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Retired Head Teacher. Trying hard to learn Gaelic. So want independence for Scotland especially for my grandchildren. Reform has no place in our country.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Andrew 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.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 1h
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
Energy 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.
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Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 1h
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 2h
As 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)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 1h
The nasty party is back to its old tricks. Opposing nature recovery is not supporting rural communities. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 1h
Labour’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...
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Daithí Mac Cathmhaoil (@DrDaveCampbell) on X
@kennardmatt @NormalIslandNws @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @JohnHealey_MP @grantshapps
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1h
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Scotland’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 Scotland
and 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…
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 1h
Forget 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.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 17h
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Europe far more enthusiastic about Scotland returning to EU than about England/UK
Today, 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…
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There’s been a lot of chat about scrapping the pension triple lock. It’s not good for Scotland - Heather, SNP explains why: 👇
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 17h
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How 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…
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Best 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.uk
Blow to Nigel Farage as Reform sheds 51 newly-elected councillors in five months
EXCLUSIVE: An online tracker by Best For Britain reveals 51 Reform UK councillors have quit, defected or been suspended
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 14h
Tory admits Scotland isn't Subsidised by England 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=8VOu...
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Tory admits scotland isn't subsidised by england
YouTube video by Joemanda Fishing
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 14h
Every 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” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 17h
Good afternoon
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 16h
Not one person born 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 voted for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland to remain part of the UK.
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Melissa Eco Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @melissamary2012.bsky.social · 15h
We need Holyrood to pass this too!
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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 16h
Why isn’t this a standard thing?
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 14h
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 22h
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 22h
Stating the obvious here "The National" Findlay is an uber unionist so of course he's obsessed with it.🙄
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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William 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.' weegingerdug
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Burnham pensions off two Better Together arguments
One 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…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, 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…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Pat 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...
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She just does not get it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says
Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 22h
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Revealed: Unlike in Scotland, UK Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires and fire crews do not have the proper protective gear
Above, 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…
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Gerry 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.
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Saul 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
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage 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.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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“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?...
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George Robertson says Scotland has no culture or language
YouTube video by Newsnet Scotland
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Hoody McExtremist @hoodyindy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Half the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland, never wanted to leave the EU in the first place. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
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Oor Tracey @trangpang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
38d.gs/wsa-
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It'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.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Anti-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
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From 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
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Parody 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."
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 02/10/2026
Labour 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?
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the reasons we got Brexshit.
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Evil laugh....
Screenshot fom Leishmans social media account
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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How Palantir and an Arab Prince got Burnham elected despite the Manchester Effect being a mirage
I 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…
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Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Constant 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!
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE 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-...
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Reform UK MP buys £800k Welsh second home just days after questioning their impact
Is this a case of politicians saying ‘do as I say, not as I do’?
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This 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.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Burnham 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...
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Burnham pensions off two Better Together arguments
One 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…
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He 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.
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