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Retired. Cyclist, curler. Support independence for Scotland.

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Disabilities don't have an Age limit
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rory Stewart has popped up to tout his 'Middleland' bollocks again, so it's a good time to publish a revised version of a blog piece published in April 2014 when the BBC gave him a two part documentary airing his thesis casting doubt on Scottish identity. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/01/h...
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Hysterical history revisited
This is a revised version of a piece first published on this blog way back in April 2014, but I’ve republished it as it has become relevant again. Former Tory MP and erstwhile Conservative le…
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest blog piece. Support for Reform may have declined in recent polling and its problems with its sleazy financing are only just beginning, but with the rise of the vile fascists of Restore, the threat from the far right remains acute. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The threat to Scotland from the British far right remains urgent
I’m still struggling to walk following the recent fall and have developed a massive bruise on my left leg. Due to the pain I’m not sleeping well, but things are definitely going in the …
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mr Burnham.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I used to like Andy Burnham, but it turns out he’s an absolute 🔔🔚 🇬🇧 As uk PM, Burnham regards himself as Overlord of the Celtic Fringe Regions, and that it’s for him to determine their constitutional future, and not the plebs of those britannic territories 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Langspoon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @langspoon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nor me.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OPINION TODAY featured podcast: Stewart Lee and @aiannucci.bsky.social look at how President Trump's media ban might play out, and if the Democrats have finally landed on a decent attack line on 'The Trump Crime Family.' (Strong Message Here) opiniontoday.substack.com/i/217211171/...
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Whoever controls drug laws in Scotland is wholly responsible for every single death attributed to drug misuse. Failed policies fail our nation. A failed union continues to handicap Scotland. #ScottishIndependence
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you're advocating dismantling the triple lock on British state pensions rather than greater taxation on the super-rich or rejoining the EU then you I'm afraid are part of the problem in this country no matter how liberal you might pretend to be. You're just another cosy middle-class useful idiot.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 22/09/2026
Democracy isn't a one time event. So why do unionist politicians keep telling the people Scotland, that they can't have a say on Scotland's future?
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Mental Mechanics of Mister McKenna. If this is how badly the SNP performs with limited devolved powers, why would you entrust them with full independence?”👇
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Unelected branch manager.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 18/09/2026
Remarkable article. A unionist in 🇬🇧 The Guardian arguing why 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland wanting to regain independence is entirely logical and reasonable. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK | Simon Jenkins
It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An oil-producing nation with no refinery. An exporting nation with no shipping routes. An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid. Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi... Thanks for bearing with me. Ends/
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Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: p...
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Kim Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇺 @kimmarshall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Beautifully expressed.
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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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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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David 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🇯🇴🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌍 @metta2u.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Everything about #israel should be boycotted. Communications, economy. Sport, arms.. everything. They are an #apartheid regime engaged in #ethniccleansing and the world needs to isolate Israel for war crimes dating back 70 years. #idf #warcrimes www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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IDF soldier filmed shooting Palestinian in leg amid West Bank settler standoff
Incident is latest to raise questions over Israel’s ability or willingness to stop violent settlers in occupied territory
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Greg Moodie @gregmoodie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Following John Swinney's request for talks on the question of Scottish independence, Andy Burnham and his special adviser had to choose their words carefully when drafting a reply. It's this week's cartoon, you lucky devils. gregmoodie.com/dear-john/
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Dear John
Prime Minister Andy Burnham appeared to lay down the conditions for a second Scottish independence referendum by saying the situation was the same as in Northern Ireland, where the Good Friday agreeme...
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hmcghel.bsky.social @hmcghel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
youtu.be/UO3OwD3ZY9Q?... OUR SCOTLAND OUR WATER OUR OIL OUR GAS OUR RENEWABLE ENERGIES OUR EVERYTHING .. BEING STOLEN by ❌FOREIGN English Colonialist Gov/👑/Estab❌👎 & A CAPTURED 'snp' HIERARCHY DOING0️⃣BUT 🙇🙇‍♀️ FOREIGN English Colonialist PILLAGING/PLUNDERING/THIEVING Gov/👑/Estab FAILING in THEIR 1/
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American Reacts to 15 Incredible Geography Facts About Scotland That Will Blow Your Mind
YouTube video by Neal UK Reactions
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My latest blog piece, Burnham's admission that the trigger for a Scottish indyref should be the same as the trigger for a reunification referendum in Northern Ireland as set out in the Good Friday Agreement is the first crack in the constitutional dam. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/b...
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Burnham’s crack in the constitutional dam
In PMQs on Wednesday, Andy Burnham was asked by SNP MP Chris Law about the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and the trigger for an Irish unification referendum, and after Burnham stated that he was awar…
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My latest blog piece: BBC Scotland's educational F grade. In its rush to present another SNPbad/ScotGov is failing story, BBC Scotland is failing its viewers & listeners by omitting vital information about the Pisa rankings on which it has based its story. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/b...
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BBC Scotland’s educational F grade
BBC Scotland’s latest ‘Scotland is shite’ story is to tell us that Scottish educational performance has fallen behind that of England. This finding is based on Pisa rankings. Howe…
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'By failing Grangemouth and attacking ScotWind, Westminster is turning what should be a high-value industrial revolution into an extracted commodity. Proving once again that the current unionist framework cannot deliver a Just Transition.' Believe in Scotland
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Nothing for Grangemouth from the UK Gov - and a kick in the teeth for ScotWind - Business for Scotland
Where is the £200 million the UK Labour government promised to invest in Grangemouth to bring new green jobs? It has not materialised and nor has the considered market framework needed to create a sustainable aviation fuel hub there. More evidence that Scotland’s just transition to renewable energy is just not a priority for the UK comes with the attack on ScotWind, Scotland's offshore wind programme. The UK is deliberately damaging its potential for success. Onlookers have to ask if this is because the prospect of Scotland capturing more of the value chain of its own resources would threaten the extractive model of the British state and London’s political power over Scotland?
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Langspoon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @langspoon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/09/2026
It's been clear for many many years that 🇬🇧 British governments have no interest in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland beyond self-interest. At least Burnham is honest about it.
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Greg Moodie @gregmoodie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Here's a brand new cartoon about the idiot Scottish branch manager of Reform UK, Malcolm Offord, who claimed that Scotland has 3 million unemployed. Please share widely, as this level of stupidity is rare. gregmoodie.com/the-trouble-...
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The Trouble With Work
Idiot Reform UK branch manager Malcolm Offord claimed that Scotland had 3 million unemployed.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My latest blog piece The smokiest of smoking guns, Channel 4 and Verbatim's undercover operation to expose Reform UK's dodgy finances is devastating to Farage whose existing problems with investigations into his finances have just got exponentially worse. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/t...
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The smokiest of smoking guns
If there are smoking guns, Channel 4 and Verbatim’s undercover sting on Reform UK is a slow motion video of the bullet exiting the barrel and hitting its target. If you haven’t seen the…
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Been feeling this a lot today! Have appeared everywhere from France 24 and Times Radio to Radio Scotland and 5 Live (twice!) talking about Reform’s funding scandal Would have struggled to do that from Reform conference if they hadn’t banned me!!
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Iranian Embassy in Zimbabwe posted this brilliant video: “American democracy every four years”.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without sounding our own horn, or disparaging an excellent piece, a lot of this was reported two months ago by @nafeez.bsky.social on @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
BBC Scotland’s bias against the SNP and independence has been 'ramped up to hysterical levels' in recent months, Paul Kavanagh writes ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My latest blog post. Marra and Fagan's inability to give a coherent answer on the question of the trigger for an independence referendum shows how inept and incompetent they are. And you thought Sarwar was over-promoted? weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/t...
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The branch office’s stagnant talent puddle
The Labour party in Scotland has got itself into a hopeless mess on the topic of another independence referendum. Actually, that previous sentence could just have stopped at the word mess. The two …
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
'As international aid is scaled back, resilience is rapidly eroded and vulnerability grows. It only takes a disaster like that in ­Nepal to push some nations’ capacity to respond beyond breaking point.' David Pratt, via The National archive.is/ko7wl
Women viewing photographs of bodies recovered after the floods, displayed outside Maharajgunj Medical Campus, where unidentified bodies are being taken, on August 29 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 01/09/2026
The BBC's assault on Glasgow should concern everyone in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland. The city is collateral damage just as everything in Scotland is when it comes to Westminster politics. The constant caricaturing of Scotland as inferior, a mess, and in permanent crisis needs to be called out. (MSM Monitor)
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Langspoon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @langspoon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake America
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What kind of half-assed convoluted illogical gibberish is this? Brown wants Irish unity but opposes Scottish independence. The two are essentially the same. You either support self-determination for all or for no one. It’s daft biased nonsense that really isn’t worth reporting apart from to laugh at
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Anne Roberts @anneroberts54.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I fail to understand why anyone continues to support Israel.
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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Defund Israel. An Israeli occupation soldier recorded a video showing the destruction that US-Israeli genocide has caused to Gaza. Not a single structure is left standing. The world must never forget.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Well, you know what to do then, America - get on with it please
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
☘️🇪🇺 Irish politicians are punching back at democracy denying, Unionist Fundamentalist, Andy Burnham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 Scottish politicians must now do the same
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Eddie Cooper @diamondforyes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If anyone hasn't seen this documentary, I would recommend you give it a watch. This is not an isolated case, there are thousands of places that have been contaminated by people who have ran away from the consequences. None of us are Michael Sheen, but try to be www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Michael Sheen hopes reaction to toxic waste documentary spurs action
Dozens of people contacted BBC Wales following coverage of Sheen's investigation into chemical giant Monsanto.
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