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I believe in Scottish independence ie normal powers for Scotland and actively campaigning to make it happen. On fb https://www.facebook.com/freescotlandnow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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A reminder of what the British state is really all about and where the power actually lies:

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What being British really means
What does Britain really mean? Let’s take the time to examine it in detail. “I’m an English nationalist and never you forget it” Mrs Thatcher told James Naughtie in 1986 The…
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Historians would say Scots were active colonisers not colonised however British state has always been #England expanded. England had an empire before we joined it. A suppression of original #Scots culture has undoubtedly happened even if many don't realise it today.
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
She's dead right. Nicola Sturgeon on Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar:
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Another great plan from Believe in Scotland who published the fantastic 'Scotland the Brief'.

www.believeinscotland.org/i_gers_the_r...

#scottishindependence
#believeinscotland
#gers
i-GERS: The Report to End the Union’s Biggest Economic Lie
www.believeinscotland.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Brilliant result for Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly. The beginning of the end for Labour in Wales? Reform got beat too just like they got beat at Hamilton in Scotland.

Will Hayward's take is here:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

And the Wee Ginger Dug's blog:

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October 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Picked this little guy up for a song, I wouldn't say he's the brightest but he's loyal and says SNP bad a lot." #puppetsarwar
October 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Westminster think they have a veto on our Scottish #independence but they don't. Democracy can be delayed but ultimately it cannot be denied and 65 countries before us have extricated themselves from British rule. We just need to convince our own people and then it will follow.
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is interesting/useful. AI free Google searches:

udm14.com
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Jon Adams (The New Yorker)
October 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There's no way I'm carrying around any British ID card. No chance. Sign the petition against it here.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
September 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Why voting Alba on the list probably isn't a good idea... #voteSNP #ScottishIndependence
September 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I’ve signed this petition to ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
petition.parliament.uk
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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We have been arguing against the normalisation of this kind of language in Britain for years, and this is the time to resist groupthink, to resist the slide into consensus and to take apart the arguments of the fascists. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/26/t...
This is Not Normal
A man who is widely thought to be in the running for becoming the next Prime Minister of the UK has just set out a five-year plan, which would include tearing up human rights laws and sending peopl…
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August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's clear #England dominates every aspect of the #British union, from the flag, the anthem, the Empire (an English project originally) and has control of #Westminster parliament. To claim the 1707 union didn't actually happen however is historically inept. #scottishindependence
August 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's time, for the normal powers of independence. #voteSNP
August 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is quite a long article but it's worth reading for an authoritative explanation as to why the 2014 'successor state' arguments made by the British government were in fact legally wrong:

“The Union and the law” revisited | Law Society of Scotland

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“The Union and the law” revisited | Law Society of Scotland
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August 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM