Andrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺
@andrew.sharpe.scot
Scottish Indy supporter sharing the facts - unfiltered. Trying to inspire thought about what Scotland could be, back in the EU.
#ScottishIndependence
🌐 https://yesinpictures.substack.com - interesting FREE analysis you won't see in the UK mainstream media
#ScottishIndependence
🌐 https://yesinpictures.substack.com - interesting FREE analysis you won't see in the UK mainstream media
Edinburgh looking particularly fine towards the Firth of Forth today.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Edinburgh looking particularly fine towards the Firth of Forth today.
Ultra processed foods are bad for you. Very bad. And the UK buys more of them than anywhere else in Europe. Another public health failure in regulating producers, advertisers, and sellers.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ultra processed foods are bad for you. Very bad. And the UK buys more of them than anywhere else in Europe. Another public health failure in regulating producers, advertisers, and sellers.
Just look at that divergence since COVID - but Labour and the Tories weren't doing very well even before that, compared to The SNP in Scotland.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Just look at that divergence since COVID - but Labour and the Tories weren't doing very well even before that, compared to The SNP in Scotland.
𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 are twice The SNP's Scotland figure in Labour Wales. And way behind in Labour England as well.
Not quite the narrative Sarwar and Starmer spin in Scotland.
trends below 📈
Not quite the narrative Sarwar and Starmer spin in Scotland.
trends below 📈
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
𝗡𝗛𝗦 𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 are twice The SNP's Scotland figure in Labour Wales. And way behind in Labour England as well.
Not quite the narrative Sarwar and Starmer spin in Scotland.
trends below 📈
Not quite the narrative Sarwar and Starmer spin in Scotland.
trends below 📈
Lots of followers. No posts. It's a block list!
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Lots of followers. No posts. It's a block list!
Not sure this apocryphal story is/was ever true nationally. It's quite an old story and most areas seem to follow more traditional priorities (main roads ploughed first, sweep-salting cycle paths etc). However other interesting things ARE happening in the Swedish snow clearing approach...
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Not sure this apocryphal story is/was ever true nationally. It's quite an old story and most areas seem to follow more traditional priorities (main roads ploughed first, sweep-salting cycle paths etc). However other interesting things ARE happening in the Swedish snow clearing approach...
Any organisation that thinks Douglas Ross is an award winning politician is clearly The Herald.
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archive.ph/hANLi
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Any organisation that thinks Douglas Ross is an award winning politician is clearly The Herald.
archive.ph/hANLi
archive.ph/hANLi
It's clear what "radical change" would most benefit everyone in Scotland.
🏴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
🏴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's clear what "radical change" would most benefit everyone in Scotland.
🏴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
🏴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
In most Sadiq Khan posts, try replacing "London" with "Scotland" and you'll better understand.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
In most Sadiq Khan posts, try replacing "London" with "Scotland" and you'll better understand.
Ultra-processed food is linked to harm in every major human organ, a new study finds - and the UK consumes more than any other European country.
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Ultra-processed food is linked to harm in every major human organ, a new study finds - and the UK consumes more than any other European country.
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Five times more than Portugal!
Labour's manifesto promised a clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Haggis, neeps and tatties!
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Haggis, neeps and tatties!
So much for Starmer's promised reset in relations. He's refused to meet our First Minister to discuss the upcoming budget, and Scotland's priorities.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So much for Starmer's promised reset in relations. He's refused to meet our First Minister to discuss the upcoming budget, and Scotland's priorities.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
Come on Labour. Seriously?
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Come on Labour. Seriously?
I find myself in agreement.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I find myself in agreement.
Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Check out no.6 on Starmer's pledges when he became Leader of the Labour Party.
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
"Defend migrants' rights" 💀
What this article doesn't point out - because it's not news - is the fact that our Scottish Government is at no point consulted or informed about British budget planning. It finds out when we do. And then has little time to re-plan its own budget to fit.
Here's how it works...
Here's how it works...
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What this article doesn't point out - because it's not news - is the fact that our Scottish Government is at no point consulted or informed about British budget planning. It finds out when we do. And then has little time to re-plan its own budget to fit.
Here's how it works...
Here's how it works...
Ignore the odd noisy complainer - the NC500 route is an accessible way to see vast areas of Scotland that are truly beautiful but little visited. My favourite part is the northern coastline with some stunning cliffs caves and beaches.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Ignore the odd noisy complainer - the NC500 route is an accessible way to see vast areas of Scotland that are truly beautiful but little visited. My favourite part is the northern coastline with some stunning cliffs caves and beaches.
Labour will revisit WASPI women but don't expect to change anything.
'Many Scottish Labour MPs were unhappy about the issue coming back around. "It puts Waspi back in people's heads again. The only people who had been talking about it were a few nationalist trolls online."''
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'Many Scottish Labour MPs were unhappy about the issue coming back around. "It puts Waspi back in people's heads again. The only people who had been talking about it were a few nationalist trolls online."''
archive.ph/zy6Ax
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Labour will revisit WASPI women but don't expect to change anything.
'Many Scottish Labour MPs were unhappy about the issue coming back around. "It puts Waspi back in people's heads again. The only people who had been talking about it were a few nationalist trolls online."''
archive.ph/zy6Ax
'Many Scottish Labour MPs were unhappy about the issue coming back around. "It puts Waspi back in people's heads again. The only people who had been talking about it were a few nationalist trolls online."''
archive.ph/zy6Ax
Except it still says "we don't know the candidates" for the Scottish Parliament elections, when they've already been announced for the Constituencies. Will also be interesting to see how it interprets the Regional vote, where you don't vote for candidates.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Except it still says "we don't know the candidates" for the Scottish Parliament elections, when they've already been announced for the Constituencies. Will also be interesting to see how it interprets the Regional vote, where you don't vote for candidates.
How Scotland's Parliament was set up by Westminster. Vote twice: once for a Candidate; once for a Party. Clear - right?
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How Scotland's Parliament was set up by Westminster. Vote twice: once for a Candidate; once for a Party. Clear - right?
But I'll post anyway?
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
But I'll post anyway?
It's the big move weekend at the High School. Spotted this poster on the wall in the old school. Wonder how many politicians skipped this class at their school...
"Social conscience: sense of responsibility and concern for wider society"
"Social conscience: sense of responsibility and concern for wider society"
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's the big move weekend at the High School. Spotted this poster on the wall in the old school. Wonder how many politicians skipped this class at their school...
"Social conscience: sense of responsibility and concern for wider society"
"Social conscience: sense of responsibility and concern for wider society"
Alex Massie: regular contributor to The Times, Spectator - and the BBC in Scotland.
The state of British journalism.
The state of British journalism.
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Alex Massie: regular contributor to The Times, Spectator - and the BBC in Scotland.
The state of British journalism.
The state of British journalism.
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned following revelations of BBC bias.
There should be others, not least in the BBC in Scotland. The BBC is a disgrace.
There should be others, not least in the BBC in Scotland. The BBC is a disgrace.
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness have resigned following revelations of BBC bias.
There should be others, not least in the BBC in Scotland. The BBC is a disgrace.
There should be others, not least in the BBC in Scotland. The BBC is a disgrace.
Great display to a packed park from our local Round Table this evening. Who knew that after the original Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes came to be toasted as "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions".
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Great display to a packed park from our local Round Table this evening. Who knew that after the original Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes came to be toasted as "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions".