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Indepenenista. Prosperity for Scotland. Be part of better. Westminster doesn’t work (been there, seen it, done with it).

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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Rejected Tom Greatrex lost his seat to Margaret Ferrier in 2015. The message then was no to nuclear. It’s the same today especially as we’re capable of producing more renewable energy than we can use. The issue is how do we collect revenue and / or make energy cheaper from Scotland’s vast bounty.
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Over 50% of land in Scotland is in the hands of just 421 landowners. Delighted that here in Perth at the Revive conference an audience of much more than 421 committed to taking land reform to the next level by giving more control back to the people of Scotland & their communities
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Keep Scotland the Brand @keepscotlandbrand.eurosky.social · 12/03/2025
Rora Dairy is an excellent example of how to make the most of a great brand story. The yoghurt range is very high quality, with organic options too, using local ingredients where possible, all clearly highlighted with clear provenance. Simple, honest, delicious, nutritious. #keepScotlandtheBrand
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
If we stopped giving our resources away for free, we could close every foodbank in Scotland tomorrow #EliminatePoverty #Independence
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Rejected Tom Greatrex lost his seat to Margaret Ferrier in 2015. The message then was no to nuclear. It’s the same today especially as we’re capable of producing more renewable energy than we can use. The issue is how do we collect revenue and / or make energy cheaper from Scotland’s vast bounty.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
NEW: A deal to allow Iceland to join the EU swiftly could pave the way for a relatively quick agreement for an independent Scotland, an expert has said 🗣️ 'If a country more than 10 times smaller than Scotland by population sees political benefits from being in the club, why wouldn’t Scotland?'
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
@thrivescot.bsky.social may be interested to know that the oil tanker Maran Antares is now unloading Scotland’s oil in China (Ningbo) having travelled almost half way around the globe. Surely an economic case to have it refined at Grangemouth just 15 miles up the Forth? #ScotlandsOil #Independence
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ScaryHighlander @unixnerd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The Union is on borrowed time: Yes camp must prepare for #ScottishIndependence www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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The Union is on borrowed time: Yes camp must prepare for indy
Starmer was a last roll of the dice for many voters. Once Starmer was deemed to fail – and fail so quickly – hope left the room.
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year to all our friends and followers
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
England: voted for Brexit. Got Brexit. Wales: voted for Brexit. Got Brexit. N Ireland: voted against Brexit: Got a special treaty. Scotland: voted against Brexit. Got what England voted for. #YouYesYet
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European Investment Bank @eib.org · 22/12/2024
Imagine a world where electric boats glide silently across our waters, heralding a new era of innovation in Europe. 🌊 This is how our Blue Champions initiative can support blue economy projects and a sustainable future for our oceans 👇 bit.ly/BlueEconomyInnovation
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
The “Envoy” has been appointed to the House of Lords. The Labour thinking is she can do more damage to Scotland from there. #It’sTime
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We don’t need no greedy monarchy, we don’t need no London control, dark colonialism blocking our prosperity, hey Unionists, leave our kids alone. @andrewsharpe.bsky.social
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
BREAKING: The Labour Government will not pay Waspi women any compensation. Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the proposed payments weren't 'fair or value for taxpayer money'
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Zonal pricing for electricity is unlikely to happen as it would hugely advantage Scottish families and businesses. Currently we pay high energy prices to keep England’s lights on. @indyposterboy.scot
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Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot · 16/12/2024
If you want to catch up with an 11 min talk about where we are with land reform in Scotland, you can watch my presentation to the revive.scot conference on 11 November (starts 4:01:07 www.youtube.com/live/b4v0co7...
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
It’s time for Scotland to thrive. Other great examples of successful, prosperous, happy, independent European nations are available! @indyposterboy.scot ⬇️
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 15/12/2024
So much of the opposition to Scottish independence seems to come from those who really feel that Scotland is incapable of doing what dozens of other countries do successfully. Why the inferiority complex? Something to do with being told that Scots are second-class Brits for 300 years?
Poster highlighting that Denmark smaller than Scotland and with far fewer resources, is the 10th richest country in thew world and paid of its entire foreign currency debt in 2017.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Are you in the #IndyClan? Then I need your profiles to continue to grow the #ScottishIndependence community. I currently have four Starter Packs of hand-vetted Indy folks. Comment or DM me if you're not included yet. go.bsky.app/5MQiivy go.bsky.app/MFr3aEK go.bsky.app/VePvynu go.bsky.app/MdPX54N
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Independence Forum Scotland (IFS) @indyforumscot.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Hello from Independence Forum Scotland to Bluesky! We've been on X for a while, but we thought we'd also set up with the growing pro-independence community here. You can read all about us at independenceforum.scot, but we'll follow up this post with a brief introduction anyway.
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Home - Independence Forum Scotland
The Independence Forum wishes to unite the independence movement by providing an opportunity to inform, motivate and encourage cooperation.
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great piece by @dickwinchester.bsky.social in today’s @scotnational.bsky.social Read & learn…
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What every school student in Scotland should know and why they should be asking their 2014 NO voting parents, granny and grandad why they think this Union works in Scotland’s interests ⬇️
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 11/12/2024
Eleventh day of our Advent Articles Calendar. And today is about why Scottish pay for more energy when Scotland is an energy-rich nation!
Advent calendar with the best Bylines Scotland's articles from 2024. Background with a map from Scotland and a Christmas character
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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
"Heart attack patients advised to get themselves to A&E... Six of England’s ten ambulance trusts at risk of service failure"
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
More and more Scots seeing the light. Stay in the UK and you will become poorer. Support energy and resource rich Scotland and you have a great chance of becoming more prosperous. #ItsTime
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
'The problem that this Budget cannot address, and which no budget could ever address in the current Scottish political settlement, is the fact that the Scottish Government has been set up to fail by Westminster.' @richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via @scotnational.bsky.social. www.thenational.scot...
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The biggest issue with the Budget? It's that Scotland isn't independent yet
SHONA Robison has delivered her Scottish Budget for the coming year. Whether it will now pass is not known. That is for smaller parties within the…
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Barn-storming performance from SNP's Ivan McKee on Politics Live today, countering lies with those facts I often post and which we all want to see from Scot Gov ministers, taking no snash, having his say - Brilliant! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 05/12/2024
Keir Starmer sets out what he calls his ‘plan for change’. Can his government deliver?
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The UK Pension Is LOWER than the UK Minimum Wage. Just how is that a thing? It's 2024. When will Scotland be Independent?
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Is it not time Scotland rejoined as an independent nation? Meanwhile the Brits (ironically in the pro-Brexit Express) want their cake and eat it. “Leave” means you’ve left! @ec.europa.eu
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Perth & Kinross Yes Hub @yeshubpk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
One of the joys of moving across to Bluesky has been the re-appearance of a few 'classic' articles, from years gone by, setting out the case for Scottish independence. Here's one that's getting a fair bit of exposure right now - well worth a read. pontifex.substack.com/p/scott-and-...
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Scott and Chapman's censored article on Scottish Independence
The full article, republished
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A memory from Saturday. This time put to music which makes it even more thought provoking and poignant. Jim Reid singing “The Wild Geese”. youtube.com/watch?v=WT3G...
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Cut out the middle man ⬇️
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pictland @pictland.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“ᴄᴜɪᴍʜɴɪᴄʜɪʙʜ ᴀɪʀ ɴᴀ ᴅᴀᴏɪɴᴇ ʙʜᴏ'ɴ ᴅ'ᴛʜᴀɪɴɪɢ ꜱɪʙʜ” - Remember the people whom you come from. This is an ancient Scottish Gaelic proverb, reminding us never to forget our Scottish heritage and never to abandon it greedily for the Union like the Scots elite did in 1707. #ScottishIndependence #Gaelic
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
A fitting tribute to our best ever First Minister Alex Salmond today. Fabulous music from Dougie McLean, Alasdair Fraser (fiddle), Natalie Haas (cello) The Proclaimers, Sheena Wellington and Hamish Moore (pipes). Truly emotional but positively stirring a nation to independence.
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Today is St.Andrews Day. Celebrate Scotland and may her people prosper. #ItsTime
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Dick Winchester.. @dickwinchester.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We've been saying this for a long time and still there's no hydrogen technology manufacturing of note in Scotland.. No electrolysers, no compressors and no storage tanks. www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...
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Hydrogen one of Scotland's 'greatest industrial opportunities' since oil and gas, minister says
The emerging European hydrogen sector is one of Scotland's "greatest industrial opportunities since oil and gas", according to the Scottish energy
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is Ben Cruachan, the 'Hollow Mountain' on the way to Oban. In Scotland, we've been keeping the lights on in Croydon, for several decades. Oil, Coal, Wind and since the 1950s, this, Hydro. Independent Scotland had oodles of Water and will be very RICH!
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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Would now be a good time for the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, to meet, and discuss forcing the end of the #Disunitedkingdom ?
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DougChapman SCO @dougchapman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Scotland wants the same powers as the likes of Norway and/or Denmark. @plaidcymru.bsky.social both Scotland and Wales need to cut out the middleman. #Independence
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Imagine if our renewables in the North Sea provided cheap,reliable energy to Scottish business. How many new businesses could be started here? How many jobs would that create? By being more prosperous, how many food banks could we close? It’s time to re-imagine the Scottish economy! #Independence.
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Kenny @kennyaberdeen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Borrowed from Willie White on X : It's currently 7c in London. It's currently -2c in Pitlochry. A person in Pitlochry pays more to use electricity that's generated in their town than someone in London, which generates little/nothing. This is just one of many examples of Scotland's exploitation.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 20/11/2024
Yup. It's a puzzle why Scotland puts up with this. I don't think anyone else would. 300 years of being told we're second-best will have that effect, perhaps.
Poster asking why Scotland's surplus energy is cheaper in London than it is in Scotland.
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Scotland's Coefficient @www.scottishfootball.info · 20/11/2024
🚨 BREAKING: Scotland will DEFINITELY be drawn in a 4 team WCQ group - with restricted potential opponents. ✅ Scotland will have to be drawn in a 4 team group & the opponents we can draw from Pot 2 are heavily restricted ❌ We cannot draw, amongst others, Sweden, Wales and Norway. Options ⤵️
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Carnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
⚫️ Develop legislation including a duty on public bodies to play their part in delivering the wellbeing missions. ⚫️ Embrace the benefits of a whole-of-government approach. ⚫️ Include “Peace” as a mission with clear delivery plans.
Quote from Sarah Davidson, CEO, Carnegie UK: "While the restoration of power-sharing arrangements at Stormont was a step forward, there’s a long road ahead if we’re going to tackle issues such as community safety and entrenched poverty.

That’s why we’re urging the Executive to build on the vision outlined in their recent Programme for Government by delivering new legislation to enable the cross-government approach required to tackle these problems.”
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Carnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
NEW REPORT 🧵| Our research with Ipsos Scotland shows that living standards in Northern Ireland did not improve between 2023 & 2024. #LifeInTheUK found people on lower incomes, disabled people & people aged 16-34 experience the lowest levels of wellbeing. carnegieuktrust.org.uk/publications...
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Life in the UK 2024 Northern Ireland - Carnegie UK Trust
The Life in the UK index is designed to measure the collective wellbeing of the people of the UK, looking at social,...
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 16/11/2024
If you want Scotland to regain its independence and want to find some extra followers who share your views.... Re-post and reply to this post, then follow each other. You might also find the "Independence/Scotland" Feed interesting.
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Sarah Davidson @sarahdavidson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
En route to Belfast this morning for the launch of @carnegieuk.bsky.social #LifeInTheUK Index findings. The data highlights the scale of the policy challenge facing the Executive, but we’re encouraged by the overall approach in the draft PfG and its underpinning wellbeing framework.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
NEW: Chancellor Rachel Reeves's cut to the Winter Fuel Payment will push as many as 100,000 pensioners into relative poverty, the UK Government's own analysis has found
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ThriveScotland @thrivescot.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Scotland’s Oil - this load will be refined in China (not Grangemouth). They will add value & sell on. Pic 1 is the tanker Maran Antares arriving (empty) in the Forth early in the week. Pic 2 is the same ship leaving today with a full load. No direct economic or tax revenue to Scotland. Wise Up!
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