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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@airtteth.bsky.social
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Main interest is Scottish independence. For: Liberty, equality, inclusivity, sociability. Against: British establishment, monarchy, class system, fptp electoral system, political patronage, Lords. I'd rather be a European citizen than a British subject.

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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026
🚨 Polls are open in the Wick and East Caithness by-election - they’ll close at 10pm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿If you want an SNP voice that’ll stand up for your area, you have to vote for it. 🗳️ Get out and vote John Glen SNP !
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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David Cameron defends decision to allow Scottish independence vote
Prime minister says he had no choice but to authorise vote after Scottish National party won majority in Holyrood in 2011
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Quite neatly sums up the arrogance, utter contempt and disregard Westminster has for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, their leaders and people.
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The SNP @snp.org · 14/09/2026
🤝 Leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have signed memorandum on independence to work together. All nations should have a choice over their future.
Joint statement by Plaid Cymru, SNP, and Sinn Féin calling for cooperation among Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to build a stronger future through democratic means.
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What Mark Carney says here applies just as much to SCOTLAND.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Scottish public should be seriously concerned that Westminster supports and indulges foreign interference in Scottish elections when it furthers Westminsters political position.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
44 of them in my lifetime. Seriously, what valid argument against one more do unionists have? It's certainly not precedent.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Of course, a written constitution would have to gain approval in Westminster and would be subject to a UK wide referendum, both of which would be defined and won by the superior English voting numbers. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
vm.tiktok.com/ZN8es8f52/
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NO YOU CANT HAVE INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE WE WANT YOUR OIL AND YOUR WATER AND YOUR ENERGY TO KEEP OURSELVES ABLE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL OF YOU. THIS WAS BETTER TOGETHER'S ONLY TRUE MESSAGE. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Bloke wins a by-election somewhere near Wigan and denies the legitimacy of the 73-56 pro-Independence Holyrood majority as voted for by 2.3million Scots. And they wonder why there is growing disillusionment with politics.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just like anglophile politicians are 'bigger' than being 'anti-Scottish independence' eh, Dougie.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#YouYesNow #IndyClan? It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Will do Keir, as soon as English politicians get behind and support Scottish independence.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Why would WM not agree to a referendum if whatever the 'braver' action may be would lead to independence? I think our best way forward is Scotland, NI and Wales persuading England each nation has the sole right to determine it's own constitution.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My one and only concern with starmer going is whether it will cause any delay towards a Scottish independence referendum.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Which, coincidently, completely wipes out the putative GERS Scottish defecit.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Westminster - inept, indifferent, complicit or perpetrator? You choose Scotland.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Mein kamph, serialised.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
How quaint believing where you were born determines who you speak for. I wonder how many people knew BJ was the voice of America.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
In terms of the EU, Scotland would be exactly mid-sized (14th out of 28) and 4th largest when marine EEZ is included.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
a) an independant Scotland would not be "a tiny nation". In terms of population and landmass, it would be a mid sized nation (about 117th out of 195 world-wide), and actually quite big (50th) If you include marine EEZ. b) you think our voice is heard now?
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
So that's 10-15 referendums we're owed.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It's my own observation that these "MSM win"s are getting less and less impactful amongst the Scottish electorate thanks largely to the efforts of the likes of yourself, MSM monitor, TalkingupScotland, etc. It's a sair fecht, as they say, but I think the rate of progress is accelerating.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I admire your optimism and don't want to rain on your parade, but I'm not sure what this would achieve. MSM will just ignore it and platform anyone claiming they donated and want their money back. Who has the burden of proof on whether they donated or not?
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Colin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (cms48X) @cms48.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE UNION DOESN'T WORK FOR SCOTLAND. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 INDEPENDENCE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The Scottish taxpayer has been billed £60,000,000 by the English government to help a Spanish company supply England with power taken from Scotland...

This is how the Union works.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Hands up all those who thought the Sewel convention being "enshrined in law", as promised, meant WM could never again legislate or overrule/veto HR on devolved matters. Should've read the small print Shmucks. Powers devolved is power retained. The term 'Perfidious Albion' was coined for a reason.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This whole 'my mandate is bigger than your mandate' argument is a smokescreen. Both WM & HR operate a representative democracy - what can be voted through is all that counts. Does WM care about mandates?Does anyone think Reform will give a flying fcuk for mandates if/when they get in?
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This will pose an interesting quandary for Sarwar- does he back Swinney or Offord? I can foresee labours Bain principle being severely tested in the comming weeks and months.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
That is immaterial. Both WM & HR operate a representative democracy. It's unfortunate and undemocratic that WM imposes theirs over HRs and use circular logic to justify it (ie 'we won't let you ask the question until you prove the answer is yes'). See:- Petitio Principii, Meno’s Paradox or Catch 22.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Can't see that going on for too long. Either a Lab msp will defect to reform or a reform msp will be forced to resign in ignominy. 50-50 either way.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Seriously? They're now going to agree a SNP majority is a valid mandate for indyref2 ? How many Greens would need to 'defect' to SNP to make it happen ?
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What's the significance of SNP not gaining a majority? No one agreed it would be a mandate for indyref2. Unless, of course WM et al now retrospectively agrees that an SNP majority would have been, and therefore is indeed, an acceptable mandate. In which case 1 or 2 by-elections/defections....
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Well, that's one vote SNP (and SGP) have never had before. Eldest grandson turned 16 just 6 days ago, and I didn't even need to bend his ear.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Hollywood superstar Alan Cumming wants an independence supermajority - but he says if it's to work, Green voters need to back the SNP on the constituency vote. 'Please don't undermine the chance of an SNP majority,' he says in the new video What do you make of the call?
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Yes for EU @yesforeu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
They're still keeping our seats free in the European Parliament! Don't let them down - vote for Scottish independence on 7th May 🤩 www.youtube.com/shorts/uz_KE...
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Messages for Scotland from the EU
YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra
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JohnNicolson he/him @johnnicolson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The petty tribal provincialism of UK Labour & its branch office unionism. First Minister @JohnSwinney has just schmoozed Trump into removing his tariffs on whisky. Douglas Alexander bitched about him intervening & is having a tantrum now he’s succeeded.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Let's see what you could win Scotland.... www.nuclear-risks.org/en/hibakusha...
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NUCLEAR-RISKS | Windscale/Sellafield
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Hinkley point C in England, approved in 2016 with a cost estimate of £18bn and a go-live date of last year. Latest cost estimate is £35bn with a go-live date 2030. www.edie.net/hinkley-poin...
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Hinkley Point C costs could rise by £1bn, says EDF - edie
EDF has unveiled another hike in the expected cost of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 27/04/2026
The best possible pro-Indy election result relies (imho) not only on SNP supporters voting SGreens on the list, but on SGreens voting SNP on the constituency (where they can). Hopefully this back scratching will actually happen, otherwise Reform is likely to profit. #SNP1SGP2
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
For me, the film was a bit of a disappointment. I read the book about a year ago which I thoroughly enjoyed and was really looking forward to the film. The film was OK, but the story line was so compressed with so much detail left out.
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There is a better way….. @greensocialist.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
👇🏼
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Yeah, ignore his words. It's the hashtag that's important, not what he says. Sheesh.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I hope he insists most of the items are produced in Scotland. Just to watch the naysayers go apopleptic with rage.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Don't know what you mean about unfairly quoting original post. As far as I know I just replied to your post. Regarding benefits of minimum alcohol pricing, suggest you ​look at Public Health Scotland (PHS), the University of Glasgow, and The Lancet for evidence. Or, again, ask Gemini to find it.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
There is indeed quite a bit of evidence e.g. measurable reduction in children admitted to hospital with asthma. Suggest you ask Gemini for the rest. But you are rather proving my point - SNP proposals bad, unionist proposals good.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
​Smoking in Cars with Children (2016): Smoking Outside Hospital Buildings (2022):
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom. Everything the SNP proposes is impossible/stupid/risible until they do it. Baby boxes, smoking bans, minimum alcohol pricing, etc etc. The supermarkets prety much all 'price match' Aldi already, what's the big fucking problem? Negativity grinds my gears.
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Airtteth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @airtteth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Let's see what you could have won Scotland -
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is an excellent summary of the UK Unionist Establishment's autocracy towards Scottish democratic mandates. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px0y...
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Wes Streeting Speechless on Scottish IndyRef 2 Demand!
YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre
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