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Joe Merchant
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Scottish English teacher living in Catalunya. Shite drummer 🥁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
Bit of overkill on the packaging I think Amazon.
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#maxïmopark #fib #fiber Awesome set!
July 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
July 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
July 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Pardon?
The UK Government ordered suppliers of life-saving kit to 'prioritise' the NHS in England over Scotland during the pandemic, the Covid-19 inquiry has been told
UK Government ordered PPE firms to 'prioritise' England over Scotland, inquiry told
www.thenational.scot
March 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Bought a new bed for the cat. Might be a bit small...
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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NEW: This is what Westminster doesn't want you to read. The McCrone Report in full
This is what Westminster doesn't want you to read: The McCrone Report in full
IMPORTANT: The McCrone Report has no paywall today. We believe it is vitally important that everybody can access it. You can support us with a…
www.thenational.scot
February 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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How much longer is the Scottish govt going to have to clean up WM’s mess?
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I listened for 31,698 minutes in 2024. What about you? #SpotifyWrapped
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
December 5, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Moral : Don't fall asleep at work...
December 2, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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Israel is still bombing Lebanon. Say no more…
December 2, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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The Yes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 movement needs to find ways to forgive, unite and move forward if we are to achieve #ScottishIndependence otherwise the Unionists will win and the status quo will remain for the foreseeable. We all need to play our part in this prior to 2026.
November 30, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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shocking
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November 29, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Happy St. Andrew's Day!
a cartoon of a unicorn holding a scottish flag on its back
ALT: a cartoon of a unicorn holding a scottish flag on its back
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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And the #IndyClan needs to step the fruck UP.
#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
"Farage’s Reform Party plans a full-frontal electoral attack on Scotland. It intends to contest the next Holyrood general election in 2026. You can be sure that Reform is in the process of building a well-funded and well-resourced electoral machine. There will be no shortage of cash."
Nigel Farage’s Reform is coming for Holyrood - Bylines Scotland
SNP and Labour need to recognise who the real enemy is
bylines.scot
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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For anyone in the UK, If you text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 when you are in a dark place or suicidal, a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. This is great If you find talking on the phone challenging. It’s completely free 24/7. Please Repost, you never know who might need this support
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 AM
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NEW: Scottish bill payers 'subsidise' those in London, according to a financial analyst.

Experts have said households in Scotland are paying higher energy bills than they ought to keep prices down south of the Border.
www.thenational.scot/news/2469148...
Scotland 'subsidises' London energy bills, according to financial analyst
SCOTTISH billpayers are “subsidising” those in London, according to a financial analyst.
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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When Norway, Denmark, France and Ireland all pay less for the transfer of electricity to England than Scotland, it makes you wonder what the point of the UK union is (apart from the asset stripping of Scotland without repercussions).
November 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Your ambition for Scotland's parliament shouldn't be limited to mitigating the incompetence of Westminster.

www.believeinscotland.org
November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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From Airplane! to The Naked Gun, Jim Abrahams was a pioneer of spoof comedy
From Airplane! to The Naked Gun, Jim Abrahams was a pioneer of spoof comedy
The writer and director, who died this week, helped to define what big screen spoofs would look like in the decades after * Jim Abrahams, co-creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, dies aged 80 Very few people can honestly claim to have changed the…
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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I've used the same technique ;0)
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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#ScottishIndependence you know it’s the right path for Scotland
November 25, 2024 at 2:32 AM
She might look cute, but she's a pain in the arse.
November 24, 2024 at 1:22 PM