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If I wanted to be this hot and confused, I’d have stayed in South Africa. Here’s why your nan’s melted ice lolly in 1976 doesn’t invalidate decades of climate science:

submitted 8 hours ago • 8 comments

Our problem in Scotland is not House jock Unionists , its anti SNP pro indy. Time to stop the sniping and get on with backing the only way we get #independence if not we will never get there. Vote as you did in #2011 AND 2014 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

And this wi both hands tied behind oor backs. Fk sake, Scotland....we're so full of promise for a better life for us ALL! Get behind FULL independence, do it for yer kids, grandkids We're aw getting auld noo, it's time tae fix this before we go. #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The protesters should donate food and blankets. Fuck with their heads.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

There's no way for unionists to put a positive spin on the latest #Indyref2 Norstat poll. Even with the No voting figures boosted by 2014 weighting, Yes leads by 7 pts. The unweighted sample has Yes more then 20 pts ahead. And when we reweight to take away the 2014 No bias, Yes leads by 14 pts.

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

The Scottish Government has pursued a different social security agenda to the UK as a whole. Projections suggest that child poverty in Scotland fell between 2022-23 and 2024-25, while it rose in England. Under current policy assumptions, rates are projected to diverge further.

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

All the people complaining that the police have said the Liverpool driver was white British are the same people who made it necessary for the police to say he was white British.

submitted 24 days ago • 87 comments

After saying Israel is ethnic cleansing the Palestinians #C4News Claire Manera, Emergency Coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières says, "I just can't believe the world is standing by watching this"

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5

submitted 142 days ago • 4 comments

I've a massive favour to ask today friends...over the last weekend the biggest revelation regarding the UK has come to light. Now the English media are doing all they can to suppress this. PLEASE share this every way you can! #FreeScotland 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💙🇺🇲💙🇮🇪💙🇦🇺💙🇨🇦

submitted 31 days ago • 6 comments

Is there anyone morally bankrupt enough to still claim this is self-defence?

submitted 32 days ago • 67 comments

So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need? Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.

submitted 37 days ago • 16 comments

Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n

submitted 39 days ago • 64 comments

This is disastrous for health and for social care in Scotland. The Labour Party are only interested in chasing votes from people that would vote for Farage! Taking politics further right. Scotland needs its own immigration policy. Scotland needs Independence #ScottishIndependence

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

submitted 39 days ago • 310 comments

Israel is preventing the WHO from sending incubators into Gaza. Think about how savage, how barbaric, how evil, you have to be to defend that and defend the government doing that.

submitted 41 days ago • 107 comments

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SCOTLAND🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We are now asking members working in the NHS in Scotland to vote to accept or reject the Scottish government NHS offer Eligible members have until midday on Wednesday 14 May, 2025, to cast their vote YOUR CHOICE YOUR VOICE YOUR VOTE Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4jjy7zf

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

"Drawn 6 years go today. It was rejected and called unfair and alarmist." (Marc Murphy) On BlueSky: @murphycartoons.bsky.social

submitted 55 days ago • 4 comments

Time to remind UNISON members in Scotland that your union gives large donations to the Labour party and it's leaders actively support Labour attacks on Scottish parties. Ask your union branch for a form to opt out of paying your subs "political levy" to Labour.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Maybe we can decide what someone’s sex is by having a magic hat tell them.

submitted 62 days ago • 4 comments

I was just told that my launch event in Glasgow was going to be cancelled because I don't have enough tickets sold. Humiliating—not least because I worked my butt off for this book & went to other people's launches. If I could sell a few more today, maybe I could change their minds. Please.

submitted 58 days ago • 32 comments

Be angry. Do not stay silent in the face of injustice. Calls to action from @drdmacaskill.bsky.social, which we should all heed. scottishcare.org/a-good-anger... #SocialCare #Scotland #MedSky #SocialSky

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

There is no future for Scotland with Labour. They do not represent our values. The future is Scottish Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 60 days ago • 3 comments

submitted 64 days ago • 24 comments

AMY MACDONALD ‘If Scotland is this f**king shite then why do these folk want us to stay so much? This government won’t subsidise an extra bedroom for those in need but it’s happy to subsidise an entire country? Absolutely sick of this patronising crap.’ #YouYesYet

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

Voting reform would change nothing, if you think they care about the average normal person I have a great plot in my basement to sell you, or a book. And, frankly, it means you have all the political awareness of a fucking marshmallow.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

This...

submitted 65 days ago • 17 comments

Please follow these guys and help promote! Especially if you're a Scot, of course!

submitted 71 days ago • 4 comments

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

New voter just dropped: Dead Man www.economist.com/britain/2025...

submitted 71 days ago • 44 comments

Israel has murdered 232 journalists and media workers since October 7, 2023.

submitted 70 days ago • 73 comments

Naw,it isnae. The Scotgov might have it's hands full with everything else that's happening but the indy movement and people of Scotland are still fighting for independence and we won't stop until we get it done.

submitted 73 days ago • 3 comments

Brilliantly done, Bruce Mouat! Scotland have won the men's title at the World Curling Championships with a 5-4 victory over Switzerland 👏

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump: I'm going to impose massive tariffs! Kamala Harris: Don't vote for that guy, he's going to impose massive tariffs. They'll crash the markets and kill the economy. Trump: I think massive tariffs are great so I'm doing it. Bill Ackman: Nobody could foresee massive tariffs.

submitted 74 days ago • 24 comments

The only thing Trump has liberated today is any last vestige of respect for America. The USA is now the geo political equivalent of an angry man in an ill-fitting gimp suit, riding a mechanical donkey through the centre of town whistling the Benny Hill theme tune through his buttocks.

submitted 78 days ago • 21 comments

THE CANARY: Scotland's child poverty success challenges Westminster's austerity: 700,000 kids could escape poverty if Labour embraces progressive policies like the SNP's.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

submitted 83 days ago • 199 comments

The Telegraph recently ran a headline: "More than one million foreigners claiming benefits." Sounds shocking, right? But what does it actually mean? Let’s have a look! 🧵1/13 (1/1)

submitted 82 days ago • 11 comments