Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1h"Thatcherism revived" "government should leave wealth creation up to business, and not get in the way with red tape" with lower taxes for the rich and ignoring the climate emergency. Tories and Farage's Reform in a race to the bottom. 2157
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1hEnergy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.bbc.co.ukSuppliers pile pressure on government over energy billsImmediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK. 1216786
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 2hAs long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times) 42805293
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialAndy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1hThe nasty party is back to its old tricks. Opposing nature recovery is not supporting rural communities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 43716
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1hLabour’s idea of a ‘human rights lawyer’..His Labour UKGovt was one of the most autocratic since Thatcher & removed rights to protest. And Burnham has not rolled back any of Starmer’s curbs on our freedoms x.com/drdavecampbe...x.comDaithí Mac Cathmhaoil (@DrDaveCampbell) on X@kennardmatt @NormalIslandNws @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @JohnHealey_MP @grantshapps 188
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/05/s...talkingupscotlandtwo.comScotland’s predicted child poverty will perhaps be ‘missing a legally binding target’ at 21.8% but England’s 31.5%, 44% higher (!), is hidden from your eyes by BBC Scotlandand the Scottish Government’s on course to miss legally binding targets to cut poverty ‘by a wide margin.’ That’s come from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s annual rep… 11319
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialScotch Whisky Truths 🏴 @specialscot.bsky.social · 1hForget London. To get a true picture of modern Britain, go to Yorkshire and Lancashire. Scotland is completely different. For those Scots who think Scotland is just 'North Britain', visit here and see why Scottish Independence is really so important. We're getting taken for granted. 1127
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialLorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026news.stv.tv/scotland/pol... 078
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 17htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/04/e...talkingupscotlandtwo.comEurope far more enthusiastic about Scotland returning to EU than about England/UKToday, from Geo All Day, this map below: and: A small but high-profile group of European countries has publicly welcomed the possibility of the United Kingdom eventually re-joining the European Uni… 02423
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialflossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There’s been a lot of chat about scrapping the pension triple lock. It’s not good for Scotland - Heather, SNP explains why: 👇 01411
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 17htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/04/h...talkingupscotlandtwo.comHow Andy Burnham’s ‘raid on older people’s pockets will collectively fleece Scottish pensioners out of an eye-watering £4 billion’From the SNP, two days ago, the above and: If you ever needed a textbook example of Westminster’s breathtaking contempt for the people of Scotland, Andy Burnham has just delivered it on a silver pl… 22522
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17h🚨 An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended since May amid questions about Nigel Farage's leadership.mirror.co.ukBlow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five monthsEXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended 24462177
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 14hTory admits Scotland isn't Subsidised by England 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=8VOu...youtube.comTory admits scotland isn't subsidised by englandYouTube video by Joemanda Fishing 12119
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.social“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 14hEvery time unionists make the “once in a generation” BS statement about Indyref, they should immediately be hit with LINE 1 of the BS “VOW” signed by all the unionist leaders: “Power lies with the Scottish people and we believe it is for the Scottish people to decide how Scotland is governed” 🏴🇪🇺😎 15833
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 16hNot one person born 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 voted for 🏴 Scotland to remain part of the UK. 14927
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialMelissa Eco Zealot 🏴🏴🏴 @melissamary2012.bsky.social · 15hWe need Holyrood to pass this too! 0123
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialGerry 🏴 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 16hWhy isn’t this a standard thing? 76324
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialVerminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 22hStating the obvious here "The National" Findlay is an uber unionist so of course he's obsessed with it.🙄 3155
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026👇 05336
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialWilliam Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 22h'The mistaken belief that only Westminster can safeguard the incomes of Scottish pensioners is one of the important reasons why opposition to Scottish independence is highest amongst the oldest age cohorts in Scotland.' weegingerdugweegingerdug.wordpress.comBurnham pensions off two Better Together argumentsOne of the ways in which the Better Together campaign won the referendum in 2014 was to successfully scaremonger Scotland’s pensioners into believing that their state pensions would not be sa… 13231
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people… 1561314417
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialPat Farrington @xraypat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...you.38degrees.org.ukSign the petition to hold politicians to accountTogether, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride. 145
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialChris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026She just does not get it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch saysKemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more 7285
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 22htalkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/04/r...talkingupscotlandtwo.comRevealed: Unlike in Scotland, UK Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires and fire crews do not have the proper protective gearAbove, a lightly-clad firefighter working in Dunwich heat next to a nuclear power station. In the Guardian today: The government quietly scrapped plans to prepare the countryside in England for wil… 02318
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 22h🏴Thoughts from a colonised land🏴 We are ordered to rage at the blatant greed of the poor seeking "more than they deserve. After all, there is no magic money tree!". Yet we are taught to blithely ignore the wealthy elite who fucking shake that magic money tree bare! Scotland deserves better. 12820
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 23h"Do you have to be white to be English?" That this is even being asked is a sign of how much racism has been legitimised by our media & politics over the last two decades 35363109
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊bestforbritain.orgFarage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain 38953497
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.social“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🇬🇧 There are people like George Robertson, born is Scotland who are hostile to very idea of Scotland even existing as a country Here Robertson explains that Scotland is not a country, because it has no language or culture 🇬🇧 Robertson is proudly a Scotland denying brit 🏴🇪🇺😎 youtu.be/RSFqaEoYLNg?...youtu.beGeorge Robertson says Scotland has no culture or languageYouTube video by Newsnet Scotland 519844
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialHoody McExtremist @hoodyindy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Half the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland, never wanted to leave the EU in the first place. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comHalf of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll findsExclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary 13382100
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialOor Tracey @trangpang.bsky.social · 03/10/202638d.gs/wsa-38d.gsIt's time for them to pay up.Oil and gas companies who make BILLIONS are trying to get out of paying tax while we all freeze this winter. 032
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialChasbell 🏴🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 352102043287
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Reform-run Derbyshire County Council blacklisted a journalist after he exposed its £50,000 fence fiasco. Its deputy leader justified the move with a claim he later admitted was wrong. This is Reform’s answer to scrutiny. Attack the press." via Reform Watch 33594317
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026 34130
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage 1102331734
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are." 472343691
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialColin Dunn 🏴 @indyposterboy.scot · 02/10/2026Labour is positioning itself to argue that the Brexit vote was not final, and that the promises made to win the vote for Leave 10 years ago have not been met. Sound familiar, Scotland? 04327
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.social(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026👇👇 02825
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialVerminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026One of the reasons we got Brexshit. 22014
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialShortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Evil laugh.... 65534
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/02/h...talkingupscotlandtwo.comHow Palantir and an Arab Prince got Burnham elected despite the Manchester Effect being a mirageI know that image is fake but is it also truthy? Crowdfunder – Bank transfer – JOHN WATSON ROBERTSON Sort Code – 08-91-04 Account 12266421 That nice wee Andy Burnham, PM, credits his pa… 098
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Constant handwringing across a febrile media over the diesel crisis. Not one word about the scorched earth policy imposed in Scotland that led to Grangemouths closure! Still, Sarwar must be ermine toasty in the knowledge Labour did nowt because it was a privately owered company! 13327
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026EXCLUSIVE Reform MP Sarah Pochin asked a question about the impact second homes have on rural areas, just 48 hours before buying a £800k second home in Wales… willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/reform-mp-...willhaywardwales.substack.comReform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impactIs this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’? 19223141
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This odious wee toad, This utter chancer who was once part of the Labour Party is trying to stoke up division in Scotland & get noticed by Nigel Farage. This debate should never be allowed in Holyrood, And will fail horribly for this opportunist who actually draws a salary from our public purse. 5197
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Burnham has destroyed two of the main arguments of the Westminster parties. He's pensioned off the claim that Scottish state pensions can only be protected in the UK and by opening the door to an EU referendum he's blown up the argument against indyref2. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/b...weegingerdug.wordpress.comBurnham pensions off two Better Together argumentsOne of the ways in which the Better Together campaign won the referendum in 2014 was to successfully scaremonger Scotland’s pensioners into believing that their state pensions would not be sa… 513086
Reposted by @busygranof6.bsky.socialChasbell 🏴🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026He has basically copied his new policies from Scotland and made them look like his own the mans just another fraud, instead of being honest and saying these are good policies in use in Scotland and we should adopt them in England, they can’t have Scotland looking more progressive than England. 47233117