Reposted by EleanorJim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Independence MSP's 1999 - 36 2003 - 34 2007 - 49 2011 - 71 2016 - 69 2021 - 72 2026 - 73 SNP has won 5 Holyrood elections in a row, Labour had their worst ever election & Tories fell to 4th. Independence MSP's have been the majority since 2011. If that's not a mandate what is? 36438
Reposted by EleanorChernobyldaytripper @kitzkatz2.bsky.social · 21hc.org/w2QyVw47Cdc.orgSign the PetitionHalt Plans for The Hyperscale Data Centre Near Annan 123
Reposted by EleanorIrish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Please contact the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and encourage him to call off the sectarian and triumphalist Garvaghy Road march. chris.bryant.mp@parliament.ukparliament.ukUK ParliamentParliament is made up of the House of Commons and House of Lords. It is responsible for making laws, deciding taxes and scrutinising the Government. 0179
Reposted by EleanorJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Westminster simply can’t be trusted to deliver for Scotland. Scotland needs independence. 1013669
Reposted by EleanorJames FBSI 🐸🏴🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026This is the most fired up I've seen John Swinney for ages 24324
Reposted by EleanorScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Really John? What about Grangemouth? 34629
Reposted by EleanorDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread: 611035439
Reposted by EleanorThe SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026🚨 Polls are open in the Forth & Endrick by-election - they’ll close at 10pm. If you want an SNP voice that’ll stand up for your area on Stirling Council, you have to vote for it. 🏴 Get out and vote Mhairi Duncan SNP! 16836
Reposted by EleanorAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 01/10/2026Can someone point out to Burnham that he's supposed to be leading a government and actually delivering change, not a political campaign where all he has to provide is promises and a convincing narrative? 106123
Reposted by EleanorThe SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026🚨 Polls are open in the Wick and East Caithness by-election - they’ll close at 10pm. 🏴If you want an SNP voice that’ll stand up for your area, you have to vote for it. 🗳️ Get out and vote John Glen SNP ! 25743
Reposted by EleanorBelieve 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... 510686
Reposted by EleanorOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen. 531517791
Reposted by Eleanorweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Burnham's crude emotional manipulation in linking the death of his father to John Swinney's claim he will be the last UK PM inadvertently revealed the poverty of Westminster's arguments against Scottish independence. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/b...weegingerdug.wordpress.comBurnham’s crude emotional manipulation reveals the poverty of Westminster’s caseThe only living politician mentioned by Andy Burnham during his jam tomorrow speech to the Labour party conference was John Swinney, and that was only in order to take a nasty, underhanded and emot… 815688
Reposted by EleanorPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here's the full story that the Tony Blair Institute doesn't want to answer questions about, on Democracy for Saledemocracyforsale.substack.comTony’s minor tantrum: how Blair’s institute responded to fresh “cash for access” questionsWe asked TBI about allegations of £500,000 corporate memberships and a logo that vanished at Labour conference. They said they’re not talking to us anymore 7339144
Reposted by Eleanor(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026fife councillor goes Awol he lives 🫤 220 Miles away in southport but as long as he attends one meeting every 6mo he can claim his £28k a year 👇 52320
Reposted by EleanorSteve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Either it’s a voluntary union, with its members having their own rights to self-determination, at any point or points of their choosing, or it isn’t. If it isn’t, it is an involuntary one where the largest member decides on their behalf. London denies Scotland that right, so it is the second. 44210
Reposted by EleanorDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If I had a choice between making pensioners poorer and making billionaires poorer, I'd go for the latter option 1114844
Reposted by Eleanorweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest blog piece, thoughts on Burnham's conference speech: Hopey change and changey hope. A traditional Labour leader's speech full of promises of jam tomorrow but containing very little of substance while Scotland was overlooked. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/h...weegingerdug.wordpress.comHopey change and changey hope: Burnham’s conference speechAndy Burnham has given his first speech to the Labour party conference as Prime Minister. The speech was a whole lot of jam tomorrow, hopey change and changey hope. The only real difference from St… 56435
Reposted by EleanorJohn Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In Scotland, we provide free personal care for older people without punishing pensioners. Andy Burnham removing the triple lock would simply repeat the mistakes of Keir Starmer. The blame for the UK’s financial mess lies with successive Westminster governments, not pensioners. 19285145
Reposted by EleanorBelieve in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🟥 Westminster creates the mess. Then the Prime Minister uses that mess as an excuse to keep Scotland trapped in the system that caused it. 🏴 Scotland deserves the powers to tackle our own problems and the freedom to choose a better path. 1/2believeinscotland.orgBurnham is wrong - Scotland needs independence to tackle the cost of livingWestminster creates the mess. Then the Prime Minister uses that mess as an excuse to keep Scotland trapped in the system that caused it. That’s hypocrisy. Scotland deserves the powers to tackle our ... 48972
Reposted by EleanorGerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026HMRC have failed to collect £500Bn+ of taxes since 2010, and there's a continual softly, softly approach on the mega wealthy, but hey, those pensioners are growing orchards of those magic money trees on their allotments! 12521
Reposted by EleanorColin Dunn 🏴 @indyposterboy.scot · 29/09/2026The leader of a UK government elected on 32% is telling a Scottish government elected on 36% that a 56% pro-Indy Scottish parliament can't hold a referendum that 68% of Scots want. UK democracy, ladies and gentlemen. 7172125
Reposted by EleanorWilliam Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Burnham and the anti-independence parties are now in search of another insurmountable hurdle in order to give themselves a fig leaf of democratic acceptability.' weegingerdug weegingerdug.wordpre... indyref-trigger/weegingerdug.wordpress.comWhat happened to the old consensus on an indyref trigger?I was supposed to have been going to Lochgilphead today to do an event for Aye Fyne, but here I am at home nursing a very painful ankle and hirpling gingerly about the house – but only when I… 01610
Reposted by EleanorDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18872083002
Reposted by EleanorDr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It seems to me that the Parades body should follow the dictum of the medical profession - first do no harm. Reinstating a march that hasn’t happened for almost three decades seems insane. To get a feeling for how actual locals see this - they’ve sent their kids away. Bleak. 0369
Reposted by EleanorThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That's me all set up with my pop-up stall in the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. It's upstairs near the Vue cinema, and I'll be here until about 5pm today. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowtoday #stenochcentre 17617
Reposted by EleanorColin Dunn 🏴 @indyposterboy.scot · 26/09/202656% Holyrood Indy majority 67% Holyrood on right to vote 68% voter referendum support 52% voter Indy support Sounds like a 'consensus' to me, Andy Burnham. (P.S. Labour's 'mandate' to govern UK was just 32%) 59161
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is factually incorrect. It didn’t happen. And before you meddle get familiar with the facts. This is a result of Labour’s mess. 12822
Reposted by EleanorPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A former staff member of Tony Blair Institute said they had serious concerns that this was “very much trading money for access”, but was instructed by a colleague not to describe it that way. ‘They were saying you have to be really careful not to make it seem as if they’re paying money for access’😬 25352177
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026British Medical Journal reports that UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has urged Burnham’s UK Labour govt to investigate & consider proscribing the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) under UK terrorism laws. 5912
Reposted by EleanorThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This old wall on the banks of the Clyde in the East End of Glasgow might not look like much, but it's got a great story behind it, and its one that still has an impact to this day. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #harviesdyke #publicrightofway 410924
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just before Christmas a Labour MSP Jackie Baillie issued a scurrilous smear about this highly rated & respected hospital on the west side of Glasgow. Her inaccurate statements were clearly a political stunt. The thing is what Baillie said had no evidential basis in fact 1/2 12419
Reposted by EleanorAriaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What started as one teenager’s idea is now pulling millions of kilograms of plastic out of the world’s oceans. I've been donating to this amazing org. since it's inception. Hope you will too. theoceancleanup.com/donate/ #Innovation #PlasticPlanet #OceanCleanUp #EnvironmentalSolutions 2435321144
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Marra’s question at #FMQs seems either out of touch with medical practice or deliberately misleading. Why would tightening the supply & use of diazepam be a bad thing? ‘Valium’ is the expensive trade name for diazepam, which is still used. Doesn’t Marra know this or is he playing more Labour games? 073
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The policy shift on diazepam was part of a broader harm-reduction strategy in 2013, but the link to subsequent deaths involves multiple factors. Diazepam is still prescribed in NHS Scotland for certain conditions such as severe anxiety but for very short-term use only. @JohnSwinney @michaeljmarra 152
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026FMQs: Michael Marra's claim Valium (diazepam) was "withdrawn" by NHS Scotland in 2013 & that this directly led to increased drug deaths is an oversimplification & misrepresentation of a complex area. While there was a significant tightening of prescribing in 2013, "withdrawn" is not at all accurate. 1125
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This isn’t just a *health* emergency as the BBC keeps telling us, it’s a complex multifactorial judicial, economic, social issue & most of levers needed to help, are at Westminster NOT Scotland. Scotland needs independence to control drug laws, control borders & work with international agencies. 074
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tories & Reform are always preaching to the rest of us that *individuals not governments* have *responsibility*. They want ‘small govt’. Yet today they both ascribe blame for drug deaths *not* to individuals, inequality, a moribund UK economy, deprivation or Tory austerity - but to the Scot Govt! 21510
Reposted by EleanorMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Over 20,000 people have written to their MP in the last few days… …asking them to attend the debate on the UK joining the EU. Use this page to send your MP an email with just a few clicks. 👇europeanmovement.co.ukAsk your MP to stand up for our future in EuropeOn 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate? 813675
Reposted by EleanorBroadcasting Scotland @broadcastingscotland.scot · 24/09/2026Join us for #FMQsLive from Holyrood, starting with General Questions to Ministers, then followed by party leaders' #FMQs and a Scottish Government debate on Growing the Creative Economy www.broadcastingscotland.scot/first-minist...broadcastingscotland.scotFirst Minister's Questions - 24/09/2026 - Broadcasting ScotlandJoin us for First Minister's Questions from opposition party leaders and a Scottish Government Debate on Growing Scotland’s Creative Economy. 054
Reposted by EleanorBelieve in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026✅ Majority support for indyref2. ✅ Majority support for independence. ✅ Majority support for Scotland’s right to choose. 🏴 Bring it on. Here is what you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/three_democr... 15741
Reposted by Eleanorweegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My latest blog piece. Illiberal and undemocratic, the Lib Dem, Labour and Reform UK approach to indyref2 was starkly revealed in Tuesday's Holyrood debate on the ScotGov motion asserting the right of the people of Scotland to determine Scotland's future. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/23/i...weegingerdug.wordpress.comIlliberal and undemocratic, the Lib Dem and Labour approach to indyref2I don’t normally mention the Lib Dems in a blog piece, for much the same reason that I don’t mention the Monster Raving Loony Party, because they’re irrelevant, although unlike th… 25042
Reposted by EleanorThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BREAKING: Holyrood has overwhelmingly backed a motion affirming that Scotland has a right to decide its constitutional future 418078
Reposted by EleanorPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This story is incredible - and shows how much corruption and money laundering runs through fin tech (which makes it ripe for Kremlin operations) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comKremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banksFT finds thousands of Russian payments received by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7 2234131
Reposted by EleanorRaibeart #YES 🏴 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How has Russia evaded sanctions & moved money round the world? Major FT story. Standard Chartered, Citigroup & other big banks have laundered billions of dollars from a Kremlin-backed fintech company that tricked its way into the global financial system with a vast document forgery operation. 1/2 154
