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Continuity with currency does not guarantee stability Such an argument appears intuitive, even comforting, but it rests on a misunderstanding that continuity and stability are interchangeable

Scotland must wear it's own currency, simples.

"Stability very often requires adaptation. We all intuitively understand this principle in daily life – to maintain a stable body temperature, you do not dress identically in July and in January,"

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Mhairi Black (@mhairi_black_) on Threads #worldcup2026 #Scotland #Denmark #football #tartanarmy

Aye
#Scotland #TartanArmy
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Lekker, hoor.🇳🇱

'Get your boots off our neck': Alan Cumming hits out at Westminster 'idiots'

The UK Government’s decision to strike down gender reforms in Scotland shows why the country needs independence, Alan Cumming has said, as he told Westminster to 'get your boots off our necks'

Scottish Tory multimillionaire's superyacht targeted in wealth tax protest A SCOTTISH multimillionaire and former Tory donor’s superyacht has been targeted in a protest over bringing in a wealth tax ...

"Baron Laidlaw dodges taxes and lives in Monaco, ordinary Brits are struggling with rising bills, NHS cuts, and climate collapse"
#inequality #uk
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'Bowled over': Scottish Climate Secretary makes prestigious Time Magazine list THE SNP’s Climate Secretary has been named on a prestigious list of 100 global climate leaders

Congratulations Gillian Martin

#environment #climatejustice

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How can Scotland have a "soft touch" approach to crime, and the biggest prison population in history, hitting just under 8,400 last month? This weekend's Herald on Sunday / Sunday National column on Anas Sarwar's pitch for the "tough on crime" vote. www.thenational.scot/politics/256...

Is this what that convinced Labour the SNP are a 'national security threat'? This week, the Worst of Westminster is proud to bring you an excerpt from a classified British intelligence report* on the activities of Public…

"I trust that the information contained in this report will be enough to support the proscription of the SNP, ...The Proclaimers, Lorraine Kelly and anyone who has ever mentioned that the only place that Elvis ever went to in the UK was Prestwick Airport."

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For those interested in economics in Scotland, go to our new website at www.scotonomics.org

Charity installs solar-powered operating rooms in Ukraine as war disrupts power Kids Operating Room has completed the fit-out of six new paediatric operating rooms at a hospital in western Ukraine.

"Founded in 2018 by Edinburgh couple Nicola Wood MBE and Garreth Wood MBE, Kids Operating Room has installed 111 paediatric operating rooms across 36 countries"

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Andrew Tickell: The real reason behind the stripping of former prince’s titles The phrase 'these censures are deemed necessary' gives the game away. Notice the emphasis on necessity

Britain’s tarnished royal house has only done what became necessary and expedient after multiple attempts to temporise their way out of it, with the minimum possible concessions.
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No *hit Sherlock

#snp #scottishindependence

Scottish Labour MPs and MSPs stayed silent on US whisky tariffs, FOI reveals NOT one single Scottish Labour MP or MSP pushed the UK Government to get a better deal for Scotch whisky ...

"The department said in its response that “no information is held in scope of your request” – meaning no Scottish Labour MPs or MSPs contacted any ministers about whisky tariffs in that period"
#whisky #scotland #tariffs
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UK minister humiliated in bombshell report over 'misleading' Scottish sewage claims A UK minister has been humiliated in a bombshell report over false claims he made about water pollution in Scotland ...

"The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) found that housing minister Steve Reed – formerly the environment minister – was found to have risked "misleading the public" after falsely claiming "pollution levels in Scotland are worse than they are in England"

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Paul Kavanagh: The Union is now looking awfully close to implosion TWO political developments have happened outwith Scotland in the past week which may have enormous significance not just for Scotland but for the…

"Said media’s disappointment at Reform’s failure was palpable. Plaid’s handsome victory, leaving Reform far behind in their wake, did not fit the narrative of Farage’s inevitable rise to power, which the British media has been touting for months."

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Climate inequality report 2025 | Climate Change: A Capital Challenge, Why Climate Policy Must Tackle Ownership - WID - World Inequality Database This new report reveals how wealth drive the climate crisis, and proposes new policy options to address it.

The Climate Inequality Report 2025 reveals how wealth drives the climate crisis, and proposes new policy options to address it.

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#scottishindependence

Scottish Currency Group Conference - 2025 Preparing the way for the Scottish Currency and Central Bank. The Vision for Independence.

On the way to talk and learn about the 'gubbins' of Scottish independence.

#scottishindependence

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Scottish Labour MP joins SNP anger at 'pocket change' for Scotland from UK fish fund SCOTTISH MPs from the SNP, Tories, LibDems, and even Labour Party have united to oppose UK Government plans to hand the English fishing industry…

"“Despite Scotland representing 60% of our fishing capacity, despite landing almost 50% of the catch in these islands, despite more than 75% of all species caught landed by Scottish vessels, we are offered a mere 7.78% of the fund.”
#fishing #funding #Scotland

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Telt

#SNP

Lesley Riddoch: Keir Starmer is doing a grand job winding up Celtic nations KEIR Starmer could be forgiven for feeling a little cocky today.

"Westminster has been quite successful at sweeping successive Scottish independence mandates under the carpet, but the addition of Wales and Northern Ireland will be impossible to conceal.

That stinging verdict on the Union will be visible from outer space."

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Democracy and central banking go under the microscope.

#central-banking
#democracy

Owned.
#snp #scottishindependence

We don't need any unelected chamber in an independent Scotland.

#SNP #ScottishIndependence

Mhairi Black: Charlie Kirk's death shows US is taking cues from Nazi Goebbels IF the United States’ descent into fascism wasn’t obvious enough, the events of the last couple of weeks should surely show how Orwellian its…

"As always, the UK is not far behind following the US into this fascist madness"

#fascism #uk #usa

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Inside the bid to have the UN decolonise Scotland SCOTLAND is a colony of England should be liberated through international legal mechanisms, an audience at the United Nations’ European…

“The people of Scotland have in my opinion a constitutional right to determine their political future.”
#scottishindependence
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Excoriating

#mandelson

First children arrive in Scotland from Gaza for NHS treatment THE first two patients and their families have arrived in Scotland from Gaza to receive treatment, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

"it is right that Scotland welcomes these children and their families."

#gazagenocide
#scotland

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YouTube video by Sam Avery I’m not defending Angela Rayner. But…

Working class? Working class woman, even? Lefty?
How very dare you! You're operating on eggshells love.
Don't mess with the political and journalistic rules in the UK.

#journalism #ukpolitics

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