Fiona McGregor
@fionamcgregor.bsky.social
Joyfully retired and now working for an independent Scotland.
Podcaster and Youtuber as Scottish Independence Podcasts.
Also enjoy cafe brunches, cycling, poetry, painting Yes Stones, Jeg lærer også norsk
Website: scottishindypod.scot
Podcaster and Youtuber as Scottish Independence Podcasts.
Also enjoy cafe brunches, cycling, poetry, painting Yes Stones, Jeg lærer også norsk
Website: scottishindypod.scot
#Bettertogetout - love it!
Let's choose to be the captain of our own ship, because in this sham union, we are being dragged under, by a series of incompetent captains, from the bloody Westminster Titanic!
#IndependenceNOW
#BetterToGetOut
#IndependenceNOW
#BetterToGetOut
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
#Bettertogetout - love it!
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Never, ever trust the Labour party on the climate. Corporate profits will always come first to them 🔥🌍
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Never, ever trust the Labour party on the climate. Corporate profits will always come first to them 🔥🌍
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News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
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News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
Professor John Robertson OBA From the Scottish Government yesterday: The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the Act”) is the UK’s first multidisciplinary staffing legislation and Scot…
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November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
News you won’t hear – Scottish Government’s ‘world-leading’ legislation on NHS staffing levels is already working as staffing ratios in Scotland are already significantly better
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I bought an EV precisely because I live in a rural area with a bus every 2 hours and none on Sundays. It cost a lot more to buy than an equivalent petrol car, zero rated road tax has disappeared, grants for home chargers have gone and now a mileage tax?? Win for the petrolheads at westminster.
So, if I get this right, the UK Labour Gov's EV policy is to penalise people who need to drive longer distances in their electric cars. 3 miles in a city, fine. 25 rural miles to go to the nearest supermarket, hammer them hard. Do these people never think things through properly
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November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I bought an EV precisely because I live in a rural area with a bus every 2 hours and none on Sundays. It cost a lot more to buy than an equivalent petrol car, zero rated road tax has disappeared, grants for home chargers have gone and now a mileage tax?? Win for the petrolheads at westminster.
Astonishing own goal from Reeves, nobbled by the fossil fuel lobby by any chance??
#evtax
#evtax
This will literally kill the EV market.
It's already killed the E-Vans before they even bring this to them.
I drive an average of 1k miles per week in my work van.
52k per year (average).
£1560 per year in road tax if my van was electric.
13 vans in the fleet.
£20,280 per year in road tax.
It's already killed the E-Vans before they even bring this to them.
I drive an average of 1k miles per week in my work van.
52k per year (average).
£1560 per year in road tax if my van was electric.
13 vans in the fleet.
£20,280 per year in road tax.
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Astonishing own goal from Reeves, nobbled by the fossil fuel lobby by any chance??
#evtax
#evtax
Arrogance on stilts!! Who does she think she is?
#reeves
#reeves
Arrogant, but not a surprise.
Indy supporters know that we could win every seat at HR2026 and UKgov intend to trot out the ‘once in a generation’ thing, and ‘now’s not the time’.
Labour know there will be an indy majority and Sarwar is a lost cause.
www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...
Indy supporters know that we could win every seat at HR2026 and UKgov intend to trot out the ‘once in a generation’ thing, and ‘now’s not the time’.
Labour know there will be an indy majority and Sarwar is a lost cause.
www.thenational.scot/news/2565403...
'Astonishing arrogance': Rachel Reeves panned after dismissing second referendum
Rachel Reeves has been accused of showing an "astonishing level of arrogance" after she dismissed a second independence referendum if the…
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Arrogance on stilts!! Who does she think she is?
#reeves
#reeves
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November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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We also need limits on spending by political parties outside of the pre election period. Also need limits on London registered parties using cash raised in England to campaign in Scottish and Welsh parliament elections!
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We also need limits on spending by political parties outside of the pre election period. Also need limits on London registered parties using cash raised in England to campaign in Scottish and Welsh parliament elections!
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
Wow! Always worth checking
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Wow! Always worth checking
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England is planning to copy Scotland’s flagship education strategy, experts have claimed
England plans to emulate Scotland's flagship education strategy, experts claim
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November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
England is planning to copy Scotland’s flagship education strategy, experts have claimed
Not for the first time, loud spinning noise heard coming from Jimmy Reid's grave....
Truly sickening
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Nothing in Scotland looks anything like the mass child grooming rape gangs in England but Paul Hutcheon and Jimmy Reid’s granddaughter seem to think it’d be great for Scottish Labour’s campaign
Professor John Robertson OBA The Record’s Paul Hutcheon and Labour’s Joani Reid are at it again today desperate to have rape grooming gangs here too in the hope that the SNP can be blam…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Not for the first time, loud spinning noise heard coming from Jimmy Reid's grave....
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Finland is the world's happiest country for the 8th year running. How do they do it? New film coming very soon. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Finland is the world's happiest country for the 8th year running. How do they do it? New film coming very soon. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Some ideas here for Scottish Tourism, surely? @scottishgreens.org @snp.org
In 2026, Tampere 🇫🇮 and Dubrovnik 🇭🇷 are the European Capitals and Green Pioneers of Smart Tourism.
They're leading the way in sustainable, inclusive and innovative tourism, showing how destinations can support local communities while protecting what makes them unique.
More: link.europa.eu/DbThfh
They're leading the way in sustainable, inclusive and innovative tourism, showing how destinations can support local communities while protecting what makes them unique.
More: link.europa.eu/DbThfh
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Some ideas here for Scottish Tourism, surely? @scottishgreens.org @snp.org
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'Scotland is suffering a renewed wave of deindustrialisation, and Mossmorran is only the latest major employer to close its doors.'
Coll McCail, via The National
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Coll McCail, via The National
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'Scotland is suffering a renewed wave of deindustrialisation, and Mossmorran is only the latest major employer to close its doors.'
Coll McCail, via The National
archive.is/2LIGJ
Coll McCail, via The National
archive.is/2LIGJ
Ooh, excellent, thanks!
I think your summary is not bad. A free PDF copy of the book can be downloaded from here: www.dannydorling.org/books/better...
Home Page | A Better Politics
A Better Politics: How Government Can Make Us Happier By Danny Dorling
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November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Ooh, excellent, thanks!
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November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
What is the point of democratic elections if #lobbyists have the power and cash to influence ministers behind the scenes?
Aston Martin pushed for an exemption for small car makers from the petrol engine ban.
Davies agreed — and the exemption appeared soon after.
Greenpeace says our documents expose “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
Davies agreed — and the exemption appeared soon after.
Greenpeace says our documents expose “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What is the point of democratic elections if #lobbyists have the power and cash to influence ministers behind the scenes?
Shame on you #Toyota, shame on you!
PS we've also published all the documents and the judgement too 😀
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Shame on you #Toyota, shame on you!
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Despite the best efforts of Sarwar, Cole Hamilton and Findlay to undermine and discredit them at every turn...
A highly educated workforce, broad-based education system, and strong national skills infrastructure have given Scotland one of the most skilled labour pools in Britain
Scotland named 'most skilled labour pool' in Britain
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November 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Despite the best efforts of Sarwar, Cole Hamilton and Findlay to undermine and discredit them at every turn...
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🤔 Prime Minister Farage & Reform UK Government or an independent Scotland?
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🤔 Prime Minister Farage & Reform UK Government or an independent Scotland?
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
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