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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 27m

Thanks to 14 years of Tory rule, proud Scots can now benefit from sea (and the UK being locked out of ERASMUS). Swinney is threatening this progress. It’s terrifying.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 3h

“Elections, schmelections. The people of Scotland trust me more than Swinney!”

Good stuff as Starmer takes down Ross Greer over the sleekit SNP plot to cancel tikka masala curry.

Times article from 24/09/20: 'SNP win will be a mandate for referendum, says Starmer'. Unfortunately, like every other thing Sir Keir Starmer said in his leadership campaign and his first year in charge of the party, it turned out to be a lie. Starmer has since followed the policy of the every Tory PM since 2014, and insisted that the people of Scotland have no right to hold another vote until the heat-death of the Universe, no matter how many times they vote for a pro-referendum majority in their own parliament.

CW: FOOD. A tikka malasa curry with rice & chapati.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 9h

Swinney and the Greens want to nationalise dopiaza curry. Vile. Only a vote for Wes Streeting will stop this.

Wes Streeting looking really unsettling during a TV interview, with his eyes bulging out of his head for some reason.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 15h

Look: we can't scrutinise the claims of Alex Cole-Hamilton and Better Together. 2014 was an eternity ago and the world has changed immeasurably since then.

But also, 2014 was just yesterday, and the Nats can't force yet another quickfire referendum on us. It's that simple frankly.

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton snarling aggressively & swearing at an SNP MSP during a lockdown video call, while not realising his camera was on.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 18h

We can only imagine the disasters that will befall us if Swinney gets his way. But in the UK we have safety, security and a solid track record. Why risk it all?

No to #Indyref2.

A map showing that, despite having 95% of the UK's oil and gas reserves and 25% of Europe's renewable energy potential, Scotland is actually hit with Europe's highest energy transmission charges. Its not even close: Scots have to pay £4.70/Mwh in the Lowlands and £7.36 in the Highlands, to receive energy that was largely produced here. Nowhere else is more than £2.17, and England & Wales pay a mere £0.49/Mwh. National energy policy, obviously, remains reserved to Westminster. UKOK.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 21h

Swinney and the Nats are destroying Scotland. Imagine what they could do with more powers.

We have to stop this: time is of the essence.

Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of economic policy at the Blavatnik School of government at Oxford University, outlines how Brexit had destroyed any faint case for Scotland to stay under Westminster rule.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

“Who cares about nonsense stuff like pensions and mortgages? I don't like Swinney!”

Lovely stuff as Miliband trolls Ross Greer over the sleekit SNP-Green plot to cancel Lords.

Ed Miliband furiously roars that Scotland can't run itself, as several Scottish Labour stalwarts sit behind him at a 2014 referendum rally.

Alistair Darling dressed in ermine for his big day becoming a Lord.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

“Hope it all works out for you guys. I'm not really sure why you're asking me this tbh.”

Jose Mourinho unequivocally agrees with Hartley-Brewer that Scotland governing itself will be a disaster.

Jose Mourinho looking animated on the touchline and appealling a decision.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

In the UK, we are guaranteed Hard Brexit. But in a separate Scotland, we would potentially lose access to air. The pointlessness of nationalism is plain for all to see.

Yet more proof that we're Better Together.

A Sunday Times article from 2018 entitled: 'Army on standby for no-deal Brexit emergency - Ministers have drawn up plans to send in the army to deliver food, medicines and fuel in the event of shortages if Britain crashes out of the EU without a deal.'

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

Instead of blaming Priti Patel for the UK running out of petrol, you should actually be blaming Sturgeon. It’s that simple. We simply can't risk this.

Priti Patel staring at a police officer with a huge smile.

BBC reporter 'Phil McCann' (lol) reports from a petrol station as the UK suffers a massive self-inflicted petrol crisis in September 2021 thanks to Brexit.

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney hold massive bows & arrows during a game of archery.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget to catch Jeremy Vine later, where the bloke who makes Tunnocks Caramel Wafers and Daisley will discuss the Nat plans to deny us all orange marches. Unmissable.

Hard-right wing journalist Stephen Daisley looking really smug.

Two guys with blurred faces kick a third person on the ground outside Glasgow Queen Street station, as the 'celebrations' of hardcore Unionists the night after the 2014 referendum quickly turn ugly.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

CONFIRMED: An independent Scotland will have no Liberal Democrat spring conference. We have to stop this: time is of the essence.

A sign on a tree in a wood saying, 'Liberal Democrats Winning Here'.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget to catch today’s Spectator later, where George Galloway and Burnham will discuss the Nat plans to deny us all Edmonds. Unmissable.

George Galloway meeting the dictator Saddam Hussein, and presenting him with a pennant like they do at the start of the FA Cup Final. Galloway remarked to Hussein, 'Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability.'

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham stands outdoors at a lockdown press conference, peering down at someone else's phone as the other bloke shows him the breaking news that Boris Johnson is going to cut funding to Manchester.

Noel Edmonds reads the Crinkly Bottom Observer on Noel's House Party.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

The evidence is clear: Swinney has no mandate to force yet another divisive referendum on us. The issue has been decisively settled for at least 30 years, if not 50 or 60.

We simply can't risk this.

A Panelbase poll from August 2022 reveals that 58% of Scotland backs the right of the Scottish Government to decide on a future independence referendum, rather than the UK Government.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

All across Our Precious Union, we are beginning to see the benefits of Brexit. But the SNP want to disrupt this progress. It's contemptible.

We have to stop this: time is of the essence.

Story from 08/10/21: 'EU must be ready to send aid to Brexit Britain, says former PM of Finland.'

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

Swinney and the Nats are destroying Scotland. Imagine what they could do with more powers.

We simply can't risk this.

A graph indicates that child poverty across the UK has remained stubbornly high after mushrooming under the disastrous rule of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. However, the exception to the rule is Scotland, which introduced its own parliament in 1999 & has seen child poverty steadily drop at least 10% below the UK average ever since.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

We can only imagine the disasters that will befall us if Swinney gets his way. But in the UK we have safety, security and a solid track record. Why risk it all?

Broad shoulders.

A Yes Scotland graphic made by indyposterboy.scot, which reads, 'The Westminster parties insist that Scotland must respect only one of these democratic votes. Guess which one.' Scotland voted No in 2014, but has voted for pro-indepedence parties in a string of elections since then, while the Scottish Parliament has voted for an independence referendum (as it did following the 2011 election). Unfortunately, Westminster PMs from both the 'major parties' have overruled this entire series of votes from the people of Scotland, claiming that 'Now Is Not The Time'.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

Look: we can't scrutinise the claims of Jacob Rees-Mogg and Better Together. 2014 was an eternity ago and the world has changed immeasurably since then.

But also, 2014 was just yesterday, and the Nats can't force yet another quickfire referendum on us. It's that simple frankly.

Jacob Rees-Mogg falling asleep & lying on the front row of the House of Commons government benches, during yet another late-night vote on his beloved 'Brexit'.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

Not yet.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010 Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm around a teenage Virginia Giuffre was first published in 2011. The email will pile further pressure on Duke of York and the royal family as he previously told the BBC he had ceased contact with the paedophile financier by that point. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

Swinney and the Greens want to nationalise Clattenburg. Vile. Only a vote for Nadine Dorries will stop this.

GLADIATORS REFEREE. MARK. CLATTENBURG. TALKING VERY. LOUDLY. IN QUITE. A STILTED. WAY. AND IN. A PRETEND. SCOTTISH ACCENT. FOR SOME. REASON. CONTENDERS. RRRRRRREEEEEEAAAAADDDDDYYYYY!!!.

Tory MP (and Boris Johnson's No.1 fan) Nadine Dorries looks really angry during a live BBC interview in the corridors of the Houses of Parliament, as Brexit completely unravels for the 587th time.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 2d

We can only imagine the disasters that will befall us if Swinney gets his way. But in the UK we have safety, security and a solid track record. Why risk it all?

Pool and share.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 3d

When you think about titans of the political scene, you think about the likes of Allegra Stratton or Alistair Carmichael. So when they warn us about the dangers of separation, we must heed their advice.

There is simply no alternative.

Allegra Stratton laughs during a leaked video discussing the illegal Tory lockdown parties, and says, 'This is recorded. This fictional party was a business meeting... and it was not socially distanced.'

Alistair Carmichael holding a huge camera thing and being assisted by some soldiers.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 3d

If there's one thing Unionists are renowned for, it's our astute analysis. When we speak, the world listens.

Broad shoulders.

A Daily Express editorial from February 1979 claims that a Scottish Assembly will decimate Scotland's industry and economy, threatening Linwood, Dounreay, Ravenscraig, Bathgate and the entire mining industry. This is contrasted with the reality: after Scotland narrowly voted for the assembly (only to see Labour step in and just cancel it anyway), Margaret Thatcher proceeded to destory the above industries throughout the 1980s.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 3d

Swinney and the Nats are destroying Scotland. Imagine what they could do with more powers.

Now is not the time.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to 14 years of Tory rule, proud Scots can now benefit from panel shows (and the tenfold increase in food banks). Swinney is threatening this progress. It’s terrifying.

The Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse sketch 'Panel Show'. On the panel are 'Uncomfortable Journalist', Paul Merton & David Mitchell.