📺 WATCH: First Minister John Swinney's speech on how Scotland will navigate the increasing polarisation and instability across the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2MsBB-3wAo

John Swinney emphasises crucial need for independent Scotland to be in EU (though I hope Ukraine is the EU's next member). The big challenge for iScotland, given our increasingly unstable world, would be how to stay secure in period between leaving UK & joining EU. www.gov.scot/publications...

Excellent speech from our FM. Unequivocally stating the need for Scotland to be back in the EU "𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺". With all the English parties except Zak's against this, the only route back to the EU is independence. And that means voting for 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 on May 7th. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺

A classic example of the propaganda tactics the BBC 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 adopts in Scotland to try to undermine our Scottish parties.

Holyrood has a #PR system so why are we trying to apply First Past The Post rules? Join us at 8pm as we try and figure out just what kind of majority counts as a mandate. youtu.be/gVTwT_NxbeI?...

Poverty is a miserable experience. In a wealthy country, poverty is a political choice. With #ScottishIndependence, we can choose to make it a thing of the past.

Scotland must work for all of our people. The movement for #ScottishIndependence stands against hate.

It must really confuse MAGA and Reform types to witness all these leftist, woke, rootless globalists finding strength in community and love for their neighbours.

On Holocaust Memorial Day we pause to remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution. Together, we stand against the hatred of antisemitism.

Reform are the Tories.

Breaking: Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor Chris Madel drops out of the race. “I can’t look my daughters in the eye and say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics and Asians because of the color of the skin... I did not sign up for that.”

'America feels more like an enemy. What else can we call a nation which threatens our friends and neighbours, and whose President humiliates our own country?' www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @neilmackay.bsky.social

This video is now banned for US users on Tik Tok. The platform has fallen to the regime. And this is EXACTLY the kind of footage they DON’T want US citizens to see.

Suella Braverman exclusive: ‘The Tories should not be anywhere near power again in my lifetime’ - The Telegraph. Sh*t I agree with her!! It should apply to all those 15 Tories to date that have joined Reform. Keep them all away from power pleas

Hey @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social why is your colleague attempting to undermine Scottish europhiles who are seeking independence? 🤔

The death of Alex Pretti at the hands of US federal agents is unbearable. But it did not happen by accident. This is the result of Trump’s policies and rhetoric. My heart is with the people of Minneapolis as they mourn, resist, and demand accountability. This must end.

In a democracy, politicians should welcome elections.

Great to see the launch of this major new project with the U.K. joining European neighbours. The project seeks to create and link offshore wind farms in the North Sea to more than one country via 'interconnectors' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Only Scottish independence can prevent Farage's plans to privatise the NHS and Labour's plans to hand more of our medical data to the US spy-tech firm, Palantir. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Have you forgotten that Scots were dragged out of the EU against our will or that the Scottish government is committed to independence in the EU? Let's hope that the English don't vote for Reform UK otherwise we will lose both the Scottish Parliament and the dream of rejoining the EU.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

ICE uses extrajudicial violence and intimidation for political ends. It's unconstrained by the law, unaccountable to the public. Its crimes are endorsed at the highest levels. What does this tell us? That it's the force of paramilitary thugs all fascist movements & governments use. It is Trump’s SS.

They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.

Just a wee reminder. Please share with everyone. Thank you

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.

Great to be out campaigning with the SNP team in Bearsden South supporting our excellent candidate Lynne Gibbons. Polling day is Thursday. #VoteSNP

This witness to Alex Pretti's murder not only refutes the governmen't story, but says she is afraid to go home because federal agents might arrest her. This is what it feels like to live under state terror. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

Trump wants to send the military after American citizens.” — 10/15/24 She told you so‼️‼️‼️

With the appalling BBC coverage of the murder of Alex Petti by ICE in Minneapolis: leading on "contrasting narratives" when the video evidence speaks for itself, people in England are finally waking up to what we in Scotland have been saying about the BBC for decades.

Alex Pretti was an American hero. He saved lives. He protected people. He cared deeply about his community, unlike the murderous thugs who killed him. The very last thing he did was try to help a woman who had been pepper-sprayed and violently shoved to the ground by ICE. 1/

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Today we have announced More Homes Scotland. It will help build more homes, more quickly, ensuring more young people across Scotland can get a home they can afford.

Deeply moving to attend the Holocaust Memorial Day reception at Parliament. Hearing from survivors of the Holocaust and the Cambodian genocide was a powerful reminder that remembrance must never be passive. We must all speak out and ensure such atrocities never happen again.

Major Scottish Government investments in eradicating child poverty that you’ll struggle to hear about talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/22/m...

🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES! The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed. KEEP GOING! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

Trump on NATO: "The problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100% but I'm not sure that they'd be there for us, if we gave them the call". We did get the call on 9/11. 26 NATO members sent troops to defend the US. Hundreds died doing so. It was the only time Article 5 has been activated.

Trump won’t, perhaps, invade Greenland for now. The US is losing its allies - choosing enmity and chaos instead. So what do ‘medium powers’ and the EU (a bigger power but not a superstate) do now? my latest blog. open.substack.com/pub/kirstyhu...

Well, that aged like a fine milk.

In this week's podcast we chat with @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social about her new film about Finland and some of the key concepts that Scotland can learn from including education, trust, security, practicality and much more. #Finland #LesleyRiddoch youtu.be/avF6EWFn5Sw?...

Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland. There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same. And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment. 1/

Europe wins by acclamation.

I've just signed this petition calling for Keir Starmer to stand firm. And for every 1,000 signatures a message will be sent straight to the PM's inbox. Will you join me and add your name? Maybe your signature will be enough to trigger the next message to Starmer!

Clear advice here "Standing up to Trump offers no guarantee of success. Submission, on the other hand, is certain to fail." Spot on @edwardluce.bsky.social giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Today, we have adopted the new EU Anti-Racism Strategy to combat racism in all its forms by ⬇️

Glasgow has world-class artists and some pretty astonishing murals already, so this is just - excuse the language - fucking stupid. What's that building? And why the American Bald Eagle? Back to the drawing board, lads. www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...

Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?