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BladeoftheSun

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#StopArmingIsrael, Like
Ban Israel from Eurovision, RT

May 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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This Is My Glasgow

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So, the day is finally here. Glasgow Uncovered, my book of walks around the city, is officially available. You can get on Amazon in the UK on this link: amzn.eu/d/bp4KjW7

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#glasgow #book #scotland #visitscotland #visitglasgow #scottishbooks #scottishauthors

May 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺

@andrew.sharpe.scot

Only four Labour MSPs bothered to turn up to a Holyrood debate on the cost of living crisis.

(MSM Monitor)

March 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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The National

@scotnational.bsky.social

First Minister John Swinney is backing our fundraising campaign for Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Support those needing help in Gaza here medpal.donorsupport.co/page/TheNati...

March 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM

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Scottish Currency Group

@scg1.bsky.social

Interesting from Richard Murphy 4 years ago. There's progress as SNP policy is now Scotland will have its own currency "as soon as practicable". Some more work needed for the introduction timetable to be Independence Day. This is perfectly possible and we have a plan!
youtu.be/YMLddlxapwQ?...

Does Scotland need its own currency after independence?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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March 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM

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weegingerdug

@weegingerdug.bsky.social

My latest blog piece - Scotland has no future in Farage’s English nationalist UK

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/s...

Scotland has no future in Farage’s English nationalist UK

Given the way in which support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Ltd was rising in opinion polling, and gaining uncritical publicity in the media, particularly from a Scottish media which sees the…

weegingerdug.wordpress.com

January 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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Angus Robertson

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🌟Good morning. Here’s today’s content from #BrandScotland showcasing Scotland as a fantastic place to live, work, invest, study, and visit. Please share. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍

January 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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Anderson

@thespike12.bsky.social

Morning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

January 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM

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This Is My Glasgow

@thisismyglasgow.bsky.social

One of Wilma van der Meyden's beautiful City Swallows mosaic street art. This one is on Dunlop Street in Glasgow City Centre is called People's Swallow and is made from tinted cement, marble and asphalt.

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#glasgow #streetart #mosaic #glasgowstreetart #swallow

January 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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William Duguid

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'The UK is failing. It’s only a matter of time before it breaks apart. That’s why it’s so important to be thinking now about what kind of a nation we want to be. One where we are controlled by corporate/political interests, or one where we are in charge?'
Leah Gunn Barrett
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If Iceland, why not Scotland?

Over the weekend, BBC Radio 3 was broadcasting from Reykjavik, Iceland, at the national concert hall that was still in darkness at 9 am since the sun wasn’t due to rise until after 11.

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January 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM

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Talking-up Scotland

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Scotland’s state schools – in 2007, 37.6% of pupils in bad or poor condition buildings, in 2024 it’s just 5.1%. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/10/14/s...

Scotland’s state schools – in 2007, 37.6% of pupils in bad or poor condition buildings, in 2024 it’s just 5.1%.

East Dunbartonshire Council’s brand new £34.9m Additional Support Needs School – Woodland View – opened to pupils on Friday 18 August 2023. By stewartb This provides statistics for context an…

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January 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM

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𝑨 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂

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petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
#IndyRefNow

Petition: Introduce statutory provision for independence referendums in Scotland & Wales.

It has been stated that the UK is a voluntary union. If this is democratically the case I think there should be a legal mechanism for any part of the union to decide whether or not to leave that union...

petition.parliament.uk

January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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Lesley

@lasslesley1.bsky.social

Look how well Ireland is doing away from the corruption and control of Westminster. Ireland doesn't have the same resources as Scotland!
Our future is #ScottishIndependence

January 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM

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weegingerdug

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With the right messaging in the indy campaign, a supermajority for yes is possible. Now there's some Christmas cheer to put a smile on any indy supporter's face.

www.believeinscotland.org/wellbeing_ec...