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National Yes Network @nationalyesnetwork.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine how much more we can do when we have #ScottishIndependence.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'step in' and sponsor care worker visas to get around UK Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 1h

John Swinney says Scottish government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers reports @severincarrell.bsky.social

First minister tells SNP conference older people should not ‘pay the price for Westminster’s prejudice’ over immigration

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Swinney says Scottish government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers

First minister tells SNP conference older people should not ‘pay the price for Westminster’s prejudice’ over immigration

www.theguardian.com

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1h

Four areas in Scotland have been named the first of 30 designated nature sites in a bid to reverse habitat loss ⬇️

Four Scottish nature sites named in efforts to reverse habitat loss

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2h

SNP members have voted for the Scottish Government to suspend all public funding to arms companies supplying military equipment to Israel ⬇️

SNP members vote for Scottish Government to stop funding arms firms linked to Israel

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James FBSI 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Extremist) @toplandscaper.bsky.social · 6h

In a so-called voluntary union why do we need to ask for permission? What is the precise strategy for leaving? No one can answer that. We're a colony dominated by England and its parliament. If it was truly voluntary, we could have a vote on our own terms.

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newsbeep.bsky.social @newsbeep.bsky.social · 3h

SNP will introduce network of walk-in GP services, John Swinney tells conference

https://www.newsbeep.com/182824/

So, can the SNP win a majority next year?published at 16:19 BST 16:19 BST Glenn CampbellBBC Scotland Political…

SNP will introduce network of walk-in GP services, John Swinney tells conference - News Beep

So, can the SNP win a majority next year?published at 16:19 BST

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Paige Leitman @paigeleitman.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenational.scot/news/2553687...

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asparagusnextleft @asparagusnextleft.bsky.social · 3h

You never know, once Scotland, at least, exits the union, maybe westminster will finally decide to move on fro a 17th century way of thinking about it's governance.

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Royals Cost Watch @royalscostwatch.co.uk · 3h

Our king is exploiting the Crown Estate - property of the public - for profit, not green energy or lower energy bills for us.

It's time we took back the Estate for good.

#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h

Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed Greenpeace is threatening to sue King Charles’s property management company, accusing it of exploiting its monopoly ownership of the seabed. The environmental lobby group alleges the crown estate has driven up costs for wind power developers and boosted its own profits, as well as the royal household’s income, due to the “aggressive” way it auctions seabed rights. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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scotlandscreams.bsky.social @scotlandscreams.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenational.scot/news/2553886...
If he's a Journalist I'm the First President of the Scottish Republic

Tommy Robinson withheld phone pin over 'sensitive' material about 'vulnerable girls'

FAR-RIGHT agitator Tommy Robinson told police he would not give up the pin for his phone because he did not want them to see his “journalist…

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Babsc54 @barbarae.bsky.social · 3h

It’s bad enough we have Labour & Tory bad mouthing the SNP we also have other supposedly Indy parties joining in, I am actually peed off with it now, just enlighten me how your party is going to achieve Independence am waiting 😡

#StillvotingSNP
#ScottishIndependence
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Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenational.scot/news/2553922...

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.

www.thenational.scot

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It's Not a Bot Me. @notabotme.bsky.social · 3h

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The National's front page today: How genocide happened

THERE has been a sense of relief these past few days from Palestinians and their allies thanks to the long-awaited ceasefire agreement.

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenational.scot/news/2553922...

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.

www.thenational.scot

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Ann @missuan.bsky.social · 3h

www.thenational.scot/news/2553931...

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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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 2h

Or, if you live in Scotland, you can join an actual progressive party that's already delivering - despite the failures of Westminster.

www.snp.org/join/member/

Join the SNP — Scottish National Party

Join the SNP, Scotland’s largest political party and social-democratic party of government.

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Chuckanutter @speciatedtwit.bsky.social · 2h

Link:

www.thenational.scot/news/2553687...

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 5h

Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.

No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.

Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.

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Jelly @jellydots.bsky.social · 2h

#AbolishTheMonarchy
‘… the [Crown] estate should be “managing the seabed in the interest of the nation and the common good, not as an asset to be milked for profit and outrageous bonuses”.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed

www.theguardian.com

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John✊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 YES! @johnl67.bsky.social · 2h

##EndTheUnion #EndWMRule

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 3h

Excellent example of The SNP working within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament to mitigate the British Government’s harmful approach to migration 💛

We could do so much much more with ALL the powers.

www.thenational.scot/news/2553922...

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.

www.thenational.scot

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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 2h

Isn’t it time scotland has it’s own unbiased broadcasting channel
It’s pathetic coverage from all the unionist lot which continue to ignore and ridicule our March to freedom
2026 will be our voice on independence
Let’s no be feirt
We surely can do better for Scotland than the unionist leeches
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asparagusnextleft @asparagusnextleft.bsky.social · 2h

Time will tell, however with the behaviour of the Starmer regime, Scottish Independence is looking more & more likely by the day.

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axeedge.bsky.social @axeedge.bsky.social · 2h

Why on earth should she be so obviously in error and so easily discovered to be lying. Someone in England is trying very hard and resorting to some very dirty tricks to undermine the Scottish independence movement.
Perhaps they foresee that this time the Scots will succeed.

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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 2h

#ScottishIndependence 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🙂

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Tam @tammckenna.bsky.social · 2h

In an independent Scotland, the government wouldn`t have to "step in" because we would control the purse strings.

How much money does the Scottish government have to spend every year mitigating previous Westminster disasters from an annually reduced tax rebate. 🤷‍♂️

You Yes Yet Scotland.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'step in' and sponsor care worker visas to get around UK Labour's ban, John Swinney has announced

Read more on this: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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