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William Dunbar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🇪🇺

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Politics, general news, other miscellaneous stuff. Pro-EU, pro-indy Scotland, SNP member.

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Foxyfunderburd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇺🇦 @foxyfunderburd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The way Offal stood up to speak at FMQs today was soooo arrogant and with a look of pure boredom on his face. You have to wonder why he bothers being there at all.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Russia has been banned from International Football for 4.5 years. Israel who are committing Genocide hasn't been banned for 1 second. Ban Israel.
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why on EARTH is the Scotch Whisky Association not talking about Scotland being Independent? 73% of a bottle of Whisky's price is 'duty'(tax) and VAT. On a typical bottle of Scotch, roughly £11.40. Eh? To end this Government exploitation, we need a DIFFERENT Tax regime. It's very obvious?
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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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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Men messing with women's (or gorgon's) heads du jour: Medusa's shrieking head on shield of Perseus, 1597, by Caravaggio. It's his birthday.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 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.
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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Seismic’ Andy Burnham proposals already quite familiar for Scots. Right to buy abolished here 2016, free personal care 2001, comprehensives never axed, 62% Remain vote, water never privatised, PR standard. So what do Scots make of the PM’s big speech? Listen LesleyRiddoch.com/podcast
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026
The BBC is part of the problem...
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William Dunbar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 @wjd128.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add your name to the petition to help save 'The Mack': you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’
The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add...
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 17/09/2026
100% of duty on Scotch whisky goes to Westminster. 8% comes back to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland as "money from England". I'd be happy to do without it, and keep the whole 100% thanks.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 17/09/2026
Post-Brexit, 🇮🇪 Ireland has expanded to 44 international ferry routes, mostly to bypass the UK - an expansion assisted by the 🇪🇺 EU. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland needs independence and the EU, not failed 🇬🇧 British government "support". www.thenational.scot/news/2655608...
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Scotland to Europe ferry plans scrapped as Forth Ports pulls out of deal
Forth Ports pulls out of Rosyth-Europe ferry plans despite £6m government funding.
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An oil-producing nation with no refinery. An exporting nation with no shipping routes. An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid. Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Burnham knew this would be the result of dropping his pledge to cap political donations, but he did it anyway. Labour are determined to midwife a Reform government, like plenty of other centrist parties before them whose weakness paved the way for right wing extremists.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Ben Delo who has just given Reform £36m is the same Ben Delo who US prosecutors said was the leader of a ‘criminal enterprise’ But hey ho, it’s fine for him- and any other crypto bro - to buy British democracy lock stock and barrel democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-4m...
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Reform's £4m donor "thumbed his nose at the law", US prosecutors said
Ben Delo has called his US conviction a "non-crime". Prosecutors said the Farage-backing crypto billionaire was a “leader of a criminal enterprise”.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
News broke last week that Grangemouth is to get nothing from a £200 million sustainable aviation fuel funding rollout called Project Willow.👇 www.businessforscotland.com/nothing_for_...
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Nothing for Grangemouth from the UK Gov - and a kick in the teeth for ScotWind
Where is the £200 million the UK Labour government promised to invest in Grangemouth to bring new green jobs? It has not materialised and nor has the considered market framework needed to create a sus...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stop whatever you’re doing & watch this now! Reform’s magic money tree has been bust wide open. Huge kudos to undercover reporters Verbatim via @channel4news.bsky.social youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI?... huge
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 24/08/2026
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham has been branded 'the first Prime Minister of England' after his so-called 'listening tour' of the UK completely avoided Scotland
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
So China can build cars 🚗 in Sunderland but not create jobs in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Interesting 🧐, you see how this works 🫪
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 15/08/2026
Who knew?
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Did you know. The National Insurance collected in Scotland exceeds the pension and statutory benefits paid out in Scotland. One of the few useful facts in GERS.
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/for-and-agai...
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For and Against a United Ireland, by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride
An excellent overview of the situation and of the cases for and against each option.
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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
How a supply-side catastrophe and foreign debts destroyed an economy – and why the printing press was a symptom, not the cause mmt101.substack.com/p/the-weimar...
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The Weimar Republic, Wheelbarrows of cash and The Real Causes of Germany’s Hyperinflation
How a supply-side catastrophe and foreign debts destroyed an economy – and why the printing press was a symptom, not the cause
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The result from our exclusive poll See the full breakdown on our website 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 10/08/2026
The magical thing about Britain's unelected House of Lords is that, when London parties choose to put people there, they publicly reveal their true selves. We always knew Labour's former leader in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland was a hypocrite and political chancer.
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The SNP @snp.org · 11/08/2026
The UK no longer offers strength and stability, instead it offers a new Prime Minister every 1.5 years. No wonder a majority of Scots now support real constitutional change - independence for Scotland.
Independence leads in first poll of Burnham era.
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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Please share to get the message out As advertised Prof Thibault Laurentjoye discussing the imperative of a Scottish currency post independence and his final report for the Scottish Currency Group due later this year to be presented at our Oct 2026 SCG Conference. youtube.com/watch?v=J9SE...
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Why an independent Scotland NEEDS it's own currency
YouTube video by The National
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
An infographic about the household analogy in economics
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 When Burnham talks about ‘the North’, he is talking about the South 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
👀 The Celtic Exit has begun. #BelieveinScotland
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David Pratt @foreigncorr1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As Gibraltar embraces Europe, Scotland remains trapped in its Brexit cage - Today’s column 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
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David Pratt: Does Gibraltar deal show Scotland hope for escape from Brexit cage?
A FEW weeks ago, as happens almost every year around this time, I found myself journeying westwards along the southern Andalucian coastline ...
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My reaction to the news that Labour in Scotland's failed branch manager Anas Sarwar has been allowed to fail upwards in a blatant example of political cronyism and will be buggering off to the Lords, tragically, he's not taking Jackie Baillie with him. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/l...
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Lord Sarwar of Brass Neck
It seems to be a law of Scottish politics, or perhaps it’s more likely it’s just a personal curse, but whenever I try and take some time off from the blog a big story breaks and it&#821…
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PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"That'll certainly put an end to suggestions Scottish Labour is a branch office."
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm not sorry to see Anas Sarwar stand down as Scottish Labour leader; I think he should have done so immediately following the disastrous loss in May. But doing it now to take up a junior ministerial job in Westminster sends a terrible message about what Labour thinks of Scotland. Really terrible.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I was asked yesterday what neoliberalism is. This is the answer:
An infographic on neoliberalism
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ignorance on this scale, from people asking to run the country, should be a disqualification in its own right. If you don’t know that the UK contains languages other than English and Welsh, you don’t know the UK, Rhoda Meek ✍️
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"The UK government has pledged to invest £10 million creating two defence excellence colleges in Scotland - but the money will only be delivered if it is matched by the SNP". Meanwhile, England has been awarded £80 million with no such matching requirement.👇 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/07/18/h...
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However in England
By Liz S Currently the UK government has the majority of the powers, the control and also the money within the UK State. I read this recent headline from The National newspaper:…
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The Sunday National 📰 Inside far-right network fuelling disorder
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Illegal homes in West Bank settlements are still being advertised to prospective buyers in the UK by an Israeli property roadshow, it has emerged
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Genius destruction of that wee twat Hegseth
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