My latest column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social Read here: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

I disagree. Scotland is a very congenial place to live. There are a few intolerable culture war arseholes who grate on the nerves, but then this country has always been plagued by midges

Watching Nicola Sturgeon live rent free in the minds of her enemies has been joyous political theatre My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

EU voters strongly back independent Scotland joining bloc 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2531038...

British people were 'sold a lie' with Brexit, Emmanuel Macron said this week at a joint press conference with Keir Starmer He said Brexit has made it harder to combat illegal migration across the Channel - HE’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 👇 youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...

The UK is going to suffer a turbocharged MAGA period. A far-right corporate-infused ideology will performatively reign as total infrastructural chaos rips through communities and severely impacts everyone's lives, including those that vote Reform. Jesus fucking wept.

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating "I support Palestine. Action must be taken." My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

From Europol to isolation: how Brexit weakened criminal justice Brexit impedes cross border criminal investigations – the UK is now unable to participate in the systems it helped create | Paul Swallow writes for @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

I wish more journalists, and politicians for that matter, would call this out as clearly as @maitlis.bsky.social does here. When you make grooming gangs and abuse about race and immigration you deflect from the majority of abusers. All of it should be called out, irrelevant of race.

Yup.

Meanwhile, in Scotland, will Felicity from Kent learn Gàidhlig when popping up to her second home in Skye? Will Nigel lairn the leid o Burns and spik Scots at his Dumfries cottage ('what a steal compared to his London flat') Will Giles from Exeter stop 'correcting' our English when we speak Scots?

Nation SHOCKED as UK LABOUR Scottish BRANCH MANAGER u-turns completely on PREVIOUS POSITION to dutifully support a UK LABOUR policy he KNOWS will be DEEPLY DAMAGING to Scotland. Yet again. The nation being shocked:

NEW: Scotland avoided far-right riots last summer because refugees are better integrated than in England, says the boss of a top refugees’ rights charity

Already seeking asylum in Scotland. Independent and back in the EU this decade!

English nationalism will be the death of the Union. As England drifts ever more to the nationalist right, Scottish independence comes closer and closer My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Is this "gloves off" fighting talk from Stephen Flynn? Is this the boot up the bahookee some of the Scottish public have been waiting on? It's now ALSO time for the majority Indy Parties at Holyrood for the last 11 years to - in his words - "show courage and take control of our own destiny".

Starmer's Labour and Farage's Reform are both on the same team to steer the UK towards corporatism/fascism. Entrap, impoverish and enslave the people in a fully privatised corporatist hellscape of SEZs and freeports. Its the same money behind both of them.

If you've only just come to realise that Labour doesn't give a f**k about Scotland, wait till Reform takes over.

The uncomfortable truth about unionist "so-called left wing politicians" in Scotland is that they would rather side with the far right British Nationalist Reform and Farage than the centre left @theSNP ....🇬🇧 Unionism before social equality.

Just so everyone knows, there will never be any deals, under any circumstances, between the SNP and Nigel Farage. The SNP stand against his divisive politics.

@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social Why no acknowledgement at all of Scotland's moves on universal free breakfast and lifting of 2 child cap? You need to change your title to Good Morning England.

Colin is an amazing photographer for Scotland's Newsquest titles and a wonderful colleague. Please read this powerful piece about his bowel cancer experience. Thank you Colin for speaking up to help others www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenew...

Scotland has some of the cleanest rivers and drinking water. Our electricity bills *are* the highest even though Scottish renewable electricity is the cheapest in Europe. Another Union dividend 🤬

Can't disagree with that. We have seen to date Westminster is unwilling to do this outside the interests of England. That leaves us with independence and to understand we need our own currency from the get go to do this. Then the political will for targeted investment leading to a well being economy

If you are an artist who supports Scottish Independence or think you can help them with your knowledge and skills see their website. They are organising on Discord. artistsforindy.scot Also join their community Starter Pack @artistsforindy.bsky.social

I know times are tough right now. People and businesses are facing a lot of pressure, and are wondering what’s coming next. This morning, I set out how my government will respond to the economic uncertainty with action and practical solutions. Here’s a short thread in case you missed it 👇🧵

If Labour at Westminster can nationalise British Steel, why not the same for Grangemouth? If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s. If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow. Scotland’s people deserve better.

He's not wrong

A quick update on the progress of this year's fundraiser for the Wee Ginger Dug blog. In less than a week it is sitting at an incredible 82.6% of its target. Many thanks to everyone weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/2...

Grangemouth, Scunthorpe, Ardrossan harbour and English Water all show the massive folly that was the privatisation of essential infrastructure. All need to be nationalised now, along with the energy companies and Royal Mail.

Cool. Now do Port Talbot and Grangemouth. Or are those not in the "national" interest?

So, in other news, according to Liebour, Scunthorpe is in no way comparable to Port Talbot or Grangemouth. It's not, because, very simply, Scunthorpe is in England, Port Talbot and Grangemouth are not... English Labour, writ large.

Scottish Labour MPs who vote today to save Scunthorpe steelworks in England but stay silent while workers at Grangemouth get sold out are a disgrace to Scotland. 👇

So Labour can save Scunthorpe but can't save Grangemouth. Wakey, wakey Scotland! #ScottishIndependence2026 #Defacto26

But remember, Labour will save the jobs at Grangemouth refinery.

Ever feel you are being shafted again. #Grangemouth #ScottishIndependence

👦🏻 Labour’s two-child cap has pushed 30,000 children into poverty across the UK since the election - 300,000 by the end of this Parliament, according to @cpaguk.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We’re scrapping it in Scotland - which @cpaguk.bsky.social estimates will lift 15,000 children in Scotland out of poverty.

Can you see the extremist gaslighting Labour are putting out on us??? I wonder how much stupid they can rely upon to continue as is? www.thenational.scot/news/2506213...

The unionists laughed at us in 2014 "you lost, get over it...ha ha..." To wit I can now reply " your pension's goosed, your bills have doubled, as have your rents, your fuel's thru the roof, your free movement's gone and your household will be £1400 a year worse off by 2030, get over it...ha ha.."

The damage of Brexit runs so deep It was a dereliction of duty almost beyond comprehension that the CONservative Party inflicted on the country In fact one could say it was traitorous because what else do you call it when people intentionally choose to weaken and hurt your nation

😂😂😂🤣...Who'd ha' thunk!🤭 #GetTheRedToriesOut! #ASAP!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In the face of rising bills across the UK - we are taking action to ensure Scots get the best deal anywhere in the UK. ✅ Free tuition ✅ Free prescriptions ✅ Lowest average water bills ✅ Lowest average Council tax 👀 And much more: www.snp.org/record/

The most difficult day of my life was when I had a massive stroke that left me disabled. The second most difficult day of my life was when I discovered that Nigel Farage is younger than me.

“Your reforms will push an extra 250,000 people including 50,000 children into relative poverty… wow..” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Treasury Minister Darren Jones on the welfare reform impact assessment which he says doesn’t account for "positive benefit of moving into work” #Newsnight

Scotland produces so much clean energy, yet Scots pay some of the highest bills globally. Just yesterday, Britain wasted enough wind to power Scottish homes for 3 DAYS. It cost £7,504,366. Zonal pricing could give Scotland some of the lowest bills in Europe: youtu.be/8-WUhBtB_CM

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting accepted £53,000 from private health recruiter pre-NHS job cuts Despite Streeting claiming that recruiters were ripping-off the NHS. Donors invest, return is govt contracts. Must criminalise receipt/payment of political donations. archive.ph/KMpLk

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The truth is, there is only one language that Labour speaks and that is the language of political pain. For so long as Keir Starmer thinks we'll all go crawling back to Labour at the next Election he will continue to court the Reform vote. We need to tell him we won't.

A Labour Party whip who is pushing through disability cuts claims ‘rent’ expenses for her pet cockapoo dog. If this doesn’t fill you cold fury, nothing will. Our ‘rulers’ would step over our dead bodies while drinking champagne and eating lobster. I hold the entire political class in utter contempt