The shock/horror displayed over revelations *after* the conviction of DUPs Jeffrey Donaldson have revealed a performative sham of epic proportions in NI. Quick 🧵 TL;DR: The core to British Unionism in NI was really about maintaining an evangelical statelet not "The Union".

If you have any, reasonable or other, doubts about how Burnham, and indeed Westminster, sees Scotland as "different" read this thread. They don't see us at all! Indy? Yes please!

Excellent article.

Just to illustrate how geographically challenged Burnham is. A map showing, roughly, the UK from north to south with Manchester highlighted in red. How this can be viewed as the north of the UK baffles me. It is not even very far north within England. Don't expect anything good for Scotland...

If he genuinely believes people should have more control over their future, then he must explain why he wants to block people in Scotland from having any choice over ours - by denying Scotland’s democratic right to choose our own future with independence.

What are we waiting for? If we are truly outraged about all the injustices in today's political set up? Britain should be (rightly) outraged that one man embezzled £400,000 from a political party in Scotland, But this poor excuse of a human being stole over £120M from you, The British taxpayer.

Happy birthday Mel. Comedy genius.

THIS 👇 HERE.......

Pretty much sums it up....

We are digging coal

Excellent conflation/juxtaposition of "far right threat" and " scottish Independence "🤨 They're so up themselves that they don't see how progressive our ideal is! Maybe if they were actually left-of-centre they'd see.

Absolutely spot on! I can even forgive the hat.

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Context for Belfast riots

Scottish to American Dictionary.😂

the harsh reality: England was just another European nation until it embraced Scotland Its navy built on Celtic seafaring skills, stood strong rivalling France Italy, Portugal, and Spain However it was only after 1707, with access to Scotland's rich resources that England truly rose to prominence 👇

Why is the SNP finished? "Because Kevin Mckenna said so."

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This thief, the ‘Baroness Michelle Mone’ still has her title and still has the millions of pounds she stole for supplying unusable PPE whilst people died during Covid. Repost if you find this wholly unacceptable.

Excellent piece. Well worth the read. Scottish journalists are well aware of this, if qualified, as studying "The Law" is integral to their course. To suggest otherwise, in articles, is, at best, disingenuous. English hacks need also take notice.

Lots of nostalgia for Tony Blair. But all those mainly Conservative commentators praising him have yet to account for his involvement in the brazen corruption of Trump’s Peace Council scam. Utterly discrediting and discreditable

Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained" Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?

Superb thread.

"The 2014 IndyRef is the only electoral process in history after which the winning side didn't have to keep any of the promises they made to win, and the losing side were expected to honour promises they didn't make." Rob Parry, EM physician, Scotland

Reform doing what reform does. Guess what? It's anything but reform!

Scotland is energy rich, yet we’re paying some of the highest energy prices in Europe - why did Labour let Grangemouth shut on their watch?

Meanwhile in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⬇️ Under 22’s and over 60’s (SIXTIES) already have free bus travel in Scotland. Three areas in Scotland currently have a trial £2 limit on ANY bus journey. The SNP Scottish Government proposes to extend it nationwide. No peak rail fares, on publicly owned ScotRail and ⬇️

Fascinating

Just imagine how much more we could achieve free from Westminster & the Union control as a Independent Nation, #VoteSNP #ScottishIndependence #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Drawn by Dr Seuss over 50 years ago.

The same goes for Reform voters and those others who advocate for tax reductions and privatisation/reduction in public service as some kind of progressive way. It's obvious that only those who gain financially from such measures could push them. The rest are being DUPED! WISE UP!

BREAKING: The Muslim prayer room of Cafe Raha in Blackburn was fire bombed today, but thankfully, there was no synagogue nearby, so we're not bothering with a Cobra meeting x

King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

I really can't stick Starmer, He's a hollow man, weak and easily manipulated by right wing BUT Streeting makes my flesh creep in a Mandelson way... And, I can't believe any of the Labour "left" either.

Except for viewers in Scotland!

Ferries, eh? Clearly islanders need more say, but... Not perfect, but more reliable and fairer fares.

Listen to this man, he speaks the truth.

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

It's true. Only one way to protect it.

If you’ll be voting for a party which is anti NHS-privatisation, please share this! 💙

#CelticAlliance #IndependenceASAP #YesScots 👇🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

Paraphrasing Wee Ginger Dug. If at SE26 the SNP win more seats in its own right than all of the Unionist parties combined, that should be a mandate for requesting S30 order. They don't need to win a majority of seats - just more than the combined Unionist parties.

5 polls out today, the SNP on anything from 59 to 66 seats, the Scottish Greens around 15 to 18. A pro independence majority is looking highly likely, but all independence supporters need to get out and vote. The ghouls of Reform UK are waiting around the corner.

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