I just signed a @scotrewilding.bsky.social petition: Scotland Needs a Nature Minister. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sc...

Scotland Needs a Nature Minister

This year Scotland signed off on the Natural Environment Act, setting up a framework to create nature recovery targets. Now, it’s up to the new government to create targets that will lead to the resto...

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Absolutely love this.

Drop your ideas into the comments here before noon on Monday. We will announce the names chosen on Tuesday. 3/3

getting to be Prime Minister on the back of 25,000 votes in a by - election, is a travesty of democracy and gives him No Mandate whatsoever to make any decisions about Scotland's constitutional future.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Andy Burnham, Britain's likely next prime minister, wants to 'tear up' the funding mechanism for Holyrood, The National can reveal. Andy Burnham has said he wants to bin the Barnett Formula, which works out how much money the Scottish Parliament gets from Westminster.

Believe in Scotland That's the message.

‘A firefighter chief has accused Anas Sarwar of sharing “inaccurate and alarmist” information after suggesting fire crews were inadequately equipped to deal with the major blaze on Union Street last weekend.’ www.thenational.scot/news/2593520...

Fire chief accuses Anas Sarwar of spreading ‘inaccurate’ information after fire

A TOP firefighter boss has accused Anas Sarwar of sharing “inaccurate and alarmist” information after suggesting fire crews were inadequately…

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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Allotment fox today. #FoxoftheDay

Lucky to spot this sparrowhawk on the Water of Leith this afternoon. She had just had a wee bathe. #Birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #ornithology

Two former presidents felt compelled to comment publicly

End the GUGA hunt Demonstration at Holyrood this afternoon ahead of the petition coming before the Parliamentary Petition Committee next week. Please support and share. #BirdsOfBlueSky #Birds #Ornothology @protectthewild.bsky.social

"I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land cap-in-hand" #Independence for Scotland is coming

The Welsh branch office of UK Labour has suddenly noticed that Westminster's 2018 Internal Market Bill (aka PowerGrab) threatens devolved policies in Wales. Remarkably, many Scots seem oblivious to the fact that Scottish powers have been stripped and other devolved powers overruled. Where were you?

A shocking account of recent betrayals to Scots by tories and labour. They're always in cahoots to keep Scotland under their control.

Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@indyposterboy.scot · 8mo ago

How did Westminster strip powers from Scotland? By retrospectively overruling Holyrood in 2018. This is how they did it . .

Yes, we are well aware, you'd need to be deaf to not notice. Not just them though, Sky etc just as bad, and when the DO have anything, its only negative, never, ever report the positive.

Farage “draws his power not from the sheer force of his arguments and personality, but increasingly just how recklessly the immigration issue has been handled by the political establishment… there is now a little bit of his poison everywhere” How a country fails. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Good news! Statistics from NHS Education for Scotland follow figures last week showing the number of GPs in Scotland continues to rise with an increase of 171 over the past year.

Not only did MacDonald Hotels host the Farage fascist rally today, they did it for £0.00 Take your business elsewhere www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk?utm_source=g...

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He's hiding the Epstein files for the same reason he hides his medical records and jobs reports. And it's not because they make him look good.

We’re not going anywhere until the vile unnecessary ‘Guga hunt’ is ended for good.

A Protected Colony in Decline: Why the Guga Hunt Can No Longer Be Defended

For decades, the killing of gannet chicks, the “Guga hunt”, on Sula Sgeir has been defended as sustainable, harmless, and woven into cultural heritage.

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The industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie was born on this day in 1835. Carnegie funded 3000 libraries around the world. We'd all have been a lot stupider without him. Here's what I wrote about him in 'Cool Scots'. gregmoodie.com/product/cool...

This time, it's not fecking sheep. It's fecking Labour.

Shortbreadfairy©️@shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

'Making England Great Again', taking Scottish skilled workers, whilst the UK Government watches Scottish Manufacturing collapse and forces Scots oot of their Homes & country as a consequence of their shite policies designed to hurt Scotland 🙄 It's happening again. Scots being forced to leave.

Please help stop the 'Guga hunt' a needless slaughter of Gannet chicks on a remote Scottish island - petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...

what do rich people do with their money? they hide it in tax free islands in the caribbean where it does no one any good at all. what does everyone else do with their money? spend it, into the economy where it goes round supporting shopkeepers, businesses, suppliers and services.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@zackpolanski.bsky.social on taxing the rich: "This is about inequality. For decades now poor people have got poorer and rich people have got richer... the money [raised] is important but the real point is about tackling inequality.. we need to get those assets flowing around the economy"

Anas Sarwar can’t decide if he’s for or against the two-child cap - we’re scrapping it in Scotland next March. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Dounreay nuclear power station last produced electricity 30+ years ago, yet decontamination is expected to last until the 2070s and cost £8Bn, with full decontamination of the site estimated to take more than 300 years. Now Westminster wants to build *more* nuclear power stations in Scotland.

Jamie Stone MP @jamie4north.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The UK Government is serious about establishing small modular reactors across the UK, including Scotland. This could mean investment and job-creation in the Far North. The only thing standing in the way is the SNP Government in Edinburgh. www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/will-sn...

when you think Labour have reached the bottom of the barrel, the scrape away at it, and find another level.

Prof Christina Pagel@chrischirp.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Hey Labour Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety? We're still over here 👋

I asked google: Are there agreements between Scandinavian countries on areas of mutual interest? Because it's entirely probable that an independent Scotland, Wales & a united Ireland would do the same #independence is not 'separation' but a new better co-operative reality for all

Independence is FOR something, it's not just an end point, an end in itself but a beginning of self government to raise ourselves up and away from the dead hand of Westminster #independence.

John Swinney@johnswinney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and they’re unable and unwilling to fix it. Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.