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Moragdh

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Supporter of Independence for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Born in Edinburgh, live in the Borders

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Almost half of Scots would back the Scottish Government declaring independence without a referendum or Westminster's permission, according to a new poll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 What do you think?
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Abbeyhill railway station, Edinburgh. Closed in 1964 by the British Railways Board along with Piershill, Portobello, Joppa and Musselburgh stations when the Musselburgh branch service was withdrawn.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Scotland saw a 74% increase in the value of equity investment into smaller businesses in 2025, even as the overall UK market dipped by 4% – what it means, why it’s kind of good
From the Scotsman today, above. What is equity investment, some of you and I ask? Equity investment means putting money into a company in exchange for ownership shares (equity) in that business.Sim…
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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Regaining our independence is the ultimate goal. What we choose to do with it is up to us. Without it, we're already being pulled down in the same direction as a Trumpian America. Now is the time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Scots human rights group winning UN recognition again reflects nearly two decades of SNP values in action but no credit given again
Perhaps predictably, TFN (Third force News) uses an image of the UK human rights legislation rather than an example of one of the more ambitious Scottish Government initiatives to promote human rig…
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Tosh @noracists.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I’m amazed by the fact that a large portion of the public are still taken in by the rhetoric of the architect of Brexit. He now claims he will put right the issues caused by the very thing he cultivated and they lap it up.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/05/2026
Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.
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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Brexit was not an event, it is a process. An ongoing, cumulative, toxic process. A cancer gnawing at the fabric of society. ”Peak Brexit” will be during 2040s-50s. By then London will be pounding on Brussels’s door begging to be let in. Once back in, the whole cycle will begin again. So, no.
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Hoody McExtremist @hoodyindy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The SNP should include an amendment to first hold an inquiry into how Scottish taxpayers are funding Palantir's takeover of the English government, following English Labour's Mandelson arranging a secret meeting between them and English Labour's Starmer.
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
19 years of the SNP in charge and UK youth unemployment is shocking 55% higher than in Scotland which has one of the lowest rates in Western Europe talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/06/09/1...
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19 years of the SNP in charge and UK youth unemployment is shocking 55% higher than in Scotland which has one of the lowest rates in Western Europe
The above, presented as applying to the UK as a whole, formed part of a BBC Breakfast report 2 May 2026 including these comments: Being out of work or education between the ages of 16 and 24 can ha…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/06/2026
Trump gets booed and heckled out of New York City as he departs Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
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John Paddington @padders123.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I do find it fascinating how the media has been so against HS2 on value for money, only saving a little bit of time etc. yet LTC has none of the level of backlash. It's almost as if road schemes play by different rules.
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The SNP @snp.org · 08/06/2026
Scotland’s energy wealth should work for Scotland. The SNP will always stand up for keeping Scotland’s resources in Scotland’s hands, not letting Westminster, Farage or the Tories take the benefit. On Thursday 18 June, vote SNP in the Aberdeen South by-election.
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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
BREAKING: “NEW YORK HATES YOU!” A huge crowd of New York Knicks fans gathered outside of Trump Tower last night to make sure that Trump knows his own city hates him and that he is NOT welcome at Madison Square Garden tonight for Game 3 of the #NBAFinals!
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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Local artist Light Guerrilla projected “TAX THE RICH” on the side of Mark Zuckerberg’s boat while it was docked at Seattle’s Lake Union.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It is a damning failure of our system that one unhinged, aging predator in Florida can hold the global economy hostage, spark international conflict, and loot billions while facing zero consequences. Our democracy is far too fragile if it can be broken by the whims of a single man.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 09/06/2026
I'm guessing it 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 start with the 2014 "promise" that only voting "No" would keep Scotland in the EU.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns. Trump wants buildings named after him Demands the Nobel Peace Wants to annex Gaza, Greenland, Cuba, Panama, Canada Kidnaps heads of other countries Starts wars Attacked Pope Leo Must be embarrassing for Americans.
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US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns
Addendum quietly slipped into widely criticized agreement creating a $1.7bn fund to compensate president’s allies
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
These must be the shared values we keep hearing about
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Psephologicalan 📊 @psephologicalan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just your casual reminder the SNP and Scottish Greens got 52.2% of the vote between their strongest ballots. That’s constituencies for the SNP (38.2%) and regions for the Greens (14%). This independence majority parliament won 52.2%for indyref2. A single ballot may have produced a similar result.
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN UK HISTORY EACH DEVOLVED ADMINISTRATION IS LED BY PARTIES THAT BELIEVE IN SELF DETERMINATION AND BELIEVE IN INDEPENDENCE.. #CelticExit #CeltExit #UK #Cymru #Éire #Alba #SinnFéin #PlaidCymru #SNP #Ireland #Scotland #Wales #Kernow? #UKpol #UK #Devolve #YesCymru #IndyRef
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🇬🇧 £102 BILLION for London & South of England to have their HS2…..That’s £730 MILLION per mile! (For comparison, that equates to 3 Scottish ‘Fiasco’ Ferries for every single mile of England’s HS2🇬🇧) The News that you’ll never hear on ‘bbc Shortbread’ “FFERRRIEEESSS” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train. A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social. Please repost with your own caption.
Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A Reform voter tells me: "[Farage] cares about working people. He will make this country great again.” Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy. It does my head in.” You and so many of us @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Disgusted by the man and the abject failure to hold him to account iPaper
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My View
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Farage's finances are deeply revealing
Reform UK leader has ushered in a new era of politics
In times to come, British politicians, historians and voters will try to figure out how, in the first quarter of the 21st century, Nigel Farage became one of the most
›powerful operators on these isles.
How did he lure and captivate so many? Why did they not question his fibs and postures?
This chap was born into a wealthy family, attended a private school, was a city trader, wears fine suits,
belongs to the most excuisive of London clubs, and socialises with millionaires and powerful elites.
But Martha, 65, a neighbour who worked for years as a shop assistant, and is a former Tory but now Reform voter, tells me: "He cares about working people. He will make this country great again." Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy, It does my head in.
Farage gives off the appearance of a spiv - defined in most dictionaries as a flashy, shady dealer. He dresses ostentatiously and plays the political system. His well-practised grins and glasses of ale, his choreographed moments of patriotic fervour and emotionally-charged nationalism, and various
other manipulations have created an avatar. The real Mr Farage is a grubby, shameless distorter of truths, a dissembler who ducks accountability.
As the former Green leader, Caroline Lucas recently wrote about his part in getting the Brexit vote through: "There is a particular kind of audacity required to spend decades dismantling something then point to the rubble and declare it someone else's fault. Nigel Farage has that audacity in spades. He has built an entire political career on it."
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Reform innit 🙄 Malky ex Tory Lord six hames eats free lunches withoot honouring oor Scottish Parliament One big grift. Get these arses gone. Its taking the pish
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Lovely to be in Bute House, to serve Scotland.
John Swinney and his wife Elizabeth standing side by side on the steps of Bute House, in front of the black door, waving to people
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
15m Britons not saving enough for retirement. Result of low wages. State pension will be the only/main income for millions of retirees. It is less than 50% of minimum wage. Neoliberals want to cut it. Cut tax relief on pension tax relief for the rich, boost state pension.
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At least 15m Britons not saving enough to retire, Pensions Commission says
Just 4% of self-employed workers are putting cash into pensions, with ‘large groups across the UK facing a severe cliff-edge’
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 20/05/2026
Ah yes. Scotland doesn't want (or need) more nuclear, with its very un-"clean" waste. Labour will just do it anyway. UK "democracy".
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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NHS Highland director reveals child poverty in her previous Wales responsibility is predicted to be a shocking nearly 60% higher
are living in poverty. BBC Scotland’s wee insert in BBC Breakfast this morning is announcing the above and, on their website: Public health director Jennifer Davies said that of its 12,834 un…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
"Trump either underestimated how powerful the weapon of Hormuz is, or didn’t believe Iran would use it. And now that Iran has successfully created a global energy crisis that’s rapidly turning into an economic one, he still wants someone else to solve the problem. Yet he keeps getting turned down."
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No one is coming to bail Trump out of his disastrous war
He's the only one who can end this.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Scotland produces huge amounts of renewable energy, but the UK's broken energy system means people's bills are through the roof. Scotland's energy should work for the benefit of people, not Westminster. On May 7th, vote SNP for the fresh start of independence, with lower bills.
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Farage's Reform would cull what few powers HR has and you can be sure bring us back under direct rule eventually. Don't vote Reform Vote for a Scottish party #ReformFascists
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
So, in another ugly little tantrum, Farage has paused his video-grift due to “security concerns”. His own, apparently. Not the national security threat of having a prominent far right tart of a politician saying god knows what to god knows who for money. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Nigel Farage stops accepting Cameo requests after revelations about his use of platform
Reform leader ‘unavailable’ on service after Guardian investigation unearths clips of him repeating extremist slogans
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Labour’s tax on the North Sea is hammering Scottish jobs, and it must be urgently scrapped.
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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The smell of pure corruption reeks, you can smell it from here.
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Labour do NOT have Scots interests at heart, these sleekit house jocks give their loyalty to the WM govt instead. #RedTories #LabourLiars #LabourTraitors
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 05/03/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts. Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir. This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company
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Freedom Unicorn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 YES THEN YES NOW @freedomunicorn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Naw, ENGLAND will send jets. Not in my name. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/03/2026
From FT comments
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/03/2026
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is "still catastrophic" and has seen only a "marginal" improvement since the ceasefire, with worse to come due to the Middle East war, senior WHO officials told reporters today.
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Middle East war threatens ‘marginal’ progress in Gaza since ceasefire, WHO warns
Humanitarian crisis “still catastrophic” and supply disruptions in Middle East preventing $6 million worth of medicines from reaching Gaza, says WHO.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP bylinetimes.com/2026/03/05/r...
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Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP
The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100 hours for 14 outside employers since his election in July 2024
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Absolutely outrageous. Political parties should be answerable first and foremost to the public - not to the agenda of uber-wealthy donors. We urgently need a cap on political donations and a ban on crypto donations. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform
Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 23/02/2026
So-called 'nudify' apps. Smart glasses that secretly record video. An explosion in sexualised deepfakes. Tech has turned against women, and it's time to regulate it properly, says author and gender equality campaigner Laura Bates. Read more: ft.trib.al/Z3gd5bP
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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Of course Scots have to pay more for the electricity we produce because it has to travel all the way to London to be sold on the "market" before being sent back to us🤔🥴 Except that's not how electricity works, if you live near a nuclear power station your electricity is nuclear, likewise gas or wind
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DanMacPhail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @danmacphail.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This new building was never used. It was built to receive items for Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme. The UK government blocked the scheme despite the Scottish Parliament legislating for it. Reform's Malcolm Offord had his paws all over the decision to block it. #IndependenceIsNormal
An empty building, built to house Scotland's Deposit return scheme which was blocked by the UK government.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🔴Brexit Badly Weakened the UK and Now Donald Trump Is Taking Advantage The President’s increasingly threatening behaviour has shown clearer than ever before why Britain needs to be back in the heart of the EU, argues Jonathan Lis bylinetimes.com/2026/01/23/b...
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Brexit Badly Weakened the UK and Now Donald Trump Is Taking Advantage
The President's increasingly threatening behaviour has shown clearer than ever before why Britain needs to be back in the heart of the EU, argues Jonathan Lis
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