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Scotland 🏴is better as an independent nation, just like the hundreds of other independent nations that will never join the UK.
There's seldom a solution if the problem is profitable.
Scotland 🏴is better as an independent nation, just like the hundreds of other independent nations that will never join the UK.
There's seldom a solution if the problem is profitable.
Pinned
The dodgy regime that rigs Scotland's energy pricing isn't Russia...
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishIndependence
There's an easy way to tax billionaires, without directly taxing billionaires, that also reduces poverty, particularly people in work but also claiming benefits:
Raise the minimum wage to above the living wage.
Raise the minimum wage to above the living wage.
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There's an easy way to tax billionaires, without directly taxing billionaires, that also reduces poverty, particularly people in work but also claiming benefits:
Raise the minimum wage to above the living wage.
Raise the minimum wage to above the living wage.
Is the "Cost of Living Crisis" a temporary glitch in economies spanning the globe, or an inherent and inevitable flaw in a monetary system reliant on finite energy and resources and here to stay until a monumental change occurs?
Not the kind of small change Labour/Tories renege on.
A mindset one...
Not the kind of small change Labour/Tories renege on.
A mindset one...
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Is the "Cost of Living Crisis" a temporary glitch in economies spanning the globe, or an inherent and inevitable flaw in a monetary system reliant on finite energy and resources and here to stay until a monumental change occurs?
Not the kind of small change Labour/Tories renege on.
A mindset one...
Not the kind of small change Labour/Tories renege on.
A mindset one...
6 out of 9 Brexit supporters won't understand the arithmetic.
New polling by #BestforBritain shows that three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure, with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage.
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2561609...
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2561609...
LETTER: Five years on from Brexit and it has been a failure
New polling by Best for Britain shows that three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure, with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage.
www.theboltonnews.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
6 out of 9 Brexit supporters won't understand the arithmetic.
The country remains liquid in the glass on the table, waiting to be imbibed...
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The country remains liquid in the glass on the table, waiting to be imbibed...
Anthony Williams charged with train stabbings...
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Anthony Williams charged with train stabbings...
I don't know what I'd do without mine.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I don't know what I'd do without mine.
Careful.
The SNP gets lots of stick for still blaming Thatcher for X&Y.
Turns out Brighton council (and all others) could revolt against the stipulation that council house sales cash could not (generally) be used to create new council housing stock.
They just didn't, until now.
Why the delay?
The SNP gets lots of stick for still blaming Thatcher for X&Y.
Turns out Brighton council (and all others) could revolt against the stipulation that council house sales cash could not (generally) be used to create new council housing stock.
They just didn't, until now.
Why the delay?
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Careful.
The SNP gets lots of stick for still blaming Thatcher for X&Y.
Turns out Brighton council (and all others) could revolt against the stipulation that council house sales cash could not (generally) be used to create new council housing stock.
They just didn't, until now.
Why the delay?
The SNP gets lots of stick for still blaming Thatcher for X&Y.
Turns out Brighton council (and all others) could revolt against the stipulation that council house sales cash could not (generally) be used to create new council housing stock.
They just didn't, until now.
Why the delay?
This 'ceasefire' in Gaza reminds me of something...
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This 'ceasefire' in Gaza reminds me of something...
269 power outages across Scotland.
We just got hit.
Looks like it could be one of the largest compensation pay outs ever for loss of service...
We just got hit.
Looks like it could be one of the largest compensation pay outs ever for loss of service...
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
269 power outages across Scotland.
We just got hit.
Looks like it could be one of the largest compensation pay outs ever for loss of service...
We just got hit.
Looks like it could be one of the largest compensation pay outs ever for loss of service...
Brave haircut.
Peter Thiel has called Greta Thunberg the Antichrist.
I think there's a bit of projecting going on.
What do you think?
I think there's a bit of projecting going on.
What do you think?
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Brave haircut.
Farage just commissioned another poll...
September 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Farage just commissioned another poll...
Insurance agencies also increasingly not covering climate change rooted disasters, and/or increasing premiums...
September 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Insurance agencies also increasingly not covering climate change rooted disasters, and/or increasing premiums...
The much loved Scottish politics genius Murdo Fraser had already solved who was responsible for the assassination of Kirk.
It was the ess en pee with their disgusting words of peace, driving nice right wing folks to silence the voice of reason...
It was the ess en pee with their disgusting words of peace, driving nice right wing folks to silence the voice of reason...
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The much loved Scottish politics genius Murdo Fraser had already solved who was responsible for the assassination of Kirk.
It was the ess en pee with their disgusting words of peace, driving nice right wing folks to silence the voice of reason...
It was the ess en pee with their disgusting words of peace, driving nice right wing folks to silence the voice of reason...
What's less enduring than a lettuce?
September 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What's less enduring than a lettuce?
Apple.
I see why people like them.
Also why people hate them.
I've never owned one before, but just bought a 2015 21.5" model: i7+SSD+16GB and it's a fine machine today for £40!
Security issue fears are just that, installed the latest Sequoia OS easily enough (patch)
"It just works" legit (so far)
I see why people like them.
Also why people hate them.
I've never owned one before, but just bought a 2015 21.5" model: i7+SSD+16GB and it's a fine machine today for £40!
Security issue fears are just that, installed the latest Sequoia OS easily enough (patch)
"It just works" legit (so far)
September 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Apple.
I see why people like them.
Also why people hate them.
I've never owned one before, but just bought a 2015 21.5" model: i7+SSD+16GB and it's a fine machine today for £40!
Security issue fears are just that, installed the latest Sequoia OS easily enough (patch)
"It just works" legit (so far)
I see why people like them.
Also why people hate them.
I've never owned one before, but just bought a 2015 21.5" model: i7+SSD+16GB and it's a fine machine today for £40!
Security issue fears are just that, installed the latest Sequoia OS easily enough (patch)
"It just works" legit (so far)
Poor Ian Murray, sacked as Scottish Secretary.
Not loyal enough...
Not loyal enough...
September 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Poor Ian Murray, sacked as Scottish Secretary.
Not loyal enough...
Not loyal enough...
Non-News of the Week (Telegraph):
It's not a 'loophole', it's what every business (except charities and not-for-profits) beyond a certain point does: a limited liability company with shareholders.
It's WM rules.
Take Anas Sarwar.
He's taken around £300k in dividends from his family firm...
It's not a 'loophole', it's what every business (except charities and not-for-profits) beyond a certain point does: a limited liability company with shareholders.
It's WM rules.
Take Anas Sarwar.
He's taken around £300k in dividends from his family firm...
August 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Non-News of the Week (Telegraph):
It's not a 'loophole', it's what every business (except charities and not-for-profits) beyond a certain point does: a limited liability company with shareholders.
It's WM rules.
Take Anas Sarwar.
He's taken around £300k in dividends from his family firm...
It's not a 'loophole', it's what every business (except charities and not-for-profits) beyond a certain point does: a limited liability company with shareholders.
It's WM rules.
Take Anas Sarwar.
He's taken around £300k in dividends from his family firm...
Reposted
Woo. £1100+? Well done folks. Going very well now. Let's keep it going. 👍👍
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media
To raise funds for the production of Scottish Independence related media specifically the 'Free Scotland From Westminster' campaign
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Woo. £1100+? Well done folks. Going very well now. Let's keep it going. 👍👍
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
I hear Labour are also needing 60,000 desperate army recruits: fast!
Now a Labour MP is calling to leave the ECHR. They want impoverished people with no rights they can exploit in SEZs and freeports.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
August 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I hear Labour are also needing 60,000 desperate army recruits: fast!
How many BILLIONS will Westminster be PAYING an i-Scotland to keep WMD operating here?
Is tiny Mauritius a unique political powerhouse?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Is tiny Mauritius a unique political powerhouse?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Revealed: Chagos Islands surrender '10 times what Government claims'
Giving away the Indian Ocean archipelago to the east African nation will cost £35 billion, Whitehall estimates suggest
www.standard.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
How many BILLIONS will Westminster be PAYING an i-Scotland to keep WMD operating here?
Is tiny Mauritius a unique political powerhouse?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Is tiny Mauritius a unique political powerhouse?
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Scotia scientists...
August 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Scotia scientists...
I imagine the Ministry of Defence, in its capacity as defender of England, doesn't want Scots to know being in the union comes with quite some additional fallout, Boom, Boom...
July 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I imagine the Ministry of Defence, in its capacity as defender of England, doesn't want Scots to know being in the union comes with quite some additional fallout, Boom, Boom...
Hold on a minute...
July 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Hold on a minute...
July 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted
As the Ferret wins release of 'radioactive secrets', what we already knew about the risks of living near Trident subs:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/05/d...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/05/d...
Don’t go in the water – Cancer and stroke inducing radioactive air and water emissions from Trident subs more than double in the Clyde as BBC staff look on quietly
The radioactive discharge at Coulport and BBC Scotland HQ, in Glasgow, up the Clyde By Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to cuckooshoe for alerting me to this: From CND on 6th November 2024, miss…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As the Ferret wins release of 'radioactive secrets', what we already knew about the risks of living near Trident subs:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/05/d...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/05/d...