I am terribly saddened to hear the news that Scott Hastings has died. One of Scotland’s finest rugby players, Scott was an example to all of outstanding sportsmanship. I always felt such joy when I met him at Murrayfield. My deepest sympathy to his family. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

For swearing in of MSPs, first John Swinney - who adds an SNP proviso before his oath about SNP allegiance to people of Scotland who are sovereign. Second, Malcolm Offord. Third, Anas Sarwar. Ross Greer also adds proviso for Greens ultimately to people of Scotland, "not king or crown", before oath

The Scottish voting system is DESIGNED to stop any one Party from being in Control. It CAN'T get much better! 2011 was as good as it gets. End this nonsense. Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe. Hurry up.

This IS our Indyref mandate, as it’s by far the greatest victory for independence parties at Holyrood The SNP won more seats than ALL the ‘Unionist Alliance’ parties combined On top of this, an additional 15 Indy seats were won by the Scottish Greens This is Scotland’s mandate, get Indyref done💪

Independence MSP's 1999 - 36 2003 - 34 2007 - 49 2011 - 71 2016 - 69 2021 - 72 2026 - 73 SNP has won 5 Holyrood elections in a row, Labour had their worst ever election & Tories fell to 4th. Independence MSP's have been the majority since 2011. If that's not a mandate what is?

100’s of thousands of @snp.org list votes counted for nothing but the positives are a majority of SNP MSP’s over unionist MSP’s by 2 if we discount the @scottishgreens.org and a large pro Indy majority across the parliament. That’s a mandate for a referendum as far as I’m concerned.

The Scottish people have spoken … and now Westminster will ignore our voice A pro-independence majority will be elected once again in the Scottish Parliament. And once again, London will deny a referendum This is a democratic outrage and it must be resisted My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Yes, but it would have been even more effective if more of the 2 votes SNP crowd, had voted SNP1, SG2.

The SNP has won 877,077 constituency votes and 589,843 regional votes - by far the highest totals in Scotland - yet appears to have won ZERO regional seats (so far). Reform UK has 365,231 regional votes and 15 list seats. At some point the SNP needs to confront how AMS functions in practice.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland can show 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England how to eliminate Reform in its election today. If a large proportion of the 55% of Scots who want to be independent vote 🟨 SNP1 (Const'cy) & 🟩 Green2 (List) – this will secure a solid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿indy majority AND gub Farage's ReformUK. Just Do It Scotland !! #VoteSNP1SGP2 ‼️‼️

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BEFORE the 2014 independence referendum, the pro-Union Better Together campaign made a list of promises to the Scottish people. This is what we DID'NT get for staying in this union of unequals. Here is a full list of 10 promises that have been broken since. www.thenational.scot/news/2607701...

If supporters of #ScottishIndependence vote #SNP1SGP2 we will have a large majority of Independence supporting MSP’s it’s that simple. Anything else helps the Unionists in particular Reform. We need to get smart and play the system to send a strong message to Westminster and the rest of the world.

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Labour is trying to spin the Sarwar/Offord story as the SNP choosing to believe Offord over Sarwar, but that's not right, it's a matter of believing numerous press reports, including one from the Labour supporting Daily Record, over Sarwar. Offord merely confirmed what was reported elsewhere.

I fully understand why @snp.org promote #BothVotesSNP which is the right vote in a couple of regions and their rules stop them from promoting other parties in elections. For the majority of Indy supporters it has to be #SNP1SGP2 to maximise the number of Indy supporting MSP’s and stop the unionists.

I fully understand why @snp.org promote #BothVotesSNP which is the right vote in a couple of regions and their rules stop them from promoting other parties in elections. For the majority of Indy supporters it has to be #SNP1SGP2 to maximise the number of Indy supporting MSP’s and stop the unionists.

Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (those horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible.

New Zealand’s Cook Strait Ferries – unreliability alarms international tour operators in sharp contrast to Scotland’s island tourism surge ignoring media ferry frenzy talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/16/n...

Any society that denies medical treatment because of a lack of money is sick and unfit to be considered civilised. This is the US and what the verminous Farage wants for the UK.

Isle of Wight ferries – breakdowns, cancellations, rocketing prices, THREE times the cost of the Oban to Mull crossing and unfair taxation compared to Scotland talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/16/i...

Sometimes people in England sneering at Scots moaning about Westminster's failings and its contempt for Scotland simply don't understand where we're coming from.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

You had me at ScotWind Wealth Fund. You lost me at both votes SNP. Has to be SNP 1 Green 2. I know you can't say that but you know that and we know you know that. Get the mandate. #IndyRef2

Poll Analysis: YouGov MRP 23rd of March - 8th of April 2026 (finally caught up!) Holyrood Seats Projection: SNP ~ 64 Reform ~ 20 Labour ~ 15 Green ~ 13 Lib Dem ~ 10 Conservative ~ 7 Note: These figures differ substantially from YouGov's own, and I remain slightly funny on MRPs generally

For an Indy majority and to keep Deform UK off the List vote SNP 1 and Scottish Greens 2...deny Yoonies in the back door 2021 both votes got FPTP: SNP 84.9% CON 6.9% LAB 2.7% 2021 both votes got List: SNP 3.6% CON 46.4% LAB 35.7% Vote sensibly not loyally 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

No, you're not. No, You can't. No, it's reserved. No, it's devolved but we've overruled it. Enough. It's time for 'Yes we can'. #Scotland #SNP1SGP2

Every day I'm setting out my plan to end rip-off Britain and take back our power and wealth from those who have stolen it. Here's today's Sun front page. The Murdoch empire is terrified.

Dont waste your second vote Scotland. Its Proportional Representation after all. If we get 1 million votes for the snp and then the same 1 million vote Green, then Scotland will stand on its own two feet. Last time I est that we gave 200k 2nd votes to Greens, let's change this (No Change) poll

Take heed 👇 The truth. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SNP1 Green2🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I’m fed up with the Westminster system that means hard work delivers less and less, while people’s energy and food costs just keep going up. The fresh start of independence would mean we can use Scotland’s resources to benefit Scotland’s people. #BothVotesSNP on May 7th. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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University of Oxford : maximising oil and gas extraction here would only save UK households up to £82 (€95) per year. A UK fully powered by renewable energy, would save households up to £441 (€510) a year on energy bills. www.euronews.com/2026/03/27/e...

It’s the fifteenth anniversary of the abolition of prescription charges in Scotland. Let’s make sure prescriptions remain free for everyone. #BothVotesSNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Scottish Greens have staged a stunt outside Holyroodhouse Palace as they pledged to end royal tax breaks in Scotland and 'make the super-rich pay their fair share'

Vote SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2 - updated swing calculation: Points of interest: a) if 12% of SNP 2 votes went to the Scottish Greens, then the SGs become the official opposition b) a 38% swing of SNP 2 votes to SGs makes a combined indy support of 66.7% - a 2/3rds super majority

120 Tories have defected to Reform since its founding, including 27 MPs Vote SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2 to maximise the number of Indy supporting MSPs. Every extra Scottish Green on the list is one fewer unionist MSP and ensures that Reform do not become the opposition in Holyrood.

Thank you to all who attended the March and Rally for Independence on Saturday, and those who were watching online. You can be the difference. Join the SNP and get involved in our campaign at www.snp.org/join

This looks like a good strategy to me. I’ll be voting #SNP1SGP2 in Edinburgh.

This ongoing call for #BothVotesSNP by the #SNP is purely to deny the Scottish Greens seats. It is party political & not pro-indy. It gives us more Unionist MSPs! SCREW THAT. We want as many pro-indy MSPs as possible. #SNP1SGP2 or #SNP1Greens2 NOT #BothVotesSNP

Labour and WM are running Scotland into the ground, they will DESTROY us rather than let us go. They will destroy your children's future and prospects. #AreYouYesYet

Can we just agree that the union is not working and #Independence is the only and final option. #BothVotesSNP #SNP #Union #endtheunion

Join us at the March & Rally for Independence tomorrow meeting at Parliament square from 11.30am and ending with a rally on Calton Hill hearing from Scotland's First Minister John Swinney and many others. Be sure to visit the SNP marquee next to the stage.

Labour waved through projects in England, but blocks £1.5bn of investment in renewables and 1,500 jobs in the Highlands. Grangemouth. Mossmorran. Offshore jobs. Now Ardersier. Scotland is an afterthought to Westminster. We need a fresh start with independence.