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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11h

Arrived in Aberdeen for #SNP25.

This conference is about Scotland’s future - and who gets to decide it.

Together, let’s finish the job. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 20h

El Taco will be raging! 🤣

CNN @cnn.com · 20h

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado, described as a "brave and committed champion of peace." Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3VV7gjc

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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

Let's break those chains, Scotland. It's time.

#StillYes 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

G @brotherguerilla.bsky.social · 2d

John Swinney: Devolution has reached its limits & UK Government holds Scotland back #ScottishIndependence www.thenational.scot/news/2552637...

John Swinney: Devolution has reached its limits and UK Government holds Scotland back

FIRST Minister John Swinney has said that devolution has “reached its limits” and that the UK government is holding Scotland back ...

www.thenational.scot

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 2d

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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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 2d

The Tories, who can't even spell Britain, dont want your kids studying English!! 🙄

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 2d

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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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 2d

#ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 2d

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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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 2d

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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aliciablackgirl.bsky.social @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3d

The Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to Greta Thunberg & the participants of the Sumud Flotilla for being able to break the genocidal Israeli blockade after 19 years and for successfully promoting human rights and international law by putting their lives at risk. @nobelprize.bsky.social

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 4d

People dislike Greta Thunberg because of jealousy and misogyny. That’s it. They can’t handle a young woman with that level of courage and conviction.

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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 4d

Aye, the clowns that voted for them sure are!

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 4d

Bunch of stupid kents

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 5d

Please watch

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 5d

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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 5d

Me too...hate when it's dark at 4 o'clock. I have a feeling it's going to be a long one this year 😪

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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 5d

Pro-Palestine marches have become ‘carnivals of hatred’, Badenoch tells Tory conference.

yes, all those frail OAPs sitting silently with placards, are apparently "carnivals of hatred."

unlike those lovely peaceful far-right Tommy Robinson supporters we saw recently, actually attacking the police..

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 6d

The Scottish Govt not allowed by Westminster to own our power.
But our local authorities can
This is definitely the way to go.
Get to it, Councils.
#ScottishRenewables

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 5d

They're just happy to have us aw fighting with each other, blaming the poor, the immigrants, the disabled for our problems, while they strip our rights & steal from us. 😡

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 6d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Delighted to join @jennygilruth.bsky.social to launch her SNP re-election campaign and then to campaign with Anne Marie Caldwell - our outstanding, local candidate in the Methil, Buckhaven and Wemyss Villages by-election. #VoteSNP

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mohope.bsky.social @mohope.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck me, just how stupid does the Scottish population have to be to not get we generate 67 billion in taxes, it goes to Westminster, we get 30 billion back, then we are told we generated 60% of the UK debt?
And that our deficit is 7% of GDP.

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 6d

Electricity in Scotland should pretty much be free. Only one thing for it...
#ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9d

The Standing Charge has increased so much that even if you use no electricity at all you are now being charged as much you were for using 3kwh's per day in 2021.

It is blatant theft.

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