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Retired happily and enjoying life in Scotland - hoping for an independent Scotland in my lifetime

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A joke scientific paper with the title "Over 90% of children diagnosed with autism consumed breast milk and/or formula mileL a comprehensive cross-sectional analysis of the obvious"

A joke scientific paper with the title "Over 90% of children diagnosed with autism consumed breast milk and/or formula mileL a comprehensive cross-sectional analysis of the obvious"

Who did this?!

01.11.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 382    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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We are being told SNP have no plans. They are written in the Scottish government papers for all to read.
Hardly top secret.

#independence #Scotland #SNP

01.11.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh FFS, wake up!
#ScottishIndependence
โฌ‡๏ธ

31.10.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

31.10.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A thug singles out the vulnerable to make him feel better about himself. He punches down because that makes him feel like heโ€™s a success. Reform is a club for the socially inadequate. Always accusing and whining. Never helping.

31.10.2025 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 470    ๐Ÿ” 78    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Still YES then, YES now, AYE 'til I die. ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence

30.10.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.

'Net migration will fall very sharply in future years... Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes'. Some eye watering estimates here from @jamesbowes01.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...

29.10.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 154    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Nicola Sturgeon has been named the best Scottish politician of the last 30 years โ€“ while David Tennant tops the list for stars of the screen

30.10.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Labour minister 'sorry' to Inverness MP over surprise asylum seeker barracks plan THE UK Government has apologised to the MP for Inverness after ministers were challenged on plans to house asylum seekers in former militaryโ€ฆ

It's clear that Starmer's promise to "reset relations" with the other nations was insincere.

"The Social Justice Secretary only found out the plans were confirmed by hearing them reported on the radio โ€“ despite requesting a meeting on the prospect in September"
www.thenational.scot/news/2558103...

30.10.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The main issue is Radio Scotlandโ€™s inability to reflect the real, post-indyref, curious, questioning nation Scotland has become, with many narratives, sources and outlooks beyond an increasingly weary mainstream, writes Lesley Riddoch โœ๏ธ

30.10.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Don't be fooled, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk are playing you The message the hate engine transmits is simple: asylum seekers are not really people in need

Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right โ€“ from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists

inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...

30.10.2025 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 718    ๐Ÿ” 225    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Hey Angus, you know they're humans right? Like, people? They're not vampires or Piers Morgan

29.10.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK๐Ÿ‘‡

1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK

2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves

3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

30.10.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2635    ๐Ÿ” 928    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 131    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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Junior Minister, Michael Shanksโ€™s lies fully exposed but only in the Orkney Times and here as 2 000 jobs in the North of Scotland are put at risk hereShanks, left, pledging allegiance to King and England Professor John Robertson OBA Iโ€™ve forgotten who alerted me this but thanks, you know who you are. From the Orkney Times, yesterday. Pโ€ฆ

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/29/j...

29.10.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My hot take on this its great that the journalist acknowledges that the Green Party is at record membership, record polling and has huge momentum.

But why say "dentally challenged?"

Who or what is that serving?

The state of journalism.

29.10.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1664    ๐Ÿ” 310    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

The BBC is shit stirring again in Scotland about the Asylum Seekers being put into an Army Barracks in the centre of Inverness ๐Ÿ™„
Asylum Seekers make up a tiny proportion of the population not just in Scotland but in England too. Approx 0.6% in England & 0.67% in Scotland....

28.10.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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๐Ÿ‘‡

28.10.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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for those that don't know already
immigration is a reserved matter to the UK Parliament in Westminster,that means
the UK Parliament has the sole authority to legislate on immigration, asylum, and nationality for the entire United Kingdom.

and has nothing to do with the Scottish government

28.10.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report

The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed

Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...

27.10.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 382    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Congratulations to Chris Mason on his election to Parliament. Surprised the BBC never covered it

28.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

An entire segment of the population is being repeatedly told that โ€™illegal immigrationโ€˜ - which is in fact barely 5% of immigration - is the dominant problem in this country. This is a media-driven phenomenon.

28.10.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 295    ๐Ÿ” 105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Just landed back in UK and immediately see Labour trying to house asylum seekers in barracks. A strategy that was horrendous under the Tories and opposed by Labour at the time. Labour aren't in charge of themselves at this point, Reform are. There's more than these options but they won't listen.

28.10.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Update on what the Scottish Parliament could look like if SNP voter voted SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2:

27.10.2025 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Breaking News!

Health Secretary Neil Gray says Scottish NHS waiting lists have fallen with new outpatient waits longer than a year down by 7.35% in September since August 2025, a fall for four consecutive months.

Total waiting list for outpatients has decreased by 2.0% on the same month last year.

28.10.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

28.10.2025 07:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states:
โ€œFACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine.
They do not have large cocaine factories.
They do not produce fentanyl either.
What Venezuela does have is the worldโ€™s largest oil reserves.โ€

A tweet from Morgan J. Freeman states: โ€œFACT: Venezuela is NOT a major producer of cocaine. They do not have large cocaine factories. They do not produce fentanyl either. What Venezuela does have is the worldโ€™s largest oil reserves.โ€

Fentanyl and coke are the new โ€œweapons of mass destructionโ€ lie. Itโ€™s Iraq all over again, folks. Itโ€™s always about controlling the oil.

27.10.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23290    ๐Ÿ” 8336    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 699    ๐Ÿ“Œ 339
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How NHS Scotland will not be โ€˜decimatedโ€™ by private equity because the SNP oversight โ€˜of devolved, generous funding enables a โ€œcollectivistโ€ approach with less private penetration.โ€™ Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks once more to Dottie for alerting us to this. From The Lowdown, 2 September 2025, the above and: In late August theย release of a reportย by US senator Chโ€ฆ

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/28/h...

28.10.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"You and I could try and talk about this like it were economics or like it were international relations, but it's not. It's a soap opera. It's Sons and Daughters. It's Home and Away. It's Neighbours. And it's going to be a soap opera that goes on and on for the next three and a half years."

27.10.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 687    ๐Ÿ” 196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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Scottish โ€˜juniorโ€™ Doctors accepted a pay offer 2023 with no strikes

โ–ช๏ธ12.4% 2023
โ–ช๏ธinflation beating pay rises for 3yrs
โ–ช๏ธcommitment to full pay restoration
โ–ช๏ธremoval from โ€œindependentโ€ pay review body

The Govt listened & talked to the BMA๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Imagine a Govt willing to negotiate

You can do it Wes!!

27.10.2025 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Michelle Mone has just bought a ยฃ10m home in Florida, even though she has yet to repay a penny of the ยฃ122m PPE Medpro owes the taxpayer. Good job she hasn't committed housing benefit fraud, because she might have been prosecuted then.

27.10.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 146    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

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