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How can Glasgow need a mayor to tackle a supposed productivity gap when its productivity is steadily growing and outstripping all but one English city, all already with mayors? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/03/h...
How can Glasgow need a mayor to tackle a supposed productivity gap when its productivity is steadily growing and outstripping all but one English city, all already with mayors?
Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald yesterday continued its Scottish Labour campaign with a report from a non-transparent think tank, Centre for Cities, to suggest it needs a mayor to tackle it…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How can Glasgow need a mayor to tackle a supposed productivity gap when its productivity is steadily growing and outstripping all but one English city, all already with mayors? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/03/h...
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The SNP has mitigated £1,128,489 in Bedroom Tax across Aberdeen City so far this year.
This will help to protect families, support communities and shows a commitment to stand against the unfair Tory & Labour policy.
This will help to protect families, support communities and shows a commitment to stand against the unfair Tory & Labour policy.
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The SNP has mitigated £1,128,489 in Bedroom Tax across Aberdeen City so far this year.
This will help to protect families, support communities and shows a commitment to stand against the unfair Tory & Labour policy.
This will help to protect families, support communities and shows a commitment to stand against the unfair Tory & Labour policy.
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We need a law against lying in public office.
“The most dishonest campaign in our history said it would save us £350 million a week, but Brexit actually cost us £250 million a day…That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
Revealed: Brexit costing the UK £250m a day in lost tax revenue
The UK is losing £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
www.libdems.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We need a law against lying in public office.
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World AIDS Day gives us the opportunity to remember those we have lost to HIV, but also to recognise the huge progress being made here in Scotland in trying to eradicate new transmission & ending stigma.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
World AIDS Day gives us the opportunity to remember those we have lost to HIV, but also to recognise the huge progress being made here in Scotland in trying to eradicate new transmission & ending stigma.
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"I don't think the inquiry has gone far enough in naming and shaming the ministers responsible..."
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
The Covid-19 inquiry – a response
Dr Dan Goyal, an NHS consultant, gives his response to the recently published Covid-19 Inquiry
bylines.scot
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"I don't think the inquiry has gone far enough in naming and shaming the ministers responsible..."
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
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"The issue is not the principal of the Fund but the amount of money that has been allocated to the Scottish Government by the UK Government in Westminster."
#Fishing
#Scotland🏴
#Fishing
#Scotland🏴
Scottish Parliament overwhelmingly supports Scottish fishing
The UK Government’s decision to allocate Scotland only £28mn of the £360mn Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund is condemned in the Scottish Parliament
bylines.scot
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"The issue is not the principal of the Fund but the amount of money that has been allocated to the Scottish Government by the UK Government in Westminster."
#Fishing
#Scotland🏴
#Fishing
#Scotland🏴
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The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
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Join Vigil for Gaza today at 2pm in Gourock. Gaza Remains the Story
#MedicalAidforPalestinians
#MedicalAidforPalestinians
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Join Vigil for Gaza today at 2pm in Gourock. Gaza Remains the Story
#MedicalAidforPalestinians
#MedicalAidforPalestinians
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Not content with forcing unwanted, unproven nuclear reactors on Scotland, they expect us to pay for those they're building in England
#YouYesYet
#YouYesYet
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Not content with forcing unwanted, unproven nuclear reactors on Scotland, they expect us to pay for those they're building in England
#YouYesYet
#YouYesYet
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How long before Nigel Farage says he's never met David Coburn who's been implicated in the Russian bribe scandal? By the way, love the dude in the window!
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
How long before Nigel Farage says he's never met David Coburn who's been implicated in the Russian bribe scandal? By the way, love the dude in the window!
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Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
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The first of a new series of online meetings for Scottish independence organisers and activists was hosted last night 👇
Scottish independence groups gather for new online meeting series
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The first of a new series of online meetings for Scottish independence organisers and activists was hosted last night 👇
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English government bringing up the rear for the rest of the UK.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
English government bringing up the rear for the rest of the UK.
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🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨BREAKING -- A new UN report has found Israel's annihilation of Gaza has erased 69 years of human development, marking the worst economic collapse ever recorded.
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
All with the UK government's support👇
unctad.org/publication/...
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Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
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It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It was a great privilege to meet President Catherine Connolly this morning and to discuss the deep connections and shared values of Ireland and Scotland. 🏴🇮🇪
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We're continuing to make real progress in our NHS.
Waits for treatment have fallen for the fifth month in a row. More to do, but our plan is working.👇
Waits for treatment have fallen for the fifth month in a row. More to do, but our plan is working.👇
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We're continuing to make real progress in our NHS.
Waits for treatment have fallen for the fifth month in a row. More to do, but our plan is working.👇
Waits for treatment have fallen for the fifth month in a row. More to do, but our plan is working.👇
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If only we were like the Republic of Ireland we would not be in this ridiculous position. #ScottishIndependence
All the best to the two Davies.
All the best to the two Davies.
🚨Two Scottish independence podcasters have been arrested under terrorism laws
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If only we were like the Republic of Ireland we would not be in this ridiculous position. #ScottishIndependence
All the best to the two Davies.
All the best to the two Davies.
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Having been already scrapped in Scotland by our SNP government lifting over 300,000 children out of poverty, the uK labour party finally concedes to demands from England & Wales. apple.news/Ald7tE63vQo-...
Reeves Scraps The Two-Child Benefit Cap And Delights Campaigners: 'We Won!' — HuffPost UK
apple.news
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Having been already scrapped in Scotland by our SNP government lifting over 300,000 children out of poverty, the uK labour party finally concedes to demands from England & Wales. apple.news/Ald7tE63vQo-...