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Scottish independence, rugby union, retired. Royal marine.
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So true ,they're proving it

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

In the UK, privatised energy companies increase prices. In France, nationalised energy companies have just announced a reduction of 14% in prices… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Mullwharchar Loch Doon which the late Willie McRae helped save from becoming a nuclear waste dump, and famously declared at one meeting that "nuclear waste should be stored where Guy Fawkes put his gunpowder." mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/w...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The real "benefit" cheats are the wealthy. They employ £1k per hour accountants to use shell companies and offshore accounts so they can avoid paying their fair share of tax. No wonder there's nothing left and nothing works anymore. The rich don't care they can afford to live extravagantly.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

This is one for @thesnp.bsky.social members. We need to be at branch meetings shouting about #ScottishIndependence and how vital it is. We also need to loudly urge all SNP politicians and councillors to join BlueSky and to stop enabling Space Karen's HellXcape. YES then, YES now, AYE 'til I die. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Left: Boris Johnson, "Brexit was achieved by the British people" Right:" Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote. "Money changed hands""

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

#RedTories Aided and abetted by the #HouseJocks

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Barclays CEO pay up from £4.3m to £10.5m. Real average pay of UK workers unchanged since 2008. Govts tell workers pay rises are inflationary, but that doesn't apply to exec pay, dividends, exec pay, share buybacks. Their profiteering is our inflation and poverty. It is class war.

submitted 9 days ago • 31 comments

'Here’s my top eight indy movement myths/excuses/self-pity stories – and why we should retire them.' Robin McAlpine, via @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Ineos - a private company: Owns MU. Labour builds them a stadium.✅ Setting up a Belgium plant. Labour helping them do it.✅ Closing oil producing Scotland’s only refinery. Labour says can do nothing. Because it’s private company. See how it works now?

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

You have to ask why unionists are happy to take all that the Scottish government gives, basically for granted, Yet moan their fucking arses off at the mere suggestion that Scotland could be a free & Independent country with the powers to do much more & go even further to building a fairer society.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

You can’t buy love, but you can adopt it. It’s a great Caturday to visit a shelter near you and find your new best friend.

submitted 14 days ago • 315 comments

It’s absurd that there is not a serious conversation about Universal Basic Income. The people “taking the mickey” are those like the water companies.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

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submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Please sign this to ensure revenue for Scottish goods is properly allocated to Scotland. chng.it/pfGV5bFGv2

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

HR26 will be a crucial turning point for Scottish politics. In order to fight back on almost equal terms, we need an Indy majority. We need to vote;- Vote 1 - SNP Vote 2 - Any other Indy party. Don't give the unionists your votes directly or indirectly. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿This Is The Way🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Aye Til I Die🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Freezing pensioners & keep kids in poverty Shanks acted like a walloper on #BBCQT last night, Trying to interrupt folk & defending his UK bosses cruel policies and closure or Grangemouth which his party is inflicting upon us. He makes Margret Ferrier almost saintly. A rat & a quisling, Nothing less.

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

In 2023, UK gave £70.6bn tax relief on pension contributions. 63% went to 6m 40%/45% tax rate payers. 37% to 28.1m basic rate taxpayers. By fixing the relief at 20% Govt can reduce inequalities, have £14.5bn spare for social investment. Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auen...

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments

John Drummond is an excellent interviewer who's well on top of his brief. Like and subscribe to the YouTube channel and give some support to our creators.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This "Think on it; Belgium does not produce oil but has 4 oil refineries. Scotland is the biggest oil producer in N. Europe but has one oil refinery. Labour is closing Scotland's one refinery and giving Belgium £600m to build a fifth one. Labour is obviously not on Scotland's side."👇🏻

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

This is shocking. The NHS is to be allowed to hire physician associates (PA’s) from Ghana, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, despite concerns over the quality of their training www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

submitted 21 days ago • 43 comments

When apples still grow in November When Blossoms still bloom from each tree When leaves are still green in December It's then that our land will be free I wander her hills and valleys And still through my sorrow I see A land that has never known freedom Only her rivers run free

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The UK has one of the highest retirement ages in the world, the lowest pension in Europe, some of the longest working hours in Europe, one of the lowest minimum wages, the highest energy costs, the biggest profits, and the lowest taxes for the richest. It all needs to change.

submitted 21 days ago • 44 comments

Inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies. And yet Labour's Reeves is intent on defending their amassed wealth. You have to ask who she represents.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments