Maureen Pickering
@maureenpickering.bsky.social
Retired Depute HT, Scottish granny. Wants Scottish Independence for a fairer, more equal society where Scotland’s vast resources are used for the benefit of the people of 🏴, not Westminster. I am a Sovereign Scot and will bow to no monarch. No DMs
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Protesters have gathered outside the US consulate in Edinburgh over the country's attack on Venezuela and the abduction of the country's president Nicolas Maduro 👇
January 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Protesters have gathered outside the US consulate in Edinburgh over the country's attack on Venezuela and the abduction of the country's president Nicolas Maduro 👇
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Did you know that since the SNP nationalised Scotrail it has helped to contribute £4Bn to the Scottish economy, instead of paying out dividends to rich shareholders?
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Nationalised Rail - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that since the SNP nationalised Scotrail it has helped to contribute £4Bn to the Scottish economy, instead of paying out dividends to rich
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January 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Did you know that since the SNP nationalised Scotrail it has helped to contribute £4Bn to the Scottish economy, instead of paying out dividends to rich shareholders?
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Though domestic abuse far less common, Scottish Government again first in UK to legislate to force abusers to leave social housing wp.me/pbesfy-qql
Though domestic abuse far less common, Scottish Government again first in UK to legislate to force abusers to leave social housing
BBC Scotland has a tasteless, exploitative image, we won’t be using here. From BBC Scotland News today: Social landlords are set to be given powers to remove domestic abusers from tenancy agr…
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January 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Though domestic abuse far less common, Scottish Government again first in UK to legislate to force abusers to leave social housing wp.me/pbesfy-qql
Reliable transparent 12 hour A&E figures confirm corridor care in NHS Scotland less than half as common as in Labour-run England but Daily Record uses a single tragedy on behalf of Labour in Scotland wp.me/pbesfy-qqe
Reliable transparent 12 hour A&E figures confirm corridor care in NHS Scotland less than half as common as in Labour-run England but Daily Record uses a single tragedy on behalf of Labour in Scotland
It’s another single case plucked out by grubby figures, taking advantage of a distressed family and platformed, front page, by a newspaper little better than a Labour party election leaflet. …
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January 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reliable transparent 12 hour A&E figures confirm corridor care in NHS Scotland less than half as common as in Labour-run England but Daily Record uses a single tragedy on behalf of Labour in Scotland wp.me/pbesfy-qqe
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I really like the "shared objective" the BMA and ScotGov have ..
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January 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I really like the "shared objective" the BMA and ScotGov have ..
www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
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Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
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Nationalise it.
Look at Scottish Water for how.
Look at Scottish Water for how.
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour govt’s bonus ban.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Ban circumvented as legislation is weak.
The company has 47+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, loses 69.8m litres per day to leaks, neglects investment, customers fleeced.
No exec prosecuted.
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Nationalise it.
Look at Scottish Water for how.
Look at Scottish Water for how.
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X ceased being a public square years ago, and over the last month, it’s degraded even further.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
Staying on X is an Endorsement - and It's Unforgivable
The UK government cannot claim to protect women and children while continuing to post on a platform that enables their abuse.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
X ceased being a public square years ago, and over the last month, it’s degraded even further.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
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British Labour in Scotland campaigned alongside their Tory friends back in 2013/14. They then went on to celebrate & party with them with no regard to the unity of Scotland. They will do the same with Reform in order to keep their 'Precious union'. #ScotlandTheColony #brexittogether #ToxicUnionism
January 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
British Labour in Scotland campaigned alongside their Tory friends back in 2013/14. They then went on to celebrate & party with them with no regard to the unity of Scotland. They will do the same with Reform in order to keep their 'Precious union'. #ScotlandTheColony #brexittogether #ToxicUnionism
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Between the election & September last year, Rupert Lowe made £40k by posting on X.
X is how they spread their shite, lies, propaganda misinformation & agitate whilst potentially making money. That's why they're panicking. Also a person asking for us to be attacked by a foreign power is somewhat Treasonous
Ban Rupert Lowe, a traitor.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Between the election & September last year, Rupert Lowe made £40k by posting on X.
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Buried in the BBC England news: Labour* MP refuses to resign after being arrested on suspicion of rape, child sex offences and child abduction.
* whip withdrawn but Labour when elected and Labour when arrested.
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* whip withdrawn but Labour when elected and Labour when arrested.
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MP shares first statement after child sex offences arrest
Dan Norris, MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, has rejected calls for him to resign.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Buried in the BBC England news: Labour* MP refuses to resign after being arrested on suspicion of rape, child sex offences and child abduction.
* whip withdrawn but Labour when elected and Labour when arrested.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
* whip withdrawn but Labour when elected and Labour when arrested.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Unfortunately western politics seems stuffed with such people. I don't worry about Russia or China, I worry about where the neoliberals are dragging us and just what they'll do to appease Trump. That I do worry about and so should any European.
January 10, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Unfortunately western politics seems stuffed with such people. I don't worry about Russia or China, I worry about where the neoliberals are dragging us and just what they'll do to appease Trump. That I do worry about and so should any European.
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Nigel Farage is too scared to debate Zack Polanski.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Nigel Farage is too scared to debate Zack Polanski.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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As SEATS DON'T MATTER, SCOTS MAJORITY DOES, SNP BOTH VOTES WILL GIVE US INDEPENDECE.
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
As SEATS DON'T MATTER, SCOTS MAJORITY DOES, SNP BOTH VOTES WILL GIVE US INDEPENDECE.
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Now I don't know about you, but CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME not in LONDON, don't you think that Scots deserve better, than the UK offers Scots? Majority Vote is what's needed, seats Irrelevant, as shown in Both last 2 Elections. With SNP/Greens Majority seats. SNP MAJORITY is what they are afraid of.
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Now I don't know about you, but CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME not in LONDON, don't you think that Scots deserve better, than the UK offers Scots? Majority Vote is what's needed, seats Irrelevant, as shown in Both last 2 Elections. With SNP/Greens Majority seats. SNP MAJORITY is what they are afraid of.
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Right England has the UK £3Trn in debt, gave us Brexit, a Declining UK Economy, adding at over $5K per second, waging wars, servicing Wars, letting the Establishment do as they wish, let Billionaires Tax Dodge, while we have AUSTERITY.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Right England has the UK £3Trn in debt, gave us Brexit, a Declining UK Economy, adding at over $5K per second, waging wars, servicing Wars, letting the Establishment do as they wish, let Billionaires Tax Dodge, while we have AUSTERITY.
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Have Scottish people started playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer to 'combat the Islamisation'? No, and we've fact-checked 👇
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
January 10, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Have Scottish people started playing bagpipes during a Muslim call to prayer to 'combat the Islamisation'? No, and we've fact-checked 👇
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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AS BBC Scotland today praise Tory Aberdeenshire council for hiring new snowploughs too late, remember what they're covering up:
Reposted with update - Tory MSP criticises Scot Gov for winter weather problems but Tory/LD Aberdeenshire council had just removed 1 200 grit bins amid budget cuts only months earlier and then suffered the greatest disruption
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Tory MSP criticises Scot Gov for winter weather problems but Tory/LD Aberdeenshire council had just removed 1 200 grit bins amid budget cuts only months earlier and then suffered the greatest disrupti...
Government response to winter weather disruption in the north. Tim Eagle [Con] says support for Moray, Aberdeenshire and the Highlands was too slow given the severity of the conditions and argues t…
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January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
AS BBC Scotland today praise Tory Aberdeenshire council for hiring new snowploughs too late, remember what they're covering up:
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Posted again as Herald and Labour MSP Carol Mochan try to blame John Swinney for imagined levels of corridor care again based on their utterly unreliable statistics:
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Posted again as Herald and Labour MSP Carol Mochan try to blame John Swinney for imagined levels of corridor care again based on their utterly unreliable statistics: