Scotsman who believes that we should be in charge of our own destiny. European. Husband to a wonderful Wife, Father of two amazing boys and a Puggle. HMFC
Brexit Britain is broken and broke.
Sure, it might hobble along for a bit longer but if ever there was a “country” in terminal decline then this is it.
So what are you going to do Scotland? Cling to the wreckage or start rebuilding from the ashes?
#YouYesYet
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Ooft.
@NicolaSturgeon
on great form this morning. Every word true re Trussolini and how obscene it is that an energy rich country like Scotland should be facing sky high bills and blackouts this winter.
#YouYesYet
Scotland?
Oh dear, it would appear that
@Douglas4Moray
has managed to unite the various warring factions of the SNP under the ticket of John Swinney with Kate Forbes in a prominent cabinet role.
That wee fud really is the gift that keeps on giving!!
Win or lose on the pitch, Scotland are going to be the darlings of this
#euro2024
competition.
As always the
#TartanArmy
are a brilliant advert for Powerhouse Scotland!! 💪💪💪💪
@JeremyVineOn5
My Wife and I were part of the crowd in Edinburgh yesterday. We will both vote for Scotland to become a normal independent country again next October.
Sarah Smith knew exactly what she was doing yesterday. There can now be no question the the BBC is merely the propaganda arm of the British regime.
#ResignSarahSmith
Oh I see. Safe consumption rooms are the answer now that England has lost control of its drug deaths. Scotland was told to go and whistle when it was a Scotland-only problem. Yet another union dividend eh Scotland?
#YouYesYet
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Drug deaths in England and Wales are at their highest level on record - so could drug consumption rooms be the answer?
Sky News goes inside one in France and sees how illegal substances are being taken in public areas in the UK.
Read the full story ⬇️
Has
@Douglas4Moray
or any of his Scottish Tory colleagues ever been asked any questions about this?? Where did that money come from and what was it used for Douglas? The Scottish electorate deserves to know!
@LBC
@joshsimonstweet
@IainDale
I thought that this guy had to be UKIP or Reform or some other new far right British Nationalist outfit preferred by the Gammonati in England. Very, very telling that he turns out to be a member of the British Labour Party eh
@AnasSarwar
?
#YouYesYet
Scotland?
Thankfully I live in Scotland where our Scottish Gov sat down with our Doctors, treated them like the invaluable front line professionals that they undoubtedly are and found an acceptable pay deal.
NEW: Fresh junior doctors strike in England. Dates as follows
7am 20th December to 7am 23rd December 2023
7am on 3rd January to 7am on 9th January 2024.
Hyper busy times for hospitals, especially early January. Going to dominate news agenda early in new year...
Four family members confirmed today that they would vote Yes in the next Independence referendum. All four previously voted No, the difference is Brexit.
I have tried to steer clear of arguments between different pro-independence factions but Alba voting to bring down an SNP Government is unforgivable.
Any slim chance they ever had of my second vote disappeared today.
They are finished.
In other words Nicola Sturgeon was correct and Boris Johnson didn’t have a clue what he was doing. Thousands of people died needlessly as a result.
#BetterTogether
though eh lads?
Prof John Edmunds, "As I explained to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, we either lockdown now and control the epidemic, or it will force you into a lockdown later, when you'll have to lockdown harder and longer. 20,000-25,000 people died. Some would have, but there's no reason for
Obviously
@Douglas4Moray
will have to answer for these allegations. However the people of Scotland also need to know how it was possible for this to be covered up in the first place.
#ToryCorruption
My youngest goes to Uni next year. Thanks to the SNP we and he will not have to worry about these eye watering levels of debt.
Of course scrapping tuition fees is just one of Keir Starmer’s many, many u-turns. Why anyone would still trust Labour is beyond me.
England's highest student debt, £231,000
Largest repayment, £110,000.
Another had interest alone of £55,000.
Average graduate debt, £44,940.
Over £206bn of what was once public debt now loaded to households.
Abolish university tuition fees.
@MartinSLewis
@Jacqui_C_
I’m a higher tax rate payer in Scotland and am happy to pay more to protect our public services. The majority of Scots are social democrats living in an undemocratic non-consensual union.
The bitter British Nationalists in Scotland have no idea how lucky they are to have a Gov here that will always put the people of Scotland first. Can’t wait to see what we are capable of achieving when we are a normal independent country again.
#BBCQT
audience member ‘if I could move to Scotland I would’ with its nationalised water, free education & free prescriptions.
Certainly sounds like a fairer society than England.
We’re now chilling in Italy. Two postal votes already cast for the SNP. Labour don’t need your votes Scotland, they already have this election sewn up and will never ever put you and your family first.
#VoteSNP
Since 2014 can anyone recall a more egregious and aggressive closing-in of ranks on the SNP and Scotland by the British Establishment than what we have witnessed this week at Westminster?
Anyone still think that they aren’t worried??
#YouYesYet
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My Twitter feed is currently a pro-union skipfire. Make no mistake folks, they are throwing everything they have at destroying the Yes movement and Nicola Sturgeon in particular. It can only happen if we allow it. We still have that power regardless of any English court decision.
The British Labour Party won’t vote to call out genocide today because their visceral hatred for the SNP overrides doing the right thing & despite their Scottish branch office voting for exactly this at the weekend. Is anyone still seriously considering voting for these amateurs?
David Lammy and Labour can’t vote for the SNP motion in an election year as it may lose them votes?
Did he really say they can’t do the right thing because of an election?
@AndrewBowie_MP
We are all very angry Andrew and very worried about keeping the roof over our heads. You were never off the airwaves this summer telling people that Truss’ fiscal policies would be disastrous. This is entirely on your British Government.
@AndrewBowie_MP
@brawday
What upsets you more Andrew? The fact that Michelle is supportive of the country fighting so hard against the one that bankrolls your party or the fact that there is no queue to apply for membership to the EU?
So the cost of a bank holiday for celebrating an England Euros win is the same as the cost of living the two child cap?
Your British Gov could be about to prioritise celebrating an England football win rather than lifting Scottish children out of poverty.
#YouYesYet
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@BethRigby
@SkyNews
@RuthDavidsonPC
@jessphillips
Ruth Davidson isn’t “in” British politics Beth. She ran away from the accountability of the Scottish electorate when she got sick of being thrashed in election after election after election by Nicola Sturgeon.
#BetterTogether
though eh lads??
Time to face the fact that this union is done. Take a look at the GDP of our similar sized INDEPENDENT European neighbours like Ireland and Denmark and tell me how being part of this failed state is good for Scotland.
#YouYesYet
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Tom Bradbury, "Picture a country going backwards, where workers haven't had a decent pay rise in 15 years, public services are on the verge of collapse, and the gap between rich and poor grows year on year"
"That is how Britain was described today in a bleak and damming
Yet Nicola Sturgeon was constantly berated for having the temerity to challenge the obvious lack of leadership/strategy from Downing Street by doing things her own way for the benefit of Scotland.
#BetterTogether
though eh? At any cost, even 10’s of thousands of needless deaths.
This week is the stuff of nightmares for Glenn Campbell and his BBC Scotland colleagues. The sheer criminal ineptitude of his British Gov’s handling of COVID being laid bare for all to see. The exposure of
#BetterTogether
for the fantasy that it clearly now is.
#YouYesYet
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Glenn Campbell actually tried to smear Humza Yousaf tonight for *NOT* deleting his WhatsApp messages. Campbell questioned why he kept them when it was policy for ministers to delete them after 30 days. Our understanding is the 30 day delete applied to officials, not ministers.
@STVNews
Because apparently Scotland is a financial basket case after 316 years of the most successful union in the history of mankind yet is rich enough to bail out broke and broken Brexit Little Britain with our embarrassment of natural resources 🤷🏻♂️
@LBC
@NickFerrariLBC
This is the calibre of the Vote Leave Government you championed Nick. You knew as well as the rest of us that they would never be up to the challenges of grown up politics. You wanted Brexit at any cost, well now it’s time to pay the bill. Actions have consequences.
Scotland is still paying the eye-watering PFI bills that this lot lumbered us with 20 years ago.
Rachel Reeves has just confirmed that they are going to do more of the same whilst perpetuating Tory austerity.
Don’t say you weren’t warned Scotland.
#YouYesYet
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Rachel Reeves: "I have to be honest with people. The damage the Tories have done to the economy will affect what an incoming Labour govt can do. But I've been working with businesses to look at how we can leverage in private sector investment to do the things we want/need to do"
@RuthDavidsonPC
@indywolf72
Oh look the wind has changed direction again and Ruth is rushing to the front of the queue now marching in the opposite direction! You are every bit as much the opportunist that he is!!
@sekimsports
@NicolaSturgeon
I think you will find that it is the U.K. Gov’s nonsensical messaging and lack of any meaningful leadership that is forcing Scotland to take a different path in order to save lives.
Given that Nicola had her messages retrieved from WhatsApp, we can definitely expect the British MSM to pile on Sunak and Johnson to do the same right?? 😬🤷🏻♂️
Statement re UK Covid Inquiry:
I do not intend to give a running commentary on the ongoing Inquiry. Instead, out of respect to all those impacted by the pandemic, I will answer questions directly and openly when I give evidence at the end of this month
However, in light of
Hey Brit Nats, this is the democidal clown that you insisted that Scotland blindly follow. Literally making life or death decisions about you and your family.
No self-respecting Scot would ever allow/want such a situation to occur again.
#YouYesYet
??
Hugo Keith, "Did you ever read SAGE minutes?"
Boris Johnson, "Once or twice"
HK, "There were hundreds of minutes from SAGE but you only read a fraction of them?"
BJ, "That sound's right to me, yes"
#CovidInquiry
@LewisMcKenzie94
The SNP are miles ahead on tackling this issue in Scotland. Starmer would do well to pay attention to the differences made by the SNP with both hands tied behind their back.
Nicola Sturgeon is the subject of a misogynistic witch hunt despite the fact that she has had her messages retrieved and submitted to the Covid enquiry. Johnson and Sunak charged you £200k in order to conceal theirs. Despite being order to by a court they have still not done so.
"There may have been a factory reset on the phone... Was it you that tried to reset the phone or not?"
Former prime minister Boris Johnson is asked why he failed to supply around 5,000 WhatsApp messages from 2020 to the UK Covid Inquiry.
Anyone old enough to remember the British Nationalists like Archie McPherson scaring pensioners into voting against Scotland becoming a normal independent country again? Well you are now going to have to work until 71 to receive a pension you won’t be able to live on.
#YouYesYet
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Single person will need £31,300 a year for a moderate income in retirement.
Median wage, £29,600. Majority can't save enough for retirement.
Full state pension in April will be £11,500, only 50% will receive it.
Grim future delivered by govt policies.
@Political_AlanS
@UKLabour
@AnasSarwar
I’m assuming that you reminded him of his position from the 2021 election where he agreed that an SNP victory would be a mandate for
#IndyRef2
Alan?
You remember? The election that the SNP won by a record-breaking landslide!!
The mandate already exists!
If the British Labour Party are capable of blackmailing the Speaker of the “mother of all parliaments” into submission to save Starmer’s skin in opposition, we should all be very afraid of the levels they will stoop to when in power.
British democracy is dead.
@STVNews
Unfortunately for Roddy his British Gov has crashed the economy so spectacularly that he will be unable to make the necessary mortgage arrangements to move. Oh well, he will just have to “suffer” all these benefits with the rest of us Scots….👇🏻
@BestForBritain
@msm_monitor
I mean who could have predicted that this guy would be a total instant disaster of an appointment… if only the warning signs had been there!
The media frenzy surrounding the FM tonight is the clearest indication you will ever get as to just how much they fear her and how fragile they know their union to be. If they think any of this will have a negative impact on May’s election they are going to be sorely disappointed
Can anyone ever recall such a media frenzy over any other politician than our FM? They are even more terrified of her than I realised! Now ask yourself why!! The more they attack her the stronger her support grows. She is fast becoming Scotland’s Joan of Arc!
#IStandWithNicola
@BBCGaryR
When will you be speaking with Michele Mone and Michael Gove regarding their involvement in the PPE contract scandal Gary? Not a word from the BBC on this story. Why?
#weseeyou
Memo to any BritNats blaming the SNP for these shocking Labour cuts in NL.
@scotgov
increased resources available to local gov in 23-24 by >£793m, a real terms increase of £376m or 3%, compared to the 22-23 budget.
Despite Scotland’s bloc grant being cut in real terms by 7.1%.
@HTScotPol
Are you really trying to make this out as a negative Tom? That timescale is commensurate with the transition period that will be required to untangle ourselves from the UK. Win, win!! 👍🏴
To all the “SNP have destroyed Scotland” British Nationalists out there. Do you really think Scots are stupid enough to believe that the rest of broken Brexit Britain isn’t even worse off? This is exactly what you voted for in 2014. Congratulations! 👏👏👏
Must watch interview with
@DrAmirKhanGP
on NHS waiting lists and what we need to do to
#SaveOurNHS
Amir Khan, "We think the NHS is going to be there in our time of need and sadly that isn't the case for so many people now"
Kate Garraway, "1 in 5 people are putting themselves
@mi6rogue
@trussliz
It also means that Nicola Sturgeon has carte blanche to do whatever she chooses regarding
#indyref2
. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
The current government has suddenly been converted to devo-max, in particular the idea that each nation can choose its approach to Brexit. I assume that Nicola Sturgeon was delighted when she was told.
So more than Michael Matheson’s iPad bill which he paid back himself and still had to resign for.
The double standards of British Politics laid bare. Scotland always held to a higher standard than those in the entitled Westminster bubble.
@Yoonyinlassy
Can you please provide us with a detailed plan for how Scotland remaining in the UK will look because what we were told in 2014 turned out to be a load of bollocks.
Very interesting and revealing discussions in the pub before the football today. Never known the guys on our supporters bus to openly discuss politics like that but this
#costofunioncrisis
is definitely converting people to independence. No question about it.
Hey Brit Nats. You lads broke Britain. I mean you’ve totally and utterly f*cked it.
@scotgov
is doing what it can to save our front-line services with the limited powers it has, but ultimately this failed state will need to be dissolved before anything gets better for Scotland.
Tom Bradbury, "Picture a country going backwards, where workers haven't had a decent pay rise in 15 years, public services are on the verge of collapse, and the gap between rich and poor grows year on year"
"That is how Britain was described today in a bleak and damming
@snapperup
Excellent. The sooner you guys accept that Scotland is on a very different political trajectory to Brexit Little Britain the better it will be for all Scots. Time to embrace the inevitability of independence.
Groundhog Day. All we need now is for Jim Murphy to mount his soap box, a can of Irn-bru in hand, to lie to us, and the patronising picture would be complete. They work for London, a London party and English voters, but at our expense. They are shameless!!
Speaking to Liz Truss is like 'the deaf talking to the blind', says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
@trussliz
received an icy reception from her Russian counterpart before he walked out of the press conference, leaving her behind at the podium