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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 2h

“Everything is too expensive and nothing works”. Is it finally time to end the failed privatisation experiment?

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 7h

“During the [2024 UK] general election campaign Anas Sarwar repeatedly pledged that GB Energy would create 69,000 jobs in #Scotland. So far it has created 13“.

“Michael Shanks is literally lying when he says no such pledge was ever made. He should publicly apologise”.

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 8h

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69 000 GB Energy jobs – Michael Shanks is literally lying when he says no such pledge was ever made. He should publicly apologise

By Liz S Since we have an election coming up next year….how about some fairness that we now finally see some of the media here in Scotland casting their attention upon Anas Sarwar’s role in promoti…

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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 8h

It's not just an SNP majority we need, we need to reduce the Yoonie presence in the List that SNP 1&2 allows.
HR26 vote SNP 1 and Scottish Greens 2 for an Indy majority.
Vote sensibly not loyally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Better 70%+ Indy majority than 51% SNP alone.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1h

The SNP introduced free tuition and we will always ensure Scottish students do not pay tuition fees.

Meanwhile in England, students pay over £9,500 a year and Labour will put fees up every year.

Education must always be based on the ability to learn, not the ability to pay.

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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 2h

The data shows Brexit was a massive mistake and badly hurt the economy. We're all paying for it. It was Nigel Farage who sold the lies that it would make life better. How can anyone still listen to him about anything?

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Flynn has called on Labour to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom

🗣️ 'If an Act of Parliament is required to strip the likes of Peter Mandelson and Prince Andrew of their titles, then there can be no justification from this Labour Government as to why that is not immediately happening'

Stephen Flynn urges Labour to strip dukedom from Prince Andrew

www.thenational.scot

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I've got lots of things to say about Jeremy Clarkson.

Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks.

Piss him off instead and
Join.greenparty.org.uk

Jeremy Clarkson article that says if you can't sort out your teeth you can't sort out the country.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 2d

Andrew will still be referred to as a 'Prince', and his billionaire family will still cost the taxpayer £500 million every year.

What kind of system would allow someone so demonstrably inappropriate to have such wealth and power?

It's time to abolish the monarchy.

👉 greens.scot/AbolishTheMo...

Prince Andrew gives up his title as Duke of York

The prince said he had made the decision because

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 5d

As does “Scotland’s Story” by The Proclaimers. This is the Scotland I belong to.

Scotland's Story

YouTube video by The Proclaimers - Topic

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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 6d

And this is exactly why AI cant be trusted. When billionaires control the algorithms its all about disinformation and manipulation, not the truth.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

Elon Musk is now clearly writing Grok's replies to all the subjects that he considers important.

It's exactly the nonsense he posts on Twitter.

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Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · 5d

If I lived in England @zackpolanski.bsky.social would get my vote but this describes the Independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I want to live in 👏

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

British.

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Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting that 2 people who could have ruined the lives of very rich and powerful people took there own lives 🤔

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5d

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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Buck @turbineseaplane.bsky.social · 5d

“My daughters are just a little younger than you” 🤮🤬 (from Prince Andrew)

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Mikkelsen @bam65.bsky.social · 5d

@snp.org 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

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Prestwick SNP Branch @prestwickbranchsnp.bsky.social · 5d

Let’s never again be given an option we never voted for. In May 2026 we need to ensure an SNP majority and get our independence. We the people of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 need to be in power.

#snp #independence #truth #scotland #nounion

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 5d

I’m in Zambia, where I’m seeing first hand the impact of 20 years of partnership and friendship between our countries.

Scotland is proud to play our part in the world and support many life-saving development projects - showing the kind of country we can be on the world stage.

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 6d

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75% of Scots want control of everything other than defence and foreign affairs and 50% are calling for that too

Professor John Robertson OBA From: Scottish Social Attitudes | 25 years of devolution in Scotland: Public attitudes and reactions published last week: As a result, in our latest sur…

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 7d

Reposted as Wes Streeting lied again about hospital waiting lists in Scotland
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NHS waiting list in England is longer per head by quarter of a million patients and shockingly twice as long in Wales, than in Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA MSM Monitor, fast and effective as always, demolished the claims of Baillie and Sarwar yesterday. What are the most recent waiting list figures? Scotland – 718 00…

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 8d

Building trust in public life with the electorate is key to winning big | Martin Roche

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John Swinney puts Europe front and centre of new independence drive

Building trust in public life with the electorate is key to winning big

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'step in' and sponsor care worker visas to get around UK Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced

Read more on this: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 8d

Scotland faces a choice: continued decline with Westminster, or hope and ambition with independence.

Let’s build that better Scotland, together.

snp.org/join

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8d

A Welsh NHS strike threat reported on BBC Wales contained no politics at all 👇 yet a negative story about Grampian NHS has been constantly politicised by the BBC in Scotland with attacks on the SNP.

Why is the BBC using a different editorial policy for Scotland?

(video MSM Monitor)

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8d

What you won’t see on the BBC:

Scotland:

Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%

England:

Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8d

Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK, spoke movingly at the SNP Conference today. Well worth listening to his whole speech 👇

Very rarely is a Palestinian voice heard without bias and interruption on British media.

(Video courtesy @broadcastscot.bsky.social )
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Dr. Husam Zomlot, Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK, speaks at the 2025 SNP Conference

YouTube video by Andrew Sharpe

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 9d

Far too much of Scotland's land is hoarded by a small group of the extremely rich.

But we can change that.

Scottish Greens are working to strengthen the upcoming Land Reform Bill to boost community ownership and put Scotland’s land in Scotland’s hands.

Public 'overwhelmingly' supports bigger changes on land reform, say charities

SCOTS overwhelmingly support bigger changes on land reform, a coalition of charities has said following a public consultation ...

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