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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The break-up of the UK is near. 🌍 Let's build better, fairer, independent nations. #BelieveinScotland
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16h
Questions are being asked about one of the most radioactive objects in Scotland ☢️ Campaigners want urgent clarity on when a highly radioactive reactor from a decommissioned nuclear submarine will finally leave Rosyth Dockyard 👇
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Concerns raised over plans to move nuclear submarine reactor from Rosyth to England
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16h
EXCLUSIVE: Concerns are to be raised with Police Scotland over a new far-right group reportedly holding military-style training sessions in one of the city's most popular public parks 👇
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Police to be alerted over 'deeply disturbing' far right group's Glasgow training
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14h
Tomorrow's front page: Labour are accused of overseeing “the worst living standards in modern history”, as new analysis shows households are thousands of pounds worse off
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 17h
Kevin McKenna bewailing the closure and merger of many catholic churches in Glasgow one of which is the one my parents dragged me to every Sunday. I won't be sad to see it close. I refused to go back after a pervy priest tried to get me to talk about wanking. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2662358...
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The day Glasgow’s Irish Catholic heart was told half its churches must go
Half of Glasgow's Catholic churches face closure under radical archdiocese plans. Kevin McKenna examines what will be lost and why it matters
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15h
A statue of Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in Glasgow city centre, nearly 40 years after the city renamed a street in his honour
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Statue honouring Nelson Mandela is unveiled in Glasgow
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A cop warns on the price of witnessing death.
As a homicide detective, I can say with all of my being that there is no lesson learned in seeing someone die. But there is a price. And that price is your peace. Your decency. And the soul of our society.
We don't have to be this way, this fake tough but real ugly way. Stop
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌱 A Wellbeing Economy brings a huge support for Scottish independence. 🔎 Support for independence reached 63% in our poll when paired with a Wellbeing Economy and a pension of at least £275 a week: www.believeinscotland.org/wellbeing_ec...
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My latest blog post. Marra and Fagan's inability to give a coherent answer on the question of the trigger for an independence referendum shows how inept and incompetent they are. And you thought Sarwar was over-promoted? weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/02/t...
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The branch office’s stagnant talent puddle
The Labour party in Scotland has got itself into a hopeless mess on the topic of another independence referendum. Actually, that previous sentence could just have stopped at the word mess. The two …
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sorry, what? The US didn’t just demand the right to restrict us from making trade deals with other countries - they demanded that they be able to force Canada to impose new tariffs on other countries and set the rates of those tariffs. That’s just agreeing to let the US control our economic policy.
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Jeff Stringer @blooms-ghost.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I have zero empathy for him and the tens of thousand of others like him that have found out that votes have consequences.
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Brendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A Haitian man shows an ankle monitor that is affixed to his leg and cries following an appearance today at an ICE office in Blue Ash, Ohio The appearance followed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States
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Financial news geek @financialtalk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#Hut8 CEO #AsherGenoot, Hut 8 CEO, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss concerns around competition, where Hut on AI infrastructure: Developed new sites for AI, not convert from #bitcoin youtu.be/27d3aXqgW3g
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Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot on AI infrastructure: Developed new sites for AI, not convert from bitcoin
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2026
NEW: A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president initiated a $620 million loan from the Pentagon to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social
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Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
In a letter, a group of Democratic Congress members wrote that ProPublica’s reporting on the deal “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/05/2026
Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says
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Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says
Reform’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, seeks to present issue as irrelevant in interview with Laura Kuenssberg Labour has accused Nigel Farage of attempting to dodge scrutiny as the Reform leader continued to face questions over the £5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire shortly before the last general election. Asked about the gift from Christopher Harborne on Sunday, the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, sought to present it as an irrelevance to voters and said it had complied with all the rules. Continue reading...
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I was oddly despondent last night, convinced the worst would happen, but I am much happier now. Scotland will have another pro-independence majority in Holyrood and the SNP have secured a historic fifth victory despite everything the media has thrown at it.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Anas Sarwar up until yesterday. This election isn't about Starmer, it's about casting judgement on the SNP and making me first minister. Anas Sarwar today - it's all Starmer's fault.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 03/05/2026
Nigel Farage pulls out of BBC interview Farage, man of the people, straight talker and a huge fan of asking the ‘hard questions’ of others, has pulled out of an interview on BBC northeastbylines.co.uk/letters/nige...
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Nigel Farage pulls out of BBC interview
Farage, man of the people, straight talker and a huge fan of asking the ‘hard questions’ of others, has pulled out of an interview on BBC
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
6 house, 5 cars, 6 yachts and zero self-awareness. My latest blog piece, Malcolm Offord's staggering self own is the most out of touch a public figure has shown themselves to be since Marie Antoinette reputedly said "Let them eat cake." weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/s...
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Six houses, five cars, six yachts and zero self-awareness
I didn’t watch the STV leaders’ debate as we had visitors, which meant I missed the moment that Malcolm Offord torpedoed Reform UK’s “We’re the party which is opposed …
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I'm no polling expert but this new MRP poll of Holyrood voting intention looks like bollocks. There is no planet on which Strathkelvin and Bearsden is a contest between Reform and the Lib Dems. This poll also has the Greens standing in every constituency. www.thenational.scot/news/2602325...
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New poll predicts winner in all 73 Scottish seats – see the map
A NEW poll has predicted the winners in all of Scotland’s constituencies – suggesting Scottish Labour and Reform UK could pick up several seats.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Accurate Labour election poster
Labour election poster from Gorton and Denton by election with Anas Sarwar superimposed on Labour's candidate there and the text altered to read Only Labour does deals with Reform.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/03/2026
Start the fire. Walk away. Tell the world they’re on their own.
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Bruce Springsteen performing at No Kings - St. Paul, MN “Streets of Minneapolis”
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
‘Nothing prepared me for quite how hateful Reform UK are’
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I was at the Reform conference – nothing prepared me for quite how hateful they are
Reform UK Scotland’s manifesto launch had not begun before a transphobic comment was thrown at me from the gathered crowd
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
GERS 2024 Figures have been released 'Data is produced for Scotland as part of the UK – it does not model scenarios for an independent Scotland in which the Scottish Government would be enabled to make its own fiscal choices' Source: Deloitte who produce the figures to compile GERS. 1/
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
All right everyone- save this quickly before they take it down! Scotland’s contribution to the U.K. exchequer is £204bn - from the U.K. government’s Scotland office! We are being robbed!
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My latest blog piece, some personal musings on what the demise of the Alba party means for the Scottish election in May and the broader independence movement. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/w...
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What the end of Alba means for May’s election and the broader independence movement
Well that’s it. The Alba party has gone and will not be contesting the Holyrood election in May, or indeed any elections in the future. Unlike some, I am not gloating about the party’s …
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Relieved that no serious injuries have been reported after the devastating fire in Glasgow. My thanks to the emergency services and partners for their hard work overnight. We will support Glasgow’s recovery and work to get the city centre up and running as quickly as possible.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📚 Weekend Reads — Philosophy & Ideas (Edition 83) ✍️ @nafeez.bsky.social The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass…
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‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports
Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
My blog's annual fundraiser has smashed through its target in record time. @scotnational.bsky.social has done a story about it www.thenational.scot/news/2585922...
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Pro-independence blogger smashes annual fundraising target in record time
THE Wee Ginger Dug blogger has smashed his annual fundraising target in the shortest time ever, taking just 16 days to reach the goal.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 13/02/2026
Quite rightly, Scotland's NHS has not given Palantir access to our records. England's Wes Streeting, however, has said he will 'hold the door open' to privatising England's NHS. Palantir's access to England's NHS records is a very slippery slope.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
My latest blog piece, thoughts on Jim Ratcliffe's race-baiting - Billionaire migrant tax evader blames poor people for Britain's problems. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/b...
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Billionaire tax evader blames poor people for Britain’s problems
73 year old billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s own racist granddad, moved to the tax haven of Monaco in 2020 in order to avoid paying his fair share of taxes. He’s doubtless one of tho…
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raghnall.bsky.social @raghnall.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The boss, Bruce Springsteen’s new song calling out Trump. open.spotify.com/track/6AtgHx...
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Streets of Minneapolis
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
My latest blog piece, Reform UK's blueprint for an authoritarian power grab. The biggest threat to democracy and the rule of law ever seen in modern Britain and a reason why the need for Scottish independence is so urgent. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/r...
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Reform UK’s authoritarian project for power
The American author and poet Maya Anjelou famously wrote: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” That has never been more true than where we are now in Brit…
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm not a fan of Andy Burnham, but with Starmer loyalists blocking him from standing in the Gorton & Denton byelection, the Labour party is now unsalveageble for those on the left and its transition to a centre-right party is complete. Starmer & McSweeney are handing the UK over to the right.
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Dan Izzo @izzos.net · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Man of the People: Reform leader said he went to Davos to stick it to the elites; turns out he was there on behalf of an Iranian billionaire www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Reform donor labelled a 'sham' as billionaire funds Farage's Davos jollies
Man of the People: Reform leader said he went to Davos to stick it to the elites; turns out he was there on behalf of an Iranian billionaire
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Top two articles are about ICE abducting a 5 year old and a 2 year old. Below that, news about a historically large protest and general strike. Then articles detailing how ICE lies about their actions and how the White House makes/publishes fake images about the anti-ICE protests.
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raghnall.bsky.social @raghnall.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Erick Jackson on HUT8 , Canadian company #bitcoin #AI x.com/ericjackson/...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/01/2026
The Nobel Foundation makes yet another statement:
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It’s not for Keir Starmer, or whoever replaces him, to deny Scotland’s democratic right. Scotland’s future is up to people in Scotland - and if the SNP win in May, we must have that choice. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Jenrick is the 15th former Tory MP to defect to Reform. You have to laugh at Tory defectors to Reform claiming that Britain is 'broken'. They're the ones who broke it, they're like arsonists selling fire insurance.
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Maureen Pickering @maureenpickering.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Aberdeenshire SNP councillors tried to keep grit bins but were outvoted by Unionist councillors keen to cut costs based on assuming ‘mild winter scenario’ and who allowed bin removal even DURING winter to endanger pensioners talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/13/a...
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Aberdeenshire SNP councillors tried to keep grit bins but were outvoted by Unionist councillors keen to cut costs based on assuming ‘mild winter scenario’ and who allowed bin removal even DURING winte...
Aberdeenshire has just had one of the worst winters in recent years but not by any means that rare an event for them. In February 2025, by a vote of 43 to 21 the council voted for a budget includin…
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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12 000 babies to benefit from increase to £40 per week in SNP child benefit already praised widely across UK and Europe
Image ChatGPT From Scottish Budget 2026 to 2027, published today: We will uprate the SCP in line with inflation to £28.20 per week per child. We will also begin the necessary work in 2026‑27 to int…
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Flashback Kamala Harris: “Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him.”
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
HAPPENING NOW: Tens of thousands have filled 5th Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday (Jan 11) in a massive anti-ICE protest. New York showed up! 👏👏 (🎥Hands Off NYC)
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