Independent Voices
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Pro-independence information, quotes & references. Proud to be Woke (alert to injustice in society). Ranty!
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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* in England
* some of them
* some of them
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
* in England
* some of them
* some of them
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Could 𝘆𝗼𝘂 come out in public, knowing what you say is a lie? Then you'll be no good as a Labour spokesperson.
"Tackling child poverty is in the DNA of the Labour Party"
Govt minister Heidi Alexander said this on #trevorphillips & repeated it on #bbclaurak
A reminder that last year Starmer suspended several Labour MPs from the Parliamentary Labour Party for voting to scrap the two child benefit cap.
Govt minister Heidi Alexander said this on #trevorphillips & repeated it on #bbclaurak
A reminder that last year Starmer suspended several Labour MPs from the Parliamentary Labour Party for voting to scrap the two child benefit cap.
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Could 𝘆𝗼𝘂 come out in public, knowing what you say is a lie? Then you'll be no good as a Labour spokesperson.
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I wrote for @indyvoices.bsky.social about whether competing to win the "least welcoming nation" league is either desirable or possible for Britain
www.independent.co.uk/voices/uk-as...
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Do we really want to win the ‘League of Least Welcoming Nations’?
The home secretary is indulging in a lurid deportation fantasy with her new Denmark-style asylum policy. And, writes Sunder Katwala, her numbers don’t even add up…
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I wrote for @indyvoices.bsky.social about whether competing to win the "least welcoming nation" league is either desirable or possible for Britain
www.independent.co.uk/voices/uk-as...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/uk-as...
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Chapeau, Nicola 👍🎩No-one else will
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Chapeau, Nicola 👍🎩No-one else will
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
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BREAKING: Police instantly start arresting protestors for silently holding signs which say they oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
BREAKING: Police instantly start arresting protestors for silently holding signs which say they oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
Today's protest is happening in Tavistock Square, London — known as the peace gardens with anti-war memorials.
Lift the ban.
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Meanwhile, Scotland is the member who has to hand over their pay packets to the 'head' of the house, get's half back to spend on themselves, has to pay interest in the debt when the head overspends, and isn't allowed to move out to another home that suits them better.
Britons are that family – and the giant hole in the roof is Brexit.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Meanwhile, Scotland is the member who has to hand over their pay packets to the 'head' of the house, get's half back to spend on themselves, has to pay interest in the debt when the head overspends, and isn't allowed to move out to another home that suits them better.
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Sign of the times that when waking up to the headline ‘England Collapses Overnight’ I had to check it was definitely about the cricket. 🏏 #MAshes
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Sign of the times that when waking up to the headline ‘England Collapses Overnight’ I had to check it was definitely about the cricket. 🏏 #MAshes
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No matter which way you cut it, this has become a very unpopular government - now at Johnson on resignation day and Corbyn in mid-2019 levels of dislike, including among their own voters.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
Keir Starmer's net favourability rating falls to its lowest level to date (-54, 16-17 November), within the margin of error of Jeremy Corbyn (-55) and Boris Johnson's (-53) lowest ratings
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
No matter which way you cut it, this has become a very unpopular government - now at Johnson on resignation day and Corbyn in mid-2019 levels of dislike, including among their own voters.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
Only Truss-tier is yet to be reached, though with Reeves already at Kwarteng levels, it's not out of sight.
The Rhins of Galloway By-election could see Reform UK elect their first politician in Scotland. But if the SNP can stay in the top two, they have a chance of winning on transfers.
I used national voting intention changes since 2022 to project 1st pref vote share for tomorrow’s Rhins of Galloway By-election. This version (using transfer % from recent by-elections) sees SNP edge out the Tories after transfers. But local swings could see it go 3 different ways.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Rhins of Galloway By-election could see Reform UK elect their first politician in Scotland. But if the SNP can stay in the top two, they have a chance of winning on transfers.
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Did Labour MPs ever imagine that they would be ending the first period of their first government in more than 14 years with their own Home Secretary feeling the need to publicly deny that she plans to defect to Reform?
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Did Labour MPs ever imagine that they would be ending the first period of their first government in more than 14 years with their own Home Secretary feeling the need to publicly deny that she plans to defect to Reform?
An alternative scenario for the #Rhins By-election is an even greater Tory collapse than national polls show. This sees them lose two thirds of their vote, with most going to RUK. However, if the SNP can keep their losses minimal, they beat RUK on transfers.
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
An alternative scenario for the #Rhins By-election is an even greater Tory collapse than national polls show. This sees them lose two thirds of their vote, with most going to RUK. However, if the SNP can keep their losses minimal, they beat RUK on transfers.
I used national voting intention changes since 2022 to project 1st pref vote share for tomorrow’s Rhins of Galloway By-election. This version (using transfer % from recent by-elections) sees SNP edge out the Tories after transfers. But local swings could see it go 3 different ways.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I used national voting intention changes since 2022 to project 1st pref vote share for tomorrow’s Rhins of Galloway By-election. This version (using transfer % from recent by-elections) sees SNP edge out the Tories after transfers. But local swings could see it go 3 different ways.
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My latest blog piece, a vote for Labour, or for another anti-independence party in Scotland, is voting to be ignored and irrelevant.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a...
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A Labour vote in Scotland is a vote not to matter
You’ve got to hand it to the Labour party, they are certainly consistent, consistent in their shafting of Scottish workers. It’s almost as though, despite Labour’s protestations t…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My latest blog piece, a vote for Labour, or for another anti-independence party in Scotland, is voting to be ignored and irrelevant.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a...
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BREAKING: Hundreds of people in 10 towns and cities are peacefully holding signs which say:
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
Across England, Wales and Scotland, people are coming together to defy an unjust law and demand the ban is lifted.
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
Across England, Wales and Scotland, people are coming together to defy an unjust law and demand the ban is lifted.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of people in 10 towns and cities are peacefully holding signs which say:
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
Across England, Wales and Scotland, people are coming together to defy an unjust law and demand the ban is lifted.
"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
Across England, Wales and Scotland, people are coming together to defy an unjust law and demand the ban is lifted.
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Scottish Labour have fallen into fourth place in Scotland, according to a new YouGov poll
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Scottish Labour have fallen into fourth place in Scotland, according to a new YouGov poll
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Given that Yougov’s #Indyref2 polling methodology is the most piss-poor in a crowded field, findings like this suggest a strong real-world lead for #Yes.
For example, the % ‘did not vote’ figure has not been changed for 3 years. They also don’t apply turnout weighting.
For example, the % ‘did not vote’ figure has not been changed for 3 years. They also don’t apply turnout weighting.
YouGov Scottish independence tracker
Yes: 49% (no change from 17-22 September)
No: 51% (=)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Yes: 49% (no change from 17-22 September)
No: 51% (=)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Strangely, Greece are not being hoodwinked by Scotland’s tactic of passing the ball back & forth across the back three at pedestrian pace.
I think Plan B might be needed.
#GRESCO
I think Plan B might be needed.
#GRESCO
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Strangely, Greece are not being hoodwinked by Scotland’s tactic of passing the ball back & forth across the back three at pedestrian pace.
I think Plan B might be needed.
#GRESCO
I think Plan B might be needed.
#GRESCO
I’m loving the fact that the Tories & the Far(age) Right pitched up for this election and got a combined vote of 7.6%
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Bethel a'r Felinheli (Gwynedd) Council By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 59.2% (-25.0)
🙋 Ind: 33.2% (New)
➡️ RFM: 6.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 0.8% (New)
No LDM (-15.8) as previous.
Plaid Cymru HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
🌼 PLC: 59.2% (-25.0)
🙋 Ind: 33.2% (New)
➡️ RFM: 6.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 0.8% (New)
No LDM (-15.8) as previous.
Plaid Cymru HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’m loving the fact that the Tories & the Far(age) Right pitched up for this election and got a combined vote of 7.6%
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Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
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This sums up why First Past the Post is such a shite system. The self-aggrandising shyster, Nigel Farage would likely win a landslide at a UK election while more than two thirds of the electorate oppose him.
It's insane.
It's insane.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This sums up why First Past the Post is such a shite system. The self-aggrandising shyster, Nigel Farage would likely win a landslide at a UK election while more than two thirds of the electorate oppose him.
It's insane.
It's insane.
As far as I am aware, this poll from Freshwater Strategy is the first to specifically ask about Your Party voting intentions. Interestingly (and not at all in any way highly amusingly) they found exactly zero Yourp voters in Scotland.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As far as I am aware, this poll from Freshwater Strategy is the first to specifically ask about Your Party voting intentions. Interestingly (and not at all in any way highly amusingly) they found exactly zero Yourp voters in Scotland.
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Starmer is now more unpopular than Liz Truss. Read that sentence, pause, step outside, take a deep breath, then come back in and read it again: more unpopular than Liz Truss.
He’s not just toast, he’s croutons. It’s now all but guaranteed that Starmer will be ousted come May’s elections
He’s not just toast, he’s croutons. It’s now all but guaranteed that Starmer will be ousted come May’s elections
Scotland will be Starmer’s Waterloo … unless he takes this one daring gamble
The Labour Party is now fighting like cats in a sack, and the Prime Minister risks being ousted after May’s elections unless he is brave enough to…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Starmer is now more unpopular than Liz Truss. Read that sentence, pause, step outside, take a deep breath, then come back in and read it again: more unpopular than Liz Truss.
He’s not just toast, he’s croutons. It’s now all but guaranteed that Starmer will be ousted come May’s elections
He’s not just toast, he’s croutons. It’s now all but guaranteed that Starmer will be ousted come May’s elections
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM