Alexa Faulkner
@alexafaulkner.bsky.social
She/Her
Snp member
Unpaid carer
History lover
Socialist
Snp member
Unpaid carer
History lover
Socialist
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A better future with independence - real change that will make a difference to your life.
Independence is how we build the Scotland we all deserve.
Independence is how we build the Scotland we all deserve.
July 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A better future with independence - real change that will make a difference to your life.
Independence is how we build the Scotland we all deserve.
Independence is how we build the Scotland we all deserve.
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MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville, "Labour's Welfare Bill will push 50,000 children into poverty" #BBCQT
"PIP has nothing to do with helping people into work. It's a benefit to ensure that the additional costs that you have from being disabled from having a long term condition are assisted with"
"PIP has nothing to do with helping people into work. It's a benefit to ensure that the additional costs that you have from being disabled from having a long term condition are assisted with"
June 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville, "Labour's Welfare Bill will push 50,000 children into poverty" #BBCQT
"PIP has nothing to do with helping people into work. It's a benefit to ensure that the additional costs that you have from being disabled from having a long term condition are assisted with"
"PIP has nothing to do with helping people into work. It's a benefit to ensure that the additional costs that you have from being disabled from having a long term condition are assisted with"
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the sight of Starmer at the Spend More on War conference declaring that we must spend less on welfare is quite something
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
the sight of Starmer at the Spend More on War conference declaring that we must spend less on welfare is quite something
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The Iraq playbook is back & the media won’t question it.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
June 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Iraq playbook is back & the media won’t question it.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
Iran has no nuclear weapons. Israel — on trial for genocide — does. Iran signed the NPT & allows IAEA inspections. Israel hasn’t — & its leaders face ICC arrest warrants.
Beware of politicians beating the drums of war.
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That's £2bn less in real terms, assuming inflation of 2%/year between now and 2029.
Scotland to get devolution settlement totalling £52 billion by 2029, Rachel Reeves announces. That's two billion bigger than the current block grant
June 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
That's £2bn less in real terms, assuming inflation of 2%/year between now and 2029.
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NEW: Stephen Flynn has said an independent Scotland led by the SNP would break off diplomatic relations with Israel and close embassies in the country
🗣️ 'I'm deeply, deeply upset and angry about what's happened in Gaza and what continues to happen in Gaza'
🗣️ 'I'm deeply, deeply upset and angry about what's happened in Gaza and what continues to happen in Gaza'
Independent Scotland under SNP would break ties with Israel, says Stephen Flynn
www.thenational.scot
June 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW: Stephen Flynn has said an independent Scotland led by the SNP would break off diplomatic relations with Israel and close embassies in the country
🗣️ 'I'm deeply, deeply upset and angry about what's happened in Gaza and what continues to happen in Gaza'
🗣️ 'I'm deeply, deeply upset and angry about what's happened in Gaza and what continues to happen in Gaza'
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scottish labour's latest attack line is "the snp want to spend money on a new prison for murderers" and i just want to know who in labour's comms office is on the snp's payroll because that's the most preposterous attack line for labour to make against another party i can ever conceive of
May 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
scottish labour's latest attack line is "the snp want to spend money on a new prison for murderers" and i just want to know who in labour's comms office is on the snp's payroll because that's the most preposterous attack line for labour to make against another party i can ever conceive of
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Labour's taste for biological extremism is both creepy and dangerous. 'Fat jabs' for the poor and chemical castration for sex offenders is the stuff of dystopian sci-fi. You cannot medicalise your way to good government
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
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May 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Labour's taste for biological extremism is both creepy and dangerous. 'Fat jabs' for the poor and chemical castration for sex offenders is the stuff of dystopian sci-fi. You cannot medicalise your way to good government
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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Man if only there was a social democratic party in Europe with a consistent record of winning elections while neither pandering to racists on immigration and integration nor devolving into crass anti-Europeanism. Pic unrelated
May 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Man if only there was a social democratic party in Europe with a consistent record of winning elections while neither pandering to racists on immigration and integration nor devolving into crass anti-Europeanism. Pic unrelated
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Immigration is good, and we should have more of it, everywhere.
May 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Immigration is good, and we should have more of it, everywhere.
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england look what you've done. you've gone and made darren grimes a fucking councillor. are you proud of yourself
May 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
england look what you've done. you've gone and made darren grimes a fucking councillor. are you proud of yourself
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New Scottish Parliament poll, Survation 16-22 Apr (changes vs 6-13 Mar):
List:
SNP ~ 28% (-1)
Lab ~ 22% (+2)
Con ~ 16% (+3)
RUK ~ 12% (-4)
Grn ~ 10% (+2)
LD ~ 9% (nc)
Alba ~ 2% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 36% (+2)
Lab ~ 22% (-1)
RUK ~ 14% (-3)
Con ~ 13% (+1)
LD ~ 9% (+1)
Grn ~ 5% (+1)
Alba ~ 1% (nc)
List:
SNP ~ 28% (-1)
Lab ~ 22% (+2)
Con ~ 16% (+3)
RUK ~ 12% (-4)
Grn ~ 10% (+2)
LD ~ 9% (nc)
Alba ~ 2% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 36% (+2)
Lab ~ 22% (-1)
RUK ~ 14% (-3)
Con ~ 13% (+1)
LD ~ 9% (+1)
Grn ~ 5% (+1)
Alba ~ 1% (nc)
May 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
New Scottish Parliament poll, Survation 16-22 Apr (changes vs 6-13 Mar):
List:
SNP ~ 28% (-1)
Lab ~ 22% (+2)
Con ~ 16% (+3)
RUK ~ 12% (-4)
Grn ~ 10% (+2)
LD ~ 9% (nc)
Alba ~ 2% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 36% (+2)
Lab ~ 22% (-1)
RUK ~ 14% (-3)
Con ~ 13% (+1)
LD ~ 9% (+1)
Grn ~ 5% (+1)
Alba ~ 1% (nc)
List:
SNP ~ 28% (-1)
Lab ~ 22% (+2)
Con ~ 16% (+3)
RUK ~ 12% (-4)
Grn ~ 10% (+2)
LD ~ 9% (nc)
Alba ~ 2% (-1)
Constituency:
SNP ~ 36% (+2)
Lab ~ 22% (-1)
RUK ~ 14% (-3)
Con ~ 13% (+1)
LD ~ 9% (+1)
Grn ~ 5% (+1)
Alba ~ 1% (nc)
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I wasn't the only one who was right but Scottish independence. We were warned Boris Johnson would be PM; we were warned the UK could leave the EU; we were warned about the rise of the far right and we were warned the UK would interfere in Scottish laws. Told that was all nonsense. It wasn't
What were you right about before everyone else?
(That doesn't have to be "everyone else in the whole world" btw, just among your people)
(That doesn't have to be "everyone else in the whole world" btw, just among your people)
April 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I wasn't the only one who was right but Scottish independence. We were warned Boris Johnson would be PM; we were warned the UK could leave the EU; we were warned about the rise of the far right and we were warned the UK would interfere in Scottish laws. Told that was all nonsense. It wasn't
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This is the most straightforward kind of dogwhistling racism possible.
Home Office to publish nationalities of foreign criminals in UK
Government wants public to be better informed about foreign criminals but critics say it could reinforce prejudices
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is the most straightforward kind of dogwhistling racism possible.
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If you've lost this sweet princess, we've dropped her off at RSPCA Finsbury Park Animal Hospital. Was running in front of cars and absolutely terrified. She's chipped and they're trying to contact you
April 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you've lost this sweet princess, we've dropped her off at RSPCA Finsbury Park Animal Hospital. Was running in front of cars and absolutely terrified. She's chipped and they're trying to contact you
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All this money & energy spent to make life more miserable for trans people could've been used to fight against domestic violence, wage disparity, sexual harassment, harassment of people accessing abortion services, proper childcare provision; you know, to make the world a better place instead.
April 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
All this money & energy spent to make life more miserable for trans people could've been used to fight against domestic violence, wage disparity, sexual harassment, harassment of people accessing abortion services, proper childcare provision; you know, to make the world a better place instead.
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The Equality Act was passed in 2010, it was not the source of the social progress that led to it’s creation and it has not been the source for the progress that followed (nor has it protected us from regression).
The ruling today is a bump on the road towards trans liberation, not the end of it.
The ruling today is a bump on the road towards trans liberation, not the end of it.
April 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The Equality Act was passed in 2010, it was not the source of the social progress that led to it’s creation and it has not been the source for the progress that followed (nor has it protected us from regression).
The ruling today is a bump on the road towards trans liberation, not the end of it.
The ruling today is a bump on the road towards trans liberation, not the end of it.
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If Labour at Westminster can nationalise British Steel, why not the same for Grangemouth?
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
April 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
If Labour at Westminster can nationalise British Steel, why not the same for Grangemouth?
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s.
If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow.
Scotland’s people deserve better.
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Labour has a history of links to fascism. It's happening again... for money.
Scottish Labour: "We'll compromise with the fascist leader who is determined to grind already poor people into the dirt."
Scottish Labour: "We'll compromise with the fascist leader who is determined to grind already poor people into the dirt."
April 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Labour has a history of links to fascism. It's happening again... for money.
Scottish Labour: "We'll compromise with the fascist leader who is determined to grind already poor people into the dirt."
Scottish Labour: "We'll compromise with the fascist leader who is determined to grind already poor people into the dirt."
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Here's a sneak peek at something I've been working on for a while: a cohort analysis of support for Scottish secession, seeking to offer (early) evidence on whether voters grow more unionist as they age.
The answer (thus far) is no.
The answer (thus far) is no.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Here's a sneak peek at something I've been working on for a while: a cohort analysis of support for Scottish secession, seeking to offer (early) evidence on whether voters grow more unionist as they age.
The answer (thus far) is no.
The answer (thus far) is no.
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LSE analysis shows 700,000 children could be lifted out of poverty overnight if the UK followed Scotland’s approach.
Westminster is holding us back. With independence, we can build a fairer, more just society—on our terms.
#ScottishIndependence
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
Westminster is holding us back. With independence, we can build a fairer, more just society—on our terms.
#ScottishIndependence
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
New analysis shows 700,000 children could be lifted out of poverty overnight by following Scotland
New analysis shows 700,000 children could be lifted out of poverty overnight by following Scotland
www.lse.ac.uk
April 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
LSE analysis shows 700,000 children could be lifted out of poverty overnight if the UK followed Scotland’s approach.
Westminster is holding us back. With independence, we can build a fairer, more just society—on our terms.
#ScottishIndependence
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
Westminster is holding us back. With independence, we can build a fairer, more just society—on our terms.
#ScottishIndependence
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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A weight has been lifted from my shoulders hearing this.
www.thenational.scot/news/2505237...
www.thenational.scot/news/2505237...
Everything you need to know about the new Scottish benefit replacing DLA
Here is everything you need to know about the new Scottish benefit set to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for adults
www.thenational.scot
April 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A weight has been lifted from my shoulders hearing this.
www.thenational.scot/news/2505237...
www.thenational.scot/news/2505237...
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Kind, compassionate and full of life. A politician who wore her heart on her sleeve and made the world a better place. She brought joy to everyone who knew her - especially to her soulmate, Keith, and her beloved boys, Lewis and Jack. Christina McKelvie MSP - I was so proud to call you my friend 💛
March 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Kind, compassionate and full of life. A politician who wore her heart on her sleeve and made the world a better place. She brought joy to everyone who knew her - especially to her soulmate, Keith, and her beloved boys, Lewis and Jack. Christina McKelvie MSP - I was so proud to call you my friend 💛