The Border Lander

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I live in the English colonised, annexed lands of the Scottish Borders "Retweets" may, or may not be endorsed I swear, all the most honest people do! Gogs Nichol

If Britain can rethink Brexit, why can't Scotland rethink independence? ✍️ First Minister of Scotland John Swinney says the logic is the same and should apply to Scotland deciding its constitutional future 👇

BBC Shortbread won’t tell you that while child poverty runs at 20% in Scotland it’s almost 50% higher in England at 29%… the toxic 🇬🇧 media manipulation and propaganda machine at its best… Wake up Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.actionforchildren.org.uk/blog/where-i...

Where is child poverty increasing in the UK?

In 2024/25, 4 million children were living in poverty across the UK. Explore the latest official figures from the DWP’s annual poverty statistics.

actionforchildren.org.uk

Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

theguardian.com

78 to 25 in support of the motion that the best future for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland lies within the 🇪🇺 European Union (EU) and that EU membership should be sought as swiftly as possible 👏

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John Swinney@johnswinney.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly voted to support Scotland's future in the EU. Scotland is a proud European nation, and we want to be back. 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿