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Indy above all!
EU fan, recycling, green solutions, still Learning Gàidhlig,
Prog & EM fan: King Crimson, Yes, Peter Hammill, David Sylvian, ELP, Joy Division, Peter Hook
EU fan, recycling, green solutions, still Learning Gàidhlig,
Prog & EM fan: King Crimson, Yes, Peter Hammill, David Sylvian, ELP, Joy Division, Peter Hook
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Do you think so? It seems to me that some (actual or proposed) unions are effective and beneficial, while some are (or would be) unsuccessful. Over history there are examples of unions that worked for a while and later broke apart again. The question is whether any particular union works well or not
February 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Do you think so? It seems to me that some (actual or proposed) unions are effective and beneficial, while some are (or would be) unsuccessful. Over history there are examples of unions that worked for a while and later broke apart again. The question is whether any particular union works well or not
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So Anas Sarwar denigrates the Scottish NHS, Housing, Child poverty. The very issues where the SNP have bettered the Labour administrations in England and Wales. Compounded with monstering the Queen Elizabeth Hospital issues where Labour councillors on the board of manager hid from the SNP.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
So Anas Sarwar denigrates the Scottish NHS, Housing, Child poverty. The very issues where the SNP have bettered the Labour administrations in England and Wales. Compounded with monstering the Queen Elizabeth Hospital issues where Labour councillors on the board of manager hid from the SNP.
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BBC News referring to 'Scottish Labour Party' on their caption on Anas Sarwar's news conference.
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
BBC News referring to 'Scottish Labour Party' on their caption on Anas Sarwar's news conference.
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
No such entity as 'Scottish Labour Party' Anas Sarwar is Leader od Scottish Labour an Optional Identity Title of a Regional Accounting Unit of the UK Labour Party
This is intentional subliminal messaging
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Brown regrets Better Together. He knows fine that it is alive and well in 9 Scottish Councils with Labour working together with the Tories they said we needed rid of and LibDems despite us reading Sarwar’s lips about No Deals/pacts/Coalitions!
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Brown regrets Better Together. He knows fine that it is alive and well in 9 Scottish Councils with Labour working together with the Tories they said we needed rid of and LibDems despite us reading Sarwar’s lips about No Deals/pacts/Coalitions!
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Whilst you continue to accept this kind of bigotry being displayed by one of your officials I cannot support you or your organisation:
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February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Whilst you continue to accept this kind of bigotry being displayed by one of your officials I cannot support you or your organisation:
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Gordon Brown has very little integrity in my book. I have not trusted a word he has said since his performance in the now discredited 'Better Together' Independence campaign. He was perfectly at home making promises, yes promises, that he was in no position to guarantee let alone deliver.
February 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Gordon Brown has very little integrity in my book. I have not trusted a word he has said since his performance in the now discredited 'Better Together' Independence campaign. He was perfectly at home making promises, yes promises, that he was in no position to guarantee let alone deliver.
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Got sent a couple of recent screenshots from "expat" groups in Spain. Pretty amazing stuff.
Suffice to say, not only have the lessons from Brexit not been learned, nor Europe's position taken into account, but Europe's latest initiative is being twisted for the exceptionalist agenda
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Suffice to say, not only have the lessons from Brexit not been learned, nor Europe's position taken into account, but Europe's latest initiative is being twisted for the exceptionalist agenda
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February 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Got sent a couple of recent screenshots from "expat" groups in Spain. Pretty amazing stuff.
Suffice to say, not only have the lessons from Brexit not been learned, nor Europe's position taken into account, but Europe's latest initiative is being twisted for the exceptionalist agenda
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Suffice to say, not only have the lessons from Brexit not been learned, nor Europe's position taken into account, but Europe's latest initiative is being twisted for the exceptionalist agenda
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"It makes one thing clearer than ever: One standard for those in Westminster, another for the rest of us, particularly if you’re an SNP politician"
www.thenational.scot/news/2583434...
www.thenational.scot/news/2583434...
Stark difference between Peter Mandelson and Nicola Sturgeon police home searches
Officers erected a forensic tent outside of the former first minister's home, did Peter Mandelson get the same treatment?
www.thenational.scot
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
"It makes one thing clearer than ever: One standard for those in Westminster, another for the rest of us, particularly if you’re an SNP politician"
www.thenational.scot/news/2583434...
www.thenational.scot/news/2583434...
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Three months until Scotland’s choice.
On May 7, vote SNP to choose hope, fairness and real action on the cost of living.
Let’s escape the broken Westminster system and choose our own future with the fresh start of independence. 🏴
On May 7, vote SNP to choose hope, fairness and real action on the cost of living.
Let’s escape the broken Westminster system and choose our own future with the fresh start of independence. 🏴
February 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Three months until Scotland’s choice.
On May 7, vote SNP to choose hope, fairness and real action on the cost of living.
Let’s escape the broken Westminster system and choose our own future with the fresh start of independence. 🏴
On May 7, vote SNP to choose hope, fairness and real action on the cost of living.
Let’s escape the broken Westminster system and choose our own future with the fresh start of independence. 🏴
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Count to one hundred. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog reflecting on a frenetic fortnight of domestic and international news, the state of the reset, the significance of the latest calls for 'proper Brexit', and the anger suffusing our politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Count to one hundred. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog reflecting on a frenetic fortnight of domestic and international news, the state of the reset, the significance of the latest calls for 'proper Brexit', and the anger suffusing our politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...
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Scotland didn't sell their NHS out to Palantir!
As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/06/a...
As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Guardian today: Labour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing con…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Scotland didn't sell their NHS out to Palantir!
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Shamefully, even now, BBC Scotland still conceal how Jeanne Freeman’s, unique in the UK, quick action on vaccines saved thousands of lives in Scottish care homes
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/07/s...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/07/s...
Shamefully, even now, BBC Scotland still conceal how Jeanne Freeman’s, unique in the UK, quick action on vaccines saved thousands of lives in Scottish care homes
Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In BBC Scotland’s retrospective comment on Jeanne Freeman’s time as Health Secretary, they write: Freeman stood beside Sturgeon in p…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Shamefully, even now, BBC Scotland still conceal how Jeanne Freeman’s, unique in the UK, quick action on vaccines saved thousands of lives in Scottish care homes
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/07/s...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/07/s...
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There is such 'hunger' among Europeans to contribute to help Ukrainians through the cold. In NL we just broke through the €300.000 mark but this is next level. Five minutes! Ordinary Europeans stepping in to help Ukraine buy the generators it needs.
In Sweden, over €400,000 were raised to help Ukraine's energy sector in the first five minutes of the SVT channel broadcast, Ukrainian Ambassador Svitlana Zalishchuk said.
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
According to the organizers, they "have never seen anything like this," referring to the pace of fundraising
February 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
There is such 'hunger' among Europeans to contribute to help Ukrainians through the cold. In NL we just broke through the €300.000 mark but this is next level. Five minutes! Ordinary Europeans stepping in to help Ukraine buy the generators it needs.
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The secret Gove Report identified Nicola Sturgeon as the biggest factor in Scotland’s movement towards independence, and “the biggest threat to the union”
The uk needed Nicola Sturgeon smeared in order to save their ‘precious union’, and smear they did 🇬🇧
www.thenational.scot/news/2408162....
The uk needed Nicola Sturgeon smeared in order to save their ‘precious union’, and smear they did 🇬🇧
www.thenational.scot/news/2408162....
Michael Gove's secret 'risk to Union' report revealed at Covid Inquiry
THE “risk” of Scottish independence was the primary challenge facing the UK Government through the pandemic – except for Covid itself,…
www.thenational.scot
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The secret Gove Report identified Nicola Sturgeon as the biggest factor in Scotland’s movement towards independence, and “the biggest threat to the union”
The uk needed Nicola Sturgeon smeared in order to save their ‘precious union’, and smear they did 🇬🇧
www.thenational.scot/news/2408162....
The uk needed Nicola Sturgeon smeared in order to save their ‘precious union’, and smear they did 🇬🇧
www.thenational.scot/news/2408162....
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At a time when support for Scottish independence was at 58%, and after Gove’s secret report into how best to save the union, Op Branchform was instigated
Branchform achieved its purpose, to derail progress towards independence, by smearing, undermining and causing division within the YES movement
Branchform achieved its purpose, to derail progress towards independence, by smearing, undermining and causing division within the YES movement
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
At a time when support for Scottish independence was at 58%, and after Gove’s secret report into how best to save the union, Op Branchform was instigated
Branchform achieved its purpose, to derail progress towards independence, by smearing, undermining and causing division within the YES movement
Branchform achieved its purpose, to derail progress towards independence, by smearing, undermining and causing division within the YES movement
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The difference being the raid on Nicola Sturgeon was a british political take out, as she was perceived as the biggest threat to the british union
The 4yr enquiry included investigation into the purchasing of pots, utensils, disposable razors, pens and teabags for use in a campaign campervan
The 4yr enquiry included investigation into the purchasing of pots, utensils, disposable razors, pens and teabags for use in a campaign campervan
February 7, 2026 at 7:31 AM
The difference being the raid on Nicola Sturgeon was a british political take out, as she was perceived as the biggest threat to the british union
The 4yr enquiry included investigation into the purchasing of pots, utensils, disposable razors, pens and teabags for use in a campaign campervan
The 4yr enquiry included investigation into the purchasing of pots, utensils, disposable razors, pens and teabags for use in a campaign campervan
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🏴 Compare the 6am raid by 20 uniformed police, multiple police vans & vehicles, and blue tents all over the front & rear garden for 3 days, with a polite ring of the bell by a couple plain clothed officers at a social time of day 🇬🇧
🇬🇧 Also thanks to Sky News for helicopter footage of Nicola’s house
🇬🇧 Also thanks to Sky News for helicopter footage of Nicola’s house
February 7, 2026 at 6:46 AM
🏴 Compare the 6am raid by 20 uniformed police, multiple police vans & vehicles, and blue tents all over the front & rear garden for 3 days, with a polite ring of the bell by a couple plain clothed officers at a social time of day 🇬🇧
🇬🇧 Also thanks to Sky News for helicopter footage of Nicola’s house
🇬🇧 Also thanks to Sky News for helicopter footage of Nicola’s house
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A principled, compassionate lady. Condolences to her family and friends.
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A principled, compassionate lady. Condolences to her family and friends.
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We are heartbroken at the loss of Jeane Freeman. We interviewed her many times, including in 2015, in her own home, before she was elected to the Scottish Parliament.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ei...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ei...
An Independent Woman - Jeane Freeman
YouTube video by Broadcasting Scotland
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:03 AM
We are heartbroken at the loss of Jeane Freeman. We interviewed her many times, including in 2015, in her own home, before she was elected to the Scottish Parliament.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ei...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Ei...
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Absolutely this.
If nothing else it shows that not enough people cared enough about joining the EU for it to influence their vote.
70%+ voted for hard Brexit parties in the 2024 GE. That is a very clear signal to the EU and not a positive one.
If nothing else it shows that not enough people cared enough about joining the EU for it to influence their vote.
70%+ voted for hard Brexit parties in the 2024 GE. That is a very clear signal to the EU and not a positive one.
February 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Absolutely this.
If nothing else it shows that not enough people cared enough about joining the EU for it to influence their vote.
70%+ voted for hard Brexit parties in the 2024 GE. That is a very clear signal to the EU and not a positive one.
If nothing else it shows that not enough people cared enough about joining the EU for it to influence their vote.
70%+ voted for hard Brexit parties in the 2024 GE. That is a very clear signal to the EU and not a positive one.
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I am heart sore this morning at the death of Jeane Freeman, a wonderful Cabinet colleague.
Jeane gave selfless service to Scotland especially as Health Secretary during Covid. In designing Scotland’s social security system, she put dignity and respect at its heart. (1/2)
Jeane gave selfless service to Scotland especially as Health Secretary during Covid. In designing Scotland’s social security system, she put dignity and respect at its heart. (1/2)
February 7, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I am heart sore this morning at the death of Jeane Freeman, a wonderful Cabinet colleague.
Jeane gave selfless service to Scotland especially as Health Secretary during Covid. In designing Scotland’s social security system, she put dignity and respect at its heart. (1/2)
Jeane gave selfless service to Scotland especially as Health Secretary during Covid. In designing Scotland’s social security system, she put dignity and respect at its heart. (1/2)
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