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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 3h

There’s quite a few of us on here: @teachersforindy.bsky.social - shout out to all of my fellow retired teachers?

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 3h

I expect you know all about the late, great Michael Marra — such a wonderful, witty and talented man- his introductions were as well crafted as his songs! In normal countries, he would have been much better known in his lifetime! We’re quite good at producing polymaths and Michael was one!

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jpkearney.bsky.social @jpkearney.bsky.social · 5h

No positive stories about Scotland are allowed on BBC "Scotland".

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 16h

Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/m...

Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you?

Scotland’s system for children in care. Professor John Robertson OBA There’s something important missing from the above ‘news’ today on children in care in Scotland – …

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 5h

One of the simple ways that the UK government hides Scotland’s wealth is by using a dodgy two-tier tax formula called GERS. Sadly, simple people still fall for it.

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 16h

“Scottish" tax revenue (GERS means collected in Scotland) and 2) what is a "UK" tax revenue (collected from Scotland by Westminster). "UK" taxes are allocated on a "national" basis (pro rata based on number population), irrespective of the actual spread of the revenue.

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 5h

The GERS system is the British government's way of trying to keep Scots both ignorant and docile, many honestly believing they're 'too poor, too wee, too daft' to have a real country.

No one ever asks, if true, why on earth does the UK government do everything in its power to prevent us leaving? 🤔

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 16h

This means that e.g. duty from spirits like whisky; oil & gas; and renewable energy very largley are collected from Scotland, but we only get about 8% of it back. So no wonder GERS under-estimates Scottish revenues! I refer you to analysis by Andrew Sharpe using ONS data.

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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 4h

It's more about the erosion of "Scotland the Brand", prior to independence
Scottish Food and Beverage makes up a large portion of our exports and has a huge global reputation, having it watered down as "British" is another attempt to neuter an independent Scotland, like closing our only oil refinery

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 3h

I do, George! Keen fan of buying local and avoiding union jacks on my food for many reasons!

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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 4h

Watchhe Scotland Channel (YouTube) their Friday weekly news roundups are eye opening after BBC Scotland-Bad-uk-Good.
Their documentaries (like "Flags on our Food") are well worth a watch.
I've seen British strawberries from Fife and Perthshire, Brit whisky (Bell's), avoid butchers rags everywhere🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 3h

Private schools intake drop welcomed by education experts but clearly worries BBC Scotland, Herald, Scotsman and Reform UK talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/p...

Private schools intake drop welcomed by education experts but clearly worries BBC Scotland, Herald, Scotsman and Reform UK

From Alasdair Macdonald [former Head Teacher] this morning: The Herod and the Scotsperson both headline the fall in the number of children attending private schools in Scotland since the introducti…

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 3h

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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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 3h

BBC Reporting Scotland celebrate their construction of reality actually overcoming the evidence and reducing trust in devolved government talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/b...

BBC Reporting Scotland celebrate their construction of reality actually overcoming the evidence and reducing trust in devolved government

Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland broadcasts this morning, but not their website, are celebrating their achievement in pushing down trust in the Scottish Government [only 47%] by years of l…

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 5h

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 5h

Very informative and helpful item, George. Thank you for posting this. I would encourage everyone who cares about the provenance of their food, support Scottish farmers and food producers and who wants to keep Scotland the Brand, to watch this!

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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/bLwFUtNktgg?...

FLAGS ON OUR FOOD AND WHY IT MATTERS

YouTube video by The Scotland Channel

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Williebhoy1956 @williebhoy1956.bsky.social · 1d

British haggis! It's fecking treason! 😡😡

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yesinverclyde.bsky.social @yesinverclyde.bsky.social · 7h

Scotland the Brand being deliberately undermined. Commercial piracy. Identity theft. 😡

Williebhoy1956 @williebhoy1956.bsky.social · 1d

British haggis! It's fecking treason! 😡😡

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 7h

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources | Bylines Scotland

How to own Scottish energy

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 7h

#ScottishIndependence

Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 6h

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources | Bylines Scotland

How to own Scottish energy

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 7h

This is a list of the harm that has been inflicted upon us by
Westminster & what it has done to Scotland by the Torys & the Labour, LibDems & UKIP/Reform are complicit in the damage to our country & still it continues by those blinkered unionists who need to wake up & stop with the anti SNP keech.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 6h

The Scottish Government’s scheme to effectively abolish the two-child cap on some benefits will open for applications from March 2, John Swinney has confirmed

Scottish Government scheme to abolish two-child cap open for applications from March

www.thenational.scot

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 21h

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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 6h

Read the article and textbook BBC Scotland James Cook
Steven Rennie said
Steven Rennie spoke
Steven Rennie told me
Steven Rennie shouted
Looks like Steven Rennie is the latest addition to a residency slot on Good Morning Scotland and Call Kaye

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 6h

Peter Sissons! Typo!

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 6h

Do you know the Michael Marra song about this occasion? Hamish the Goalie (Hamish McAlpine) played at Tannadice which newscaster Peter Siddons pronounced “Tanna- deechy- very continental!” The song pays passing reference to Grace Kelly’s visit! “There’s Grace Kelly by Taylor’s brothers coal sign!”

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PJ1965🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🍊 @pj-1965.bsky.social · 6h

Princess Grace of Monaco visited Tannadice Park on September 30, 1981, to watch her husband Prince Rainier's team, AS Monaco, play Dundee United in a UEFA Cup tie.

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