zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 9hAre they? how? The Scottish Government isn't against date centres. 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026So you want the Irish model? Less regulation, lower corporate tax, a healthcare service not free at the point of use, with more use of the private sector? 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026‘The royal family’? seriously? That’s your answer to massively expensive commitments with no explanation of where the money comes from? Primary school economics. 110
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Yes, but back in reality, of course voters should make judgements on the deliverability and cost of a given policy! Otherwise we end up with ‘cake and eat it’ wish lists like Brexit. 111
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Your theory is that John Swinney, for example, doesn’t want to be the man to lead Scotland to independence, because some other party might replace the SNP, post-independence? 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It‘s also massively right wing with very little freedom of the press. 020
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026But they won’t announce it, because Swinney isn’t crackers. 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/10/2026So 1) is out, because they don’t have 2/3 of MSPs. So youre left with 2), which would be electoral suicide. 100
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Social media has ruined you, Owen. It’s all simple slogans now. 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Are they really policies when they can’t explain how they’d be achieved or paid for? 311
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Although it is unusual for someone aged 30, a few months into their first elected office, who left uni this year. 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 13/10/2026An 11 year old tweet, probably written by an assistant?. 🤨 000
Reposted by @zopster.bsky.socialAndrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026MI5 chief Ken McCallum confirms Russia did interfere in Brexit referendum - but says it had little impact, @dansabbagh.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 6176
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Why would they want to make Scotland a target? 010
Reposted by @zopster.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"London has the largest number of Neets, an estimated 117,100, or one in six of all Neets in England, said the report" - you'll never guess what the other thing that London has one in six of all the things in England is.uk.finance.yahoo.comMore than a third of Neets living in nine largest cities, research findsA study has shone light on ‘stark differences’ between areas. 3633339
Reposted by @zopster.bsky.socialHenry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 12/10/2026Exclusive: Do you remember the polling company Redfield and Wilton, which appeared from nowhere in early 2020, whose polls quickly appeared in lots of publications? The company’s director is a registered solicitor, prompting questions over where the polling expertise came from. Here’s the answer…theguardian.comNigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firmExclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say 6510260
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026To be fair, Scotland rejected the chance to be independent. 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Because no EU countries currently have xenophobes on the rise? 🤨 000
Reposted by @zopster.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is simply not generating either the volume or tone of scandal coverage that effectively ended Joe Biden's presidency when he was unable to produce a surgically-clean implementation of Donald Trump's totally unplanned & poorly timed withdrawal from Afghanistan: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 24938308
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Then why does the Scottish Government support data centres? 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In this era, less than 3 in area race is worrying 000
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In what way have they fought for it? The fact they haven’t is kind of the point of the story. 010
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The one you highlighted is from 6 years ago. 000
Reposted by @zopster.bsky.socialDr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 12/10/202630,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed. 610462
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026What poll is that? And you’re not suggesting we declare independence on the back of an opinion poll? 100
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Probably need to demonstrate that a majority of the people support the cause first! 100
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 11/10/2026A - it’s not an oil refinery B - they’re not being given the money, it’s a loan guarantee. C - the SNP’s own net zero plans depend on Grangemouth ceasing oil refining. 000
Reposted by @zopster.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center? 675260655530
zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 11/10/2026So the Scottish Government? Could they credibly do it if, like all of them to date, they got less than 50% of the vote? 200
