@shazzap.bsky.social
Gardening, nature, books and 🐈 with lots more interests too many to mention. Independence for Scotland, it's comin' yet for a' that.
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'Expect a lot more platforming of Reform UK by BBC Scotland as we approach the Scottish elections. BBC Scotland is in desperate need of a new Saviour of the Union. They’ll turn to far right English nationalists. It will be the undoing of the UK itself'. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
BBC Scotland, cheerleaders for Farage
On Wednesday evening BBC Scotland’s flagship evening news programme Och Aye the News, AKA Reporting Scotlandshire carried its second puff piece about Reform UK’s recent narrow council b…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
'Expect a lot more platforming of Reform UK by BBC Scotland as we approach the Scottish elections. BBC Scotland is in desperate need of a new Saviour of the Union. They’ll turn to far right English nationalists. It will be the undoing of the UK itself'. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
Just listened to 5 mins of the rambling orange brain dead turd and his bragging drivel.
That was enough, switched off. When oh when is someone going to remove that thick decrepit monosyllabic idiot from view?
That was enough, switched off. When oh when is someone going to remove that thick decrepit monosyllabic idiot from view?
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just listened to 5 mins of the rambling orange brain dead turd and his bragging drivel.
That was enough, switched off. When oh when is someone going to remove that thick decrepit monosyllabic idiot from view?
That was enough, switched off. When oh when is someone going to remove that thick decrepit monosyllabic idiot from view?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
'Ye cannae tok right so yer thick and your opinions have no value.'. Depends on your idea of what is right language.
'Ye cannae tok right so yer thick and your opinions have no value.'. Depends on your idea of what is right language.
BBC Two - English File, Roots And Water 3: Poetry from other cultures and traditions, 'The Six O'Clock News' by Tom Leonard (analysis)
Tom Leonard reads and talks about his poem 'The Six O'Clock News'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
'Ye cannae tok right so yer thick and your opinions have no value.'. Depends on your idea of what is right language.
'Ye cannae tok right so yer thick and your opinions have no value.'. Depends on your idea of what is right language.
I read about broadcaster Lorraine Kelly, from the same central Scotland origins as me. Encountered the same predudices from the educational establishment in my home county where I was a student.
Tom Leonard speaks for me and thousands of Scots like me..
genius.com/Tom-leonard-...
Tom Leonard speaks for me and thousands of Scots like me..
genius.com/Tom-leonard-...
Tom Leonard – The Six O'Clock News (From Unrelated Incidents)
This is a poem aimed to make us think about our prejudices. The speaker has a strong Glasgwegian accent and asserts that his way of speaking would somehow undermine the validity of
genius.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I read about broadcaster Lorraine Kelly, from the same central Scotland origins as me. Encountered the same predudices from the educational establishment in my home county where I was a student.
Tom Leonard speaks for me and thousands of Scots like me..
genius.com/Tom-leonard-...
Tom Leonard speaks for me and thousands of Scots like me..
genius.com/Tom-leonard-...
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The FIFA Peace Prize
The Love Island Prize for Particle Physics
The RuPaul's Drag Race Prize for Applied Mathematics
The Strictly Come Dancing Prize for Economic Theory
The Never Mind the Buzzcocks Prize for Architecture
The Farage Prize for Anti-Racism
The Eurovision Prize for Moral Philosophy
The Love Island Prize for Particle Physics
The RuPaul's Drag Race Prize for Applied Mathematics
The Strictly Come Dancing Prize for Economic Theory
The Never Mind the Buzzcocks Prize for Architecture
The Farage Prize for Anti-Racism
The Eurovision Prize for Moral Philosophy
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The FIFA Peace Prize
The Love Island Prize for Particle Physics
The RuPaul's Drag Race Prize for Applied Mathematics
The Strictly Come Dancing Prize for Economic Theory
The Never Mind the Buzzcocks Prize for Architecture
The Farage Prize for Anti-Racism
The Eurovision Prize for Moral Philosophy
The Love Island Prize for Particle Physics
The RuPaul's Drag Race Prize for Applied Mathematics
The Strictly Come Dancing Prize for Economic Theory
The Never Mind the Buzzcocks Prize for Architecture
The Farage Prize for Anti-Racism
The Eurovision Prize for Moral Philosophy
The Fifa world cup, I won't be watching, much as I'm so proud of Scotland getting there, it's now a political issue. I'm out.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Fifa world cup, I won't be watching, much as I'm so proud of Scotland getting there, it's now a political issue. I'm out.
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"Fittingly, their mum was in Australia upon their arrival, no doubt immensely relieved to welcome her three sons onto land. The Pacific crossing was remarkably successful and has raised over £1m."
Three brothers – one passion, one purpose
The Maclean brothers wanted to build a compelling story, live full lives and give something back – a foundation for the common good was born
bylines.scot
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"Fittingly, their mum was in Australia upon their arrival, no doubt immensely relieved to welcome her three sons onto land. The Pacific crossing was remarkably successful and has raised over £1m."
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The Saltire is considered to be the oldest flag in Europe, first used in 832. St Andrew's Day is our national day - when all of Scotland's people, no matter their origin, come together.
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
Happy St Andrew’s day Scotland, and beyond.
a group of people holding flags that say yes on them
ALT: a group of people holding flags that say yes on them
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Saltire is considered to be the oldest flag in Europe, first used in 832. St Andrew's Day is our national day - when all of Scotland's people, no matter their origin, come together.
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
This year why not take the opportunity to look forward to a fairer, stronger, independent Scotland.
🏴 #Scotland
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See all those green circles? That's Scottish on- and off-shore wind generation, right now.
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
See all those green circles? That's Scottish on- and off-shore wind generation, right now.
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
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Press release: Ambitious £12mn appeal seeks to rescue Robert Burns' Ellisland Farm and restore the birthplace of Auld Lang Syne | Bylines Scotland
Campaign launches to save the home of ‘Auld Lang Syne’
Press release: Ambitious £12mn appeal seeks to rescue Robert Burns' Ellisland Farm and restore the birthplace of Auld Lang Syne
bylines.scot
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Press release: Ambitious £12mn appeal seeks to rescue Robert Burns' Ellisland Farm and restore the birthplace of Auld Lang Syne | Bylines Scotland
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And when you bring the English water rates are from Privatised Water companies and also the extortionate repair costs then you can increase the poor English residence costs by 25% approximately.
#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴
#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
And when you bring the English water rates are from Privatised Water companies and also the extortionate repair costs then you can increase the poor English residence costs by 25% approximately.
#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴
#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴
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That wee wumin put herself through the absolute ringer for all of us, not just those who support indy but every fucking yoon that broke the rules just bcos they were set by the SNP. Every politician that wanted out daily update removed and called for uk lockstep.
& what did she get? Blue tents
& what did she get? Blue tents
Chapeau, Nicola 👍🎩No-one else will
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
"Nicola Sturgeon's leadership meant thousands of people are alive today, who'd have died had Nicola Sturgeon copied the UK Government. Most damning fact: mortality rate was 3.9% in Scotland, 4.9% (25% worse) in Wales and 6.5% (almost twice as bad) in England"
The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
That wee wumin put herself through the absolute ringer for all of us, not just those who support indy but every fucking yoon that broke the rules just bcos they were set by the SNP. Every politician that wanted out daily update removed and called for uk lockstep.
& what did she get? Blue tents
& what did she get? Blue tents
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Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy
As the COP ends in another abject failure the wider geopolitical world seems to also falter into complete madness. A ‘peace plan’ emerged last week that was at first purported to be an …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
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Meanwhile, Scotland is the member who has to hand over their pay packets to the 'head' of the house, get's half back to spend on themselves, has to pay interest in the debt when the head overspends, and isn't allowed to move out to another home that suits them better.
Britons are that family – and the giant hole in the roof is Brexit.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Meanwhile, Scotland is the member who has to hand over their pay packets to the 'head' of the house, get's half back to spend on themselves, has to pay interest in the debt when the head overspends, and isn't allowed to move out to another home that suits them better.
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
The long wait is finally over! Scotland qualify for World Cup
The long wait is finally over! Scotland qualify for World Cup
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
The long wait is finally over! Scotland qualify for World Cup
The long wait is finally over! Scotland qualify for World Cup
COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Well done Scotland, what a Rollercoaster. World Cup here we come!
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Well done Scotland, what a Rollercoaster. World Cup here we come!
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My latest blog article No, independence supporters’ well documented compaints about BBC bias on the Scottish constitutional question are nothing like Trump's attacks on freedom of the press.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/n...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/n...
No, independence supporters’ compaints about BBC bias are nothing like Trump
There is certainly no love lost between supporters of Scottish independence and the BBC. It is however egregious I’m-not-a-nationalist-I’m-British bollocks to suggest, as former Labour …
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My latest blog article No, independence supporters’ well documented compaints about BBC bias on the Scottish constitutional question are nothing like Trump's attacks on freedom of the press.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/n...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/n...
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The reality behind Michel Prescott, the Telegraph and the long war against the BBC bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/10/f...
Fake News and the War on the BBC
The war on the BBC by Britain’s right-wing press has been a constant for the past thirty years, attempting to threaten and control the public broadcaster to yield to their political agenda. T…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The reality behind Michel Prescott, the Telegraph and the long war against the BBC bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/10/f...
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BBC director resigns over corporation skewing news, you say? Bitter laughs from Scotland.
youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw
youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw
LONDON CALLING: BBC bias during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
YouTube video by London Calling documentary
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
BBC director resigns over corporation skewing news, you say? Bitter laughs from Scotland.
youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw
youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw
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ECHR was drafted by British lawyers at the behest of Winston Churchill following the horrors of WW2 & the sacrifices of so many to free a continent from tyrany & buchery
It's a corner stone of why we say lest we forget
Remember that when you go supporting foreign funded Farage
It's a corner stone of why we say lest we forget
Remember that when you go supporting foreign funded Farage
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
ECHR was drafted by British lawyers at the behest of Winston Churchill following the horrors of WW2 & the sacrifices of so many to free a continent from tyrany & buchery
It's a corner stone of why we say lest we forget
Remember that when you go supporting foreign funded Farage
It's a corner stone of why we say lest we forget
Remember that when you go supporting foreign funded Farage
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Fish payments, polis payments, lots of nukes. My column in the Sunday National tomorrow about the amount of sand being kicked in Scotland's face.
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Fish payments, polis payments, lots of nukes. My column in the Sunday National tomorrow about the amount of sand being kicked in Scotland's face.
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It seems remarkable, yet true, that so many people in Scotland are apparently still ignorant of the huge stripping of Scottish devolved powers by Westminster's Powergrab in 2018. Where have you *been*?
October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It seems remarkable, yet true, that so many people in Scotland are apparently still ignorant of the huge stripping of Scottish devolved powers by Westminster's Powergrab in 2018. Where have you *been*?