BREAKING: John Swinney has confirmed he plans to request another independence referendum from Westminster The First Minister said he still plans to hold a vote on a Section 30 order, though the SNP did not achieve a majority

🟢 @hollybruce.bsky.social elected to represent Glasgow Southside! Holly is the second Scottish Green MSP to be elected today, and the second Scottish Green constituency MSP to be elected ever!

Glasgow Southside (Glasgow) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): GRN: 14048 (36.5%, +36.2) SNP: 10947 (28.4%, -31.5) LAB: 7300 (19%, -10.9) RUK: 3019 (7.8%, New) CON: 1383 (3.6%, -3.5) LD: 1143 (3%, +1.2) OTHx2: 659 (1.7%) Valid Turnout: 59.1% Green GAIN from SNP ^AF

@robertsmark.bsky.social 👇🏻✅😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️

Treat us mean we vote Green.

BREAKING: The Scottish Greens have gained Nicola Sturgeon's seat in Glasgow Southside which the former first minister held for 15 years. Holly Bruce won the seat with 14,048.

BREAKING: Green have won the constituency of Glasgow Southside from SNP

The SNP has held Glasgow Cathart & Pollok where Zen Ghani received 5,163 more votes than his nearest rival, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok (Glasgow) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): SNP: 14270 (44.3%, -10) LAB: 9107 (28.3%, -3.8) RUK: 5320 (16.5%, New) LD: 1407 (4.4%, +1.8) CON: 1325 (4.1%, -4.8) OTHx2: 749 (2.3%) Valid Turnout: 49.4% SNP HOLD ^AF

Scottish Labour leader defeated.

🟢 @lornaslater.bsky.social elected to represent Edinburgh Central! Lorna is the first Scottish Green MSP to be elected today, and the first Scottish Green constituency MSP to be elected ever!

Edinburgh Central (Edinburgh and Lothians East) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): GRN: 12680 (36%, +29.2) LAB: 8098 (23%, -7.6) SNP: 7702 (21.9%, -19.3) CON: 2262 (6.4%, -10.3) LD: 2168 (6.2%, +2.7) RUK: 1876 (5.3%, New) OTHx5: 455 (1.3%) Valid Turnout: 54.5% Green GAIN from SNP - LL

BREAKING: Lorna Slater has won the Scottish Green's first-ever constituency seat in Edinburgh Central, defeating the SNP's Angus Robertson.

Greens win Edinburgh Central. Confirmed ✅

BREAKING: Reform UK’s leader in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, has failed to win in Inverclyde, coming third behind Labour and the victorious SNP

A 46% turnout is terrible at any election. Congratulations to the politicians who bore people to death about politics.

Dundee City West (North East Scotland) Constituency Vote (vs 2021): SNP: 12722 (49.1%, -12.5) LAB: 6365 (24.6%, +3.1) RUK: 3315 (12.8%, New) LD: 1980 (7.6%, +3.7) CON: 881 (3.4%, -6.9) TUSC: 649 (2.5%) Valid Turnout: 46.2% SNP HOLD - EM

On 8 May 1945, the Allies defeated National Socialist fascism, the German Reich surrendered. The Nazis and their accomplices had murdered millions of people. Today, on Liberation Day, we commemorate the victims – for example at a ‘Liberation Festival’ in Hamburg city centre. #fcsp

I'm not going to Borussia out and buy it.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1... Election results 2026 live: Follow the vote counts and reaction - BBC News

Reports of low turnout all over Scotland.

Edinburgh Central has gone to the Green Party according to the BBC.

Election results day when you do so many facepalms it begins to turn into punches in frustration at the rabid right wing reactionaries and their political choices.

Water way to make money.

The number of people with at least $30 million (€25.7m) in wealth is growing across Europe. Germany has by far the most ultra-rich, and continues to add more. Who has the most ultra-rich in Europe in 2026 and where are they growing fastest? https://l.euronews.com/5OS5

People have been sharing the Zack Polanski ‘scandals’ they think the media need to know about – 28 shocking transgressions www.thepoke.com/2026/05/07/p...

#FART #FarageAlwaysRespectingTrump What a tune 🎵Trump's pet fascist...

#ScottishParliament #Vote 7th of May from 7am. 🗳️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Abolish FIFA save football.

Germany raids suspected members of far-right criminal groups reut.rs/4tj8HWP

LIVE: Strait of Hormuz traffic tracker youtube.com/live/x9SSPkj...

Mon Dieu

I thought Australia was always hot but some areas are koala than others.

Tesla is going from bad to worse, wouldn't touch one with a charge point.

Imagine the notifications all day long about pets and wildlife.

Making bus travel free for all is one of the simplest, quickest and most effective steps we can take to build a fairer, greener Scotland. 🟢 More money in your pocket 🟢 Less pollution in your air 🟢 Less congestion on your streets

everyone's a joker yeah?

The media find fascism entertaining and they are happy to broadcast bigoted bile bullshit on a regular basis.

Scotland fans hire school buses to get to World Cup games. Hopefully they'll teach their opponents a lesson on the pitch. #TartanArmy

$100 hot dog, I'd expect a jumping frog and a trip to Albuquerque at that price.

UAE's Fujairah says fire breaks out at petroleum complex after Iranian drone attack reut.rs/4tQPeha

UAE defence ministry says four cruise missiles fired from Iran

Looks like something from The Wicker Man.

There will be Morton this story later.

(Not) A message from the government of Israel…

#Bristol youtube.com/shorts/HYtXX...

Two people dead after explosion at house in Bristol

Hoops they've Hibsed it again.