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Di 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
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Lover of family, gin, beagles, yoga, art & nature. My to-do list is never done and I always have many projects on the go. Trying to be less of a procrastinator and always on the look out for life's positives. Future Scottish Independence celebrant. No DMs
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US tech firms have ramped up their lobbying efforts at the Scottish Parliament

The likes of Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Cisco and IBM among others have lobbied 19 MSPs, two ministers and one of the First Minister’s special advisers throughout 2025, the Sunday National can reveal 👇
Revealed: US tech giants in lobbying blitz of Scottish Parliament
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Why do the BBC employ this poor excuse of a presenter?
Every week she spouts the line ''Our audience reflects the general voting intentions of the country''.
The country.. Why then are the SNP rarely on, Plaid rarely on, Greens rarely on?
It's always Labour, Tories ,Reform & some right wing journo
February 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Viewers have slammed Fiona Bruce's claim that Jim Ratcliffe is 'creating jobs' in the UK after Grangemouth closed under his ownership
Viewers slam Fiona Bruce claim Jim Ratcliffe 'creating jobs' after Grangemouth shut
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Westminster plough billions into projects that benefit England
(GB Energy)
but set Scotland up to fail.
This was a fantastic opportunity,
but, it was in Scotland,
the timing of this betrayal is no coincidence.
#ScottishIndependenceNow
They know it’s inevitable,
but are trying every desperate trick.
🇬🇧 Not only do uk governments not act in the best interests of Scotland, they now actively want Scotland to FAIL, as a way of trying to damage the image that Scots have of the SNP Scottish Government

As a result, the Devolution experiment has failed, and independence is needed

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ?
The UK Government has been pushed to explain why it 'withheld funding' promised to a Scottish space firm which has now gone into administration
February 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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Hundreds of thousands of list votes are set to be WASTED by SNP supporters insisting on #BothVotesSNP.

This is NOT a pro-indy strategy. It jeopardises the pro-indy majority.

You get more pro-indy MSPs by voting #SNP1SGP2.

What we could have👇

#SP26 #SP2026
#Holyrood2026 #Holyrood26
#IndyClan
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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🤔 Just had to 🫶 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

❤️Roses are red,
🤍Snowdrops are white,
💛Vote SNP...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Coz the Union is Shite!🥀
a cartoon of a unicorn holding a scottish flag on its back
ALT: a cartoon of a unicorn holding a scottish flag on its back
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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We canny even have a bottle recycling programme cos WM says no, we canny have another indyref cos WM says no, WM can say no to anything it wants cos of S35, it's time HR told WM it canny rule Scotland any more cos we say NO MORE.
#ScottishIndependence
In Kirriemuir, we look out upon wind turbines

Mega pylons will march through our countryside, taking our renewable electricity to fuel industry in the north of England

In Edinburgh, the price of off-peak electricity is 7p a unit

In Kirrie? 17p

We can't have zonal pricing because London says no
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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The amount of people I’ve talked to who seem to read the right wing talking points on the SNP with no clue how they contrast with UK politics is really wild. The SNP have their faults but they have been giving us many things we have asked for consistently
Well said. I moved back to Scotland 5 years ago after 16 years in the south of England. What always gets me is the amount of ppl who say the SNP have destroyed Scotland, for all their faults they’re protecting it from a lot (Westminster) & if you haven’t lived elsewhere I don’t think that’s obvious.
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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There are a number of Labour/Tory coalitions controlling Councils in Scotland, excluding the largest party from power (The SNP). Labour joining up with Reform is quite expected...
According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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😍 We love Scotland. You love Scotland. And we’ll always be on your side.
February 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Scotland's food and drink export value per capita stands 'shoulder-to-shoulder' with some of Europe’s biggest economies and outperforms England’s, new figures show

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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💚 Greens can beat Reform.

We're fighting to tax the rich to save you money.

#votegreen #votescottishgreens @greenparty.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Scotland will become the first country in the world to legislate for implementation of the Community Wealth Building economic development model at national, regional and local level, writes Kate Forbes ✍️

The Deputy First Minister explains why that is so important 👇
Kate Forbes: Why Scotland’s community wealth building bill is such an enormous deal
www.thenational.scot
February 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Every time Westminster privatises a little more of England's NHS, Scotland's health budget gets cut because the Barnett Formula uses England as the standard.

Because of course it does.

The only way to protect Scotland's #NHS, and fund it properly, is with #ScottishIndependence
I'm delighted that in Scotland, unlike in the rest of the UK, we have avoided doctors' strikes.

We're also now seeing consistent progress in our NHS: more operations, more GPs and falling long waits.

More to do, but that's real progress under the SNP.
February 13, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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So Mandy the pedo pal and Labour grandee has a half arsed visit from the met - while shorting the U.K. for his pal Epstein .

And then Starmer states snp is all guilty for something that's not even gone to trial.

F the uk govt and snidey wee Brit state spooks.
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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How could any Scot vote reform
#Scottishindependence ✊️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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🚝 Your SNP Scottish Government is putting money back in your pocket by freezing rail fares from April. In addition to scrapping peak rail fares for good. @snp.org on Scotland’s side
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Scotrail - Scotland’s publicly owned railway - is seeing record numbers of passengers returning to rail travel with high satisfaction levels and lower fares thanks to the support of the SNP Government.
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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We asked Anas Sarwar about the strange timing of Pam Duncan Glancy having the whip removed - and his response was to attack our reporter, accusing her of using a 'script' #ukpolitics #labour
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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The UK Government is being urged to consider closer ties to the EU after a report has found Scotland is missing out on a share of a landmark £15 billion pound funding package 💡
Warning as Scotland 'misses out' on £15 billion EU funding package due to Brexit
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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The Japanese ambassador to the UK has once again gone viral after visiting some of Glasgow's top attractions, including the 'world's most famous traffic cones' 🇯🇵
Japan's UK ambassador visits famous Glasgow landmark and popular restaurant
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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It's a massive victory - for solidarity with Gaza, democracy in UK & sheer tenacity. Some brave folk dared to defy the craziest, most indefensible ban on the truth. Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza & West Bank. No govt or person with conscience should suppress or deny it.
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.

Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Wouldn't it be great if Scotland controlled *all* of its own finances and resources, instead of getting just some back from Westminster? That's what normal independent countries have. #Scotland #Holyrood26
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Timeo Danaos . . - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that barely half of the £Billions of Scottish revenue sent to London is returned to us as our ‛block grant’. It’s a partial rebate, not a gift.
indyposterboy.scot
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Scotland's ‘game changer’ Scottish Child Payment was introduced 5 years ago today and has helped more than 322,000 children.
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM