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Dr Mairianna Clyde
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Scottish independinista. Retired academic, UCU member, allotmenteer and long standing Merchiston community councillor. ‘The only wealth is life’ (John Ruskin).🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇴🇺🇦
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Braw day in Blackburn campaigning for a more affordable, brighter and better connected West Lothian.

Folks are resonating with our campaign to put your priorities first again, after a decade of neglect from West Lothian’s Labour-Tory coalition!

Thanks to everyone who joined us today 💛

#ActiveSNP
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Great canvass session this afternoon for Callum Cox for West Lothian Council. Great to be out campaigning.
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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This extra £25.5 million means more appointments, more procedures, more people getting care faster - part of £135.5 million invested this year to keep cutting waiting times.
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Good to see you, @guyverhofstadt.bsky.social.

Despite the disastrous Brexit that we never voted for, Scotland remains a proud European nation. We will be back, with our own seat at the table. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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A bit dreich but we’re still out speaking with folks about our campaign for a more affordable, brighter and connected West Lothian!

Great chats and growing support for our campaign and @snp.org across Blackburn this morning with @paulinestaffordsnp.bsky.social & @fionahyslop.bsky.social

#ActiveSNP
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Fantastic support in Whitburn today for @snp.org — including some first-timer voters I bumped into!

Folks on the doors feel excited for our campaign to make West Lothian more affordable, brighter and better connected

And I think it’s fair to say that meeting wee Hugo was the highlight!

#ActiveSNP
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
👇 What does Labour have against rural Scotland?
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇵🇸Thanks to Palestinian Ambassador Zomlot for visit to Scotland. The Scottish Government will continue support for Gaza ceasefire, Palestinian Statehood and a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel
October 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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The SNP introduced free tuition and we will always ensure Scottish students do not pay tuition fees.

Meanwhile in England, students pay over £9,500 a year and Labour will put fees up every year.

Education must always be based on the ability to learn, not the ability to pay.
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Scotland’s fishing industry makes up more than half of the UK’s total catch.

Yet Labour’s new funding plan gives us less than 8% of the support.

They’re gutting our industry to boost England’s - just like they have with others.
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I want to live in a Scotland free from child poverty, and that’s what I’m focusing my government on.

But we also have a moral responsibility to the Global South, particularly when so many countries cut international aid.

My reflections on the visit to Zambia and Malawi 👇
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
What a nerve Starmer has! His government is causing a crisis in the care sector by removing visas for overseas workers + job losses in many sectors including struggling local authorities by increasing employer NI costs. Scotland has the best performing NHS & lowest child poverty tx to SNP.
John Swinney 'insulting Scots intelligence' with independence plan, says Keir Starmer
JOHN Swinney is “insulting the intelligence” of the Scottish people on independence, the Prime Minister has said ...
www.thenational.scot
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Everybody repost this and memorise
Every time you hear right wing politicians & the tabloids screaming about asylum seekers remember ….
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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📣 Let's make independence impossible to ignore in Edinburgh on 28th March 2026!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Follow this event page for updates: www.believeinscotland.org/march_and_ra...
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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We've got a stellar set of speakers this term at @ihr.bsky.social. Come along an immerse yourself in the latest early modern history research! #EarlyModern 🗃️
We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Hearing that the petition agst digital ID has reached 2 million signatures. I don’t know who is advising Keir Starmer but he is out of tune with the public mood on so many things. Anxiety over Big Brother &billionaire tech bros capturing our data far outweighs concerns about illegal migrants.
September 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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I am very sorry to hear of the death of Ming Campbell. He was a formidable, and courteous political leader who served the people of NE Fife with devotion, and was a strong voice for establishing the Scottish Parliament.

My sympathy to the LibDems and to his family.
Former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell dies aged 84
Sir Menzies led the Liberal Democrats from 2006 to 2007 and was the MP for North East Fife at Westminster for 28 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID)
Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Sums it up!
Brexit is the toxic epicentre of the political shitshow we now have to endure. It promoted idiocy and deceit, endorsed racism, divided us, made us poorer, weaker, less safe and less sane. It’s belittled the country, killed the Tory party and given birth to Reform.
A relentless klaxon of failure.
What a gargantuan mess. #Brexit
September 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
SNP delivering for Scotland! Well done Kate Forbes in securing this!👏
September 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM