Dorothy Bruce
@dorothybruce.bsky.social
Reads, writes. Follows politics – endlessly fascinating and frustrating. Scottish independence, of course!
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Dorothy Bruce
@dorothybruce.bsky.social
· Apr 27
The Foreign Policy of an Independent Scotland | Stephen Gethins MP
YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay
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Where we go now the world has changed - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lo-...
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Absolutely staggering lies! Nothing should shock me but I keep finding nonsense sinking to a new low. Keep these US charlatans out of this country. If Palestine Action can be proscribed...
Is GB News right to claim abortion will be 'legal until birth in Scotland'?
We fact check claims on GB News that 'abortion will be legal until birth in Scotland and will be permitted on the basis of the sex of the fetus'
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Absolutely staggering lies! Nothing should shock me but I keep finding nonsense sinking to a new low. Keep these US charlatans out of this country. If Palestine Action can be proscribed...
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Like Home Secretary, like party.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has seen her favourability drop 32 points among Labour members since her plans for asylum policy reform were announced
Cabinet rankings: Mahmood sees sharp drop in approval among Labour members – LabourList
Shabana Mahmood’s approval among Labour members has plummeted since her announcement on reform of asylum policy, exclusive polling for LabourList has revealed. The poll, conducted…
labourlist.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Like Home Secretary, like party.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
Labour are on a road to political oblivion with their Reform tribute act.
It doesn't win over anyone for whom putting the boot into forrins is their top concern. They'll always choose the real deal.
But it actively scares away everyone else.
Double own goal.
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Why will BBC Scotland’s James Cook not inform you of the facts – how Scottish ministers closed schools and saved thousands?👇
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/w...
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Why will BBC Scotland’s James Cook not inform you of the facts – how Scottish ministers closed schools and saved thousands?
and the current First Minister, John Swinney, to close school without the Cabinet being present. Professor John Robertson OBA Is it because Cook just trusts the Herald and is too lazy to do his job…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Why will BBC Scotland’s James Cook not inform you of the facts – how Scottish ministers closed schools and saved thousands?👇
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/w...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/21/w...
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Energy costs fell by 4% last quarter, yet our bills are going up.
Ofgem have introduced increases of nearly 25% since Starmer came to power.
And Starmer instead of capping or cutting household energy costs as promised, does it for businesses and AI companies
Ofgem have introduced increases of nearly 25% since Starmer came to power.
And Starmer instead of capping or cutting household energy costs as promised, does it for businesses and AI companies
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Energy costs fell by 4% last quarter, yet our bills are going up.
Ofgem have introduced increases of nearly 25% since Starmer came to power.
And Starmer instead of capping or cutting household energy costs as promised, does it for businesses and AI companies
Ofgem have introduced increases of nearly 25% since Starmer came to power.
And Starmer instead of capping or cutting household energy costs as promised, does it for businesses and AI companies
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The facts show that Nicola Sturgeon handled the Covid pandemic significantly better than the rest of the UK, saving many more lives. Westminster cover up.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The facts show that Nicola Sturgeon handled the Covid pandemic significantly better than the rest of the UK, saving many more lives. Westminster cover up.
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The Ferret first revealed sites under consideration earlier this week, after emails showing that Grangemouth and Ardeer in Ayrshire were being examined were released in error following a botched freedom of information response by the MoD
www.theferret.scot/m...
www.theferret.scot/m...
MoD confirms potential Scottish bomb sites after Ferret revelations
Government names areas being assessed for new munitions plants after The Ferret uncovers hidden details in a botched FoI response.
www.theferret.scot
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Ferret first revealed sites under consideration earlier this week, after emails showing that Grangemouth and Ardeer in Ayrshire were being examined were released in error following a botched freedom of information response by the MoD
www.theferret.scot/m...
www.theferret.scot/m...
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The "British public"? Wales and Scotland haven't voted for a Tory government in any of our lifetimes. Enough English voters were stupid enough to vote for Johnson and Brexit and are on the verge of doing the same with Farage (or worse, if he implodes).
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The "British public"? Wales and Scotland haven't voted for a Tory government in any of our lifetimes. Enough English voters were stupid enough to vote for Johnson and Brexit and are on the verge of doing the same with Farage (or worse, if he implodes).
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More importantly & the Crux of the matter, Scotland shouldn't have to depend on waiting to see what handoot we're going to get back.
This isn't normal
Scottish Independence is normal. Working with other nations on an equal footing is also normal.
This isn't normal
Scottish Independence is normal. Working with other nations on an equal footing is also normal.
Record Settlements for the Devolved Government's doesn't mean squat if it doesn't mean real term increases or account for the effects of Brexit filtering down to every sinew of life or if they don't make up for the Austerity years
All nations have been hit by inadequate decision makers at No 10
All nations have been hit by inadequate decision makers at No 10
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
More importantly & the Crux of the matter, Scotland shouldn't have to depend on waiting to see what handoot we're going to get back.
This isn't normal
Scottish Independence is normal. Working with other nations on an equal footing is also normal.
This isn't normal
Scottish Independence is normal. Working with other nations on an equal footing is also normal.
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During Covid one particular process reassured worried Scots that crisis was being handled as well as it could be by devolved ScotGov without powers WM possesses - daily briefings on TV by FM Sturgeon. Pressure by Jackie Baillie MSP and his Lardship George Foulkes helped to have these *stopped*.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
During Covid one particular process reassured worried Scots that crisis was being handled as well as it could be by devolved ScotGov without powers WM possesses - daily briefings on TV by FM Sturgeon. Pressure by Jackie Baillie MSP and his Lardship George Foulkes helped to have these *stopped*.
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Without the full powers of independence, we cannot ensure that our industries are safeguarded, our workers are protected, and our communities have the tools to thrive, writes Kate Forbes ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Without the full powers of independence, we cannot ensure that our industries are safeguarded, our workers are protected, and our communities have the tools to thrive, writes Kate Forbes ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Too late. No one trusts you anymore. Your xenophobic madness has set things up for the fascists once they take over. Like a useful idiot, you've made it easy for them, laying the foundations for unprecedented cruelty, pain and suffering by doing Farage's work for him!
#RedReform 🔴🔵
#RedReform 🔴🔵
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Too late. No one trusts you anymore. Your xenophobic madness has set things up for the fascists once they take over. Like a useful idiot, you've made it easy for them, laying the foundations for unprecedented cruelty, pain and suffering by doing Farage's work for him!
#RedReform 🔴🔵
#RedReform 🔴🔵
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The pandemic was a catastrophe but one that had been happening in the decade before 2020
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The pandemic was a catastrophe but one that had been happening in the decade before 2020
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
Cuts in pandemic preparedness, lack of funding & resilience
The UK saw an additional 250,000 deaths, a fall in life expectancy
Lest we forget the pandemic merely exposed the failures of Government
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Why arent English people not raging about this?
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Why arent English people not raging about this?
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I've already stated my opinion on this matter. To reiterate, she's racist and so is the Prime Minister because the buck should stop at his desk. I am never voting for Labour again.
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Yes, our Labour Home Secretary really did just post this on Twitter.
It's not an AI hoax. More's the pity.
It's not an AI hoax. More's the pity.
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I've already stated my opinion on this matter. To reiterate, she's racist and so is the Prime Minister because the buck should stop at his desk. I am never voting for Labour again.
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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🤔 Prime Minister Farage & Reform UK Government or an independent Scotland?
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🤔 Prime Minister Farage & Reform UK Government or an independent Scotland?
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
🔎 Read Believe in Scotland's plan to win independence: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_...
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This isn't a surprise. It's not just in the US. This is what inequality brings. The more money these people have, the more they think they have a right to control the rest of us!
Opinion
One stat reveals how much of Trump’s ‘populist’ agenda is funded by billionaires
A new report shows an astonishing trend in the way the ultra-wealthy are intervening in American politics.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
One stat reveals how much of Trump’s ‘populist’ agenda is funded by billionaires
A new report shows an astonishing trend in the way the ultra-wealthy are intervening in American politics.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
One stat reveals how much of Trump's 'populist' agenda is funded by billionaires
A new report shows an astonishing trend in the way the ultra-wealthy are intervening in American politics.
www.ms.now
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This isn't a surprise. It's not just in the US. This is what inequality brings. The more money these people have, the more they think they have a right to control the rest of us!
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
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Scotland is only tolerated by Westminster as long as our wealth can be extracted for their benefit. Otherwise they are quite happy to toss our firms and workers on the scrap heap.
Time for Scottish Independence.
#Scotland
#Independence
#Westminster
Time for Scottish Independence.
#Scotland
#Independence
#Westminster
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Scotland is only tolerated by Westminster as long as our wealth can be extracted for their benefit. Otherwise they are quite happy to toss our firms and workers on the scrap heap.
Time for Scottish Independence.
#Scotland
#Independence
#Westminster
Time for Scottish Independence.
#Scotland
#Independence
#Westminster
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Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said
Anas Sarwar 'must come clean on rising energy bills' as Labour price vow in tatters
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Anas Sarwar must explain why energy bills continue to rise despite Labour’s election promise to bring them down, MSPs have said