Labour's Leishman says - "A Scottish Labour manifesto should be full of policies that will meaningfully change people’s lives. The one we put forward this time was not that.” Does Leishman not know he is a Branch Office. His masters in Westminster won't allow "Scottish" Labour doing that! Idiot!

Two recordings. Two stories. One £5 million secret. 🕵️‍♂️ youtu.be/lggRInX4sqs?...

Apparently, SGov can regulate expenditure and donations specifically for candidates at Scottish & local government elections. Party registration is reserved (unfortunately). Some thought should be given to legislating on this.

SNP got 38.2% of constituency votes, higher than the 32.2% for Labour in the Westminster general election that gave it a Commons landslide. Higher than the 35.3% Labour got in Scotland in 2024. But the SNP victory is a 'fluke' that means the system needs changed while Starmer has a mandate.

Hello @devolvedelections.bsky.social do I get a physical medal with this or is it just the intense feeling of satisfaction? Beyond chuffed that Ballot Box Scotland, a labour of love hobby project by Some Random Nerd, was more accurate than every single Holyrood MRP. Say it with me: NO MORE MRPs!

Yaassss...Scottish Reform Leader Malcolm Offord, got his arse well and truly kicked✊🤣

Channel 4 News is generally the best of a bad bunch in UK news broadcasting but it was odd in their report on the Scottish and Welsh elections today that they said Plaid and SNP had failed to win majorities but didn't say both countries use PR systems which make majorities almost impossible.

Farage could face byelection over crypto king’s £5m donation - The Observer apple.news/AY-lbiMerSWm... Please god let it happen it certainly should

The anti-independence parties received millions in bribes (sorry, 'donations') to pay for all those annoying social media ads featuring Anas Sarwar. They had the backing of almost all the press & the BBC pumping out an unceasing torrent of propaganda, & they still failed. No wonder they're raging.

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2609264...

🎶Absolutely amazing scenes in Wales as Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth - set to be Wales's first pro-independence first minister - is interrupted by an impromptu rendition of the Welsh national anthem

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

Reform, ladies and gentlemen. There is no level too low. If they ever take power people will die Wake the fuck up before it’s too late

I will build a Scotland where everyone feels seen, where everyone feels at home, and where everyone is able to contribute to Scotland’s story.

Let’s use our independence mandate to keep Reform and far right politics out of Scotland. The answer is independence and the need to deliver is now. #snpalwaysonscotlandsside #yeswecan #independence #snp

Great to hear John Swinney will have scotparl vote on Section 30 for #indyref2 after SNP/Green majority. The unprecedented Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh Indy treble act makes this the ideal time to press forward. thenational.scot/news/26092529.…

We will always be on Scotland’s side and we are ready to serve.

It’s time for our Celtic Alliance, “As One for Indy” 💪

Let the Thistle,Daffodil and Shamrock grow tall together✊The time is now to do it , no more messing about, no more begging for a piece that's already yours !

NEW: The SNP and the Greens have a joint 'mandate to deliver' a second vote on independence, Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer has insisted

All together now! ... "But Nige did take five million quid, and Nige would take five million more!" 💥💥💥 #RefUKkers

Pffft.

After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.

Everything you need to know about the moral vacuum at the heart of Labour. The party deserves its agonising death ‘A former Scottish Labour MP has taken up a job as an adviser to Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord’

“The British press usually works itself into a fury if people in public life threaten legal action against journalists... But when it comes to the wall of money and lawyers propping up Farage and his finances, barely a squeak” Democracy dying in the darkness. www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

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Big problems for Starmer as he realises that Cymru, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all now led by parties and First Ministers who want out of this terrible Union.

And on top of all the good news for Scotland, today is Europe Day! Ready to welcome Scotland back into the EU. #independence is normal.

I hope the electorate that voted in Jackie Baillie make sure that as a priority she investigates why radioactive emissions at Coulport and Faslane have more than doubled over the last 5 years. How safe are they with the ageing Trident submarine fleet spewing out this contamination? Cancer anyone?

Tomorrow's front page 📰 SNP and Plaid Cymru election successes show 'a future beyond the constraints of the Union'

Our thoughts with british State Broadcaster Operatives Glenn Campbell, Gary Robertson, David Wallace Lockhart, Fiona Stalker, Laura Maxwell, Martin Geissler, Douglas Fraser, Laura MacIver, Andrew Kerr etc, at this difficult time🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎🇪🇺

This should be pointed out to every unionist commentator. 👇👇👇

SNP return more SNP MSPs than the combined number of Unionist MSPs, add the Greens then we have ourselves a super majority in fav of Scottish Independence, democracy must now be acknowledged by Westminster #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Congratulations to @snp.org and @scottishgreens.org on very successful election results 👏🏼 I look forward to seeing you work together, work with Wales and NI, to achieve 4 Independent Nations. It must be achieved BEFORE the next General Election, urgent action is needed.

From facebook. If we had the same voting system as Westminster we would have 60 SNP 4 tories 4 Lib Dem 2 labour 2 greens. So, when Unionists start talking about majorities it's to muddy the waters. Look at the numbers above and tell me that's not a mandate for a referendum.

The final results are in. It's a pro-independence majority of 73. That's the largest number of pro-independence MSPs ever elected to the Scottish Parliament.

SNP have won a historic 5th term & a Scottish independence majority. Plaid Cymru has won in Wales. Sinn Féin lead the Northern Irish government & are calling for an Irish unity referendum. The Celtic Exit from the UK is gathering pace & the UK is living on borrowed time. The clock is ticking....

Honest Guardian article- "With Labour enduring its worst result since devolution in 1999, this puts the Scottish parliament in the unprecedented position of having two parties in joint second place, adding to Labour’s humiliation." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great result today

I think scotland has finally woke up to. the MSM WM..BBC.."Etc." their lies don't work like they used to, and never will again we grow stronger Regardless of what they throw at us... Scotland has it's eyes on the prize

Heard Ponsonby say earlier that the SNP will have won with a bigger share of the vote than the Tories had when they had the EU referendum so if that was considered a mandate for Brexit how come today's result isn't considered a mandate for indyref2. #ScottishIndependence

Thank you to everyone who voted for the SNP and the Greens despite the propaganda campaign waged against them by the whole of a biased, ultra unionist media. Well done for ignoring them and voting for Scotland’s bright future as an independent nation in Europe.

Elon Musk's no-show for a French judicial summons did not slow the inquiry. Paris prosecutor's office confirmed on Thursday, May 7, that it had opened a criminal investigation on May 6 into the parent company of the social network X and its owner, Musk. www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar...

Sarwar a few hours ago be like. 'This election isn't about Starmer, it's about "Stopping the SNP".' Sarwar now - Starmer's to blame, not me. Never me! I will not resign, but he must! I was correct in February & I am correct now. Can't even win his Constituency but relies on a secondary route!

Oh dear, England's scum has floated to the top and Farage is acting like PM in the waiting. Take us away from this pile of shite, please Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I do wonder whether Christopher Harborne (aka Chakrit Sakunkrit) is the only person to have secretly gifted an eye-wateringly enormous sum of money to Nigel Farage shortly before he changed his mind about running for office…

Zack Polanski, "The Labour party are not a left wing party" "Keir Starmer echoed the words of Enoch Powell" "We've seen in Shabana Mahmood anti-migrant rhetoric" "I think a left wing government would look at how much communities are suffering right now and would work to end rip off Britain"