And this is why Scotland needs to regain independence to get back into the centre of Europe - Westminster can't be relied on.
🇪🇺 🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
🇪🇺 🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
Great summary by @pollymackenzie.bsky.social of what gov't should do on the EU vs what it feels it can do. Important PS: opinion is moving by the day and a time will come when something bolder than a "reset" is politically possible.
So maybe firm "noes", "nevers", and "red lines" are a mistake. ~AA
So maybe firm "noes", "nevers", and "red lines" are a mistake. ~AA
December 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM
And this is why Scotland needs to regain independence to get back into the centre of Europe - Westminster can't be relied on.
🇪🇺 🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
🇪🇺 🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
Thanks to @thesnp.bsky.social and despite the chains of Westminster, Scotland still has twice as many public libraries as England and Wales (1 per 10,000 people) 👏
It's not enough, but we need independence to fix that.
scottishlibraries.org
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
It's not enough, but we need independence to fix that.
scottishlibraries.org
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
December 10, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Thanks to @thesnp.bsky.social and despite the chains of Westminster, Scotland still has twice as many public libraries as England and Wales (1 per 10,000 people) 👏
It's not enough, but we need independence to fix that.
scottishlibraries.org
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
It's not enough, but we need independence to fix that.
scottishlibraries.org
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyforUs
Today is #HumanRightsDay
So let's remember that self-determination is a basic human right and a fundamental freedom. That Westminster doesn't allow Scotland.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
press.un.org/en/2013/gash...
So let's remember that self-determination is a basic human right and a fundamental freedom. That Westminster doesn't allow Scotland.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
press.un.org/en/2013/gash...
Self-Determination Integral to Basic Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms, Third Committee Told as It Concludes General Discussion | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
The right to self-determination was an integral element of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today as it concluded its general ...
press.un.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Today is #HumanRightsDay
So let's remember that self-determination is a basic human right and a fundamental freedom. That Westminster doesn't allow Scotland.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
press.un.org/en/2013/gash...
So let's remember that self-determination is a basic human right and a fundamental freedom. That Westminster doesn't allow Scotland.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
press.un.org/en/2013/gash...
Thanks to @thesnp.bsky.social Scottish Water remains publicly owned and it doesn't pay dividends. Instead it invests in better infrastructure, cleaner water, and lower bills 👏
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
Severn Trent Water used accounting tricks to boost investment by £1.68bn.
OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.
Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.
Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.
Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.
Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Thanks to @thesnp.bsky.social Scottish Water remains publicly owned and it doesn't pay dividends. Instead it invests in better infrastructure, cleaner water, and lower bills 👏
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
Even 🥀 Labour supporters are publicly saying it: Starmer "omitted repairing Brexit damage from his “growth” missions". Political strategy trumps leadership and vision.
Scotland needs independence to rejoin.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Scotland needs independence to rejoin.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The latest cost of Brexit is about to hit – and voters are watching. Will Labour act? | Polly Toynbee
New EU trade regulations will cause further pain for the UK. Starmer’s talk of breaking down barriers must be more than warm words, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Even 🥀 Labour supporters are publicly saying it: Starmer "omitted repairing Brexit damage from his “growth” missions". Political strategy trumps leadership and vision.
Scotland needs independence to rejoin.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Scotland needs independence to rejoin.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
24% in Scotland - lowest in the UK but clearly not low enough. Only independence will give us the powers to deal with that.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
December 9, 2024 at 9:53 PM
24% in Scotland - lowest in the UK but clearly not low enough. Only independence will give us the powers to deal with that.
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
🏴 #YesScot | #IndyforUs
Scotland is an energy rich country. With independence we can also be energy rich people.
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyForUs
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyForUs
December 9, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Scotland is an energy rich country. With independence we can also be energy rich people.
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyForUs
🏴 #YesScots | #IndyForUs
Brexit doesn't work, and never will. But Westminster keeps flogging this dead horse because its political strategists believe its the only way to keep power.
Scotland needs Indy to fix this, not Labour's McSweeney.
#YesScots | #IndyForUs
Scotland needs Indy to fix this, not Labour's McSweeney.
#YesScots | #IndyForUs
December 8, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Brexit doesn't work, and never will. But Westminster keeps flogging this dead horse because its political strategists believe its the only way to keep power.
Scotland needs Indy to fix this, not Labour's McSweeney.
#YesScots | #IndyForUs
Scotland needs Indy to fix this, not Labour's McSweeney.
#YesScots | #IndyForUs
The Independence/Scotland Feed shows you the latest updates on Scottish Independence.
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December 7, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The Independence/Scotland Feed shows you the latest updates on Scottish Independence.
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Scotland is culturally close to Europe and the values the EU espouses. The European movement here is alive and kicking. But Westminster removed us from the EU and won't even discuss taking us back. That's down to us.
#IndyForUs
#IndyForUs
If you're a new follower here but haven't yet become a member why not join us.
We are Scotland's oldest, leading and largest pro Europe organisation.
Our members are the heart of our movement and with your support we can build Scotland's European future.
euromovescotland.org.uk/join-us/
We are Scotland's oldest, leading and largest pro Europe organisation.
Our members are the heart of our movement and with your support we can build Scotland's European future.
euromovescotland.org.uk/join-us/
December 6, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Scotland is culturally close to Europe and the values the EU espouses. The European movement here is alive and kicking. But Westminster removed us from the EU and won't even discuss taking us back. That's down to us.
#IndyForUs
#IndyForUs
The sub-poll sample size for Scotland is tiny, but mostly shows we're more pro-EU than England, so no surprise there given all regions voted Remain and all polls show support has grown since.
Yet Westminster rules it out.
🏴 #IndyForUs
Yet Westminster rules it out.
🏴 #IndyForUs
December 6, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The sub-poll sample size for Scotland is tiny, but mostly shows we're more pro-EU than England, so no surprise there given all regions voted Remain and all polls show support has grown since.
Yet Westminster rules it out.
🏴 #IndyForUs
Yet Westminster rules it out.
🏴 #IndyForUs
I'm not having a go at this poster, just using it as an example. People refer to "Brits" when they accurately mean "English". But try this: replace "British" with "English" every time and see how uncomfortable it feels. Now imagine you live in Scotland.
🏴 #IndyForUs
🏴 #IndyForUs
What is the point of an academic education if you are dictated to what you can learn
This goes a long way in explaining of why Brits think the British empire only did good things and dream about its resurrection
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
This goes a long way in explaining of why Brits think the British empire only did good things and dream about its resurrection
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
December 6, 2024 at 9:53 AM
I'm not having a go at this poster, just using it as an example. People refer to "Brits" when they accurately mean "English". But try this: replace "British" with "English" every time and see how uncomfortable it feels. Now imagine you live in Scotland.
🏴 #IndyForUs
🏴 #IndyForUs
Of course for those of us who live in Scotland, experiencing huge British nationalist bias in BBC news and current affairs coverage is an everyday experience. QT is just a continuation of this.
The BBC in Scotland doesn't represent Scotland's people. It represents Westminster bias.
#IndyForUs
The BBC in Scotland doesn't represent Scotland's people. It represents Westminster bias.
#IndyForUs
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Of course for those of us who live in Scotland, experiencing huge British nationalist bias in BBC news and current affairs coverage is an everyday experience. QT is just a continuation of this.
The BBC in Scotland doesn't represent Scotland's people. It represents Westminster bias.
#IndyForUs
The BBC in Scotland doesn't represent Scotland's people. It represents Westminster bias.
#IndyForUs
No plan for more tax rises, says UK PM Starmer.
Wrong pledge.
Taxes need to rise on the rich, cut for the poor to reduce inequality.
Top 10% have 57% of the wealth, bottom 50% own less than 5%, poorest 10% have 0.02%.
Can't build good society on injustice.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wrong pledge.
Taxes need to rise on the rich, cut for the poor to reduce inequality.
Top 10% have 57% of the wealth, bottom 50% own less than 5%, poorest 10% have 0.02%.
Can't build good society on injustice.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No plan for more tax rises, Starmer tells BBC
The PM says voters can judge him at the next general election on whether their living standards have improved.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 8:39 AM