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Robert McNeill
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Writer, book lover, photographer, Scottish Independence supporter.
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My latest blog piece, Reform UK's blueprint for an authoritarian power grab. The biggest threat to democracy and the rule of law ever seen in modern Britain and a reason why the need for Scottish independence is so urgent.

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Reform UK’s authoritarian project for power
The American author and poet Maya Anjelou famously wrote: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” That has never been more true than where we are now in Brit…
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January 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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A great start to my new book tour!Momobookdiary:
engaging and well-drawn.. happily recommend to readers who enjoy character-led crime fiction
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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The real political issue of our days is one few politicians are talking about (Zack Polansky is an honourable exception. The rich are enemies of democracy and also of an independent Scotland.

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The rich are enemies of democracy and of an independent Scotland
The biggest political issue of our days is one that few politicians are talking about. That’s the increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of a small minority. In 2023, the world’s ric…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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My latest blog post, the days of meekly playing by Westminster rules stacked against Scotland will soon be over. The 2026 Holyrood election lays the essential foundations for a push for independence.
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The days of playing by rules stacked against Scotland will soon be over
Just eighteen months ago, we were looking at the prospect of this year’s Scottish elections with dread and trepidation. Labour was in the ascendant on the back of its victory in the July 2024…
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January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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'Nowhere has the BBC said what is really happening. The USA is a rogue state which runs a coach and horses through international law, and which poses an existential danger to world peace.'
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The BBC’s shameful enabling of fascism
The failure of the BBC to report fairly and without bias on Scottish politics is a regular theme in this blog and amongst other supporters of Scottish independence. The favouritism which the Corpor…
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January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Find out what "book bloggers" think of my crime novel VOICES FROM THE DEAD (published by The Book Folks). It is set to be featured on TWENTY-FIVE book review websites between 10 and 14 January. 3 will publish extracts
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G2MB79M9/
US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2MB79M9/
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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My latest blog piece. We can defeat fascism and keep the flame of independence alive. In May Scotland's destiny is in our hands.

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In May Scotland’s destiny is in our hands
Speaking to SNP party members in Glasgow as the campaign for the Scottish elections in May starts to ramp up, First Minister John Swinney has said that the Scottish media should be “livid” at the U…
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January 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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My latest blog piece, Trump's attack on Venezuela shows that the USA is now the superpower of piracy. Scotland needs to reintegrate with Europe in order to protect itself

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The superpower of piracy
The international rule of law has been on life support for some time. It was battered and bludgeoned by the West’s invasion of Iraq. Israel casually ignored international law as it pursued ge…
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January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Independence is still ahead in polls!
The people of Scotland want a different future than the one offered by Westminster –let’s get to work and make it happen! #BelieveinScotland
Two pie charts with the text: The end of the UK nears. Should Scotland be an independent country? Yes: 53%, No: 47%. …and if Farage is PM? Yes: 61%, No: 39%. The countries of the UK are moving in different directions. Independence for Scotland is inevitable.
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I ask Russians: how do you see your lives five years from now? Among the responses: “That depends on Vladimir Putin. On what mood he’ll be in.” Another reply: “Five years? If I look ahead 10 days, it’s good.” #2026
I ask Russians: how do you see your lives five years from now?
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January 1, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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It's not just the dream of Scottish independence which is at stake in the Scottish elections of May 2026, it's the future of decency, public services, and democracy itself. Reform is the creature of the real enemies of humanity, the billionaires.

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It’s not just independence that’s at stake in May’s Scottish election
Another opinion poll has suggested that the pro-independence parties are on track to win a convincing majority in Holyrood in May’s Scottish parliament election. The poll, by Find Out Now for…
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December 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Day 359 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Anyone relate to the dog?
December 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Starmer's dangerous stupidity in pandering to the far right means he may prove to become the unwitting midwife of Scottish independence.

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The dangerous stupidity of Keir Starmer
You can say many things about the opportunistic moral vacuum that is Keir Starmer, but he’s not stupid, he just behaves as though he was. The one time human rights lawyer Starmer’s late…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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For St Andrew’s Day we present а long-distance musical collaboration. BBC Scotland Weather presenter Calum MacColl and I perform ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns. #StAndrewsDay
'A Red, Red Rose' - long-distance BBC collaboration
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November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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My latest blog piece, hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right

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Hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right
Racists complain that migrants don’t want to learn English and integrate, but when migrants do want to learn English and integrate, racists mount a protest outside the school where English la…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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GLAD my 8TH Midlands crime novel VOICES FROM THE DEAD (The Book Folks) is out. It concerns a married social media influencer found murdered in her hotel bedroom. When events take a sinister turn, detectives Roy & Roscoe have to delve into past lives to find a motive
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure

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Starmer’s Labour enables fascism
When the race baiting far right criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and the hard right Reform UK are praising Labour’s policies, you know that something has gone profoundly wrong in a party which …
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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EXCITED that all SEVEN of my Midlands crime novels have just been published in a great value Kindle boxset, Detectives Roy and Roscoe Mysteries Books 1 – 7.
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FX2HGSQX/ US: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX2HGSQX/
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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John Dean's latest DCI Jack Harris book it out now!

A gripping British police procedural steeped in atmosphere, secrets, and shocking twists. Perfect for fans of Peter Robinson, Ann Cleeves, J.R. Ellis and Joy Ellis.

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#CrimeFiction #murdermystery #NorthPennines #Booksky
September 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Watch the Dutch kick Disney in their tiny mouse gonads…
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This is amazing.
September 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Holyrood 2026, Scotland's last chance to escape the far right English nationalist dystopia of Farage.

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Scotland’s last chance to escape English nationalism
In July 2025, Keir Starmer’s Labour party was elected on a promise of ‘change’, a suitably vacuuous slogan which allowed voters to impute to it whatever they liked. Most hoped for…
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September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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My latest blog piece. Independence will only be achieved when it is the settled will of the people of Scotland, but we are closer to that than many think.

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The settled will
This week First Minister John Swinney unveiled details of his plan for independence, which rests upon the SNP securing a majority in Holyrood after next year’s Scottish elections. An opinion …
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September 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Carol Cole’s third book in the bestselling DI Callum MacLean mysteries is out now!

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMFX19WX/
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#NewForest #MurderMystery #CrimeFiction
September 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Five gripping crime mysteries set in Oxfordshire — full of dark secrets, shocking twists, and a detective you won’t forget. From bestselling author, Diane M. Dickson.

Only 0.99 for release!

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#CrimeFiction #kindle #Booksky #mysterybooks
September 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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“Out of control”: Bob Geldof condemns Israeli government over Gaza
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July 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM