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According to Starmer, independence for Scotland is one of "yesterday's arguments", politically speaking. Well the indications are that he will become one of yesterday's politicians quite soon.
He does not seem to get that the SNP gov't are giving us the policies we voted for. Labour are not...
He does not seem to get that the SNP gov't are giving us the policies we voted for. Labour are not...
Keir Starmer pledges to 'reclaim our heritage' in bizarre attack on SNP
KEIR Starmer has said the UK will “reclaim our heritage” in a bizarre attack on the SNP ...
www.thenational.scot
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
According to Starmer, independence for Scotland is one of "yesterday's arguments", politically speaking. Well the indications are that he will become one of yesterday's politicians quite soon.
He does not seem to get that the SNP gov't are giving us the policies we voted for. Labour are not...
He does not seem to get that the SNP gov't are giving us the policies we voted for. Labour are not...
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🟥 It is time to End London Rule.
🟦 Will you march with us in Edinburgh, Saturday 28th March 2026?
🟦 Will you march with us in Edinburgh, Saturday 28th March 2026?
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🟥 It is time to End London Rule.
🟦 Will you march with us in Edinburgh, Saturday 28th March 2026?
🟦 Will you march with us in Edinburgh, Saturday 28th March 2026?
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FIVE years of success in turning Scotland’s drug deaths trend around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/10/f...
FIVE years of success in turning Scotland’s drug deaths trend around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that
Professor John Robertson OBA This is simply untrue. The drug deaths trend in Scotland has been downward for these last five years, from 1 339 in 2020 to 1 017. A 24.2% fall, by a quarter in only 5 …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
FIVE years of success in turning Scotland’s drug deaths trend around, the reasons for that and the reasons it’s not even better than that talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/10/f...
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Far from cutting energy bills as they promised, the Labour government is hiking the bills of Scots to pay for nuclear plants in England.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Far from cutting energy bills as they promised, the Labour government is hiking the bills of Scots to pay for nuclear plants in England.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
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Second class England
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Second class England
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
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NHS Scotland performance likely to be even further ahead as five examples of cover-up and distortion by NHS England managers is revealed talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/01/n...
NHS Scotland performance likely to be even further ahead as five examples of cover-up and distortion by NHS England managers is revealed
stewartb making this comment below, yesterday, reminded of how previously, he, I and others have revealed the trickery used by NHS England, operating in a Tory/competitive/managerialist culture, co…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
NHS Scotland performance likely to be even further ahead as five examples of cover-up and distortion by NHS England managers is revealed talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/01/n...
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Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households
New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
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150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year
Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
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The number of GPs by headcount in Scotland has increased in the last 10 years - from 4,393 in 2015 to 4,582 in 2025.
Scotland has more GP's per head of population than other parts of the UK.
GPs, nurses and more - provide 720,000 appointments a week in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland has more GP's per head of population than other parts of the UK.
GPs, nurses and more - provide 720,000 appointments a week in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
GP surgeries in Scotland to get £531m for recruitment over three years
Doctors said the investment was a step in the right direction, having previously said £290m was needed to address the GP funding gap.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The number of GPs by headcount in Scotland has increased in the last 10 years - from 4,393 in 2015 to 4,582 in 2025.
Scotland has more GP's per head of population than other parts of the UK.
GPs, nurses and more - provide 720,000 appointments a week in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland has more GP's per head of population than other parts of the UK.
GPs, nurses and more - provide 720,000 appointments a week in Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"If we believe in the sovereignty of the Scottish people, then the Scottish people must be respected. There's no electoral trick to achieving independence. It can only happen when a majority of Scots are in favour of it happening." Full video here:
youtu.be/bxXNCF2spi4?...
@drphilippa.bsky.social
youtu.be/bxXNCF2spi4?...
@drphilippa.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"If we believe in the sovereignty of the Scottish people, then the Scottish people must be respected. There's no electoral trick to achieving independence. It can only happen when a majority of Scots are in favour of it happening." Full video here:
youtu.be/bxXNCF2spi4?...
@drphilippa.bsky.social
youtu.be/bxXNCF2spi4?...
@drphilippa.bsky.social
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BBC Scotland and Audit Scotland understating the dark forces resisting the Scottish Government’s pledge to improve the lives of care-experienced children and young people by 2030 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/b...
BBC Scotland and Audit Scotland understating the dark forces resisting the Scottish Government’s pledge to improve the lives of care-experienced children and young people by 2030
Professor John Robertson OBA Popping up as he does on a regular basis to criticise the Scottish Government: Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland, said that initial planning about how The Pro…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
BBC Scotland and Audit Scotland understating the dark forces resisting the Scottish Government’s pledge to improve the lives of care-experienced children and young people by 2030 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/08/b...
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Labour's official party political broadcast wasn't broadcast in Scotland. Perhaps this segment would not have gone down well in Grangemouth...
(MSM Monitor)
(MSM Monitor)
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Labour's official party political broadcast wasn't broadcast in Scotland. Perhaps this segment would not have gone down well in Grangemouth...
(MSM Monitor)
(MSM Monitor)
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It's terrific that Polanski is getting all this media attention. It's just depressing that a lot of what he is saying has already happened in Scotland but the London based MSM don't want people to know about it. Or talk to the SNP.
September 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It's terrific that Polanski is getting all this media attention. It's just depressing that a lot of what he is saying has already happened in Scotland but the London based MSM don't want people to know about it. Or talk to the SNP.
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The SNP Cost of Living Guarantee puts more money in your pocket and is unique to Scotland.
✅ Free prescriptions
✅ Free tuition
✅ Expanded free childcare
✅ Lowest council tax bills in the UK
✅ No peak rail fares
The SNP introduced it, and only the SNP will protect it.
✅ Free prescriptions
✅ Free tuition
✅ Expanded free childcare
✅ Lowest council tax bills in the UK
✅ No peak rail fares
The SNP introduced it, and only the SNP will protect it.
September 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The SNP Cost of Living Guarantee puts more money in your pocket and is unique to Scotland.
✅ Free prescriptions
✅ Free tuition
✅ Expanded free childcare
✅ Lowest council tax bills in the UK
✅ No peak rail fares
The SNP introduced it, and only the SNP will protect it.
✅ Free prescriptions
✅ Free tuition
✅ Expanded free childcare
✅ Lowest council tax bills in the UK
✅ No peak rail fares
The SNP introduced it, and only the SNP will protect it.
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I am opposed to mandatory digital ID - people should be able to go about their daily lives without such infringements.
That aside, by calling it BritCard, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British.
I am a Scot. 🏴
That aside, by calling it BritCard, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British.
I am a Scot. 🏴
September 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I am opposed to mandatory digital ID - people should be able to go about their daily lives without such infringements.
That aside, by calling it BritCard, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British.
I am a Scot. 🏴
That aside, by calling it BritCard, the Prime Minister seems to be attempting to force every Scot to declare ourselves British.
I am a Scot. 🏴
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SNP-run Falkirk council has only now succeeded in paying off Labour's PFI bill after 25 years, as its c£65m initial cost was bloated by pfi loan payments to more than 300m. Don't let Labour do it again.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/new-...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/new-...
Say no to new PFI in our NHS - take action
The government’s new 10-Year Plan for Health is proposing to bring disastrous private finance deals back into our NHS.
weownit.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
SNP-run Falkirk council has only now succeeded in paying off Labour's PFI bill after 25 years, as its c£65m initial cost was bloated by pfi loan payments to more than 300m. Don't let Labour do it again.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/new-...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/new-...
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British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
Reform, with 0.7% of all MPs, featured in 25% of BBC's recent 10pm news bulletins
Astonishingly, a party with 18 times as many MPs as Reform has received one-third less coverage on BBC News at 10.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
British media pumps out daily propaganda pieces for Farage, fails to offer *any scrutiny* and basically legitimises rampant racism, then puts on its ‘innocent face’ and clutches its pearls at the rise of the far right…
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
What a grim betrayal of our democracy.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...
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Scottish Devolution = Westminster claims credit for the good things that Holyrood achieves, whilst blaming Holyrood for the things that aren't devolved from Westminster and over which Holyrood has no control.
www.thenational.scot/news/2546922...
www.thenational.scot/news/2546922...
Douglas Alexander tries to claim UK Government credit for Alexander Dennis furlough
DOUGLAS Alexander has said that the UK Government has been “leading intensive work” on saving jobs at Alexander Dennis – despite the bus…
www.thenational.scot
September 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Scottish Devolution = Westminster claims credit for the good things that Holyrood achieves, whilst blaming Holyrood for the things that aren't devolved from Westminster and over which Holyrood has no control.
www.thenational.scot/news/2546922...
www.thenational.scot/news/2546922...
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Peak rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
Peak time rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains
Some routes will see fares fall by as much as 50% at busy times, but on others prices will be unchanged.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Peak rail fares scrapped on ScotRail trains.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
Scotland also has:
Public ownership of water, lower water bills than England's.
No university tuition fees for local students.
No prescription charges, abolished in 2011.
No two child benefit cap from March 2026.
England must follow.
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Radio 4’s PM programme managed an entire piece on ways to make rail ticket pricing more straightforward without so much as a nod to the fact that the Scottish Government has introduced flat pricing on trains *LITERALLY TODAY*
Chapeau to the BBC for such stratospheric levels of myopia
Chapeau to the BBC for such stratospheric levels of myopia
September 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Radio 4’s PM programme managed an entire piece on ways to make rail ticket pricing more straightforward without so much as a nod to the fact that the Scottish Government has introduced flat pricing on trains *LITERALLY TODAY*
Chapeau to the BBC for such stratospheric levels of myopia
Chapeau to the BBC for such stratospheric levels of myopia
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The SNP have scrapped peak rail fares.
September 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The SNP have scrapped peak rail fares.
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.