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Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 11h

Well worth watching Mairi McAllen SNP tearing Tory liars to pieces

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 16h

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Homeless deaths in Scotland fall as they climb in other parts due to lack of national leadership

Professor John Robertson OBA Once again, I’m grateful to Brenda Robb for finding this and researching it for us. From BBC UK today but ignored by BBC Scotland, the above and: The figures show…

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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 11h

Gill was right there as Farage celebrated the biggest disaster inflicted on Britain since WWII.

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 11h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 14h

Solar grew by 31% globally in the first half of 2025, while wind grew by nearly 8%.

Renewable energy is the future, providing safe, clean and cheap power - in sharp contrast to the volatility of fossil fuels.

In Scotland we must continue building on our success in this booming industry.

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 14h

More money in your pocket, more opportunities, fewer emissions.

I’m proud we introduced free bus travel for young people under 22 - and as of today, over 250 million free journeys have been made across Scotland.

Together with scrapping peak rail fares, we’re making your commutes cheaper.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 11h

The poorest people spend every penny they get. Cut their income, and you cut spending in every local economy.

The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks

What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?

Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 13h

THE SELF-HARM CONTINUES…

“According to the Chemical Industries Association, output has fallen by 35-40% since 2021. Between 2021 and 2023, British exports to the EU fell by a serious 27%.”

What a myopic, stupid dolt Starmer is

GET BREXIT UNDONE - NOW!

#Labour

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 16h

"Brexiteers boasted that leaving the EU would be worth hundreds of billions a year. Cambridge Econometrics estimates that over the next decade Britain's economy will be £300bn smaller than if we had not left the EU. This is self-harm on a heroic scale."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16h

I see Robert Jenrick is supporting Hamit Coskun who is appealing his conviction by reference to the ECHR (which Jenrick wants to withdraw from).

Who knew that the ECHR could be useful, even to the anti-ECHR Hard Right?

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13h

Abolition of stamp duty would be worth £80,000 to the average person whose girlfriend buys him a £900,000 second home in Clacton

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 19h

Son of economic immigrants, anchor baby, Muhammad Yusuf, one of the Kremlin r🐀ts, lies about Farage, claiming he doesn’t know who Gill is, the former Refuk leader in Wales who admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of terrorist state Russia while being MEP. #ukpoitics

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Vivienjay @vivienjay.bsky.social · 11h

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Europe Wants Scotland Back. - YouTube

In April 2025, we were part of a delegation to Brussels to talk with MEPs, policy advisors, and campaigners about the prospects for an independent Scotland r...

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 13h

After The Guardian so keenly trumpeted Labour's plans to "improve devolution" in England, the truth dawns. Their plans actually centralise more power in Wesminster. Why are English journalists and column writers so gullible?

Just compare and contrast...

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Yes for EU @yesforeu.bsky.social · 13h

Read the Executive summary here 👇

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Yes for EU @yesforeu.bsky.social · 14h

In April we teamed up with @europeforscotland.bsky.social to visit the European Parliament to find out whether the current MEPs will welcome Scotland into the EU, once we are independent
@snp.org
@johnswinney.bsky.social
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

A story in The Telegraph, Express and other usual suspects who've discovered certain EU countries (Spain) might start enforcing the 90/180 day rule properly which might fool some Brits and make them subject to fines or even deportation.

Outrageous that migrants might be deported for overstaying....

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Vivienjay @vivienjay.bsky.social · 16h

The BBC has become expert at exactly this.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 18h

“Propaganda by omission” occurs when a source withholds relevant facts or perspectives to influence opinion. It’s not about lying directly - it’s about what isn’t said

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Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 17h

I suggest you try reading

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Supporting transgender pupils in schools: guidance for education authorities and schools – revised

Revised Scottish Government guidance for schools on supporting transgender pupils.

www.gov.scot

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brunswickroadbill.bsky.social @brunswickroadbill.bsky.social · 18h

Last time I looked Scotland wasn’t an independent country and is subject to the UK Supreme Court and arbitrary decision of UK Gov like the stymying of the GRA Bill. SNP have been attacked and vilified by all media and well financed legal challenges on this issue. What else do you expect them to do?

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

"The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote." www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 18h

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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