John
@jonmalta99.bsky.social
retired upholsterer Glasgow Scottish born and bred 🏴 #scottishIndependence
This is the biggest lie you’ve been told. You’re told the West is falling apart because of migrants and minorities. But who closed the factories? Crashed the banks? Launched the wars? Here’s what really happened 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hdp...
The Biggest Lie You've Been Told
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Congratulations to Mellody & George on the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! 18 years in the making, it is 5-stories high, filled with some of the greatest artwork, props & memorabilia you'll ever see. An instant Los Angeles LANDMARK Thanks (again), George!!!
A braw efternuin in Portobello daein Fergusson’s Auld Reikie wi thir skeely musicians an bonnie sangsters…Sarah Hoy, Steve Byrne, Gary West & Jim Malcolm, and introduced by oor frien Ally Heather. Ower 260 fowk cam tae lue an appreciate poetry in oor guid Scots tongue.
He forsakes his country for a small empire. We know what he is but I want to know who votes for this cretin! They’re not Scottish that’s for sure.
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 17h agoNewly elected Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra refused to say whether he believed Scotland has a right to 'decide its own future' during a BBC interview👇
Congratulations to Donald Trump for discovering an agreement that has been in place since 1951 and claiming to have just made it himself. Now that's what I call statesmanship.
The BBC has been showcasing the views of oil tycoon Jim Ratcliffe in every news show for the last 24 hours, noting that he's "one of Britain's richest men". Shouldn't this be "one of Monaco's richest men"? How about similar airtime for (say) one of Britain's poorest women?
Will be interesting to see just what the response is from SNPs. None can really object to the question itself but the reasoning behind it might exercise a good few!
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 20h agoJohn Swinney will call on every MSP at Holyrood to back Scotland’s 'right to decide' its own future as he faces growing pressure from within the SNP over the party’s independence strategy👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
"Legitimate concerns don’t require politicians to agree with them. They require politicians to investigate them honestly, explain what the evidence says, fix the problems that are real, and stop feeding the fears that aren’t." No paywall russincheshire.substack.com/p/legitimate...
Legitimate Concerns
How politicians turned migration into a permanent panic — and why the facts tell a different story
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Are we still awaiting to hear about the Police arresting those assaulting the woman? Seems like there were enough camera crews present to provide the necessary evidence … Oh wait… Reform are part of the Establishment. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police appeal to woman after Reform UK audience incident
A video circulating online has shown a protester's head being pulled during the Birmingham event.
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What needs to change to reinvigorate Scotland’s independence movement? Mike Small speaks to activists, thinkers and groups across Scotland to bring together 10 ideas for a reset. Read the full list below👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
If you come across an Ed Sheerin apologist/Daily Telegraph pub bore, talking about the 'Free Palestine, Woke Madness' gently remind them: At least 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed since the outbreak of the war in 2023. Madness, indeed.
and to think in 2014 Scotland was told the oil was running out and now, its the saviour 👇 Burnham told North Sea gas and oil best way to save ‘on the slide’ Britain Sir Jim Ratcliffe has led fresh calls for approvals arguing it was 'insanity to block further investment inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham told North Sea gas and oil best way to save 'on the slide' Britain
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has led fresh calls for approvals, arguing it was 'insanity' to block further investment
inews.co.uk
What surprises me more is that the media happily trot out their words and opinions without pointing this essential paradox out.
Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 7h agoWhat surprises me is that people who have left Britain for the sake of their own greed still feel entitled to express an opinion about the country.
If you like decorative glass, I'd recommend checking out the Scottish Glass Society's annual exhibition, which is on at the Trades Hall on Glassford Street in Glasgow until Wednesday. Cont./ #glasgow #stainedglass #design #scottishglasssociety #decorativeglass
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
The talks seemed to concentrate on self-determination which Burnham had described as off limits at least in the case of Scotland. Yet this was a man who declared self-determination for the Falklands would be defended even at the cost of tens of millions 👇 www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
Don't Let Andy Burnham Block Our Indyref Mandate
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Here's some benefits claimants we need to crackdown on. £17.5bn Shell/BP £2bn Amazon £500m Glaxosmithkline £700m Tesco/Sainsbury's/Asda Nobody ever says these ridiculous benefits to billionaires are unaffordable, because they never even mention them. Lets cut THEIR benefits.
The "secret oil field" producing oil which Scots were told would be all gone by 2019. And bootlicking housejocks are happy for Scotland to be bled dry. #YouYesYet #IndyRef2
Incredible surprise results from Moscow...
Luke McGee@lukemcgee.bsky.social · 9h agoYou’re kidding me
A new nationwide week celebrating the Scots language has been announced 👇
New nationwide Scots Language Week announced following record-breaking awards
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Labour’s Alan Milburn says more English Neets want to work but won’t learn from Scotland where more than one third fewer of them are unemployed 👇 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/20/l...
Labour’s Alan Milburn says more English Neets want to work but won’t learn from Scotland where more than one third fewer of them are unemployed
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The incredibly right Joe Lycett is still the only good guest to go on Laura Kuenssberg's show. He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT. #bbclaurak
The fight against hyperscale data centres in Scotland has just witnessed a 'momentous' week – but campaigners cannot afford to stop pushing now, Kat Jones writes✍️ 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
“The truth is this: Burnham is an English politician who is unthinkingly committed to the union… He knows nothing about Ireland or Scotland and a little bit about Wales” ~Brian Feeney The Irish News 👇
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
