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…

As a new poll puts the SNP within striking distance of winning a majority in May's Holyrood election and projects Reform UK as the largest anti-independence party, the choice facing Scotland has never been starker, Scottish independence or British fascism.

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Scotland has officially banned hunting with dogs closing loopholes previously allowed mounted hunts to continue traditional fox hunting caused unnecessary suffering Now with tighter laws in place using packs of dogs to chase and kill wild mammals is effectively prohibited across the country.

Screenshot of an X post by Stephanie Ruhle responding “This is not correct” to a clip of USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer saying tariffs are not regressive because most consumption is done by the wealthiest Americans. The embedded image shows Greer speaking live outside the White House on CNBC.

Lower and middle class consumers spend a far higher percentage of disposable income buying basic items. This isn't hard to understand, but our USTR doesn't seem to.

Amnesty responds to Reform UK proposals to repeal the Equality Act In uncertain times, the answer is not fewer protections for ordinary people. Alba Kapoor, Amnesty International UK’s Rac

⚠️ “The Equality Act is vital – it is not a slogan or a culture-war talking point. It is the legal guarantee that you cannot be sacked for being pregnant, refused housing because of your race, or harassed at work because you are disabled or gay."

❌ "That is not ideology. That is basic fairness."

Reform accused of ‘pitching for votes of misogynists’ with plan to scrap Equality Act Charities have warned that scrapping the Equality Act would be a ‘significant step backwards’ for discrimination protections in Britain

"Jo Maugham KC, executive director of the Good Law Project, accused her of 'pitching for the votes of misogynists, homophobes, racists and antisemites, who are the only people who benefit from removing discrimination protections'."

Reform’s leader in Scotland has called for a “dialogue” on an introducing patient charges & moving away from a purely tax-funded NHS model. He also believes in private companies delivering more services.

The SNP will always protect our NHS & its founding principles.

Without US military support, we need a European defence union. Here’s what that looks like | Paul Taylor The fledgling ‘coalition of the willing’ assembled for Ukraine could form the basis for an urgent European security resp

Deeper European cooperation on defence is crucial with an expansionist Russia on our doorstep.

Negotiating full UK access to SAFE is a critical first step for both the UK and the EU.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/18/us-military-support-european-defence-union-ukraine

🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English unionist fundamentalist Alex Cole-Hamilton with his thoughts on Scotland the ‘Region’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Trade Union Congress: "Young people: We can't afford our rent.

Multi-millionaire Reform MP Richard Tice: We're going to cut your pay."

Graeme Garden is 83 today, Happy Birthday Graeme 🎁🎂

🔥 Caroline Lucas: "Your position is utterly incoherent."

🔵 "We've got a party that pretends to be an insurgent party, an anti establishment, anti-elite party, and yet it's stuffed full of old Tory retreads."

🤔 "I mean, it just doesn't add up."

Under Labour, we were led to believe that we would see a more humane, kinder style of government. Well, that didn’t last long, writes Paul Kavanagh ✍️

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🇬🇧 During the 2024 General Election campaign Anas Sarwar promised 70,000 jobs for Scotland as a result of GB Energy

It turned out to be 29 jobs for Scotland

🇬🇧 Where’s the (unionist) media scrutiny of Sarwar and his lies?

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The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight

"Your position is utterly incoherent"

"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"

Anas Sarwar lashes out at John Swinney amid Labour Together row A FURIOUS Anas Sarwar lashed out at John Swinney and branded him “idiotic” for describing funding from scandal-hit Labour Together as “dodgy”

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Mr Sarwar is not short of giving insults to others. He can give it but cant take it back,

Anas Sarwar lashes out at John Swinney amid Labour Together row

BBC Complaints struggling after one month to explain why they lied about QEUH water supply infections Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. On January 19th 2026, I sent this complaint to the BBC regarding their coverage of the QEUH water supply infections: Ten days later, they apolog…

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Calmac Chief on Scotland’s 95% plus ferries – The facts that Scotland’s news media are shockingly and deliberately hiding from you, for political purposes – please share widely Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Thanks to Dave Lodge for sharing this with me. From CEO CalMac, Diane Burke, to all staff, in recent days: and: Note that all of this has been s…

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Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy.

A masterclass in quality journalism.

Drug-related hospital stay rates in Scotland plummet by half as SNP’s unique, World-first, opioid overdose reversal kit programme gets on top of the plague after 8 years Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. From Drug-related hospital statistics Scotland 2024 to 2025, published today the above graph and: There were 10,185 drug-related hospital stays …

Drug-related hospital stay rates in Scotland plummet by half as SNP’s unique, World-first, opioid overdose reversal kit programme gets on top of the plague after 8 years
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If you have a Royal Family, you have deference.

If you have a Royal Family, you have a class system.

If you have a RF, you essentially say, "These people are better than everyone else by dint of birth & should maintain enormous influence, wealth and power."

Why would anyone want that at all?

🇬🇧 The rising unemployment rate in the “uk” is Headline news on bbc Network

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The reducing unemployment rate in Scotland, which is now 38% lower than in England, is a news blackout with bbc Scotlandshire

🇬🇧 It’s called ‘propaganda by omission’, a recognised method of influencing public opinion

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UK unemployment 40% higher, youth unemployment 40% higher than in Scotland, BBC Scotland ‘disappear’ the good news again Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. BBC Breakfast this morning with an extended piece on unemployment not being mirrored by BBC Scotland. The unemployment rate in Scotland at the e…

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Last week Scottish Government committed firmly to free higher education tuition, was ignored by ALL news media, but this week BBC Scotland prefers to tell you about London-based thinktank’s doubts Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. BBC Scotland today with London-based Institute [just a bunch of lads really] for Fiscal Studies doubting whether Scotland can continue to afford…

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🇬🇧But Scotland is too wee, too poor and stupid, and uniquely inadequate, incompetent and incapable of functioning as a normal country

We couldn’t possibly deliver these exceptional products for export unless we had westminster Red Tories & Blue Tories making all the important decisions for us🇬🇧🤪

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Brits would overwhelmingly back Rejoin in new referendum Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, YouGov polling has found.

Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to the latest polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups – especially among younger voters

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Latest stats out today show unemployment rate in Scotland is significantly below the UK’s.

With limited powers, we’re building a stronger economy and creating more jobs.

Imagine how much more we could do with the full powers of independence.