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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Genealogist, Nana to Lauren, supporter of Scottish Independence, favourite place Machrihanish
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scots pay: ✅ Less income tax ✅ Less Council tax ✅ Less Water Bills Than they would in England - in return for a higher level of public services. The UK parties want to bring Scotland in line regardless of the cost. We can’t let that happen.👇 www.snp.org/scottish-tax...

Child poverty has fallen in Scotland - whilst rising sharply in the UK. Absolute child poverty in Scotland fell from 23% to 17% - the lowest figure in 30 years. SNP Scottish Government policies are working to deliver on our top priority of eradicating child poverty.

There is an alternative to Government welfare cuts - a 2% tax on wealth. There is no shortage of money here, we just need a fairer approach to tax - take more from the few not the many.

Wtf is wrong with Donald J Trump?! Hinting about expelling Ukrainian refugees?! America has reached a new unforeseen low.

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/05/d...

Rachel Maddow: youtu.be/iSW8ezOmYHs?...

Speaking for the vast majority 🤣🤣

Does anyone else think Trump/Vance vs Zelenskyy was a bit suss? Engineered? Did Trump's henchmen get no luck in Saudi, so they were looking for the fall guy? The 🍊💩 can turn round and say "it was all Zelenskyy's fault, I tried to stop the war, but he was a ****" (substitute bad word of your choice)

You can send donations yourself direct to ukraine here: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ #SlavaUkraïni

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

I just signed a petition: Investigate X and Elon Musk for election interference. Sign here: leadnow.ca/campaigns/el...

Things are dire for Labour when even BBC Scotland is attacking Sarwar and the Labour party for their inaction and lies regarding the closure of Grangemouth. For Labour in Scotland, that's like being savaged by your pet lamb.

Anas Sarwar, head of Labour's Scotland branch office, being asked by STV "So, did you lie during the election... you said you would save the jobs at Grangemouth". #LabourLies youtu.be/VLWMk6axo4Y

"New nuclear power stations should be built in Scotland to help solve the UK’s energy crisis and bring household bills down, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Scotland does not want them. Scotland does not need them.

Scotland produces more than enough green energy, but the UK government will spend £22 billion on carbon capture in England (generating jobs in England) to mitigate English gas generated electricity UK electricity bills will go up to pay for this English vanity project www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As BBC Scotland 'reports' on this issue today, the news you won't hear - SNP legislation slashes second home ownership and empty properties in just one year talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/01/16/n...

How can anyone, even a Lab voter, think this logical let alone fair?

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/02/02/t...

"You've come live on the radio...when I ask what you think you've won, you say 'the right to have three-pin plugs' - that we already have?" Five years on from Brexit, @mrjamesob.bsky.social takes his listeners back to Robert, a 2018 caller who tried to explain why he voted to leave...

One reason we are the best educated our government invests in our kids. #AreYouYesYet #independence #Scotland #YES

The @thesnp.bsky.social Scottish government folks🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇

#IndependenceIsNormal 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Scotland has: ✅ The best paid NHS staff in the UK. ✅ The highest number of qualified nurses & midwives in the UK. ✅ The highest number of GPs in the UK. We’ll always stand up for Scotland’s NHS👇

here's today's post: "elderly golfer’s brain goes fuckity-bye in batshit press conference" — just what we need, a war with Europe. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

‘Nothing to talk about’: Panama president dismisses Trump’s threats over canal

My piece for @scotnational.bsky.social today, although I think we all already know the answer. It's a rule of thumb that if a newspaper headline is a question, the answer is, "No". www.thenational.scot/politics/247...

Erdogan is saying just now that the future of Syria is in the hands of the Syrian people. Interesting. Surely he doesn't mean "Democracy"?!

Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...

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