Alistair Barron
@alistairbarron.bsky.social
Retired jack of many trades.
Scottish European.
Lives in the Heart of Scotland.
Travels by Campervan.
Rides an old Triumph or two.
Married for 50 years.
Has Cockers.
#YesScots
#ScottishIndependence
#CampervanLife
Scottish European.
Lives in the Heart of Scotland.
Travels by Campervan.
Rides an old Triumph or two.
Married for 50 years.
Has Cockers.
#YesScots
#ScottishIndependence
#CampervanLife
Pinned
It bothers me that I am starting to get followers with no or incomplete bios. I nervous of just following them without some idea of who or what they are. So please lovely people do yourselves and everyone else a favour and start by adding a bio.
In Scotland my English neighbour delights in telling everyone that he buys his alcohol from Amazon and pays English prices. Is that possible?
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In Scotland my English neighbour delights in telling everyone that he buys his alcohol from Amazon and pays English prices. Is that possible?
Can Scotland sue the BBC for defamation? Asking for many friends.
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Can Scotland sue the BBC for defamation? Asking for many friends.
This is an Sky News headline. No prize for guessing where the "British" city might be.
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is an Sky News headline. No prize for guessing where the "British" city might be.
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Steve Reed is yet another Labour liar.
Labour talk down Scotland all of the time and will deploy lies to do so.
It’s time for independence. 🏴
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
Labour talk down Scotland all of the time and will deploy lies to do so.
It’s time for independence. 🏴
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
Scottish Water hits back at UK minister's 'inaccurate' pollution comments
SCOTTISH Water has hit back at a UK Minister’s comments about water pollution in Scotland ...
www.thenational.scot
July 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Steve Reed is yet another Labour liar.
Labour talk down Scotland all of the time and will deploy lies to do so.
It’s time for independence. 🏴
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
Labour talk down Scotland all of the time and will deploy lies to do so.
It’s time for independence. 🏴
www.thenational.scot/news/2533248...
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🏴 The SNP will always keep Scotland’s water in Scotland’s hands.
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
July 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🏴 The SNP will always keep Scotland’s water in Scotland’s hands.
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
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If Keir Starmer wants a positive relationship with the Scottish Government, he needs to get his Environment Secretary to retract his totally inaccurate comments about Scotland’s water.
Our rivers are cleaner, our bills are lower - and public ownership delivers for people, not profit. 👇
Our rivers are cleaner, our bills are lower - and public ownership delivers for people, not profit. 👇
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If Keir Starmer wants a positive relationship with the Scottish Government, he needs to get his Environment Secretary to retract his totally inaccurate comments about Scotland’s water.
Our rivers are cleaner, our bills are lower - and public ownership delivers for people, not profit. 👇
Our rivers are cleaner, our bills are lower - and public ownership delivers for people, not profit. 👇
Reform will win the next English general election with a small minority. They will be in power with no chance of governing. The traditional 3 party votes are fed up and have been dispersed to Reform and other minority groups.
June 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Reform will win the next English general election with a small minority. They will be in power with no chance of governing. The traditional 3 party votes are fed up and have been dispersed to Reform and other minority groups.
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Starmer’s government is lobbying the R&A to hold the 2028 Open Golf Championship tournament at the Turnberry Golf course, which Donald Trump owns, in Scotland.
Trump has asked the British government to make this happen. And the British government is doing as they are told 👇
Trump has asked the British government to make this happen. And the British government is doing as they are told 👇
April 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Starmer’s government is lobbying the R&A to hold the 2028 Open Golf Championship tournament at the Turnberry Golf course, which Donald Trump owns, in Scotland.
Trump has asked the British government to make this happen. And the British government is doing as they are told 👇
Trump has asked the British government to make this happen. And the British government is doing as they are told 👇
Take 2 mins to demand that Meta stop targeting you with creepy personalised ads and content!
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Meta: this time it’s personal
Take 2 mins to write to Meta now!
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April 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Another Scottish NHS good story not mentioned by anyone.
January 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Another Scottish NHS good story not mentioned by anyone.
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[source: @msm_monitor] We've checked the RCN survey and can confirm BBC Scotland misled the public.
The only reference to patients dying in corridors was in the English NHS sample. The only reference to a miscarriage in a side room was in Yorkshire. /->
The only reference to patients dying in corridors was in the English NHS sample. The only reference to a miscarriage in a side room was in Yorkshire. /->
January 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
[source: @msm_monitor] We've checked the RCN survey and can confirm BBC Scotland misled the public.
The only reference to patients dying in corridors was in the English NHS sample. The only reference to a miscarriage in a side room was in Yorkshire. /->
The only reference to patients dying in corridors was in the English NHS sample. The only reference to a miscarriage in a side room was in Yorkshire. /->
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This evidence clearly shows that devolution does not work in Scotland.
Here are the facts 👇🏻 the only way that we can implement our policies is to become an Independent Nation #IndyClan ⚔️ #AsOneTogether 🏴
Here are the facts 👇🏻 the only way that we can implement our policies is to become an Independent Nation #IndyClan ⚔️ #AsOneTogether 🏴
January 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This evidence clearly shows that devolution does not work in Scotland.
Here are the facts 👇🏻 the only way that we can implement our policies is to become an Independent Nation #IndyClan ⚔️ #AsOneTogether 🏴
Here are the facts 👇🏻 the only way that we can implement our policies is to become an Independent Nation #IndyClan ⚔️ #AsOneTogether 🏴
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January 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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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...
January 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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...
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Lest we forget . . "Scotland is the coldest part of the UK and pays the highest heating costs, despite producing massive amounts of surplus energy. In September 2024 the Labour UK government, including 35 of Scotland’s 37 Labour MPs, voted to cut pensioners’ Winter Heating Allowance." #Indyclan
January 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Lest we forget . . "Scotland is the coldest part of the UK and pays the highest heating costs, despite producing massive amounts of surplus energy. In September 2024 the Labour UK government, including 35 of Scotland’s 37 Labour MPs, voted to cut pensioners’ Winter Heating Allowance." #Indyclan
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So after cancelling the Edinburgh super computer Labour look south for investment
#LabourLiars
www.thenational.scot/news/2485114...
#LabourLiars
www.thenational.scot/news/2485114...
'Betrayal': Labour pledge supercomputer cash after killing Edinburgh project
LABOUR have been warned that developing supercomputers in England after axing a pioneering project in Scotland would be a “betrayal”.
www.thenational.scot
January 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
So after cancelling the Edinburgh super computer Labour look south for investment
#LabourLiars
www.thenational.scot/news/2485114...
#LabourLiars
www.thenational.scot/news/2485114...
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If this was a regular occurrence in Scotland, it would be headline news in every newspaper and broadcast media in the country.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A&E ‘corridor care’ now normal at NHS hospitals in England, senior doctor says
Consultant’s comments come as north London hospital posts specific ad for corridor care nurses
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If this was a regular occurrence in Scotland, it would be headline news in every newspaper and broadcast media in the country.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Scottish Independence please.
January 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Scottish Independence please.
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Is it hen?, they've been paying poorer kids over £25 a week for years now. The fact you'd rather criticise them than do the same says more about you.
January 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Is it hen?, they've been paying poorer kids over £25 a week for years now. The fact you'd rather criticise them than do the same says more about you.
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Independence will bring Scotland the cheapest electricity in Europe #Scottishindependence
More money for you and your family.
Less cost for business and the SNHS.
More jobs.
Less poverty.
A fairer society.
A richer Scotland.
octopus.energy/blog/regiona...
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More money for you and your family.
Less cost for business and the SNHS.
More jobs.
Less poverty.
A fairer society.
A richer Scotland.
octopus.energy/blog/regiona...
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How zonal pricing could make bills cheaper
How zonal pricing could give Scotland the cheapest power in Europe... and give everyone else in the UK cheaper power too.
octopus.energy
January 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Independence will bring Scotland the cheapest electricity in Europe #Scottishindependence
More money for you and your family.
Less cost for business and the SNHS.
More jobs.
Less poverty.
A fairer society.
A richer Scotland.
octopus.energy/blog/regiona...
Repost and spread the word
More money for you and your family.
Less cost for business and the SNHS.
More jobs.
Less poverty.
A fairer society.
A richer Scotland.
octopus.energy/blog/regiona...
Repost and spread the word
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As the Guardian bemoans school spending cuts across UK, the facts here:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/11/10/s...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/11/10/s...
Scotsman blames SNP for balancing books on teacher numbers but still keeping best conditions in world and best staffing level in the UK as pupils numbers plummet
By Professor John Robertson, OBA Every year, the Scottish Government monitors the number of teachers and pupils in the system, predicts future demand and adjusts teacher training place numbers to t…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As the Guardian bemoans school spending cuts across UK, the facts here:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/11/10/s...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/11/10/s...
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A New Direction for Labour - debate on Scottish budget focusing on child poverty and only FOUR Labour MSP's. It would appear the subject is of no importance to Labour in Scotland!
January 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A New Direction for Labour - debate on Scottish budget focusing on child poverty and only FOUR Labour MSP's. It would appear the subject is of no importance to Labour in Scotland!
A message for FB/Meta/Zuck;
I have always treaded FaceBook as a personal blog, no politics and I'll suffer the adverts to keep it free.
I am interested to read content that I am interested in but I don't do politics. Any content I don't like / won't tolerate - gone. Change that an FB will go too.
I have always treaded FaceBook as a personal blog, no politics and I'll suffer the adverts to keep it free.
I am interested to read content that I am interested in but I don't do politics. Any content I don't like / won't tolerate - gone. Change that an FB will go too.
January 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A message for FB/Meta/Zuck;
I have always treaded FaceBook as a personal blog, no politics and I'll suffer the adverts to keep it free.
I am interested to read content that I am interested in but I don't do politics. Any content I don't like / won't tolerate - gone. Change that an FB will go too.
I have always treaded FaceBook as a personal blog, no politics and I'll suffer the adverts to keep it free.
I am interested to read content that I am interested in but I don't do politics. Any content I don't like / won't tolerate - gone. Change that an FB will go too.
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As Scottish Labour and BBC Scotland expose the cost of delayed discharges in one region, embarrassingly just as they decrease there, how Labour did far far worse in Wales and so cannot be trusted here:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/01/05/n...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/01/05/n...
NHS Scotland had 27% fewer delayed hospital discharges than NHS Wales after decades of Labour control there but Scottish Labour conveniently ignore that
By stewartb More numbers designed to shock from the British Labour Party’s spokesperson on talking down Scotland’s health and social care services! Any context offered? The numbers on delayed disch…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
As Scottish Labour and BBC Scotland expose the cost of delayed discharges in one region, embarrassingly just as they decrease there, how Labour did far far worse in Wales and so cannot be trusted here:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/01/05/n...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/01/05/n...