Stephen Thompson, Councillor & Dumfriesshire SNP 2026 Candidate
@cllrthompson.bsky.social
Dumfriesshire SNP Candidate for Holyrood 2026 and SNP Councillor for Annandale North ward. Independence is normal. Promoted by Kenneth Wright, on behalf of Stephen Thompson, both c/o SNP, Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ
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The SNP have delivered 2.4 million free eye tests in Scotland last year alone.
They cost between £24-£60 each in England 😬
That’s a big saving for Scots under the SNP.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583306...
They cost between £24-£60 each in England 😬
That’s a big saving for Scots under the SNP.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583306...
New figures show surge in free eye test uptake across Scotland
Figures show 2.4 million free eye tests were carried out in Scotland last year, with the SNP highlighting this as evidence of increased access to…
www.heraldscotland.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The SNP have delivered 2.4 million free eye tests in Scotland last year alone.
They cost between £24-£60 each in England 😬
That’s a big saving for Scots under the SNP.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583306...
They cost between £24-£60 each in England 😬
That’s a big saving for Scots under the SNP.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583306...
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Scotland’s first GP walk-in centre has opened today in Edinburgh.
Open seven days per week from 12pm-8pm. No appointment needed. No 8am rush.
Open seven days per week from 12pm-8pm. No appointment needed. No 8am rush.
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Scotland’s first GP walk-in centre has opened today in Edinburgh.
Open seven days per week from 12pm-8pm. No appointment needed. No 8am rush.
Open seven days per week from 12pm-8pm. No appointment needed. No 8am rush.
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💥 Labour’s ‘local growth fund’ will actually cut £42 million in resource spending from Scottish Councils in just one year.
😱 + A £90 million total cut from last 3 years of the old Tory fund, to the first 3 years of the new Labour one!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2585389...
😱 + A £90 million total cut from last 3 years of the old Tory fund, to the first 3 years of the new Labour one!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2585389...
Scotland’s councils face £42m cut after UK Government changes Brexit cash rules
Scottish councils are set to lose almost £42 million in day-to-day spending after the UK Government overhauled its post-Brexit growth funding. With…
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February 14, 2026 at 9:29 AM
💥 Labour’s ‘local growth fund’ will actually cut £42 million in resource spending from Scottish Councils in just one year.
😱 + A £90 million total cut from last 3 years of the old Tory fund, to the first 3 years of the new Labour one!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2585389...
😱 + A £90 million total cut from last 3 years of the old Tory fund, to the first 3 years of the new Labour one!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2585389...
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www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... It doesn’t look good, Scotland - time to boost
Living Standards Outlook 2026 • Resolution Foundation
We present a living standards outlook for non-pensioner families, highlighting strong income growth over 2026-27, driven by benefit changes, but a weak longer-term outlook. It argues that a coherent s...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... It doesn’t look good, Scotland - time to boost
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Campaigning in Canonbie and Rowanburn, The Debatable Land, under the stony gaze of Lang Sandy the reiver. @snp.org @dumfriesshiresnp.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Campaigning in Canonbie and Rowanburn, The Debatable Land, under the stony gaze of Lang Sandy the reiver. @snp.org @dumfriesshiresnp.bsky.social
Burn's home at Ellisland Farm in Dumfriesshire is where he wrote Tam o' Shanter and Auld Lang Syne - imagine the royalties! youtube.com/shorts/vcHCY...
Burn's Night would be nothing without Dumfriesshire
YouTube video by Stephen Thompson for Dumfriesshire
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January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Burn's home at Ellisland Farm in Dumfriesshire is where he wrote Tam o' Shanter and Auld Lang Syne - imagine the royalties! youtube.com/shorts/vcHCY...
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💪 Huge thanks to all our #ActiveSNP teams out campaigning across Scotland today, making the case for lower energy bills.
It’s Scotland’s energy - and it should work for the people of Scotland.
If you agree, join the SNP and be part of the change: https://www.snp.org/join
It’s Scotland’s energy - and it should work for the people of Scotland.
If you agree, join the SNP and be part of the change: https://www.snp.org/join
January 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
💪 Huge thanks to all our #ActiveSNP teams out campaigning across Scotland today, making the case for lower energy bills.
It’s Scotland’s energy - and it should work for the people of Scotland.
If you agree, join the SNP and be part of the change: https://www.snp.org/join
It’s Scotland’s energy - and it should work for the people of Scotland.
If you agree, join the SNP and be part of the change: https://www.snp.org/join
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👀 Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden’s avalanche of AI generated questions cost the tax payer £185,000!
www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...
www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...
Tory MSP 'costs Scottish public £185k with deluge of AI-generated questions'
A TORY MSP has cost the Scottish public £185,000 by inundating the Government with more than 1300 “AI-generated questions”
www.thenational.scot
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
👀 Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden’s avalanche of AI generated questions cost the tax payer £185,000!
www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...
www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...
So long nuclear, hello solar, goodbye coal bings, hello windmills. It’s Scotlands energy wealth - clean, sustainable and community-owned with @snp.org and independence #independentscotland - the alternative is already here - getting fleeced in the UK
January 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
So long nuclear, hello solar, goodbye coal bings, hello windmills. It’s Scotlands energy wealth - clean, sustainable and community-owned with @snp.org and independence #independentscotland - the alternative is already here - getting fleeced in the UK
Reposted by Stephen Thompson, Councillor & Dumfriesshire SNP 2026 Candidate
Westminster’s called the shots for too long... but Scotland’s been watching.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Westminster’s called the shots for too long... but Scotland’s been watching.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
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Scottish communities would be given the right to own up to 20% of renewables projects in their local area under proposals put forward by the First Minister
Scots 'can get 20 per cent stakes in energy projects with independence', SNP say
www.thenational.scot
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Scottish communities would be given the right to own up to 20% of renewables projects in their local area under proposals put forward by the First Minister
Energy = Cost of Living
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Energy = Cost of Living
December 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reposted by Stephen Thompson, Councillor & Dumfriesshire SNP 2026 Candidate
Well done to The National !
The british media have lost interest in reporting on Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire”
The truth is that the Israeli state are continuing with their Genocide in Gaza, and murderous “military operations” and clearances in the West Bank
🏴🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉
The british media have lost interest in reporting on Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire”
The truth is that the Israeli state are continuing with their Genocide in Gaza, and murderous “military operations” and clearances in the West Bank
🏴🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉
Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 📰
'A ceasefire in name only': We publish a timeline of the ongoing violence in Gaza since a 'ceasefire' was agreed – as Benjamin Netanyahu's brutal, apartheid regime's genocide continues to claim lives
'A ceasefire in name only': We publish a timeline of the ongoing violence in Gaza since a 'ceasefire' was agreed – as Benjamin Netanyahu's brutal, apartheid regime's genocide continues to claim lives
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Well done to The National !
The british media have lost interest in reporting on Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire”
The truth is that the Israeli state are continuing with their Genocide in Gaza, and murderous “military operations” and clearances in the West Bank
🏴🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉
The british media have lost interest in reporting on Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire”
The truth is that the Israeli state are continuing with their Genocide in Gaza, and murderous “military operations” and clearances in the West Bank
🏴🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉
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The progress we’re making in our NHS, explained in 25 seconds. 👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The progress we’re making in our NHS, explained in 25 seconds. 👇
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Does anyone actually know what Keir Starmer thinks about Brexit?
My view hasn’t changed: Brexit is a disaster, Scotland belongs in Europe, so let’s become independent and join the EU with our own seat at the table.
My view hasn’t changed: Brexit is a disaster, Scotland belongs in Europe, so let’s become independent and join the EU with our own seat at the table.
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Does anyone actually know what Keir Starmer thinks about Brexit?
My view hasn’t changed: Brexit is a disaster, Scotland belongs in Europe, so let’s become independent and join the EU with our own seat at the table.
My view hasn’t changed: Brexit is a disaster, Scotland belongs in Europe, so let’s become independent and join the EU with our own seat at the table.
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☢️ NEW: The Royal Navy sent 130 emails to Scotland’s Environmental Protection Agency, urging them to keep nuclear pollution in the Clyde a secret.
If there’s no risk to the public, why does the UK keep trying to cover-up these leaks asks @BillKiddSNP
www.thenational.scot/news/2564364...
If there’s no risk to the public, why does the UK keep trying to cover-up these leaks asks @BillKiddSNP
www.thenational.scot/news/2564364...
MoD accused of 'cover up' by MSP after legal threats over nuclear pollution emerged
AN MSP has demanded the Ministry of Defence (MoD) come clean with the public about radioactive pollution on the Clyde after it emerged officials…
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Dirty
Reposted by Stephen Thompson, Councillor & Dumfriesshire SNP 2026 Candidate
Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Reposted by Stephen Thompson, Councillor & Dumfriesshire SNP 2026 Candidate
🟥 The UK Government deserves little praise for ending its own disgraceful two-child benefit cap. But it is too little and too late and nowhere near enough to fix this.
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🟥 The UK Government deserves little praise for ending its own disgraceful two-child benefit cap. But it is too little and too late and nowhere near enough to fix this.
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...
🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...