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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This appointment tells you everything you need to know about the BBC.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @themadscot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You all need to watch this shit they are turning into monsters down south
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sure, have a preference for the Union. Argue and provide evidence it’s beneficial to all. Make emotional pleas for it, through ideas of Britishness or even just of better togetherness. No probs. But denial of a democratic right to self-determination is an abomination on principles way above that.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
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Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
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reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Different Nations, different values, on very different political journeys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Polling analysis by ‘The National’ on support for Scottish independence The sad effect of a lifetime of Gaslighting of our elderly : 16-24yrs : 59.1% YES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 17.5% NO🇬🇧 25-34yrs : 64.3% YES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 35-44yrs : 58.8% YES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 45-54yrs : 50.5% YES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 55-64yrs : 54.5% NO🇬🇧 36.4% YES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 >64yrs : 64.3% NO🇬🇧 28.9% YES🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Bill Drees @billdrees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The grossly stupid negotiations tactics of Westminster/Whitehall are a threat to the people in Britain. 10 yrs after Brexit and they are heading backwards. What’s going on?
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve added more data looking at Yes support among those who didn’t vote in the 2014 #indyref. It has climbed from just over 50% in 2018 to 70% this month. Worth also noting that, while in 2018 this group made up just 4% of voters, they now make up around 27%.
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William Brown 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @brown666w.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes and include his child killing friends in Israel.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Decommissioning #Scotland #Douraey #nuclear reactor still holds close to 1,000 uranium elements that swelled and jammed in place. Crews cut just 30 free last year ... www.autonocion.com/us/dounreay-...
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A 135-foot steel ball on the Scottish coast is getting rusty spots painted over even though it's slated for demolition, because the reactor inside still holds close to 1,000 uranium elements that swel...
So it's a little funny that the government-owned company cleaning up the old Dounreay nuclear site, on the far north coast of Scotland, went looking for a
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2 stats from the previous Norstat #indyref2 poll in May that should make unionist teeth chatter: Unweighted figures: ➡️ Yes 60%, No 40% Those who did not vote in 2014: ➡️ Yes 70%, No 30% That’s why weighting is so important.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My latest blog piece. Illiberal and undemocratic, the Lib Dem, Labour and Reform UK approach to indyref2 was starkly revealed in Tuesday's Holyrood debate on the ScotGov motion asserting the right of the people of Scotland to determine Scotland's future. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/i...
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Illiberal and undemocratic, the Lib Dem and Labour approach to indyref2
I don’t normally mention the Lib Dems in a blog piece, for much the same reason that I don’t mention the Monster Raving Loony Party, because they’re irrelevant, although unlike th…
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While we might disagree on independence, surely we can all agree that Scotland is a nation, and its people have the right to decide their future. That is the simple principle I’m asking all MSPs in the Scottish Parliament to vote for today.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🇬🇧 Andy Burnham : “I’m not aware of a majority of public support for another Scottish referendum, and that “until that changes there won’t be one” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Ian Charles @iancharles007.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I might be more inclined to take this #BrexitDisaster apologist seriously if he paid tax here. As it is he can FUCKRITEOFF 😡
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nod--64.bsky.social @nod--64.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The "secret oil field" producing oil which Scots were told would be all gone by 2019. And bootlicking housejocks are happy for Scotland to be bled dry. #YouYesYet #IndyRef2
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just hours after being branded a 'ghetto' by a Reform politician, Glasgow’s Govanhill has been named the fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world
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Glasgow’s Govanhill named fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bravery.
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Top news stories on the BBC Wales and BBC Scotland websites at the moment:
Westminster's time is coming to an end, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish leaders sayFather and son jailed for dragging 'terrified' police officer along road
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Burnham knew this would be the result of dropping his pledge to cap political donations, but he did it anyway. Labour are determined to midwife a Reform government, like plenty of other centrist parties before them whose weakness paved the way for right wing extremists.
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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That's why Scotland wants out, but we are shackled to a corrupt English government 😒 #Scottishindependence
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We only went and won it (again) Democracy for Sale specialist newsletter of the year at the Future of the Media awards @lucasamin.bsky.social @jennacorderoy.bsky.social @isabelleroughol.com Thanks so much to all our supporters. If you don’t subscribe, do! 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For the first time since 2014, a British Prime Minister has accepted that a referendum should take place when there is majority support for independence, as is the case in Northern Ireland. I have written to him to discuss how we turn that principle into a legal mechanism.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two more sleeps before Matt Shea for Channel 4 dispatches blows the lid on Tommy Ten Names. Don't forget to tune in to Channel 4 Wednesday night at 10pm. We will share any external links we get for those who cannot view the channel in their country Stock up on the 🍿folks.
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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A tommy robinson type demanding to speak to the home secretary "or else...". Are they panicking because small boat crossings are down nearly 50% on the previous year..or is there simply a surplus of cocaine available in England at the moment?
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you have an Irish passport you don't actually need a UK passport. It is very much the dream passport for entry to, living & working - no time limits, no visa - in any EU/EFTA country... *&* in UK.
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Paul_R 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @paulr-32.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This could be NI, Wales and Scotland if we weren't being dragged down by the neoliberalism fixation of WM. Celtic Tiger economies await. We just need to grab the initiative, declare independence/reunification and rejoin the EU.
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nod--64.bsky.social @nod--64.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Free Palestine. #Fuckisrael #israeliWarCrimes
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God @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026
Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.”
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Gary @huitcent.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A reminder bsky.app/profile/andy...
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If MI5 and SO15 were aware of the operation being planned, then they clearly either chose not to inform Kent Police and withheld vital operational information needed for adequate policing.* OR If they were unaware, which indicates a massive intelligence failure, undermining UK national security.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Anti-apartheid protesters climb the goalposts during South Africa's rugby match against a North of Scotland District side in Aberdeen in 1969. 96 protesters were each charged £15, with their fines being paid by John Lennon.
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You have to be really unenlightened, to still be against Scottish Independence, in 2026. We're getting taken for Mugs. Scotland and England AREN'T #bettertogether.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
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Chrissy @chrissysea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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