Scotland is an energy-rich nation - yet families face sky-high energy and fuel bills. While other European countries act, the UK government is sitting on its hands. Scrap the fuel duty hike. Remove VAT on energy costs. Cut the cost of living now.

Not quite the blue skies we had yesterday in Edinburgh but out campaigning in Lockerbie this morning in more stereotypical Scottish weather @snp.org @dumfriesshiresnp.bsky.social

Parents across Scotland have told us they need more support. The working day does not stop at 3pm. A re-elected SNP Government will extend childcare from 9 months old to the end of primary school, 52 weeks a year. Make it #BothVotesSNP on May 7 for a Scottish Government on your side. #SNP26

We're unlocking home ownership for a new generation with help for renters and first time buyers. Up to £10,000 to help first-time buyers. Make it #BothVotesSNP on 7 May for a Scottish Government working for Scotland.

When times are tough, we pull together for our neighbours, our colleagues and our friends. That spirit of community matters - and it is why Scotland has used its Parliament to support people throughout their lives. #bothvotesSNP

Scotland’s future should be decided by the people who live here. Partnership as equals across these islands. New partnerships beyond our shores. The power to lead change, not wait for it. On May 7, Scotland can lead that change. Make it #BothVotesSNP.

First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social at the opening of the PowerHub factory in Locharbriggs (the old Penman site). This brings jobs and provides non-lithium energy storage, reducing electric bills significantly for homes, as piloted by local RSLs @sosenterprise.bsky.social kightpowerhubs.com

A bright spring day for campaigning in Langholm and hearing about what matters to constituents. Thank you to all the volunteers helping at different times today @snp.org

A wee bit of help, right when costs are at their highest. Make it #BothVotesSNP on Thursday 7th May 2026 for a Scottish Government that is on your side.

📣 We’re delighted to welcome First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney MSP as a speaker. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, will you march with us? 📅 28th March • 12:00pm • Parliament Square, High Street, Edinburgh.

Every day Dumfriesshire produces energy from renewables and every day we get ripped-off because UK policy chooses to use oil and gas to set the bills. Time for Scotland to decide a policy fit and fair for our people. Thanks to our Kelloholm and Kirkconnel volunteers today. #dumfriesshire @snp.org

youtube.com/shorts/qSdH8... Cross the border at Gretna Green and lose support with the cost of living - free prescriptions, free tuition fees, free eye tests, free dental checkups - these are paid for by political choices in Scotland. If you value these vote SNP on 7 May 2026 #BothVotesSNP @snp.org

www.thenational.scot/politics/258... The impact of UK Government changes in Employer National Insurance is a tax on our rural health and social care services. @thirdsectordg.bsky.social @nhsdg.co.uk

💥 Scotland’s food and drink exports per head far exceed England’s - and are among the highest in Europe, new figures have shown. www.thenational.scot/news/2585468...

When someone’s struggling, getting help should be simple, and always there.

The SNP have delivered 2.4 million free eye tests in Scotland last year alone. They cost between £24-£60 each in England 😬 That’s a big saving for Scots under the SNP. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2583306...

Scotland’s first GP walk-in centre has opened today in Edinburgh. Open seven days per week from 12pm-8pm. No appointment needed. No 8am rush.

💥 Labour’s ‘local growth fund’ will actually cut £42 million in resource spending from Scottish Councils in just one year. 😱 + A £90 million total cut from last 3 years of the old Tory fund, to the first 3 years of the new Labour one! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2585389...

Scotland's ‘game changer’ Scottish Child Payment was introduced 5 years ago today and has helped more than 322,000 children.

www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... It doesn’t look good, Scotland - time to boost

You do not feel skint by accident. Brexit and Westminster's choices have pushed prices up and wages never caught up.

Campaigning in Canonbie and Rowanburn, The Debatable Land, under the stony gaze of Lang Sandy the reiver. @snp.org @dumfriesshiresnp.bsky.social

Burn's home at Ellisland Farm in Dumfriesshire is where he wrote Tam o' Shanter and Auld Lang Syne - imagine the royalties! youtube.com/shorts/vcHCY...

💪 Huge thanks to all our #ActiveSNP teams out campaigning across Scotland today, making the case for lower energy bills. It’s Scotland’s energy - and it should work for the people of Scotland. If you agree, join the SNP and be part of the change: https://www.snp.org/join

👀 Tory MSP Douglas Lumsden’s avalanche of AI generated questions cost the tax payer £185,000! www.thenational.scot/news/2576482...

2026 is Scotland's year of opportunity

So long nuclear, hello solar, goodbye coal bings, hello windmills. It’s Scotlands energy wealth - clean, sustainable and community-owned with @snp.org and independence #independentscotland - the alternative is already here - getting fleeced in the UK

Vote SNP at the Scottish Election on Thursday 7th May 2026.

Westminster’s called the shots for too long... but Scotland’s been watching. They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU. They said energy would be cheaper. They said we were a union of equals. Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.

Scottish communities would be given the right to own up to 20% of renewables projects in their local area under proposals put forward by the First Minister

Energy = Cost of Living

Said it once before but it bears repeating now youtube.com/clip/UgkxmEM...

Well done to The National ! The british media have lost interest in reporting on Gaza since the so-called “ceasefire” The truth is that the Israeli state are continuing with their Genocide in Gaza, and murderous “military operations” and clearances in the West Bank 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🇮🇪🇵🇸🍉

The progress we’re making in our NHS, explained in 25 seconds. 👇

Does anyone actually know what Keir Starmer thinks about Brexit? My view hasn’t changed: Brexit is a disaster, Scotland belongs in Europe, so let’s become independent and join the EU with our own seat at the table.

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Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office. Is this really it?? Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🟥 The UK Government deserves little praise for ending its own disgraceful two-child benefit cap. But it is too little and too late and nowhere near enough to fix this. 🟪 Here is everything you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/uk_gov_deser...

This could help households in the short term but stronger public ownership models or equity shares that keep energy wealth local to communities in Scotland will make a transformative difference beyond the lifespan of any government.

👇 What does Labour have against rural Scotland?

A bright autumn day starting at McJerrow Park car park in Lockerbie with SNP members to deliver constituent surveys. Thanks again to the team today. @dumfriesshiresnp.bsky.social @snp.org

🧵 Westminster politicians have said some wild stuff over the years about Scotland… Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.

The SNP introduced free tuition and we will always ensure Scottish students do not pay tuition fees. Meanwhile in England, students pay over £9,500 a year and Labour will put fees up every year. Education must always be based on the ability to learn, not the ability to pay.

Scotland’s fishing industry makes up more than half of the UK’s total catch. Yet Labour’s new funding plan gives us less than 8% of the support. They’re gutting our industry to boost England’s - just like they have with others.

🎯Last night’s Debate Night audience gets it - Scotland’s future must be Scotland’s choice. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A majority of MSPs supporting independence would be enough for any nation within a properly democratic UK to decide its own future, and that's been the case since 2011 in Scotland, but a majority of SNP MSPs makes our Referendum undeniable.

Scotland must have the right to decide its own future. Declare your support at yes.scot/signup/