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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 44m

I wish more people understood how severely the system handicaps the party that does best in the constituencies. (Reducing its list votes to as little as 1/10 of their value.) Dspiriting still to hear calls for indy supporters to chuck away their 2nd vote in the hope of one extra seat for the SNP.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 52m

No. The whole point is that the party in the lead in the constituencies will never lead in the list seats. D'Hondt prevents it by drastically.reducing its list votes. The only smart response is to spread your pro-indy votes across the two pro-indy parties.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 59m

No guarantee for either, but 70-80 pro-independence seats in Parliament is certainly a much more convincing argument than 65.

Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 5h

Wes Streeting has never been worthy of anyone's trust. He's one of the prime movers in Labour Together, acting to destroy the left in the party. Like most of the other members of that group, he's also a member of Labour Friends of Israel.

www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...

The Fraud serialisation, Part One: the rise of Labour Together

The first installment of the Canary's exclusive serialisation of Paul Holden's book The Fraud looks at the rise of Labour Together

www.thecanary.co

Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 5h

The responses I've had range from, 'the Party voted on it so this is our Plan' to we've not had a majority because of 'anti-SNP clowns' 'splitting the vote'. They all they can replicate the fluke 2011 result and that will immediately trigger a referendum. I've never been more angry at the SNP.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 5h

I agree: The d'Hondt method was adopted to prevent a strong stable government in Edinburgh. It's in the interest of the unionist parties to keep quiet about the divisor that lets them slither in on the list votes. The SNP is the most reprehensible: Putting party before a strong pro-indy Parliament.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 5h

Israel couldn't wait to get back to the war crime of collective punishment. Its instinctive reaction is to keep starving a civilian population. Yet again, showing its rogue state true colours.

Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 5h

Spot on. Shamefully, the SNP has just reinforced the myth of 'two votes SNP'. Most people don't seem to understand that your second vote is reduced by the system to a half, a third right down to a tenth of a vote depending on the constituency seats the party gets, and the unionists stroll in.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 18h

While British migrants to Spain can continue to get by with the impressive 'Dos cervezas, por favor.'

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Meabwhile, it's going to take a much longer time to recover the thousands of dead bodies from the rubble of Gaza. Wonder if the US will assist with that.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Israel and all the other guilty parties who enabled its destruction, including the USA and the UK. (British guilt goes back a very long way.)

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

During an EU Commission press briefing, a journalist questioned the double standards of European policy, asking whether Israel should also be held accountable for rebuilding Gaza — just as the EU demands Russia
The question was met with silence, as the EU spokesperson declined to comment.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely spot-on. The SNP Conference gave an early Christmas present to the unionists. Time for the SNP to a)come clean about the maths of the list seat allocation b)invite indy voters to spread their votes to maximise the number of pro-indy seats c)rescind their reckless and damaging resolution.

Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d

"if . . the SNP fall short of a single-party majority, which at this stage looks like the most probable election outcome, that will be - as Toni Giugliano pointed out in his speech - a victory that we have chosen to turn into a defeat."
Well worth a read . .
scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/10/more...

More analysis of the fateful strategic decision the SNP made on Saturday - and my thoughts on how we can best move forward from here

From a psephological point of view, the most interesting question about next year's Scottish Parliament election is whether or not the pro-i...

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone is in any doubt about who is responsible for the destruction of the Labour Party, and for turning it into one of the most notorious supporters of Israel in the western world, read on.

#LabourParty
#KeirStarmer
#RachelReeves
#SteveReed
#MorganMcSweeney

www.thecanary.co/the-fraud/20...

The Fraud serialisation, Part One: the rise of Labour Together

The first installment of the Canary's exclusive serialisation of Paul Holden's book The Fraud looks at the rise of Labour Together

www.thecanary.co

Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

A touching insight into an idyllic home life.

Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Has she had a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?

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

What happens now in Gaza? Israel continues to bomb and kill Palestinians. That's what happens. Did you really expect anything else from these Zionist extremists?

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs would have killed the Labour party at birth.
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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David Cole @workersnake.bsky.social · 1d

Jeremy Bowen: "It is not a peace deal... it is not a peace process... it's a ceasefire and hostage agreement... that's a considerable achievement in itself" … "it's almost devoid of content" #r4today

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Is this really the first time Trump has noticed he looks weird and more than a little disgusting: Barely human?

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

And so it continues...

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously Antifa has deep pockets. Wonder what the source of the group's funding is? (Bound to be George Soros, Joe Biden, Barak Obama or James Comey. Perhaps all of them).I'm sure there's someone in the Administration who can explain it.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone mention this?

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING | Israeli far-right minister Bazalel Smotrich:

"I’m the majority, the majority of Israelis don’t want the hostages for stopping the war"

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Hanas has nailed it in one.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 1d

Was that at the same time as Trump was hailing the greatest peace deal in the history of mankind?