Dr Ian Cockburn

Well done, Scot.Gov 👏
The First Minister has pledged 4 million to keep Alexander Dennis in Larbet open, and people in their jobs, Labour lied for votes and let Grangemouth close and done absolutely nothing to save it or people's jobs despite saying they would

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’ — The Guardian Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements

Let hear it for uk’s CH4 apple.news/A3ylOyc3rStu...

Call for Scots to oppose twin far-right-backed rallies this weekend AN anti-racism campaign group is calling on Scots to oppose far-right-backed protests in Scotland this weekend ...

Call for Scotland to oppose far-right-backed rallies this weekend
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Without support, skilled jobs at Alexander Dennis in Falkirk would have been lost.

Today I have announced our £4m furlough scheme for Alexander Dennis, meaning workers can stay in their jobs as orders pick up again.

I said I would protect jobs and livelihoods - and I have done that today.

Lovely sunny morning on the doors in Tain with our by-election candidate Peter Newman.

Thanks to everyone who took time to chat to us.

Vote SNP 1️⃣ on September 25th!

Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark.

Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

www.theguardian.com/environment/...? Yeah but it’s only Scotland .. who GAF eh?

Scotland, leading the way. Sometimes we're first them the UK Gov steps in and prevents us from doing something. Take the recycling bill for example. UK Gov stopped it at 11th hour. 1 year on English councils have copied our idea and the UK Gov says what a great idea! SNP Baaaad. Scotland too wee!

Why did it take a Six-year secrecy battle to expose the truth?
What else are they hiding?

This is why the base is on the Clyde and not the Mersey, Portsmouth or god forbid the Thames.

#AreYouYesYet

Or are you happy to swallow Westminster lies and MOD radioactivity.

President Zelenskyy:

"Ukrainians defend what's theirs. Even those who are with Russia know that Russia is doing evil. Of course, we will not reward Russia for what it has perpetrated. The #Ukrainian people deserve peace. But all partners must understand what a dignified peace is.

SNP demand Scots energy bills not increased by 'toxic' Sizewell-C overspending THE SNP have demanded Scots are not forced to pay for "toxic" overspending on the Sizewell-C budget..

Labour admitting there will be a decade-long “nuclear tax” on Scotlands energy bills

This should be the @snp.org headline to light the fire independence

www.thenational.scot/news/2534288...

They’re even going after him about Epstein.

The answer to UK stagnation is staring us in the face Decades of policies focusing on London and the Southeast have entrenched inequalities on productivity

The answer to UK stagnation is staring us in the face https://on.ft.com/4o9YmLk | opinion

Why Scotland has hated Trump for decades...

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Dem Senator Had To Chase Down MAGA Colleague To Confront Him Over His Posts Mocking Minnesota Shootings This says everything you need to know about the GOP.

This says everything you need to know about the GOP.

This psychiatrist says there’s a crisis in Scotland yet we have nearly 50% more psychiatrists than in England’s presumable hyper-super-crisis Thanks to Dottie, once more, for this: From BBC Scotland this morning: The cost of bringing in locum psychiatrists on emergency contracts to treat mental health patients in Scotland has soared, acc…

As BBC Scotland repeat another alleged shortage of psychiatrists, the facts they still won't tell you:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/10/07/t...

Sellafield Nuclear Waste Cleanup Is 13 Years Behind Schedule and £20 Billion Over Budget A damning new parliamentary report warns that “the site is becoming increasingly unsafe” due to the delays

My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social covers a damning report on the nuclear clean up at Sellafield from the Commons Public Accounts Committee. Now 13 years late costing an extra £21 billion and regarded as "increasingly unsafe" by its own safety experts bylinetimes.com/2025/06/04/s...

The inquiry heard from Dido Harding that the Government ‘slowed down’ its Covid response in the summer of 2020, because "they wanted to believe that Covid was over"

80% of COVID-19 deaths have occurred after that slowdown.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Huge SNP win in Glenrothes Central and Thornton by-election with 47.6% of first preference votes - more than DOUBLE the Labour vote.

Well done to Cllr Lynda Holton and her team on an outstanding victory!

It is all about international recognition.

UK’s Internal Market Act scuppered Scotland’s bid to introduce deposit return scheme WHEN Scotland votes in the Holyrood election next year, there will be voters casting their ballots who were born in 2010, when Scotland had its…

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🔌 Scotland also has the highest number of public charging devices per head of population of any UK nation.

💛 These figures are clear evidence of Scot Gov's commitment to making sustainable travel a reality for everyone - paving the way for a net-zero Scotland.

Child poverty falls in Scotland as experts hail 'contrast with rest of UK' CHILD poverty in Scotland has fallen, in contrast to the rest of the UK, new figures from the Scottish Government have shown ...

Westminster is holding Scotland back

How BBC England exposes the threat to GP surgeries of Labour’s National Insurance hike but BBC Scotland hides it and tries to blame Scottish Government instead Professor John Robertson OBA BBC England, quite clear about the major threat to GP surgeries, in their headline above, and: GP practices could be pushed “over the edge” by a planned ris…

As the Herald today tries include the Scottish Government in the blame for GP practice viability problems due to NI hike, the facts:
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/20/h...

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We are at the stage where Brexit will kill people.

SNP gains two council seats from Labour in Glasgow

The SNP has just won two council seats from Labour in Glasgow.

This week, Labour cut support for the most vulnerable - and boasted they were "doing things the Tories only ever talked about".

The people of Glasgow have had their say.