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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 39m
Too cynical for your own good me thinks
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 1h
We are looking for a Refugee Integration Advisor to promote the integration and settlement of refugees, enabling them to participate fully in Scottish society. ⏰ The deadline to apply is 9 am on Monday 19 October 2026. 👉 Find out more and apply: ow.ly/aWGB50ZUP3P
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 1h
I'm investigating Cryonics right now.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 15h
The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly voted to support Scotland's future in the EU. Scotland is a proud European nation, and we want to be back. 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17h
If Britain can rethink Brexit, why can't Scotland rethink independence? ✍️ First Minister of Scotland John Swinney says the logic is the same and should apply to Scotland deciding its constitutional future 👇
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 19h
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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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lest we forget....
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Riveting discussion with the welder. He knew his stuff and so do we now.
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Charity is asking Scottish Government for 'radical change' to tackle child poverty. Cost of electricity and gas, cost of petrol/diesel, food, mortgages,rent. None controlled by the SG. The Child Payment is controlled by the SG and is the reason why child poverty in Scotland is far less than in rUK
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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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Kevin Maguire @kevmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Conservative Party is “authoritarian” and attacking the “free press” by banning journalists from its conference when Kemi Badenoch called Reform precisely that for doing the same. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good afternoon
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Forked tongues spring to mind.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
NEW: Nicola Sturgeon has issued a scathing verdict on the 'glaring contradiction' in Labour's position between Brexit and Scottish independence www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m sure the Tories will find an imaginative way to have the pensioners pay for the millionaire child care.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here was me thinking the BBC made up the news.
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Liberation Scotland @liberationscotland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
LIBERATION SCOTLAND CAMPAIGN UPDATE - from Prof. Alf Baird, Sara Salyers, Douglas Chapman & Prof. Robert Black KC - at the SSRG Conference 'Removing the Roadblocks' 16-18 October at Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline.
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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Unbelievable 😡 #getusoutofhere #endlondonrule #Scottishindependence
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We got dragged out by another country union of equals my arse.
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mrsmalone.bsky.social @mrsmalone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Scotland voted to stay in Europe!
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
France, Spain, Poland & now Germany have all openly stated the UK would be welcomed back into the EU fold. What a difference a week - & a more positive government position - makes. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Germany backs UK to rejoin EU as Burnham moves closer to bloc
The leaders of France and Spain have also backed Britain returning to the European Union
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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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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy 80th Birthday to the P/S Waverley. Launched on the 2nd of October 1946 at the A. & J. Inglis shipyard in Glasgow, she's the last sea-going passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. This was her heading down the Clyde close to Dumbuck in 2024. #glasgow #pswaverley #clydebuilt
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An Angry Scot @anangryscot.murrayfamily.uk · 01/10/2026
In essence the loss of the 3xlock for Scottish pensioners will divert funds from Scottish pensioners to fund England's care service to which they will have no access. It's good that England will get a sensible care service but getting Scottish pensioners to pay for the service in England is wrong.
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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026
Andy Burnham's "National Care Service" turns out to be Free Personal Care in England. Inspired by a policy already delivered in Scotland by the SNP.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hugely important 'Pension triple lock changes impact: Deputy First Minister letter' being ignored by media www.gov.scot/publications...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
John Swinney has called on Andy Burnham to row back from his proposed changes to the triple lock, after official analysis showed the cost to Scotland’s pensioners would be £4 billion by 2049
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John Swinney urges Andy Burnham to rethink triple lock changes after shock analysis
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/10/2026
A group calling for devolution of powers to Brittany has written to the Welsh First Minister alongside the heads of The SNP and Sinn Féin to propose opening a direct dialogue to help further the Celtic nation's shared mission for autonomy
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Yes Breizh: Breton devolution group contacts Welsh FM to 'open dialogue'
Stephen Price The President of a campaign group calling for devolution of powers and responsibilities to Brittany has written to the Welsh First Minister alongside the heads of The SNP and Sinn Féin t...
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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So true 😡 #Scottishindependence
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 30/09/2026
Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.
Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Scottish Labour MPs cheering a PM who says he's going to weaken Scottish pensions to help fund social care in England is just bizarre. This will hang around Scottish Labour necks until the next general election. Meanwhile Scottish energy bills are going to skyrocket." MSM_MONITOR
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Andy Burnham is so determined that he won’t be the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, let’s have a referendum, let the people in Scotland decide, and see who is right.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 30/09/2026
Thank you for the truth bomb, President Macron!
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s an idea… Why don’t we try facts first, frothing later? Let the Fairford investigation finish before anyone decides what it means …and for goodness sake, don’t believe a word from Trump and his lot. Me on @jeremyvineon5 this morning…
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Still YES then, YES now, AYE 'til I die. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence.
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CharmaineScammell 🌱🇬🇧 @charmainescammell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please sign share, all countries 🙏 Stop Trump’s ATTACK ON WOLVES! actions.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
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Stop Trump’s attack on wolves!
Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meanwhile, the hare is up and running, in both the US & UK, that 'terrorists have been released on bail' (with a side order of 'two-tier justice, what about 'Tommo'?' nonsense) and will no doubt lodge in section of public memory (along with e.g. 'cat prevents deportation' that still does the rounds)
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔊Calling #Aberdeen #Elgin & #Inverness: I am heading North to come see y'all. There'll be grown-up book talks + school visits on route! Come & say hello. 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎢 📘Th 1st: Aberdeen Science Centre 📗Fr 2nd: Moray Astronomy Club 📙Sa 3rd: Inverness Science in the Atrium ℹ️: www.roe.ac.uk/~heymans/H2D...
A crowd of people sat in a large marquee awaiting the start of the show at Wigtown book festival.  The holding slide says Prof. Catherine Heymans.  Reader - Catherine almost falls of the stage in surprise when she walks out to see a full house waiting to hear her speak!Catherine is looking very excited, sat on a copy cushion with small people all around her.  The text reads "Professor Catherine Heymans inspiring young minds about space" and "Attempting to explain the infinite universe to 5yr olds".  Catherine is not afraid to tackle the biggest questions that the young people want answered!
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Westminster increases capacity at nuclear submarine and weapons base. A mere 30 miles from Scotlands largest city but 400 miles from Englands so that's all right, isn't it. www.navylookout.com/three-new-fl...
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Three new floating submarine docks for the Royal Navy to be built in Britain - Navy Lookout
The Chancellor will announce today that, subject to a commercial competition, the floating dry docks required for RN nuclear submarine maintenance at Faslane will be built in the UK. The decision back...
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Has Farage even been in Parliament for many months….
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On This Day, Sept. 28: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin #UPI
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On This Day, Sept. 28: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin - UPI.com
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And its own country before England became England.
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TAFF 💕🐷🐄🐑🐥🪿🙏Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @vegan-4-indy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👇So England says NO to Cymru. England says Cymru SHOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ITS OWN FUTURE! This is not a 'union', it's England holding Cymru captive as one of its colonies😡😡😡😡 F**K THE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 UK - ANNIBYNIAETH NAWR💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Around 8000 people have marched through the streets during a Welsh Independence march in Aberystwyth 🗣️ 'We are on a journey and there’s no turning back. The next step must be equality with Scotland as a minimum'
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Welsh independence supporters march through Aberystwyth – see the best pictures
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why is England so scared of being an independent country that it uses a spurious legal technicality to deny Scotland what is rightfully hers.
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Ossie @cartref.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is it not an inconvenient truth that Al Gore spent about $8 million on a house at the shore not long after his programme.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 25/09/2026
Glasgow's drug consumption room has dealt with 195 medical emergencies since it opened last year. It saves lives. Drug addiction and misuse is a health crisis. We need a major expansion of harm reduction and treatment services, including safe consumption facilities.
The National. Experts reject attacks on The Thistle and call for bolder drug death action. Experts have agreed that drug consumption rooms like The Thistle are "without a doubt" saving lives.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rejoining Erasmus+ is a major opportunity for Scotland's young people to connect with our cousins on the continent, Alyn Smith writes✍️ 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 24/09/2026
The Senedd has supported Plaid Cymru’s calls stating that the people of Wales should be allowed to determine Wales' constitutional future
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'Historic' Senedd motion backs Wales' right to hold a referendum on its place in the Union
Stephen Price Yesterday (September 23 2026), the Senedd supported Plaid Cymru’s calls stating that the people of Wales should be allowed to determine Wales’ constitutional future. The vote supports th...
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