No wonder Starmer had a go at Scotland today! #VoteForScotland2026

The latest Norstat poll for the Times shows a sustained lead for Yes in #Indyref2 voting intention. Even with the published 2014 vote weighting Yes has a 6 point lead. But if we reweight based on current (rather than fantasy) demographics, Yes has a 13 point lead.

Please don’t stop. Your graphics help us to make the case for independence to undecideds and are very much needed for morale.

Jimmy Carr and Louis C.K. doing the Riyadh comedy festival. The equivalent of playing Sun City under apartheid South Africa.

At least everyone’s electric bills are going up for the good cause of letting a handful of creeps run an art stealing business

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

When Carol Stuart was murdered in 1989, Boston was all too willing to believe her husband’s story: A Black man did it. Within hours, the killing had the city in a panic, and Boston police were tearing through Mission Hill looking for a suspect.

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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

The man behind the US’ summary execution of civilians off the coast of Venezuela is Stephen Miller.

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Plus when Starmer spouted that BS he wasn’t in power and it pre-dated the 2021 Holyrood election (pro-Indy win). The next Holyrood election’s in 2026. He’s in power and going 180° on a referendum mandate, while polls indicate a significant pro-Indy majority. He’s treating Scotland with contempt!

Quite sobering that in the 21st century poverty is reducing the height of children. I gather this is in England whereas in Scotland policies here have protected our future generation. These policies are undoubtedly not enough but sufficient to be of a considerable help.

Oh, and I guess I should include the link to the @92ndstreety.bsky.social page! www.92ny.org/whats-on/eve...

Tomorrow night, for folks not planning to watch the Yankees/Red Sox game, the 92nd St Y has four different talks. Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell, Kate McKinnon/Penn Badgley... or *me* with Lee Rowland & @alexabdo.bsky.social! (Ours is streaming only, not in person).

Police say nearly 200 people have been arrested as the north African nation is rocked by biggest protests in years.

Effective immediately, motorists in Russian-occupied Crimea will be allowed to buy no more than 30 liters (eight gallons) of gasoline at a time. meduza.io/en/news/2025...

My family came here 50 years ago. They've worked, paid taxes, raised families, been good citizens. My many colleagues and friends who were either born elsewhere, or their parents were, the same. It's so offensive to be told you're here on sufferance.

WoW, London would rather let kids starve and never wash in warm water before they'd admit that SNP are correct and they should follow Scotland's example! He says he finds it worrying.... "𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏". (𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! & the .....

Labour, Reform, Tories... what's the difference? Be part of the people-led movement to build a better Scotland. greens.scot/join

Farage says jump... Starmer asks how high?

That immediately disqualifies a lot of Sun readers, I'd have thought. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Not sure charities really want reluctant “volunteers” who will bugger off as as they have their ILR

PFIs were pitched as “smart” funding. In reality: ✔️ Private consortia built hospitals ✔️ NHS trusts paid for 25–30 yrs ✔️ Investors got guaranteed profit ❌ NHS stuck with massive debt. We can’t afford to repeat this mistake. 👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...

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Why are the richest people always so stupid? The billionaire mind virus is a real problem.

A lot in the article to consider, but definitely highlights that Reform are not the answer to issues with the NHS. 'NHS Scotland is dying before our eyes’ Scots BMA chief issues bleak prognosis www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550016...

EXCLUSIVE: The vice-president of Scottish PEN – a branch of the international free speech organisation – has sounded a warning over Orwellian policing after she was arrested and charged under terrorism laws

A petition calling on the UK Government to stop plans for the roll-out of compulsory digital identity cards has hit another huge milestone – 2 million signatures

Imagine Andrew Tate getting wrapped up in wallpaper by Mr Blobby or Jordan Peterson on Crackerjack.

Epstein was connected to Thiel through their co-investments in Valar Ventures, the value of which, at $170 million, makes them the Epstein estate’s largest asset. Mandelson’s lobbying company, Global Counsel, advised Palantir during the procurement process bylinetimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

These new files are notable in that they suggest all three powerful men - Musk, Bannon and Thiel - had a relationship with Epstein after his controversial plea deal that forced him to register as a sex offender. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Now 4 days to try to hit a 50% finding pass score?

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

Only one thing wrong here, it's an anti-Scotland spin. This time it's trains, next time it will be something else. Anything that the pro-Union media think will be useful to knock Scottish confidence.

🟥 MEDIA WATCH: BBC Scotland called out on Anti-Scotrail spin. 🔎 Every Scottish station, and Scotland as a whole, did better than the UK average. 🔗 More: www.believeinscotland.org/media_watch_...

I see the BBC is showing the MAGA classic, how the West was won. Some good Trad Wife role models there.

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‘Delivering the Labour Government Scotland needs’ 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Labour would be an absolute disaster in Scotland.

Here's a sentence guaranteed to make you choke on your cornflakes.

Not now. About March 2026, in the run up the Scotland's general election, to help Sarwar. Then post election it'll be watered down. Mark my words.

I guess his hands are tied. It's not like he's the leader of the country and has any power to change things.

'Stop the boats' is the right thing to do, only we're demonising the *wrong* boat people. #Bezos #Musk #Zuckerberg

The Scottish Greens contesting a constituency seat in the 2026 Holyrood elections risks splitting the pro-indy vote at a time when the UK is witnessing the rise of actual fascism. It's short sighted, stupid & dangerous. www.thenational.scot/news/2549838...

Musicians call on Keir Starmer to accept that genocide is taking place in Gaza in a video projected onto the entrance of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

And again….it must be that bad luck again, Farage’s “like a son to me” George Cottrell and Farage and Brexit Party helper who ended up being convicted in the USA of money laundering…but they still appear to be best mates. Such bad luck www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Nathan Gill, ReFuk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ex-Leader & ex MEP agreed to make specific statements to the EU Parl on at least 8 occasions as tasked by Oleg Voloshyn, a pro-Kremlin 🇷🇺 Ukrainian, in return for money, the court was told. In other words he was a Russia fluffer in return for money. Who does that remind you of?