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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 May’s election. Even bette…

It's never been more important to get out and vote for Scotland's future 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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ANOTHER U-turn for Labour as they ditch their promise to pay all adults the same minimum wage.

A betrayal that will live long in the memory of young folk.

Do they believe in anything?

See the list of 23 MPs who accepted donations from Labour Together

Labour Together is under fire after it emerged that the think tank that propelled Keir Starmer to power has been accused of spying on journalists

See the 23 MPs who have benefitted from the group 👇

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Thankfully the Scottish Government has protected us from this. Westminster is failing. Public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

It's time to evict Trump's troops from Scotland.

The US under Trump is increasingly becoming a rogue state, from invading Venezuela to threatening Greenland. Scotland must not be complicit in his crimes.

👉Take action - greens.scot/TrumpsTroopsOut

Petition: Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy We are concerned about reported Israeli state-linked and pro-Israel lobbying activity in UK politics. We believe it is important to determine the scope and impact of any such influence campaigns.

Petition: Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy
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Square graphic showing several national flags waving together, with the Scottish Saltire prominent in the foreground and other smaller country flags visible behind it. The background is softly blurred with warm light and motion, giving a sense of cooperation and international context. No people are visible. Overlaid text reads, “We worked with smaller countries that managed defence and foreign policy responsibly. Scale was not the issue. Organisation was. Scotland has the population and skills to do the same. Independence provides the authority to plan properly.”

Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released

Zack Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts

It comes after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages showed Peter Mandelson talking to him about meeting American tech companies

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

Andrew Marr says that Starmer is doomed, "we are heading for a Reform govt and the victory of the SNP again in Scotland followed inevitably with renewed pressure for an independence referendum". #ItsTime Make it happen #VoteSNP

Health board bosses in Scotland have 10% pay rise put on hold Executives at NHS Lothian and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde were previously handed temporary rises worth up to £20,000 per year.

On the day that Scotland’s First Minister opens the country’s first walk-in GP clinic, the BBC ignore it completely and focus on some peripheral SNP bad shite.

Welcome to Scotland, the country whose media want it to fail.

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Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir To paraphrase Shakespeare, Oh what a revolting web we weave when we mire ourselves in sleaze. Labour’s self inflicted paedophile adjacent chaos continues. Starmer has now belatedly removed th…

Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir. Anas Sarwar's incessant attacks on NHS Scotland are an attempt to soften up the Scottish public for private company involvement in NHS Scotland. Only indy parties will protect NHS Scotland.

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Scotland can do even better without the constraints of Westminster

Research reveals Scotland’s free bus travel has positive impacts on health and mental wellbeing beyond schemes in the rest of the UK but it’s not getting media attention.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor must give evidence to US cops, demand Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie spoke out after the King said his family were "ready to support" police in their inquiries.

Andrew's behaviour clearly needs criminal investigation.

But we should be equally outraged at the way the Monarchy bankrolled and protected him - including paying £12 million to settle a sexual assault case.

Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer and avoid strike action RESIDENT doctors have voted to accept a revised pay and contract reform offer and call off strike action

Well done SNP for working in partnership with doctors rather than calling them names like Wes Streeting does in England

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Time for a #ScottishRepublic

Keir Starmer 'should consider following Morgan McSweeney', Scottish Labour MP says

Keir Starmer should consider following Morgan McSweeney out the door, a Scottish Labour MP has said

EXCLUSIVE: It will be 'very difficult' for judges to rule that the UK Government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful, a leading expert on human rights and protest has said

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Stark difference between Peter Mandelson and Nicola Sturgeon police home searches Officers erected a forensic tent outside of the former first minister's home, did Peter Mandelson get the same treatment?

“When scandal hits Westminster’s inner circle, it's dealt with gently, discreetly, with a knock on the door by a plain clothes copper.

“It makes one thing clearer than ever: one standard for those in Westminster; another for the rest of us, particularly if you’re an SNP politician.”

#BigBlueTents

John Curtice's two-word verdict on Anas Sarwar's chances of leading Scotland

EXCLUSIVE: Anas Sarwar has 'virtually zero' chance of becoming the next first minister of Scotland, Professor John Curtice has said

🗣️ 'I'm not sure that even the downfall of Starmer would be sufficiently dramatic and effective to turn things around that quickly'

It's not just Starmer who has questions to answer. Mandelson's sleaze was well known. His links to Epstein were public knowledge in 2023, but Anas Sarwar still called him his friend and Douglas Alexander praised him highly when he was appointed UK Ambassador to the US.

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Let's hope so.

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In the public interest

UK wealth tax is inevitable says billionaires nemesis

The 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more than 34 million people combined.

That level of inequality is totally unsustainable.

A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.

Westminster use Scotland as a dumping ground

#ScottishRepublic

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK are under pressure to explain why their treasurer appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade

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Anas Sarwar's 'old friend' Peter Mandelson, April 2025.

Anas Sarwar's 'old friend' Peter Mandelson, Feb 2025.

And the annual Brass Neck Award goes, once again, to Anas Sarwar. #Scotland #Holyrood26

Did you know.
In the last 5 years of the Labour/Lib Dem government in Scotland - from 2002 to 2007 - 371 homes for affordable rent were built.

In the last 5 years of the SNP Government, 2019 to 2024, 18,215 were built.

Almost 50 times as many.