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Scottish Independence will TRANSFORM The Scotch Whisky Industry and Scotch Whisky Tourism.
Scottish Independence will TRANSFORM The Scotch Whisky Industry and Scotch Whisky Tourism.
Pinned
Scottish Hospitality, the FACTS, for unenlightened, Tory Scots.
In 2026, Scotland will contribute £14,000,000,000 to Westminster, in VAT. Up a THIRD, in just 5 years.
All direct to England.
This is just VAT. Ludicrous Alcohol Duty is over-and-above this!
An EASY fix is...Scottish Independence.
In 2026, Scotland will contribute £14,000,000,000 to Westminster, in VAT. Up a THIRD, in just 5 years.
All direct to England.
This is just VAT. Ludicrous Alcohol Duty is over-and-above this!
An EASY fix is...Scottish Independence.
England IS this stupid.
February 17, 2026 at 1:48 PM
England IS this stupid.
It's inconceivable that she's Skint. Incredible.
She married a guy who was 2nd in line, to the UK throne, whose mother was a £billionaire.
A wealthy Dynasty, benefitting from Hundreds of years of Compound Interest and a 23,000 bits of Jewellery Collection!
The Royal Family is absolutely broken!
She married a guy who was 2nd in line, to the UK throne, whose mother was a £billionaire.
A wealthy Dynasty, benefitting from Hundreds of years of Compound Interest and a 23,000 bits of Jewellery Collection!
The Royal Family is absolutely broken!
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM
It's inconceivable that she's Skint. Incredible.
She married a guy who was 2nd in line, to the UK throne, whose mother was a £billionaire.
A wealthy Dynasty, benefitting from Hundreds of years of Compound Interest and a 23,000 bits of Jewellery Collection!
The Royal Family is absolutely broken!
She married a guy who was 2nd in line, to the UK throne, whose mother was a £billionaire.
A wealthy Dynasty, benefitting from Hundreds of years of Compound Interest and a 23,000 bits of Jewellery Collection!
The Royal Family is absolutely broken!
Two words:
Scotch Whisky.
Scotch Whisky.
If Scotland really was a burden on England, England would never have forced Scotland into a “Union”.
And England would have jettisoned Scotland long, long ago.
England doesn’t subsidise anything, it’s always the other way around.
And England would have jettisoned Scotland long, long ago.
England doesn’t subsidise anything, it’s always the other way around.
February 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Two words:
Scotch Whisky.
Scotch Whisky.
Tax accounts for 75% of the price of an average bottle of Scotch Whisky.
The increase in 2023, made 'Duty' for Scotch Whisky £31.64, per litre of pure Alcohol.
It's a blatant, exploitative, 203 year-old, scam.
These £billions always go directly to Westminster.
We need Scottish Independence.
The increase in 2023, made 'Duty' for Scotch Whisky £31.64, per litre of pure Alcohol.
It's a blatant, exploitative, 203 year-old, scam.
These £billions always go directly to Westminster.
We need Scottish Independence.
February 17, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Tax accounts for 75% of the price of an average bottle of Scotch Whisky.
The increase in 2023, made 'Duty' for Scotch Whisky £31.64, per litre of pure Alcohol.
It's a blatant, exploitative, 203 year-old, scam.
These £billions always go directly to Westminster.
We need Scottish Independence.
The increase in 2023, made 'Duty' for Scotch Whisky £31.64, per litre of pure Alcohol.
It's a blatant, exploitative, 203 year-old, scam.
These £billions always go directly to Westminster.
We need Scottish Independence.
What's the point of the British Tax System when we could have Independent Scotland?
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
What's the point of the British Tax System when we could have Independent Scotland?
Nigel love, what do you make of this, darlin'?
February 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Nigel love, what do you make of this, darlin'?
They're not 'entitled to their opinion', they're thick old racists.
Surely ANY sensible person sees this?
Surely ANY sensible person sees this?
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
They're not 'entitled to their opinion', they're thick old racists.
Surely ANY sensible person sees this?
Surely ANY sensible person sees this?
He's like a Televangelist.
Tommyvangelist.
Thick Racists, give generously!
Tommyvangelist.
Thick Racists, give generously!
February 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
He's like a Televangelist.
Tommyvangelist.
Thick Racists, give generously!
Tommyvangelist.
Thick Racists, give generously!
This.
A stance that I hope independent Scotland and Wales would replicate 👍🏴🏴🇨🇮👍
👍 MAY 7TH 2026 👍
🏴🏴🏴SNP1 Green2🏴🏴🏴
👍 MAY 7TH 2026 👍
🏴🏴🏴SNP1 Green2🏴🏴🏴
☘️ Well done to The First Minister of The North of Ireland, Michelle O’Neill ☘️
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This.
Any Scot wanting Nuclear Power needs to do a good deal more research.
I'm a Scot and am fed of Scotland being a Silo, for England's dangerous stuff.
Are some Scots really still this stupid?
I'm a Scot and am fed of Scotland being a Silo, for England's dangerous stuff.
Are some Scots really still this stupid?
Scotland doesn't need nuclear energy to provide its ppl with electricity
We have more than enough when some days wind power provides enough to power all of Scotland
The nuclear option only benefits England
They get power
We get cancer!
www.thenational.scot/news/2585447...
We have more than enough when some days wind power provides enough to power all of Scotland
The nuclear option only benefits England
They get power
We get cancer!
www.thenational.scot/news/2585447...
Major leak at Highland nuclear site triggers hunt for mystery underground bunkers
A 1960s bunker at Scotland’s Dounreay nuclear site quietly leaked radioactive water for at least a year before the alarm was raised – and…
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Any Scot wanting Nuclear Power needs to do a good deal more research.
I'm a Scot and am fed of Scotland being a Silo, for England's dangerous stuff.
Are some Scots really still this stupid?
I'm a Scot and am fed of Scotland being a Silo, for England's dangerous stuff.
Are some Scots really still this stupid?
Furthermore, the Reform UK Manifesto is eerily similar, to the National Front Manifesto, of the 1970s.
Some people in the UK ARE this stupid.
Gullible, racist, old codgers
Some people in the UK ARE this stupid.
Gullible, racist, old codgers
February 15, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Furthermore, the Reform UK Manifesto is eerily similar, to the National Front Manifesto, of the 1970s.
Some people in the UK ARE this stupid.
Gullible, racist, old codgers
Some people in the UK ARE this stupid.
Gullible, racist, old codgers
He puts the 'Rat' into Ratcliffe.
The Daily Express Masthead is a 'crusader'.
Its readers are racist old dafties.
The Daily Express Masthead is a 'crusader'.
Its readers are racist old dafties.
February 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
He puts the 'Rat' into Ratcliffe.
The Daily Express Masthead is a 'crusader'.
Its readers are racist old dafties.
The Daily Express Masthead is a 'crusader'.
Its readers are racist old dafties.
Scotch Whisky alone, is 25% of ALL UK Food and Drink Exports.
You'd have to be a very unenlightened Scot, to think Scotland being Independent, is a bad idea!
A THIRD of all UK Food and Drink Exports are Scottish.
You'd have to be a very unenlightened Scot, to think Scotland being Independent, is a bad idea!
A THIRD of all UK Food and Drink Exports are Scottish.
February 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Scotch Whisky alone, is 25% of ALL UK Food and Drink Exports.
You'd have to be a very unenlightened Scot, to think Scotland being Independent, is a bad idea!
A THIRD of all UK Food and Drink Exports are Scottish.
You'd have to be a very unenlightened Scot, to think Scotland being Independent, is a bad idea!
A THIRD of all UK Food and Drink Exports are Scottish.
We can now see, it wasn't years of satire, this was them, playing-out their dreams. Jimbo Watt was at Nigel Farage's 60th Birthday Party, with his posh 'influencer' wife. What a c*nt.
He's become what he hated. A Fraud.
Disingenuous bullshitters.
He's become what he hated. A Fraud.
Disingenuous bullshitters.
February 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
We can now see, it wasn't years of satire, this was them, playing-out their dreams. Jimbo Watt was at Nigel Farage's 60th Birthday Party, with his posh 'influencer' wife. What a c*nt.
He's become what he hated. A Fraud.
Disingenuous bullshitters.
He's become what he hated. A Fraud.
Disingenuous bullshitters.
Scottish Hospitality, the FACTS, for unenlightened, Tory Scots.
In 2026, Scotland will contribute £14,000,000,000 to Westminster, in VAT. Up a THIRD, in just 5 years.
All direct to England.
This is just VAT. Ludicrous Alcohol Duty is over-and-above this!
An EASY fix is...Scottish Independence.
In 2026, Scotland will contribute £14,000,000,000 to Westminster, in VAT. Up a THIRD, in just 5 years.
All direct to England.
This is just VAT. Ludicrous Alcohol Duty is over-and-above this!
An EASY fix is...Scottish Independence.
February 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Scottish Hospitality, the FACTS, for unenlightened, Tory Scots.
In 2026, Scotland will contribute £14,000,000,000 to Westminster, in VAT. Up a THIRD, in just 5 years.
All direct to England.
This is just VAT. Ludicrous Alcohol Duty is over-and-above this!
An EASY fix is...Scottish Independence.
In 2026, Scotland will contribute £14,000,000,000 to Westminster, in VAT. Up a THIRD, in just 5 years.
All direct to England.
This is just VAT. Ludicrous Alcohol Duty is over-and-above this!
An EASY fix is...Scottish Independence.
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
All Alcohol Duty and a projected £14 billion in VAT, in 2026, goes directly to Westminster.
Scotland generates HALF of the UK Renewable Energy.
Scotland generates HALF of the UK Renewable Energy.
February 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
All Alcohol Duty and a projected £14 billion in VAT, in 2026, goes directly to Westminster.
Scotland generates HALF of the UK Renewable Energy.
Scotland generates HALF of the UK Renewable Energy.
VAT-registered brewers in the UK must charge 20% VAT on their beer to customers, in addition to paying separate Alcohol Duty to HMRC...
Eh? WTF?
Some Breweries may benefit from relief, but all VAT-registered brewers must pay VAT AND duty, ALL to Westminster.
We REALLY need Scottish Independence.
Eh? WTF?
Some Breweries may benefit from relief, but all VAT-registered brewers must pay VAT AND duty, ALL to Westminster.
We REALLY need Scottish Independence.
February 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
VAT-registered brewers in the UK must charge 20% VAT on their beer to customers, in addition to paying separate Alcohol Duty to HMRC...
Eh? WTF?
Some Breweries may benefit from relief, but all VAT-registered brewers must pay VAT AND duty, ALL to Westminster.
We REALLY need Scottish Independence.
Eh? WTF?
Some Breweries may benefit from relief, but all VAT-registered brewers must pay VAT AND duty, ALL to Westminster.
We REALLY need Scottish Independence.
Like The Media, let's not talk about the other three paedophile advisors he had.
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Like The Media, let's not talk about the other three paedophile advisors he had.
When you preside over the biggest legal Ponzi Scheme, the UK has ever seen, don't be surprised when you get found out.
It also seems like James Watt, going to Nigel Farage's 60th Birthday didn't impress the 'fat cats'!
Like Mone and Mandelson, they never let the truth, get in the way of good PR.
It also seems like James Watt, going to Nigel Farage's 60th Birthday didn't impress the 'fat cats'!
Like Mone and Mandelson, they never let the truth, get in the way of good PR.
BrewDog put up for sale after 'year of decisive action'
The renowned alcohol brand has appointed New York-based restructuring specialists AlixPartners to oversee the process
news.stv.tv
February 14, 2026 at 12:49 PM
When you preside over the biggest legal Ponzi Scheme, the UK has ever seen, don't be surprised when you get found out.
It also seems like James Watt, going to Nigel Farage's 60th Birthday didn't impress the 'fat cats'!
Like Mone and Mandelson, they never let the truth, get in the way of good PR.
It also seems like James Watt, going to Nigel Farage's 60th Birthday didn't impress the 'fat cats'!
Like Mone and Mandelson, they never let the truth, get in the way of good PR.
Jeff didn't really have standards.
She loved a bit of USA 'boaby' though!
Are you STILL a Royal Family fan?
What OTHER secrets do they have?
She loved a bit of USA 'boaby' though!
Are you STILL a Royal Family fan?
What OTHER secrets do they have?
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Jeff didn't really have standards.
She loved a bit of USA 'boaby' though!
Are you STILL a Royal Family fan?
What OTHER secrets do they have?
She loved a bit of USA 'boaby' though!
Are you STILL a Royal Family fan?
What OTHER secrets do they have?
Russians are Red
Tories are Blue
Nigel's real clear
There's nothing he won't do.
Tories are Blue
Nigel's real clear
There's nothing he won't do.
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Russians are Red
Tories are Blue
Nigel's real clear
There's nothing he won't do.
Tories are Blue
Nigel's real clear
There's nothing he won't do.
Hard to argue with this.
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Hard to argue with this.
Bots.
Most of the stories you read aren't real, they're 'placed'.
It's always been the case but bots make it even easier, to manipulate unenlightened people.
Most of the stories you read aren't real, they're 'placed'.
It's always been the case but bots make it even easier, to manipulate unenlightened people.
Swarms of bots linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China are absolutely flooding the internet.
An absolutely fascinating story from our Made in China newsletter this week, by @zeyiyang.bsky.social
An absolutely fascinating story from our Made in China newsletter this week, by @zeyiyang.bsky.social
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web
From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Bots.
Most of the stories you read aren't real, they're 'placed'.
It's always been the case but bots make it even easier, to manipulate unenlightened people.
Most of the stories you read aren't real, they're 'placed'.
It's always been the case but bots make it even easier, to manipulate unenlightened people.
Jim was born in the 1950s. He's just another British Empire-era racist, from the North of England. He was brought up in a Council House.
He's a racist.
He's a racist.
February 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Jim was born in the 1950s. He's just another British Empire-era racist, from the North of England. He was brought up in a Council House.
He's a racist.
He's a racist.