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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1h

I used a free app, so the resolution is a little bleh - but you get the feeling of the building I think.

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1h

Two photos I took today in 65:25 aspect ratio after being inspired by the work of professional @alfie.photography An iconic Scottish building - the new Scottish Parliament. A triumph of innovative design, nailing the functional brief to be a modern, accessible, centre for progressive democracy.

Two photos in iconic 65x24 format of the new Scottish Parliament. This is the aspect ratio made famous by the Hasselblad XPan, and is what used to be called CinemaScope.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8h

It really does feel like Westminster is at a dead end. Serving the needs of no nation, not even the England that decides its governments. There are few changes so blatantly needed as water ownership in England. Yet not even a "progressive" Labour government will reverse Thatcher's damage.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8h

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8h

I need one of those expansive 1950s orchestral scores to go with it... but in any case I'm off to an iconic modernist building in Edinburgh today so we'll see what comes of it.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8h

The detail isn't published yet. It'll appear on the Scottish Parliament web site in due course.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8h

Virtually all of Farage's Reform candidates came third or worse in their constituencies.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 8h

The thing is, Badenoch just says aloud what the other London party leaders are thinking in private* * Greens of E&W excepted

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/10/2026

Don't you reckon if only some of these women had tried to siphon some red diesel near Greenham Common in the Eighties, we could have saved a lot of bother over cruise missiles?

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 19h

Farage's Reform selected this person as a candidate in the Scottish Parliamentary elections... she came last and still posts about those "leftists" who "walk amongst us".

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 20h

Right wing parties identify to themselves and their supporters only through opposition and disruption. They have no positive message and don't believe in collaborative democracy. Coalition simply amplifies their message. They deserve no power in a modern progressive democracy.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

A very long day but an amazing evening listening to residents as we head into the final day of campaigning. Rent controls, water nationalisation and tackling the climate crisis. Come campaign with us tomorrow! linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP

Zack holding up a leaflet late in the evening

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 20h

Only ever been to one in the USA and that was once too many. Perhaps it appealed to tourists as a brand they recognised? There are still a few "why does anyone ever go there" US brands about. My fave hate at the moment is Five Guys. Designed for maximum discomfort.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 20h

Listening to Farage's Kerr in the EU debate in Parliament today, it's clear he has no interest in our Parliament or in working constructively on anything it does. Like all his right wing colleagues, he fails to understand the concept of representative democracy. His priority is purely to disrupt.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 21h

However the British media might want to distort it, Revisionist Zionism drives the right wing populist Likud party that governs Israel, and which publicly describes minority Arab and Palestinian Israeli citizens in Israel as "threats" and "enemies".

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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 06/10/2026

Extraordinary the way the media is framing anti-Zionism as violent and saying it somehow calls for the extermination of Jews when Zionism is responsible for a genocide and literally exterminating Palestinians. The projection is truly off the charts.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 21h

78 to 25 in support of the motion that the best future for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland lies within the 🇪🇺 European Union (EU) and that EU membership should be sought as swiftly as possible 👏

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 22h

It's not difficult. The public are represented by their members in Parliament. It's how democracy works. Not happy? Contact one of your MSPs. www.parliament.scot/msps/current...

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The Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.

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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The BBC axing its coverage of the World Pipe Band Championships sends a 'clear message' that Scottish culture is unworthy of investment, Iona Fyfe writes✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/comment/2660...

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The latest victim of BBC cuts is nothing but tone-deaf cultural vandalism

At a time when piping is going from strength to strength with worldwide appeal, this will be a devastating blow to the global pipe band community and its enthusiasts, writes Iona Fyfe

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Adam Macqueen @adammacqueen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just as a counterpoint to some of the obituaries this morning, here's the start of the Archer chapter in my history of political lying, The Lies of the Land:

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My latest blog piece, emboldened by a lack of media accountability. The Tories like Reform and Restore, have crossed the Rubicon, destroying a key Better Together promise, and are openly calling for powers to be stripped from the Scottish Parliament. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/06/t...

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The British right has Holyrood in its sights

The Tories have crossed the Rubicon. Since the independence referendum of 2014, which Better Together won on the basis of false promises, not the least of which was the promise that the powers of t…

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 is a great invention, particularly in rural areas like ours. So good to hear that the SNP Scottish Government is expanding it 👏

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Israeli forces demolished a five-story residential building housing 70 Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261006-isr...

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

My local failed Farage Reform candidate at it again. The king will save us!

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

It takes 2,000 jobs to deliver BBC Scotland? But it's mostly not broadcasting anything, and when it does, it's mostly repeats. Scratching my head to see how ditching it saves a lot of money.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

Israel has no place in any international organisation whilst it continues to breach international law, continues genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and continues attacks on civilians and invasion of neighbouring countries.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ireland is pushing a motion to ban Israel from FIFA and UEFA. It has made JD Vance very mad. It's time to remove Israel from world sport, don't you agree?

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

The USA killed about 30% of people in Nagasaki. So far Israel has killed about 10% of Palestinians in Gaza. But they haven't stopped yet.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

Do you think their friends and family are just too polite to say anything, or they're part of the same echo chamber? Or perhaps they just ignore what others say. I'm going with that. They're true believers and you're all just against them.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

So are you complaining that Zionism isn't racism, or that no plan to address it was called out alongside?

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

Let me rephrase that. Labour recovers a little in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England. In🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland the SNP remains dominant, and in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales its Plaid Cymru. Britain ≠ England.

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 06/10/2026

The BBC is determined to ask every supporter of Zionism if Zionism is racism. Unfortunately it can't ask the victims of Zionism because they were all killed by Israel.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

Change is possible. In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland the government invests in affordable housing via social housing organisations (like US public housing authorities) and requires 70% delivered with a low social rent. With about 5 million citizens its committed to a £4.1bn programme. You need the political will.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

What particularly impressive is that the SNP negotiated a deal with UNISON, Labour's biggest financial backer.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

If true, this would appear to be 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 in the Israeli consulate in London, effectively closing the consulate. There are 24 in the current consulate list. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Foreign embassies in the UK

Details of foreign embassies, high commissions and consulates in the UK, including heads of mission.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Shetland has vast renewable energy resources and 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 have extremely cheap electricity - but, despite having its own grid, the British government still sets prices based on England's use of gas. It has no gas. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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‘It really hammers people’: Scottish islanders hit by highest diesel prices in UK

Inhabitants of the Hebrides and Shetland tell of how fuel costs are putting the squeeze on commuting, services, food and more

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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This can be done when a government cares Bairns No bombs #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Finland

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 05/10/2026

The 🇪🇺 EU has a plan for industry. The 🇬🇧 UK doesn't. The interests of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish industry are best served by an independent Scotland in the EU.

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Rob Baron @rob-baron.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have heard rumours that Richard Tice heads a company called Britain Means Business, that has no employees and sells no products but takes in very large donations from foreign based people and forwards them to Reform UK Ltd. I can't believe this is true, but if it is it should bring down Reform.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 05/10/2026

Graham certainly has a lot of "contract not renewed" in his CV. He's clearly got to the stage of being unemployable by anyone except himself.

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