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Maureen Pickering

@maureenpickering.bsky.social
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Retired Depute HT, Scottish granny. Wants Scottish Independence for a fairer, more equal society where Scotland’s vast resources are used for the benefit of the people of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, not Westminster. I am a Sovereign Scot and will bow to no monarch. No DMs

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 5h
If Andy Burnham is so determined that he won’t be the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, let’s have a referendum, let the people in Scotland decide, and see who is right.
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jhd1591.bsky.social @jhd1591.bsky.social · 13h
ALT #GetCounted #YesScots #Yes #SNP #ScottishGreens #LabourInScotland #LibDemsInScotland #ConservativesInScotland #TheNational Today’s THE NATIONAL. Get the paper at your paper shop or subscribe online at: thenational.scot
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siobhanwalsh.bsky.social @siobhanwalsh.bsky.social · 13h
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Fresh legal challenge as Orange Order stand-off enters fourth day
FURTHER talks are expected to take place as part of the latest bid to break the Drumcree parade stand-off, which has now entered a fourth day
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Francis @franallan.bsky.social · 16h
And then you spoke out about John Swinney who Represents Scottish Government, as if John knew about you’re Father Passing , did you Really have to have that in your Speech,, Shocking . 🛸👽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 14h
#ScottishIndependence #YouYesNow?
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Blairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 15h
Looks like John Swinney knows exactly what ‘to do’ But Burnham 👇👇
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Jen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jengallso.bsky.social · 12h
Whilst the MSM & Labour are swooning over Burnhams speech, remember this is how every new PM starts - just words, pledges,etc. They they realise they are owned by big businesses & Israel www.thenational.scot/news/2659321...
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Households warned of major energy bill shock as prices set to surge
Household energy bills are forecast to see the biggest hike in four years as experts warned a typical bill could soar by nearly £300 in January
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 14h
With his cheap unfounded shot at John Swinney, he’s another labour fraud.
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Jen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jengallso.bsky.social · 12h
The 1st thing that Starmer did was to punish pensioners with the winter fuel cut, Burnham is about to do the same. Burnham’s plan to change the wages link in the triple lock in a bid to save money to fund a National Care Service would hit pensioners www.thenational.scot/news/2659233...
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Andy Burnham 'will punish pensioners as Keir Starmer did' with triple lock cut
ANDY Burnham is on the edge of making “the same mistake” as Keir Starmer by seeking to “punish pensioners” by axing the triple lock, the SNP…
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Patrick_Woodside🏳️‍🌈 @pjwoodside.bsky.social · 13h
PM Andy Burnham bringing up his father’s passing for sympathy whilst using said persons death to attack FM of Scotland John Swinney that is crass & just shows the levels of desperation unionists will go to in order to maintain their precious Union x.com/pjwoodside/s...
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 12h
'The mistake is treating government finances as though they work like household finances. Households need income or credit before they can spend. A currency-issuing government operates differently.' Richard Murphy
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There is no such thing as taxpayers’ money
Politicians and economic commentators constantly talk about “taxpayers’ money”. In this video, I argue that this phrase fundamentally misrepresents how government spending and taxation work. The conventional story says that the government collects taxes and then uses that money to pay for schools, hospitals, pensions and other public services. I argue...
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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 11h
"I quote that not to seek sympathy nor to criticise John Swinney – I don't think he knew the news at the time, and anyway my dad Roy would have been the first to defend his right to say it. I relay it because I want you to know how it made me feel: utterly determined to prove him wrong."
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Scottish Labour MP and former minister has been branded an “idiot” after saying he would sack half of the NHS managers he’d met 👇
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Row as Scottish Labour MP says he'd sack half the NHS managers he's met
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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J.P.Mullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @buzzbomb11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've got a good idea Burnham why don't you take money off billionaires to pay for social care instead of pensioners
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey at least they weren't holding up signs with hurty words on them or even worse....wearing T- shirts, that would've got them stuck on remand for months.😬🤬
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Catherine Demetriadi @ccdemetriadi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As I essentially wrote elsewhere, this is daylight robbery Scotland and our pensioners. So many people have just posted saying they were crying with joy, listening to Burnham's speech. Good grief. The triumph of hope over experience, and the definition of madness, all wrapped up in utter betrayal.
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's your problem right there John, "let us have another referendum" asking our so called equal partners for permission to have a referendum to possibly end this so called union of equals. #ScottishIndependence
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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allysmith.bsky.social @allysmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a London registered company, they should build them in England, a lot more space down there.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plans have been submitted for an immense data centre campus in Dumfries and Galloway which, if built, would be the largest in the world
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Plans submitted for 'largest data centre campus in the world'
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Melissa Eco Zealot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @melissamary2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ScotRail minimum fare scheme raises more than £400,000 in revenue!
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Dee the KittyServant @mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why did he take the call from John Swinney, if his (Burnham's) father had just died? He clearly had a full conversation with JS, so that tells me, it was BEFORE Burnham knew his father had died, otherwise, the call wouldn't have happened. My GOD I am FUMING at the cynicism of that! FUMING!
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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 22h
Are they bovvered? They probably don't care what rules it breaches as long as it gets them some publicity.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lord steals and throws Owen Jones's microphone in the bin 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2659121...
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Lord steals and throws Owen Jones's microphone in the bin during agonising interview
A MEMBER of the House of Lords has been branded “pathetic” after stealing a journalist’s microphone and putting it in the bin.
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 18h
There goes a belief in human creativity! It costs more for a start. Doesn’t need a lunch break or an annual holiday.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found in the vans that sparked a major security alert near an RAF base used by the US, police have said
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'Quantity of petrol' but no homemade bombs found in vans near RAF base, police say
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is NOT satire. It's a real, actual thing. Scottish Independence is desperately needed, to move Scotland away from these neanderthal poltroons, across the Irish Sea. Can we rename it 'The Scottish Sea'?
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump claims he's officially re-naming Artificial Intelligence to 'Super Intelligence'. Obviously his own intelligence isn't super enough to realise he doesn't own the English language.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Luxembourg the average state pension for 40 years of contributions is nearly 4x higher than in the U.K. Far from being unaffordable the UK State pension is a joke, what is unaffordable is the tax evasion which leaves us with so little money to spend.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An industry body said there has been 'decades of underinvestment' in museums as a new report shows 17% of organisations believe their facility is at risk of closure in the next 12 months
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Stark warning for Scotland's museums as closure risk increases
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 29/09/2026
The rules for MSPs are not complex, and there aren't many. They're explained when they get elected. This is an arrogant "rules don't apply to us" attitude. Our Parliament isn't, and shouldn't become, a political campaign centre for Farage's Reform party. www.thenational.scot/news/2659121...
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Holyrood intervenes after Reform UK breach rules during Nigel Farage visit
REFORM UK have been forced to remove social media content after breaching Scottish Parliament rules during Nigel Farage’s visit to Holyrood ...
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Grahame Walker 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @gw53.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Triple Lock….BAD Multi nationals, millionaires not paying tax…GOOD. People claiming benefits BAD MPs claiming rent, mortgage payments, food, drink and receiving “donations”….GOOD
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There wasn't a social care crisis when local authorities provided the service free of charge. Then Thatcher privatised it and private equity bosses started charging £8000 a month.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 21h
The Daily_Record's political editor paul hutcheon pictured in today's ScottishSun heading off to Joani Reid's home after a meal at Zucca 👇
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My opinion: the proscription of Palestine Action was done almost entirely for political reasons, to sound tough on the issue, without really thinking the consequences through. Another example of Labour thinking like an opposition, not like a government.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 'Catastrophic' new images have exposed the devastating scale of destruction inflicted on Gaza by Israel's genocide Read the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It never stops being important that, no matter what the subject, politicians like Farage, Trump & Rubio are entirely untethered from the most basic requirements of honest discourse. They might turn out to be telling the truth sometimes but only ever in the spirit of stopped clocks.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 22h
Listening to the news this evening a reporter said Burnham would be using money from the triple lock on pensions to fund social care in England and Wales similar to that in Scotland State pensions are reserved so Scottish pensioners are going to lose out 👇
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Dodgyfoo @dodgyfoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a Lord btw......utter prick
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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What an absolute child! This guy is a fkn LORD in The House of Lords, paid £391 PER DAY, with subsidised top of the range food & drink, travel expenses and heaps of other shite. Can't even act like a fkn adult! 😒
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A member of the House of Lords has been branded 'pathetic' after stealing a journalist’s microphone and putting it in the bin
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Lord steals and throws Owen Jones's microphone in the bin during agonising interview
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 22h
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Danny Tommo denied bail and remanded in custody as Tommy Robinson jets off on another luxury holiday searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/the-...
Court image of danny crying
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The National has launched a new debate series looking at some of the most challenging issues facing Scotland today
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Our new debate series kicks off with tricky questions over AI data centre boom
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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What I seek is: Membership of the European Union. Independence for Wales. Independence for Scotland. Reunification of Ireland. I want all that. I hope you do too. I don't think the Labour Party ever will.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23h
Sharon Graham on Newsnight criticises Andy Burnham for going after pensioners instead of putting in place a wealth tax on the rich My view: Sharon Graham asks a valid question. Why is a Labour government going after pensioners instead of a wealth tax on the vast fortunes of those with £10m+?
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