Yes Highlands and Islands are here!

@yeshighlandislands.bsky.social

Into wir #ScottishIndependence starter pack they go!

go.bsky.app/MvNMyZq

'It is widely acknowledged that the Scottish People are sovereign, so why is it that we seem to be bogged down with “legal” red tape which prevents the Scottish people from using that authority?'
Andy Anderson, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/01/12/r...

We still have individual spaces available at our upcoming Spring Convention on Scotland's Future, which is on Saturday 1 March from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm at the Greyfrairs Charteris Centre in Edinburgh.
The event is free to attend - individual application form downloadable here:
independenceforum.sc...

In the week that the Tories finally admitted that they had no plan for what to do after Brexit, your reminder that (whether you agreed with it or not) the Scottish Government published a *580 page White Paper* 10 months before #indyref about what Scotland would do after independence. #Indyclan

🤝 Join us in Greenock where Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp of Believe in Scotland will explain how everyone can be heard on this new road to an independent Scotland: https://www.believeinscotland.org/greenock_gordon_macintyre_kemp_speech

🎟️ Tickets are £5 and all monies raised goes to Yes Inverclyde.

Theory that Labour would ramp up its 'Scotland's NHS is shite' agenda to try to counter their polling slump is proving true. Effective response is to ask them how Labour-run NHSWales is doing. This design and other NHS-related designs for printing & sharing from - indyposterboy.scot/news-youre-n...

NEW: Scotland's Finance Secretary has said the country is being 'punished' for having a larger public sector due to the UK Government’s increase to National Insurance contributions

NEW: A deal to allow Iceland to join the EU swiftly could pave the way for a relatively quick agreement for an independent Scotland, an expert has said

🗣️ 'If a country more than 10 times smaller than Scotland by population sees political benefits from being in the club, why wouldn’t Scotland?'

'Monetary sovereignty is the key that unlocks the door. Independence with our own currency gives us all the tools enjoyed by any normal independent state.'
Ian Stewart of the Scottish Currency Group, via @scotnational.bsky.social.
www.thenational.scot/news/2485114...

✍️ 'Success of the Gaelic language, and its relevance to Scotland’s distinct identity, culture, and history, is a deeply personal aim' // Kate Forbes

Read more...

www.thenational.scot/politics/248...

Another IFS member now on Blue Sky. Welcome!

Dè tha sin a dh'fheumas a ghabhail, agus nach gabh a thoirt? Se saorsa rudeigin a dh'fheumas tu a thoirt air ais dhut fhèin.

What is it that must be taken, and cannot be given? Freedom is something you must give back to yourself.

🟥 'The Westminster effect' means one-in-three Scottish households experience fuel poverty, despite being a net exporter of cheap energy. Read more: https://www.believeinscotland.org/westminster_effect_means_scots_experience_more_fuel_poverty_than_any_eu_nation