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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Scottish Independence, Dons min, engineer, small business owner, crofter, on the water and hills. Rock and Celtic music fan. Ex manager in marine technology. Loon nae a quine. Like discussing land reform, nature restoration, renewables, tech, politics.

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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
meidasscotland.eaction.org.uk/HaveYourSayD...; I have just completed this HYS. It takes less than 2 minutes. Our responses will demonstrate the real strength of support from SNP members and donors at this important time.%0A
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
‘Nowhere else in the world runs their ferry networks like this?’ Well, only the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands, British Columbia, New Zealand, Washington State USA….. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/05/n...
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‘Nowhere else in the world runs their ferry networks like this?’ Well, only the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands, British Columbia, New Zealand, Washington State USA…..
OK, I’m not going on about all the Scottish Government subsidies the ‘islanders’ get because, according to Lesley Riddoch, it upsets them to be told about them but I cannot, just …
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jmg1007.bsky.social @jmg1007.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Three weeks ago these two held a press conference entitled 'Secret Scotland' where they threw around baseless allegations, smears and made borderline defamation claims. The media were there and lapped it up. They were all over the news that night. Now they're refusing interviews.
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The strange case of YouGov’s shrinking Glasgow samples confirms their polls to be purely propaganda talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/04/t...
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The strange case of YouGov’s shrinking Glasgow samples confirms their polls to be purely propaganda
Support Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at  I’ve written before about YouGov’s unerring and almost unique (Survation too) ability to pluck a…
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Anas Sarwar says today of Peter Mandelson: “I'm utterly disgusted and furious about the entire situation … He never should have been the ambassador to the US.” For context, here’s Sarwar in April 2025 love-bombing his ‘old friend’. They think we are stupid. He is an amoral opportunistic chancer.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Voters are being asked to believe that a government which has embraced a market-led renewables model under devolution will transform into a public ownership state post-independence, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches. Who else was involved,? Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
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Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
He is just getting a free ride on BBC Scotland just now with weak or no challenges. Labour are still their favourite Unionist party.
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Scotch Whisky/Gin is a mess. It's a: not REMOTELY Scottish, secret society! Crazy Levels of UK Duty make it surprising that ANYONE can make money, many Distilleries, increasingly CAN'T! We need Scotch to return Duty to Scotland, it's been a British cashcow, for 202 years. Scottish Independence!
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42 jobs saved as iconic Scottish distillery rescued by investors
A SCOTTISH distillery has been acquired from administration saving the jobs of all 42 staff after its owner was placed into the hands of…
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 21/11/2025
Breaking News! Code Yikes! It's official, 2025 recorded the second lowest sea-ice extent maximum on record, with only 2024 seeing a lower maximum. And 2016 holds third place, with a maximum about 17,000 km² more than 2025. Will 2026 see a new record low maximum? Stay tuned!
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Excellent podcast from @theskotia.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Nest of Fearties #16: Squandering Scotland's Offshore Wind w/ Laurie Macfarlane and Dave Moxham
Podcast Episode · Skotia Media · 21/11/2025 · 52m
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Not one single Scottish Labour MP or MSP pushed the UK Government to get a better deal for Scotch whisky in the months after the trade agreement with the US was announced
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Scottish Labour MPs and MSPs stayed silent on US whisky tariffs, FOI reveals
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Total deflection from Foukes on BBC Scotland just now. ‚We are better than the Tories‘ ‚Flynn is challenging Swinney‘ ‚Media is promoting Farage‘ No self reflection….
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Excellent-well worth a listen
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JohnNicolson he/him @johnnicolson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
At minus 47 Starmer’s weak position “follows a decline in popularity that is unprecedented for a new prime minister in modern British politics.” “No governing party has seen its polling fall so far in its first year in power.”
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Outrageous that the UK Minister Steve what’s his name states that pollution is worse North of the border. He should have been challenged @newsagents.bsky.social
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Cringe worthy supplication
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Gordon Macdonald SNP @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
HS2 Westminsters embarrassment! HS2 railway line began as a project in 2009 expected to cost £33 billion for 345 miles to be completed by 2026. Now it’s expected to reach £100 billion for 140 miles and 10 years late! www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Pretty much accurately describes what’s happening, doesn’t it?
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Happy to take £7.3m from Scottish Enterprise in 2016.
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Hundreds of jobs at risk as bus maker Alexander Dennis plans shutdown of Scottish sites - BBC News
Factories at Falkirk and Larbert are under threat under relocation plans announced by Alexander Dennis
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 28/05/2025
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.
Chart showing the projected change in proportion of children living in relative poverty across the UK. There is clear divergence between Scotland and the rest of the UK, especially England.
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
'The idea that permission for Flamingoland was ever in doubt has kept citizens believing that Scotland was still a functioning democracy. It wasn't, and it isn't.' Robin McAlpine robinmcalpine.org/fe...
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Over 42,000 of us have told the Scottish Government to reverse their decision, reject Flamingo Land's mega-resort and #SaveLochLomond Keep up the pressure, send a message directly to the Planning Minister here ✍️ greens.scot/LochLomond
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Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW -
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Good to meet you today @kennyaberdeen.bsky.social despite the circumstances. @bothycat53.bsky.social was an inspiration and one of life‘s good guys. It‘s up to us now
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Billy Kay @billykayscot.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
What cataclysmic event will it take to get Scottish unionists off their knees. A rich, oil-producing country now has no capacity to refine oil. One of the cradles of the industrial revolution is being asset stripped to ensure dependency on England. We must be independent to survive, then thrive.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Yet the UK government is supporting data centres in places like Cambridge where there is no local energy generation, the grid is at capacity and there’s little water available as a coolant 🤷‍♀️
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Iain Moore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @iaincmoore.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
#ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet #endwmrule
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Reform Ltd or a NHS. You cannot vote for both.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Is this a Labour government?
bbc.co.uk
Nationalities of foreign criminals to be published for first time
Data is due to be released by the year's end showing nationalities and crimes of those awaiting deportation.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Celtic ahead that’s the ticket allocation down to 15K
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Frustrating game. Dons can’t play against 10 men
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
COYR
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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚨 POLL | SNP set for landslide Holyrood victory 🟡 SNP ~ 59 seats (-5) 🔵 CON ~ 15 seats (-15) 🔴 LAB ~ 14 seats (-8) 🟢 GRN ~ 14 seats (+6) 🟠 LD ~ 12 seats (+8) 🟣 REF ~ 8 seats (+8) Estimate based on @FindoutnowUK poll, 7-11 Apr
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Why is it important to save the only virgin steel producing plant in the UK but not the only oil refinery in Scotland. Both use old technology, have big losses and require significant investment to convert to new technologies albeit Grangemouth far less. The future is Green Steel why save it?
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Kirsty McNeill Labour Scotland minister on BBC Radio Scotland trying to defend Labour’s inaction on Grangemouth vs Scunthorpe. These people don’t care about Scotland.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
That was robbery
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
But not Grangemouth 🤷‍♀️
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Govt for Sale. It will cost £5,000 plus VAT to engage in a Q&A session with Chancellor Reeves Only the ultra rich and big corporations can pay; influence policies, demand subsidies, privatisations Low/middle income people and SMEs can pray and buy worry beads. archive.ph/xBT3b
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Labour raises prices fivefold for UK business engagement events
Party says tickets will cost £5,000 excluding VAT
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Right wing racist nutters
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A disgraceful FB post from Councillor Redman elected representative of Kintyre and the Isles
Disgraceful Facebook Post from an elected councillor
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John Drummond @benarty.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"If a society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich". Prophetic words from JFK, April 1964
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 22/03/2025
Oh
democracyforsale.substack.com
Government loses legal battle over Covid ‘VIP Lane’
Exclusive: Judge slams “most unsatisfactory” Cabinet Office and orders release of names of 'VIP' firms to Democracy for Sale reporter - after *four year* wait.
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John Drummond @benarty.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I’m sickened by Scotland’s industrial demise. We produce oil but can’t refine it; we need ferries but can’t build them; we produce more renewable electricity than we consume but can’t harvest the benefits because of the pricing framework.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The media must take its share of the blame for this. Most countries around the globe would award a government contract to a government yard. But CMAL were in a no win situation -give it to FML they would have been intensively scrutinised and accused of unfair practice. No wonder Petticrew went.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
There’s a balance and at the moment it is all one way. Few Scots share in the economic benefit from the investment in offshore wind. Zonal pricing will stimulate economic development and reduce energy costs for most Scots.
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Argyll Loon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @argyll-loon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The idiots have moved across from twitter/X Vile content full of conspiracy theory and right wing nonsense
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