Ian Grant
@iangrantsq.bsky.social
Retired intensivist, Supporter of Scottish independence. SNP member 1966-2021. SIF. Independence Forum Scotland. DUFC season ticket holder
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'This is how it happens: slowly, silently, legally. One island at a time. One estate at a time. One shell company at a time. Until Scotland becomes a patchwork of private retreats, corporate playgrounds, and sealed-off havens for the rich.'
Kyle Renton, via Scotland Decides
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Kyle Renton, via Scotland Decides
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SCOTLAND - OUR LAND?
A guest post by Kyle RentonThe Isle of Rona has been sold.The last two people living on the island - off the coast of Skye - are preparing to leave. The new owners? Daniel Luhde-Thompson, a hedge fund manager, based in England, and Cressida Pollock, a high-level financial consultant and former CEO of the English National Opera. The deal was done quietly, through a company called Fior Rona Ltd. The old owners? A Danish couple by the names of Dorte and Arne Jensen.Another island gone. Another comm
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August 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'This is how it happens: slowly, silently, legally. One island at a time. One estate at a time. One shell company at a time. Until Scotland becomes a patchwork of private retreats, corporate playgrounds, and sealed-off havens for the rich.'
Kyle Renton, via Scotland Decides
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Kyle Renton, via Scotland Decides
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NEW: Lesley Riddoch has explored why a Scottish rural community is energy-rich but lacks the power to make it work for them in her new film about why the grid network needs to be urgently upgraded
Lesley Riddoch explores need to upgrade grid network in rural Scotland in new film
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June 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW: Lesley Riddoch has explored why a Scottish rural community is energy-rich but lacks the power to make it work for them in her new film about why the grid network needs to be urgently upgraded
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There are still a few places left at our Summer Convention on Scotland's Future at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June, 10:00 to 16:00. Admission is free and it promises to be a cracking day.
Read all about it in William Duguid's National article:
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Read all about it in William Duguid's National article:
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May 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There are still a few places left at our Summer Convention on Scotland's Future at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June, 10:00 to 16:00. Admission is free and it promises to be a cracking day.
Read all about it in William Duguid's National article:
archive.is/uA8vR
Read all about it in William Duguid's National article:
archive.is/uA8vR
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Interesting speakers on poverty and energy at Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June 2025. Free but register independenceforum.scot/national-con...
National Convention - Independence Forum Scotland
Envelope Youtube Icon-twitter-x Created with Fabric.js 5.2.4 National Convention The next meeting, the Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, will take place at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturd...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Interesting speakers on poverty and energy at Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June 2025. Free but register independenceforum.scot/national-con...
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Applecross - a microcosm of Scotland. Energy rich without the power to benefit local people. New film just posted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0kU...
June 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Applecross - a microcosm of Scotland. Energy rich without the power to benefit local people. New film just posted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0kU...
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The low public priority attached by SNP leaders to the cause of independence is indeed angering many Yessers, writes Lesley Riddoch ✍️
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The low public priority attached by SNP leaders to the cause of independence is indeed angering many Yessers, writes Lesley Riddoch ✍️
Starmer shows once again that he's both stupid and immoral
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Starmer shows once again that he's both stupid and immoral
A place to come and read about why the sovereign People of Scotland, in order to thrive and realise their potential and that of their land and resources, must restore their sovereignty and end the fai...
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June 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Starmer shows once again that he's both stupid and immoral
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The world is dancing on the brink of Armageddon and no one in the lunatic west appears remotely concerned
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The world is dancing on the brink of Armageddon and no one in the lunatic west appears remotely concerned
A place to come and read about why the sovereign People of Scotland, in order to thrive and realise their potential and that of their land and resources, must restore their sovereignty and end the fai...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The world is dancing on the brink of Armageddon and no one in the lunatic west appears remotely concerned
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You're invited to Independence Forum's Summer Convention on Scotland's Future on Saturday 14 June in Perth.
We'll discuss what it is to be a Scot (born here or not), land reform, energy, direct democracy, poverty and the Wellbeing Economy.
Free tickets here:
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We'll discuss what it is to be a Scot (born here or not), land reform, energy, direct democracy, poverty and the Wellbeing Economy.
Free tickets here:
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May 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
You're invited to Independence Forum's Summer Convention on Scotland's Future on Saturday 14 June in Perth.
We'll discuss what it is to be a Scot (born here or not), land reform, energy, direct democracy, poverty and the Wellbeing Economy.
Free tickets here:
independenceforum.sc...
We'll discuss what it is to be a Scot (born here or not), land reform, energy, direct democracy, poverty and the Wellbeing Economy.
Free tickets here:
independenceforum.sc...
Why Scotland can't, like Germany, have a long-term transport plan
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Why Scotland can't, like Germany, have a long-term transport plan
I attended last week’s CPPPC (Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee) meeting where the RSS petition (PE2135) requesting incorporation of the ICCPR into Scots law was first considered.
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April 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why Scotland can't, like Germany, have a long-term transport plan
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The Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions Committee agrees to progress Petition PE2135 on implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Leah Gunn Barrett's transcript of the meeting on 2 April, with a link to a video.
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Leah Gunn Barrett's transcript of the meeting on 2 April, with a link to a video.
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Parliament's Public Petitions Committee agree to progress Petition PE2135 on implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
The committee asks that Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson directly respond to the petitioner
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April 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions Committee agrees to progress Petition PE2135 on implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Leah Gunn Barrett's transcript of the meeting on 2 April, with a link to a video.
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Leah Gunn Barrett's transcript of the meeting on 2 April, with a link to a video.
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There will be a debate in the Scottish Parliament today about making community shared ownership mandatory for new windfarm developments @cescotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505450...
Communities calls for new laws to give communities a stake in windfarms
Communities are calling for shared ownership of windfarms built on their doorstep.
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April 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There will be a debate in the Scottish Parliament today about making community shared ownership mandatory for new windfarm developments @cescotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2505450...
Parliament's Public Petitions Committee agreed to progress Petition PE2135 on implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) into Scots law
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Parliament's Public Petitions Committee agreed to progress Petition PE2135 on implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) into Scots law
The committee asks that Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson directly respond to the petitioner
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April 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Parliament's Public Petitions Committee agreed to progress Petition PE2135 on implementing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) into Scots law
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A huge loss for the Yes movement: Dr Willie Wilson, lifelong campaigner, co-founder of the Scottish Independence Foundation and NHSforYES, and much, much more besides, has died.
Our condolences to his family and his many friends, who will miss him greatly.
www.thenational.scot/news/2503942...
Our condolences to his family and his many friends, who will miss him greatly.
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Scottish Independence Foundation co-founder Willie Wilson dies aged 82
CO-FOUNDER of the Scottish Independence Foundation (SIF) Dr Willie Wilson has passed away at the age of 82, his family have confirmed
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March 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A huge loss for the Yes movement: Dr Willie Wilson, lifelong campaigner, co-founder of the Scottish Independence Foundation and NHSforYES, and much, much more besides, has died.
Our condolences to his family and his many friends, who will miss him greatly.
www.thenational.scot/news/2503942...
Our condolences to his family and his many friends, who will miss him greatly.
www.thenational.scot/news/2503942...
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'I don’t want the wind turbine to become as much a symbol of Scotland’s national powerlessness as those glowering, semi-monstrous rigs in the photographs have become.'
@patkane.bsky.social, via @scotnational.bsky.social
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@patkane.bsky.social, via @scotnational.bsky.social
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March 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'I don’t want the wind turbine to become as much a symbol of Scotland’s national powerlessness as those glowering, semi-monstrous rigs in the photographs have become.'
@patkane.bsky.social, via @scotnational.bsky.social
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@patkane.bsky.social, via @scotnational.bsky.social
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Power station that runs on wood pellets wants government subsidy. In an age of growing tariffs impacting supply chains, this makes little sense.
February 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Power station that runs on wood pellets wants government subsidy. In an age of growing tariffs impacting supply chains, this makes little sense.
Nuclear Power in Scotland – Not economic, Not wanted, Not needed, Not safe
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Nuclear Power in Scotland – Not economic, Not wanted, Not needed, Not safe
SMRs are worse than conventional nuclear reactors
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February 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nuclear Power in Scotland – Not economic, Not wanted, Not needed, Not safe
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'The decision on whether to fully implement ICCPR throughout Scottish legislation, with or without reference to devolved or reserved powers, now lies with Holyrood MSPs, not with Westminster.'
Open letter to Angus Robertson by Henry Ferguson of Respect Scottish Sovereignty.
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Open letter to Angus Robertson by Henry Ferguson of Respect Scottish Sovereignty.
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Respect Scottish Sovereignty delivers letter to Angus Robertson, MSP
Asking him to support putting internationally recognised Civil and Political Rights into Scots law
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January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'The decision on whether to fully implement ICCPR throughout Scottish legislation, with or without reference to devolved or reserved powers, now lies with Holyrood MSPs, not with Westminster.'
Open letter to Angus Robertson by Henry Ferguson of Respect Scottish Sovereignty.
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Open letter to Angus Robertson by Henry Ferguson of Respect Scottish Sovereignty.
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'Where is the vision for a sustainable Scotland? Where is the vision for jobs? Where is the media – absent on one of the biggest issues facing Scotland today? How are people supposed to believe in a Union that behaves in such a way?'
@bellacaledonia.bsky.social
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Grangemouth No More
Labour in Scotland made very specific promises in last year’s general election about the under-threat plant at Grangemouth. “We would step in to save the jobs at the refinery and to inv…
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January 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'Where is the vision for a sustainable Scotland? Where is the vision for jobs? Where is the media – absent on one of the biggest issues facing Scotland today? How are people supposed to believe in a Union that behaves in such a way?'
@bellacaledonia.bsky.social
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A guest post on Burns Night
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A guest post on Burns Night
On this Burns Night, Fraser McAllister has kindly given me permission to publish his letter which appeared in The Scotsman this past Wednesday. As a child growing up in Salina, Kansas, my local librar...
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January 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A guest post on Burns Night
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The EU's brazen authoritarianism
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The EU's brazen authoritarianism
We did it in Romania, and obviously we will do it in Germany.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The EU's brazen authoritarianism
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New on the Scottish Parliament website:
Respect Scottish Sovereignty's petition asking for implementation in Scottish legislation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
It's important - please consider signing.
More in thread 🧵
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Respect Scottish Sovereignty's petition asking for implementation in Scottish legislation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
It's important - please consider signing.
More in thread 🧵
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Scottish legislation
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that, prior to the next Holyrood parliamentary election, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) i...
petitions.parliament.scot
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
New on the Scottish Parliament website:
Respect Scottish Sovereignty's petition asking for implementation in Scottish legislation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
It's important - please consider signing.
More in thread 🧵
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Respect Scottish Sovereignty's petition asking for implementation in Scottish legislation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
It's important - please consider signing.
More in thread 🧵
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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A welcome return for the @independencelive.net TNT (The Nation Talks) Show last night, with @benarty.bsky.social in conversation with Robbie Mochrie, Associate Professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University.
A fascinating discussion with lots of ground covered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDz...
A fascinating discussion with lots of ground covered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDz...
TNT Show. Ep188. With Robbie Mochrie, Associate Professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University.
YouTube video by IndependenceLive
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January 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A welcome return for the @independencelive.net TNT (The Nation Talks) Show last night, with @benarty.bsky.social in conversation with Robbie Mochrie, Associate Professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University.
A fascinating discussion with lots of ground covered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDz...
A fascinating discussion with lots of ground covered.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCDz...