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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 8h

I give you the UK Labour Party 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN9-a6rEyhq/?igsh=ZDF3Z3l4bG90ajJl

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 9h

Just like the BBC in Scotland, Laura Kuenssberg is stepping up the deliberate errors to knock The SNP. Twice she claimed the UK Gov was supplying £10bn to build warships on the Clyde. This is false. The £10bn will come from Norway after it signed a deal with BAE systems.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18h

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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JR Tomlin (she/her) @jrtomlin.bsky.social · 11h

John Swinney corrects BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about Scottish politics

www.thenational.scot/news/2553647...

John Swinney corrects Laura Kuenssberg over two key errors about Scottish politics

JOHN Swinney was forced to correct the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg after she made two key errors about Scottish politics ...

www.thenational.scot

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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 12h

but it happened in 2011 because more people voted snp 1 and 2. If the same % did the same in 2021 the snp would've had the 1 more msp for a majority. We could've had our 2nd referendum by now.

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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 12h

so there are 73 constituency FPTP seats, + 56 regional seats. So yes, we could get the 65 majority on constituencies alone, but tough ask. The SNP won list msps in 2011 because a higher % of voters voted 1 And 2. It was only after that some started agitating voting for another party on2nd ballot

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 13h

The SNP's very unlikely to broadcast how it works because it would illustrate why a list vote for a party that's successful in the constituency seats is more or less a wasted vote. (It becomes worth about a sixth or a seventh of the other votes). That's why people advocate SNP:1, Scottish Greens: 2.

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 13h

Difficult to get your head round the d'Hondt method, but basically for every seat a party wins in a region (constituency/ regional),the party's list votes are divided by that number plus one. Why it's well-nigh impossible to win both constituency and list seats.

www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 15h

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 14h

With WM able to over-ride Holyrood on anything it likes (including Scots Law if it's so inclined) I can't somehow see that approach having any success but good luck in giving it a go when it comes to it .

Tàmhas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇪🇺 @scozia.bsky.social · 19h

Commendable, from John Swinney

“…there is “no way” his government is “going to go along with it”.

This kind of determination requires courage and risk. The attitude needed when Starmer/Sunak blocked an Indyref, instead of mild acceptance.

www.thenational.scot/news/2553643...

John Swinney vows to block UK Government's 'ludicrous' digital ID cards

JOHN Swinney has vowed to block Keir Starmer’s “ludicrous” digital IDs in Holyrood as he stated there is “no way” his government is…

www.thenational.scot

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 13h

Isn’t the very fabric of devolution created to ensure there is no majority in Holyrood and that 2011 was a fluke and hasn’t happened since, tbh my heads all over the place re how to vote and wish the SNP or a politician would podcast how it actually works and why.

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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 13h

A minority government has no clout and no mandate for an indyref. We need a MAJORITY gov, and the only way to achieve that is following 2011 strategy.... both votes SNP. Even if we have a parliament full of independence supporting MSP's, we don't have a majority government, therefore no mandate.

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Wee Oorie @johnbhoy1964.bsky.social · 6d

I love Glasgow

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 15h

In Gaza, the war of death may have ended - but the war for life has begun

As the ceasefire begins, Palestinians return home to Gaza and face a new battle: one for survival after two years of relentless siege, writes our Palestinian correspondent Alaa Shamali
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

In Gaza, the war of death may have ended - but the war for life has begun

As the ceasefire begins, Palestinians return home to Gaza and face a new battle: one for survival after two years of relentless siege.

www.thecanary.co

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 19h

Yes Then, Yes Now, Yes Always. #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 vote for it in 2026.

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 19h

There’s no turning back on the road to independence.

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 19h

UK Labour partys DWP in England, Wales & NI apple.news/Aen9CpyoQSJu...

When DWP will start checking people's bank accounts - and who will be targeted — Yorkshire Live

The Department for Work and Pensions is set to start checking people's bank accounts

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Anne 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🕊 @annewitha-e.bsky.social · 19h

Keith Brown speech beginning 8.48 to 14.12 reminding us that if same % as voted 1 &2 in 2011 had voted 1 & 2 in 2021, SNP would've won a majority. Also Ann Faulds at 1:21:00 to 1:24:22 laying out the legal reasons for 1 and 2. #SNPConference
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#SNP25 Day 1 | Session 2: Winning Independence

YouTube video by Scottish National Party (SNP)

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 22h

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19h

Left: Bridget Phillipson, "In many cases Jewish young people feel that they need to conceal their identity"

Right: Under watermelon themed kippah's on anti Israeli genocide in Gaza marches in London?

Shame on Labour for pushing the anti Israeli genocide in Gaza with being anti Jewish

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 19h

Treated as a third country that’s what they wanted but fast becoming a third world fascist right wing country. #ScottishIndependence2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23h

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 22h

If you subscribe to that channel (Broadcasting Scotland) they have yesterday's livestream as well.

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 20h

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