ICE’s projected 2026 budget is so large that it would rank among the top 15 military budgets in the world if it were its own national armed force.

Latest Poll: SNP just 1 seat from an outright majority Pro-independce majority of 21 Worst ever Labour & Con results SNP: 64 Ref: 16 Lab: 18 Grn: 11 Con: 10 LD: 10 Alba: 0

A letter written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution in 1587 has gone on display for the first time in nearly a decade

His speechwriter secretly hates him.

🇬🇧 bbc State Broadcaster twisting and distorting facts, in a manner calculated to cause political damage to the SNP and Scottish Independence campaign The truth being : - Average 2025/26 water bills : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 £532 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 £677

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald #Trump went too far? ✍️ Jonathan Freedland The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🟥 London's unfair energy tax on Scotland hammers Scottish households. 🔎 Here is what you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/scots_charge...

BBC Shortbread strategically undermines the Scottish Government… Day 1: ScotGov announce house building initiative in the highlands… Day2: BBC Shortbread attacks NHS Highlands… This is now targeted 🇬🇧 🐂 💩 propaganda! Wake up Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 they are gaslighting a nation!

Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on people’s location – a chilling prospect for the NHS: https://goodlaw.social/ym7q

Poll Analysis: Norstat 13th - 16th of January 2026 Holyrood Seats Projection: SNP ~ 62 Labour ~ 18 Reform ~ 17 Conservative ~ 12 Green ~ 11 Lib Dem ~ 9 Independence: Yes ~ 51% No ~ 49%

Updated Scotland poll tracker: 🎗️ SNP still projected one short of a majority. Pro-independce majority of 21. Worst ever Labour & Con results. Best ever Green result. Seats (+/- 2021): SNP: 64 (-) Ref: 16 (+16) Lab: 18 (-4) Grn: 11 (+3) Con: 10 (-21) LD: 10 (+6) Alba: 0 (-) 1/4

What has the SNP ever done for me. Full set at www.facebook.com/ScottishIndy...

Will the Greenland - Trump crisis boost support for Scottish independence?: scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/01/will...

Yet ANOTHER poll shows a pro-independence majority as natty Norstat (formerly known as Panelbase) join the 2026 party - scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/01/yet-...

SNP secure stirring VICTORY in the Glenrothes West & Kinglassie by-election - scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/01/snp-...

PETER MULLAN ‘I’m for Scottish independence. I’ve got nothing against the English at all, but I don’t want Westminster ruling my country. I want neighbours, not masters.’ #YouYesYet

Yet another poll where the weighting disguises a substantial Yes lead in the polls. A published 51% becomes 55% when we reweight to accurate demographic data. Norstat is still using the same % figure for new voters as in October 2024.

Notwithstanding the dubious weighting that underplays the Yes vote %, this Norstat 51% is the first time four different pollsters in a row have a Yes lead since December 2022.

Age is becoming a real dividing line in support for independence. Broadly, if you're under 45 you're likely to support it and if you're over 55 you're likely to oppose it. This is from the recent Survation poll (Jan 12th).

IRVINE WELSH ‘I'm for Scottish independence as a mechanism for breaking up the UK… The real fear of elites in England is that, if Scotland is independent, at a stroke, there's no royal family, no House of Lords, no Eton. And people in England are going to say – we'll have some of that.’

Strong words from English nationalists Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage on the rights of sovereignty and self-determination… …oh but not for you, Scotland! That’s up to Westminster.

Starmer seems only capable of determining what's right & wrong about US rhetoric; not taking any action. I was heartened to hear he's going to roll his sleeves up as a result of recent US aggression. This is perhaps is one of the few tasks that shouldn't be beyond him. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

🚨 NEW | Reform leads by 14pts ➡️ Ref: 32% (+4) 🔵 Con: 18% (-1) 🟢 Grn: 17% (-1) 🔴 Lab: 14% (-1) 🟠 LD: 11% (-1) Via @FindoutNowUK, 21 Jan (+/- vs 14 Jan)

"As the BBC tries to spin water price rise in Scotland (whilst ignoring higher price in England), it's worth remembering that water is privatised in England, pays dividends to profiteers, and has a *dreadful* record on cleanliness and sewage dumping." Credit: @indyposterboy.scot

Brilliant news. Love John Swinney's comment about Farage turning up and lost 🔥. Also loving the new assertiveness overall from the SNP.

Glasgow. Ya belter.

👀 Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden’s avalanche of AI generated questions cost the tax payer £185,000! www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...

Growing2gether is a charity which supports young people with their mental health, poverty and challenging childhood experiences. @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social will lead a members debate in Parliament this afternoon, tune in here: scottishparliament.tv

The financial encirclement of the United States is now total. Coinciding with Europe's threat to sell US assets, China has moved from threats to action: Beijing is dumping U.S. Treasuries en masse and reallocating reserves into Gold on a "massive scale". 👇

Carole Cadwalladr, "He's not that cuddle cosy golf club English pub figure" "He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right" "What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"

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Says it all perfectly

Meanwhile Trump pardoned an actual cocaine trafficking former president of Honduras.

He is absolutely fucking crazy. Thank you for your attention to his dementia.

UK not ready to sign up to Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’, says Yvette Cooper. The UN has been totally sidelined. Aid should be provided by UN agencies. How long before Trump show is seen as an occupying force?

Arrests calmly ongoing. This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.

The rich are enemies of democracy and of an independent Scotland weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/t...

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“The UK government has confirmed for the first time that a phone call took place between David Cameron and Karim Khan in which the then foreign secretary is alleged to have threatened the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court over his investigation into Israeli war crimes in #Gaza.”

Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization. This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.

💯...He knows exactly what he looks like as well

As the BBC tries to spin water price rise in Scotland (whilst ignoring higher price in England), it's worth remembering that water is privatised in England, pays dividends to profiteers, and has a *dreadful* record on cleanliness and sewage dumping. indyposterboy.scot/clean-pure-w...

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

I'm disabled as a result of a stroke several years ago. and have a noticable droop on one side of my face. Normally I'd say it's wrong to mock people for their disability. But with Trump's physical and cognitive disabilities, knock yourselves out. It's spelled disability but it's pronounced karma.

If Keir Starmer blocks Andy Burnham in the Gorton & Denton by-election he does so from a weak position. It would show Starmer acting as a factional leader trying to shore up his position rather than wanting what is best for Labour & the country. And that has consequences. Below Christian Adams.

Scottish actor goes viral for 'best ever' Donald Trump impression www.thenational.scot/news/2579313...

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Economist & sociologist Beatrice Webb was born #OTD in 1858 + One of the founders, London School of Economics + Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining" + First female fellow, British Academy, 1931 #WomenInSTEM

Pablo Hasél has been in prison for four years just for singing. Four years kidnapped by a far-right terrorist gang formed by judges, prosecutors and police. In Spain, in Europe, in the first quarter of the 21st century. #freedomofexpression #fcknzs #antifa #spain #monarchy #fascism #pablohasel