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Maria Norwich🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸

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Life-long Socialist.History graduate. SNP Member. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 #ScottishIndependence I'll follow any & every Indy supporter - when 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is Independent, we can debate everything else.

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Maria Norwich🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 @nancy1910.bsky.social · Jul 31

Getting so many followers from Palestine desperate for donations and my heart goes out to every one of them. I've donated to UNWRA & hope that all of these people can be helped. You can donate at
#Genocide

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Maria Norwich🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 @nancy1910.bsky.social · 1h

"The fact is that we no longer need the Tories as a centre-right party, as Labour has effectively replaced them in that role."

Labour-no longer the Party of Bevan (NHS), of ethical foreign policy, of Socialism.

From birth under one Keir to death under another.
It's now a Thatcher/Blair hybrid.

Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 1h

Is it now game over for the Tories? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Is it now game over for the Tories?

This is another morning when I have to struggle with the question of whether comments made at the Conservative Party conference are worth noting here, and where I succumb to the temptation to do so pr...

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 18h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 13h

Rising bills. Falling living standards. The UK economic model is broken.

Independence is the fresh start for Scotland - so we can build a wealthier, fairer nation shaped by the people who live here.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👉 yes.scot/decide

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12h

Watch as Scottish flotilla activists Sid Khan and Jim Hickey address a crowd at Glasgow Airport

The pair were imprisoned by Israel for almost one week

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 11h

News you won’t hear – Support for struggling households from SNP Government 👇
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/n...

News you won’t hear – Support for struggling households from SNP Government

Housing Secretary Màiri McAllan Professor John Robertson OBA From Scottish Government News today with only the Daily Record covering it: A record £99 million will be invested in Discretionary Housi…

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 10h

Goodnight

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 17h

So, here's the proposal, unionists: let Scotland try independence for 40 or 50 years, and see how it goes. If it flops, as you believe, then imagine the gloating you'll be able to enjoy as we come crawling back. What have you got to lose?
www.gov.scot/publications...

A Fresh Start with Independence

This paper sets out why Scotland should become an independent country, and what an independent Scotland could look like. It provides details of this Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent ...

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 9h

Theres never an excuse for the murder of innocents…

…Over 700 Israeli civilians killed on Oct 7th

Yet its said it was also done with prior knowledge of the Israeli govmnt?

But does retaliation & enormous number of victims (especially kids) make any kind of sense to you?

zeteo.com/p/these-horr...

These Horrific Numbers Show the Scale of Israel's Genocide in Gaza Two Years On

The figures speak for themselves.

zeteo.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9h

🚨🇵🇸🇩🇪 BIG PROTEST IN GERMANY FOR PALESTINE!

People are holding Palestinian flags and signs saying 'Gaza is not for sale' and 'Stop the genocide.'

They're marching and chanting to show their support

(Credit: Seikh Suraj)

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mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 1d

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 15h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/s...

SNP bill passed to help prevent domestic homicides and suicides

Justice Secretary Angela Constance Professor John Robertson OBA Legislation to help reduce the number of domestic abuse-related homicides and suicides in Scotland has been passed unanimously by Par…

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Maria Norwich🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 @nancy1910.bsky.social · 16h

"Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else."

Mr. Gradgrind in 'Hard Times' by Charles Dickens.

This could have been a line from Badenoch.

Of course if you've never read Dickens....

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Maria Norwich🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 @nancy1910.bsky.social · 16h

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Keir Starmer to visit Scotland more in the run up to SP26 Election.

Let's give him a rousing Scottish welcome when he visits.

"YOU ARE FACILITATING ISRAEL'S GENOCIDE IN GAZA": KEIR STARMER CONFRONTED AT GLASGOW CENTRAL STATION

YouTube video by Islam Channel

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18h

Just arrived, 'Complicit - Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza' by Peter Oborne.

As Miriam Margolyes says on the rear side cover, "Gaza is being murdered, Britain is guilty. Here's the proof"

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 18h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/t...

The one-way flow of drugs and XL Bully dogs from England into Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA It’s probably best to check my facts first so, with Grok AI: Are there any media reports in 2025 of cocaine being smuggled from Scotland into England? Based on a …

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

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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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 19h

I was born in England, but I was reborn in Scotland. And that rebirth has given me clarity - not to divide, but to stand for a Scotland that believes in itself and its right to chart its own path.👇

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 18h

80 years separate these photos, of 2 staving kids.

Same shit, different religion.

If you're taking sides, you're on the wrong side.

It's gone beyond stupid religions.

They're starving kids.

It's 2025.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 19h

Scotland has enormous resources and huge potential, but we are being held back by Westminster governments that treat us like an afterthought.

It’s time for a fresh start. An independent Scotland.

Today I have published our latest paper on what it could look like: www.gov.scot/publications...

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 19h

Half of Scotland's land is owned by less than 1% of the people. We have some of the most unequal land distribution in Europe!

It's time to curb the power of super rich land hoarders and start giving ordinary Scots and communities new opportunities.

Scottish Government urged to prevent super rich from 'hoarding' Scotland's land

THE Scottish Government has been urged to prevent the super wealthy from hoarding Scotland’s land ...

www.thenational.scot

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 1d

Do not sleepwalk into insanity.

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 1d

It was inevitable that “too many people speaking Polish” Brexitism would become outright “too many brown people”

And it’s what people like Gove, David Davis and Johnson enabled

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1d

The attitude of other European countries to Scotland joining the EU is something I discuss in this free Substack. It's mostly quite different to how they feel about England.

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The SNP Media @thesnpmedia.bsky.social · 20d

Brexit is leaving a generation of young Scots behind, a senior German politician has said. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇩🇪🇪🇺 👇
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'We would welcome Scotland back into the EU with or without UK'

Brexit is 'leaving behind an entire generation' of young people, according to a senior German politician who said Scotland would be welcomed back…

www.heraldscotland.com

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