Eleanor
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Retired from work, busy with life. “Men argue. Nature acts.”
Fantastic news out of Harris this morning, where a huge swathe of the isle (as well as numerous others and hundreds of crofts) are set to come under community ownership Story: Locals win £1m to buy 27,000-acre Scottish island estate after 14-year campaign
Locals win £1m to buy 27,000-acre Scottish island estate after 14-year campaign
A HUGE Scottish estate with its own private island is set to be purchased by the local community after a £1 million grant was secured ...
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NEW | A corrective to the gushing tributes… LIDDLE TO BE CELEBRATED An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/liddle-to-...
Liddle to be celebrated
An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that.
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UK is now well into its second decade of Austerity. Low paid work means families are struggling on 2 or even 3 wages. Parents unable to fund extra activities for their children, will also be struggling to help with homework. This is the reality of never-ending Austerity-social mobility blocked.
The 'Unstoppable' Talking-up Scotland@talking-upscotland.bsky.social · yesterdayWatch out as they try again to blame the SNP but remember NO liberal democracy ANYWHERE has EVER closed the school attainment gap talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/25/n...
NEW: Students in Scotland are celebrating a record year in exam results as the overall pass rate for National 5s, Highers and Advanced Highers have all increased for the second year in a row 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
The SNP has won five Scottish elections in a row. Scotland wants Independence. Scotland deserves an Independence Referendum.
1/2 If Burnham is so confident about his "codified UK Constitution" then let the voters across the UK have a democratic say on the issue through independent & ringfenced refereda in each constituent nation. One in which all voters are cognisant in advance of all implications. Cont.
So Mr Burnham, Self styled 'King of The North' You say that you are in favour of even more devolution at a regional level. Well, consider Scotland as one big region & devolve the powers necessary to us to allow us to re-join the EU & fix the mess that we were forced into in 2016 by the Tories.
As the UK plans to cut all its budgets to spend it all on Nuclear Bombs and Nuclear Submarines, let me point out that Nuclear Bombs are completely useless. Either you launch them and start a Nuclear Holocaust, or you fire back when they hit you. But either way, YOU are dead.
Dan's analysis has had a huge impact over the past week, but it's important that policy is shaped by evidence and not misleading media hype. Please do read the full analysis on @FutureEconScot's website ⬇️ www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/587-ha...
Has Scotland’s 48% tax rate really reduced public revenue?
The media should take note: a modelled hypothesis is not the same as definitive proof.
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Imagine if Broadcasting Scotland had a fraction of the money that the BBC take from Scotland. We have fitted out one studio and our news room. We have raised half of our £30k target but we still need funding to finish the fit out of our new Stirling studio. www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/
Welsh first minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has taken aim at the Westminster role of Welsh Secretary suggesting it 'probably isn't' necessary 🗣️
Rhun ap Iorwerth suggests Welsh Secretary role isn't needed
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A hidden basement beneath a historic Glasgow building could be brought back to life as an atmospheric whisky and jazz den 👀
Plans for hidden whisky and jazz bar in basement of Glasgow landmark
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Just sitting on the pavement is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement Opposition to our govts support for genocide will not be tolerated and must be crushed. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com
Why if this is a “union” of equals in a UK state does ONE country have far more powers, indeed sovereign powers, compared to the other 3 which get a pocket money allocation & get to share the debt accrued by England’s crazy policies like austerity, privatisation & the mother of all stupidity: Brexit
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Jonathan Porritt has been arrested. As he says "trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."
Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
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.
Scotland’s economy could cruise faster without Westminster’s rusty anchor — Scottish National Party
It turns out that despite all the gloomy doom-mongering from unionist opposition parties, Scotland’s economy isn’t just treading water – it’s ahead of nearly every other nation and English region in…
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It is beyond ridiculous – it is crass, smug, and astonishingly self-regarding – for failed politicians like Anas Sarwar to describe their acceptance of titles, honours and ministerial office as acts of reluctant and humble service, writes Andrew Tickell ✍️ 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...
www.thenational.scot/news/2640909... This is why there’s no point in asking for our independence. @johnswinney.bsky.social #YOUYESYET for real?
I studied the impact of an attack on Faslane – it's worse than you'd think
SINCE its inception in the 1940s, the Faslane naval base has been controversial among local communities and across Scotland ...
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Glasgow Councillor Audrey Dempsey of Reform spoke at the racist rally today that turned into a racist riot. After weeks of falsely claiming that Glasgow is "lawless", they brought assaults, vandalism and hate to our streets.
One of the greatest ironies of modern times will be that the anti-immigration far-right, by also denying climate-change for so long, will bring about the largest mass migration in the history of our species by making large parts of our planet uninhabitable. #NetZero
Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?
#Tabis Its no coincidence that Scotland is the only part of the uk with growth of inward migration from other parts of UK
