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Stewart Macdonald @mrred8691.bsky.social · 3d

Do not ever forget that the problems this country still face are down to 14yrs of neglect from the Tories.
14yrs of lying in your face.
14yrs of law breaking and diverting public funds to rich donors.
14yrs of undermining decency and respect.
Need I go on? I could but surely you see who fckd us over

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 2d

In a truly democratic society he would be in court.
As would all those involved in the ‘VIP’ lane.
Blatant robbery.

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed,
the #Left in England have very little choice.
Corbyn and Sultana are forging ahead with ‘Your Party’
and they are competing with the England/Wales Greens.
But Your Party got off to a poor start, and it seems the Greens have benefitted.

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent 👏🏼

As a New Scot,
and with a wife who originates from mainland Europe and who is also therefore a New Scot,
his words are both welcoming and reassuring in uncertain times.
#ScottishIndependenceNow
It really can’t come soon enough.

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 17d

‘Delivering the Labour Government Scotland needs’
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Labour would be an absolute disaster in Scotland.

Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 18d

“Scottish” Labour will be discussing us in Liverpool

scottishfabians.bsky.social @scottishfabians.bsky.social · 19d

Join us in Liverpool on Sunday

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Winning in 2026 Rally: Delivering the Labour Government Scotland Needs

Sunday 28 | 17.00 | In partnership with True North Advisors and guests Douglas Alexander MP and Jackie Baillie MSP

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 20d

Farage will only take disgruntled tory votes, it’s just a swap.
No one else in Scotland is daft enough to vote for the grifter.

Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 21d

Watch the yoons' panic levels rise rapidly along with all and everything they can throw at the SNP and Greens😊. At least we know it's coming and can be ready.

Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 Our latest Scottish Parliament and Westminster polling ...

Headline figures:

- SNP far ahead with Reform closing in ... they're still predicted to get no Scottish MPs though
- Big pro-indy majority at Holyrood, with 75 SNP and Green MSPs elected

www.thenational.scot/news/2548936...

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 21d

Absolutely:
Tory MP’s at the time need to be taken to task over this massive state robbery.
Of course, don’t wait for Starmer to lift a finger however.

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 22d

The Tories PPE Scandal: Watching this programme forces us consider something that is almost too disgusting to contemplate: that when our country faced one of its darkest hours, certain people in charge saw not a crisis, but an opportunity

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever

This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

www.theguardian.com

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 21d

This is what happens when health care meets private business.
Health Care MUST
only be in State hands.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21d

In a corporate owned care home, charging £1,800 a week.

Residents face neglect/cruelty.

Left in urine-soaked clothes, wet bedsheets, calls for help ignored, not showered for weeks, excrement in corridors, staff shortages.

Cruelty is the norm when profits come before people.

Families accuse care home of 'neglect' and 'cruelty' after secret filming

A BBC Disclosure reporter saw vulnerable elderly people left sitting alone for hours in urine-soaked clothes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 21d

Farage is a grifter who, like Trump,
will say anything for a headline.
It will never get off the ground,
1,000’s will take legal action,
the good thing is, he’s making himself look ridiculous in the eyes of everyone outside the right wing bubble; a bubble that is not as big as media portray.

Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 22d

How many politicians and high profile "British" figures have spouses of foreign nationality with ILR visas? If Farage/Reform get their way will they meekly accept their fate - or would it be "one rule for them, another for us" territory? 1/2

weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 22d

My husband has indefinite leave to remain. It took us 6 years and £16,000 in visa, NHS, and lawyer fees for him to get it. Now we risk him losing his right to live in Scotland. This is terrifying for us & thousands of families.

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · Aug 30

Remember this next year.
‘Labour’ have no place in Scotland.

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · Aug 22

The UK government is a sovereign country with its own currency and bank. It can create and spend as much as it needs. It does not tax and spend. It creates the money it spends, then taxes. If it is going to increase taxes, a wealth tax is the best option.

#LearnMMT

Rachel Reeves needs to find cash fast. A wealth tax really is her only viable option | Faiza Shaheen

The alternatives for the UK chancellor are either unworkable or will lose Labour votes, so here’s what she should try, says Faiza Shaheen of Tax Justice UK

www.theguardian.com

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Vance:
USA has no plans to recognise a Palestinian State.

The rest of the world:
there will never be peace in the middle-east until there is an Internationally recognised
State of Palestine.

The USA thinks it can rule the world. Countries need to reconsider their relationships with US of Trumpica.

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · Aug 9

Ireland’s state backed drink container deposit scheme records a €51 million surplus in 2024 as the scheme is hailed as an overwhelming success.

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Share prices drop, Trump and his cronies buy cheaper; Trump reverses, share prices rise, and certain individuals have increased their personal wealth by $millions.
This is simply a financial game for Trumpty,
he won’t stand by it,
the USA would lose out.

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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · Aug 1

Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Barry @northernbarry.bsky.social · Jul 31

novaramedia.com/2025/07/28/m...

Meet the Pro-Israel Lawyers Hounding the NHS | Novara Media

It’s had children’s artwork removed from hospitals, doctors banned from wearing watermelon pins and claimed craft pens evoked 7 October. Are UK Lawyers for Israel really the cartoon villains they appe...

novaramedia.com

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Spot on.

Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Ron Hacker @ronhacker.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · Jul 8

While Wes Streeting talks bizarrely of Swinney's analogue leadership, the terrible truth of a year of Labour rule for NHS England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/05/28/c...

Contrary to Labour claims NHS waiting list in England surges to 17% longer than in Scotland leaving more than 1 million extra waiting longer than they would if they’d had an SNP government these last ...

Our waiting list is 1 million longer? (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror) Professor John Robertson OBA On a regular basis we see new ‘Scottish’ Labour MPs in Westmonster, …

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Starmer stands by and watches this happen so he can reinforce the
‘we’ll need fossil fuels for another 20 years’ b*shit.
£8 billion wasted
whilst trying to rob the poor and disabled
£4 billion.
We see you ‘Labour’.

Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · Jul 7

If an offshore wind farm in Scotland produces more electricity than the network can handle it's paid to turn off, or "constrained", and a gas-fired power plant in the south of England is paid to turn on.
wastedwind.energy/2025-07-07

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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · Jul 6

'The UK government is a currency creator, not a currency user. It is not like a household. It does not need to beg or borrow from the markets to spend. Financial markets are accommodated by the government, not the other way around.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
www.taxresearch.org....