"Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World.

“Scottish” Labour do what London tells them She moans about child poverty but voted to keep children in poverty Labour will save Grangemouth she said, it closed No coalition’s with Tories they said, multiple coalition’s with Tories in councils She is one of Labours biggest liars

Two Express articles about the Gibraltar deal, published a mere 4 days apart. Apparently it's both a massive Brexit betrayal and a huge Brexit win. 🤷‍♂️

More nasty hibernophobic stuff posted by @irishnanna.bsky.social. Please report and block We haven't left this neocolonial stuff on X. This account only posts about how Ireland is not a real country, just British and to provide Britons with ways around European border checks A 🧵

It was a state created for the benefit of the monarch. And it is he who has benefited along with the aristocracy & the wider landed class and of course parliament is still enmeshed with the whole thing. Personally, I think the status quo belongs in the history books.

On one hand we have the media manipulating unionist politician's, costly (to us), Freedom Of Information data. On the other, we have the truth, courtesy of Talking Up Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Once more, thank you Prof John Robertson et al 👍 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/28/n...

Isn't it fantastic to be a sovereign nation once again, able to make our own rules and not bend to the demands of foreign politicians?

Am I right? If you return Farage's Freepost envelope empty, he still pays 85p - but if you make it weigh more than 100g he pays almost £2 plus a £5 admin charge?

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HS2 despite chopping link to Scotland to take 2 to 3 times as long as Japanese and French equivalents – Con and Labour governments not to be blamed as it’s not a Scottish ferry is it? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/29/h...

They'll blame you for them coming and blame you again for them leaving. Why politicians trying to appease the anti-immigrant press is a complete hiding for nothing

There will be zero chance of ANY exports of chicken or other poultry being allowed into the EU from UK as the UK is well known for being dodgy with sticking to the rules🤷🏼‍♂️ BSE anyone ! Vote for SNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Indy a route back to EU with proper food safety standards

Ridiculous that Scotland should be forced to support such a dangerous, polluting source of power. #areyouyesyet #scottishrepublic

Actually, no. I don't think Westminster has to be persuaded. I think the people of Scotland have to be persuaded. There was no overwhelming call for Brexit, but it happened, despite a large majority of Scots being opposed to it.

Independence is not often given. It is taken. WM could have made the union a lot more desirable if they respected its constituent parts. They have chosen not to.

Scotland has a massive chance to make the right decision at the right time to create an outcome that our children and their children will forever thank us for. Over to you Scotland, are you ready to stand up and tell the world we are back? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It’ll only happen with independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

his reward for helping wm hold Scotland. Back and keep it down trodden 👇

Working against Scotland since 1707. #EndTheUnion #EndWMRule

When they talk about cutting benefits, its weird that this lot are never mentioned 🤔

Note to BBC editors (particularly in Scotland) next time you bring out your biannual anti-SNP story on rats in Glasgow: Birmingham Council is run by 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿, as is the Westminster Government that oversees it. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I shouldn't be surprised, but this seems to be raising its head again. Even before mentioning the technical aspects, let's put this clearly - to give rights to Britons around the circumstances of Brexit would have been to reward Brexit. 1

I wonder why? It's shouldn't be an issue. It's commonplace is Czechia, CH, Bulgaria, and other places. I don't even know if Northern Irish banks offer euro mortgages. It's an interesting question. It should be considerably cheaper than a sterling mortgage over the lifetime.

I can see the attraction and nostalgia in a physical product, of course, a demonstration of sovereignty and the nation. But that's true of the Deutschmark, the drachmaí, the French franc, the lira, the punt, the guilder and the lev too. No different.

The good old sterling obsession ! People were going to die on the hill of ‘pounds, shillings & pence’ and of course the ‘pounds vs kilos.’ Nobody did ! They didn’t stop spending money , they didn’t refuse their pay cheques ! It was all hot air & conservative bollocks .

Please, nobody say the UK could never meet the euro criteria. It's a question of will.

Most English ‘closer ties’ campaigners just want: *less painful Brexit *privileges without commitment or accountability *avoid the hard binary decisions *entry to whole show without paying at the box office.

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Nobody is forcing the UK to apply. If. European unity is not your thing, don't.

Really? It's the first question asked in accession. Are you in favour of and capable of monetary union.

You may be right. But after the experience in the financial crisis I think there is a good chance that the EU would not tolerate this and might make immediate acceptance of the € a condition of joining, even if that meant the UK would have to join later, after it was ready for the €.

This is also a reason why IMV if the UK ever did apply to join, acceptance of the € would be an absolute requirement. If it retained the £ as a competing currency the UK would have an unacceptable conflict of interest.

Of course there's always room for improvement, but its so disheartening when we are doing better and only get more shit thrown at us. NHS has never been perfect, never will be but we strive for that all the time.

"Farmers' anger grows as Australian beef floods into Britain. Meat imports surge 80pc." Telegraph World-leading trade deal only possible thanks to Brexit. 😂😂😂

Sarwar,s on the ropes. There’s only 1 Labour Party across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. He’s just a branch manager in the colony that gets his orders from his master from another country. His branch here in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 needs a good kicking next May. So vote @thesnpmedia.bsky.social

"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,” Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website! insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...

Reposted as opposition parties post lies – SNP Government initiatives leading to plummeting waiting lists with overall list now 5% shorter than NHS England talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/27/r...

This is what we are up against!!! What an idiot Jaime Greene is, attacking our SNP Scottish government! How thick are they? Digital roll out is a reserved matter, It is the sole responsibility of Westminster! Erse!

In English: “Putin sends thousands over thousands of Russians to death and yet still cannot fully control Pokrovsk and has lost Kupyansk again. But murder peaceful families in Kyiv with drones in residential buildings, he can do that. War criminal.”

This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.

I would think so. A lot of people recognise that the UK suffers from underinvestment in public services, and isolationist foreign policy

Yup. Issue is, Labour know this, and as they're currently the govt they're not gonna do anything to give voters choice. Labour want the Duopoly, without it they're snookered.

Issue there is too many pro-EU voters have an emotional attachment to Labour, and Labour absolutely do not want to rejoin the EU. So we've ended up with pro-EU voters supporting a Pro-Brexit party and making flimsy excuses for doing so.

Yes. People have to vote for the change they want to see. Ruthlessly. If parties won't change their stance on Europe, cut them out

There have been significant Brexit benefits. None of them accrue to the UK.

Indeed. There have been several substantive, positive changes within the EU since Brexit, not widely known or understood in the UK. Most of them would not have been possible with the cuckoo still in the nest. A particularly apt one is our adjusted accession process, requiring significant reforms.

The first time a Danish friend said this to me, maybe 18 months after the UK actually left, I was shocked. But I’ve heard it many times since and indeed, the UK would almost certainly have blocked some of the actions the EU has taken eg support post-covid, or re-armament programmes.

Of course it’s easier, without the cuckoo in the nest.

Of course they did. 27 other countries heaved a regretful sigh, put up the necessary borders with the UK, and just carried on as usual. What did people think was going to happen? (Actually some things even became easier after Brexit.)