US has extended the waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil until May 16, Reuters reports. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Since 2014 Westminster has overruled Scottish Parliament decisions on devolved matters more than 13 times. Voting Labour, Tories, LibDems or Reform is voting to stop Scotland being different and better. #Scotland #SNP1SGP2 indyposterboy.scot/8276-2/

I'm worried about Anas Sarwars nose. Two more lies aboot Scotland under the SNP yesterday revealed. The Scottish Pinocchio Maybe we should chip in to buy Sarwar a wheelbarrow so he can rest his nose on to get oot & aboot today 😆

Beginning to think that the real story isn't Mandelson.. or even Epstein... but anti democratic levers of power wielded by authoritarian russia and China ...

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5 minutes to our podcast premiere with #SNP candidate Heather Anderson, join us in the comments or watch later at your leisure here: youtu.be/ab2HSN-3KYs?...

I've vote SNP 1 & 2 .. I want a clear cut SNP majority so Scotland can decide to invest in its people

A re-elected SNP Government will extend childcare from 9 months old to the end of primary school, 52 weeks a year. Make it #BothVotesSNP on May 7 for a government that’s on your side.

Freezing the essentials is absolutely possible and a great way to help those struggling with the cost of living.

Ali Akbar Ebrahimvand, 16, has been arrested on Feb 18th, 2026. They allowed only one visit and since then his whereabouts are unknown. His father, who insisted on visiting him again, has been detained as well.

I can hear lots of bitter old men’s heads exploding 😂😂😂😂 Hopefully JK sees this and it ruins her weekend 😂😂😂

Silence on Iran’s Iran Revolutionary Guard Means Terror Everywhere Yesterday, a girl named Ghazal—and today, two girls named Neda and Samira were killed by Iran Revolutionary Guard in their base inside Iraq

Feed the poor or fatten the rich: why the SNP plan to put price caps on essential groceries is morally right Profiteering supermarkets are showering money on shareholders. As the cost of food rises even further amid war, low income families must be protected My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir. The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm So we’re taking legal action. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...

We can win an SNP majority despite the moral bankruptcy of the media weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/w...

I wonder how prepared we are for this ..

Trying to destroy the russian influence campaign and dark money funding to the far right ..

Little 🧵 on vetting: There’s been a certain amount of chest-puffing from former holders of DV clearance about how rigorous and exacting the vetting process is and how rare for it to be overruled. The latter is definitely true. Never heard of it happening, ever. 1

Last year reports of attacks on a Swedish 🇸🇪 heating plant have been russia's linked actors. This is the first time, Swedish authorities have openly attributed such kind of activity to russia #Cybersecurity www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/d...

🚨 Just in: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says "in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire".

BIG: In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.

Lots of ppl have held a hope that the UK and Ukraine both accede together .. There's a huge issue they fail to address .. Ukraine is actively reforming & strengthening its democracy whilst the UK just looks increasingly like Glasnost russia.

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The de-USification continues ...

I'll start today with could be an important overnight hit by Ukraine's Special Ops Forces, especially for those living or fighting near the frontline. This is said to be an attack on a logistics base of Russia's elite Rubicon drone unit, which controls small drone attacks.

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces have struck a base of Russia’s classified Rubikon unit near occupied Mariupol with drone strikes, causing multiple explosions and large-scale fires at the facility. #Ukraine

British Brainwashing Company, at it again.

Why were the Foreign Office soo determined to have Mandelson as US diplomat that they ignored the fact he failed Vetting ... On what grounds did Mandelson fail the vetting?

open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita... A very important case study. We should all learn from it

“US to delay delivery of weapons to several European countries - including the Nordics and the Baltics, because of Iran war.” But next week the White House will be outraged again when Europe attempts to strengthen its own production base, rather than buy US weapons. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Jee. Pers. What world are they pretending to live in? 😳😳😳 indyposterboy.scot/do-the-right...

Under the SNP, people in Scotland get the best cost of living support in the UK. But I want us to do more, and that’s what tomorrow is about. Our manifesto will set out how we can put more money in people’s pockets, improve our NHS and deliver the fresh start of independence.

⚡️ BREAKING: Ukrainian Air Defense intercepts about 80% of missiles and 90% of drones launched by Russia — says Ukraine's Minister of Defense, Mykhailo Fedorov. He also reported that from November to March, Russia launched 462 ballistic missiles, nearly 600 cruise missiles, and 27,000 Shahed drones.

it's almost as if there's an international right-wing conspiracy to foist illiberalism on an unsuspecting public

Greetings from a shelter — we’re expecting 50+ cruise missiles, Shahed drones, and possibly ballistic missiles.

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode in our series about how George Orwell tried to make sense of WW2 as it was happening looks at 1940 and 1941, from the collapse of France to Hitler’s invasion of Russia. How close did Britain get to revolution in the summer of 1940? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

russia has just launched ballistic Kalibr missiles at Ukraine

Just Israel about break international sanctions .. Israel is part of the russian terror axis..

This was my original story on this, revealing Labour insiders would rely on Reform to vote in Anas Sarwar as first Minister if the numbers stack up.

⚡️ Overnight, Russian forces launched targeted attacks on two universities in Dnipro. It is especially cynical that the strike took place on the very night a day of mourning was declared in the city, after a previous Russian attack killed five people. 📷 borys_filatovv/Telegram

📌 ICYMI — The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Helped Build Peter Thiel’s Online Influence Empire New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging ‘memetic warfare’ against their enemies

PBS documentary "Rise of Germany's New Right" about russian money and relationships with #AfD and #EU has been nominated for an Emmy. Recommend watch www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

In 2005, Russia gave up FSB control of its prisons to join the Council of Europe. Twenty years later it's undone that. For hundreds of Crimean political prisoners on fabricated charges, the agency that built the cases against them now also controls their cells. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/14/r...

#Brexit was not just stupid, it was spectacularly badly timed. Stupid, cos disrupting trade with your main trading partner is inevitably costly. Badly timed, cos Brexiteers envisaged the UK embracing the US & a free-trading (and peaceful) global future. 🧵 www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/2...

Achill Horses, 1939, painting by Mainie Jellett, 1897-1944, Irish artist (National Gallery of Ireland).

I'd argue this isn't ruthlessness but a determination to clear up an unholy shitshow .. Obviously Starmer & Biden are/were too squeamish.

Sloviansk, Ukraine 💔 The russians struck Sloviansk with a 1.5-ton aerial bomb at 5:00 a.m. today.

#Tabis Its no coincidence that Scotland is the only part of the uk with growth of inward migration from other parts of UK