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Wen, 6 days ago to Energy

How UK's energy 'spot price' hinders Scotland – and how to fix it

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24371547.uks-energy-spot-price-hinders-scotland---fix/

However, the electricity produced in Scotland, which is almost all renewable energy, will generally cost less than this “spot price”. Scottish customers are nevertheless charged the higher UK-wide price!

Scotland also pays higher standing charges than the rest of Great Britain.

#energy #scotland #exploitation #ScottishIndependence

simon_brooke, 7 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to conservative

"Mr Ross also came under pressure at the weekend when the Sunday Mail reported that his own advisers had raised concerns over 28 parliamentary travel claims which may have been combined with his work as a football linesman"

Who could have believed a #Conservative could also be a corrupt, conniving conman?

#ScotPol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceddenl8xz4o

Indyposterboy, 9 days ago to random

In 1997 74% of Scots voted for a devolved Scottish Parliament. Since then Westminster has overruled devolved decisions made by the elected Scottish Government 12 times. Use it or lose it.
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Indyposterboy, 9 days ago to random

Odd that the Guradian apparently appears not to have noticed that Westminster has overruled devolved decisions in Scotland 12 times. The inescapable conclusion seems to be that the Guardian doesn’t want to aid Scottish Indy by highlighting this when voter support for Indy is at 50%, but happily highlights it in Wales due to lower Indy suppprt there. The Guardian is, after all, very much pro-Union.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/06/the-guardian-view-on-labours-welsh-dilemma-winning-a-landslide-with-a-lame-duck-leader

Indyposterboy, 10 days ago to animals

No, Bella, the new (second hand) roll-top desk was not bought for your comfort, perfect though it may seem. #catsofmastodon #cats

Indyposterboy, 10 days ago to random

I’ve met some Tories who are, individually, charming and likeable people. They just seem to have been made with something missing. Something akin to empathy. As Galbraith put it - “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

Indyposterboy, 10 days ago to random

The rest of us have known for ages that Douglas Ross is a pretty nasty piece of work. Must have come as a bit of a shock to many fellow Tories, though, to suddenly realise just how nasty, their nastiness threshold being naturally so high already.

Indyposterboy, 11 days ago to random

Sound of the summer: the level of smugness on Anas ‘I’m rich but of course I’m a socialist’ Sarwar’s face if the red Tories do well in #ge2024 in Scotland. #Smugometer

Indyposterboy, 11 days ago to random

Westminster Tory. Westminster Labour. Westminster Tory. Westminster Labour. Westminster Tory. Westminster Labour. We’ve tried this for decades and yet each new generation of voters seems to have to learn the lesson again that this swings and roundabouts doesn’t work for Scotland and never has. We are fools if we try this again.
https://bylines.scot/politics/election-2024-scotland-headed-for-huge-change-with-snp-set-to-lose-dozens-of-seats-to-labour/

Indyposterboy, 11 days ago to Scotland

For those just now being introduced for the first time to the power of bias in the media in the run-up to #ge2024 may I introduce you to this - a documentary about BBC bias during the 2014 independence referendum campaign. This is not new, you've just been unaware or ignoring it because you didn't think it affected you. #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal #BBCbias
https://youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw

Indyposterboy, 11 days ago to Scotland

But remember that they can't be moved to Portsmouth because too many people live there. #ge2024 #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal

Indyposterboy, 11 days ago to Scotland

There's a certain schadenfreude in witnessing the rending of shirts and blowing of fuses at the clear and obvious bias by the BBC in its #ge2024 coverage. Takes me right back to their coverage of #indyref in 2014. How do you like them apples? #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal

Indyposterboy, 12 days ago to random

"North Korea seem to think possessing a nuclear weapon makes them safe. In fact it's the opposite. Having a nuclear weapon makes them a target."
Philip Hammond, UK Sec.of State for Foreign Affairs, Feb 2016.
Meanwhile, in Scotland . .

Indyposterboy, 15 days ago to random

I have a sneaking feeling that the SNP isn’t going to do as badly in the election as many pundits have been suggesting. It’s a simple fact, though, that even if they do comparatively well the pro-union corporate media will paint any seat losses as a disaster both for the SNP and the independence campaign. It’s what they do.

JackTheCat, 13 days ago to random

So 'Abacus' Reeves promises to "unleash Scotland's economic firepower". Isn't that just another way of saying continue to steal Scotland's resources for the benefit of englandshire generally and London specifically?

JackTheCat, 17 days ago to random

Imagine all the good things Scotland could achieve if we kept ALL the money generated in Scotland IN Scotland. Just imagine that for a minute...

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Indyposterboy, 18 days ago to random

Hi @stvnews, seeing as the ITV GE24 debate seems to be excluding everyone except London-registered Tories and Labour it seems only fair that any TV debates you hold in Scotland should include everyone but the Tories and Labour. That's fair, no?

Indyposterboy, 18 days ago to random

"A parliamentary election consists of hundreds of individual constituency contests. In Scotland, the vast majority of those will be SNP v Labour races. How can those take place on a level playing field if the main TV debates only feature Labour and the Tories? They can't. They will clearly be rigged in favour of Labour."
https://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2024/05/yet-again-itv-betrays-its-viewers-by.html

Indyposterboy, 17 days ago to Scotland

Whether or not you support independence for Scotland, you must surely support the principle of democratic choice. In which case every person in Scotland meeting a prospective MP or their campaigners from whichever party must ask them these three simple questions.

1. Is the union voluntary?
2. Can Scotland leave?
3. How does Scotland leave if it wants to?
   #IndependenceIsNormal #ge2024 #Scotland

JackTheCat, 18 days ago to random

Scottish Greens and Alba left fuming with STV debate snub | The National

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24354327.scottish-greens-alba-left-fuming-stv-debate-snub/

Indyposterboy, 18 days ago to random

Not a fan of TV debates, as they are more showbiz than politics, but the fact that the establishment thinks it fine to include only the ‘main’ two parties in the ITV TV debate is undemocratic. There is no longer a pretence at fair representation in the UK. #ge2024

Indyposterboy, 18 days ago to Scotland

Since 2014 the UK government has overruled Scottish Parliament decisions on devolved matters more than ten times. Some partnership. Some equality.
#IndependenceIsNormal #Scotland