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Scottish, support independence, cats, books, politics, rejoining EU. Love being a granny to my beautiful granddaughters.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A statue of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in Glasgow city centre, nearly 40 years after the city renamed a street in his honour 🙌 In a fitting tribute to the revolutionary and former President of South Africa, the sculpture now stands on a plinth of South African granite on Nelson Mandela Place
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You can tell the Celtic Alliance has got the Unionists rattled as they're promising to present a positive case for the Union again. This time they mean it, no honest, pinky promise. Of course their problem is that it doesn't exist. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/t...
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The positive case for the Union will be along shortly, this time they mean it.
The flag waving We’re not nationalists we’re British brigade are seriously rattled by the Celtic Alliance, although of course they’d never admit to it, they’re currently doi…
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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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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is deeply shocking.
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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Someone was arrested in Scotland yesterday for reading the poem "Don't mention the children" by Michael Rosen, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder. #poetry #Scotland #Gaza
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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
His kids are British, his partner too. What a nasty country we've become. I blame Farage.... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jamaican man who has lived in UK for 26 years facing deportation
Case of Mark Nelson, 46, is one of first since new measures were announced in last week’s immigration bill
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Listen to Anderson. Then reflect that the taxpayer footed the bill.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A few token places on safe and legal routes for refugees cannot in any way mitigate or atone for what this government has done and is doing on asylum or immigration policy. A thread trying to be clear-eyed about this.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Electoral Commission & Commons Authorities have told the Scottish Affairs Committee Murrell didn't embezzle public money but the Committee still wants an investigation into SNP finances. This is an abuse of state power to harass an opposition party. www.thenational.scot/news/2624594...
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'No evidence' Peter Murrell stole public money, watchdogs tell Scottish Labour MP
THERE is “no reason to believe” weaknesses in the system may have allowed Peter Murrell to embezzle public money and “no evidence” he did…
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 01/07/2026
Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...
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LinB @linbuttons.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Tech billionaires are getting richer while we pay the price for the real-world harm their platforms cause. The "neutral host" loophole lets them off the hook for pushing dangerous content. MPs are demanding emergency laws to make them pay. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Sign the urgent petition
Tech billionaires shouldn't get to hide behind a legal loophole while their algorithms push dangerous content for profit. MPs are demanding emergency laws to finally make them liable for the harm they...
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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Well said that man. 👏👏👏
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If you follow me and the dogs all year id love if you could watch this. It’s a once a year thing I do. The only time I ever ask. You can support here happydoggo.com/donate?utm_s...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
As long as the government remains on the fascist enabling X nobody can take anything they say seriously with regards to social media and safety
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Under 16s to be banned from social media, and a white supremacist who fuels riots on our streets, still allowed to run a whole platform.
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow
Photo of a small group of mostly men wearing black, with masks and balaclavas, surrounded by a Police Scotland cordon in the bottom of the photo, in the foreground. In the background, a very large colourful crowd of people with saltires, trade union banners, and hand-made signs in support of migrants and against racism have turned up to gather to show solidarity, and the far right guys were hoping to thwart that. They didn't.
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LinB @linbuttons.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Enough is enough. Elon Musk's latest attempt to whip up violence and disorder in the UK cannot go ignored. The UK Government should immediately remove all it's accounts from X and stop using Musk's platforms. Agree? Sign the petition now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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The UK Government should withdraw from X (formally Twitter)
Enough is enough. Elon Musk's latest attempt to whip up violence and disorder in the UK cannot go ignored. The UK Government should immediately remove all it's accounts from X and stop using Musk's pl...
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Just watch this… And for the love of God, please see Farage for what he is. His response to Sarah Everard Vs his response to Henry Nowak Jaw dropping.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
There’s absolutely no reason for any media outlet to give Farage, or that Goodwin rat, any airtime whatsoever to turn that tragedy into their own racist horrorshow. It’s against the family’s explicit wishes and Farage must not get to swan in and out of studios as he sees fit. Christ what a disgrace.
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Malcolm V Tucker @tuckerslaw.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Dear ScotPol journos, try and remember that the SNP are the victims of Murrell's embezzlement, not the perpetrators. Our thoughts go out to you on this difficult day, finding out that you won't get to breathlessly report on him buying gold plated phoenix quills with party funds, for weeks to come.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Shocked - shocked! - to read ex-head of National Cybersecurity Centre, Ciaran Martin, saying: ‘Senior figures in public life should not make unsubstantiated claims about foreign (especially Russia) hacking against them when something inconvenient comes out’
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I can't remember an election when the press and losing parties were in such furious denial about the result. They're stuck in the first stages of grief, unwilling to accept that Scotland has for the fifth time voted for an SNP govt & pro-indy Parliament. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/l...
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Labour and the British media, stuck in the first stages of grief
They’re not taking it at all well are they. Ever since the SNP handsomely won the Holyrood election, for the fifth time in a row, winning more seats than all the branch office parties combine…
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The final results are in. It's a pro-independence majority of 73. That's the largest number of pro-independence MSPs ever elected to the Scottish Parliament.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
On Thursday get out and vote like your future depends on it, because it does. Round up your independence supporting friends and relatives and nag them into voting. You don't need ID or your polling card, just turn up at your polling station and vote. It's easy.
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We've seen a lot of divisive language and misinformation about people seeking safety lately. This is the reality of claiming asylum and being a refugee in Scotland 👇
Graphic explains that people seeking asylum receive very little money from the government. UK asylum system support covers £9.95 weekly in hotels or £49.18 in self-catered housing.An asylum seeker is someone who has asked for protection in the UK and is waiting for the Home Office to make a decision on their claim. 

A refugee is someone whose claim has been accepted because they have proven they’re at risk of serious harm in their home country. Less than 7,000 people are seeking asylum in Scotland. People seeking asylum do not get priority access to housing or healthcare. People seeking asylum do not live in luxury hotels, they live in cramped hotel rooms with strangers. Infographic explaining why most refugees stay in neighboring countries and the UK hosts less than 1% of the world’s refugees due to connections and language.
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Further to the Fife Council being led by a minority Labour administration and propped up by Tories, LibDems and Reform, a substantial number of Fifers are unaware that this is the case. Some think because the SNP are the largest party that they must control the council! The local media is unionist!🤷‍♀️
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Reform's Ricky Hodges urged "veterans" to put the city's mayor, Sadiq Khan, "in a coma for a long time". Previously said he wanted to shoot people "in the face", and that he would "love to come up against" a group of Labour activists to "take their... limbs off". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hastings Reform UK candidate probed over offensive Facebook posts
Ricky Hodges said on social media that Muslims
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Alan Cummings is spot 🎯
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
New homelessness village opens in South Lanarkshire featuring 15 Nest Houses made by Matt Stevenson’s Ecosystems Technologies. Social Bite founder Josh Littlejohn said: “If you create an environment where people grow in confidence, build relationships it’s the first step in tackling homelessness.”
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Social Bite opens village for homeless people in Rutherglen
Harriet Gardens in Rutherglen will cater for 15 people at a time, with each person staying in a nest home.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Remember that Nigel Farage is Donald Trump's biggest supporter. Remember that Nigel campaigned for Trump and even wants to mimic all his policies. This is the sort of insanity Reform want to bring to the United Kingdom.
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ALT: a group of cartoon characters are standing next to each other and one of them is saying go forth and spread the word
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Glad that Andrew Learmonth has pointed this out. Other media outlets and broadcasters should take their lead from him and make sure that this bogus party doesn’t steal votes from unwitting voters! 👇👇👇
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is a very hard read (the photos alone are heartbreaking) but such important journalism: four parents of the Iran school bombing victims speak about the worst day of their lives. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘Her head was broken’: parents at Iranian school bombed by US describe their worst day
Hours before the world learned that a US missile had hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, parents were already searching the rubble for their sons and daughters. In this exclusive report, four families descr...
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The SNP @snp.org · 29/03/2026
Thank you to all who attended the March and Rally for Independence on Saturday, and those who were watching online. You can be the difference. Join the SNP and get involved in our campaign at www.snp.org/join
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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Today's Scottish independence march in Edinburgh has seen a huge turnout 👇 📸 Colin Mearns
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Fantastic turnout and incredible energy today. Scotland will be independent. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni. They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years. Unprecedented. (📸 Cradle Media)
A photo of Ali and Fatima in their press vests and hats, smiling at the camera with Lebanon in the background
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We are ready! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
🇬🇧 As far as the british parties are concerned, a Scotland that “cannae, isnae, wouldnae, couldnae, shouldnae” is a Scotland that will be forever chained to their union british parties no longer simply put the interests of London & SE England first, they now make Scotland fail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
NEW The US guided missile attack on a school in Minab in Iran looks like a war crime By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
What appears to have happened is that the United States, which fired the guided missile, did not have readily available information that the school was not part of the compound and had not been so since 2016. This fact could be shown by open-source, public-domain information. 

But it appears the US military did not have or use up-to-date information. It relied on out-of-date information instead, and so killed over 100 children during their day at school.


Schools are specifically protected from attacks under international law, as ably set out in this important article by former UK prime minister Gordon Brown. And the US secretary of state Marco Rubio and defence secretary Pete Hegseth have both denied that the school was deliberately targeted (though little weight can perhaps be placed on official government denials of any war crime).

Even if the school was not deliberately targeted as a school, there is still a requirement under international law for an attacker to do what they can to make sure they know what they are attacking. As Professor Janina Dill of the University of Oxford explains, an attacker has to do everything feasible to verify the status of a targeted object. And here it is significant that the weapon of choice was a guided missile: this was a pre-selected target. 

The US government and military accept there is a potential problem here, despite the immediate attempts by President Trump to falsely blame the Iranians themselves.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Children at an Edinburgh hospital painted pebbles for the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo and will be able to watch them choose and present them to their mates via livestream. #SundayMorning
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is what evil states do - torture - mass torture of people in detention. “Israel is systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale “that suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent”.”
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Israel systematically torturing Palestinians in custody, says UN expert
Report by Francesca Albanese says 'torture in detention used on unprecedented scale as punitive collective vengeance'.
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Blairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
‘the car crash that is Reform UK’s list of Scottish candidates must be a welcome distraction for Farage from the even worse car crash that is his party’s manifesto, which looks like it was scrawled in crayon on the back of one of Nigel’s fag packets……
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Eddie Cooper @diamondforyes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him
Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarks
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Despite training almost twice as many doctors per head as England, NHS Scotland still retains a higher percentage but BBC Scotland find one lost in Australia talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/03/16/d...
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Despite training almost twice as many doctors per head as England, NHS Scotland still retains a higher percentage but BBC Scotland find one lost in Australia
BBC Scotland’s insert in BBC Breakfast this morning had the above and online – The bad news was the suggestion that resident doctors in Scotland, despite having settled a pay and condit…
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A couple and their 5 and 7 year old kids… Shot and killed in front of their 2 other kids by the IDF This would be on every front page and condemned by politicians far and wide if the victims has been Israelis And yet when they’re Palestinians… Utterly utterly shameful.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Atrocity upon atrocity. Every detail here is worse than the last. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
NEW: Two senior MOD whistleblowers with inside knowledge of Palantir's systems have come forward to @thenerve.news to say government ministers are ignorant of the grave national security risks the technology poses. Hugely important by @charlienotold.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
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‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security
Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state ...
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