Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieJoy @joybe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026As of May 2026, the UK is allowing continued imports of jet fuel & diesel refined in India, even if derived from Russian crude oil. 👇 👇 Grangemouth oil refinery produced jet fuel, supplying several local airports including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Newcastle. 034 4
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieKieran MacNeil @kieranmacneil.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Ming Yang wanted this factory in Scotland, but Westminster blocked the £1.5bn investment. Now the jobs are going to Spain. Scotland has watched opportunity after opportunity go elsewhere because of Westminster. It’s time we go our own way. 🏴reuters.comChina’s Ming Yang plans Europe factory after UK wind turbine snubChinese wind turbine maker Ming Yang Smart Energy is scouting European locations including Spain for a new manufacturing facility after the UK government effectively blocked its plans for a Scottish... 11812 18
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieMaureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Research – NHS spending on private sector in Scotland only half that proportionally, in England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/13/r...talkingupscotlandtwo.comResearch – NHS spending on private sector in Scotland only half that proportionally, in EnglandIn the Guardian today: Private firms providing services to the NHS including healthcare and consultancy have made £1.6bn in profits over the last two years, research reveals. The findings – on the … 0106 10
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieMaureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 13/04/2026At every level, including the key entry level, nurses in Scotland are paid significantly more than their equivalents in England or Wales talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/13/a...talkingupscotlandtwo.comAt every level, including the key entry level, nurses in Scotland are paid significantly more than their equivalents in England or WalesThe above, from What are nursing staff paid in each of the UK countries in 2026-27? in Nursing Standard was posted on 3 April 2026 and to my knowledge ignored by the media operating in Scotland. Co… 35142 51
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Pro-war, pro-privatisation. Don't trust these people.. www.ft.com/content/be4b...ft.comFarage’s Reform UK drops pledge to nationalise water and energy companiesRightwing populist party is shifting back to ‘small state’ economic policies 971917637 1.9K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 18/03/2026There's vaulting, and then there's vaulting. The ante-chapel to the Order of the Thistle Chapel in the High Kirk of St Giles, Edinburgh. Commissioned by Edward VII in 1906, it was the work of Robert Lorimer, 1909-10. Unsurprisingly, he received a knighthood for it. 1/3 36912 69
Rhona MacKenzie @dalreach.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Lord Gove on #TheWrapSKY pontificating about the “ Dark Lord” - he who facilitated the VIP lanes for PPE!.. Hypocrite! 000 0
Reposted by Rhona MacKenziePrestwick Branch SNP @prestwickbranchsnp.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Ferries don’t mention the Ferries particularly when the SNP led government delivers for Calmac and our island communities. Calmac’s newest addition…MV Isle of Islay arriving safely in Greenock this morning at 9.55am #snp #bothvotessnp #believeinscotland #ferries 24819 48
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieChipper60🏴🏴🏴🏴 @chipper60.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Pesticides kill our pollinators 0118 11
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Just this week, we have delivered: ✅ Frozen rail fares ✅ World-first community wealth building law ✅ First GP walk-in centre, with more announced soon While Westminster is in chaos, the SNP will always be on Scotland’s side. 313052 130
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieThe SNP @snp.org · 15/02/2026Today in Tain, the First Minister John Swinney joined Maree Todd MSP at the developing Gro For You Campus. A community-led project delivering 240 apprenticeships a year and 24 local jobs - tackling rural depopulation and helping young people build their future in the Highlands. 13915 39
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieMaureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 09/02/2026👇👇👇 Good news. 231 3
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieRebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 10/02/2026🚨Buckle up!🚨 Poland is investigating potential connections between Jeffrey Epstein and Polish victims, as well as possible involvement of Russian intelligence in his activities. The Polish government has set up a special task force. 515182734573 18.3K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Ok UK media - oh so scandalised by Mandelson - when are you going to be scandalised by US interference in our democracy? Epstein, Farage, Bannon, Vance, Thiel, Musk, Trump, Brexit, Heritage Foundation, the funding of far right populism to collapse our govts….?? After you’ve helped their collapse? 471021483 1K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I must say, even as a Tory, that Reform can never be accused of hypocrisy. For instance Nigel Farage saying Mr Starmer’s association with Mr Mandelson was a “Grave error of judgement” & he should resign. Mr Farage’s ‘associations’ could NEVER be called grave errors of judgement.🤔 40541201 541
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/02/2026This is real, and it’s located near Tesla’s flagship London store in Tottenham. 7746221169 4.6K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Left: Zia Yusuf, "Mandelson deserves to be in jail. The buck stops with the executive, Keir Starmer is a disgrace to his office and should resign" Right: Nathan Gill is in jail for accepting Russian bribes. Using Zia Yusuf's logic, isn't Nigel Farage also a disgrace, and should also resign? 56876267 876
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieGeorgia DiPirro 📎 @georgiadipirro.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Washington Post 19679259 679
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026That‘s the spirit. 33108173142 10.8K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/02/2026After ICE killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti, the Trump administration tried to tell us we didn’t see what we saw with our own eyes. Shane Snow’s essay breaks down how governments manipulate media to rewrite reality—and how to spot it before it can take root.thinkbigpicture.substack.comHow To Tell You’re Being Manipulated By A StoryThree rules of thumb for navigating manipulative waters. 491248388 1.2K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieMarcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 03/02/2026It's hard to believe that any MAGA voters would turn on Trump. In voting for him, they've literally accepted Trump's claim that anything bad he has done, or continues to do, is "fake news". 3521231 212
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieGordon Macdonald SNP @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Hospital infections under the last Labour Scottish Executive. Below is a reminder of how bad hospital infections were before the SNP took control. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18395296/ 01712 17
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieChickyholic 🏴 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Saddo that I am, I'm just watching the start of the Commons debate on Epstien etc. Am I SO glad our SNP government did not agree to release our NHS etc data to Palantir - it's just been said that Peter Mandelson had a large interest in that company. Scotland had a close shave. 03613 36
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieColandme (Extremist Allegedly) 🏴 @coldon1983.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Where are all the blue tents, police arrests and detentions following numerous very serious crimes committed by Westminster politicians. No police visibility in serious fraud, corruption and sex crimes. Totally convinces me the ongoing SNP saga was contrived with maximum media live coverage 02612 26
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieLady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Total crime down by third and violent crime down by a quarter since 2007 but still as many police officers after 19 years of SNP rule talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/04/t...talkingupscotlandtwo.comTotal crime down by third and violent crime down by a quarter since 2007 but still as many police officers after 19 years of SNP ruleSupport Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at From Police officer quarterly strength statistics: 31 December 2025, published yesterday: There were 16,416 … 03729 37
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Maternity unit inspection report requires no formal inquiry or police investigation, SIXTEEN trusts in England do, so BBC Scotland twist the inspection report to suggest ongoing worries though these were dealt with by Scottish Government TEN years ago 02225 25
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieJim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Did you know. In the last 5 years of the Labour/Lib Dem government in Scotland - from 2002 to 2007 - 371 homes for affordable rent were built. In the last 5 years of the SNP Government, 2019 to 2024, 18,215 were built. Almost 50 times as many. 14734 47
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Nigel Farage is going to "save pubs" by cutting 5p off the price of a pint of beer... The £3 billion cost will be funded by reinstating the two-child benefit limit. This might be the worst policy anyone has ever come up with. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...mirror.co.ukNigel Farage announces plans to slash vital benefit to fund 5p cheaper pintsNigel Farage's party had promised to back scrapping the two-child benefit limit, but now Reform intends to funnel the support to the most vulnerable into slashing prices in pubs 3201803657 1.8K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇 Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered. The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links. 23890487 890
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Democracy dies in darkness… when Jeff Bezos lays off 1/3rd of all @washingtonpost.com employees. 26299106 299
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieMaureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Scottish GP’s rep lies about research based on only 222 out of nearly 5 thousand GPs claiming to be ‘burned out’ and to aid BBC Scotland’s fake news campaign to save their Anas talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/03/s...talkingupscotlandtwo.comScottish GP’s rep lies about research based on only 222 out of nearly 5 thousand GPs claiming to be ‘burned out’ and to aid BBC Scotland’s fake news campaign to save their AnasSupport Talking-up Scotland to keep rebutting the lies almost every day of the year, at Being reported repeatedly by BBC Scotland today in broadcasts and more fully on their website: According to … 062 6
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Long NHS waits in Scotland are coming down - today’s statistics show they have fallen for 7 months in a row. At the same time, we are performing more operations. There is still more to do, but this is real progress for patients and a huge credit to our NHS staff. 👏 813973 139
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Dan Neidle, "The most appalling e-mail exchange in 2009" "There's a discussion between Mandelson and Epstein on how to lobby the government" "That is a senior British cabinet minister (Mandelson) advising a foreign bank, that they should threaten the Chancellor" @danneidle.bsky.social 23545238 545
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieColin 🏴 (cms48X) @cms48.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Kenneth Gibson MSP RISK OF CANCER DEATH IN SCOTLAND AT LOWEST RATE EVER Figures from Public Health Scotland show the risk of dying from cancer in Scotland is at its lowest rate ever. The largest decreases were noted in lung 23.5%, oesophageal 14.3% and bladder cancers 13.7%. 0612 12
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieEDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution. - Thomas Jefferson 052791597 5.3K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I guess he just got lucky. 1489204278480 20.4K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieTalking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Short video – Three quarters of a million children in poverty, in England or Wales would not be in poverty if they lived under a government following SNP policies like the Child Payment 22917 29
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieMaureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 27/01/2026This is yet more evidence that the BBC in Scotland is far from impartial. By giving Sarwar a platform- without any scrutiny of what he is proposing- is openly campaigning for Labour. 👇👇👇 53220 32
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieJim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Alcohol-related hospital admissions in Scotland peaked in 2007/2008 at 43 038 after decades of Labour power in Scotland. After the first SNP government in 2007/2008 they began to fall then after 2018 when the SNP minimum unit-pricing policy was implemented they began to fall more steeply, to 27 126. 12517 25
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzie“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 26/01/2026🏴 100 years ago today, Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator John Logie Baird, demonstrated the world's first mechanical television 🏴 (For some reason this iconic Scottish event has been completely ‘overlooked’ by the bbc State Broadcaster, The Hootsmon & The Harold 🇬🇧) 610163 101
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieGordon Macdonald SNP @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The Tories wrecked the UK economy and gave us Brexit. Some how these Tories who are jumping ship to Reform have found the ability to improve the economy despite being unable to do so when they were in power! Scotland needs independence before the recycled Tories gain power in England 46943 69
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Braverman is one of the most repulsive politicians out there. Vicious, fascistic, useless, without principle, loyalty or *any* actual genuine success to her name. Just cheating, lying, letting people down and delivering failure. No wonder she feels she’s “come home” to Reform. It’s a perfect fit. 931439339 1.4K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power 9531661492 3.2K
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Latest figures out today show Scotland’s unemployment rate fell to 3.7%, and is below the UK rate of 5.1%. If Scotland can do this with limited economic powers, imagine what more we could do if we had the full powers of independence. 16375182 375
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18/01/2026Raid in progress in south Minneapolis 5 SUVs descended out of nowhere 1417830 178
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18/01/2026We found three cars full of masked ICE agents in a residential car park. Our guide asked them if they had a warrant, they refused to answer. I asked them several questions about what they were doing. They then made obscene gestures at us. Shortly afterwards, a drone appeared circling our car. 29588183 588
Reposted by Rhona MacKenzieLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18/01/2026Deeply weird and menacing scenes in Minneapolis. ICE agents sat in masks and balaclavas in unmarked, often blacked out cars, watching local residents. They themselves being observed by a network of locals, trying to deter them from mounting raids. Profoundly abnormal. 37976247 976