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Maggie Rankin

@maggierankin.bsky.social
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Barenaked ladies obsessed but I’ll probably post about Scottish politics, specifically I support Scottish independence because I Believe In Scotland. I’ve already found love. No thanks.

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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🟦 The First Ministers of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have come together to demand their nations’ right to choose. ✍️ Will you? Sign the Petition now: www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
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Poodle (Scottish Independence 4 me) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇦 @poodle19631.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've signed, have you? www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
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Don't Let Andy Burnham Block Our Indyref Mandate
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This exact thing crossed me mind too…
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Sign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!
Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b...
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Manchesterism" is the UK's new big thing. Unemployment in Manchester 6.5% Unemployment in Scotland 4.3% Child poverty in Manchester 37% Child poverty in Scotland 21% But Manchester DOES have loads of empty luxury flats. Seems the UK needs less Manchesterism and more ScotGov.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Eluned Morgan, Labour first minister in Wales has lost her seat. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all now have govts which reject Westminster rule. In a normal country that would provoke a constitutional crisis, but in the UK the Labour govt and London centric media will try and ignore it.
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Paul @endthecaste.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
THIS perfectly describes most of today’s media bias and failure!
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Is the world really going to have to suffer WW3 because the USA can’t impeach a president?
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
So if reform win the Scottish election, they’ll reduce the size and powers of the parl. They think their English masters are better at running things. Don’t forget, it’s common for Scot to be governed from WM by parties it didn’t vote for. Why would you vote to have your political influence reduced?
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Anas Sarwar’s call for the PMs resignation is telling. He sees benefits from his “Scottish” party breaking ties with the UK party but fails to see the parallels with Scottish independence, where many of us believe being free of the union will allow us to flourish. Maybe even “Scottish” labour too .
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Scots Abroad for Scottish Independence @scotsabroadforindy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/09/2025
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/06/2025
On the anniversary of the referendum, shall we discuss the effect on the economy? The lives of EU citizens in the UK and Brits in the EU? Northern Ireland? European security? Britain's global reputation? Nah. Let's talk about how it affected Gove's marriage.😱~AA #BrexitMemorial
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Good Morning Britain
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Sarah Vine's new memoir delves into the fallout from the toxic Brexit campaign, including the impact it had on her marriage and friendships.

@WestminsterWAG
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 04/04/2025
Seems that, especially for younger voters, Westminster's infamous Powergrab of Scotland's devolved powers is either forgotten or unknown. Perhaps this brief summary of the history may prove useful, though since this was designed the overruling of Holyrood by Westminster has got MUCH worse.
A simple history of Scottish devolved powers and how Westminster has systematically stripped them from Scotland even though 74% of voters voted for them.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Looks like the president of the United States has been taking advice on how to run an economy from Liz Truss… She’ll be delighted we’re talking about their crash, and not hers!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Janey nailed it
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Accurate holographic posters about Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Nigel Farage wants to get rid of the NHS and replace it with US Health Insurance which would be 4x more expensive and worse in every way. Except for the £600bn a year profit for him and his mates.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
That was quite a promise that he made. Then broke.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I remember my mum saying 35 years ago, the world has gone mad. I must ask her what she thinks about it now…
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Nomad Matt @nomadmatt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute. Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“How much has this stunt cost, the helicopters, the police, council arrangements, how much do you think that might have cost? Like the royals or not “They are a symbol and an expression of total desperation & this is publicity stunt for an English monarch.” www.thenational.scot/news/2486293...
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'The cheek of him': People of Alloa react to King Charles visit to food bank
THE National asked the people of Alloa what they thought about King Charles' visit to a food bank and community centre in the town.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It's very obvious now that the only capital investments Westminster will make in Scotland are those which boost the extraction of Scottish resources. It's almost as though they expect us to become independent & are trying to squeeze as much out of us as they can before we leave.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Is Michael Shanks MP going to speak out against today's betrayal of waspi women or will his careerism win out again? File that under - Questions we already know the answer to.
Michael Shanks, Labour MP for Rutherglen & Hamilton West campaigning with Waspi women.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda. For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
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Dean Craddock @dean5150.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Pretty much.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Independence is normal www.businessforscotland.com/why_scottish...
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Why Scottish businesses are paying the highest energy costs in the world
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
If you think Nigel farage and Jeremy clarkson have the interests of the farmers at the heart of their actions, I have some tap water to sell you.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
For those who have been looking and haven’t found them @believeinscotland.bsky.social are here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Ugh. Just look at this band of v dismal Tories, grabbing the stage at the farmers’ “rally”. The same people who limited our rights to protest, betrayed farmers with their Brexit lies and then shafted them with their idiotic replacement trade deals. A photo op of pure hypocrisy and bullshit concern.
Photo of Chris Philp, Esther Mcvey, Victoria Atkins, Kemi Badenoch, Helen Whatley and Priti Patel at the farmers protest, all grinning.
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Shaniqs Dad @shaniqsdad.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Now Anas Sarwar says he will “reinstate” the winter fuel payments. Yet here is Anas Sarwar just last month voting AGAINST reversing the winter fuel cuts! This is simply another lie from Sarwar and Labour trying to bribe voters for the future Scottish election after their ratings have dropped.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Brilliant gig tonight at the o2 academy in Glasgow. Rag n bone man. As my sister said, he could sing the phone book and it’d sound good!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
40% of UK Farmland is owned by billionaires. Now you know why they are so angry it will be taxed.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If the UK government are for growth and recovering the economy, why are they not even considering the customs union and the single market? I don’t get it. Well I do. It’s political and for the party interests, not for the interests of the people. They need to be asked about it. Repeatedly.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social is here now. I’m happy now all my favs are present and correct ✔️
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It’s lovely to scroll down my timeline and see posts from people I actually follow. Sharing musings, having a little back and forth. Not a blue tick in sight. Just people sharing, not trying to provoke or trigger people. Nice one Bluesky.
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Thanks for the follows folks. I’ve been on threads for a year and I already have double the follows I had on there, in 12 hours! I’m looking forward to the political musings and insights from you all. I’m not averse to the odd cat photo either! 😉
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Esther @estlaird.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
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Maggie Rankin @maggierankin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Recent refugee from Twitter. It appears that more of those I followed on there are here as opposed to Threads. Interested in Scottish politics, particularly the case for Scottish independence (non partisan). Also love live music/theatre. Give me a follow is what I post might interest you 👍
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