Scottish and European #scotsabroad, Luxy. Proud of both my homeland and adopted country. Scottish independence supporter. Tiresome typos blamed on ebullient enthusiasm and paltry proofreading.
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The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat. Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Each day I am astounded and mortified by this country’s descent into open and brazen racism I am equally astounded and mortified that rather than push back on the malign forces taking us to these dark places - an elected Labour government appears more interested in trying to learn from them
The winners of the Scottish Women Awards 2025 have been announced 👇
Several people were arrested Scotland does not welcome racism
This is Eilidh Gammons, a global superstar Highland dancer from Helensburgh, who has been crowned best in the world for the second year running! 👏 Congratulations Eilidh! 🥳
The unspoken element of that comment being "before the pesky Scots claim it all as theirs".
Humza Yousaf calls on peaceful support of Palestine Action to be decriminalised by Lord Advocate While you’re at it, de-proscribe the group altogether. They’re not terrorists. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic... Sign up for action: wedonotcomply.org
Yet another good reason to abandon the BBC.
Surely the UK Prime Minister baldly admitting that England is more important to him than the other nations of the United Kingdom is a watershed moment for independence movements.
BBC Scotland-Bad-uk-Good biased??? 🤔 Shirley Knot 😱 youtu.be/Ajd4R-9BEIw?...
I can hardly believe my ears when listening to MPs, including the PM, calling these asylum seekers ‘boat people, illegal immigrants, and speaking out about children passing by hotels and they may be attacked at any point. What is wrong with this country? Why has it turned into a country of hate?
Radio 4’s PM programme managed an entire piece on ways to make rail ticket pricing more straightforward without so much as a nod to the fact that the Scottish Government has introduced flat pricing on trains *LITERALLY TODAY* Chapeau to the BBC for such stratospheric levels of myopia
Nine years ago today I introduced my Commons #TuringBill Its aim: to ‘pardon’ gay men found guilty of ‘crimes’ no longer on the statute book. The Tory Government promised support but then filibustered the bill to kill it off. Have a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=06Wi...
They're calling it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social. Just caught a few minutes of your show discussing reasons for school avoidance. This just popped into my email. @actionhappiness.bsky.social is a superb organisation, which offers practical help and support. actionforhappiness.org/toolkit-for-...
Sturgeon on Rowling
This dude won the internet today.😂
That’s peak fares away…for good.
Operation Branchform is now one of the longest running, and most expensive, police enquiries in Scottish history. The 4yr enquiry included investigation into the purchasing of pots, utensils, disposable razors, pens and teabags for use in a campaign campervan. We all know what Branchform really is
"Sorry small child fleeing a war zone. I'm afraid you can't join your parent here in safety because your English grammar isn't up to scratch."
If this was a privatised rail company, the shareholders would be spitting blood at this. Actually they wouldn't, because if this was a privatised rail company, then they wouldn't be scrapping peak fares, because doing so eats into their profits.
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Talking-up Scotland - new direct bank transfer method for those unhappy giving bank details to Crowd funder - Sort code 08-91-04, Account 12266421 or as before at: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talki... Many thanks to the 232 donors, out of the 1 500 getting daily emails and the 20 000 or so seeing
I think it's now time that Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland and Cornwall now rose up collectively to give Mr Starmer the middle finger and cut off all diplomatic relations and stop sending income to WM. He has obviously forgotten he is supposed to be the PM of all. He's obviously learned nothing.
Ms. Baillie is at best disingenuous, economical with the truth, and uses obfuscation, falsehoods, and questionable statistics in an attempt to back up her claims. She's a charlatan. How she stays in office really amazes me.
Speaking as someone who studied and taught at US universities for over a decade, that KB has been telling this story for so long, without anyone in the UK previously questioning it is kind of amazing. It reflects total credulity about how the US works from the Spectator/Ashcroft etc.
Happy No Peak Rail Fares day! A policy brought in by the @scottishgreens.org , scrapped by the SNP, and only reinstated thanks to excellent campaigning by trades unions and our Green MSPs. Swapping your car for the train makes so much sense for our planet, and now for your pocket too!
Leaked emails link NHS data privatiser Palantir to Jeffrey Epstein A trove of leaked emails have shone further light on Palantir founder Peter Thiel's connections to Jeffrey Epstein www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Just think what we can do when we control All our Economy & Finances. In an Independent Scotland🏴
I guess they've never heard of an amicable divorce. We're all being taught just to think in terms of black vs white whereas all good decisions involve many shades of grey.
Don’t we know it Scotland🏴
Why don’t they just get on with it then. They don’t even need to ask, either…
He might as well be Leader of Reform UK. Scottish saps, who STILL vote Labour, wake the f*ck up!
Next up: the Prime Minister fellates the English Defence League www.thenational.scot/news/2543204...
Instead of feeling 'proud' to be British. You should feel lucky to be british. You didnt do anything other than be born here by chance. And whilst we're at it. Dont pretend to be proud when all you do is trash our country, our values and turn our flag into a joke
While bills rise and Westminster sits back, I am focusing on your priorities. We ended peak rail fares to make your commute cheaper - putting more money in your pocket. That’s the difference the SNP makes. 🏴
@samcoatessky.bsky.social hi Sam, this morning you stated “…the main opposition parties, the Cons and Reform UK…” Unless I missed 67 Parliamentary by-elections since July, the Lib Dems are very much the main opposition party with the Cons, not Reform. Do we have to keep doing this?
In case you missed it ... Here's the Queen speaking in favour of the EU in 1992. As this excellent speech before the EU Parliament shows, she had a very firm grasp of the wider context and knew exactly how valuable the European idea was to prosperity and peace. No wonder she supported Remain! 🇬🇧🇪🇺
It's such a shame. We badly need grey, serious politicians rather than the snake-oil salesmen of late. #Scotland has Swinney who is determined to push through progressive, well-being policies. It's time Starmer disengaged from the noise and did the same for England.
Starmer has failed. Over the last 14 months, a definite pattern has emerged of a Glasman run Blue Labour that's merely acting as a bulwark against progressive policies – in order to solidify far-right policies before installing a RefUK government. Starmer is a Blue Labour creation. Both need to go.
Our government is complicit. Our mainstream media, BBC included, is complicit.
One of the things that gives me a flicker of hope for my country is when groups like the Quakers, the RNLI, the Women's Institute and the National Trust stand up for common decency. I just don't understand why the Labour Party can't.
Today Nick Ferrari asked if treaties like the ECHR & the Refugee Convention that were drawn up in the wake of WWII are still relevant to modern Britain. I said the context of racial hatred towards Muslim immigrants now echoes the hatred of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century. We need these laws.
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Today’s good news!
Part of a series by my colleague on Bylines Scotland & Scottish Currency Group Part 1 is here for those that missed it : bylines.scot/news/scotlan... bylines.scot/news/scotlan...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/09/01/f...
RFK Jr. is a national threat to the health and safety of America. This heroin-addicted psychopath is all about eliminating vaccine studies and spreading lies about science-backed facts. We're going to die if he stays head of the Health Department. He must be removed along with Cankles Caligula.
Same old shite in a different wrapper! Starmer is now high up on my list for being one of the most disingenuous and boring politicians I've ever had the misfortune to come across. He's a proven liar. He promised change and then brought in more rw policies. He's taking you all for fools.
No one who has immigrated here in Scotland 🏴has effected anything in my day to day life. They have actually helped me in our NHS and many other areas. Thanks you #Immigration #bbcradioscotland
'Loss of 35 000 landlords yet the facts say otherwise? www.gov.scot/publications...
POPE LEO: “Let us plead God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world.” He prays for the victims in Minneapolis, and “the countless children killed and injured every day around the world”
This thread makes it blatantly obvious that WM knows we are on the way out and is doing everything it can to protect England 's interests, leaving an independent Scotland to pick up the pieces/rebuild, in some cases from scratch. How petty but sadly only to be expected.
#SkyNews #itvnews #C4News #LBC #r4today #bbcbreakfast #gmb #bbcpm #bbcqt #bbcaq #pmqs #politicslive #GBNews #bbcgms #scotlandtonight #SNP #independence
I never thought that I'd be shocked by a Labour government's actions in power. The ease with which they've moved from traditional labour values to ones that would have made Thatcher blush. I'll not be surprised if they start advocating "remigration" and leaving the ECHR. #YouYesYet Scotland?
Did you know that the Isle of Sark, a tiny British crown dependency off the coast of northern France with a population of only 500, has more political autonomy than the nation of Scotland? #IndependenceIsNormal indyposterboy.scot/being-sarky/
"Sark is a tiny British crown dependency off the coast of northern France with a population of only 500, and yet it has more political autonomy than the nation of Scotland." scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/too-...
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-independence parties have reacted with outrage after a campaign organised by far-right agitators has led to the Saltire being co-opted as part of an anti-immigrant push 🗣️'Anyone using the Saltire to promote hate and prejudice does not represent Scottish interests or values.'
"Do you call this a genocide?" Humza Yousaf: "Yes" "Do you see the UK govt as complicit in genocide now?" "Completely"
Bless Alf Dubs. 92 years old and still arguing for the rights of refugees, 86 years after he came to the UK. Wouldn’t it be nice if our politicians could regain some humanity and Alf Dubs could retire. Not looking likely, though, is it? #r4today
I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
Did you also know that water is the major cause of drowning 😳 😅
I wouldn’t have thought many Labour MPs came into politics to strip the rights of torture survivors to be reunited with the spouses & children. They need to take a long hard look in the mirror & ask whether Starmer, Cooper & Reeves are really the leadership their careers should be remembered with.
Whilst l welcome the news for Scottish Shipbuilding & the further creation of 2000 jobs down the line, this is a drop in the ocean to the ECONOMIC DAMAGE caused by Westminster to 🏴 UK GOVERNMENTS oversaw the DECIMATION of Scottish Shipbuilding & LET GRANGEMOUTH FALL Westminster got 🏴 into this mess
The trial was performed at a time of strikes & a reduced timetable, so wasn’t representative of “normal” service. It still saw a 6% increase on passengers, when the target was 10%.
See what can happen with a publicly owned rail service?
Peak rail fares have been scrapped on ScotRail trains, meaning passengers will no longer pay higher prices for travelling during busy weekday rush hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Where has this ludicrous ECHR "debate" even come from. I've never once met an ordinary member of the public who's said to me, "Do you know what? We REALLY need to leave the ECHR." It's just a new right wing talking point because every other shit idea they've foisted on us has run out of steam.
#Scottish #independence
Morning commuters from Glasgow to Edinburgh will see their fares drop by 48% today. Scottish Greens, trade unions and commuters worked together to demand the removal of peak rail fares. Today, peak rail fares are scrapped for good!
We have scrapped peak rail fares across Scotland, for good. It means cheaper, fairer fares - and more money in your pocket on your commute. ✅
This kind of appeasement of the anti-refugee lobby never works, it just makes things worse for refugees and their families.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Going on Ferrari @lbc.co.uk in a minute to argue about the ECHR as well. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.
Great to see the SNP Scottish Government scrapping all peak rail fares from today on publicly owned ScotRail 👏 www.facebook.com/share/v/1aGd...
To fellow Scots, let's be crystal clear about this. We have absolutely no say in how we govern our country. We cannot borrow to create employment & invest in infrastructure, we cannot say who we want to be in our country, we cannot even vote on our own future! We are a colony!
Well yes. But nevertheless he has travelled so much and engaged so well with those in countries much worse off. Yet the classism instinct seems to engage when he sets foot in the UK. It's very strange.
🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👊🥰👌 #ScottishIndependence2026 🏴💪
"We're going to need a story about this accident. Say he was helping a woman. That should work. Also, is he wearing pants? Make sure he's wearing pants."
What Zoe says👇🏽 Why aren’t asylum seekers allowed to work?
Scotland 🏴 is brutally colonised by England 🏴 for over 317 years. This is the 5th time England has seized control of Scotland, theiving Scotlands Income and resources. Read more👇🏻 Englands government and Englands 🏴 monarchy are guilty of a continuing genocide of Scots.
