Reposted by Carol McNamaraRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Hey proud Unionist “Scots”, fishing licenses in *Scottish* waters granted by LABOUR “UK” GOVT: Scottish Fishermen 0 English Fishermen 29 Everything Scotland has is stolen & the wealth extracted @Torcuil Better Together eh? Labour MPs so proud of shafting our country. x.com/hamill2086jo...x.comJohn Hamill (@Hamill2086John) on X29 licences were issued to fish in Scottish waters and Scotland didn’t get one. The fish caught in Scotland contributes to England’s GDP. No wonder they tell us Scotland is too poor. 11311
Reposted by Carol McNamara𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain. 2014169223375
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Now that I can see again, here's my latest blog piece. Despite no interest from the Murrell obsessed media in Scotland, we need to know who commissioned an Israeli company to run a campaign of election interference in the Holyrood election. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/t...weegingerdug.wordpress.comThe world’s crappiest whodunnitI’ve had my cataract operation, the op was a couple of days early as there was a cancellation. The recovery period is four weeks, but I already notice a massive improvement in my eyesight. Th… 48455
Reposted by Carol McNamaraEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Palantir is worse than you could possibly imagine. Richard Sanders of Double Down News, speaks with Carole Cadwalladr. Follow this link for the full discussion: youtu.be/6H7VOoFwDtU?... 47041
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A party standing for an indyref which won more seats than the anti-indy parties combined, and another party standing for an indyref which won more seats than the Lib Dems have no right to talk about independence, says man who is neither liberal nor democratic. www.thenational.scot/news/2609840...thenational.scotAlex Cole-Hamilton says John Swinney has 'no right' to discuss independenceALEX Cole-Hamilton has claimed John Swinney does not have "any right” to talk about the constitution after losing MSPs at Holyrood. 1715891
Reposted by Carol McNamaraBallot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 12/05/2026Between IGV robbing the real Greens of an MSP again and the continued failure of everyone bar a hobbyist (c'est moi) to properly report on half the votes cast in the election, a real reminder of how unfit for purpose so much of Scotland and the UK's legal and media infrastructure around elections is 013758
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The end of the UK is nigh. The Celtic nations will ally to finish the union The old-style politics of Tory and Labour is over, and with it the union they defend. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will not stick around to see Farage become Prime Minister My @heraldscotland.bsky.social columnheraldscotland.com'Nigel Farage will finish the Union'The Labour/Tory duopoly is collapsing and with it the political system. The future is a battle of nationalisms between Reform, SNP, Sinn Fein and… 19276111
Carol McNamara @missallot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026“The real question is whether the movement can evolve quickly enough to meet a political landscape that is changing faster than it is.” #ScottishIndependence indyreboot.substack.com/p/britain-is...indyreboot.substack.comBritain Is Changing Faster Than the Independence MovementA Victory That Didn’t Feel Like One 000
Reposted by Carol McNamaraThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11/05/2026BREAKING: The Scottish Greens have demanded that the head of the Electoral Commission resign after it refused to investigate the far-right "party" Independent Green Voice 21441176
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 11/05/2026All Starmer did today in his big speech which was supposed to reset his leadership and save his feadership was to prove how out of his depth he is. He needed to show vision, passion, & an emotional connection. Instead it was like listening to the adenoidal recital of a cleaning products catalogue. 18633
Reposted by Carol McNamaraGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026SNP high flyer Mairi McAllan asked about reasons for Scottish independence cited as one reason Thatcher's poll tax. This was imposed on Scotland in 1989; McAllan was born in 1993. Maybe the SNP need some new stories abt Scotland & indy rather than going on abt Thatcherism. 4111
Reposted by Carol McNamaraAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 10/05/2026UK politics is English politics, and the British media reflects this. But broadcasting isn't devovled - so that bias is all we get in Scotland. In Scotland, the largest party (the SNP) got only 2.9% of broadcast mentions on the media we're forced to receive. www.datawrapper.de/_/fswmt/datawrapper.deUK Broadcast Mentions | Created with DatawrapperGrouped by Party Base and Party. 2025 figures. 36451
Reposted by Carol McNamaraGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Well, this gave me eyes an unexpected leak!.... 2167
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Reform, ladies and gentlemen. There is no level too low. If they ever take power people will die Wake the fuck up before it’s too latethecanary.coSunderland Reform councillor David Barker beat up his girlfriend and abused childSo much more than a slip-up in vetting, Reform UK are allowing these men to run because they don't see anything wrong with what they did 612987
Reposted by Carol McNamaraGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026John Swinney has stated he will bring a vote on Section 30 for #indyref2 in HR after yesterdays SNP/Green majority win. The unprecedented Cardiff, Belfast, and Edinburgh triskele for Independence facilitates forward momentum on the issue.... 1918473
Reposted by Carol McNamaraBallot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 09/05/2026Hello @devolvedelections.bsky.social do I get a physical medal with this or is it just the intense feeling of satisfaction? Beyond chuffed that Ballot Box Scotland, a labour of love hobby project by Some Random Nerd, was more accurate than every single Holyrood MRP. Say it with me: NO MORE MRPs! 1130059
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The anti-independence parties received millions in bribes (sorry, 'donations') to pay for all those annoying social media ads featuring Anas Sarwar. They had the backing of almost all the press & the BBC pumping out an unceasing torrent of propaganda, & they still failed. No wonder they're raging. 818189
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Channel 4 News is generally the best of a bad bunch in UK news broadcasting but it was odd in their report on the Scottish and Welsh elections today that they said Plaid and SNP had failed to win majorities but didn't say both countries use PR systems which make majorities almost impossible. 2321093
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Everything you need to know about the moral vacuum at the heart of Labour. The party deserves its agonising death ‘A former Scottish Labour MP has taken up a job as an adviser to Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord’heraldscotland.comFormer Scottish Labour MP takes up job as adviser to Reform's Malcolm OffordFormer Glasgow South West MP Ian Davidson has become an adviser to Reform UK’s Malcolm Offord. After 60 years in Labour, the veteran Eurosceptic… 1013676
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/05/2026SNP got 38.2% of constituency votes, higher than the 32.2% for Labour in the Westminster general election that gave it a Commons landslide. Higher than the 35.3% Labour got in Scotland in 2024. But the SNP victory is a 'fluke' that means the system needs changed while Starmer has a mandate. 618197
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Some initial thoughts on the SNP's historic fifth election victory, the record Scottish Green performance, the highest ever pro-indy majority in Holyrood and the gracelessness of the Scottish press who with Labour and the Tories are the big losers. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/05/09/m...weegingerdug.wordpress.comMission (almost) accomplishedOriginally I had intended to blog yesterday as the results came in, but they arrived later than I had expected and we did not have the certainty that the new Scottish Parliament would have a pro-in… 39466
Reposted by Carol McNamaraColin Dunn 🏴 @indyposterboy.scot · 09/05/2026The SNP has won 83% of Holyrood’s constituency seats, with more MSPs than all the unionist parties combined. The SNP and Scottish Greens together hold 73 seats, a record pro-indy majority. If that’s not a mandate to hold an independence referendum, what is? #Scotland #ScotlandsRightToChoose 39052
Reposted by Carol McNamaraThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/05/2026NEW: The SNP and the Greens have a joint 'mandate to deliver' a second vote on independence, Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer has insistedthenational.scotGreens and SNP have ‘mandate to deliver’ second independence vote, Ross Greer insists 621696
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Why must Scotland be treated differently? In any other nation, a majority of seats is enough. But Scotland must be made to jump higher, beg louder No more 910332
Reposted by Carol McNamaraThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Many people seem non-plussed as to why Sir Keir Starmer is detested quite as much as he is. I have some ideas. 🧵 129138
Reposted by Carol McNamaraD Mcguire @dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Bernard speaking the Truth here about Westminster !! Westminster doesn't want Scotland to have a voice as that would mean losing all Scotland's Wealth and resources they have been helping themselves to for years ! The time⏰ is coming for the Thistle,Daffodil and Shamrock to grow tall together ! 0184103
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The Labour Party and the Tory Party are the mother and father of the new British far-right. Their failures and cruelties birthed Reform and made their bigotries acceptable in the eyes of millions. Hell mend them for that. The two parties will be damned in the history books as failures and scoundrels 417258
Carol McNamara @missallot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The SNP has won 877,077 constituency votes and 589,843 regional votes - by far the highest totals in Scotland - yet appears to have won ZERO regional seats (so far). Reform UK has 365,231 regional votes and 15 list seats. At some point the SNP needs to confront how AMS functions in practice. 2269
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Scottish people have spoken … and now Westminster will ignore our voice A pro-independence majority will be elected once again in the Scottish Parliament. And once again, London will deny a referendum This is a democratic outrage and it must be resisted My @heraldscotland.bsky.social columnheraldscotland.comThe people have spoken – there will be a pro-indy majority but it will be ignoredScotland faces another pro-independence Holyrood majority, yet another referendum remains impossible - trapping democracy in constitutional limbo. 25472194
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Badenoch says there’s “signs of renewal” in the Tory vote, and she’s “very proud” of the result?! She’s getting her arse kicked almost as badly as Starmer. The woman is an absolute clown, completely detached from reality and common-sense. I can’t wait to see the regicidal Tories get rid of the eejit 5527
Reposted by Carol McNamaraweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/05/2026BBC is reporting that turn out is projected to be around 60% in the Holyrood election. Higher than usual for Scottish elections. The Scottish Greens look like they've done very well. The SNP is confident it has taken Shetland and done well in Aberdeen. The Greens seem to have taken Edinburgh Central 97022
Carol McNamara @missallot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026England is lost to toy town fascism. Time for Scotland and Wales to leave them to lie in the bed they made. 020
Reposted by Carol McNamaraFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Pete Hegseth says that Iran is the aggressor Even though the Strait of Hormuz was open before the US an Israel attacked Iran Also, "Iran's plan, a form of international extortion, is unacceptable" Aren't Trump's tariffs a form of international extortion? 28428
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 05/05/2026So the message from the Reform Party is: “Build concentration camps but not where I live” … is that right? These Farage Camps are basically far-right extremism wrapped up in a very British suburban ’not in my backyard’ hypocrisy and cruelty Contemptible. The party and its voters are loathsome 512542
Reposted by Carol McNamaraThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Reform UK have been condemned after announcing they will place 'migrant detention facilities' in constituencies with Scottish Green MSPs if they form the next UK Government thenational.scotReform UK blasted over plan to ‘build migrant detention centres in Green MSP seats’ 74334
Reposted by Carol McNamaraThe Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 01/05/2026None of the mainstream 'news' outlets expressing such horror at Zack Polanski's intervention are airing the actual video of police repeatedly kicking an incapacitated man in the head, choosing instead to show speeded-up bodycam footage in which the brutality can't be seen. Why is that, I wonder...? 65441
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 01/05/2026A national emergency has not been declared after a Muslim woman was targeted in a hit and run in South London. As she is the wrong type of victim, media coverage is to be kept minimal. There will be no suggestion the UK has become unsafe for Muslims. Thank you for your attention. 8373160
Reposted by Carol McNamaraGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Political donations make a mockery of democracy, and the government's solutions are hopeless. Here's a really simple means of fixing it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comPolitical donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George MonbiotAs revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot 27765333
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The grotesque politicisation of history must end. In Scotland, historical displays in publicly-owned train stations riddled with inaccuracies and propaganda are being used to promote the union. The past is being bastardised to support the causes of the present My @heraldscotland.bsky.social columnheraldscotland.com'Oh dear, Gleneagles, I've never heard such unionist drivel about Robert the Bruce'With public displays claiming that Robert the Bruce was the head of a ‘Scottish independence party’, our Writer at Large Neil Mackay says… 127035
Carol McNamara @missallot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026United States of Israel www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbgO...youtube.comUnited States of Israel | New LEGO Video from IRANYouTube video by AI IRAN 012
Reposted by Carol McNamaraGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power. 14770062490
Reposted by Carol McNamara Louise @louiseplease.bsky.social · 20/04/2026If this isn’t insanity I don’t know what is. 631870542
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 19/04/2026Elon Musk says universal high income will combat AI job losses, but failing that, his preferred option would be to acquire the AI systems they use in Gaza to help him hunt workers for sport. 48420
Reposted by Carol McNamaraRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026This is the reason the stock market is completely disconnected from the real economy. 20745661783
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 19/04/2026In a stunning admission, Sir Keir Starmer has revealed he had absolutely no clue he was prime minister when his old friend Peter Mandelson was appointed as ambassador to the US, last year. www.normalisland.co.uk/p/keir-starm...normalisland.co.ukKeir Starmer says he had no idea he was prime minister when Peter Mandelson was hired as ambassadorIn a stunning admission, Sir Keir Starmer has revealed he had absolutely no clue he was prime minister when his old friend Peter Mandelson was appointed as ambassador to the US, last year. 925380
Reposted by Carol McNamaraNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 17/04/2026Israel bombed an ambulance in Lebanon, and then bombed paramedics that came to the rescue, and then bombed more paramedics that came to the rescue again. What do you mean, you don't support triple taps? Are you some kind of antisemite? 12320133
Reposted by Carol McNamaraGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026As people get postal votes for the Scot Parl election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the real Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation. 696104
