can nostalgically look back and long for the old order to somehow return or we can build a new one with purpose and partnership.” Prime Minister Mark Carney.🇨🇦🍁🇪🇺

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · Jun 21

🇨🇦 Prime Minister Carney: “I would humbly suggest that I think the Secretary General of NATO is probably more up to speed on the numbers than the President of the United States”

BOOM SHAKALAKA 💥

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · May 20

Hasn't happened for 318 years, so why would they do any different now? Any self-respecting people and country would have asserted itself long, long ago...

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · May 14

Repost if you agree.
#Scotland

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CanadianScotsforIndy 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇱 @canadascotsforindy.bsky.social · May 6

PM Carney and his team just wasting their time sitting through this clown show. Come on Canada, it's time to leave the US behind and build and strengthen our global alliances and domestic trade and infrastructure 🇨🇦

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