Steven Ward
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Will Anas Sarwar be asked to stand up for Scotland as Labour Government ‘quietly guts’ by 76%, funding to create jobs in poorest areas of Scotland? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/21/w...
Will Anas Sarwar be asked to stand up for Scotland as Labour Government ‘quietly guts’ by 76%, funding to create jobs in poorest areas of Scotland?
Professor John Robertson OBA From the Guardian today: If the government was serious about reducing the growing welfare bill, it would be starting here and in the other parts of the country bli…
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December 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Will Anas Sarwar be asked to stand up for Scotland as Labour Government ‘quietly guts’ by 76%, funding to create jobs in poorest areas of Scotland? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/21/w...
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Let’s give him the Scotland 🏴 he deserves. Vote SNP in May to push for an Independent Scotland 🏴 which will allow him , you and us all to help Scotland prosper. #snp #election #independence #YES #EndTheUnion
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Let’s give him the Scotland 🏴 he deserves. Vote SNP in May to push for an Independent Scotland 🏴 which will allow him , you and us all to help Scotland prosper. #snp #election #independence #YES #EndTheUnion
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As Daily Record publishes another Labour story about hospital repairs how NHS England’s high risk repair bill backlog is FIVE times greater per head than NHS Scotland -
SNP 'letting Scotland's NHS crumble' as buildings repair bill tops £1.5 billion
It would cost a staggering £1,549,777,788 to do all required repairs across the country's hospitals and clinics.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
As Daily Record publishes another Labour story about hospital repairs how NHS England’s high risk repair bill backlog is FIVE times greater per head than NHS Scotland -
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I’m in politics to raise people’s living standards, but in the UK, they’re flat as a pancake.
Scotland can do so much better with independence.
Scotland can do so much better with independence.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m in politics to raise people’s living standards, but in the UK, they’re flat as a pancake.
Scotland can do so much better with independence.
Scotland can do so much better with independence.
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During indyref the No campaign had *2x* the funds of Yes campaign. Now Reform UK has over £10m donations to buy the 2026 Scottish and Welsh elections with, and the next UK one too. Meanwhile the Scotland and Wales-based parties have to rely on small donations from the public. UK politics is broken.
December 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
During indyref the No campaign had *2x* the funds of Yes campaign. Now Reform UK has over £10m donations to buy the 2026 Scottish and Welsh elections with, and the next UK one too. Meanwhile the Scotland and Wales-based parties have to rely on small donations from the public. UK politics is broken.
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Remember the #McCrone Report, hidden for 30 years. Quote"If Scotland were independent and controlled North Sea oil revenues,the country would tend to be in chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree and its currency would become the hardest in Europe, with the exception of the Norwegian kroner”
December 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Remember the #McCrone Report, hidden for 30 years. Quote"If Scotland were independent and controlled North Sea oil revenues,the country would tend to be in chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree and its currency would become the hardest in Europe, with the exception of the Norwegian kroner”
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How we’re improving education in Scotland:
✅ Literacy and numeracy at record high
✅ Attendance rising in schools
✅ Teacher numbers rising
✅ Attainment gap narrowing
More to do, but that’s real progress. The SNP will keep delivering progress for Scotland.
✅ Literacy and numeracy at record high
✅ Attendance rising in schools
✅ Teacher numbers rising
✅ Attainment gap narrowing
More to do, but that’s real progress. The SNP will keep delivering progress for Scotland.
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
How we’re improving education in Scotland:
✅ Literacy and numeracy at record high
✅ Attendance rising in schools
✅ Teacher numbers rising
✅ Attainment gap narrowing
More to do, but that’s real progress. The SNP will keep delivering progress for Scotland.
✅ Literacy and numeracy at record high
✅ Attendance rising in schools
✅ Teacher numbers rising
✅ Attainment gap narrowing
More to do, but that’s real progress. The SNP will keep delivering progress for Scotland.
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Scotland’s economy is growing while the UK’s is declining.
Latest data shows onshore GDP grew by 0.2% between August and October, and business investment is at a 20-year high.
There is more to do and we will keep working towards a stronger economy, with higher living standards.
Latest data shows onshore GDP grew by 0.2% between August and October, and business investment is at a 20-year high.
There is more to do and we will keep working towards a stronger economy, with higher living standards.
December 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Scotland’s economy is growing while the UK’s is declining.
Latest data shows onshore GDP grew by 0.2% between August and October, and business investment is at a 20-year high.
There is more to do and we will keep working towards a stronger economy, with higher living standards.
Latest data shows onshore GDP grew by 0.2% between August and October, and business investment is at a 20-year high.
There is more to do and we will keep working towards a stronger economy, with higher living standards.
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After months of uncertainty, the UK government’s support for Grangemouth is welcome and long overdue.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
New £150m funding package to protect jobs at Grangemouth
The UK government and owners Ineos say the funding will support 500 jobs at the site's ethylene plant.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
After months of uncertainty, the UK government’s support for Grangemouth is welcome and long overdue.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
Alongside this, the Scottish Government committed funding last week to support up to 460 new jobs - showing a long-term future for the site is achievable.
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Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936), Irish-born artist Arts and Crafts artist, best-known work for her murals in the former Catholic Apostolic Church (1893–1901) now Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh #WomensArt
December 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936), Irish-born artist Arts and Crafts artist, best-known work for her murals in the former Catholic Apostolic Church (1893–1901) now Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh #WomensArt
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Unemployment statistics NOT reported by BBC/ITV or SkyNews
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Unemployment statistics NOT reported by BBC/ITV or SkyNews
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
Wales - 6.1%
England - 5.2%
Scotland - 3.8%
This is achieved despite many economic levers being reserved to Westminster & denied to Holyrood
Now do you understand why they don't want to see us as a success story within this despotic union?
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The SNP Scottish Government owned Prestwick Airport employs 500 people & has reported an increase in profit as well as in its cargo operations in the last year.
Recording a £3.5m profit for the year the sixth consecutive year of profit for the airport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Recording a £3.5m profit for the year the sixth consecutive year of profit for the airport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Prestwick Airport records sixth year in a row in profit
The report said Prestwick has already achieved its annual operating target in the first six months of the financial year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The SNP Scottish Government owned Prestwick Airport employs 500 people & has reported an increase in profit as well as in its cargo operations in the last year.
Recording a £3.5m profit for the year the sixth consecutive year of profit for the airport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Recording a £3.5m profit for the year the sixth consecutive year of profit for the airport.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Over 141,000 affordable homes delivered since the SNP came into office - and we are not stopping there.
We will keep working to ensure everyone has a safe, secure place to call home.
We will keep working to ensure everyone has a safe, secure place to call home.
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Over 141,000 affordable homes delivered since the SNP came into office - and we are not stopping there.
We will keep working to ensure everyone has a safe, secure place to call home.
We will keep working to ensure everyone has a safe, secure place to call home.
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Almost every time SNP Ministers are interviewed on british (unionist) TV, the lazy and predictable presenters challenge them on why NHS Scotland performs so badly
What enrages me is that the SNP Ministers never punch back with a list a stats that would blow away their false unionist narrative
What enrages me is that the SNP Ministers never punch back with a list a stats that would blow away their false unionist narrative
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Almost every time SNP Ministers are interviewed on british (unionist) TV, the lazy and predictable presenters challenge them on why NHS Scotland performs so badly
What enrages me is that the SNP Ministers never punch back with a list a stats that would blow away their false unionist narrative
What enrages me is that the SNP Ministers never punch back with a list a stats that would blow away their false unionist narrative
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This is what investing in Scotland’s young people looks like. 👇
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is what investing in Scotland’s young people looks like. 👇
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🇪🇪 What can an independent Scotland learn from Estonia?
🌍 Here are lessons that an independent Scotland could learn from Estonia: www.believeinscotland.org/what_can_an_...
🌍 Here are lessons that an independent Scotland could learn from Estonia: www.believeinscotland.org/what_can_an_...
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🇪🇪 What can an independent Scotland learn from Estonia?
🌍 Here are lessons that an independent Scotland could learn from Estonia: www.believeinscotland.org/what_can_an_...
🌍 Here are lessons that an independent Scotland could learn from Estonia: www.believeinscotland.org/what_can_an_...
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Domestic abuse shockingly far more common in England & Wales than in Scotland talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/14/d...
Domestic abuse shockingly far more common in England & Wales than in Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA There were 30 227 cases of reported domestic abuse in Scotland in 2024-2025.1 All things being equal, you might expect the figure for England & Wales to be around 1…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Domestic abuse shockingly far more common in England & Wales than in Scotland talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/14/d...
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New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives.
Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.
We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.
We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
Scottish Child Payment | Food Insecurity | Deprivation
New analysis shows the Scottish child payment sharply reduces child deprivation and food insecurity, with no evidence of work disincentives. Discover the findings.
www.lse.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives.
Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.
We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.
We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
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New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives.
Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.
We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.
We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.
Scottish Child Payment | Food Insecurity | Deprivation
New analysis shows the Scottish child payment sharply reduces child deprivation and food insecurity, with no evidence of work disincentives. Discover the findings.
www.lse.ac.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I see an article on BBC news website giving more names from the Epstein photos .
On a Bluesky message it mentions Farage !
Funny how BBC did not include him in their article ??
On a Bluesky message it mentions Farage !
Funny how BBC did not include him in their article ??
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I see an article on BBC news website giving more names from the Epstein photos .
On a Bluesky message it mentions Farage !
Funny how BBC did not include him in their article ??
On a Bluesky message it mentions Farage !
Funny how BBC did not include him in their article ??