Jo Parker
@joparker-70.bsky.social
Proud Scot who dreams of Scottish Independence 🏴
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Just in case you want to read what Shona Robison actually said rather than media selectivity and distortion - www.gov.scot/publications...
Scottish Budget 2025-2026: Finance Secretary's statement - 4 December 2024
Statement by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Shona Robison to the Scottish Parliament on 4 December 2024
www.gov.scot
December 5, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Just in case you want to read what Shona Robison actually said rather than media selectivity and distortion - www.gov.scot/publications...
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It is freezing once again so I thought a wee winter poem may help us all to cope.
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 AM
It is freezing once again so I thought a wee winter poem may help us all to cope.
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I ripped this video from Eleonora Svanberg on X (she’s not on 🦋)
She wrote:
“I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-)
Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!”
She wrote:
“I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-)
Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!”
November 20, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I ripped this video from Eleonora Svanberg on X (she’s not on 🦋)
She wrote:
“I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-)
Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!”
She wrote:
“I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-)
Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!”
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NEW: More than 100 Pro-Palestine campaigners have shut down a factory in Edinburgh which produces components used by the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza.
November 20, 2024 at 8:04 AM
NEW: More than 100 Pro-Palestine campaigners have shut down a factory in Edinburgh which produces components used by the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza.
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"I am Absolutely Devastated."
says the #ScottishLabour Health Minister ##JackieBaillie on hearing that Greggs will be forced to close a number of outlets due to the #Labour Budget.
BBC News - Warning retail job cuts ‘inevitable’ after NI tax rise in Budget - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
says the #ScottishLabour Health Minister ##JackieBaillie on hearing that Greggs will be forced to close a number of outlets due to the #Labour Budget.
BBC News - Warning retail job cuts ‘inevitable’ after NI tax rise in Budget - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warning retail job cuts ‘inevitable’ after NI tax rise in Budget
Retail firms have written to the chancellor to say they cannot manage rising costs and tax bills.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
"I am Absolutely Devastated."
says the #ScottishLabour Health Minister ##JackieBaillie on hearing that Greggs will be forced to close a number of outlets due to the #Labour Budget.
BBC News - Warning retail job cuts ‘inevitable’ after NI tax rise in Budget - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
says the #ScottishLabour Health Minister ##JackieBaillie on hearing that Greggs will be forced to close a number of outlets due to the #Labour Budget.
BBC News - Warning retail job cuts ‘inevitable’ after NI tax rise in Budget - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A question I have never had answered satisfactorily - if Scotland is such a drain on England as is claimed, why is not a single one of England’s 533 MPs demanding the dissolution of the union?
November 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
A question I have never had answered satisfactorily - if Scotland is such a drain on England as is claimed, why is not a single one of England’s 533 MPs demanding the dissolution of the union?
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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It will snowball.
November 19, 2024 at 10:51 AM
It will snowball.
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It’s happening
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
It’s happening
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November 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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My pinned post from that other place.
November 19, 2024 at 8:39 AM
My pinned post from that other place.
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#Waspi news reported by @politico London Playbook...
Starmer also told traveling hacks there’ll be a statement on the plight of “WASPI women” in the “not too distant future.” It’s eight months since an ombudsman recommended that some get compensation.
Starmer also told traveling hacks there’ll be a statement on the plight of “WASPI women” in the “not too distant future.” It’s eight months since an ombudsman recommended that some get compensation.
November 19, 2024 at 8:40 AM
#Waspi news reported by @politico London Playbook...
Starmer also told traveling hacks there’ll be a statement on the plight of “WASPI women” in the “not too distant future.” It’s eight months since an ombudsman recommended that some get compensation.
Starmer also told traveling hacks there’ll be a statement on the plight of “WASPI women” in the “not too distant future.” It’s eight months since an ombudsman recommended that some get compensation.
How many Scots will die in the sub zero temperatures today @teamlabouruk.bsky.social 😡
#WinterFuelPayment
#WinterFuelPayment
Narrator: He did the opposite and increased fuel bills
November 19, 2024 at 8:41 AM
How many Scots will die in the sub zero temperatures today @teamlabouruk.bsky.social 😡
#WinterFuelPayment
#WinterFuelPayment
Scotland overwhelmingly voted to Remain but yet again ignored .. #YouYesYet #ScottishIndependence
November 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Scotland overwhelmingly voted to Remain but yet again ignored .. #YouYesYet #ScottishIndependence
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Morning, imagine a country that has no control over its natural resources, and has no industry to process those resources, a country with elec infrastructure that benefits Eng, imagine paying the most in the UK for the energy produced in your own country. No ports, no refinery, 70% tax on whisky.
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Morning, imagine a country that has no control over its natural resources, and has no industry to process those resources, a country with elec infrastructure that benefits Eng, imagine paying the most in the UK for the energy produced in your own country. No ports, no refinery, 70% tax on whisky.
@paul-king-tours.bsky.social welcome to the happy place, wondered if you were here 😀 🏴🇳🇬
November 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
@paul-king-tours.bsky.social welcome to the happy place, wondered if you were here 😀 🏴🇳🇬
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If you don't think this could end badly, look to Germany on the 28th of February, 1933...
Trump has confirmed he intends to declare a National Emergency to carry out his mass deportation plans.
And if you look at the National Emergencies Act you’ll see this gives Trump “emergency presidential powers (that) are sweeping and dramatic (including) suspending all laws”.
And if you look at the National Emergencies Act you’ll see this gives Trump “emergency presidential powers (that) are sweeping and dramatic (including) suspending all laws”.
November 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
If you don't think this could end badly, look to Germany on the 28th of February, 1933...
This 👏👏👏
"It's 'free speech' when they 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 what's being said."
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 PM
This 👏👏👏
@scottishlabour.bsky.social LIARS 😡😡😡
🌹 During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
🌹 During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
November 18, 2024 at 8:52 PM
@scottishlabour.bsky.social LIARS 😡😡😡
🌹 During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
🌹 During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
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🌹 During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
November 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
🌹 During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
🥀 Bills are now forecast to rise in January by £168 on average, since Labour got in.
💷 A £468 cut is now required to meet that promise.
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Yep, and can't help conflate this with the fact that, due to temps in Scotland regularly plummeting lower than south of the border, removal of winter fuel payments can hit harder up here... hypothermia or even death kinda harder 😞
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Yep, and can't help conflate this with the fact that, due to temps in Scotland regularly plummeting lower than south of the border, removal of winter fuel payments can hit harder up here... hypothermia or even death kinda harder 😞
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This horrific crime is impacting our children in Scotland and we need to raise awareness and warn of the dangers of sextortion.
This morning I attended the launch of Fearless Scotland Sextortion campaign. You can learn more about our #sextortion campaign
crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/pro...
This morning I attended the launch of Fearless Scotland Sextortion campaign. You can learn more about our #sextortion campaign
crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/pro...
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 PM
This horrific crime is impacting our children in Scotland and we need to raise awareness and warn of the dangers of sextortion.
This morning I attended the launch of Fearless Scotland Sextortion campaign. You can learn more about our #sextortion campaign
crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/pro...
This morning I attended the launch of Fearless Scotland Sextortion campaign. You can learn more about our #sextortion campaign
crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless/pro...
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A very fair offer imo.
November 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
A very fair offer imo.
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This is why we were fucked over by Thatcher and this ideology has intensified its grip on us ever since.
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM
This is why we were fucked over by Thatcher and this ideology has intensified its grip on us ever since.