Catriona
@catrio.bsky.social
Lefty supporter of Scottish Democracy, Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️🌈 She/Her
Reposted by Catriona
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors
centralbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.
This is Patricia. Patricia thinks you are as thick so continues to gaslightight
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is Patricia. Patricia thinks you are as thick so continues to gaslightight
Reposted by Catriona
Good news!
Your SNP Scottish Government is providing £43 million to tackle the attainment gap.
Your SNP Scottish Government is providing £43 million to tackle the attainment gap.
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Good news!
Your SNP Scottish Government is providing £43 million to tackle the attainment gap.
Your SNP Scottish Government is providing £43 million to tackle the attainment gap.
Reposted by Catriona
CalMac is pursuing legal action against Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard to recover multi-million repair costs for the MV Caledonian Isles dry-docked in Jan 2024 at Cammell Laird for repairs of £5m. After repairs a hull deformity was discovered.
welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...
welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...
CalMac to sue shipyard for repair costs
CalMac are to sue Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird over multi-million hull deformation repair costs.
welovestornoway.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
CalMac is pursuing legal action against Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard to recover multi-million repair costs for the MV Caledonian Isles dry-docked in Jan 2024 at Cammell Laird for repairs of £5m. After repairs a hull deformity was discovered.
welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...
welovestornoway.com/index.php/ar...
Reposted by Catriona
Never forget Aberdeen…
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Never forget Aberdeen…
Reposted by Catriona
Good news!
A record 4,000 employers in Scotland are now paying their staff at least the real Living Wage, boosting the salaries of 72,000 employees and supporting them with rising costs.
A record 4,000 employers in Scotland are now paying their staff at least the real Living Wage, boosting the salaries of 72,000 employees and supporting them with rising costs.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good news!
A record 4,000 employers in Scotland are now paying their staff at least the real Living Wage, boosting the salaries of 72,000 employees and supporting them with rising costs.
A record 4,000 employers in Scotland are now paying their staff at least the real Living Wage, boosting the salaries of 72,000 employees and supporting them with rising costs.
Reposted by Catriona
📣Next Edinburgh Central SNP campaign sessions details below👇
🗳️All welcome whether new or well-heeled campaigners - many thanks to all who have come out so far. #SP26 #BothVotesSNP
🗳️All welcome whether new or well-heeled campaigners - many thanks to all who have come out so far. #SP26 #BothVotesSNP
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📣Next Edinburgh Central SNP campaign sessions details below👇
🗳️All welcome whether new or well-heeled campaigners - many thanks to all who have come out so far. #SP26 #BothVotesSNP
🗳️All welcome whether new or well-heeled campaigners - many thanks to all who have come out so far. #SP26 #BothVotesSNP
Reposted by Catriona
📰 Here's my column from today's Greenock Telegraph covering the @snp.org Scottish Government's investment into primary care, which is helping boost the number of GP appointments available across the country.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📰 Here's my column from today's Greenock Telegraph covering the @snp.org Scottish Government's investment into primary care, which is helping boost the number of GP appointments available across the country.
Reposted by Catriona
The Real Living Wage has delivered a pay boost to 72,000 Scottish workers.
I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Real Living Wage has delivered a pay boost to 72,000 Scottish workers.
I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
Reposted by Catriona
Real living wage employers reach record high as of November 2025, benefiting around 72,000 workers.
Proportionately, Scotland has about FIVE times more accredited employers per capita than the UK average.
IN LABOUR RUN WALES ONLY 5 OF 22 COUNCILS ARE REGISTÈRED WITH THE LWF.
Proportionately, Scotland has about FIVE times more accredited employers per capita than the UK average.
IN LABOUR RUN WALES ONLY 5 OF 22 COUNCILS ARE REGISTÈRED WITH THE LWF.
The Real Living Wage has delivered a pay boost to 72,000 Scottish workers.
I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
I visited Capital City Partnership to mark a record 4,000 Real Living Wage employers in Scotland - proportionately that’s around 5 times more than the rest of the UK.
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Real living wage employers reach record high as of November 2025, benefiting around 72,000 workers.
Proportionately, Scotland has about FIVE times more accredited employers per capita than the UK average.
IN LABOUR RUN WALES ONLY 5 OF 22 COUNCILS ARE REGISTÈRED WITH THE LWF.
Proportionately, Scotland has about FIVE times more accredited employers per capita than the UK average.
IN LABOUR RUN WALES ONLY 5 OF 22 COUNCILS ARE REGISTÈRED WITH THE LWF.
Reposted by Catriona
Since Labour came to power unemployment scross the UK has risen from 4.1% to 5%.
The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics who reported a figure of 5% covering the three months to September.
The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics who reported a figure of 5% covering the three months to September.
BREAKING: Unemployment rate jumps to highest level since late 2020 ahead of budget
news.sky.com/story/unempl...
news.sky.com/story/unempl...
Unemployment rate jumps to highest level since late 2020 ahead of budget
The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to official figures released ahead of the budget.
news.sky.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Since Labour came to power unemployment scross the UK has risen from 4.1% to 5%.
The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics who reported a figure of 5% covering the three months to September.
The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to the Office for National Statistics who reported a figure of 5% covering the three months to September.
Reposted by Catriona
Laws are bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Laws are bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Reposted by Catriona
How many thousands of people see the false figures and how many see the corrections or even notice them, BBC doesn't care as the damage to the SNP govt is done.
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
Davie reigns nut in Scotland:-
BBC Scotland has had to issue yet another correction after giving out false figures relating to drug deaths. We've lost count of the corrections and apologies the BBC has had to make after broadcasting false claims. The falsehoods always negatively impact the SNP.
BBC Scotland has had to issue yet another correction after giving out false figures relating to drug deaths. We've lost count of the corrections and apologies the BBC has had to make after broadcasting false claims. The falsehoods always negatively impact the SNP.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How many thousands of people see the false figures and how many see the corrections or even notice them, BBC doesn't care as the damage to the SNP govt is done.
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
Reposted by Catriona
We get the politics the few pay for.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK
JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We get the politics the few pay for.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Catriona
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Reposted by Catriona
Your periodic reminder that NESOs Future Network Design (grid plans) are to export Scotlands renewable energy south to power England via multiple huge (2GW) subsea interconnectors
It’s ‘Grid baby Grid’ across the Scottish construction sector at the moment….sigh
It’s ‘Grid baby Grid’ across the Scottish construction sector at the moment….sigh
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Your periodic reminder that NESOs Future Network Design (grid plans) are to export Scotlands renewable energy south to power England via multiple huge (2GW) subsea interconnectors
It’s ‘Grid baby Grid’ across the Scottish construction sector at the moment….sigh
It’s ‘Grid baby Grid’ across the Scottish construction sector at the moment….sigh
Reposted by Catriona
Scotland has a record 4000 firms paying staff the real Living Wage, with John Swinney suggesting this is 'five times' the level the UK has proportionately
Scotland has 'around five times more Living Wage employers than UK'
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Scotland has a record 4000 firms paying staff the real Living Wage, with John Swinney suggesting this is 'five times' the level the UK has proportionately
Reposted by Catriona
If Labour insist on painting democratic dissent as disloyalty, it won’t be the SNP that threatens their security – it’ll be the voters, writes Xander Elliards ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If Labour insist on painting democratic dissent as disloyalty, it won’t be the SNP that threatens their security – it’ll be the voters, writes Xander Elliards ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Reposted by Catriona
The Baroness Smith's daughter, for example, who was caught out misrepresenting the SNP several times, was merely shunted to a nice new job in New York.
I can't recall an occasion when someone at the BBC resigned for being dishonest about the SNP. Despite an endless stream of dishonesty about the SNP. Perhaps I'm going prematurely senile...
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Baroness Smith's daughter, for example, who was caught out misrepresenting the SNP several times, was merely shunted to a nice new job in New York.
Reposted by Catriona
Wanna know why my sympathy for the BBC has run out?
Let me remind you of this little charade, while Boris Johnson was PM, and the head of the BBC secretly helped Darth Bagpuss to organise a secret £800,000 slush fund from a foreign national.
Let me remind you of this little charade, while Boris Johnson was PM, and the head of the BBC secretly helped Darth Bagpuss to organise a secret £800,000 slush fund from a foreign national.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wanna know why my sympathy for the BBC has run out?
Let me remind you of this little charade, while Boris Johnson was PM, and the head of the BBC secretly helped Darth Bagpuss to organise a secret £800,000 slush fund from a foreign national.
Let me remind you of this little charade, while Boris Johnson was PM, and the head of the BBC secretly helped Darth Bagpuss to organise a secret £800,000 slush fund from a foreign national.
Reposted by Catriona
If there's one thing Unionists are renowned for, it's our astute analysis. When we speak, the world listens.
No Thanks.
No Thanks.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If there's one thing Unionists are renowned for, it's our astute analysis. When we speak, the world listens.
No Thanks.
No Thanks.
Reposted by Catriona
#TomorrowsPapersToday The National: Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1BILLION. SNP OUST LABOUR TO SEIZE CONTROL OF COUNCIL. 'OVER-REACH' IN PALESTINE ACTION BAN TERROR LAWS USE. For more papers visit our new website at
www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#TomorrowsPapersToday The National: Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1BILLION. SNP OUST LABOUR TO SEIZE CONTROL OF COUNCIL. 'OVER-REACH' IN PALESTINE ACTION BAN TERROR LAWS USE. For more papers visit our new website at
www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
Reposted by Catriona
Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on SNP are hypocrisy 101
www.thenational.scot/news/2561120...
www.thenational.scot/news/2561120...
How Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on SNP are hypocrisy 101
TO no one’s surprise, Anas Sarwar has lined up behind his UK bosses and doubled-down on claims that the Scottish Government is a “national…
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on SNP are hypocrisy 101
www.thenational.scot/news/2561120...
www.thenational.scot/news/2561120...
Reposted by Catriona
The SNP First Minister John Swinney says Gibb is a clearly party political figure on the BBC board, saying this position is "untenable"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Gibb position on BBC board ‘untenable’, says Swinney
The comments come amid a bias row at the broadcaster which has seen two of its top bosses resign.
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The SNP First Minister John Swinney says Gibb is a clearly party political figure on the BBC board, saying this position is "untenable"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Reposted by Catriona
Sarwar will happily work with Reform plc, yet The Bain Principle still holds.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Anas Sarwar leaves door open to working with Nigel Farage's Reform on individual issues
The Scottish Labour leader said he would not turn his back on a good idea from any MSP
www.scotsman.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sarwar will happily work with Reform plc, yet The Bain Principle still holds.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...