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Independent Labour in Scotland

'The seemingly unpalatable truth for some is that Brexit has hastened Britain’s demise and Scottish independence will hammer the final nail in the coffin of the British empire and the VIP privilege associated with a dysfunctional democracy and epitomised by an archaic and decadent “House of Lords”.'

http://archive.today/2025.03.21-020839/https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25025218.surely-now-time-independent-scottish-labour-party/

#ScottishIndependence #Labour
#labour #scottishindependence

#scottishindependence #ukpolitics #ceasefire #GazaGenocide

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25029167.uk-doctors-describe-horrors-working-gaza-hospitals/

A reminder of why we must intensify our protests. UK Government still supplies arms to the genocidal regime that is doing this.

Edinburgh Protest Saturday 22 March 1.00pm at the foot of the Mound.

Come if you can. Write to Starmer & Your MP, boycott Israeli goods, donate to aid organisations working in Gaza

UK doctor's describe horrors of working in Gaza hospitals

DOCTORS have described their efforts to save the many children affected by Israeli strikes on Gaza as the ceasefire ended ...
Gregor Young (The National)
#ukpolitics #gazagenocide #ceasefire #scottishindependence

Former Scottish Labour MSP quits with furious attack on Keir Starmer

So one ‘Scottish’ MSP, just one has the balls to do something. How About the rest of you feart weans? Of course I will not expect a word from the mass of the London appointed cattle who will do what Starmer wishes.

http://archive.today/2025.03.19-083346/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25019131.former-scottish-labour-msp-quits-furious-attack-keir-starmer/ (archived)

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25019131.former-scottish-labour-msp-quits-furious-attack-keir-starmer/

#PIP #ScottishPolitics #Labour #Liers #Cowards #Scotland #ScottishIndependence

Former Scottish Labour MSP quits with furious attack on Keir Starmer

A FORMER Scottish Labour MSP has resigned from the party after 35 years following the UK Government’s swingeing cuts to disability benefits ...
Xander Elliards (The National)
#scotland #labour #scottishindependence #scottishpolitics #pip #cowards #liers

#uk_politics #ukpolitics #scottishindependence #labourparty

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-tory-radical-prime-minister-poor-people

If you read nothing else today read this
All that needs to be said about Starmer and his Labour Party
#ukpolitics #scottishindependence #labourparty #uk_politics

Community ownership - protecting Scotland’s renewables from ‘harvesting’ by outside interests

A good start - or in 50 years a new variant on the McCrone report will be revealed - too late for us.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24959692.-need-community-ownership-scotland-prevent-mccrone-2-0/

http://archive.today/2025.02.25-065942/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24959692.-need-community-ownership-scotland-prevent-mccrone-2-0/(archived)

The McCrone report - for those who are not aware; a second rush for Wasteminster to grab and ship electricity south at a discount in underway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCrone_report

#Renewables #ScottishIndependence #CommunityOwnership #McCrone #Theft #Gaslighting
Photo: a wind turbine against a squally sky

‘We need more community ownership in Scotland to prevent McCrone 2.0’

A MCCRONE 2.0 could be prevented by more community ownership of energy in Scotland, a campaigner has said ...
James Walker (The National)
#gaslighting #renewables #theft #scottishindependence #communityownership #mccrone

"... if the SNP wins again in 2026 and a pro-independence majority returns to Holyrood, the UK Government still will not grant an independence referendum. Sarwar, and not the people of Scotland, will decide what those other issues that will take priority will be. The contempt for democracy is off the charts.

"Democracy doesn’t matter to Sarwar and the Labour party."

https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/the-vile-gruesome-people-in-charge-of-the-labour-party/

#OptionalIdentityMark
#SarwarLiesToScotland
#LINO
#VoteLabourGetReformUK
#ScottishIndependence

The vile, gruesome people in charge of the Labour party

Labour held its Scottish conference in Glasgow over the weekend. Naturally, it featured U-turn Sarwar and the pantomime Dame misrepresenting NHS Scotland, never mind that Labour is making a far wor…
Wee Ginger Dug
#lino #scottishindependence #optionalidentitymark #votelabourgetreformuk #sarwarliestoscotland

#Starmer to warn Scottish #Labour of ‘dangerous’ #Farage

For once I can agree, but Starmer in his ignorance of #Scotland and determination to push authoritarian policies and dubious law (not even considered by Parliament) is one of the problems.

http://archive.today/2025.02.23-003735/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/starmer-to-warn-scottish-labour-of-dangerous-farage-6g6ptwrgl

But what is this #ScottishLabour? Interested parties might wish to distinguish from the #English party… I have no problem if England wishes to pander, but that is for them not us.

#ScottishIndependence
Photo: Starmer, caption Sir Keir Starmer will call on Scottish Labour to end 19 years of SNP control in Holyrood Wot the Fuck - they lied and lied and lied and now only claim they will support our services….
#scotland #english #labour #starmer #farage #scottishindependence #ScottishLabour

Some good news for a change

Scottish community-owned estate celebrates 20 year anniversary

It can be done - but it is very hard work.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24943060.scottish-community-owned-estate-celebrates-20-year-anniversary/

http://archive.today/2025.02.18-114637/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24943060.scottish-community-owned-estate-celebrates-20-year-anniversary/

(archived)
#CommunityOwenership #Scotland #ScottishIndependence
Photo: a man stands outsire a rennovated property, caption The 14-bedroom Glencanisp Lodge was originally built in 1850 and is now on lease to the owner of multiple hotels (Image: Community Land Scotland)

Scottish community-owned estate celebrates 20 year anniversary

A community-owned estate, which was in danger of financial collapse just six years ago, has secured its income through two new ground-breaking…
Laura Pollock (The National)
#scotland #scottishindependence #communityowenership

Nicola Sturgeon and all of us. Starmer paves the way for Reofrm....

https://bylines.scot/politics/nicola-sturgeon-says-starmer-and-reeves-wrong-on-europe/

#RejoinEU #UkPolitics #Starmer #Sturgeon #Lunacy #ScottishIndependence

Nicola Sturgeon says Starmer and Reeves “wrong” on Europe -

“Falling for Trump and Farage – a road to ruin”
Bylines Scotland
#ukpolitics #sturgeon #starmer #scottishindependence #RejoinEU #lunacy

Gawd. Labour are very cheap to buy - even the Tories (and in that little nasty coterie, the Hamilton's) asked for more money.

LABOUR have been presented with a "hospitality season ticket” for Manchester United after pledging £1 billion to INEOS chairman Jim Ratcliffe to redevelop Old Trafford while he closes the refinery.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24932901.labour-get-season-ticket-backing-man-u-scottish-workers/

http://archive.today/2025.02.13-131137/https://www.thenational.scot/news/24932901.labour-get-season-ticket-backing-man-u-scottish-workers/ (archived)

#LabourHypocrisy #LabourCorruption #Cheap #ScottishIndependence #Grangemouth #Betrayal #Sarwas #Starmer
Photo: Holding up a season ticket for Mancher United, title 'paid for by Grangemouth'

Labour get 'season ticket' for backing Man U over Scottish workers

LABOUR have been presented with a "hospitality season ticket” for Manchester United after pledging £1 billion to INEOS chairman Jim…
Laura Pollock (The National)
#cheap #starmer #scottishindependence #labourhypocrisy #labourcorruption #betrayal #sarwas #grangemouth

A refreshing if occasionally depressing read

Eight independence movement myths/excuses/self-pity stories

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24920898.eight-independence-movement-myths-excuses-self-pity-stories/

http://archive.today/2025.02.09-060918/https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24920898.eight-independence-movement-myths-excuses-self-pity-stories/ (archived)

#ScottishIndependence #TheNational #HomeTruths #Obstacles #Opportunities
Photo: people hold up YES signs at a rally

Eight independence movement myths/excuses/self-pity stories

WAH wah wah, it’s no’ fair. You know what makes that noise? A campaign which is about to lose. Spoiler alert: you’re right, it’s no’ fair.…
Robin McAlpine (The National)
#thenational #opportunities #scottishindependence #obstacles #hometruths

Zip. Niente. Nada.

"The speech contained brief references to Scotland ...including an existing funding deal for Glasgow announced by the Tories and the apparent benefits that expanding Heathrow would have for Scottish exports.

"But the SNP's economy spokesperson Dave Doogan pointed out that the announcement contained "nothing for Scotland" while promising significant investment for parts of England."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24895171.projects-backed-rachel-reeves-growth-speech---see-list/

#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
#Brexshitania
#Liebour

The English projects backed by Rachel Reeves in 'growth' speech – see the list

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has supported a number of major infrastructure schemes in a speech on growth on Wednesday.
Lucy Garcia (The National)
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #brexshitania #liebour

An interesting article - but limited.

http://archive.today/2025.01.21-085609/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labour-must-scrap-the-house-of-lords-to-save-union-8lszhz0nd (archived)

I was interested to see the statement 'On this trajectory, the SNP will return with fury in 2029 and win a clear mandate for a second referendum. '

Not if Westminster gets a say! But his pinning of Starmer and the 'Labour Establishment's' two arsed faceness is bang on. And this in The Times as well! The union is still living on borrowed time.

#ScottishIndependence #CommewntPiece #HouseOfLords #WestminsterLackeys
Scottsh YES poster - say just that
#houseoflords #scottishindependence #westminsterlackeys #commewntpiece

"King Charles will pay a visit to a Scottish food bank later this week.

"The monarch will touch down in Clackmannanshire on Thursday, January 16 to mark the first visit from the head of the royal family to the area in nearly 30 years."

The National, 13/1/25.

#NotMyKing
#ScottishIndependentRepublic
#ScottishIndependence
#IndependenceIsNormal
#notmyking #scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #ScottishIndependentRepublic

Burns got it right.

He wrote this wonderful verse more than two centuries ago - yet we're still having abject parasites like Toby Young imposed on us.

"Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord,
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
His ribband, star, an’ a’ that,
The man o’ independent mind,
He looks an’ laughs at a’ that."

#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishIndependentRepublic
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #ScottishIndependentRepublic

An antidote to the assimilated politics of Scotland

Discussing an(other) attempt to reconsider Scotland, independence and future directions

https://bylines.scot/opinion/new-scotland-party/

#ScottishIndependence #PeterBell #NewScotlandParty
#scottishindependence #newscotlandparty #peterbell

Everyones favourite Scottish Minister didn't do a good job hiding his hypocrisy

SCOTTISH Secretary Ian Murray is facing questions over a missing page on his website that previously saw him calling for compensation for Waspi women.

The Labour MP has insisted that he has not deleted anything from his ianmurraymp.com website – despite a key page no longer being available.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24809691.ian-murray-faces-questions-deleted-web-page-waspi-compensation/

#LabourLies #LabourHypocrisy #IanMurray #PantsOnFire #WASPI #ScottishIndependence
A photo of Ian Murray with a snap of his web page that once was vehemently supporting WASPI women

Ian Murray faces questions on 'deleted' web page on Waspi compensation

SCOTTISH Secretary Ian Murray is facing questions over a missing page on his website that previously saw him calling for compensation for Waspi…
Xander Elliards (The National)
#scottishindependence #labourhypocrisy #waspi #labourlies #pantsonfire #IanMurray

Hold the bus...

"If Scottish independence meant that Scotland would be a republic - meaning the King would no longer be the head of state, so Scotland’s governance would be fully democratic and not a monarchy - how would you vote if there were an independence referendum tomorrow?

"Republicanism moves independence support from 54% in the same poll to 59%."

https://www.believeinscotland.org/new_poll_would_offering_an_independent_scottish_republic_increase_independence_support

#BelieveInScotland
#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
#ScottishIndependentRepublic
Two pie charts derived from most recent Norstat poll. 1: Should Scotland be an independent country? 54% agree 2: Should Scotland be an independent republic? *59%* agree. #BelieveInScotland
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #BelieveInScotland #ScottishIndependentRepublic

Labour MP claim of 'catastrophic' SNP damage to the NHS

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24807496.labour-mp-claims-snp-cause-catastrophic-damage-scottish-nhs/

The waiting list comes from data compiled by PHS, England uses different metrics. It includes those waiting to be seen for an appointment or admitted for treatment in-hospital or outpatients. It double-counts the same patient if they are seeking multiple treatments. There is more misrepresentation. All four countries need to improve - but Labour will not make that possible.
#Lies #LabourLies #ScottishIndependence

FACT CHECK: Labour MP claim of 'catastrophic' SNP damage to the NHS

Was the new Labour MP right?
The National Fact Check (The National)
#lies #scottishindependence #labourlies

The Guardian just can’t help itself. Nary a mention of the taxes paid by Scotland to the treasury and the fraction that comes back to our country.

‘To Sarwar’s frustration, the SNP government used a very beneficial Treasury settlement in the latest budget to reintroduce a universal winter fuel payment and to pledge that in 2026 it will reverse the two child cap, largely funded by UK taxpayers.’

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/dec/18/pmqs-starmer-badenoch-labour-tories-waspi-women

#Economics #Ignorance #UnionistPress #ScottishIndependence
#economics #scottishindependence #ignorance #unionistpress

More disturbing than Reform's rise is the BBC welcoming them in

That is just the Beeb getting in early to welcome their new overlords. Scotland needs to dump both the BBC and the UK asap.

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24791728.disturbing-reforms-rise-bbc-welcoming/

#BBC #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #Reform

More disturbing than Reform's rise is the BBC welcoming them in

AS 2024 staggers to a welcome end the most depressing lesson it teaches is how UK politics grants disproportionate powers to smaller parties ...
Richard Walker (The National)
#bbc #scotland #scottishindependence #reform

Keith sneeringly let the cat out the bag at #PMQs.

His two-child cap rape-clause winter fuel benefit binning #LabourFriendsOfGenocide #OptionalIdentityMark MPs in Scottish seats are, in his view, the only "government" which represents the best interests of the Scottish people.

So screw devolution, screw Holyrood, screw you.

#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #optionalidentitymark #labourfriendsofgenocide #pmqs

I'm with a relative in a major hospital in Scotland's Central Belt. The latest poll from Norstat via Murdoch's Times puts support for #ScottishIndependence at 54% (the highest level for 4 years) despite the tsunami of relentless Unionist crap flung at us since forever. The poll also predicts a pro-independence majority (SNP + Scottish Greens) at Holyrood in 2026.

Yet I can't buy a copy of The National here. It's the only newspaper in Scotland that supports independence.

Fascinating, isn't it?
#scottishindependence

"If the new poll showing support for [Scottish] independence at 54% had been conducted by one of the polling firms that typically show better results for Yes, such as Ipsos or FindOutNow, it would have looked encouraging but not out of the ordinary.

"But given that it's a Norstat poll, it's an absolute bolt from the blue, and a possible indication of a major breakthrough."

- James Kelly in The National.

#IndependenceIsNormal #ScottishIndependence
"The problem for the Unionist camp is that everyone knows the only possible alternatives to a Labour government in London would be extremely right-wing – either a return to Tory rule under Kemi Badenoch, or the first-ever Reform UK government under Nigel Farage. "Both of those possibilities would be horrifying to most left-leaning or even centrist voters in Scotland, so essentially all the Unionist eggs are in a single Labour basket. "READ MORE: Support for Scottish independence reaches highest level in four years "If Starmer fails to impress, voters are bound to work out by a process of elimination that independence is the sole option remaining for a brighter future under a progressive government. "There certainly seems to be a correlation in the Norstat poll between the increase in support for independence and the loss of confidence in Labour. "
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal

10am every day: The Awesome 80s
#80s #Eighties

Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
#YouYesYet
#music #radio
Chris Rea & Mrs Rea in a red car, 'Driving Home for Christmas', to Middlesbrough

Radio Jammor

An online radio station supportive of Scottish independence.
radiojammor.com
#music #scotland #80s #radio #eighties #scottishindependence #youyesyet

"John Swinney is on course to lead the #SNP to a pro-independence majority in #Holyrood following the announcement of next year's Budget, according to a new poll.

"Support for #ScottishIndependence has also risen to 54% when undecided voters are excluded, the highest level for more than four years, according to recent polling by The Times.

"The... survey ... [is] a significant blow to Labour, [its] support [dropping] to its lowest level in three years."

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24779587.john-swinney-track-lead-pro-independence-majority-holyrood/

John Swinney on track to lead pro-independence majority in Holyrood

JOHN Swinney is on course to lead the SNP to a pro-independence majority in Holyrood following the announcement of next year's Budget, according to…
Alasdair Ferguson (The National)
#snp #scottishindependence #Holyrood

A welcome reminder - and we need them unfortunately as to why the BBC is not a force for good in Scotland or the UK as a whole

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24777559.bbc-question-time-now-platforming-pure-simple-racism/

#BBC #ScottishIndependence #NartionalBroadcaster #Bias
Screen capture from the article. The text reads This one programme has done more than any other to bring far-right politics into the political mainstream, with its heavy bias to right-wing guests and local audiences seemingly stuffed with Reform UK and Conservative supporters. This is a programme which once infamously broadcast an episode from the predominantly working-class and independence-supporting Scottish city of Dundee – yet managed to have an audience consisting mainly of middle-class Conservative supporters with posh English accents. Another episode devoted to a discussion of Brexit had an audience composed entirely of Leave voters. Last night's episode was no exception to the show's penchant for platforming racism. A woman who looked as though she could have been a close friend of Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances expressed her view that only Reform UK could control immigration – adding that she "didn't believe" in any asylum and that she felt "very sorry for the little towns, little villages that these people have been put where people have lived all their lives”. Because the mild inconvenience to a racist of seeing brown-skinned people on the streets of their town and – shock horror – hearing them “speak foreign” is orders of magnitude worse than having to flee your country because of war, or because an authoritarian regime might imprison, torture, or even kill you due to your political beliefs, your ethnicity, or your sexuality.

BBC Question Time is now platforming pure and simple racism

LAST night we were treated to yet another episode of the BBC's long running show An Audience with Nigel Farage, AKA Normalising the Far Right with…
Wee Ginger Dug (The National)
#bbc #bias #scottishindependence #nartionalbroadcaster

"Westminster controls 74% of Scotland’s revenue, 37% of its spending, and restricts Scotland's ability to borrow."

#ScottishBudget_24_25
#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence
A very large elephant sits on a substantial coffee table in a lounge, its back to the camera. "Westminster controls 74% of Scotland’s revenue, 37% of its spending, and restricts Scotland's ability to borrow."
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #scottishbudget_24_25

'Reform' and Scotland

What does Farage and his like'minded' oiks mean for Scotland? It will not be good.

https://bylines.scot/politics/nigel-farages-reform-is-coming-for-holyrood/

#ScottishIndependence #Reform #Farage

Nigel Farage’s Reform is coming for Holyrood - Bylines Scotland

SNP and Labour need to recognise who the real enemy is
Martin Roche (Bylines Scotland)
#farage #scottishindependence #reform

A letter and to the point. Sarwar attempts to ride both Westmonster and Holyrood. I hope we will remember and I will be campaigning to remind people. But he will of course have the BBC on his side. But their 'watchership' is rapidly deteriorating 'norf of the b=border'

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24762045.dare-bbc-misinterpret-politics-winter-fuel-payment/

#ScottishIndependence #Labour #Sarwar #LabourHypocrisy
Letetr in The Natonal HOW dare the BBC misinterpret what has happened over the pensioners Winter Fuel Payment and how dare Anas Sarwar suggest the Scottish Government was being pushed by him. Remind him that all but one Scottish Labour MP's voted for the cut in the allowance and Sarwar himself said Scottish Labour would means-test the Payment if they got into power in Holyrood. He saw his chances of being Scotlands first minister disappearing as rapidly as the allowance and had to do contortions to try and stop support ebbing away. Sarwar has tied himself in knots over this, initially he backed Westminster Labour saying it was a necessary cut because of the "black hole" left and now he is trying to take the credit giving it back - and the BBC is colluding with Labour in order to try and enhance Scottish Labour's chances at the next Scottish election. The BBC is despicable as are Westminster Labour and Scottish Labour - lying and shape shifting is their modus operandi - they change with the wind. If increased National Insurance contributions for businesses and the removal of Winter Fuel Allowance is the change we are going to get from Labour, the Scottish people have to tell them we don't want Labour change because it is just austerity in another guise. Scottish Labour should be no where near power in Scotland.

How dare the BBC misinterpret the politics of the Winter Fuel Payment

HOW dare the BBC misinterpret what has happened over the pensioners Winter Fuel Payment and how dare Anas Sarwar suggest the Scottish Government was…
Readers of The National (The National)
#labour #scottishindependence #labourhypocrisy #sarwar

Create hundreds on jobs south of the border using Scotland’s vast resources while closing Grangemouth after telling us in 2014 Oil was running out. All this while LYING about the revenues Oil generates #scottishindependence can’t come soon enough for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿




#scottishindependence

Just to confirm that the BBC is really the EBC, financially as well as politically (we knew that, we were assured the former was not so).

Licence fees in Scotland represent another subsidy to London. Who would have thunk it? Not only is it a ‘news’ service worthy of Goebbels, Scottish licence fee payers fund the propaganda.

http://archive.today/2024.11.14-074224/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bbc-scottish-quota-met-with-london-made-shows-hr6p7mtrs?t=1731569931017

Money is siphoned off but ‘claimed' to benefit Scottish producers.

#BBC #JustSayNo #ScottishIndependence #BBCCorruption #Propoganda
#bbc #scottishindependence #propoganda #bbccorruption #justsayno

"Sue Gray has [reportedly] rejected the role of “envoy to the nations and regions” in Keir Starmer’s government.

"The Labour leader’s former chief of staff had been offered the position as something of a consolation after she was forced to resign amid bitter infighting in Number 10."

#ACountryNotACounty
#LabourColonialism
#IndependenceIsNormal
#ScottishIndependence

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24718401.sue-gray-rejects-nations-envoy-role-keir-starmers-government/

Sue Gray 'rejects nations envoy role in Keir Starmer's government'

SUE Gray has rejected the role of “envoy to the nations and regions” in Keir Starmer’s government, reports say ...
Xander Elliards (The National)
#scottishindependence #Independenceisnormal #labourcolonialism #acountrynotacounty

Largely unnoticed - as he was in post

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/24704345.borders-mp-john-lamont-sacked-shadow-scottish-secretary/

“I wish my successor well. I will continue to work from the backbenches standing up for the Scottish Borders and to hold both the Labour & SNP governments to account.”

He doesn’t know how - he never did it when the Tories were in power in Wasteminster.

#ScottishIndependence #ToryIncompetence

Borders MP John Lamont sacked as shadow Scottish secretary

Borders MP John Lamont has expressed his disappointment after being sacked as shadow Scottish secretary.
Paul Kelly (Border Telegraph)
#scottishindependence #ToryIncompetence

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