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Indyposterboy

@Indyposterboy@mastodon.scot

Independence will be good for Scotland and England. Doing my little bit to push it along.
Pronoun: irrelevant except in medical circumstances. Everyone's gender is non-binary. Except in very rare circumstances, their sex is not so.
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Indyposterboy, to random
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Ireland is now the world’s third richest country.
The poorest in Ireland now have a living standard 62% higher than the poorest in the UK.
With more than 44 direct EU trade routes now bypassing England, Ireland increased EU trade by 50% in just 6 months.

Indyposterboy, to threads
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Zuckerberg isn't some Gandalf-like person bravely fighting back against the evil forces of Elon Sauron. He's Boromir. He wants the ring so he can use it himself.

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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Now imagine if the corporate media treated elections in England as they do in Scotland = “Blow to Union as Tories hammered in local elections”.

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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If you want just one good reason why not to vote either Tory, Labour or LibDem in Scotland, this is it - they all oppose rejoining the EU whilst more than 69% of Scots recognise the astonishing economic and cultural damage that Brexit has done and want to rejoin.

IndyRichard, to random
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Why do we live in a house where next door gets to choose when we can redecorate, the colour of the paint and wallpaper and the contractor we use? Then to add further insult we have to pay when they decide to build a new kitchen or have their patio relaid.
Scottish independence. Let's make our own choices.

Indyposterboy,
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@IndyRichard indeed. Imagine it was the other way around? England would dissolve the union in an instant.

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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Drip. Drip. Drip. We can all see how this is going, no?

Indyposterboy, to random
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Some argue that Scotland becoming independent and then rejoining the EU is just replacing one controlling union with another. Correct, except for a few inconvenient details they might be overlooking . .

Indyposterboy, to random
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Your reminder that independent Ireland now has more than 40 direct trade routes with the EU that bypass England.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/30/eu-food-importers-say-post-brexit-checks-could-increase-their-costs-by-60

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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Independent Portugal generated the equivalent of 91% of its electricity needs through renewables by March 2024.
It has Europe's lowest power prices.
Non independent Scotland generated the equivalent of 113% of its overall electricity needs through renewables in 2022.
It has the UK's highest power prices.

Indyposterboy, to random
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Whilst Westminster is very keen to try to eradicate divergent policies in the devolved nations of the UK and get us all to do what England does, it's noticeable that they don't seem to be very eager to enforce the 'best of british' First Past the Post system on Scotland. If they did, the SNP would currently hold something like 80% of the seats in the Scottish Parliament.

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First they removed powers by stealth. Then they removed them in bulk through Brexit. Now they are going to impose their choices whether we want them or not. https://www.thenational.scot/news/24322045.alister-jack-asks-uk-government-plan-scottish-nuclear-reactor/

Indyposterboy, to random
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Many many Tory MPs now looking forward joyfully to a cosy, rich, jobs-for-the boys directorships-for-favours-done retirement in a few weeks time. #

Roadwarrior29, to random
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So, London is on the list of UK (English) cities likely to run out of clean drinking water. If only they had some neighbours, close by, with no shortage of clean drinking water, which the English parliament can steal...

Water, the new Oil......Loch Ness, in Scotland, contains more water than all the lakes in England and Wales, combined.

Indyposterboy,
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@Roadwarrior29 @MadeyeTheCarnaptious When I posted this originally some five years ago I had responses ridiculing the idea that water - water - was a valuable resource.

Indyposterboy, to random
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Darn. If only Scotland was a windy place.

Indyposterboy, to random
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If Labour knock on your door, or you meet rep at hustings, meetings, whatever, the key question to ask is “Why are you too scared to put the Union Jack on your Scottish placards?” Then post their reply on mastodon.

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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Read the news you're not getting: In England, the only country in the world to have fully privatised water & sewerage systems, raw sewage was discharged into rivers and seas for more than 3.6m hours in 2023. More than double 2022. Meanwhile Scottish Water, publicly owned, has invested nearly 35 per cent more per household in infrastructure since 2002 than the privatised English firms, charging 14 per cent less and not paying out dividends.

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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From BetterTogether "save our NHS by voting No" in 2014, to Labour “The NHS must be privatised." What a difference 10 years make.

Indyposterboy, to Scotland
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Scotland. Your reminder that Labour wants to dismantle devolution just as much as the Tories do, and their aim is to systematically reduce devolved powers and then ultimately close Holyrood. We've been warned. If we vote Labour then what follows is our own fault.

Indyposterboy, to random
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If you want something done properly, do it yourself.
This, and dozens of other free card and banner designs are available to download for printing from my site. Help yourself and share.
Download printable file - https://indyposterboy.scot/independence-diy/

Indyposterboy,
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"Everyone in the EU is ready to welcome Britain or an independent Scotland back to the EU. It's openly discussed in the European Parliament. Even the Spanish, who had some reservations, are now supportive." Download printable file - https://indyposterboy.scot/scotland-welcome/

Indyposterboy, to random
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To update Alan Bissett's famous and accurate statement from 2014: "If we vote Tory/Labour/LibDem, London will hear only this: Do whatever the hell you like to Scotland, because we don't care enough about ourselves to stop you."

Indyposterboy, to random
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I think this pretty much sums up my outlook in light of the last week’s Scottish political events.
(This banner design, and dozens of others, available to download for printing from https://indyposterboy.scot )

raghnallborders, to Scotland
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A reminder the #labour lied to the people of #scotland

The lied then, they are again.

#youyesyet #WhyNotScotland #YesScots #politics #generalelection2024 #GeneralElection #redtories #keirstarmer

Indyposterboy,
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@raghnallborders @Wen And what could have happened if we’d voted to become independent again.

IndyRichard, to random
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What is first thing you want to change after Scotland's Independence Day? I don't mean the change Labour go on about which seems to mean carrying on with the Tory project. No I mean real change relevant for the Scottish people which we can't do as a small part of Westminster.

Indyposterboy,
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@IndyRichard Nationalisation of energy generation.
Land reform and break up of big estates.
Reform of emigration to encourage and welcome incomers.
Banning of corporate lobbying in parliament.

Wen, to random
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Starmer warns of ‘difficult choices’ over NHS, tuition fees and two-child benefit cap – UK politics live

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/24/keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-uk-general-election-2024-labour-conservatives

So that will be Scotland on our own again? Potential Labour voters in Scotland listen and be very afraid.

Indyposterboy,
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@ferryoons Precisely. Streeting very clear about this being 'Britain's NHS' which means devolved nations cuts and privatisation too. Scots voting Labour are turkeys voting for Christmas.

alanferrier, to random
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What a xenophobic little shithole the UK has become.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/28/home-office-to-detain-asylum-seekers-across-uk-in-shock-rwanda-operation

Indyposterboy,
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@alanferrier As you posted a few days ago - “The way a government treats refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.”

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