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Image comparing Westminster blocking Scotland's bottle deposit scheme in 2023 with independent Ireland's €51m surplus from their scheme.

Ah, ain't it wonderful to be governed from London?

I doubt this is what Hobson had in mind | E-Tangata “Hobson’s Pledge is terribly enthusiastic about treating all people equally, but not above weaponising ethnicity, which is what makes us distinctive, when it suits their misguided purposes.” — Richard...

"I’m so looking forward to the use of some generic farmer’s image when, consistent with its support for the principle of all people being treated equally, HP releases its campaign against rural wards."

Prof Richard Shaw | I doubt this is what Hobson had in mind
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BIG BRAVE MET POLIS ARRESTING A RATHER SCARY TERRORIST, JUST LOOK AT HER GRIP 😐
How bloody ridiculous is this farce!

Quick video for the 'we saved too many lives, spent too much $, sent inflation to the moon, made interest rates go up, and now we have to pay for our sins 😢' crowd.
The idea that NZ could have 'opted out' of global inflation surge is daft. Almost as daft as NZ opting almost uniquely for a recession.

To take another angle, here's average annual deficit spend as % of GDP for OECD countries from 2020 to 2022. Where's NZ? Indeed.
So why are Treasury still quoting a dodgy IMF forecast from 2021 rather than doing easy analysis of what was actually spent across countries? Go figure. [Ends]

A neat summary.

1/4 - whisky's share of UK food and drink exports
1/3 - all UK food and drink exports
1/2 - UK's renewable energy.

And ALL of the UK's progressive parties in government 👍

Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering.

www.wired.com/story/trump-... I think our act/nz first government is about to find this out too. #nzpol

Money for nothing is why we’re screwed — Common Weal The expectation that every investment must automatically offer enormous returns has bent global economic policy round its fingers. But guaranteed returns are why the West is in so much trouble.

Completely agree with this . Another example of ‘developers’ sitting on important sites is the amazing Govan Graving Docks. Could be a Shipbuilding Museum. Two listed buildings, one bulldozed, one so dilapidated it was used as a war torn scene in the film 1917. www.commonweal.scot/articles/mag...

If the independent is going to headline the vague bigoted ramblings of every doddery 79 year old American golf tourist landing in Scotland we are in for a long summer.

Welsh communities 'must be at heart of UK’s clean energy future' Stephen Price A grassroots Welsh community energy body has called for renewable energy projects in Wales to move to a mandatory shared ownership model to benefit Welsh communities. Community Energy Wa...

A grassroots Welsh community energy body has called for renewable energy projects in Wales to move to a mandatory shared ownership model to benefit Welsh communities

Happy Mon🍎- paperback cover just released. All about what we know about living longer, healthier lives from around the world.

Lots of women on Palestine Edinburgh march. It’s the Gaza children being killed looking for food that’s breaking hearts and prompting so many mothers to turn up. No arrests despite thousands repeating same lines that prompted police action y’day. ⁦‪

Voting age to be lowered to 16 by next general election published at 10:52 10:52 Breaking Around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election, under government plans to lower the voting age. Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali tells the BBC the "seismic" change will ensure young people's voices are heard. She confirms the pledge will be part of a raft of measures introduced through a new Elections Bill.

Genuinely fantastic news, correcting the odd imbalance whereby Scottish (and Welsh) 16 and 17 year olds could vote in some but not all elections, and had a say over things like education, healthcare and income taxation, whilst their English counterparts did not.

The BBC, biased? Oh yes…and most especially in Scotland This story has been published by The National in the last couple of hours and refers to an interview I did with BBC Radio Scotland this morning: As they note: ECONOMIST Richard Murphy clashed with...

The BBC, biased? Oh yes…and most especially in Scotland www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... Is the BBC biased? You bet your bottom dollar it is, as my experience on BBC Radio Scotland this morning showed.

Given that she was The Foreign Secretary at the time of the leak, what exactly is she shocked about?!

Read the new there're not telling you.
[Guardian Editor: Psst. Don’t mention that Germany is best at 96% with Scotland just 1% behind on 95%, 6% better than the 'UK'. Mums the word.]

A large majority across Europe would support an independent Scotland joining the EU - more than would support the UK rejoining. Only the rest of the UK is against.

Denmark is keener than we are!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 #ScottishIndependence #RejoinEU

Disappointing to see England so anti an independent Scotland. I would like to know what drives that? Is it fear of England being left alone? Or dislike of Europe? Or British exceptionalism? I know England could thrive as an independent nation also, but English people seem to not believe that. Sad.

Note 2025 is half year. 6 months left yet.

What I'd say to you is that kiwis just need to make better choices. Why don't they just sell a couple of their rentals and move to a safer quarter acre section somewhere nice? Build themselves a smart McMansion with a pool? Seriously, the country has lost its mojo.

Two button meme with the choices labelled 'Condemn Kneecap' and 'SNPBad'

Poor BBC Scotland having to run with this headline. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Political parties in Scotland registered in, and almost completely funded from, another country? Sounds a bit, you know, colonial.

This weekend Scotland has had dozens of marches by a religious cult that sing about killing catholics and Irish people, and are protected by the police. But if I chant "End the genocide. I support Palestine Action" I'm arrested for terrorism offences.

What a country we live in.

The sensible option seems impossible given current Govt. We need a public investment programme - preferably in infrastructure and other changes that help us (a) reduce our reliance on expensive imports (oil), (b) slow the flow of rent offshore (grey bars below), and, (c) get some jobs back! [12/n]

Joseph Rowntree Foundation on X: "4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in large part due to social security policies 1/5 https://t.co/VpgB2vxT6w" / X 4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in large part due to social security policies 1/5 https://t.co/VpgB2vxT6w

JRF say that only Scotland will show falls in child poverty by 2029 - poverty will increase in rest of UK. The JRF think tank says this is due to the SNP Scottish Govt’s social security policies.

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A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.

Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.

Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

Question

Why does England want to keep + increase their nuclear weapons in Faslane, Scotland 29 miles from Glasgow?

Answer

Because Wales is close to England's population and since independence, Ireland is not available.

#ScottishIndependenceNOW #ScottishUDI #FreeScotland #EnglishImperialistsOUT

The BBC not broadcasting the Kneecap set from Glastonbury tells you all you need to know about free speech in the UK under Starmer and his fellow Zionists FREE FREE PALESTINE you fuckers 🇵🇸

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