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Eleanor

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Retired from work, busy with life. “Men argue. Nature acts.”

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15h
EXCLUSIVE: Scots have good reason to feel they are getting a 'raw deal' on their energy bills considering the nation’s renewable resources, a leading economist has said👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Our newsroom been shortlisted for a national journalism award for our Refugees Are Welcome Here campaign – and now we need your support! Voting has officially opened 👉 newsmediauk.org/making-a-di...
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Burnham's claim that sticking with the status quo on the UK's relationship with the EU "isn't working" applies even more when it comes to Scotland's relationship with Westminster. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/s...
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Sticking with the status quo isn’t working
Andy Burnham has decided to reopen the question of the UK’s relationship with the EU, telling MPs on Monday that it is time to “face up to the reality that Brexit has done more harm tha…
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is genocide.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In December 2018 the government gave a £13.8 million Brexit ferry contract to a company that had no ships. The related cancellations and legal settlement cost about £84 million. Here's what happened 👇
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Across these islands, the political landscape has changed. Scotland, Wales and the north of Ireland are led by First Ministers committed to independence from the UK. Scotland has the right to decide its future and no Westminster government can simply deny democracy.
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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Scotland ‘one of safest places in world’, say BBC - The story BBC Scotland hid but BBC Spanish spread globally www.snp.org/scotland-one...
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Scotland ‘one of safest places in world’, say BBC — Scottish National Party
The evidence on justice is in, the results are clear, and the conclusion is inescapable: Scotland makes better decisions when Scotland decides for itself.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 09/10/2026
Virtually all the MSPs from Farage's Reform, Labour, Lib Dems and the Tories voted 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 this. "Parliament recognises that strong cyber resilience is essential to protecting people's rights, safety and access to essential public services" www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
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The Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🇪🇺 Labour believe 10 years and changing circumstances IS reason enough to reconsider EU membership. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Labour believe 12 years and changing circumstances IS NOT enough to reconsider Scottish independence. Read more about their double standards here: www.believeinscotland.org/burnhams_bre...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 09/10/2026
Yes, it does, IDF. You denied killing U.S. reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022 until evidence forced an admission. Then you murdered hundreds of journalists in Gaza and denied it all over again. Want credibility? Let international press into the Strip.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what she had to say last year after investigating Israel's crimes in Gaza ⬇️
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
via Zurainee Tehek
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay last year: "The commission finds it is genocide" Pillay has just won the Nobel peace prize.
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
'Scotland is being held hostage by the Better Together parties which have a vested interest in resisting being held to account, even though they have lost every Holyrood election since 2014.' weegingerdug
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Labour’s gone from jam tomorrow to maybe jam eventually
One of the key promises of the Labour party in Scotland during the 2024 Westminster general election campaign was that a vote for Labour was a vote to save the jobs of the workers at the Grangemout…
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The SNP Deliberately making Scotland Better than south of the Border 👇
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Eleanor @prefabbairn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
👏👏👏
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This 👇
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If Britain can rethink Brexit, why can't Scotland rethink independence? ✍️ First Minister of Scotland John Swinney says the logic is the same and should apply to Scotland deciding its constitutional future 👇
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The SNP @snp.org · 08/10/2026
🚨 Polls are open in the Midstocket and Rosemount by-election - they’ll close at 10pm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Get out and vote Jeff Diack SNP!
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If the UK can reconsider its relationship with the EU, it cannot keep insisting that Scotland’s relationship with the UK is settled for a 'generation', Paul Kavanagh writes ✍️ 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Thoughts from a colonised land🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 London dictating to Scotland that we only get the democracy they permit us. They use their laws & courts to enchain us & stipulate we don't have the right to make our own choices! That is not equality. That is colonial control. No other argument is feasible.
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There’s been a lot of chat about scrapping the pension triple lock. It’s not good for Scotland - Heather, SNP explains why: 👇
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/10/2026
𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 is a great invention, particularly in rural areas like ours. So good to hear that the SNP Scottish Government is expanding it 👏
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brobb @brobb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Praise & international recognition for the Scottish NHS "Built around a hub-and-spoke model, the service is designed to meet the needs of a rural region, using staff, medicines, and portable clinical equipment to deliver care closer to where people live" www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2660231...
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Swedish healthcare team visits NHS Borders to learn from Hospital at Home service
A healthcare team from Sweden has visited the Borders to learn from an innovative NHS service delivering acute care in patients’ homes.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If Britain can rethink Brexit, why can't Scotland rethink independence? ✍️ First Minister of Scotland John Swinney says the logic is the same and should apply to Scotland deciding its constitutional future 👇
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026
As a Scot, from the country in the UK which voted Remain but was dragged out anyway, A nation whose people have voted repeatedly for a 2nd independence referendum because Brexit exposed the lack of fairness and lack of democracy within the existing constitutional framework This is all infuriating.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am pleased that agreement has been reached on equal pay between the unions and Glasgow City Council. Thanks to DFM @jennygilruth.bsky.social for her intensive work and to all parties involved for their constructive engagement in this process.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NHS England waiting list hits 7.33m appointments for 6.21m individuals, rises for the third time in 4 months. Privatisation by stealth. NHS capacity neglected. Thousands suffer. Private sector profiteers. www.oecd.org/en/publicati... Hospital beds per 1,000 population, Comparison 2013 and 2023.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The UK's state pension is not generous compared to others in Europe. Older people relying on the state pension have to get by on barely over £1000 a month. Andy Burnham’s plans to end the triple lock are unacceptable, morally wrong and the SNP will stand against them.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Helen Lewis asks the secretary of state for justice if arresting a 94 year old (with an OBE!) for holding up a placard is a good use of resources Norris defends arresting 94 year olds as terrorists for holding up a placard. Tell me again how Andy Burnhams govt represents change
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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trying Beyond Despair: The Unfinished Journey by By Qusay Al-Reqeb bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/10/03/t...
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Trying Beyond Despair: The Unfinished Journey
My name is Qusay Al-Reqeb, and I am 21 years old. For the past year and a half, my entire world has been compressed into a frail nylon tent on the shores of Al-Mawasi in Al-Qarara, near Khan Younis…
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asparagusnextleft @asparagusnextleft.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please sign, & repost everybody. Thanks. c.org/J7zjZ66h79
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Halt Plans for The Hyperscale Data Centre Near Annan
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 03/10/2026
It's a simple question: on balance, are Scotland and Wales better and happier places as part of the Union, or would they benefit more from having complete control over their own finances and resources? For me the latter, and I also believe it would benefit England.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let's not allow the forces of the British establishment divide our communities, Please sign & share to show solidarity for the residents of Garvaghy Road. #NaePasaran c.org/cTrPXMdKNm
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Garvaghy Road residents must be left in peace.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Burnham has destroyed two of the main arguments of the Westminster parties. He's pensioned off the claim that Scottish state pensions can only be protected in the UK and by opening the door to an EU referendum he's blown up the argument against indyref2. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/b...
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Burnham pensions off two Better Together arguments
One of the ways in which the Better Together campaign won the referendum in 2014 was to successfully scaremonger Scotland’s pensioners into believing that their state pensions would not be sa…
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
wake up Scotland 👇
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♡☆ Tiocfaidh Clá raá ☆♡ @tiocfaidhclaraa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My dad has Parkinson’s and goes to his centre 3 days a week. Other than when i take him out this is really the only time he leaves the house and i know he’ll be gutted if it gets taken away from him. If you can give this a sign/share i’d really appreciate it as would my wee da 🤞🏼🥰 c.org/TyXfhrBsf7
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Stop the closure of Glasgow day centres
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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026
🔥 What he said. 👇
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Independence 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?
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Chernobyldaytripper @kitzkatz2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Halt Plans for The Hyperscale Data Centre Near Annan
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Westminster simply can’t be trusted to deliver for Scotland. Scotland needs independence.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the most fired up I've seen John Swinney for ages
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Really John? What about Grangemouth?
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester 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:
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The 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!
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 01/10/2026
Can 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?
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