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Good. Tax is the price we pay for a civilised society.
BREAKING: The Scottish Government is to introduce two new council tax 'for the most expensive properties'
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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The Scottish Government will institute a mansion tax and a private jet tax, Shona Robison has announced

The Finance Secretary has said two new council tax bands will be brought in for homes worth more than £1 million
January 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Just to annoy Reform voters who frankly I consider to be economic, industrial and strategic illiterates

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJc...
Flashmob Flash Mob - Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music
YouTube video by cd tube
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January 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Imagine loving the racism Musk’s X provides & encourages so much that you can’t call out its creation & promotion of child sex abuse images…
I have a horrible feeling that it really is that simple.
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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BREAKING: The Scottish Government is to introduce two new council tax 'for the most expensive properties'
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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NEW: The SNP Government announce the Scottish Child Payment will be boosted to £40 a week for babies under one, a targeted move designed to tackle child poverty.
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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BREAKING: More than 55% of Scots will pay less income tax that they would in England or Wales, the Finance Secretary has said

Shona Robison has announced that the thresholds for basic and intermediate tax bands will rise by 7.4%
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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❌ Long queues at the border, understaffed businesses, and higher food costs...

🗳️ Is this really what anyone voted for?

https://www.islands.com/2071504/rick-steves-reveals-five-ways-brexit-impact-vacation-united-kingdom/
Rick Steves Reveals 5 Big Ways Your United Kingdom Vacation Is Impacted By Brexit - Islands
Rick Steves explains how Brexit affects UK travel, from longer border lines and staffing shortages to reduced tourism services and higher prices.
www.islands.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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‘Journalism fiasco’ – Islanders have actually been treated far better than the rest of us by this SNP government but the Herald still uses them to support the Labour campaign talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/12/j...
‘Journalism fiasco’ – Islanders have actually been treated far better than the rest of us by this SNP government but the Herald still uses them to support the Labour campaign
Another ferry ‘fiasco report’ (placing the ‘ there makes it clear that the reporting is a fiasco in journalism) today. The facts hidden every time they write this rancid garbage: …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Glasgow Women's Aid has called to revoke the MBE of former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg

Women’s charity fumes as convicted domestic abuser Stuart Hogg keeps MBE
www.thenational.scot
January 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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This can’t go on. UK news shows have got to start calling Nigel Farage out on this ridiculous bull****. Please start doing your job - for all our sakes
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.

We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.

youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 13, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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The Edinburgh Bus network is the best in Europe.

As I'm over 60, it's also FREE to use it. I use it, every day.

110 million people agree, it's incredibly good.

Why are some people so scared of Scottish Independence?
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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Redundancy notices have been issued to staff in third sector organisations and business groups across Glasgow after the UK Government took a 'sledgehammer' to local funding, delivering 'devastating cuts'

Hundreds of jobs in Glasgow at risk as redundancy notices issued after Labour cuts
www.thenational.scot
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Vote Reform get Tory could not be clearer and will be painfully evident on Thursday when Farage visits Edinburgh to announce his new tartan puppet, the non leader of a non party with no Scottish policies.

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/f...
Farage’s new tartan puppet
On Monday, Nigel Farage preened his insufferably smug way through a press conference at which he introduced the latest opportunistic Tory defector to Reform UK. This time it was Nadhim Zahawi, who …
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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There it is.

Farage and Reform would end our NHS.

Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Tomorrow we will set out Scotland’s Budget.

Here’s a preview in 45 seconds. 👇
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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And the next ex-Tory MP to defect to Reform is...

#WhoCares
January 13, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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SNP’s more progressive taxation raised £4 billion for higher employment, lower crime, shorter hospital waiting lists, more teachers and better schools talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/1...
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz'
The Scotsman’s right-wing tabloid headline today is based on this from Audit Scotland published on 13 November 2025: Altogether, the net benefit to Scottish Budgets since the introduction of …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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The UK Labour Government has 'snubbed' the north of Scotland in the latest Westminster funding round, Moray parliamentarians have said, highlighting how nowhere north of Dundee is set to benefit
Fury as Labour ministers 'snub everywhere north of Dundee' with £140m fund
www.thenational.scot
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Don’t tell him about the Mayflower.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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Schrodinger's Oil: Due to run out soon if it’s Scotland’s oil, but expected to last decades if it’s UK oil. Read the news you're not getting.
indyposterboy.scot/schrodingers...
Schrodinger’s Oil - Indy PosterBoy
Due to run out soon if it’s Scotland’s oil, but expected to last decades if it’s UK oil.
indyposterboy.scot
January 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM