“Schools, hospitals, prisons have to be built with kitchens. We need schools to feed our kids healthy food but we also need to teach children what healthy food is and what good food tastes like.” My latest column. www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

By-election today for the Stirling East ward. Given the SNP won a by-election here in December, and Labour are in a much worse position, I'm inclined towards the SNP being likely winners, giving them every seat in the ward if so. Would sort of defeat the point of PR!

Ayr North (South Ayrshire) by-election, first preferences: Ind (WH): 850 (25.1%, new) SNP: 790 (23.3%, -22.5) Labour: 691 (20.4%, -3.7) Reform UK: 584 (17.3%, new) Conservative: 195 (5.8%, -14.8) Lib Dem: 73 (2.2%, +0.5) Ind (DP): 151 (4.5%, new) Ind (OB): 51 (1.5%, new) Ind Hogg elected stage 8

Are you ready to Thrive and make child poverty in Scotland a thing of the past? #independence

“Labour won it. Why? In large part because the SNP ran a poor campaign with a candidate with a track record of losing, who the leadership keep endorsing, and with a party leadership that does not inspire much confidence.” Spot on…read more detail here ⬇️ www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...

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UK growth forecast set to drop again in 2026 according to latest @oecdstatistics.bsky.social figures. #Scotland you should be choosing independence and prosperity, not this failing Union and poverty

Take positive action with the #keepScotlandtheBrand direct action campaign. Most definitely not about boycotts, which just hurt people in our communities, but about our market share, our global reputation for quality. Send a message #SendItBack youtu.be/kjl4IpMpHus?...

If we stopped giving our resources away for free, we could close every foodbank in Scotland tomorrow #EliminatePoverty #Independence

Thank you to all you lovely folk liking and reposting the Bylines Scotland posts! Spread the word! #Class #Scotland

Look how well Ireland is doing away from the corruption and control of Westminster. Ireland doesn't have the same resources as Scotland! Our future is #ScottishIndependence

@thrivescot.bsky.social may be interested to know that the oil tanker Maran Antares is now unloading Scotland’s oil in China (Ningbo) having travelled almost half way around the globe. Surely an economic case to have it refined at Grangemouth just 15 miles up the Forth? #ScotlandsOil #Independence

As Scotland continues to pursue its right to self determination , Scots were told prior to the 2014 Referendum that oil was almost finished .It appears that too was a lie #ScottishIndependence

Scotland is one of the most energy-rich countries in Europe with over 97% of our gross electricity consumption coming from renewables and yet, under the "strong and stable", "broad shoulders" of the union, we're facing the prospect of our pensioners freezing.

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To you and yours, have a prosperous 2025. Happy New Year from everyone at Thrive🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

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King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RP if you want the Monarchy gone. #AbolishTheMonarchy

IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID. They’re getting the message and #Indy is back on the agenda. Our independence should not be predicated on Labour’s failure in government but by building our own resilient, prosperous economy @financialtimes.com

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Scotland needs to take Oil, Water, Fish Wind, Whisky and Tourism and leave. We have a ridiculously bigger share of UK Resources. Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe. Time to face facts. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3245214...

Can I just remind people that this is pretty much where we are now 👇and therefore higher EU standard pensions in particular will depend very much on closing that GDP/Capita gap as will achieving a wellbeing economy & that involves a shed load of reform notably to the financial sector.

Labour’s economic plan is predicated on high growth. Business leaders predicting a UK recession.

We’re up next Scotland! (All the countries that have told the Brits to f#ck off out of their country ⬇️)

The “Envoy” has been appointed to the House of Lords. The Labour thinking is she can do more damage to Scotland from there. #It’sTime

We don’t need no greedy monarchy, we don’t need no London control, dark colonialism blocking our prosperity, hey Unionists, leave our kids alone. @andrewsharpe.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Labour Government will not pay Waspi women any compensation. Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said the proposed payments weren't 'fair or value for taxpayer money'

Zonal pricing for electricity is unlikely to happen as it would hugely advantage Scottish families and businesses. Currently we pay high energy prices to keep England’s lights on. @indyposterboy.scot

If you want to catch up with an 11 min talk about where we are with land reform in Scotland, you can watch my presentation to the revive.scot conference on 11 November (starts 4:01:07 www.youtube.com/live/b4v0co7...

It’s time for Scotland to thrive. Other great examples of successful, prosperous, happy, independent European nations are available! @indyposterboy.scot ⬇️

Hello from Independence Forum Scotland to Bluesky! We've been on X for a while, but we thought we'd also set up with the growing pro-independence community here. You can read all about us at independenceforum.scot, but we'll follow up this post with a brief introduction anyway.

What every school student in Scotland should know and why they should be asking their 2014 NO voting parents, granny and grandad why they think this Union works in Scotland’s interests ⬇️

If all the Indy parties and factions would pull in the same direction towards the common goal we would make much faster progress. Internal squabbling is a gift for the unionists. Some of it is generated by them - and certain Brit agencies. Don't fall for it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. #ScottishIndependenceASAP

The Scotch Whisky Association ALREADY is Promoting Scotch Whisky, to Workers. Isn't it time for them to have a #pennyforthedram Levy on each bottle and raise £millions, to promote Scotch Whisky, to Visitors? There ISN'T a Scotch Whisky Tourism Strategy. It's 2024. careers.scotch-whisky.org.uk

Great piece by John Randall telling it like it is … bylines.scot #indyclan bylines.scot/opinion/why-...

Dr Craig Dalȝell gave a useful talk to #YesKirriemuir about democracy, D'Hondt, and the #Holyrood elections. He explains how the list/ constituency system is very fair, and points to seats being won on about 5% of the vote, and explains why that is good for democracy. youtu.be/NMsU5iPz45I?...

Scotland has an embarrassingly-large share of the UK resources. It's why England doesn't want us to be Independent. Scotland SHOULD be one of the Richest Countries in Europe! It's ACTUALLY, really simple!

More and more Scots seeing the light. Stay in the UK and you will become poorer. Support energy and resource rich Scotland and you have a great chance of becoming more prosperous. #ItsTime

Currency just ISN'T an issue?

A fitting tribute to our best ever First Minister Alex Salmond today. Fabulous music from Dougie McLean, Alasdair Fraser (fiddle), Natalie Haas (cello) The Proclaimers, Sheena Wellington and Hamish Moore (pipes). Truly emotional but positively stirring a nation to independence.

A day for reflection as Scotland says goodbye to former first minister, #AlexSalmond.

We've been saying this for a long time and still there's no hydrogen technology manufacturing of note in Scotland.. No electrolysers, no compressors and no storage tanks. www.energyvoice.com/renewables-e...

On this basis (1 mission dumped every 150 days) almost all of Labour’s “missions” will be dumped in time for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2026. Worryingly Labour’s whole economic case relies on increased growth in the UK. Message for potentially affluent Scots - prepare to be a poor Brit!

Post one on BlueSky! The biggest mistake Scots made was voting No to Independence in 2014. We are paying for that every single day As a nation we are stagnating under this Union and having our assets stripped in front of our very eyes. #ScottishIndependence

LIVE WED 27TH NOV 7PM - TNT Show. (pinned to watch later) TNT Show. Ep186. With Peter Bell. Post questions for panel: on livestream chat or message reply beneath live video. Start with "Q" so we can easily identify. www.youtube.com/live/YQQHlkT...

We've got a new Starter Pack! Find local #Yes #Aye and #Indy groups working for #ScottishIndependence here. go.bsky.app/9MKsz7Y

“Obviously there will be no return to freedom of movement, the customs union or the single market” says Prime Minister Keir Starmer at #PMQs In other news the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15%. Hiding from it won’t make it go away

Cruachan also gives Scotland our black start capability. Should be taken back into public ownership given its critical infrastructure importance and as part of our national resilience strategy.

This is Ben Cruachan, the 'Hollow Mountain' on the way to Oban. In Scotland, we've been keeping the lights on in Croydon, for several decades. Oil, Coal, Wind and since the 1950s, this, Hydro. Independent Scotland had oodles of Water and will be very RICH!

🔴MoD Blocks National Audit Office Report Amid Calls for Transparency Over Defence Spending ‘This is a truly appalling decision from a department which for decades has been notorious for its careless and wasteful attitude towards taxpayers’ money' bylinetimes.com/2024/11/26/m...