An England Procurement Fast Track run by Labour insiders, emulating the Tories of Covid Procurement fame. Good luck #Scotland . Good luck post Brexit Trade Agreement commitments. #ScottishIndependence

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · yesterday

EXC: UK govt is “stripping back” onerous public procurement rules in pro-growth shake up of system, Louise Haigh tells FT Overhaul will make job creation/skills development the only ‘social value’ requirement for biz competing for Whitehall contracts worth £90bn annually www.ft.com/content/9878...

#Scotland must avoid #AndyBurnham ‘s policies. He is a #snakeoil salesman. He will reinforce generational inequality. That’s @uklabour.bsky.social for you. #ScottishIndependence

Richard Murphy@richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 3d ago

Andy Burnham’s social care plan protects wealth, not those in need youtu.be/_bEyVo6-alM?... Why is Andy Burnham presuming that younger people with some of the highest overall tax rates should pay to protect those with wealth? This issue needs to be named - or he'll embed injustice.

Andy Burnham’s social care plan protects wealth, not those in need youtu.be/_bEyVo6-alM?... Why is Andy Burnham presuming that younger people with some of the highest overall tax rates should pay to protect those with wealth? This issue needs to be named - or he'll embed injustice.

Andy Burnham’s social care plan protects wealth, not those in need

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Me thinks they mean England. There are no droughts in Scotland😊. Never waste a … #ScottishIndependence

Burnham &cabinet want to ‘make Brexit work’. Mad. Delusional. Is Rees-Mogg their advisor? #ScottishIndependence @snp.org @johnswinney.bsky.social

UK business secretary argues against rejoining EU customs union

Labour’s 2024 manifesto position on the bloc ‘absolutely the right one’, says Jonathan Reynolds

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Tosser toast before he even started #Burnham

A United Ireland means the end of ‘UK’. It becomes GB. When Scotland exits GB the residual is KoE. #ScottishIndependence @snp.org

Nicola Sturgeon: United Ireland more likely than new independence vote

The former first minister said in a talk in Belfast that Andy Burnham had a ‘very southern view of what it means to be northern’

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I want a government in this 26c state that is not Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. For the first time in a century the votes for one exist. I am not neutral about that and I am not going to pretend otherwise. (1/4)

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she believes the United Kingdom will not exist in its current form within 10 to 20 years. Speaking at a Féile an Phobail event in Belfast, 👇

In case you have missed my 7-part Brexit series, here they are all in one place. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

Brexit, a seven-part analysis: part one

"Referendums should either be a regular part of political life or avoided entirely"

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After #ScottishIndependence Scottish Sportspeople will compete at the Olympics under the Saltire. They won’t be buried in #TeamGB

Labour promised change, and in the end changed their leader. But if they won't change their mind on Brexit, what difference does it make?

Scotland generates more corporation tax per head than anywhere else in the UK outside of London. Imagine what we could do with the powers of independence.

One documentary; two sets of eyes.

Reminder #Scotland never privatised Water. The Maddies down Souf couldn’t regulate bowel movement. #ScottishIndependence @snp.org

The final broken promise.

So the unelected labour in Scotland leader is to step down from his unelected role as an MSP to become an unelected lord & a member of Burnham's cabinet. This is called democracy in the uk these days.

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

@snp.org policies for #Scotland being copied in #England . Flattering. #ScottishIndependence

Barnier: Mr Farage, with the support if US & Russian networks, wanted to destroy the European Union.

How Europe's chief negotiator sees Brexit 10 years on

Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · Episode

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Another nail in the dirty silly ‘Union’. #ScottishIndependence

Another nail in the silly dirty ‘Union’.

👀 Anas Sarwar lost his seat, delivered Scottish Labour’s worst-ever result and previous promised Labour would scrap the House of Lords. Now it’s being reported that Andy Burnham is going to put him in it. Failing upwards?

She rightly described it as “an all-Ireland marketing machine”. The Newsletter for slow learners. Ben Lowry discovers that the Irish Government is not a charitable institution.

Ben Lowry: London is letting Dublin project the Republic of Ireland as generous with regard to Northern Ireland, and Britain look mean - so undermining our place in the UK

This month we covered the visit of a UK government minister to several prominent businesses in Belfast.

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Chris Bryant is a serious politician and is a big step up from the mediocre to appalling NI SoS over the past decade +. Kinnock on Wales is also a serious politician. Reappointing Douglas Alexander to Scotland means noting happening there.

Northern Ireland Elects@nielects.com · 2w ago

Mr Bryant was previously a Minister of State for Trade He represents the Welsh constituency of Rhondda and Ogmore and has been an MP since 2001 This is a promotion & he will now attend cabinet for the first time More 👇 nielects.com/news/chris-b...

I have two words for Douglas Alexander ¡VIVA ARGENTINA! www.thenational.scot/news/2628210...

Douglas Alexander says 'anti-English' Scots should back Argentina in World Cup

SCOTTISH Secretary Douglas Alexander has urged Scots to back England against Argentina in the World Cup semi-final, saying Scottish fans should be…

thenational.scot

The British Museum has form! No doubt the French have armed guards protecting the Bayeux Tapestry and a large military helicopter on the roof.😊.

Sigh. Labour have only had scrapping the HoL in their manifesto since 1910. I suppose we should give them time.