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Steve Paterson
@stevetheheid.bsky.social
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Sculptor of heads, patter of dugs, twanger of strings, brewer of beers, bon viveur. Scottish indy minded. Sweary girn. Twartist formerly known as MyNameIsNotSusan.
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Steve Paterson @stevetheheid.bsky.social · Nov 15
I don't care about your views on anything other than whether Scotland should be running our own affairs or not. Arguing about what Scotland should be post indy is pointless until we're there. Wish #SNP #Greens and #Alba etc. would get their heads round that. Let's not divide and conquer ourselves.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Here's an idea. Disbar anyone mentioned in the Epstein Files from any public office and empty their bank accounts. It's a cabal. They're all compromised.
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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The Andrew formerly known as Prince.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Harsh but fair. Ikea Tarrifs...
September 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I'm hearing Jamie Hepburn kicked Douglas Ross right in his fanny.
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Free speech!! Yay!! Not you Jimmy Kimmel. Or you Lefties. Not in Gilead.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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douglas fucking alexander...
September 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Fuck. Still alive. Thoughts and prayers my arse. #trump
September 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Please be dead Trump. Please be dead.
September 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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State of this simpering wee ride...
July 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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That Coldplay couple look like they've been caught going to a Coldplay concert.
July 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Community of artists on BSky who support Scottish Independence.

Please contact us to join! #artistsforindy #ScottishIndependence

For artists organising & collaborating see discord.gg/DQFcXExQtc

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April 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Has any told Anas Sarwar what his opinions on this are yet?
ruthcadbury.bsky.social Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · Jun 24
The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

It is for this reason that I have joined over 100 MPs from across the ideological spectrum of our party in opposing the Governments welfare cuts.

See my statement below 👇
I have co-signed an amendment with over 100 other Labour MPs that would stop the welfare reform proposals from becoming law, unless the Government withdraws the reforms as currently drafted. This is not a decision I have taken lightly. I have not broken the Labour whip since Keir became leader and I have supported the Government when they have had to make tough choices. The Governments decision to impose steeping cuts to our social safety net, and to disabled people is not one I can support. I did not come into politics to make people’s lives harder and the reality is that disabled people across the U.K already face an extremely difficult life. These cuts will make it worse. I have heard from so many constituents who oppose this change and who are deeply fearful. The sense of anxiety and fear created has only made this issue worse. A constituent wrote to me and told me that due to a long-term health condition they cannot easily cut vegetables. They use their PIP to buy pre sliced vegetables. Without PIP they would not be able to afford these. I have heard countless other examples of how PIP helps people with day-to-day life; including those who are in work. These cuts will push hundreds of my constituents and hundreds of thousands people across the country into poverty. This in turn will increase the costs facing the NHS, schools and local councils - all of whom have to pick up the slack. Housing costs in West London mean that benefits already fail to cover the cost of renting privately while also covering the basics of daily life and I’m concerned yet more people with be pushed onto the streets. I cannot see the logic in taking money away from the most vulnerable people when we have gone through a decade of low growth, high inflation and a cost of living crisis. Some elements to the government's welfare changes proposals are genuinely good and progressive, including the funding for back-to-work reforms, such as the “right to try”, increased funding to support people into work, and scrapping Work Capability Assessments (WCA). But the changes to the PIP ratings would mean, at present, that someone who can't put their trousers on, who needs help with showering, and who can’t go to the toilet without supervision, is told that they are capable of work - I cannot see how this is fair. I do hope that the government will see the strength of feeling among so many Labour colleagues in Parliament and from across the full spectrum of the party. Numerous select committee chairs, former cabinet ministers, Metro Mayors and others have called for a pause. The Government has not, apparently, assessed the consequences on public services of these changes I hope the Government comes back with proposals to support our most vulnerable constituents. When I first ran for election in 2015 I said that I would always put our local residents first and speak up against injustice. I am concerned that the Government have not been listening to the concerns and issues that backbench MPs have raised, or the political risk that is being carried by ignoring people who have been lifelong supporters of our movement. Harold Wilson said the Labour Party is a moral crusade or nothing. I hope the Government listen to the moral case against these cuts and return to the table.
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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indyposterboy.scot
In 2016 ScotGov prepared a much-respected 'Scotland's Place in Europe' doc, proposing a solution for Scotland remaining in the EU whilst rUk left. Westminster dismissed it immediately. Now that both NI & Gibraltar have special EU deals that proposal *must* be revisited. www.gov.scot/publications...
Scotland's Place in Europe
Scotland's Place in Europe sets out the Scottish Government's position following the result of the EU Referendum.
www.gov.scot
June 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
stevetheheid.bsky.social
Indy polling in the mid 50s and SNP still losing to a pretendy Labour party? Swinney, we have a problem...Get Stephen Flynn up the road pronto.
June 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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alanferrier.bsky.social
Commit genocide and you can participate in the Olympics, the World Cup and Eurovision. Object to genocide and you can't even play a gig at TRNSMT.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kneecap pull out of TRNSMT music festival over police concerns
Police Scotland said last week that allowing the trio to perform at Glasgow Green in July would require
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May 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Tommy Robinson coming out of prison wearing rosary beads is going to have a sizeable number of Scotland's grunt vote feeling a wee bit conflicted...
May 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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WILSON!!!!!!
May 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Hats off to all my friends who've served on #VEday but let's never forget that war is always a result of failure of government. ALWAYS.
May 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Why does Jonathan Sacerdoti write nothing but puff pieces for a government committing genocide?
April 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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That'll be the pope deid.
April 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Be a good time to remind Jamie Greene that there should be a place for a right of center political party in an independent Scotland.
April 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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This was first time round. Wonder if it's still up...Well done Scotland.
April 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Is it me or has Ralston got an upside doon number two on his back?
March 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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How long is it until Russell Findlay angrily demands that Nicola Sturgeon be held to account for the £2.4 million in public money that has been spent on Operation Branchform?
March 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM