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Self employed upholsterer in Glasgow , Scottish born and bred 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #scottishIndependence
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A Scottish bill received worldwide attention this week, with a video explaining legislation which could legally require councils to reduce economic inequality going viral
Why did this niche Scottish bill for community wealth building go viral?
www.thenational.scot
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism.

It almost always benefits the side with the most power.

In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 25, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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Holyrood is being killed off by the Internal Market Act - my column in today's Sunday National.
January 25, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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Herald recycles its own story from 6 January 2026 as a headline and maintains low in dishonest infantile reporting on Scotland's ferries as their repair bills are far lower than comparable ferry services talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/04/h...
Herald sets new low in dishonest infantile reporting on Scotland’s ferries as their repair bills are far lower than comparable ferry services
Professor John Robertson OBA The Herald today has the above and: Martin starts off the year with one of the most dishonest, maybe not infantile, but certainly primary school-level, adding up of cos…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Look at what is going on in USA. Now you know why it is dangerous to vote Reform Ltd.

We need the protection of our human rights through international courts.
January 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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As you watch the brutal, cruel and fascist train-wreck in the US that is murdering and disappearing people, bear in mind that Farage (whose Reform party leads UK polls) is a *big* Trump and MAGA fan. #Holyrood26 #Scotland
indyposterboy.scot/stark-reality/
Stark Reality - Indy PosterBoy
"We have a choice. The people living in Scotland can choose Scotland’s future, or Nigel Farage can. That’s the stark reality we face.”
indyposterboy.scot
January 25, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Farage pays for nothing himself. He rakes it in from media, crypto, gold bullion, X… Clacton isn’t worth his time.

He’s a rep for the US christofascist far right and is being paid to bring that shit over here.

It’s all a grift. A pisstake. A very sinister betrayal.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage racks up £151,000 in donor-funded flights to support Donald Trump
Most recently, Farage attended an event at Trump’s Mar A Lago resort celebrating US Military Veterans just months before Trump’s vile slur dismissing the sacrifice of British troops who served in Afgh...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Anas Sarwar struggled to give a clear answer as to why an MSP who maintained a relationship with a convicted sex offender retains the Labour Party whip
Anas Sarwar fails to explain why MSP with links to sex offender retains Labour whip
www.thenational.scot
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Denmark’s urgent Bluetooth crackdown reveals deep fears about invisible surveillance in a high-stakes geopolitical hotspot.
indiandefencereview.com/denmark-warn...
Denmark Orders Public Officials to Turn Off Their Bluetooth Due to High Risk of Being Spied on by U.S. Intelligence
Denmark’s urgent Bluetooth crackdown reveals deep fears about invisible surveillance in a high-stakes geopolitical hotspot.
indiandefencereview.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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In Scotland we're made to think an investment in Scottish Water to IMPROVE it is & do better is BAD under a SNP/Scottish Government

Gtf yoons

England, you deserve better.

All of us still paying the price for Thatcher in different ways.
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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BREAKING: The Scottish Greens have rekindled ties with Zack Polanski’s Green Party of England and Wales after a previous split on transgender rights

Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Scottish Greens rekindle ties with Zack Polanski’s party after trans‑rights split
www.thenational.scot
January 25, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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Today's front page 📰
Scottish Greens announce that they will rekindle relationship with English party
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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Unionist Party's shiting themselves on Trevor Philips Sunday Morning.
All the usual tropes run out.
Woe! Woe! thrice Woe!
Separation.
Once in a Generation.
Nuclear deterrent.
UK diminished on the world stage.
Suspect private polling indicates the Union is in more trouble than the polling indicates.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Scotland is now a colony of a US vassal state called England. That’s where unionist policies have taken us. And much the same for Labour/Tory/Reform, despite the spin. Everything of value has been STOLEN from the public & sold off to profiteers.
Scotland needs a fresh start with Independence.
January 25, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
Andrew Rosindell, who defected last week from the Conservatives, says he "would not object" to replacing free healthcare with a private insurance system
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Actual real life traitor, and MI5 declared national security risk, Priti Patel, was on #TrevorPhillips this morning declaring that the Labour govt is a threat to our safety.
I will repost this every time the vile proven bully and national security threat, Priti Patel, appears on TV & the interviewer fails to mention these key points from her recent career history.

#bbclaurak
How on earth is bully, national security risk, and all around nasty bastard, Priti Patel, still involved in UK politics at any level, let alone as shadow home secretary?

#TrevorPhillips @skynewsrss.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Why can Polanski see the danger but Starmer / Streeting cant? Oh wait a minute i forgot, they are major sponsors of Streeting et al.

youtu.be/gQAsV4mIKgA?...
Zack Polanski Tells Palantir To “Get The Hell Out Of The NHS”
YouTube video by Novara Media
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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A guid Scots saw for ye tae yaise an revive this Burns Nicht. “Ye cannae dae ocht, gin ye’ve nocht tae dae ocht wi”. The Scottish government should yaise it ony time they cannae dae somethin because they hivnae got the economic pouers o a normal, independent kintrae. Telt!
January 25, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Back in Stirling to get on with the fit-out of our new studio. It is costing a lot of money for materials and equipment and we really need your help to get closer to our £30k target. Please share this and please donate whatever you can afford.

www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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In case you wonder what our team is up against re vexatious complaints (particularly in relation to our coverage of Gaza), here you have it:

The National was the most complained about paper to regulator IPSO (outside London) last year, yet not one complaint was upheld‼️
January 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM