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Perth & Kinross Yes Hub
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246 High Street, Perth PH1 5QJ.
Open Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm.
We're here to help to win Scotland its independence.
Come in for a coffee (or alternative beverage of choice) and a blether.
The kettle's always on.
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'We’d be mad to fall for Michael Gove’s gobbledygook on indyref route.'
@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via The National
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Michael Gove leaving a 2024 General Election rally
May 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'STV's new radio station could be the jolt Scottish music culture needs.'
Pat Kane, via the National
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A woman lying on a couch listening to the radio
May 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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How far down the far-right drain will Anas Sarwar follow his UK boss, asks @weegingerdug?
We think you're going to need a pretty long probe...
via The National
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Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer at the Scottish Labour conference, waving to and basking in the appreciation of whoever the hell could still be bothered to turn up.
May 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'Politically, Great Britain is already a long, long way from the open, inclusive, outward-looking vision that we were all invited to “lead, not leave” more than a decade ago.'
Seamus Logan, via The National.
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Keir Starmer behind a 'Securing Britain's Future' lectern, announcing another dumb-nuts policy that wil actually destory it.
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Not scientific, but a fairly conclusive vote in our mini-poll on today's Perth High Street stall.
Question: 'Under Westmister, it's a half-baked trade deal - whisky and salmon excluded and Trump calling the shots. With independence, Scotland could sort out its trade properly by restoring its links with the EU. Do you agree?' Results: a cluster of votes for Yes, a single ball for No.
May 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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'The EU is not a rescue project. But it can be part of a wider context in which that work becomes more possible.
There’s scope for real co-operation, even within current limits – but it needs political will and a clearer sense of purpose.'
Assa Samake-Roman via The National
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The EU headquarters in Brussels
May 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'At heart, land reform is about empowering our communities.'
Ariane Burgess, via The National
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A Highland loch with mountains in the background
April 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'Political independence follows a nation's culture and values, not its politics, because politics is temporary (you can vote them out). Culture and values run deeper.'
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Believe in Scotand poster with a cornucopia of Scottish cultural icons, including Burns, a unicorn, suggestions of Rennie Mackintosh and paisley patter, and silhouettes of Nicola Benedetti, Nessie and a footballer lifting a trophy. Text: 'Scotland's jouney to independence can't just be about politics'.
April 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'Muzzled Passion': new Lesley Riddoch podcast with Pat Joyce.
Is the SNP's passion for Indy being muzzled?
The Supreme Court decision on what is a woman. Has anything really been resolved?
What is Pope Francis's legacy?
Latest polls. Are we heading for a Farage premiership?
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Banner image for The Lesley Riddoch Podcast with Pat Joyce - politics from a Scottish perspective. Cartoon images of Lesley and Pat and, below the strapline, silhouette images of Scottish and Westminster landmarks.
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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'The UK Government is reiterating that it will put £200 million into an alternative future for Grangemouth. Even if that materialises, it's a drop in the ocean; it will take billions to build a green facility to take the oil refinery's place.'
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Believe in Scotland poster with a background picture of Grangmouth across the Forth at sunset. Text: 'If it was in England... would Grangemouth be saved?'
April 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'Young people still believe in independence and have not lost commitment.
Recent YouGov polling estimates 59% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote Yes ina referendum, showing support for independence is still alive over 10 years on.'
Tommy Kelly, via The National.
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An All Under One Banner march for independence in Glasgow, with a young person in the foreground holding a banner saying 'Get Us Out' in white writing on a blue background.
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'a brand new independence poll, conducted by Find Out Now, found that 52% of Scots said they would vote Yes to leave the Union in a rerun of the 2014 vote, an 11-point lead over the 41% of Scots who would back No.'
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An EU Saltire flag in the foreground, and plenty of other flags in evidence at an All Under One Banner march in Edinburgh.
April 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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'Why is Scottish Water still - largely - in public ownership, while water companies in the rest of the UK are privatised?
The answer is solidarity.'
@believeinscotland.bsky.social remembers the 1994 Strathclyde water privatisation referendum.
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A Scottish loch with a dam in the foreground, and the text 'How solidarity kept Scotland's water in Scotland's hands'.
April 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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'Women have always been at the forefront of the independence movement, and that is because we understand how independence offers a stronger, fairer, more equal future to us and our families.'
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Believe In Scotland poster: 'To deliver true equality for women, first we must deliver a truly equal independent Scotland.'
March 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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We've a real treat for you at the Salutation Hotel on Friday 21 March: An Evening With Billy Kay, writer, broadcaster and language activist.
Admission is free, with a donation bucket on the night. Tickets are available on Eventbrite, but you'll have to move fast!
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Poster for An Evening With Billy Kay, broadcaster, language activist and author of Born In Kyle, Scots: The Mither Tongue, and Knee Deep In Claret. Salutation Hotel, Perth, Friday 21 March, 7:00 pm. A Perth & kinross Yes Hub event. All welcome. Admission free, but booking essential. Image: Billy Kay in front of a building.
March 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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TONIGHT, Friday 21 February at 7:30 pm, at Birnam Arts:
An evening of film, music and poetry with local performers and guests Future Voices, who'll show some of their highly acclaimed videos setting out the potential of independence.
Free event - book here:
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February 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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TOMORROW, Friday 21 February at 7:30 pm, at Birnam Arts:
An evening of film, music and poetry with local performers and guests Future Voices, who'll show some of their highly acclaimed videos setting out the potential of independence.
Free event - book here:
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Birnam Arts, tomorrow's venue.
February 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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'The top two UK political parties are now competing with each other to be as hostile as they possibly can to anyone wishing to come to this country.'
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
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February 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'Now even the UK government’s very modest plans to get rid of the almost 100 hereditary peers who still sit in the Lords, and to cut the number of members from a swollen 800 to more than 40, look set to bite the dust.'
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February 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'A nation is the shared culture and values that run deep with the population, deeper than politics or polling can dig.
Activating that cultural core strength and resilience has been key to every successful independence movement the world over.'
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Scenes from the Believe In Scotland Celebration of Burns Event in Glasgow on Saturday 18 January.
February 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'Relocation, Relocation, Relocation' - Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce's new podcast.
Stephen Flynn's WASPI Compensation Bill. Will Scottish Labour even vote?
What do Starmer’s U-Turns on Heathrow and non-doms say?
Trump says Gaza needs “cleaned out". Who will stand up to him?
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Banner image for The Lesley Riddoch Podcast with Pat Joyce - politics from a Scottish perspective. Cartoon images of Lesley and Pat and, below the strapline, silhouette images of Scottish and Westminster landmarks.
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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'The BBC is required to spend at least 8% of its resources in Scotland, nurturing the creative and media industry here. That should be a bare minimum.'
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Believe In Scotland poster saying, 'The BBC gets almost £300 million a year from Scotland - but how muvch is drained away?' Accompanying image of a map of the UK with the London area acting like a plughole, draining away the revenue. There's solid red to denote revenue in the South of England and less an less the further north you get, until there are only little spots by the time you get to Scotland.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Sadly, thanks to Storm Éowyn, we'll be closed again today. The winds have taken part of the roof off and deposited it on the pavement outside.
At present there doesn't seem to be any internal damage to the Hub, but we'll be keeping an eye open for water ingress.
More news in due course...
The Perth & Kinross Yes Hub with debris outside the front door.
January 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Looking a tad blowy tomorrow...
We're not quite in the 'red zone', but - as a precaution and in case the forecast changes for the worse - we're going to stay closed on Friday.
Saturday is looking more hopeful, but we'll make a decision on that a bit closer to it.
Stay safe, everyone! See you soon.
A cartoon representation of the wind.
January 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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'Gordian Knots' - new @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social and @pforpaddy.bsky.social podcast.
President Trump: US sneezes, will the world catch a cold?
Southport murders: did Labour's info clampdown create the vacuum Farage has filled?
The SNP govt: still playing by the UK's rules?
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Banner image for The Lesley Riddoch Podcast with Pat Joyce - politics from a Scottish perspective. Cartoon images of Lesley and Pat and, below the strapline, silhouette images of Scottish and Westminster landmarks.
January 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM