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Proud Scot and supporter of an independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿in Europe πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

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Douglas Alexander tells
Anas Sarwar 'not to commentate on UK politics'

Douglas Alexander tells Anas Sarwar 'not to commentate on UK politics'

But 'Scottish' Labour is not just a branch office of UK Labour, they insist. πŸ˜³πŸ™„

28.02.2026 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
Labour's Scottish election campaign conference. A few dozen people in a mostly empty auditorium.

Labour's Scottish election campaign conference. A few dozen people in a mostly empty auditorium.

A picture paints a thousand words, Labour's Scottish campaign conference is a picture of a demoralised and defeated party. Hold your nose and vote Labour is not the winning slogan Anas Sarwar hopes it is. It's the last desperate plea from a dying party. Westminster rule in Scotland dies with Labour.

27.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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The Labour party didn't just lie.

They ran a disgusting gutter campaign.

The sort of campaign you'd expect from far right hatemongers.

What they did in Gorton and Denton must never be forgotten. They must never get away with it.

27.02.2026 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 448    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 25

Another poll showing @snp.org getting no list seats despite getting 28% of the list vote. It has to be #SNP1SGP2 to maximise the #ScottishIndependence list seats and hurt the unionist parties in particular Reform

27.02.2026 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really hoping the Greens wipe the floor with Reform, Labour & Tory in Thursday's Gorton & Denton by-election.

Feb 26th Green Party πŸ‘

πŸ‘ MAY 7TH 2026 πŸ‘
🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SNP1 Green2🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

23.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Scotland’s Stephen Flynn calling out Red Tory Starmer for trying to take the public for absolute mugs

🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ?

26.02.2026 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

@snp.org constituency voters need to use their list vote tactically and in my opinion vote Green with there second vote if the SNP are going to do well in the constituency vote in their region otherwise it is a wasted vote. It will only help Reform and the other unionist parties.

25.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Daily Talking Up Scotland...

Why we should not get carried away with the latest Times MRP poll predicting a β€˜stunning’ majority for the SNP

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/25/w...

Don't believe the hype
πŸ‘ MAY 7TH 2026 πŸ‘
🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SNP1 Green2🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

25.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Can we stop calling the Labour Party leftwing. It’s absurd. They’re about as left as my right foot

24.02.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Believe in Scotland has changed the planned rally location for our Edinburgh March and Rally for Scottish Independence to the iconic Calton Hill: www.believeinscotland.org/believe_in_s...

24.02.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

It’s heartbreaking what that man has went through, the sheer ignorance and prejudice he has had to fight back against.

23.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Why are the BBC apologising for a disabled man making an involuntary comment at an awards ceremony which was highlighting a film focused on that disability. Watch the film BBC There is no need to apologies as there was no intent for the comment/s then use the opportunity to educate your audience.

23.02.2026 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search

Yusuf: β€œWe will secure our borders, leave the ECHR, and deport those here illegally. My message to the British people is simple: I will secure our borders and make you feel safe.”

There is nothing safe about these vicious inadequates turning racism into policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

23.02.2026 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1377    πŸ” 455    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 47
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Reform UK suspends by-election campaign activist over β€˜antisemitic and misogynistic’ posts EXCLUSIVE: Adam Mitula, Reform UK’s interim campaign manager in Tameside, has been assisting Matt Goodwin's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign

So it turns out Matt Goodwin's Reform campaign manager was a holocaust-denying Nazi who said he would "never touch a Jewish woman.”

When do we start seeing all the coverage of the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?

www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-su...

19.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1744    πŸ” 787    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 41
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Latest stats out today show unemployment rate in Scotland is significantly below the UK’s.

With limited powers, we’re building a stronger economy and creating more jobs.

Imagine how much more we could do with the full powers of independence.

17.02.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

If you have a Royal Family, you have deference.

If you have a Royal Family, you have a class system.

If you have a RF, you essentially say, "These people are better than everyone else by dint of birth & should maintain enormous influence, wealth and power."

Why would anyone want that at all?

17.02.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1704    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 30

2 million people in the UK are paid the national minimum wage.

Reform are a party of the rich, for the rich.

17.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

That's utter rubbish.

I have no idea what leads you to that conclusion, but it is completely & utterly wrong.

The Scot Parly is ideal for a two-party strategy & the SNP constituency polling consistently has them winning ZERO on the list.

We constantly demonstrate how #SNP1SGP2 gets more MSPs.

14.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Image representing Holyrood where all voting SNP1 voted SGP2
SNP 61
SGP 30
Lab 13
RefUK 11
Cons 8
LD 8

Image representing Holyrood where all voting SNP1 voted SGP2 SNP 61 SGP 30 Lab 13 RefUK 11 Cons 8 LD 8

Hundreds of thousands of list votes are set to be WASTED by SNP supporters insisting on #BothVotesSNP.

This is NOT a pro-indy strategy. It jeopardises the pro-indy majority.

You get more pro-indy MSPs by voting #SNP1SGP2.

What we could haveπŸ‘‡

#SP26 #SP2026
#Holyrood2026 #Holyrood26
#IndyClan

14.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 16

In May we must encourage everyone to Vote SNP 1st and Greens 2nd. That’s the only way Scotland can finally free itself from the clutches of Westminster
#YouYesYet 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#ScottishIndependenceNow
#DoItForYourKids&Grandkids

14.02.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely Katie,

In all 6 HR elections I voted SNP 1&2

In every one of these elections my second vote went straight in the bin, and I effectively helped elect a unionist MSP πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I’ll NEVER make that mistake again

🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For Indy I’ll be voting :

(1) SNP candidate
(2) Scottish Greens

🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ˜Ž

14.02.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The complainer is the member of the SNP who made the initial allegation in relation to their donation.

14.02.2026 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But they can’t mention the detail as it would be sub judice

13.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree the reporting of this case today is sensationalising the purchases with no other information. It’ll be interesting to see how it progresses or even if it doesn’t and as you suggest it collapses.

13.02.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this makes sense as any trial could influence the election and sub judice is still in play preventing discussion of the case in the media until after the election. It would have been weaponised by the Unionist media and this goes some way to prevent it.

13.02.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In relation to the Murrel case the victim of this alleged crime is the @snp.org as it was their money that it is alleged was embezzled. It will be portrayed in the unionist media as an anti SNP story in the build up to the election forgetting that the SNP is the victim if he is proven Guilty.

13.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Come on Scotland. We can do the same. #Scotland #Holyrood26

11.02.2026 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Second votes for the SNP will lead to more Reform MSPs being elected THE latest opinion poll results published on Friday in The National β€œReform UK closing the gap on SNP in fresh Holyrood poll” strengthen the…

www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

So DON'T vote SNP1 & 2

Vote -

SNP Constituency candidate

Scottish Greens Regional List vote

11.02.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Labour now go into the Scottish election with a fatally wounded Anas Sarwar who has publicly expressed his lack of confidence in his lame-duck party leader, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️

Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...

11.02.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Ash Reagan has apparently left Alba a party formed by grievance. A list vote for them is a wasted vote for #ScottishIndependence as they will achieve no seats based on their current polling. A list vote for the @scottishgreens.org will do the most for the Indy cause and impact on Unionists Party’s

11.02.2026 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0