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Liz McKinlay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@fagashlil44.bsky.social

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Beach bum/bag lady. Passionate about independence for Scotland and democracy for all, support the right of Palestinians to live in their own state. Hobbies; falling over & swearing, cursing the establishment for betraying all of us. 🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Pigoneer. Scotland.

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Liz McKinlay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @fagashlil44.bsky.social · Aug 17

My current favourite post. ❤️

Animals R Us… 🐾 @animalsrus.bsky.social · Aug 16

Happy Caturday… 🐱
#caturday #bluesky

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 1d

There you are all you potential Tory voters - you are just as likely to be affected by the loss of these rights - they don't just apply to the annoying ordinary people.

Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 7d

Your right to life
Your right not to be tortured
Your right not to be enslaved
Your right to liberty
Your right to a fair trial
Your right to privacy
Your right to practice your religion
Your right to freedom of expression
Your right not to be discriminated against
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UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says

The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

www.bbc.com

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asparagusnextleft @asparagusnextleft.bsky.social · 22h

Think on this when the Scottish branch office come scrabbling round your doors seeking your vote next May.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

www.theguardian.com

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 21h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/11/n...

Not yet the news but needed now to undermine the SNP Conference

are set to ballot members on strike action, both claiming that the Scottish Government has reneged on promises made earlier in its parliamentary term. Professor John Robertson OBA So, two groups, t…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

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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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 22h

The Onion writes more accurate headlines than the mainstream media

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Bodelairs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @bodelairs.bsky.social · 18h

I'm disappointed but not surprised that Conference has voted an SNP 1 and 2 strategy.

Given polling and the voting system that's almost impossible to deliver.

Tbh I'm gutted 😕

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 18h

Bit surprised at that - thought there would have been more of a "revolt" but if everyone goes with it fingers crossed.

In that case it must be SNP 1 Greens 2 - both SNP would be a disaster seat-wise.

Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: SNP members have voted for John Swinney's independence strategy - deciding an SNP majority at Holyrood 2026 will be the mandate for a second referendum.

Alternative plans to change this to a pro-indy majority saw little support in the room

www.thenational.scot/news/2553603...

SNP members back John Swinney's independence strategy in party conference vote

SNP members have voted for John Swinney’s independence strategy at the party conference, stating that an SNP majority at Holyrood next year will…

www.thenational.scot

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 3h

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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Tàmhas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇪🇺 @scozia.bsky.social · 22h

Stephen Flynn is confident SNP will get a majority next year and Starmer will agree to Indyref, because we got one before.

Apart from fact politics has changed so much in 11 years, he doesn’t say what happens if SNP don’t get majority.
Wait another 5 years?🤔

www.thenational.scot/news/2553563...

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

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…

www.thenational.scot

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · Jun 8

1) Push independence at every opportunity, in every debate, in every by-election.
2) Promote (and fund if possible) a huge, real and dynamic new equivalent of ‘Yes’ campaign.
3) Throw every obstacle possible in front of WM’s governing Scotland. Make it as hard as they can for WM to manage Scotland.

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer’s days as PM ‘over’ if SNP wins majority at Holyrood, says Swinney | The Independent share.google/T5ZzRLcw5Pce...

#Unabhängigkeit

Good Morning

Starmer’s days as PM ‘over’ if SNP wins majority at Holyrood, says Swinney

The First Minister was speaking ahead of his party’s conference in Aberdeen this weekend.

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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 12h

This is the mathematics based on current polling. This is his we can get an extra 22 Indy MSPs (and consequently 22 fewer unionists)

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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 17h

Based on 2025 polling aggregates, the SNP has only a 10-20% likelihood of securing an outright majority.

They are almost certain (over 90%) to remain the largest party and form a minority government - perhaps a majority one with the Greens.

A pro-independence majority is highly likely (70%).

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Glasgow For Europe @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social · 12h

Dominic is right.

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 18h

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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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 12h

#Unabhängigkeit

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 11h

Freezing your bread could be better for your gut health, experts say

The surprising health benefits of freezing bread that are gut friendly

www.independent.co.uk

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 10h

The UK’s image as dumb as a box of frogs has since been thoroughly consolidated by Brexit.

#MakeBrexitWork 🤮

alextone Ⓥ @alextone.bsky.social · Apr 7

Is this the same Gordon Brown who sold off the UK's gold at the bottom of the market in a move now immortalized as "Brown's Bottom", and put considerable pressure on the UK economy as a result, while presenting the UK's image as dumb as a box of frogs ?

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d

I'd like to see is a deal between SNP and Scottish Greens to maximise the indy vote via SNP standing only constituency and Scottish Greens only list. Independence and getting out of this increasingly dystopian Union is the single biggest thing we can do to make Scotland a better place to live in.

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Tim Kinsella #FBPE @timkinsella.bsky.social · Dec 14

Signing and sharing this Petition, to get it to the 100,000 needed to force a debate, could be one way of moving us forward!

It’s already more than halfway there!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible

I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...

petition.parliament.uk

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CJ Rutherford @cj-rutherford.bsky.social · 4d

#trump #nobelprize

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CJ Rutherford @cj-rutherford.bsky.social · 2d

#trump #funny #antifa

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CJ Rutherford @cj-rutherford.bsky.social · 2d

Evil personified!
#trump #ice

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy.

A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the monarchy $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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CJ Rutherford @cj-rutherford.bsky.social · 1d

#nobelpeaceprize #trump
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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