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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 2d

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/s...

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government!

in trust in the Scottish Government since the start of devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country’s best interests. Professor John Robertson OBA What were th…

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 3d

In Scotland two families own more wealth than 1.3 million people.

We're one of the wealthiest countries in history, but that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a tiny few.

That's why a wealth tax on the super-rich is supported by an overwhelming majority of Scots.

STV News. Wealth tax on ten richest Scots 'could lift 30,000 children out of poverty'. A tax of 2% levied against those with assets worth £10m or more could bring in £492m a year from Scotland's ten richest families, study finds.

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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 2d

@lbc.co.uk
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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If the devolved nations do not receive an allocation of inward immigrants to settle for a minimum of 5yrs, then it is another Clearance that Westminster is complicit in...

mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 2d

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Does Scotland's population growth hinge on more immigration? - BBC News

Deaths have outnumbered births in Scotland for a decade but record levels of immigration mean the population is still rising.

www.bbc.co.uk

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · Jun 23

As english politics leans even further to the right, with LAB now questioning the EHCR, alongside "Island of Strangers" & pro brexit rhetoric, here's a quick thread on how the Far Right utterly collapsed in Finland.

TL;DR: "r/w voters: I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face".

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screen grab of the PERUS-S party leader - Finlands Reform party - alongside a polls graph depicting a catastrophic drop in support.

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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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Dougie Taylor @dubhglas4.bsky.social · 2d

Findlay can back what he likes. He will just have to keep in mind how totally irrelevant he, his opinion, and his loathsome party is and always will be.

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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 2d

Are the bbc having a giraffe.
Of course Scotlands population growth is effected by not having control over inward immigration. The irony that the S/E of England has brought us to the reform party on the verge of power, shows how Westminster is failing.

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 2d

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Infant and neo-natal mortality significantly lower in Scotland to save hundreds every year

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to one of the TuS Anons for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today, the above and: At the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week, we should remember that the numb…

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Zelenskyy playing Trump like a fiddle. (Politico)

NEWS > POLITICS
Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we'll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize
Long-range missiles and a ceasefire with Russia is all it would take for a nomination from Kyiv, Ukrainian leader says.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

Religious hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales has reached a record high, new figures have shown

news.sky.com/story/hate-c...

Hate crime rises in England and Wales with religiously-motivated offences at record level

Hate crimes targeted at Muslims rose by almost a fifth, with the Home Office noting a “clear spike” in these offences after the Southport murders and riots that followed last summer.

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Haunsupforindy @haunsupforindy.bsky.social · 2d

BBC MIS-REPORTING SCOTLAND

IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL COULD IT!

Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 2d

You can only push "Scotland is shit" for so long until you get caught making shit up.

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures
www.thenational.scot/news/2553069...

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures

The BBC has been forced to issue a correction after exaggerating the number of drug deaths in Scotland ...

www.thenational.scot

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Sandra. @sandratofriends.bsky.social · 2d

BBC and WM use Scotlands figures to hide their own worsening figures.

“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 2d

🇬🇧 Another bbc twisted Headline, concealing a large decrease in homeless deaths in Scotland, within rocketing levels within England (uk)

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Mary Hepburn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @loobyloo55.bsky.social · 3d

Yes - people just don't get it, either.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 9d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish and uk Governments must demand that Israel immediately release our Scottish HOSTAGES, illegally abducted from international waters

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 11d

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NHS Scotland has more beds and nearly 30% more, per head, than NHS England, to cope better with future pandemics and reveal this kind of thing to be mince

By Silver Fox Hot Takes 2 years ago Professor John Robertson OBA From Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (annual) Year ending 31 March 2025 published today: In 2024/25, the average nu…

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Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 11d

They said "Lead us, don't leave us." People believed them.
I'm not listening to a man too cheap to buy his own clothes.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11d

Keir Starmer suggested that the SNP 'want Britain to fail' in a speech at the Labour Party conference

Keir Starmer says SNP 'want Britain to fail' in Labour conference speech

www.thenational.scot

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Dave Mitchell @davemitchellarts.bsky.social · 11d

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Angus Robertson @angusrobertson.bsky.social · 11d

The only parties currently outperforming Reform at present are the SNP in Scotland and Plaid Cymru in Wales. Labour face third place in both countries behind Farage. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Scotland cannot afford to be dragged down by Labour’s instability

Only one year into government, the Labour Party conference has descended into a display of disunity and damage control and has underlined the extent of the party’s difficulties.

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Dorothy Bruce @dorothybruce.bsky.social · 11d

This must be widely promoted - the enormous benefits to all of independence - open.substack.com/pub/yesinpic...

Scotland’s Independence Dividend – what would you choose?

Scotland would be much better off independent from the UK and back in the EU. What would you put top of your list for funding from an “Independence Dividend”?

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 11d

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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 12d

There is a clear trajectory showing majority support for Scottish independence. Even polls that artificially skew their survey samples towards No, now show a Yes majority. We must now start planning for #Indyref2 with or without Westminster consent.

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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 13d

WoW, London would rather let kids starve and never wash in warm water before they'd admit that SNP are correct and they should follow Scotland's example!
He says he finds it worrying....
"𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏".
(𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! & the .....

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12d

🇲🇩 Moldova, you’ve done it again.
 No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve.

You made your choice clear:
 Europe. Democracy. Freedom.

Our door is open. And we will stand with you every step of the way. 
The future is yours.

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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 13d

analysis that measure the effects of the way children have improved under the SNP Scottish Government - Showing far healthier children in comparison to England)! - They hate it, and he relates that 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙙𝙤 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨!!............

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 13d

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