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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 17h

“Scottish doctors’ branch union organiser lies about there being fewer GPs and ignores Scotland having 25% more of them to staff new SNP drop-in services.”

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 22h

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Scottish doctors’ branch union organiser lies about there being fewer GPs and ignores Scotland having 25% more of them to staff new SNP drop-in services

Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government today: A network of walk-in GP clinics will open as part of work to improve access to primary care. The clinics, which would be staffed by …

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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 15h

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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 19h

Scottish doctors’ branch union organiser lies about there being fewer GPs and ignores Scotland having 25% more of them to staff new SNP drop-in services

Time the Scot.Gov pulled up these liers 😡 and stopped standing on the side lines and allowing this.
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Scottish doctors’ branch union organiser lies about there being fewer GPs and ignores Scotland having 25% more of them to staff new SNP drop-in services

Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government today: A network of walk-in GP clinics will open as part of work to improve access to primary care. The clinics, which would be staffed by …

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1d

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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YesScot1🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @yesscot1.bsky.social · 20h

Quote this when some Unionist tells you "Scotland is the highest taxed part of the UK" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 1d

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As Labour MPs call on Rachel Reeves to scrap council tax in England how the lowest Band D council tax rate in British Labour Wales is higher than the highest in SNP Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today: More than a dozen Labour MPs have written to Rachel Reeves calling on her to scrap council tax, as the chancellor faces mounting pressu…

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@mediate4u @mediate4u.bsky.social · 17h

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‘Deeply concerning’: Nigel Farage slammed over links to US anti-abortion group

NIGEL Farage’s links to an influential US anti-abortion group have been branded “deeply concerning” ...

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 1d

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Scottish Government to open nationwide network of walk-in GP services

THE SCOTTISH Government will open a nationwide network of walk-in GP services, John Swinney has announced.

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 1d

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Scottish Government to sponsor care workers in defiance of Labour visa ban

THE Scottish Government will sponsor UK visas for care workers to get around Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced.

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 2d

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Labour want to make Scotland more like England, Kate Forbes says

KATE Forbes has said that Labour's ambition is for Scotland “to be more like England” in a speech to SNP conference ...

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taylordauthor.bsky.social @taylordauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Prince Andrew told Epstein EMAIL 'We’re in this together'

""Despite claiming he had visited the paedophile billionaire in New York to sever ties, he told Epstein to ‘keep in close touch’ and added: ‘We’ll play some more soon!!!!’

He is said to have signed off with ‘A, HRH The Duke of York, KG

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Danny Mitchell @danm-indy.bsky.social · 2d

Secretary For England (in Scotland), Douglas Alexander who proceeded to expand on the tropes used earlier by Geissler.
The very ones debunked in this...
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Man alive! We really need independence.
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Neil Bibby allowed to question a second referendum with facts that on examination are lies but still show the SNP has done far better than his party ever could even if they were true

Professor John Robertson OBA Wheeled in by BBC Scotland’s Glen Campbell, in the BBC HQ rather than his constituency, becasue he doesn’t have one, to try to take the wind out of the SNP …

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 2d

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Labour investing hard in nuclear due to fear of Scottish independence, Flynn suggests

LABOUR may be investing hard in nuclear energy due to the fear of Scottish independence, Stephen Flynn has suggested ...

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 5d

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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Nurses for Scottish Independence @nursesforindy.bsky.social · 5d

The NHS in Scotland out performs every other part of the UK. Not that our MSM or the BBC would ever tell you that!

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

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Infant and neo-natal mortality significantly lower in Scotland to save hundreds every year

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to one of the TuS Anons for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today, the above and: At the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week, we should remember that the numb…

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 5d

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 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/10/n...

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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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 5d

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Labour to hike Scottish drug prices to 'appease' Donald Trump

LABOUR’S plans to "appease" Donald Trump will hike Scottish drug prices, The National can reveal.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.

No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.

Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses

Lying, thieving b******

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 6d

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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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 6d

I've added my name to call on all political parties to help save around 10,100 lives in Scotland over the next 15 years. Will you join me? #LongerBetterLivesScotland
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Add your name

An election is coming in Scotland next year. Join us in calling on all political parties to act on cancer.

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 7d

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'A fresh start': John Swinney unveils new Scottish independence plans

John Swinney has unveiled new plans for an independent Scotland ...

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 9d

Getting the indy band back together weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/g...

Getting the indy band back together

It’s been a good couple of weeks for hopes of Scottish independence, with some very positive opinion poll results, and signs of a new assertiveness amongst the main pro-independence parties. …

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 10d

A reminder that "The UK government was secretly advised that Palestine Action is “highly unlikely” to advocate for violence while officials struggled to produce evidence the group posed a national security threat".

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Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned

Exclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 10d

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'Desperate': Russell Findlay claims Holyrood should not be consulted on leaving ECHR

RUSSELL Findlay’s claim that Holyrood should not be consulted if the UK leaves the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has been branded…

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 10d

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Firms are pushing for your data to be sold to big tech. Labour won't say who they are

THE UK Government has refused to reveal which companies are encouraging them to sell Britons’ data to Silicon Valley despite transparency fears.

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