Morag for Yes & EU

We rescued Ferguson Marine to save jobs, and we are determined to see it succeed.

Today we have set out proposals to award four new vessel contracts to Ferguson Marine – to secure a pipeline of work, protect jobs and strengthen the future of shipbuilding on the Clyde.

This really is very good news. Good to see Labour changing its mind and restoring the Electoral Commission’s independence

Owen Jones

'Today, there is hope. But brace yourself for what will come next.'
Owen Jones on the aftermath of the Gorton & Denton by-election, via The National
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Funding confirmed for national anti-stigma programme | End Mental Health Stigma and Discrimination

Scottish Government confirms commitment to continued funding for 2026/27 for work to end mental health stigma and discrimination in Scotland, and work towards the vision of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

#EndMentalHealthStigma
#MentalHealthWellbeing
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Donald Trump is a global chaos generator. He couldn't give a damn about the Iranians and will walk away the moment things get difficult, leaving a trail of pointless death and destruction.
It's all about spectacle for him. Once that's achieved, job done.

Says everything about mainstream media in the West.

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#Gorton&Denton is in safe hands. @reformuk.bsky.social been seen off. But let’s not be complacent about the dangers of #FPTP voting system. Maybe ask yourself why Labour aren’t talking about fixing that. England needs #proportional voting system. @compassoffice.bsky.social

"Get it in your heads - Trump has not done this for the people of Iran.

"He's done this because he likes the idea of war when he thinks it will profit America."

What's Trump's endgame after US strikes on Iran?

@maitlis.bsky.social @jonsopel1.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com

Keir Starmer not condemning Trump will see UK 'dragged into war', warns Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski has said it is 'quite astounding' that Keir Starmer is 'incapable' of standing up to Donald Trump and condemning the United States attacks on Iran, as he fears the UK will be 'pulled into another illegal war'

George Monbiot:
“If I lived in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I would want to get out of this chaotic, dysfunctional, corrupt [UK] union as quickly as I could. The same applies to Wales. The same applies to Northern Ireland”

Too right.

That’s a £30 billion black hole in our economy, according to the IFS. And a ‘car crash’ for our care industry & the NHS. Just for starters. On the plus side, Bromsgrove currently has hundreds of union flags flying from lampposts.

Royal deference should have departed with the late queen – it must now YOU will recall that Al Capone, mobster and gangster, was finally done for tax evasion, rather than his various nefarious activities.

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The whole notion of being the subject of a hereditary monarchy is deeply ­offensive, especially when it’s one that changed its name to something rather more British-sounding to cover its Teutonic origins, writes Ruth Wishart ✍️

Been a lot happening over last 24 hours, obviously, but worth flagging again this story again

We really need more accountability in British politics.

Should have been mechanisms to properly investigate Simons weeks ago

From Ukraine to Scotland: Kindness helped us rebuild Leaving the war in Ukraine with my nine-year-old son, we found safety, education and the chance to learn and support others in Scotland

Loved this...

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This is totally unnecessary loss of life. Same for those school children. Unconscionable. Their blood is on Trump’s hands.

Posters deadline extended!

You can now submit your proposal by 13 March - it can be on any topic relevant to school psychology education.

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Call for posters! Proposals welcome on any topic relevant to school psychology education - present to psychology teachers from many countries!

If accepted you can register at Earlybird rate!
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Visit efpta.org for more info - submit your poster, book your place!

One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.

The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.

But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.

A workman in a yellow hi-viz jacket appearing at the top of the internal inspection ladder of an offshore wind turbine. Between the blades of the turbine you can see an array of several other turbines on the horizon, rising from the surface of the sea.

'Incredibly, Scotland has a second chance at energy wealth, yet if we remain with Westminster it'll again be taken from us, and we'll be told we're subsidy junkies who should be grateful for the generosity of the English taxpayer.'
weegingerdug, via The National
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Donate to Save the Sound of Celtic Music Radio, organized by Edmund McKay For 20 years, Celtic Music Radio has stayed on air using studio equipment that is n… Edmund McKay needs your support for Save the Sound of Celtic Music Radio

Please support Celtic Music Radio if you can. Excellent local station based in Glasgow who need funds for new “kit” to replace that which is on last legs - and to keep broadcasting:

gofund.me/4077214a6

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data

Yes, we need immigrants and should be welcoming them, not stirring up hate and creating an ever more hostile environment.

London parties please take note.

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Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir explains why Iceland want to join the European Union:

"Iceland has a lot to bring to the European Union"

"We've developed our resources in a positive way"

"We have a good welfare system"

"We have solid values"

"And we have respect for one another"

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57% support for independence in the most recent poll There has been another poll on voting intention in a Scottish independence referendum. The poll from Stonehaven polling for The Times newspaper which I reported on yesterday also included a questio…

My latest blog post. With the recent mega poll putting support for independence on 57%, crossing the psychologically important 60% threshold of support for independence is within our grasp.

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If tiny Iceland can do it,

So can Scotland if, you know, we were a normal independent nation.

#European
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If there was ever an example of the redundant nature of this so-called ‘Union of equals’, it is Scotland's energy sector.

It’s Scotland’s energy. Let’s make it work for Scotland as an independent nation.