EXCLUSIVE: Corporation tax figures for the UK and Ireland provide a 'mere glimpse into the wealth of an independent Scotland', the SNP have claimed
Ireland's €33bn tax take 'a glimpse of wealth of independent Scotland', SNP say
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Come on SNP and Scottish Greens. You both asked for our votes on manifestos that promised a second independence referendum. Together, you hold the biggest pro-independence majority in Holyrood's history. It's time to turn that mandate into action. It's time to deliver.
Our Scottish Government tried to implement a recycling scheme but was blocked by the Union of which we are a part. In the EU sovereign Governments just got in with it. #ruyesyet #scottishrepublic #greenyes
'The future direction of Scottish politics has to see the SNP attempt a reset and renewal: a tough ask after two decades in office. It will require a post-Swinney leadership to explicitly break with the Sturgeon era.' @gerryhassan.bsky.social via Bella Caledonia bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/07/24/t...
The Summer of Scotland after Sarwar, Sturgeon and Swinney
The Andy Burnham administration has taken office. It faces huge challenges – economic, political, geopolitical – along with no direct popular mandate and the rising storm of radicalised…
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Scotland's facing a wave of hyper-scale data centre applications. If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact. We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires. ➡️ greens.scot/datacentres
Scottish middle-distance runner Josh Kerr has broken a 27-year-old world record for the men's mile in London this afternoon 👏
As my granny would say "they're bumping their gums" too little and too late....
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w agoGibraltar and Northern Ireland both voted Remain in 2016, and both now have carve-outs in UK-EU agreements. The SNP's Europe minister is calling for a similar 'special deal' for Scotland 👇
The growing international rejection of hyper-scale data centres underscores how important it is for Scotland to act before the damage is done. Add your voice 👇 www.greens.scot/datacentres
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w agoThe impacts that hyperscale data centres would have on our communities, environment, and energy systems are unfathomable, writes Gillian Mackay ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
We have faced a UK Government intent on pursuing a 'muscular Unionism' that has shut down any co-operation. Andy Burnham has an opportunity to do things differently, @benlake.bsky.social writes ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
There are 24 hyperscale data centre applications in Scotland. If they're all built they'll consume over 1.5 times the peak energy demand of the entire country. We urgently need a pause to develop a national approach that works for people and planet, not just tech billionaires.
New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters
Governor Kathy Hochul issues executive order enacting a moratorium on the large, resource-intensive AI facilities
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Something Andy Burnham might want to reflect on as he contemplates his latest U-turn over a wealth tax...
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A new film looking at how the UK has treated Palestine activists as terrorists is set for its Scottish premiere 👇
Scottish premiere for film examining how UK treated Palestine activists as terrorists
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If Murrell got five years jail for embezzling £400 grand from SNP members, how long will all the Tories involved in this epic plundering of the public purse get? /s www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Johnson government wasted £10bn on PPE, Covid inquiry finds
Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report
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My latest blog post, Reform UK's latest front in the right wing culture wars catches Scotland's languages, Cornish, and Irish in the Anglocentric crossfire, Reform is a party of clowns which doesn't care about the consequences of its own policies. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/r...
Reform UK’s attack on Scottish languages
It’s the greatest attempted Westminster assault on Scottish culture since the Jacobite wars. Reform UK has proposed an amendment to the UK Government’s elections bill which would crimin…
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Not only would this criminalise the use of Gaelic in Scottish elections, it would threaten to jail anyone who uses British Sign Language in a campaign video. At their first whiff of power Reform's priority is to make our democracy less accessible and threaten their political opponents.
Tomorrow's front page: Reform's bid to criminalise all election materials not in English or Welsh - including Gaelic and Scots - is pure ignorance ... in any language.
Reform UK have sparked outrage after putting forward plans which would criminalise election campaign materials in Gaelic and Scots 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Activists have unfurled a banner inside Buckingham Palace demanding that 'unanswered questions' about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are investigated Latest from Alasdair Ferguson 👇
Activists pull stunt over Andrew and Epstein relationship at Buckingham Palace
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The warning signs are no longer just signs, writes Xander Elliards. Fascists are organising openly, targeting minorities and those who disagree with them, and mobilising mobs on the back of lies. www.thenational.scot/news/2...
I despised Ann Widdicombe but no one deserves what happened to her. Yet it says so much about the hate and division far right politicians like her have created I was relieved to hear the suspect police are looking for is a white man and the "protecting women and girls" crowd won't be out rioting.
EXCLUSIVE: Incoming prime minister Andy Burnham has learned nothing from Labour’s 'moral cowardice in the face of a genocide', the SNP have said after he laid out his first major foreign policy pitch but failed to mention Israel, Palestine, or international aid
My latest blog piece. Alister Jack's recent colonialist intervention in the Lords may have been rebuffed, but it tells us that devolution has no future in the UK. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/a...
Alister Jack’s colonialism remains a threat to Scotland
The former colonial governor of the northern province, Alister Jack, who was given a peerage by Rishi Sunak as part of a back room deal. Jack rejected an earlier nomination by Boris Johnson in 2023…
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Donald Trump is a dangerous warmonger who constantly shows contempt for international law and human rights. The Scottish Government can't hide behind Westminster. It must use every power it has to ensure Scotland isn't used as a staging post for this reckless war.
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 4w agoRead the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2626715...
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 How Lowe can you go?
Spare a thought for Rupert Lowe. 16 kids and their teacher were slaughtered in Dunblane, another 15 were shot and wounded. Hundreds more were traumatised and grief stricken, but Rupert's dad had to give up his shooting hobby. There's no violin small enough.
Labour ministers are 'scaremongering' in the hope of pressuring Scotland into building new nuclear power stations, a group of energy experts has warned
Labour ‘scaremongering’ to pressure Scotland into new nuclear, experts warn
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Campaigners have said community backlash against AI data centres in Scotland is now 'impossible to ignore' as the SNP prepare to install a moratorium on new developments 👇 Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Farage resigns as MP for Clacton prompting a by-election he intends to win. Speech slagged off media, Sky News, plus Whitehall ‘dirty tricks’. Farage is getting ahead of Commons inquiries - a by-election cd’ve been triggered anyway. Will other parties stand? What a mess. Scotland can do better solo.
