Another Brexit dividend!
Thought we were taking back control?
So much controlโฆ
Did we have any alternative?
For what itโs worth, Ireland has decided to opt out of the scheme, but that was their CHOICE.
A choice Scotland did not have as part of the UK. โน๏ธ
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New EU Entry/Exit system: All you need to know about digital border changes
The new system will see the manual stamping of passports scrapped in favour of visitors registering their biometric details.
news.sky.com/story/new-eu...
From next week UK citizens face longer waits at border control to visit the EU due to a new digital system.
To enter the EU via Dover/Eurotunnel, border checks will be done BEFORE you leave the UK. So, you have to get out of your car to register at Eurotunnel or Dover.
07.10.2025 12:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Alastair highlights Gazan artist Ahmed Muhanna, who transforms WFP food boxes into powerful works of art.
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Well, that's one way to spend a Sunday morning. Back to photographing Glasgow's amazing architecture this afternoon!
#glasgow #greatscottishrun #glasgowtoday
05.10.2025 11:51 โ ๐ 60 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 0
Jane Goodall said sheโd like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. ๐
05.10.2025 12:32 โ ๐ 753 ๐ 260 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 27
On my way into the studio in Cowcaddens to present this weekendโs #FullScottish.
I hope you can join us at midday.
05.10.2025 09:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Full Scottish - 05/10/2025 - Broadcasting Scotland
On this week's Full Scottish, Brian Liddy, Chris Stephens and Anthony Salamone discuss the weeks top Scottish and international news.
Tune in at 12:00 midday for this week's #FullScottish with @brian-liddy.bsky.social, Chris Stephens and Anthony Salamone discussing the week's top Scottish and international news, including #Ukraine, #Gaza, Trump, Tory Conference, housing and energy.
www.broadcastingscotland.scot/full-scottis...
05.10.2025 09:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3
The weighted / unweighted stats from this weeks Norstat poll give interesting reading
The unweighted results show YES closing in on 60%
WHEN we hit 60% (weighted), the british union collapses
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Starmer allies hired investigators to look into author of McSweeney book
KEIR Starmer's allies hired private investigators to explore the background of an author whose book led to the resignation of the Prime Minister'sโฆ
NEW: Keir Starmer's allies hired private investigators to explore the background of an author of a book on Morgan McSweeney and Labour Together, The National has learned.
From Peter Oborne and Richard Sanders in today's National
www.thenational.scot/news/2550403...
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YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra
Danny Dorling - Scottish Child payment is an amazing thing!
@labourhame.com Why have child poverty rates in Labour controlled areas of the UK increased while in Scotland? As Prof Dorling says โitโs hated in Westminsterโ No press coverage of it either.
youtube.com/shorts/Pf6ea...
23.09.2025 18:28 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra
Defining Child Poverty
@dannydorling.bsky.social on how we measure child poverty - and why that measure doesnt work in the US
youtube.com/shorts/zb_pD...
28.09.2025 09:33 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
At the Rural Affairs & Islands Committee meeting today, Andrew Thin said the Crofting & Scottish Land Court Bill would allow the Crofting Commission to enact enforcement in a more streamlined way, while still protecting rights.
Watch the full meeting here: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/rura...
25.09.2025 13:46 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โRachel Reeves still blaming Tories for her fiscal decisionsโ | The News Agents
Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a powerful speech on the first day of the Labour conference, highlighting government victories, attacking political enemies โ but also laying the groundwork for aโฆ
"She doesn't have a compelling account for why she is continuing to have to make these 'difficult decisions'."
With tax-rise rumours swirling, is Rachel Reeves planning to blame a tricky November budget on 14 years of the Tories... again?
29.09.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 4
What has Yvette Cooperโs proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. Itโs extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
29.09.2025 06:22 โ ๐ 6755 ๐ 2667 ๐ฌ 624 ๐ 356
Is the problem that Euston train station canโt afford a bigger flag?
28.09.2025 22:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Has Russia lost Moldova?
Why the bitterly contested election in a "faraway country, between people of whom we know nothing", matters a lot
Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With 90% of votes counted, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has a 20 point lead over the Russian-funded Patriotic Bloc open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
28.09.2025 22:05 โ ๐ 2267 ๐ 510 ๐ฌ 43 ๐ 26
These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown
Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit
Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of whatโs at stake.
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A former small-scale industrial building dating from around the end of the Victorian era in the Hidden Lane in the Finnieston area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #hiddenlane #finnieston #industrialarchitecture #architecturephotography
27.09.2025 17:47 โ ๐ 66 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Nighttime at Glasgow University's Saint Andrewโs Building on Eldon Street in the West End of the city.
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #glasgowuniversity #glasgowwestend #architecture #architecturephotography #modernarchitecture
27.09.2025 21:00 โ ๐ 51 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Political Disorder of Late Britain
British politics is undergoing a huge upheaval, as parties of the Left struggle to be born and the mainstream two-party system collapses. British politics is dividing along two axis: between the leโฆ
'A lot of this is chaos as the hegemony of British politics disintegrates. Polling is speculation, and all could change in the coming months. But there are possibilities that out of this chaos comes a better future for Scotland.'
Mike Small, via @bellacaledonia.bsky.social
28.09.2025 10:00 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If you missed this week's #FullScottish with @brian-liddy.bsky.social, @bellacaledonia.bsky.social and Maureen Watt discussing the week's Scottish and international news, including #Gaza, #Ukraine, #BritCard, Labour and STV, it is on catch-up now.
www.broadcastingscotland.scot/full-scottis...
28.09.2025 13:35 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.
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MAGAs always leaves their trash behind.
22.09.2025 09:25 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Before he was so rudely interruptedโฆ ๐
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A view on politics at home & abroad, while bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably with Rory Stewart & Alastair Campbell. Powered by Fuse Energyโก
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Boring old fart! (He/She/It: depending on caffeine/alcohol balance๐) Varied interests, Astronomy, Medical/Science/Space Research, ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟScottish Independence๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ History, Hill Walking, Engineering, Rewilding, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy & others
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They then had their severed heads held up as a warning to other Scots.
Know the history that you were never taught ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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Founder and Director, Good Law Project. King's Counsel. Hon Prof at Durham University.
Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts.
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Author:
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Byline Columnist.
Idiot.
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