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Scotland could expect to separate from the UK and become an EU member within seven years (or less) of its Declaration of Independence. Here's a description of how. If you like this sort of analysis please do subscribe and share my substack. It's free. #RejoinEU open.substack.com/pub/yesinpic...

Yeh! Cheaper gherkins! But I don't like gherkins 🤔

When they start laughing at you it's time to go...

I am now safe after being detained and interrogated by Israeli forces and denied entry to Palestine alongside other activists and elected representatives. I will share a fuller statement tomorrow. The @scottishgreens.org stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

A Tartan designed to mark the historic twinning of Boston and Glasgow will go on sale this week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

Am I alone in thinking that Mbappé would have been an all round better winner of the Men's Ballon d'Or?

Can't find any reports of this in the London-based media or BBC. Perhaps they're just a little slow...

It's clear that BBC news and current affairs, based in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, has zero interest in, or awareness of, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland* *except when it comes to knocking our parties or government.

"The prime minister isn’t proposing a return to freedom of movement, or any option." Burnham "just wants to talk". Super.

@mark-carney.bsky.social Netanyahu knew everything about October 7th, well before. Western leaders repeated his lies for the next three years, even when they knew better. Still they talk Two State Solution during a genocide. Complicit.

Over to you, 🇺🇸 USA.

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How about an honest discussion on Scottish independence whilst you’re at it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I note that the BBC no longer bothers to tell us that Israel prevents them from reporting from Gaza.

Full marks to Cillian Murphy for taking on this emotionally demanding role in Small Things Like These when he could have just continued to exploit his success as a hard man in Peaky Blinders. Quiet, powerful film.

I literally spent a year investigating how the government props up Shell, and then they do this!

When they turn out to be just like you suspected... "I will not put up with that same kind of abusive, misogynistic behaviour that I have been subjected to from the leadership clique here in Scotland" www.thenational.scot/news/2666844...

Torture, terror and extrajudicial executions: the Dirty War in Northern Ireland and my search for truth For decades I’ve investigated collusion between British military intelligence and terrorists One question has always remained: given the crimes committed how can Britain call itself a democracy?

What is "Britain"? One thing's for sure - it's more than just England.

The poorest people in Ireland, have a standard of living 63% higher than the poorest people in the UK. Northern Ireland has to leave the UK, and pursue Irish Unity.

Millionaires don't spend. They simply amass wealth. It's the less well off that power the economy by spending.

Another super session from Mehdi Hasan. Worth listening to the whole video if you want to get a measured feel for the state of politics in the USA today.

This is what the English establishment fears will happen to Scotland.

As usual. A budget based on England's priorities from the British government. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Great wee story about public access to land in Glasgow... in this case dating back to the 18th Century.

So many in my profession have this man’s blood on their hands. The ingrained racism of the British media killed Jason Arday

Remember this regularly renamed great 🇬🇧 British Government initiative to replace the loss of the EU Regional Fund? Future High Streets Fund; Town Deals; Levelling Up Fund; and now Labour's Local Regeneration Fund. It cut out national governments, was a vastly smaller fund - and has mostly failed.

Scotland's Awaab's Law came into force on October 6, requiring landlords to investigate mould reports within 10 working days amid widespread condensation concerns Here's everything you need to know about the legislation change

No one can trust Musk. Like most billionaires, it's all about self interest.

After the death of BBC Scotland, there’s only one possible course of action: the SNP must demand that broadcasting powers be devolved from Westminster to Holyrood. This country has been deliberately failed by London. So we need to take broadcasting into our own hands In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Friday July 2nd, 2027. For the first time 🇫🇷 Le Tour will start in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 👏

"there was no significant change in the proportion of children encountering harmful content" So the law will be repealed?

It struck me that almost every seemingly intractable problem on today's front pages could be substantially alleviated simply by taxing the extraordinarily wealthy people and corporations whose greed, short-termism and pursuit of power we protect at the expense of almost everything else.

A deadline for a youth mobility scheme between the EU and the UK could be deferred by six months in a bid to ensure Andy Burnham has a successful “reset” summit on 20 November, diplomats have said. Because making Burnham look good is the point? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

This is an absurd position for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland to find itself in. Please tell me how Scotland wouldn't be better independent of Westminster rule.

Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on £200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to £9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm

NAZA is an updating of the famous Milgram experiment in social obedience. It's a foretaste of the terrifying dangers of the AI rollout. And it's a case study in the human capacity for evil. Read my full review here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/naza...

Fascinating thread...

I asked "AI" what the quickest route is for Scotland to regain independence... this is quite a reflection of publicly published prejudice.

I asked "AI" how Labour could most easily address the UK's extreme wealth inequality.

By strengthening trade links with India, we can support jobs and economic growth across Scotland. That’s why I’m here with a trade delegation, helping Scottish businesses reach new markets and showing what our country has to offer. Part of my interview with CNN18 earlier. 👇

I’m outraged that my constituent, Rabbi Justin David, was detained in the West Bank while protecting Palestinians who were harvesting their olive groves. I’m relieved to hear that he has finally been released—but the Israeli government should never have taken him into custody in the first place.

The BBC’s PM show just ran the most astonishingly biased report on migrant workers in industries like the care sector. A columnist from The Times (rightwing, Murdoch owned) was allowed to attack immigration without pushback. The union chief defending workers was sweated like an enemy. Totally loaded

The former police station and police court building on Anderson Street in the Partick area of Glasgow. Built around 1860 for the Partick Burgh Police (which were formed in 1858), it's one of the oldest surviving police buildings in the city. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #partick #glasgowhistory

Broadcast by the public national broadcaster that 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland must pay for, but over which we have no control...

The SNP have hit out at the BBC ahead of a Question Time show which is due to debate Scottish oil and gas without any Scottish representation on the panel 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Does Westminster deliver 𝙖𝙣𝙮 public services better in England than the other administrations do in their nations?

How will Labour address some of the worst inequality in the developed world - beaten only by the USA?

No 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish voice! The Labour Party’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wes Streeting, the Tories’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tom Tugendhat, the Green’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ellie Chowns, the comedian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Geoff Norcott and a former BBC economics editor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephanie Flanders will ponder Scotland’s resources in light of the decision to give Jackdaw the go ahead.

UK law requires companies to pay dividends from realized profits, must maintain capital. Law is poorly enforced. Water companies flout it. Carillon abused it. Now Govt proposes that dividends can be paid without capital maintenance. Madness to appease corporations.