Maureen Pickering

Scotland and the United Nations, an unlikely path to independence There has been some pushback online from Liberation Scotland/Salvo supporters about the comment I made in my previous piece about the UK employing its veto as a permanent member of the UN Security …

My latest blog piece, Scotland and the United Nations, an unlikely path to independence

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I’ll never forgive Westminster for stopping this in Scotland… and why did they? They wanted it first in England 🤬

YouTube video by UtinamSemper Deposit machine for plastic bottles and metal cans in Norway

Deposit machine for plastic bottles and metal cans in Norway - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/rggVH...

Never forget Westminster stopped Scotland doing this!

Ireland’s state backed drink container deposit scheme records a €51 million surplus in 2024 as the scheme is hailed as an overwhelming success.

As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold war, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commen...

A dangerous world requires cooler heads and less grandstanding. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Alex Salmond may have leaked sexual misconduct inquiry details – Nicola Sturgeon

“He's yours, and was imposed on England”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Which brings as back to uk westminster and England’s brexit, imposed on Scotland”

Boycott them now

NEW: People pictured at a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the Scotland Office in Edinburgh on Saturday

📸 Gordon Terris

'We are sovereign': The people’s constitution that could see an independent Scotland Activists in Scotland have set up a website for the public to be involved in writing the country's draft constitution for an independent nation and…

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'We are sovereign': The people’s constitution that could see an independent Scotland Activists in Scotland have set up a website for the public to be involved in writing the country's draft constitution for an independent nation and…

www.thenational.scot/news/2537826...

Latest Labour Government ‘Farage Panic’ to reduce prison population as Scotland’s prison population falls safely to more than 300 below capacity Professor John Robertson OBA In the latest unconvincing Labour Government attempt to appear tough, win back Reform UK supporters and free-up prison spaces, currently at 89 042 (98.9%) cap…

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Inside the Scottish demining charity working to secure a safer future for Ukrainians As we drive through liberated Ukrainian villages and reach Budy, I spot walls pockmarked with shrapnel scars and shot holes ...

My story about Scottish demining charity @thehalotrust.bsky.social and their work in Ukraine is in today's @scotnational.bsky.social + my photos. In Budy, Chernihiv Oblast, 171 hectares remain contaminated. "We'll have work to do for decades." www.thenational.scot/news/2537810...

It's strange that out of 650 MPs in UK Parliament, it takes the SNP (every time) to demand Labour & Tory governments act ethically in the face of Genocide in Gaza by Netanyahu's Zionist government. #VoteSNP

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We must acknowledge the difference between the government of Scotland by the SNP and the purpose of the SNP in pursuit of independence. Joined up leadership of ‘yes’ movement is lacking cohesion and a figurehead. It must include SNP MSPs outside of their job of government

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Morning folks! It's been another busy week at Bylines Scotland! Plenty of good reading and listening here 👇 Huv a gid day!

#Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Public Service Announcer’s voice: this refers to England only.

In Scotland we can see our GP if not same day then definitely next day.

#IndependenceIsNormal
#YouYesYet?

King Charles is 238th on the Sunday Times Rich List 2025 - with our money. As BBC News put it, "Billionaires fall as King rises" - with taxpayer money. What does that tell you about the monarchy?

#AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing

Independence NOW

Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

God, the number of people who were willing to believe that the South Yorkshire police were too woke to prosecute sexual abuse cases, when in fact the police force was itself an instrument of patriarchal sexual violence. It’s like a case study in the worst excesses of the British press.

It’s an indefensible appointment.

Lindsay Hoyle blocks release of emails he sent to Israeli politicians Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has personally intervened to block the release of emails he sent to Israeli politicians

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Speaker doubles down over refusal to disclose Israel emails Exclusive: Lindsay Hoyle blocked the release of his own email correspondence, using a ‘get out of jail free’ card

Speaker doubles down over refusal to disclose Israel emails
Exclusive: Lindsay Hoyle blocked the release of his own email correspondence, using a ‘get out of jail free’ card 👇
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Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.

Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb

'We are sovereign': The people’s constitution that could see an independent Scotland Activists in Scotland have set up a website for the public to be involved in writing the country's draft constitution for an independent nation and…

www.thenational.scot/news/2537826...

'We are sovereign': The people’s constitution that could see an independent Scotland Activists in Scotland have set up a website for the public to be involved in writing the country's draft constitution for an independent nation and…

Another initiative - People’s Constitution, to gain Scottish independence, like Salvo and Liberation Scotland.

But to succeed, do these groups need the kind of support SNP currently has?

What will it take to stir folk to back independence initiatives? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

www.thenational.scot/news/2537826...

'We are sovereign': The people’s constitution that could see an independent Scotland Activists in Scotland have set up a website for the public to be involved in writing the country's draft constitution for an independent nation and…

www.thenational.scot/news/2537826...

It was my privilege last night to host members of our wonderful emergency services at Bute House.

Thank you for everything you do. 💙