Debate today with a Labour MP on the economy. Also with a former advisor to George Osborne. Very striking how much Labour & the Tories agree on our economic system. Time for change. Let's make hope normal again. Enjoy! 🙌🏼👇🏼 youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...

Tax the rich. @uklabourparty.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social

The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting. And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern. Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

Anas Sarwar has opted to ignore repeated polls pointing to Labour’s rapid demise in claiming he will 'prove them all wrong' and become first minister of Scotland 👀

Nigel Farage is unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR. His arguments are wrong – and that move would be a disaster. @goodlawproject.bsky.social have the facts: goodlaw.social/ngjm

England’s lurch to the far-right is pushing the rest of the UK towards independence parties, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...

In 2024, UK’s big four banks HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, & National Westminster made £45.9bn profit. Since 2021/22 profit margins up by 21%. 2022 -2024: Big four banks paid £124bn in dividends, £32bn in share buybacks. They oppose possible tax increase, publish misleading tax numbers. Tax them.

I love Scotland; its beauty, and because it's the land of my ancestors. And I used to sincerely believe that 'we' were better off together, in a United Kingdom. Not any more! England has turned sour, and Westminster is now remote and incompetent. Demand your freedom, Scotland. You deserve it!

'Things are different in Scotland and measurably better but not perfect.' youtu.be/jnWOzY7ZV48?...

Come join the winning side and the cause for Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Goodnight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕊️✨

The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country. Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.

Any Scottish voters even contemplating this charlatan, take note …

So, Enlighten, the Jack McConnell thinks tank aka Reform Scotland gets it completely wrong again. How surprising. Jack was also famous for a £1.5billion underspend in the Scottish budget which was sent back to Westminster. All whilst championing PFI initiatives. A rogue amongst a parcel of them.

BREAKING: Huge double-digit lead for Scottish independence in new exclusive poll. The survey suggests Scots would vote to leave the Union if a referendum were held tomorrow 👇

Richard Murphy: Scottish currency is about showing faith in the country and its ability to govern itself. Something he challenged the current SNP leadership to show more of. SNP, lacks courage and belief, needs to face these challenges head on, not avoid them. www.thenational.scot/news/2557198...

Catherine Connolly has been elected the 10th President of Ireland. I'm hoping this will be as good for Scotland as well as the Republic, And ultimately good for Irish reunification. #CeltsTogether

Cathedrals, cannons and Cromwell: lessons in power youtu.be/rdWn3XwFjyY?... Economics isn’t just about spreadsheets. It’s about people, power, and place. In this video, filmed in Ely, where I live, I explore what my friend Danny Blanchflower calls 'the economics of walking about'.

Whole cabinet is terrible, they need sacking. PM needs sacking. McSweeney needs sacking. They all do. Fuck it, just vote Green, SNP, Plaid, Lib Dem, Scottish Green, whatever else is vaguely palatable. Forget these lying charlatans and diabolical losers. Labour is a toxic brand now.

THE NATIONAL 25/10/25 I am a Scottish Jew. This is the truth about pro-Palestine 'antisemitism' www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o... Thank you @polgreen.bsky.social

I lost the whole validity of Scotland being in the UK, after being ignored for: * Brexit and * The Deposit Return Scheme. There's absolutely no point in Scotland being part of Great Britain, any more. Independent Scotland WILL be one of the Richest Countries in Europe. Face facts.

More shit to keep Scotland a colony we reckon. We need an unpicking of the UK not a legal affirmation of it. Scotland is a colony, colonies are racism, this is nonsense.

In light of Labour's Ed Milliband stating he would invite nuke companies to Scotland if Labour win in GE2026, it's worth remembering that planning for nuclear dumping was one of the powers stripped from Scotland by Westminster's Powergrab. Where do *you* think they'll want to put it?

In the UK, we have a government who will complain about peaceful protests taking up valuable police resources while simultaneously complaining that the police shouldn't ban far right football hooligans with a history of violence and disruption from attending a match.

Tbh I wouldn't a bit surprised, this Labour party are to working class people what wildebeest are to lions. Before the great pension heist I would be officially retired 3.5yrs ago, now I've another 3.5yrs to wait until I'm 67 if I live that long.🤬 #RedTories

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Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

Gladly Mr Taylor, Scotland wants to leave, Just tell us the correct way we can leave this supposedly 'Voluntary union' then.

Join us live for the third and final day of the SNP’s 91st Annual National Conference 2025 in Aberdeen. #SNP25 www.broadcastingscotland.scot/snp-conferen...

Just like the BBC in Scotland, Laura Kuenssberg is stepping up the deliberate errors to knock The SNP. Twice she claimed the UK Gov was supplying £10bn to build warships on the Clyde. This is false. The £10bn will come from Norway after it signed a deal with BAE systems. (video MSM Monitor)

'Getting on with the day job doesn’t mean taking your eye off the indy ball. Unionist ­critics love to say the SNP are obsessed with ­independence. If only.' @ruthwishart.bsky.social, via The National archive.is/FGrvS

The National's front page today highlights how genocide was allowed to happen in Gaza, accompanied by a four-page special report 👇

So, Starmer is going to be visiting Scotland more often in the months leading up to GE2026. Maybe the media could get off their arses and ask him these questions.

The attitude of other European countries to Scotland joining the EU is something I discuss in this free Substack. It's mostly quite different to how they feel about England. open.substack.com/pub/yesinpic...

We need constantly to remind ourselves that there's nothing normal or inevitable about it. It would be a catastrophe from which we would not recover for many years, in which terrible things are done, to minorities, to vulnerable people, to the rest of the living planet. We cannot let it happen.

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

The 'Scottish' media is, to a large extent, the campaigning arm of WM rule of Scotland. Between now & May 2026 it will spin every positive story about Scotland as a negative one, and where that's impossible, will not report positives at all. Try other sources. indyposterboy.scot/the-real-news/

This is a brilliant moment for Scotland!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @johnswinney.bsky.social & @believeinscotland.bsky.social have signed a partnership deal to advance independence. A united movement for a fairer, stronger, self-governing Scotland.The momentum is building 😊 The future’s in our hands! #ScottishIndependence

Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October

The real scandal is that Scotland’s media is not reporting the news where we are! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/06/i...