The Guardian crossword setter has had it with Michelle Mone

I look forward to Plaid Cymru being all over our screens. In the real world this will be portrayed as Reform "surging" to 2nd place. Regardless of the London media it looks like the Welsh have had enough.

Is anyone able to reproduce this for the Scottish independence referendum?

It's Farage at his absolute weakest - thin-skinned, easy to offend, and nurturing a persecution complex. He’s a vile man, no intellectual ability, just attacks anyone who disagrees with him. A Trumpian drip.

Also the network is treated as UK wide when upgrading, but Scottish consumers, looking out at turbines are charged more for being 'remote' in their standing charges. Double standards being applied to Scottish consumers, and zero benefit from all the renewables, charged as if it was coal or gas.

What’s Scotland supposed to do? Consult Nostradamus to find out how we have another referendum? Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote. It’s a democratic outrage My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Independent or remaining in the union, it's up to the people of Scotland to decide our own status as a nation. I'm not sure on what authority Rachel Reeves thinks she can decide for us.

If you're in Glasgow this Friday afternoon, I'm giving a talk. It's free and all are welcome: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-talk-by-...

Brilliant from the journalist. The most on-the-ropes I’ve ever seen Farage. His usual bluster tactic didn’t work. His uttering of ‘well, you wouldn’t’ when the journalist said ‘I don’t quite know what you mean’ was genuinely pathetic. More of this please.

I think we all knew that the UK COVID inquiry would result in a stitch up of our First Minister. We were right. What it highlights clearly is the ignorant, arrogant and dismissive attitude of Westminster - particularly No.10 - towards our Government. www.lbc.co.uk/article/unfa...

Nice timeline cleanser for a Friday. I also can't believe that this all happened this week.

Grangemouth being lined up to be a giant bomb factory. If it's nuclear or explosive, then Scotland is where it goes. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Is anyone able to tell me where the "average UK energy consumer" lives?

So is ex Tory spin doctor and Boris Johnson appointee Sir Robbie Gibb now an impartial BBC board member? If so, why did he like an anti SNP tweet? Well the (Tory) ex BBC Chair told me Gibb’s finger accidentally passed over the “telephone” & “the heart got pressed.” Comedy gold.

🇬🇧 Remember when the “impartial” bbc assisted “BETTER TOGETHER” to produce a “NO THANKS” campaign video for Indref1 The video was filmed within the bbc North britain, Pacific Quay HQ, using bbc specialist staff, facilities, recording and production equipment 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #FTBBC

The BBC in Scotland has suppressed support for independence, which is supported by over 50% of Scots. The achievements of the Scottish government are omitted, ignored or talked down by unionist opposition parties. Many simply switch off because their news and current affairs are so dire!

Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king. Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy. Long, long overdue.

We have a national broadcaster that seems to spend its time running the nation down. I can't imagine this would happen in any other country in the world. Either the station should be reformed or shut down. Also I notice it has a massive amount of news content relative to other BBC stations.

Another week, another panel without a single person representing the Green Party, Your Party, SNP, Cymru and Lib Dems. That's only about 60% of voters that never have any representation. Balanced? BS more like.

The Union is over, and unionists know it, and are terrified. Desperate to leave the EU, but terrified to have Scotland leave - because we are their Golden Goose. #ScottishIndependence www.thenational.scot/news/2557532...

Very few videos sum up the British media as completely as this one. Lindsay Whittle won the election for Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly but he is ignored by all of the reporters apart from Teleri Glyn Jones for the BBC as they swarm around the Reform candidate (For once the BBC is in the right place!)

"Amazing result for Plaid Cymru, so here's a guest from Reform anyway..."

Must Scotland thole being a net exporter of green energy to England with the highest energy bills in Europe? This summer 56 Highland community councils came together to demand a pause & local control. Are they NIMBYs or spot on? See the film Carnoustie next Tuesday -free with Q&A

We've got the nuclear waste, now Scotland should take the disgraced royal. www.independent.co.uk/voices/princ... Seems we are a dumping ground. Personally I don't want Andrew as a neighbour.

What a nerve Starmer has! His government is causing a crisis in the care sector by removing visas for overseas workers + job losses in many sectors including struggling local authorities by increasing employer NI costs. Scotland has the best performing NHS & lowest child poverty tx to SNP.

Just listened to Chris Mason on Radio 4 defending BBC's excessive coverage of Farage & Reform. I was outraged by his response to legitimate criticism. I no longer trust the BBC's political coverage (actually I haven't for some time, but the BBC's behaviour has grown even worse of late).

I've no idea what the accusations are, but also no surprise here, Kate Adams had her own agenda, that was clear to see. Hopefully she will be replaced with someone who is able to fairly air all sides of the public debate in Scotland, and not impose their own.

Only 3 pence... yes £0.03 for a unit of electricity in Norway. What's the difference with Scotland? 🤔

The power of the Scottish child payment, small amount, yet seems impossible to find elsewhere.

I am opposed to mandatory digital ID - people should be able to go about their daily lives without such infringements. That aside, by calling it BritCard, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British. I am a Scot. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I think this is the biggest Scottish political issue. Cheap energy is key to a strong economy, it's being exported for no benefit, and Scottish consumers are getting ripped off.

Yes groups across Scotland call for action to lower energy bills @yesforeu.bsky.social will join the action on Saturday 11am-1pm on the Meadows, in collaboration with Yes Marchmont & Morningside. Launch of i-Switch project by @believeinscotland.bsky.social tackling exorbitant energy prices.

For every £100 of electricity you are paying £25 which is being extracted as profit. This is on top of the costs of abandoning zonal pricing in Scotland, and paying for infrastructure to send additional electricity out of the country. Scottish consumers paying the highest bills in Europe.

Good point here for Lesley Riddoch, we are now a net exporter of energy, but being charged more, to build yet more capacity. This abundance could be used to make electricity cheaper here and connect up remote areas of Scotland. Zonal pricing was the route to this, rejected by Labour in London.

Just been reminded of this post from when Mandelson was appointed, how would he go?

Why would a French politician who lives in Brussels & is only entitled to live in the UK six months a year buy a house in Clacton of all places? Out of her own money too (allegedly). Maybe a journalist or someone could ask her?

Good point, list MSP for central Scotland. @ballotbox.scot - what is the position on this?

Octopus Energy CEO says our biggest wind farm near Dundee is paid to NOT generate electricity a massive 71% of the time. With zonal energy this could be providing free electricity in Scotland, but this has been blocked by London. If we have the energy generation we should get the benefit of that.

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For most of this week between 3 and 5 Gw has been transferred from Scotland to England. T If Westminster had backed storage that power could have been stored to give more than a week's worth of backup in Scotland. Instead they are backing larger cables to transfer more to the midlands. #YouYesYet?

Nuclear waste released into the Clyde since 2010, then covered up. Zero regard given to anyone living close by. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This one change would be a move towards energy justice. Scotland generates all the renewable energy needs and will be producing more. In Islay, we're about to have a huge offshore wind farm directly cabled to England. With glens replete with turbines, we pay the highest prices in the UK.

The CEO of Octopus Energy reacting to the rejection of zonal pricing by the Labour government in London. It's going to cost £4bn a year, paid for by consumers, and the alternative pricing model doesn't actually exist. Scottish consumers will be the biggest losers. youtube.com/shorts/_-nZX...

Of course he did...

In Shetland, for example, we have one of the largest wind farms in the UK, which (arguably) impacts on our other amenities. Despite our contribution to greening UK energy we pay *more* for our electricity than other parts of the UK.

When it's bought back the electricity costs are based on the price of gas. Eco tariff, live next to turbines, ground source heat pump, makes no difference.

Scottish suppliers pay higher connection charges to the grid, and Scottish consumers now subsidising power stations in the far South of the UK. Heads you won, tails I lose.

Due to its oil boom Norway now owns 1.5% of global shares, in contrast to Scotland, which had the same oil fields, got no lasting financial gain. Where did the money go? The UK is spending 10% of its finances servicing debt.

Greg from Octopus on government refusal to have zonal pricing. youtube.com/shorts/_-nZX...

NEW: Scottish energy bills will go up this autumn ... to pay for construction of English nuclear power plant Sizewell-C The extra fees are coming because the project costs have spiralled from £20bn to £38bn. The news was snuck out today, before recess. www.thenational.scot/news/2533290...