Give the NY Times credit, they've nailed conservative Britain. See below this is what all Americans think of Britain and we unfortunately get tarred by the same brush. Labour won’t be any better. It’s time to wake up Scotland and fight for our country. WE NEED OUR #independence are #youyesyet ?
Gove is behind this increasingly restrictive and undoubtedly batshit push for legislation against anti British sentiment. You'd have to be daft to think he doesn't have an eye on Scotland as he drafts it. Look out for SNP, ALBA Scottish Greens, and anyone who supports Scottish independence to be caught in the net. This is by design and won't come as a surprise to anyone who pays attention. #scotland#independence#nevertrustatoryhttps://www.opendemocracy.net/en/rishi-sunak-prevent-extreme-hatred-britain/
Unless of course you live in Scotland, Wales or NI. London columnists really need to get out more of feck right off. Labour come second in the worst result, after the Conservatives and LibDums.
Labour wins the next General Election, either as a majority or as a coalition. Either is possible at this point.
Even the must stupid or malicious members of that government realise that Brexit isn't working and renegotiate trade and other agreements.
We end up with EEA with Schengen or some variations thereof. Better but not perfect.
Independence movements in Scotland and Wales gain momentum quickly and eventually the UK devolves into a federal model, or more likely as separate nations under an EEA / EU type arrangements with local equivalents for mutual defence and cross border cooperation.
We could end up with Scotland and Wales in the full EU, even adopting the Euro which solves a boat load of additional problems.
2035 might look very different than 2025 for the UK.
Today, @EDPS_supervisor is opening #privacy and #dataprotection conference organised by @fnf with a keynote on "Fediverse for Public Administration: Why we try and why we fail?"
Breaking: Nicola Sturgeon urged to apologise after leaked WhatsApp messages describing Boris Johnson as “Fcuking clown” Matt Hancock as “Weaker than a nuns piss,” Liz Truss as “About as much use as a marzipan dildo,” and referring to Suella Braverman as “Shitler.”.. Apologise? She should be knighted.. 🏴 #youyesyet#independence#SunakOut
There’s an old joke in Scotland that the best Christmas songs are Songs of the Stone – about the recovery, on Christmas Day 1950, of Scotland’s Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey.
Let me share with you the story and some of these songs 🧵
Breaking: Jedburgh council seat won by Tories! How can anyone with a conscience vote Tory. Ffs.. Like my small village in the Borders we have 90% of the population who are English retirees. So I have a plan. I’ve nothing against the English.. BUT..if they live in Scotland they must vote for independence. If not we shall put them in small boats on the river Tweed and send them downstream to Berwick. Problem solved. At least we beat Labour 👀#youyesyet#independence
Rally for independence at #Holyrood. Tons of speakers & tens of thousands of folk turning out. @BelieveinScotland
Whether the Tories are wearing a red or a blue rosette - we can’t unleash our full potential & will forever be mitigating the cruel policies pushed by Westminster - until we regain #independence. #scottishindependence
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King Charles gives himself a whopping pay rise from £86.3mn last year and to £124.8mn in 2025-26
The Crown Estate, which controls the monarchy’s legacy portfolio of assets, is set to earn more than £8bn up to 2031 from a boom in revenues from offshore wind projects. This is because since 1964 the estate owns the seabed up to 12 nautical miles from Britain’s coast. This is more money being stolen from the Scottish people! #NotMyKing#independence#scottishindependence#youyesyet
With the government in England choosing to ignore the ruling of The Supreme Court on deportations to #Rwanda, is there a lesson for our government to learn about #independence?
Enjoying the intellectual depth and lively energy of the #BreakUpofBritain conference in honour of Tom Nairn. Hundreds of people here at The Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.
The learning curve was steep but exciting. It brought me back to what I’ve been preaching for umpteen years: make your own web space the anchor of your actions!
I'm back with blogging and new plans believing in decentralised networking: https://www.cronenburg.net/blogging/@writers
“This year is more than just an election year. It also marks two major constitutional anniversaries in Scotland and, if trends continue, it may counterintuitively signify the start of a new, more patient phase of the journey towards Scotland becoming independent.”
Patience be damned! That’s fine for twenty-somethings. I’m already resigned to the notion that at this rate, I’ll likely be dead before we get another referendum, never mind independence.
Today in Labor History August 3, 1959: Portugal's state police force, PIDE, fired upon striking dock workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people, during the Pidjiguiti massacre. The government blamed the revolutionaries from the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). The event caused PAIGC to give up their nonviolent campaign and engage in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence.
Australia's top public investigation organisation finishes 12 volume report on Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, after 4 year long inquiry. (www.abc.net.au)
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