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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · 11h

What a nerve Starmer has! His government is causing a crisis in the care sector by removing visas for overseas workers + job losses in many sectors including struggling local authorities by increasing employer NI costs. Scotland has the best performing NHS & lowest child poverty tx to SNP.

John Swinney 'insulting Scots intelligence' with independence plan, says Keir Starmer

JOHN Swinney is “insulting the intelligence” of the Scottish people on independence, the Prime Minister has said ...

www.thenational.scot

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · 3d

Everybody repost this and memorise

JohnNicolson @johnnicolson.bsky.social · 3d

Every time you hear right wing politicians & the tabloids screaming about asylum seekers remember ….

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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Let's make independence impossible to ignore in Edinburgh on 28th March 2026!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Follow this event page for updates: www.believeinscotland.org/march_and_ra...

Poster with a woman shouting into a megaphone against a blue burst background, promoting a March and Rally for Scottish Independence in Edinburgh on March 28, 2026.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 22d

We've got a stellar set of speakers this term at @ihr.bsky.social. Come along an immerse yourself in the latest early modern history research! #EarlyModern 🗃️

IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 26d

We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

To attend, please register at the event of your choice here. If you have signed up but suddenly find yourself unable to make it, you can relinquish your spot by emailing: ihr.events@sas.ac.uk. If you would like to attend in-person and the event reads as fully booked, please do drop by anyway as we can always find some extra chairs!

Thursday 16 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford), Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid. Online-via Zoom & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House

Thursday 30 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Emily Vine (University of Exeter), Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

Thursday 27 November, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Nailya Shamgunova (University of East Anglia), ‘English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700’
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · 22d

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · 23d

Hearing that the petition agst digital ID has reached 2 million signatures. I don’t know who is advising Keir Starmer but he is out of tune with the public mood on so many things. Anxiety over Big Brother &billionaire tech bros capturing our data far outweighs concerns about illegal migrants.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 25d

I am very sorry to hear of the death of Ming Campbell. He was a formidable, and courteous political leader who served the people of NE Fife with devotion, and was a strong voice for establishing the Scottish Parliament.

My sympathy to the LibDems and to his family.

Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell dies aged 84

Sir Menzies led the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007 and was the MP for North East Fife at Westminster for 28 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · 25d

The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)

Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 21

Where was this?

Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 20

Liberation’s main argument is that the Supreme Court judgement clearly indicates we are non-self-governing, plus the various refusals of a fresh vote after 2016 when democracy would demand it.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 20

To most outsiders who come to live here and get to know us and like the place, it’s clear that we are a colony.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 20

www.tiktok.com/@thesnp/vide...

Independence is about a better life for you and your family - and Scotland’s got what it takes to make it happen. #scotland #scottishindependence #Scottish

TikTok video by The SNP

www.tiktok.com

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 17

Sums it up!

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 17

Brexit is the toxic epicentre of the political shitshow we now have to endure. It promoted idiocy and deceit, endorsed racism, divided us, made us poorer, weaker, less safe and less sane. It’s belittled the country, killed the Tory party and given birth to Reform.
A relentless klaxon of failure.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · Sep 17

What a gargantuan mess. #Brexit

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 15

SNP delivering for Scotland! Well done Kate Forbes in securing this!👏

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 12

Looking at images of Clara I can’t say she’s beautiful. Handsome maybe?

Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 10

Poland is re-arming and spending a lot on defence. Not a paper tiger then?

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 10

Worrying

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 10

NATO has officially invoked Article 4 at Poland’s request following the Russian drone incursion.

This is significant.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 10

Despite his role supporting a referendum for a Scottish Parliament in 1997, I’ve never quite forgiven Mandelson for saying he was ‘intensely relaxed about people becoming filthy rich’ because we can’t all become ‘filthy rich’ can we? Now his penchant for the elite filthy rich is coming home to bite.

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hebrew Channel 14 reports the Doha strikes were executed by 10 Israeli warplanes flying a 1,800 km route through Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia before releasing 10 missiles at the Hamas delegation’s meeting site.
It was all pre-planned! Open source data shows UK and US refueling aircraft.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 10

With support from the SNP led Scottish Government and part of its 10 year plan to support social enterprises. Delivering for Scotland.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Bonnie Broukit Bairn could be an anthem for our times, it laments the neglect of the earth.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good article but what a worry🫨

Jimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · Sep 8

We risk a deluge of AI-written ‘science’ pushing corporate interests – here’s what to do about it. We have to tighten up on what research policymakers rely on, and also the inner workings of peer review. theconversation.com/we-risk-a-de...

We risk a deluge of AI-written ‘science’ pushing corporate interests – here’s what to do about it

We have to tighten up on what research policymakers rely on, and also the inner workings of peer review.

theconversation.com

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 6

Wonderful news. Delivering for Scotland

John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · Sep 6

10 years since the Borders Railway reopened - longest in the UK for over a century.

Cheaper travel with no more peak rail fares.

New funding to electrify the Borders, Fife and suburban Glasgow routes - and to buy new, modern trains.

That’s the SNP delivering for Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 6

But not causing support for independence to decline.

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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · Sep 6

Starmer sacked Murray for a reason. What was it? The Scotland job is a minor position in the Cabinet. He could have left it alone. So why sack Murray? It can only be that Starmer is fearful of support for independence not falling and wanted somebody who could attack the indy movement better.

Daily Record @dailyrecord.co.uk · Sep 6

Record View says the former Scottish Secretary had a tough job - but did it well.

Sacking Ian Murray was a move Keir Starmer did not need to make

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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