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Poodle (Scottish Independence) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @poodle19631.bsky.social · 3m

Despicable him.

a cartoon character wearing a scarf and a jacket is standing in front of a fountain

ALT: a cartoon character wearing a scarf and a jacket is standing in front of a fountain

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 9h

Analysis in @thetimes.com by @leaskyd.bsky.social & Anna Dowell of the sharp decline in British identity uncovered by the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.

With comment from Sir John Curtice on the polarising of Scottish politics and from myself on the decoupling of Scottish and British identities:

Why Scots are losing their British identity

With only a quarter of respondents to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey identifying with Britishness, Scotland faces a generational political split

www.thetimes.com

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 12m

Far be it from me to stick up for the gestapo looking Jenrick.

But why has he received all the stick while racist Farage can basically help fuel riots, be a racist on a number of occasions and the media say fuck all?

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 6h

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1h

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Correcting the BBC – UK Government is not paying to build warships on the Clyde, Norway is

By Liz S MSM Monitor posted this on ‘X’ on 12/10/25 in respect to a Laura Kuenssberg interview with John Swinney on her Sunday Politics programme……. “Laura Kuenssberg twice claimed the UK Govt…

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 4h

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 Thank you, Ambassador Zomlot.

Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 11h

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Poodle (Scottish Independence) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @poodle19631.bsky.social · 40m

He's already got the weird trump hairstyle.

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ScotLassie(Extremist apparently😁) @scotlassie.bsky.social · 4h

They've all said it, but deny it to Scotland.
#EndLondonRule

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And the way to do that is SNP 1 Green 2.

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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 2h

If John Swinney has a secret plan to secure independence with an SNP majority, couldn’t that same plan work for a majority of pro-independence parties?

Does it also mean that if he fails to win the near-impossible SNP majority, we can kiss independence goodbye for at least another five years?

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 13h

But what about all the waste they told us about? What about all the savings DOGE was going to find? What about the promises to cut council tax?
It's almost as if they were just making shit up to fool people, like they did with Brexit.

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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 7d

"At the last count, we had incinerated 1 million pallets of PPE that cost £8.6 billion pounds to buy, literally up in smoke."

@russellscott1.bsky.social talks #PPE scandal with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott

Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...

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Alex Richards @alxrchrds.bsky.social · 6d

This is very funny.

‘Sorry residents of Kent.
There are no savings to be made.
In fact, your council tax is going up.’

Reform UK Party Ltd’s ‘DOGE team’ failed.
Here they are at KCC, incl. Russian asset and Farage bankroller Arron Banks (left), and bullshitter and bully Zia Yusuf (centre).

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 5d

Don't forget that 41 Tory MPs in the last government took Russian donations. That might account for media reticence to report on the Nathan Gill case.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: First Minister John Swinney has said that devolution has 'reached its limits' and that the UK Government is holding Scotland back

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

www.thenational.scot

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 2d

Agree, highlighting the billions that would remain in Scotland once independent, should be on billboards everywhere. There needs to be rebuttal team to counteract the constant lies and scaremongering aswell.

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Scottish Yorkshire Man @scottishym.bsky.social · 8h

I doubt that while the likes of hatemongers like F.A.Rage and Badenough are around I don’t think it’s in the interest of the EU to even try. An independent Scotland though, totally different story if only we didn’t have an ass-hat PM who doesn’t want to see a successful Scotland on his watch.

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Kevin Smyth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @kevinsmyth10.bsky.social · 11h

The UK will only rejoin the EU if it isn’t bound by

EC TAX AVOIDANCE DIRECTIVE 1164/16

Many reasons were given to hoodwink the uninformed to vote leave, but this directive is the sole reason that we are not EU members today.

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 8h

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 8h

Independence is FOR something, it's not just an end point, an end in itself but a beginning of self government to raise ourselves up and away from the dead hand of Westminster #independence.

John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 10h

Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and they’re unable and unwilling to fix it.

Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10h

John Swinney was forced to correct the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg after she made two key errors about Scottish politics

John Swinney corrects Laura Kuenssberg over two key errors about Scottish politics

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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 13h

The more people who vote SNP first and Scottish Greens second, the more pro-independence seats will be won and the fewer Unionist seats will be secured. 👍

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