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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Holyrood's richest MSPs who want £900 million worth of tax cuts These are the wealthiest MSPs currently elected to Holyrood and all 5 want tax cuts worth millions 👇
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The UK Government MOD 'UK Nuclear Submarine Dismantling Project' a world first ( wonder why? ) It's extraordinarily hazardous to extract the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) intact from the submarine's hull without cutting up the reactor insitu or burying the entire middle section of the submarine. 1/
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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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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder Manifesto's have no legal meaning in the UK. The Government doesn't have to do anything in them, it can do anything it likes that isn't in them. Manifesto's aren't even recognised as legally existing by the law.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Super-rich UK energy/food magnates’ wealth skyrockets amid global crises Working-class face soaring prices, worsening climate impacts. Billionaires owning food/energy companies profit from hardship The same class funds political parties, uses tax havens, preaches low wages to workers.
theguardian.com
Super-rich UK energy and food magnates’ wealth skyrockets amid global crises
Analysis has shown the costs of daily essentials soaring in recent years, thanks in part to climate shocks, wars and geopolitical tensions
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner. Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners. £150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived. Must end this tax perk. archive.ph/vJCIj
ft.com
Top UK law firm partners take home record pay
Spate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 29/09/2026
Around 3 million Spanish households can relax a little as they look ahead to October's bill. This Tuesday, the government approved a cap on the rise in the regulated gas tariff and the price of butane gas cylinders to prevent a further increase in energy bills. www.surinenglish.com/spain/govern...
surinenglish.com
Spain's government to cap gas and butane prices to prevent energy bills from rising even further | Sur in English
Cabinet will cap the increase in the Tur tariff at 15% and the price of a gas cylinder may not exceed 19.55 euros
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most of Burnham's promises were for policies to be introduced after the next GE, the national care service, reform of the voting system, closer ties with the EU, all put off until after the next GE - political code for ‘never’. It was a very traditional Labour speech, the jam is always tomorrow.
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Fi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Independence For Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @asenathmagic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I feel like I’m going insane sometimes. Burnham talking about tough conversations & implying we all need to pay more, while the super wealthy pay single digit tax, is bewildering. We’re already worse off in real terms than 10 years ago, but sure, ask us to pay even more. 😒
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"This explains why most MPs don't have a clue about what it is like for The Working Class, for normal people who are living and struggling in the real world ....." via Angel Stroyan
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Wullie @wullieforindy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@chrisbryant1962.bsky.social You have the authority to intervene. But this is the British state,s reaction to the Celtic alliance, when your Union feels threatened the tactic of divide and conquer is used. Whatever happens today is on you
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund. Banks making £50bn profits a year receive subsidies, long ended by the EU. UK Treasury will payout over £150bn over a five-year period from 2023 to 2028. No justification for handling billions to banks. End bank subsidies, help people.
babelfish.news
Interest on Reserves: The £100bn UK Bank Subsidy You Fund
The Bank of England has paid commercial banks £100bn in interest on reserves in three years. The EU stopped doing it in 2023 – Dale Vince says Britain must too.
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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Around 40% of the world's dirty money, proceeds of corruption and crime, is laundered through the UK, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories. Successive govts promise new laws and enforcement but they make little impact. Why do govts continue to fail? Watch the Minister's reply.
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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 22/09/2026
"Standing charges are out of control. 📢" They're the most talked-about topic in energy bills and most countries have them too, with lower bills than ours. The gap isn’t inevitable, and it can’t really be solved by moving costs around.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Remember quantitative easing. Bank of England created £895bn, bought gilts/bonds, City speculators profited. Govt could keep them, save interest/redemption costs. NO. It is selling them at £120bn loss, pushing up interest rates. Adding about £47bn to govt debt by 2031, the City profits.
theguardian.com
Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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An Angry Scot @anangryscot.murrayfamily.uk · 14/09/2026
Here's the plan for the upgrade of the UK grid. Notice anything? All international connectors are in England, but the plan is just to provide new connectors from Scotland to England allowing Scotland's excess power to still be sold int'ly via the English middleman. We need our own int'l links!
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Private equity is turning long NHS waiting lists into private profit. Our new investigation revealed that 81 NHS trusts paid nearly £300M to private equity-backed firms, using NHS staff inside NHS hospitals to make millions. Read our full report: everydoctor.org.uk/reports/prof...
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The only people who benefit from NHS privatisation are the private company shareholders. It’s that simple.
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Media are on a campaign to run down Glasgow and Scotland. securityjournaluk.com/most-dangero...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
UK MPs accepted £400,000 of hospitality to concerts, sports, other events. Donors get access, buy influence. Despite £98,599 pay+exps, too many MPs have 2nd jobs, neglect duty to the people, obey paymasters. Parties also for sale. All part of political corruption, and poor state of the country.
theguardian.com
MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality
MPs receive Harry Styles concert tickets worth £858, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839, and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awards
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Tractor Boy🚜 #FBPE 🇪🇺 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @tommoitfc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Important no one is allowed to forget the misery and damage Thatcher inflicted on our country and continues to blight generations to this day…
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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John M 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @drjohnm61.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Must read
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 14/07/2026
👉 'Huge' cost of aircraft carriers meant 'less scope' for funding health and education by @markcurtis30.bsky.social “Vulnerable” aircraft carriers are about Britain “counting for something in the world” and being an “effective ally” of the US, files show www.declassifieduk.org/huge-cost-of...
declassifieduk.org
‘Huge’ cost of aircraft carriers meant ‘less scope’ for funding health and education
“Vulnerable” aircraft carriers are about Britain “counting for something in the world” and being an “effective ally” of the US, declassified files show
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Housing benefits, that go directly to the UK's landlords, will cost £37.3 billion this year. Why does the government not build the homes and let local councils collect the rent ensuring a recurring income for them and removing profiteering. Oh I forgot Thatcherite neoliberalism that's why
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The UK Government allocated all 29 commercial bluefin tuna licences available to English-registered vessels, leaving Scottish applicants with zero 👇
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Where’s the money? Can we afford the NHS? In this eye-opening episode, former bond trader Vince Gomez joins the conversation to reveal the true mechanics of government spending, debunking myths about national debt & the real power of money creation @keepournhspublic.bsky.social @thedauk.bsky.social
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 08/06/2026
Here's Murdo telling everyone how much he loves to continue selling out Scotland It's not about what Scotland gains It's about what England loses
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Scottish taxpayers to pay more than £300 million to share cost of Lower Thames Crossing and IFS doubts we’ll get anything for it through Barnett formula talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/06/08/s...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
Scottish taxpayers to pay more than £300 million to share cost of Lower Thames Crossing and IFS doubts we’ll get anything for it through Barnett formula
In the Guardian today: Ministers have earmarked more than £170m extra to help build the Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel, fuelling concerns over the “spiralling” costs of one of the UK’s larg…
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“To make things worse we are being asked to focus on the least sick patients to try and marginally improve headline statistics, rather than on those who need our services the most.”
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Kevin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺💚 #VoteGreen @kevbro1969.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The #BBC. Once everyone's go to source for trusted news, is now just a clusterfuck of tabloid style 'journalism' & a propaganda mouthpiece for the #right & #FarRight. And we're paying £180 a year for this privilege, whilst #Labour & #Ofcom happily allow us all to be lied to. #BBCBias #MediaBias
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Reform are advertising for a job in Wales to: “Produce fast-turnaround reactive clips responding to Scottish political developments and media moments.” open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
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"We are not very good in Wales at being efficient”
"We are not very good in Wales at being efficient”
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 For the first time since the implementation of the Acts of Union 1707, the british state has given supremacy to English Courts over Scottish Courts 🇬🇧 They desperately want Scotland to remain in their union, but a Scotland that is subservient and knows its place 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 17/05/2026
Better with EU! Seven of the 102 pesticides found on an array of fruit and veg in the UK have been banned in the EU because they have been linked to health impacts, including cancer, and to harm to bees, birds, mammals, and aquatic ecosystems
devonlive.com
102 pesticides used on UK veg including seven banned in the EU
Produce tested included onions, leeks, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, peas, swede, turnips and strawberries
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Brexit kills. (In case you hadn't realised it yet)
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The Braes o' Bonúll @bonullbraes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Don't bother checking it. I've already done so and according to Grok, it's true. They actually printed this. Surely someone must be punished for this?
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
They never have a good word to say about our excellent doctors and nurses working in our Scottish hospitals, shameful.
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Tory Fibs @toryfibs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Compare: • MPs’ Menu in Parliament: “Spanish roasted red pepper and potato tortilla with cannellini bean and courgette stew and garlic aiol” — Cost: £3.80 (subsidised by you) • Meanwhile: 27% of NHS trusts have food banks for NHS staff onsite MPs subsidised, Nurses go hungry
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Corporate Welfare. UK Govt to give £380m grant to Tata battery factory in Somerset. The Govt isn't taking an equity stake in return, won't receive any dividends. It isn't a loan and isn't repayable. Political parties demonize human recipients of welfare but hand free money to corporations.
theguardian.com
UK to give £380m grant to Tata battery factory in Somerset
Investment in plant due to supply batteries to Jaguar Land Rover expected to boost economic growth and secure jobs
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Ferryoons @ferryoons.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Where do these direct orders originate? If it’s the BBC Board it’s bad enough; and there’s one set of questions to be answered. If it’s UKGOV, there are even more questions. Either way, defending Israel is complicity in genocide. Anyhow we watch Al Jazeera for reliable international news
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James The Good @sirjamesdouglas.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Why are BBCScotlandNews and STVNews refusing to publish the statement from Calmac? Is it because it doesn't fit in with their SNPbad agenda? 👇👇👇
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Boss of B&Q and Screwfix gets 70% pay rise, to £3.9m. Most store staff are on low wages. B&Q was named and shamed for not paying the minimum wage. Govts preach pay restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Workers create wealth, but have no say in its distribution.
thisismoney.co.uk
B&Q boss Thierry Garnier nails down bumper 70% pay hike
The remuneration figure means Thierry Garner, pictured, has now been paid a total of £19.4m since he took on the job in September 2019.
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