Dougie Lockhart

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Do we actually need the wealthy? It's a question in need of an answer.

Do we actually need the wealthy? youtu.be/ZY_7CJbeGCw?... We’re starting a new series: unpacking the myths around wealth. From who the wealthy are, how they got their money, to whether we really need them at all. This is about dismantling the stories the rich tell to keep us in line.

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland's coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy — The Independent Submerged in about 40 meters of water off Scotland’s coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides and generate electricity

Scotland has everything it could ever need to sustain itself as an Independent Nation the only thing stopping it you, #VoteSNP2026 #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿https://apple.news/APFrFvxscTmq6O699pULThA

Global surface reform the last 485 million years. Notice a pattern?

Music is joy! #AGoodPlace

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Survation repeat their regular sample ‘adjustment’ to pluck another No vote to influence rather than inform Professor John Robertson OBA In the midst of clear dissatisfaction with the UK Labour Government’s new austerity policies, collapsing support for Labour and Cons, the pollster Survation manag…

Propaganda meant to influence rather than inform. talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/05/07/s...

When anyone uses the qualifier ‘far’ before ‘left’ or ‘right’ be careful.

Now there is another one – Labour Midlothian councillor stripped of the whip Anonymous Now there is another one , Labour Midlothian councillor Bryan Pottinger has been stripped of the Labour whip, on the 11 December , after what is now a second comp…

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Mandelson and EPSTEIN were chums..wonder how many MORE of his labour govt chums took a trip ..I mean the amount of reprehensible bastards in every ukgovt since the 50s makes really bad reading, narcissistic pompous careerists..and ONLY in govt for what they can get,steal,come on Scotland time Tae go

Immediately before devolution in 1999, the UK Labour govt unilaterally moved the sea boundary between Scotland and England to transfer 15,000 sq km from Scottish waters to English waters. A last grab before Holyrood convened.
#LyingRedTories
#ScottishIndependenceASAP

How Scotland could have “the cheapest electricity in Europe”

“If we had regional pricing in the UK for electricity, every region would be cheaper than it is now. Scotland would have the cheapest electricity in Europe.” Greg Jackson, Octopus Energy. Instead, Scots are paying the highest energy bills in Europe.
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Labour gave Israel army chief immunity for secret meetings in UK, SNP learn THE Labour Government secretly met with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) chief of staff just days after an international arrest warrant was issued…

So ignoring ICC arrest warrants? How do they get away with this?
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Yes, and others. Nobody picks up in this postcode.

He’s the same as all his political brethren, a simple criminal. When will we stop this voting nonsense and just govern the country with a randomly selected jury of normal people?

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#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Cooking pies is like sex. You really need to forget your first attempt.

Richard Walker: More disturbing than Reform's rise is the BBC welcoming them in AS 2024 staggers to a welcome end the most depressing lesson it teaches is how UK politics grants disproportionate powers to smaller parties ...

'Farage has always enjoyed the tacit support of the BBC, which has a history of inviting him on to panel discussion programmes far more often than his public support would justify.'
@richardwalker5.bsky.social, via @scotnational.bsky.social.
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I have a Broadwood square piano, pretty thing, yours for nothing if you want it. I’ve retired to a wee tiny attic flat and it won’t fit in.

Today Anas Sarwar voted with the Tories, against his own Labour MSPs. Twice.

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All these interconnectors being put between Scotland and England are not for Scotland's advantage.

“Labour ‘will meddle’ in Scotland”

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has vowed that the UK government will meddle wherever they want in any areas, whether devolved to Scotland or not, ‘sharing best practice and aligning efforts’ across the UK.

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Me!!

And how will you do that, short of drawing your claymore from its hiding in the thatch?

Colour me fucking shocked.
The UK is not a country, it's a corrupt corporation.
#GetUsTaeFuck #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Why are Scots paying more for energy to power their homes? - Bylines Scotland Scotland hosts thousands of wind turbines, both on and off-shore, yet our energy bills remain unsustainably high

BBC Scotland look at standing charges today but do not tell you that they're higher here: bylines.scot/environment/....

If you are interested in the truth of what is happening in Gaza and Israel follow @ntarnopolsky.bsky.social

Twitter never offended me. Those who clearly had nothing to contribute to an argument beyond personal abuse I simply blocked. Those who had (apparently) been on Twitter a number of years and accumulated 2 followers were blocked too (no point trying to argue with an algorithm).