So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.

Yo! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe tells LBC he'd vote for Reform, and argues that Christian Nationalist Danny Kruger should take over the party.

🇬🇧 LABOUR promised to “Save Grangemouth” at GE2024 🇬🇧 LABOUR then promised to “Save the jobs” at Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR saved NONE of the Grangemouth jobs, but promised £200M investment in the town 🇬🇧 LABOUR then spent f*** all in Grangemouth 🇬🇧 LABOUR take Scots for absolute mugs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet?🇪🇺

🚨🚨An #artificialintelligence researcher who worked at #Anthropic — and previously #OpenAI — has resigned, saying both tech giants are "gambling with our lives." 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/anth...

‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning about safety

“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” staffer says in resignation post after leaving the tech giant.

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We need to start acting as if the referendum is happening Get the 2013 and 2014 atmosphere going Get the debate up and running again Get people angry/excited/curious etc Whatever it takes

Get this signed people & share far & widely as possible, tell everybody you know to sign it & share it too www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...

Don't Let Burnham Block Our Indyref Mandate

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Eight in 10 Scots want to buy more Scottish food and drink, survey finds

New data shows 84 of Scots want to buy more Scottish food and drink as a September campaign highlights local produce

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Renewable energy utility ScottishPower recently revealed that 99.9 % of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning. reneweconomy.com.au/a-great-resu...

For those who are interested, I've just added greetings cards featuring photographs of these rather wonderful art nouveau tiles from Glasgow tenements to my online shop at www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-cate.... Cont./ #glasgow #greetingscard #tiles #tenements #architecture

Here's another young woman being attacked and beaten by old Reform men consumed by hate. #RefUKkers

News broke last week that Grangemouth is to get nothing from a £200 million sustainable aviation fuel funding rollout called Project Willow.👇 www.businessforscotland.com/nothing_for_...

Nothing for Grangemouth from the UK Gov - and a kick in the teeth for ScotWind

Where is the £200 million the UK Labour government promised to invest in Grangemouth to bring new green jobs? It has not materialised and nor has the considered market framework needed to create a sus...

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Farage was - once again - lying when he said counter terrorism police had delayed his speech because of threats. West Midlands police confirm they gave no such advice.

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SNP ups pressure as 'once again Grangemouth goes without'

Not a penny in the UK's latest £200m fund for advanced fuels came to Scotland despite Project Willow pledges.

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Shortbreadfairy©️@shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 7d ago

Over 400 direct skilled manufacturing jobs at Grangemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & families dumped for a billionaire who swung his voice behind Labour. Reeves gave a billion pounds of taxpayers money to build a bigger football ground/ development for Andy Bufnhams 'dream' of a Wembly of the North I'll leave this here 👇

More North Sea oil drilling will not mean more jobs in Aberdeen, a report has found 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2651652...

More North Sea oil drilling won't create jobs in Aberdeen, report finds

LIVING standards in Aberdeen have fallen below the UK average for the first time since 2003 – but more North Sea drilling will not mean more jobs…

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A company linked to Chelsea FC co-owner Todd Boehly has donated £75,000 to Reform UK, part of the more than £5mn raked in by the rightwing populist party in the second quarter of 2026 ft.trib.al/Y3UFcko

For the past year, Channel 4 Dispatches team has been working on an investigation into Tommy Robinson’s money: where it came from, and where it went.

🎯🎯🎯🎯 Unfortunately the answer is simple - Scotland has far too many assets etc that England/Westminster wants and needs and England, as ever historically, is like a spoilt child and must have what it wants - by fair means or foul 😡.

(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland@chaillich.bsky.social · last wk.

The real question is, why have the Falklands the 'democratic right to self determination' yet the ancient nation of Scotland, imprisoned and annexed by England, has not? 👇

"If this Bill is passed, then in 30 years' time people will look back thinking 'they just used to let these people suffer - why?' ... I think people will just look back at it as absolutely barbaric."

Mental health support should be there when people need it most. 24/7 Mental Health Triage Cars, already operating in Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee, will be rolled out to every region in Scotland.

From 2027-28, the Scottish Child Payment will rise to £40 a week for eligible children under one. Around 12,000 children a year are expected to benefit.

How the Labour/Lib Dem coalition in 2002 hid the facts from the Scottish Parliament in a sham consultation to make sure the new South Glasgow Hospital was built on a filthy site no other city in world would think suitable for its people 👇 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/08/31/h...

How the Labour/Lib Dem coalition in 2002 hid the facts from the Scottish Parliament in a sham consultation to make sure the new South Glasgow Hospital was built on a filthy site no other city in world...

The Cowglen site everyone but Glasgow Labour wanted for the QEUH but which mysteriously or perhaps not went to Persimmon Homes Help Talking-up Scotland keep going Crowdfunder at:&nbs…

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Not a fkn peep.lets repost this every hour

Indy lass@pixie11.bsky.social · 2w ago

BBC did ya miss that one by any chance 😡 Labour minister bills taxpayer £34,000 for trip to US during World Cup spent £24,300 on flights, £3300 on accommodation, £3800 on ground transport, and £2700 on food and hospitality www.thenational.scot

I didn't reslise that Sandy Easdale had served one year of a 27 month prison sentence for VAT Fraud Perhaps Labour in Scotland shouldn't be taking donations from the Easdales & they can drop their sanctimonous holier than than thou attitude towards the SNP 🙄

Shortbreadfairy©️@shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just oot of interest 👇 Scottish Labour's transport commitments questioned after Easdale donation | Morning Star share.google/E1dtxLpHtszn...

Quelle suprise! And what with Sarwar, wearing his butchers apron patterned baffies tucked under the Union desk in Burhams government, filed under 'business' who else thinks this will happen one way or another... The Easdale brothers....donated to Sarwar in the May Elections & are suing ScotGov

Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...

Stop data centres draining our precious resources

Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...

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Sums it up perfectly.

(2/2) Burnham is a unionist fundamentalist, who as british PM sees himself as Custodian of the precious union, and as such under no circumstances will he ever fascinate a referendum that will endanger its glorious existence Burnham will continue to act as Overlord, until the FMs start coordinating

Aberdeen Art Gallery is offering up to £2,500 to artists in AB postcode areas to explore what it means to belong in Scotland right now. The brief wants work that digs into heritage, memory and lived experience, and complicates the picture rather than settles it. ⭕ Check it out on POST

Aberdeen Art Gallery Wants to Know What Scottish Identity Means to You

Artists in the AB postcode areas can apply for funding tied to the gallery’s collections.

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