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Retired social work and OU tutor, Scottish Independence ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ #FBSI ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ European ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Hearts supporter, Dog slave, Fifer, Mother of 3, Granny of 6 ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

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Many thanks to the 245 of 1 600 Talking-up Scotland subscribers who have contributed to keeping it going Help Talking-up Scotland keep posting the truth we all need to see at: Direct bank transfer โ€“ Sort Code 08-91-04 Account โ€“ 12266421 Name โ€“ JOHN ROBERTSON or Crowdfunder still shorโ€ฆ

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23.02.2026 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Nobody over the last quarter of a century has done more to defeat the genuine, intolerant, abhorrent, extreme, far-right than me," says Nigel Farage, as he announces plans for the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of people and a visa ban on anyone coming from six Muslim-majority countries

23.02.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 822    ๐Ÿ” 262    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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'Most expensive imaginary card in history': Cost of scrapped digital ID plan revealed The UK Government's scrapped mandatory digital ID scheme cost taxpayers ยฃ843,743 before ministers were forced into a U-turn.

๐Ÿ” An SNP investigation has revealed Starmerโ€™s failed Brit card scheme cost the public almost ยฃ1 million - despite never being implemented.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2587477...

21.02.2026 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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French owned Somerset nuclear power station delayed by 13 years with construction costs soaring from ยฃ18bn to more than ยฃ50bn and to produce electricity costing more than 3 times that of wind power Image Grok AI Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account โ€“ 12266421 Name โ€“ JOHN ROBERTSON Thanks to Dottie for alerting meโ€ฆ

French owned Somerset nuclear power station delayed by 13 years with construction costs soaring from ยฃ18bn to more than ยฃ50bn and to produce electricity costing more than 3 times that of wind power talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/20/f...

21.02.2026 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 308    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Scott McTominay mural, Somerville Drive, Glasgow Southside, not too far from where he scored his wonder goal, unveiled today.

20.02.2026 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 124    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Support Talking-up Scotland To keep countering and rebutting media lies about Scotland

Help Talking-up Scotland keep posting the truth we all need to see at:
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20.02.2026 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Many thanks to the 233 of 1 600 Talking-up Scotland subscribers who have contributed to keeping it going Help Talking-up Scotland keep posting the truth we all need to see at: Direct bank transfer โ€“ Sort Code 08-91-04 Account โ€“ 12266421 Name โ€“ JOHN ROBERTSON or Crowdfunder still shorโ€ฆ

Support Talking-up Scotland. Prof JWR researches and rebuts headlines daily. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/20/m...

20.02.2026 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
19.02.2026 10:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The choice facing Scotland is independence or fascism. A major new poll was published on Wednesday which confirms other recent polls in showing that Scots are on track to elect a pro-independence majority to Holyrood in Mayโ€™s election. Even betteโ€ฆ

As a new poll puts the SNP within striking distance of winning a majority in May's Holyrood election and projects Reform UK as the largest anti-independence party, the choice facing Scotland has never been starker, Scottish independence or British fascism.

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18.02.2026 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 93    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says

18.02.2026 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8164    ๐Ÿ” 3269    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 324    ๐Ÿ“Œ 217
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Drug-related hospital stay rates in Scotland plummet by half as SNPโ€™s unique, World-first, opioid overdose reversal kit programme gets on top of the plague after 8 years Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. From Drug-related hospital statistics Scotland 2024 to 2025, published today the above graph and: There were 10,185 drug-related hospital stays โ€ฆ

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17.02.2026 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The rising unemployment rate in the โ€œukโ€ is Headline news on bbc Network

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ The reducing unemployment rate in Scotland, which is now 38% lower than in England, is a news blackout with bbc Scotlandshire

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Itโ€™s called โ€˜propaganda by omissionโ€™, a recognised method of influencing public opinion

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ˜Ž

17.02.2026 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Scottish Government report on โ€˜Five years of Scottish Child Paymentโ€™ totally ignored by โ€˜ourโ€™ media Story here for any half-decent reporter โ€“ Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Scottish Child Payment has supported more than 241,000 parents and carers since its launch five โ€ฆ

Scottish Government report on โ€˜Five years of Scottish Child Paymentโ€™ totally ignored by โ€˜ourโ€™ media talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/14/s...

16.02.2026 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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As Covid Inquiry reconvenes today, a reminder of how FM, Nicola Sturgeon, and the Scottish Government kept excess mortality here at one third lower than the UK average, saving thousands, despite the d... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Iโ€™m grateful toย @amaccjย for reminding me of this and for the link to the source. When the final assessment is made, we need to set theโ€ฆ

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16.02.2026 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The number of women murder victims has fallen dramatically, almost by half, over the SNP period and to 15 last year, but the Sunday Post finds 200 for its front page to help England keep its myth goin... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In 2007/2008, in the the first year of the SNP minority government in Scotland, there were 28 women victims of murder.1 Last year, there were 15โ€ฆ

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15.02.2026 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hearts win please.

15.02.2026 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"But if we prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, the entire system will collapse"

Yeah, that's the aim

14.02.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3452    ๐Ÿ” 676    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 158    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

30 000 views last week!

15.02.2026 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#Brexit now costs the UK ยฃ850,000,000 a week.

A WEEK.

Scotland didn't vote for Brexit.

14.02.2026 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There are lies, damned lies & Reform Ltd statistics
"Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain donโ€™t speak English
The Census says otherwise the number of people in England & Wales who said they cannot speak English at all is ~161,000
Not a million
161,000
~0.3%"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends

15.02.2026 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 235    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.

The massive scale of whatโ€™s still missing is hard to comprehend.

15.02.2026 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13149    ๐Ÿ” 5999    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 502    ๐Ÿ“Œ 389
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A little sip from the Calcutta Cup is not to be missed. Well done Scotland on an absolutely superb performance! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

14.02.2026 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 270    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Scotch Whisky alone, is 25% of ALL UK Food and Drink Exports.

You'd have to be a very unenlightened Scot, to think Scotland being Independent, is a bad idea!

A THIRD of all UK Food and Drink Exports are Scottish.

14.02.2026 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone else spot the issue concerning Sir Jim Ratcliffe?

Yup, the Sir bit

Another โ€˜Knight of the Realmโ€™ happy to avoid paying any taxes, or make any meaningful contributions to the country that bestowed the โ€˜honourโ€™.

Maybe if he hates the UK so much he could give it back?

14.02.2026 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fundraiser update and a look to the election in May I thought Iโ€™d publish an update on the progress so far of the 2026 Wee Ginger Dug annual fundraiser. This is always an anxious time of the year as I ask other people to put their money where โ€ฆ

My latest blog piece, an update on the annual WeeGingerDug blog fundraiser and a look forward to May's election. After just two weeks the fundraiser is almost 90% of the way to its target. Details on how to help cover the final 10% are in this article.

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14.02.2026 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Talking-up Scotland yesterday attracted more than eight thousand discrete visitors and more than ten thousand views yetโ€ฆ.. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Yesterday, in one day alone, Talking-up Scotland performed like this: The 6 posts, like those on almost every other day in the year took hours tโ€ฆ

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14.02.2026 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I know his lies don't make the news anymore but we must keep trying to get the message out! He talks bollocks!

14.02.2026 08:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1098    ๐Ÿ” 538    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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Talking-up Scotland pushes well beyond 1 000 readers per day average but cannot attract realistic funding Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Talking-up Scotland has been growing and improving since its first crowd-funders, in February and September 2025, as is clear from our monthly Wโ€ฆ

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13.02.2026 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daily Recordโ€™s front page today exposed for what it is โ€“ short video Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Evidence here โ€“ Important โ€“ my full range of fleeces now exposed, still lip-scarred and not frothing (!) and perhaps my least profesโ€ฆ

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