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Gavin Williamson

@soosider3.bsky.social

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Glaswegian, life long Indy supporter, long suffering Scotland fan. 40+ years working finally discovered my true vocation - retirement. Politics, family, Pugs x 2, DIYer & woodturner. We can do better than this Far is tainne an abhain ‘s ann is mò a fuaim

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Gavin Williamson @soosider3.bsky.social · Sep 13

A terrific summary of where we are

weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · Sep 5

My latest blog piece. Independence will only be achieved when it is the settled will of the people of Scotland, but we are closer to that than many think.

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/t...

The settled will

This week First Minister John Swinney unveiled details of his plan for independence, which rests upon the SNP securing a majority in Holyrood after next year’s Scottish elections. An opinion …

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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 9h

Why indeed? 🤔🤨
#ScottishIndependence

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Take everything he has, including all his clothes and his home, so he has to wander America stark bollock naked until the end of his life

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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Babsc54 @barbarae.bsky.social · 2d

Just over 2 weeks ago my dad had an appointment with the cardiology unit to check his pacemaker, on Thursday he went in to get it repaired, yesterday afternoon I phoned the dentist for my OH as he has had toothache got an appointment for this morning, tooth out, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2d

LATEST: John Swinney announcing that the Scottish Government will sponsor 'displaced' international care workers to come to Scotland has been welcomed by an industry boss

'Absolutely right': Scottish care boss backs SNP plan to defy Labour visa ban

www.thenational.scot

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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 3d

When I say ‘the crisis in TV isn’t a blip, it’s a paradigm shift’, this 👇👇👇 is why. The ground is shifting fast under our feet and ‘more of what worked before’ isn’t going to cut it. TV needs to see this as an opportunity for innovation, risk, experimentation and the new before it’s too late…

Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 3d

Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot

UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark

www.theguardian.com

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d

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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 3d

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 5d

The SNP's Stephen Flynn spelled it out clearly today: Scotland needs a fresh start - Scotland needs Independence.

(video stream: @broadcastscot.bsky.social )

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 7d

I’ll just leave this here.

BBC issues correction after exaggerating Scotland drug death figures

The BBC has been forced to issue a correction after exaggerating the number of drug deaths in Scotland ...

www.thenational.scot

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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 7d

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/s...

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government!

in trust in the Scottish Government since the start of devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country’s best interests. Professor John Robertson OBA What were th…

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

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Massive fall in number of children in care as progressive policies work to reduce poverty and as violent crime reduces but, hey, you don’t need to know that do you?

Scotland’s system for children in care. Professor John Robertson OBA There’s something important missing from the above ‘news’ today on children in care in Scotland – …

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 8d

Rising bills. Falling living standards. The UK economic model is broken.

Independence is the fresh start for Scotland - so we can build a wealthier, fairer nation shaped by the people who live here.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👉 yes.scot/decide

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 9d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 10d

That should come as no surprise given the development of age trends in voting over the past decade or so.

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Gavin Williamson @soosider3.bsky.social · 10d

Is this not just a symptom of the Westminster first past the post system. That is the real problem of much that impacts UK

Gavin Williamson @soosider3.bsky.social · 10d

What is the business case for Nuclear in Scotland, we already produce nearly twice than we consume. We need a different strategy than this tired and unnecessary nuclear.

Gavin Williamson @soosider3.bsky.social · 10d

Perhaps because this is E&W greens and therefore not the whole UK, it’s how they minimised SNP coverage when they had 46 MPs

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 11d

1/Striking speech by Macron: The future of European democracy depends on taking back its digital information space. A remarkable turn from Silicon Valley as source of enlightenment to being a purveyor of slop. And the stakes aren't just ad revenue but the nation.
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 11d

Its utter crap to compare Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 who has minimal powers to England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 who have 100% powers. Even with one arm behind our backs and a fixed budget Scotland still do better. Imagine what we can do with 100% #independence powers.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 11d

A reminder that "The UK government was secretly advised that Palestine Action is “highly unlikely” to advocate for violence while officials struggled to produce evidence the group posed a national security threat".

www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...

Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned

Exclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11d

This is truly chilling, and goes waaaay beyond immigration. When you have political parties saying that you don't need lawyers, courts, judges etc because the government cannot make mistakes absolutely everyone should be worrying. What starts with one group tends to expand to others.

Key to their proposals is a plan to abolish the Immigration Tribunal, which hears challenges to failed asylum claims, handing the appeals process instead to a team of officials within the Home Office.

The Tories also plan to abolish taxpayer-funded legal aid in immigration cases, with a document on the proposals arguing there "will be no need for lawyers" because claims would be "fairly assessed against the criteria".

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12d

I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have a good idea how this shutdown ends. Trump and Republicans will cave (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).

Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 12d

SP26: Where are Reform's votes coming from?

A longer read for the weekend, taking a look at the rise of Reform. If you're the Conservatives or Labour, this isn't good news. The SNP meanwhile lose few voters and benefit from the split elsewhere.

SP26: Where are Reform’s votes coming from?

With Reform on the rise, how has that affected other parties? In short, Reform are lapping up the 2021 Conservative and 2024 Labour votes, but barely registering amongst past SNP voters.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13d

Don't spread this Nigel Farage really wants it to disappear.

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