'Disinformation is not just a technological or political problem, it's also a human one. It spreads when we lose context and empathy. To fight it, we need to listen to young people, who know the digital world better than any generation.'
Stewart Clelland, via The National
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'There is great annoyance today from Yessers comparing the BBC’s craven response to Trump – resignations at the top – with its reaction to accusations of indyref bias – nowt.'
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, one of the National columnists reacting to the BBC stooshie.
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'WFI wants Scotland’s future to be as an independent country, one that is fair, sustainable and prosperous, with a wellbeing economic model and with all Scots benefiting from our huge resources.'
Dr Jacqui Jensen in collaboration with Women For Independence, via the National
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'If an independent Scotland issued its own currency, it need not issue bonds at all – the deficit would appear as an “overdraft” in the accounts which the government held at the central bank.'
Jim Osborne of the Scottish Currency Group, via The National
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'The lesson of Mamdani’s win for Scotland is that words are meaningless without the determination to follow them up with action.'
@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via The National
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'Is there any sense at all that the politicians are in charge of this? It doesn’t seem to be very clear that they even know what’s going on. Is this what "arm’s-length" was for – to keep your nose far enough away from the stink?'
Robin McAlpine
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'Farage has also said that the Barnett formula needs to be “looked at again.” By this what he really means is that Westminster should slash funding for Scotland while continuing to help itself to Scotland’s immense resources.'
@weegingerdug.bsky.social, via the National
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'Our history has been a sair fecht. It’s also prompted incredible feats of resistance and political organisation. Elspeth King did more than most to showcase the latter.'
@lesleyriddoch.bsky.social, via The National
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'By God, so many politicians here in Scotland really do need to pause and reflect on Mamdani’s win and what they might glean from it.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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'You cannot vote for independence, whichever way you choose, without having the tools and institutions in place from day one. That’s like trying to run an engine on an empty fuel tank or an electric car on a flat battery.'
Letter to The National from Alan Magnus-Bennett
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'What’s stunning is that the idea that the royal establishment has tacitly ­protected one of its own, intimidating the police and foreign administrations to keep a safe distance, is treated as a matter of bland reportage.'
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
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'We deserve a democracy where no-one is born to rule, and everyone is equal before the law. Andrew is gone. But the job isn’t done – though it’s long past time to finish it.'
Kiran Khan and Tristan Grayford of Our Republic, via the National
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'Zohran Mamdani’s rise is a reflection of the collective exasperation among many with politics both in New York and across other parts of America.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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'A lot has changed here on Walton’s Mountain. Starmer now routinely finds himself defending the lies – outright lies – of his ministers.'
Hamish Morrison, via The National
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'This graph should be a rocket up the independence movement's backside.'
Robin McAlpine, via The National.
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'While we’re all asked to recycle more, drive less and pay higher energy bills, the super-rich continue to pollute, largely unchecked.'
Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland, via The National
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'Who should hold the keyboard that types new money into existence for Scotland? Someone in London, whose priorities lie elsewhere? Or someone in Scotland, answerable to its people, committed to its wellbeing?'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National
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'Foreign direct investment is celebrated by politicians and accepted as a “good thing” in most media. But investors want a return, which means taking out more money than they put in. Over time, the public are left out of pocket.'
@jonathonshafi.bsky.social, via The National
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'It takes a strange situation to put all the parties in decline at once, but unless my eyes are deceiving me, that is what is happening.
I can’t see this continuing for a long time. Either something breaks or democracy does.'
Robin McAlpine
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'The test of any nationalism should be simple: does it expand empathy, or does it shrink it?
That is the ethical line that separates the politics of care from the politics of hate.'
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National
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'My prediction is that this new nuclear programme will become a strategic disaster for the Labour government – pushing up energy bills while delivering no “clean energy” in this decade, due to construction schedule delays.'
John Proctor, via The National
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'Land reform is not just about changing the names on certificates; it’s about nothing less than independence and self-determination for each and every one of us.'
Ariane Burgess, via The National
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'Corbyn said earlier this year that if people in Scotland want a referendum “that’s fine by me”.
However, he hasn't set out how he believes the people of Scotland can express their wish for one, and how he would respond if they do.'
@weegingerdug.bsky.social via the National
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'A true racist may not say racist things that much, they just act consistently as if people with darker skin are of less value.'
Robin McAlpine
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'Why are Unionists so obsessed with linking Putin to independence?'
James Walker, via The National
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