They are also terrified of open and honest debate on the benefits of independence and will unleash their client media on anyone who tries to do that.

We knew this of course, but it’s nice to see the numbers clarified.

I won’t hold my breath waiting for any UK politicians to do time. Though it’s obvious some should.

Try asking us what we want, instead of straining for anything, anything at all that you can do to us. Go on, I dare you.

My latest blog post, Reform UK's latest front in the right wing culture wars catches Scotland's languages, Cornish, and Irish in the Anglocentric crossfire, Reform is a party of clowns which doesn't care about the consequences of its own policies. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/r...

Spanish National Anthem but with Rubber Chickens youtu.be/N_cDNbgr8qw

'Criticising'? Really?

Reform have now put forward plans which would criminalise election campaign materials in Gaelic and Scots. I think I'm due an apology but I won't hold my breath. As ever, pushing "Britishness" means eradicating Gaelic, Welsh, and anything else which challenges their version of what that means.

I just think if you share a photo of yourself smoking a cigar on your yacht to celebrate your part in changing the law to remove rights from people, you don’t get to threaten legal action when you’re called “anti-rights”.

While JK Rowling and Amnesty are being mentioned in the same breath it's worth remembering why she lost her job there.

Reform UK’s plan to criminalise the use of Gaelic and Scots in election materials isn’t going down well in Scotland.

I'm so proud of this. A deeply exploitation practice, screwing over vulnerable graduates, that we have pursued since 2018, finally ending with success in the Court of Appeal. 💪🏻

'next week, a mysterious new country they're calling Kenya'

A reminder: if an organisation campaigns to segregate trans people in public spaces, advocates to strip away healthcare for young trans people, and endorses conversion practices for trans people, it’s an “anti-rights” organisation. It’s painfully simple.

This must surely be giving senior people in the Labour Party pause for thought. Surely?

Once again, this man was a British citizen, AND protected by a 1971 law, but UK politics will tear up all of that so they can make it clear that brown criminals are worse than white ones. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Is he filth? Yes. Should we rewrite the law to deport him? Are you mad?

Democracy is about respecting the right of people to choose their own future. Scotland deserves better than another Prime Minister who believes Westminster alone gets to decide when democracy is acceptable. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

It tells you everything you need to know about the state of British society when the Anne Frank Trust has to step in because of the dehumanising attacks on the LGBT community. What a disgrace we’ve become

Amnesty is a globally respected human rights charity that once won a Nobel Peace Prize and campaigns against, among other things, torture, the death penalty and unfair trials, yet on exposing the GC movement’s anti-rights approach to trans people, suddenly they’re making it up and not to be trusted.

It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.

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Thinking how at the end of the Star Wars trilogy an entire galaxy celebrates the death of the emperor without a finger wagging coda where a sad-eyed long haired scold in bespoke clothing warns that this reduces everyone to the same level as the genocidal tyrant who got tossed into a laser shaft.

I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.

Another misconception about silent movies: If you see a silent movie filter, it will usually go sepia (fair enough) and be all scratched and jittery. This causes issues because some people assume silent movies always looked that way. Print quality and condition were VERY important.

Absolutely shameless and disgusting of Farage's mob to announce they are giving their MPs 24-hour security in the wake of Widdecombe's murder when the police have said they do not believe the motive was political, they have a suspect in custody and they are not seeking anyone else in connection.

I don't think I've ever seen a group so litigious as gender criticals in the UK. They want to censor any and all criticism of them. Every time I criticize JK Rowling on here, there's like ten TERF accounts snitch tagging Rowling on X asking her to sue me. Thankfully, we have a First Amendment here.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

people will be like “don’t speak ill of the dead” when you’re just quoting the dead verbatim

I mean, good luck, but it would certainly be a start.

If you’re ever wondering whether person (x) is reasonable or whether they’re just a hooting wingnut crackpot, then I have always found “do they have serious, very aggro beef with Amnesty International” is one of the best indicators.

But, but, but....... If you spend money on welfare, How are the elite expected to maintain their salubrious lifestyles? There is more profit to be gained from the misery of war than what there is in the day to day mundane societal issues of the proletariat scum.

Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prize after wake up call: newspapers mistakenly published his obituary when his brother died & what he read as his legacy horrified him speaking ill (factually) of the dead is literally the most effective way to curb living racist & Nazi public figures/politicians

"Don't speak ill of the dead" is a saying invented by people who know that's when they're no longer protected by Britain's overwhelmingly strong libel laws.

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

Don’t let the lies of the Unionist regime & its media propaganda pals fool you. Scotland has a higher quality of life & better public services than the rest of the UK. With independence we can become a fairer & wealthier country for everyone here. That is the battle we need to fight.

Recently the island of Mousa became home to Shetland ponies once again again. It is a joy to see the next generation of these beautiful horses standing by the iconic Mousa broch #Shetland

I was meant to be giving a lecture at Harvard last year. Dream of a lifetime for me, a former gifted kid university dropout, like my life was back on track after decades of failure. Couldn't do it. Can't risk travelling there. Likely never will again.

I note that the frog faced one has never been able* to do constituency surgeries in Clacton citing 'security concerns' but is able to go to Devon at the drop of a tin foil hat to milk the murder of Ann Widdecombe when there's an actual murderer on the loose. *hasn't wanted

www.thenational.scot/news/2627241... It looks like all the rich millionaires and Unionists have all got together to take The Gov to court on almost anything in the hope it ends us and go back under London rule

I can see there is a justification for this exemption, but it's also open to abuse when - for example - the normal operation of democracy is being denied. If it's about protecting individuals, release it with names redacted. I'm not sure I'd like that either, but it would be an improvement.

THE Scotland Office has admitted that it holds documents discussing Scottish independence and a Section 30 order but has refused to release them.

Bunch of new models in the shop for your Saturday afternoon: small stone stronghouse, standard mudtown doors, and RubbleCity abandoned barricades and rendered gable ends. All in the New Releases shop section.

🇳🇴 When Norway finally took the step of having a referendum, there was no disagreement over arrangements as to borders, currency or trade. 🤝 Norwegians had the confidence to believe they could they work those things out successfully - and they did: www.believeinscotland.org/why-norway-c...

One day, everyone will have always been against this.

Make TV cheap again. Not even joking. I don't need super realism and flashy effects and massive budgets. Give me rubber monsters and creative plots.

The song remains the same.

Today, the federal government finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to remove vital habitat protections for endangered species.

Depressing how familial this account sounds.