Roy Bennett
@roybennett.bsky.social
Market gardener and grower amongst many other things, self builder, healer, pragmatist, dreamer and doer, Scottish independence supporter. Activist and now soon to be writer.
Not interested in crypto or trading/finance⛔. No business promotion⛔.
Not interested in crypto or trading/finance⛔. No business promotion⛔.
Simple, running the govt by instructing ministers on what they need to do.
January 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Simple, running the govt by instructing ministers on what they need to do.
Thank you, I usually get torn apart for pointing that truth out, even if we got just 10% of yessers to donate £1 a week that would bring in 18 million a year, more than enough to fund an enormous multi year indy campaign, it just saddens me so many indy commentators will never address this publicly.
January 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Thank you, I usually get torn apart for pointing that truth out, even if we got just 10% of yessers to donate £1 a week that would bring in 18 million a year, more than enough to fund an enormous multi year indy campaign, it just saddens me so many indy commentators will never address this publicly.
The thing no one talks about is voters say that they hate the wealthy buying politics, then when they get a party that refuses to be bought, they won`t give it a dime. 1 million+ yes voters left the entire burden of funding the SNP on the shoulders of 60k of thier fellow Scots, what does that say ?
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The thing no one talks about is voters say that they hate the wealthy buying politics, then when they get a party that refuses to be bought, they won`t give it a dime. 1 million+ yes voters left the entire burden of funding the SNP on the shoulders of 60k of thier fellow Scots, what does that say ?
Yet despite proving for 90 yrs they refuse to be "bought" by the wealthy, 1.4 million Scottish yes voters will not fund them, leaving the entire indy movement and left of centre policies sitting on the shoulders of 60k of thier fellow Scots. What does that say about the conscience of so many Scots ?
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Yet despite proving for 90 yrs they refuse to be "bought" by the wealthy, 1.4 million Scottish yes voters will not fund them, leaving the entire indy movement and left of centre policies sitting on the shoulders of 60k of thier fellow Scots. What does that say about the conscience of so many Scots ?
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You can't tell from the article really but this is all about the legal system demanding that information be made public that could be used to identify the women who accused Alex Salmond
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government threatened with court action over Sturgeon inquiry evidence
Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton says written evidence he requested by 15 January was not handed over.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
You can't tell from the article really but this is all about the legal system demanding that information be made public that could be used to identify the women who accused Alex Salmond
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ask the miners they told everyone in 1984 who they were, and were crushed because of it. Voters ignored the warning and voted for this, knowingly, every time since 1984.
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Ask the miners they told everyone in 1984 who they were, and were crushed because of it. Voters ignored the warning and voted for this, knowingly, every time since 1984.
Many of us knew the day Thatcher was elected that would fail to be true.
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Many of us knew the day Thatcher was elected that would fail to be true.
England`s wealthier voters have been abusing its children for 45 years ever since Thatcherites took control, see the facts, its kids are getting worse every passing generation, they have known this for decades yet enough still keep voting to keep this in place. foodfoundation.org.uk/news/new-dat...
New data highlights rising cases of undernutrition and falling height of children
Food Foundation Policy and Advocacy Manager Shona Goudie responds to 2024 National Child Measurement Programme data
foodfoundation.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
England`s wealthier voters have been abusing its children for 45 years ever since Thatcherites took control, see the facts, its kids are getting worse every passing generation, they have known this for decades yet enough still keep voting to keep this in place. foodfoundation.org.uk/news/new-dat...
70 million voted for him, even if that figure was inflated by 10%, you still have one third of Americans who want this.
January 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
70 million voted for him, even if that figure was inflated by 10%, you still have one third of Americans who want this.
You know how, Trumps militias and the GOP showed you how, but until the left/Dems voter in America become as ruthless, organised and focussed as the right have been for 50+ years you will stay subjugated its that simple.
January 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
You know how, Trumps militias and the GOP showed you how, but until the left/Dems voter in America become as ruthless, organised and focussed as the right have been for 50+ years you will stay subjugated its that simple.
Given younger journalists will not see how thier worldview is already pro union (they won`t get jobs in these outlets if it isn`t) then no pushback will come from staff who are effectively just stenographers to thier editors, with cut and paste anti indy framing of stories.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Given younger journalists will not see how thier worldview is already pro union (they won`t get jobs in these outlets if it isn`t) then no pushback will come from staff who are effectively just stenographers to thier editors, with cut and paste anti indy framing of stories.
Increasingly the public especially the under 40`s are tuning out from these outlets due to this rigidity, they may register clicks but the majority of comments one sees are a litany of people rubbishing the outlets, quality of "journalism" and discussing / ridiculing the overt pro union bias.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Increasingly the public especially the under 40`s are tuning out from these outlets due to this rigidity, they may register clicks but the majority of comments one sees are a litany of people rubbishing the outlets, quality of "journalism" and discussing / ridiculing the overt pro union bias.
Its so old now its ingrained subliminally to the point where its foundational, they may see it, but will continue to frame every story in the "anti SNP/Pro union" space.
They literally cannot conceive of any alternative, even a neutral stance now looks pro independence to them.
They literally cannot conceive of any alternative, even a neutral stance now looks pro independence to them.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Its so old now its ingrained subliminally to the point where its foundational, they may see it, but will continue to frame every story in the "anti SNP/Pro union" space.
They literally cannot conceive of any alternative, even a neutral stance now looks pro independence to them.
They literally cannot conceive of any alternative, even a neutral stance now looks pro independence to them.
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Coming from the Herald its a bit rich, its part of the mosaic of outlets that construct and deliver the very narrative that creates this problem, thier senior editors and owners are unlikely to change this "SNP bad" narrative.
Coming from the Herald its a bit rich, its part of the mosaic of outlets that construct and deliver the very narrative that creates this problem, thier senior editors and owners are unlikely to change this "SNP bad" narrative.
January 17, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Coming from the Herald its a bit rich, its part of the mosaic of outlets that construct and deliver the very narrative that creates this problem, thier senior editors and owners are unlikely to change this "SNP bad" narrative.
Coming from the Herald its a bit rich, its part of the mosaic of outlets that construct and deliver the very narrative that creates this problem, thier senior editors and owners are unlikely to change this "SNP bad" narrative.
declared, not declaring
January 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
declared, not declaring
True, but it was ever thus, that's why I always personalise discussions into asking them what rights I have that they are willing to give away by not voting or voting for those who would remove them, its usually quite effective, not that it wins me any friends every time.
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
True, but it was ever thus, that's why I always personalise discussions into asking them what rights I have that they are willing to give away by not voting or voting for those who would remove them, its usually quite effective, not that it wins me any friends every time.
Given far to many voters are simply to apathetic to fight for thier rights, they can`t complain if others just take away those rights they just cannot be bothered to protect, serves them right to, harsh as it is, if you are not willing to protect what you have one cannot be surprised when its lost
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Given far to many voters are simply to apathetic to fight for thier rights, they can`t complain if others just take away those rights they just cannot be bothered to protect, serves them right to, harsh as it is, if you are not willing to protect what you have one cannot be surprised when its lost
Then voters need to be on the streets, but they aren`t.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Then voters need to be on the streets, but they aren`t.
in England, Scotland refused to use Palantir, we kept our records secure
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
in England, Scotland refused to use Palantir, we kept our records secure
in england not scotland
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
in england not scotland
Here we go again, despite repeatedly being told this is not the case in Scotland this misleading message keeps being pushed by this person. At this stage it has to be deliberate and intentional, so why spread misinformation about SNHS ?.
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Here we go again, despite repeatedly being told this is not the case in Scotland this misleading message keeps being pushed by this person. At this stage it has to be deliberate and intentional, so why spread misinformation about SNHS ?.