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Carole Charles

@sconedragon.bsky.social
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Currently trying to remain positive despite the mess created by the government. Scottish grandma known to be crabbit and sometimes sweary. Pro Europe. Dog mama to Bertie. Scottish Independence

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 11h
My latest blog piece, Emily Thornberry's comments on rejoining the EU without a referendum lay bare the English exceptionalism which led to Brexit in the first place. The EU is going to need proof public opinion has shifted. The EU is not the hokey cokey. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/14/e...
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Emily Thornberry’s EU English exceptionalism
Labour MP Emily Thornberry has suggested that the UK could rejoin the EU without another referendum to overturn the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum. Speaking to Sky News, she said the majority…
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 10h
Yet another new poll showing majority support for Scottish independence 💪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Any comment on this Mr prime minister.
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Jacqui @jacquinotmybag.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Scotland needs to join the EU as an independent country!
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
John Swinney warning that Brexit costs Scotland £3bn a year in lost public revenue—equivalent to £9m every single day—proves that tinkering at the edges cannot fix the damage. Scotland's democratic will and economic prosperity demand EU membership. Why stay tied to Brexit loss? 🤔 #FBPE
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'Scotland's best future lies within the EU', John Swinney says
John Swinney has urged the UK Government to work towards returning to the EU as swiftly as possible
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
“It’s increasingly clear the British state is in the early stages of addiction to Palantir and all it represents. We now have a chance to chart a new and better course away from Palantir. We should take it quickly, with both hands.” #NoToPalantir www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-1...
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Revealed: Britain's contracts with Palantir hit £1bn
Newly surfaced disclosures reveal the government has done deals to spend £992m with Peter Thiel’s controversial AI company – as pressure mounts on Andy Burnham to block them. Max Colbert reports
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
"There’s only one option for our future relationship with Europe that will deliver both the economic growth promised for every postcode and the political dividend required to keep Labour in power."
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Burnham’s Brexit pledge is ‘game on’ for Rejoin
Prime minster confirms shift in Labour’s stance on Brexit, opening door to going ‘all the way’ and reversing 2016 refere
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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Civics Classes evolution
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good morning Scotland. Not only will we watch England suck our energy from us , they will make us pay extra on our bills to facilitate their theft of our energy. Better Together never looked so sick. #ScottishIndependence must be our priority. Or we pay big time www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Mapped: the £150bn megaproject that aims to protect Britain from energy shocks
Thousands of miles of new power lines are needed to deliver climate targets and energy security, but bills will rise in the short term and opponents are mobilising
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Chernobyldaytripper @kitzkatz2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Energy rich Scotland being stripped and the landscape blighted with no benefit to the residents. #Indy2 #independencenow #indyclan
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/09/2026
Remember when everyone was tweeting at @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that if Hamas would release the hostages, the war would end immediately? New reporting in Haaretz reveals that Hamas offered to release the hostages at 7pm on October 7th and the Israelis weren't interested. youtu.be/sS1XLSEnjyE?...
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The truth about Hamas and the hostages
YouTube video by Zeteo
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
NEWS: France’s Epstein investigation is expanding, with prosecutors identifying multiple potential recruiters and at least 13 previously unknown victims as they trace his trafficking network across the country.
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
IMAGINE Palestine Action, a local Muslim group or climate protesters started selling swords, daggers and battle axes. Imagine the reaction if the SNP were suddenly punting replica Claymores on their online shop. www.thenational.scot/politics/265...
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Far-right group selling battle axes and swords should concern us all
IMAGINE Palestine Action, a local Muslim group or climate protesters started selling swords, daggers and battle axes.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If no other picture survives Reform UK conference this year, let it be this one. It is a teachable moment. #ReformAssault #Fascism
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#ReformAssault
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
John Swinney: "𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 9 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 12 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑙𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼’𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 £15𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑁𝑃 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡".
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
On this occasion, I hope Farage keeps on talking. Because the more he talks, the greater the stink around him. His reasons, his excuses, his lies about it all are such steaming bullshit that he’s only making it worse for himself.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Backboneless Burham and his cronies underestimate the capability of the Celtic Alliance and support for Independence in Scotland, and the other celtic nations. Wakey Wakey UK, calls for Scottish Independence wont go away! scotland independence End The Union 👇
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Laurence Bowden @lawbow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Iceland is in the single market, has freedom of movement. Iceland have their EU cake and are eating it. The UK on the other hand, got an out of date, stale Farage Brexit rock cake which is still stuck in our throats and slowly choking us to death.
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Stewart Macdonald @mrred8691.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fuck USA and their paedophile,rapist child murdering freak of nature.
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Manucobra @cobramanu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Labour has always played Scottish unionists against the interests of the Scottish people. These 2 brothers greased the palms of the Labour Party and are looking to cash in at our expense. If you love Scotland you don’t vote Labour!
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Oxford For Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Brexit remains a disaster for the UK & the world order has changed since Trump. Our future is with Europe. Always was & always will be, but never so crucial as now. Carney envisages a new world order of middle powers. So must we. Erase the red lines. www.thenewworld.co.uk/jonty-bloom-...
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Why can’t Britain be a bit more Mark Carney?
On Donald Trump and the EU, Canada’s PM is getting things exactly right while we flounder
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Laurel Davila @laureldavilacpa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tax Big Oil. #Pinks #ProudBlue #MomSky (Meme from Americans for Tax Fairness on FB) @4taxfairness.bsky.social
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SeaYou #FBPE 🇪🇺 @seayou.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
exactement ça !
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Brian Liddy @brian-liddy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
PR is another example of why they cannot be trusted. AND the H of L. They say they support PR against FPTP, until it suits them to keep PR. They say they’ll reform / abolish the Lords, and then they top it up even higher with their cronies. More reasons for Scotland to go its own way!
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We fix (or start to fix) the things on front of us right now by #RejoinEU
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Bob The Builder: Can We Fix It?
ALT: Bob The Builder: Can We Fix It?
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What Mark Carney says here applies just as much to SCOTLAND.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When a data centre in a quiet Fife village is bigger than 100 football pitches and draws 600MW, calling it "local development" is pure comedy. Nothing says rural charm like a massive monolith! 🏗️💻
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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from Great White North to Making North Great Again, eh
Trump is such a dumbass. He’s picked on Canada simply for yet another firehose of Epstein distraction. Because only an idiot tries to do a trade war with a major exporter, and of course…
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Kev Moore @kevmoore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Goodnight all. Leaving you with this, being as the twisted state of Israel is now classing kites as weapons.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This will cost the White House a LOT of Ketchup! ===================================
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/blackro...
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Dutch Pension Fund Pulls Nearly Half a Billion Euros From Climate 'Megapolluter' BlackRock | Common Dreams
Dutch pension fund Recreatie just ditched BlackRock, a major investor in fossil fuels, for Cardano.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Not only do the unionist parties not act in Scotland’s best interests, for purely political purposes they will often specifically act AGAINST Scotland’s interests To damage Scotland, and make Scotland poorer and less successful, is a price well worth paying for the union 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Is Scotland set to become the new AI data centre battleground?
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Is Scotland set to become the new AI data centre battleground?
Scotland is becoming an unlikely battleground in the artificial intelligence revolution with around two dozen proposals in the pipeline to build enormous data centres.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here‘s the real story from @nafeez.bsky.social The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
'Thing is, Andy, we are not some kind of region, but a proud nation which existed for hundreds of years before that so-called voluntary union of 1707, which appears to have been drafted without anything resembling an escape clause.' Ruth Wishart, via The National archive.is/tSunY
Andy Burnham making yet another point.  (Image: PA)
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Cory Laran @corylaran.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is what you get when you don't study history and learn from it.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
So the allegation of plagiarism in his PhD was investigated and dismissed. It turns out he did run all those marathons. So tell me, precisely, all you online sleuths — what exactly did Jason Arday do wrong? (Apart from being the wrong class and colour of course)
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More than 100 homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the legal minimum energy standards for landlords. Many have black mould, with draughty single-glazed windows. Gaps in the regulations exploited to continue letting properties out.
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Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards
Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
2/2 and of which our input holds no constitutional or legal validity whatsoever. That is what they would define as their aggrandised "democracy"!
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Gerry Flynn @gerryflynn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
1/2 When WM speaks of the equality of their exhalted union they mask the doctrine that through their inviolable, asseverated veto it is in reality an indissoluble union. One in which they have declared themselves the final arbiter in all constitutional & political matters, Cont.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jason Arday might have lied about the amount he was paid to write a book. Michael Gove literally bragged the £10bn stolen during the Covid PPE scam was an 'honest mistake'. One was instantly forgotten about, the other was hounded to his death.
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