Joe Haldane
@joehaldane88.bsky.social
Scottish Independence Supporter, FBSI, FBPE, FBNHS, always follow back. Celtic season ticket holder since 1996, Section 408
SNP member since 2014, Happily married to Jan.
Papa to Alexander who is 2,love ❤️ that wee guy so much
Retired Addiction Counsellor
SNP member since 2014, Happily married to Jan.
Papa to Alexander who is 2,love ❤️ that wee guy so much
Retired Addiction Counsellor
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Anas Sarwar was quick to trumpet Labour plans to strengthen workers' rights. But after a U-turn from his UK bosses, he's gone silent, Steph Brawn writes ✍️
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Anas Sarwar was quick to trumpet Labour plans to strengthen workers' rights. But after a U-turn from his UK bosses, he's gone silent, Steph Brawn writes ✍️
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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As a third country the UK will always be at a disadvantage.
With independence and EU membership, Scotland will be able to benefit from the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
With independence and EU membership, Scotland will be able to benefit from the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
The two sides had been at odds over a fee to allow UK defence firms to access a greater share of loans.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As a third country the UK will always be at a disadvantage.
With independence and EU membership, Scotland will be able to benefit from the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
With independence and EU membership, Scotland will be able to benefit from the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) scheme.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What’s Scotland supposed to do? Consult Nostradamus to find out how we have another referendum?
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Must Scotland consult Nostradamus to find out how we hold another referendum?
The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves says there won’t be another vote even if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood in May – that’s a democratic…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What’s Scotland supposed to do? Consult Nostradamus to find out how we have another referendum?
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
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Scotland is a nation, and like every nation, we have the right to decide our own future.
With independence, we can lower energy bills, we can protect our NHS in a written constitution, and gain our own seat at the EU table.
Real hope, in your hands.
www.yes.scot/signup/
With independence, we can lower energy bills, we can protect our NHS in a written constitution, and gain our own seat at the EU table.
Real hope, in your hands.
www.yes.scot/signup/
Pledge your support - Yes
Join over half a million people by pledging your support for Scottish independence. Scotland’s future is in your hands.
www.yes.scot
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Scotland is a nation, and like every nation, we have the right to decide our own future.
With independence, we can lower energy bills, we can protect our NHS in a written constitution, and gain our own seat at the EU table.
Real hope, in your hands.
www.yes.scot/signup/
With independence, we can lower energy bills, we can protect our NHS in a written constitution, and gain our own seat at the EU table.
Real hope, in your hands.
www.yes.scot/signup/
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EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government is trying to 'run the whisky industry into the ground' with continuous hikes on duty, an Islay distillery owner has said
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government is trying to 'run the whisky industry into the ground' with continuous hikes on duty, an Islay distillery owner has said
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Child poverty in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in three decades, with both absolute and relative rates continuing to sit well below the UK average. For 2023–24, those rates were 22% and 17% respectively – 9% lower than the UK’s 31% and 26%
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
Unlike the rest of the UK, Scottish child poverty rates are falling
Latest figures reveal lowest child poverty levels in decades, posing more difficult questions for Labour ahead of the Autumn Budget.
www.newstatesman.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Child poverty in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in three decades, with both absolute and relative rates continuing to sit well below the UK average. For 2023–24, those rates were 22% and 17% respectively – 9% lower than the UK’s 31% and 26%
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/20...
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100% this
The snp has shown just how much can be done if you’re not lining the pockets of the elite
The snp has shown just how much can be done if you’re not lining the pockets of the elite
#VoteGreenInEngland
#VoteSNPInScotland
#VotePlaidCymruInWales
It’s up to us to vote them all out.
Let’s vote for change. The mainstream political parties never deliver anything but misery
#VoteBravely. Let’s turn the tide
#VoteSNPInScotland
#VotePlaidCymruInWales
It’s up to us to vote them all out.
Let’s vote for change. The mainstream political parties never deliver anything but misery
#VoteBravely. Let’s turn the tide
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
100% this
The snp has shown just how much can be done if you’re not lining the pockets of the elite
The snp has shown just how much can be done if you’re not lining the pockets of the elite
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“Scotland is holding up the UK with renewables, gas, oil, financial sector and whisky. It’s why Scottish bonds came straight in at the same level as the blessed UK.
But of course, none of this stopped Reeves having a politicised pop at the SNP.”
But of course, none of this stopped Reeves having a politicised pop at the SNP.”
Lesley Riddoch: Rachel Reeves's attack on the SNP shows Labour's fear
Rachel Reeves gave the SNP a bit of a kicking during her Budget speech
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“Scotland is holding up the UK with renewables, gas, oil, financial sector and whisky. It’s why Scottish bonds came straight in at the same level as the blessed UK.
But of course, none of this stopped Reeves having a politicised pop at the SNP.”
But of course, none of this stopped Reeves having a politicised pop at the SNP.”
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Brian Wilson, the 76 year old Celtic director, today issues a highly aggressive diatribe against the SNP, entitled:
“SNP obsession with being different to England is harming Scotland”.
Why is Brian Wilson STILL a director of Celtic and should directors be taking such extreme political positions?
“SNP obsession with being different to England is harming Scotland”.
Why is Brian Wilson STILL a director of Celtic and should directors be taking such extreme political positions?
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Brian Wilson, the 76 year old Celtic director, today issues a highly aggressive diatribe against the SNP, entitled:
“SNP obsession with being different to England is harming Scotland”.
Why is Brian Wilson STILL a director of Celtic and should directors be taking such extreme political positions?
“SNP obsession with being different to England is harming Scotland”.
Why is Brian Wilson STILL a director of Celtic and should directors be taking such extreme political positions?
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Scotland the only country that has a payment to support families out of poverty at £27.15 per week.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Scotland the only country that has a payment to support families out of poverty at £27.15 per week.
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Prior to the 2025 Celtic plc AGM, the corporate group within Celtic Fans Collective prepared several questions. Following the early termination of the AGM, we have today submitted some questions to Investor Relations, CEO Michael Nicholson and Company Secretary Joanne McNairn.
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Prior to the 2025 Celtic plc AGM, the corporate group within Celtic Fans Collective prepared several questions. Following the early termination of the AGM, we have today submitted some questions to Investor Relations, CEO Michael Nicholson and Company Secretary Joanne McNairn.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Farage is not going to Falkirk in order to condemn those who intimidate and terrify migrants and asylum seekers – he’s going there in order to stoke up community divisions with the aim of furthering his own agenda, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Farage is not going to Falkirk in order to condemn those who intimidate and terrify migrants and asylum seekers – he’s going there in order to stoke up community divisions with the aim of furthering his own agenda, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️
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We are different countries with different paths.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We are different countries with different paths.
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Nigel Farage has claimed he did not make comments in a 'hurtful or insulting way', after 20 people he went to school with accused him of racism and antisemitism as a teenager
Nigel Farage says alleged racist comments were not made in 'hurtful or insulting way'
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Nigel Farage has claimed he did not make comments in a 'hurtful or insulting way', after 20 people he went to school with accused him of racism and antisemitism as a teenager
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Jackie Baillie wants to privatise our NHS!!
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
Jackie Baillie backs Wes Streeting's NHS private sector plans
SCOTTISH Labour’s deputy leader has suggested the Scottish Government should follow Wes Streeting’s plans for heavier involvement of the private…
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Jackie Baillie wants to privatise our NHS!!
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
That's why she continuously lies about the Scottish NHS when it is the best performing NHS in the UK. She's shown her true colours
#RedTory
#LabourLiar
Independence is our only option
www.thenational.scot/news/2443689...
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We can’t let history repeat itself.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We can’t let history repeat itself.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
Thatcher’s policies wiped out our industrial communities - Labour’s windfall tax is doing the same to today’s North Sea workers.
Scrap it, save jobs and let Scotland build a fair transition into renewables.
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Paul Weller has confirmed he has removed his music from streaming services in Israel as part of a movement to boycott a 'vile, brutal and apartheid system'
Paul Weller pulls music from streaming platforms in Israel
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Paul Weller has confirmed he has removed his music from streaming services in Israel as part of a movement to boycott a 'vile, brutal and apartheid system'
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There should be no English parties in Scotland
#EndLondonRule #AllUnderOneBanner #ScottishIndependence
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#EndLondonRule #AllUnderOneBanner #ScottishIndependence
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November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
There should be no English parties in Scotland
#EndLondonRule #AllUnderOneBanner #ScottishIndependence
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#EndLondonRule #AllUnderOneBanner #ScottishIndependence
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There is one thing that can be said for sure about Rachel Reeves’s Budget on Wednesday and that is that there will be remarkably few references to Scotland in it, writes Richard Murphy ✍️
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
There is one thing that can be said for sure about Rachel Reeves’s Budget on Wednesday and that is that there will be remarkably few references to Scotland in it, writes Richard Murphy ✍️
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Whether ye believe it or not, Nicola Sturgeon gave us the Best Services in the UK, SNP have maintained them for 8yrs Running & best NHS for 10yrs running, While giving us Freebies at point of use, using our Taxes to Mitigate the Worst of Tories Policies.
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Whether ye believe it or not, Nicola Sturgeon gave us the Best Services in the UK, SNP have maintained them for 8yrs Running & best NHS for 10yrs running, While giving us Freebies at point of use, using our Taxes to Mitigate the Worst of Tories Policies.