Gavin Williamson

Lidl pressed on without glass, working really well, 5p a plastic bottle, kids are loving it

If you include council tax and VAT, the poorest 10% pay on average 48% of their income in tax. The richest 10% just 39%.

I swear, if most of them picked fruit on minimum wage for 1/20th of the time they spend WHINING about this online, they would cover the VAT and make a bit extra on top. 3/3

Good news!

A record number of hip and knee operations were performed by NHS Scotland last year.

How indy fund could offer more than just a basic state pension THE Scottish Currency Group’s last two articles have provided an outline of a national pension fund (NPF) as an equivalent of a sovereign wealth…

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How indy fund could offer more than just a basic state pension THE Scottish Currency Group’s last two articles have provided an outline of a national pension fund (NPF) as an equivalent of a sovereign wealth…

Third in Jim Osborne's SCG series on potential pension arrangements for an independent Scotland. This proposal could restore defined benefits second pensions and in time could lead to a complete reimagining of pension provisions for Scottish pensioners

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I want to live in a Scotland where no child grows up in poverty.

Child poverty is falling in Scotland, because we’re choosing to act.

But only with the powers of independence, we can transform our society and end child poverty for good.

My column in today’s Daily Record. 👇

It is quite something to see much of what was once the mainstream right predicting, hoping for, braying for “revolt/revolution”.

Opinion: Fifty years ago, the assets held by S&P 500 companies were predominantly physical. But today, it is estimated that around 90% of their assets are intangible. This transformation helps to explain four prevailing themes in the US stock market on.ft.com/41Bq369

Celebrating the success of our young people and those who work hard to support them

🇸🇪📞🇺🇦 Zelensky: I spoke with Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson.This year, Sweden has allocated $4 billion to help our defense.

Sweden, like all the Nordic countries, firmly supports the need for the quickest possible, just, and reliable end to the war, as well as effective pressure on Russia.

‼️🇪🇺🇺🇦 #Europe issues ‘JOINT statement’ on #Ukraine just days before Trump–Putin meet

- CONTINUE arming Kiev

- CONTINUE sanctioning Moscow

- Promise Ukraine ‘security guarantees’

- ‘Path to peace cannot be decided without Ukraine’

Hey @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. REPORT THIS 👇

NUCLEAR MATERIALS LEAKED REPEATEDLY INTO LOCH LONG

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A navy review in 2020 assessed “vulnerabilities, defects, corrosion” in “several systems” at Coulport and found that “about 50 per cent of the components reviewed were beyond design life”.

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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How we can fight back against the right-wing coup For a better future the power of corporations and wealthy elites must be curbed and reversed

UK working class impoverished by right-wing coup

Wages taxed at 20% - 45% marginal rates
Capital gains 18% - 32%
Dividends 8.75% - 39.35%.
Private equity bosses at max rate of 32%.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%

Govts not keen on progressive tax policies

'Our' media silent on radioactive waste leaking into Loch Long!
Not the Royal Navy letting radioactive waste leaks into Loch Long! Or indeed the efforts of the UKGOV to keep it secret. Also, the reason for the increased incidence of cancer in that area. Yes, Oasis is definitely more newsworthy!

Orwellian Labour ...

The Minister for the NHS promotes privatisation
The Minister for Communities attacks allotments
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BBC spending less in Scotland while increasing licence fee

The disparity in the BBC’s spending between Scotland and England has been described as 'alarming' as the broadcaster has allocated less funding to Scotland despite increasing its licence fee intake

1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball One of the many things that bug me about the Dodoball version of history is the nonsense about QPFC getting the Lilywhite London Association Rules and Football only then starting in Scotland. Look at the John Hope Rules of 1833 and his later Stockbridge Rules of 1854.

It’s only an abomination if they are blocking the sustained will which we don’t have yet, cart in front of horse again

Disagree, the thing about process (as presently discussed) is that we put the cart in front of the horse. Independence will happen when the support for it is sustained and a clear desire of the people of Scotland. The margin has to be sufficient that most of the losers accept it as well.

Firstly let’s stop circling endlessly over process, 11 years, granted picture much clearer now. Acceptance of where we really are is the first step. Polling can be helpful in this provided we stop torturing the numbers to reflect our desires.

View of Loch Long surrounded by wooded hills under a clear sky. Overlaid text reads: “Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant.”

🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal.

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Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

The reckless lack of care at what should be the most secure site in Britain is utterly jaw dropping. Never mind diplomatic talk of “suboptimal” plans & “shortfalls in asset management” - this is a story of unforgivable negligence & cover-up - just shameful

Head shot of Gordon Brown next to the words 'FACT CHECK'.

'The Daily Record’s headline, quoting Gordon Brown saying child poverty in Scotland is getting worse, is not supported by official government figures.
Relative child poverty rates in Scotland fell from 25% in 2021 to 23% in 2024, the most recent statistics available.'
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The numbers are there plain to see, we really have to shed these self perpetuating myths, it holds us back from seeing more clrearly.

More than that Colin, we need to start ridding ourselves of our own myths, Indyref may have increased support by about 10% the evidence is there to see. We have already won over those that are more easily persuaded, campaigning will not make impact of 2013. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...

Labour's eviction scandal beggars belief IT is hard to find adequate words to express just how outrageous the scandal about Labour’s now former homelessness minister Rushanara Ali is. But…

I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.

Labour's eviction scandal beggars belief
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