#scottishindependence — Public Fediverse posts

I see the Kings speech is due today to much clucking from the desperati in Westminster.

While I do know this verse in the (English) National Anthem was dropped some time ago, it has never really got out of the heads of the men and women in Westminster who seek to rule us

“Lord grant that Marshal Wade,
“May by thy mighty
“Victory bring.
“May he sedition hush,
“And like a torrent rush,
“Rebellious Scots to crush,
“God Save the King."

#KingsSpeech #ScottishIndependence #Westminster #UkPol

https://www.europesays.com/uk/955560/ Scotland on indyref2 red alert as Keir Starmer agrees to meet John Swinney #Britain #GreatBritain #Indyref2 #JohnSwinney #KeirStarmer #RussellFindlay #Scotland #ScottishConservatives #ScottishIndependence #SNP #UK #UKLabour #UnitedKingdom

@Cyclist @drgeraint which is why any deal about #IndyRef2 has to be done now.

In 2029, the Nazis will take power in the UK, just 97 years after they took power in Germany. If Scotland isn't out by then, Scotland isn't getting out.

#ScottishIndependence

UK Government position on independence referendum ‘exactly the same’ after Holyrood election

The UK Government insisted “the people of Scotland made a clear and democratic choice to remain part of…
#NewsBeep #News #UnitedKingdom #GB #GreatBritain #Independencereferendum #Indyref2 #IndyRef2 #JohnSwinney #Scottishindependence #ScottishNationalParty #UK #UKGovernment
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/578097/

UK Government position on independence referendum ‘exactly the same’ after Holyrood election

The UK Government insisted “the people of Scotland made a clear and democratic choice to remain part of…
#UnitedKingdom #UK #Europe #EU #GreatBritain #independencereferendum #Indyref2 #IndyRef2 #johnswinney #Scottishindependence #scottishnationalparty #ukgovernment
https://www.europesays.com/2981525/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/33702/ UK Government position on independence referendum ‘exactly the same’ after Holyrood election #IndependenceReferendum #Indyref2 #Indyref2 #JohnSwinney #ScottishIndependence #ScottishNationalParty #UK #UkGovernment #UnitedKingdom

@otfrom @kathimmel as I replied to @drgeraint, that's a good strategy provided they have no plans for #ScottishIndependence. If they want an #IndyRef2, though, they need leverage at #Westminster, which ad hoc policy-by-policy deals won't win them.

@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?

That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?

#ScotPol

@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?

That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?

#ScotPol

@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?

That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?

#ScotPol

@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?

That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?

#ScotPol

@drgeraint the question #Sarwar really needs to ask himself is, does he want to be leader of a fading and increasingly irrelevant minor party in a devolved province, or would he rather be First Minister of an independent country?

That really is the choice. The #SNP is only held together by the issue of #ScottishIndependence — once that is won, their coalition will fall apart. There is a real opportunity there for a party of the centre left to win power and make change. Dare he?

#ScotPol

We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:

1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses?

#ScotPol

We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:

1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses?

#ScotPol

We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:

1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses?

#ScotPol

We all know that #ScottishLabour are much closer to the #SNP on policies than they are to #UKLabour. So would it be a good thing for Scotland if SNP/ScotLab were to agree a coalition deal in which:

1. ScotLab would support the call for #IndyRef2, but would not necessarily campaign for #ScottishIndependence and
2. ScotLab would get the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, with a remit to nationalise Scotland's buses?

#ScotPol

My view on the #Holyrood2026 election? The #SNP came first because enough people in Scotland have a settled will in favour of #ScottishIndependence, not because very many people feel that the SNP have done a good job in government.

Mind you, I don't feel that the unionist party even tried to persuade the electorate that they would provide better governance for Scotland: they were all relentlessly negative.

The SNP did not earn their win — but neither did any other party.

#ScotPol

@Geri @nusher We have a pro-independence majority. We have had for more than a decade. It is the #SNP -- specifically, it is John Swinney -- who said that only SNP votes should count towards a mandate for independence.

And I think we have to assume that the reason he did that is, like other SNP leaders before him, he puts party before country and would rather never have #ScottishIndependence at all than share the credit for it with a wider movement.

@nusher @Geri Explain what you mean about the LibDems? I think it's more likely that you would find support for #ScottishIndependence among #ScottishLabour than among the #LibDems.

@nusher @Geri Explain what you mean about the LibDems? I think it's more likely that you would find support for #ScottishIndependence among #ScottishLabour than among the #LibDems.

@nusher @Geri Explain what you mean about the LibDems? I think it's more likely that you would find support for #ScottishIndependence among #ScottishLabour than among the #LibDems.

@nusher @Geri Explain what you mean about the LibDems? I think it's more likely that you would find support for #ScottishIndependence among #ScottishLabour than among the #LibDems.

@nusher @Geri Explain what you mean about the LibDems? I think it's more likely that you would find support for #ScottishIndependence among #ScottishLabour than among the #LibDems.

And I see Holly Bruce has now won Glasgow South for @ScottishGreens. I know absolutely nothing about Holly, but two #Green constituency MSPs will shake up #SNP complacency even more, without damaging the pro- #ScottishIndependence majority.

Good to hear @lornaslater saying that there is absolutely a mandate for an #IndyRef2 based on this result.

Edit: also glad to hear her calling the SNP out on their #ClimateChange backsliding.

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@Wen/116526681592609812

Hard to refuse a #BorderPoll in #Ireland on these sort of numbers. Hard to approve a Border Poll without also granting #ScottishIndependence and #WelshIndependence referenda.

Tough choices for #Westminster

#IrishPol
#ScotPol
#UKPol
#WelshPol

For me, the one thing that #devolution has taught us is: Trying to work with 2 diametrically opposed governments does not work...

Dump #westminster...

#ScottishIndependence ... #ScottishRepublic ...

#Independence for #Wales...

#OneIreland...

#ScotlandinEurope...

#YouYesYet ... :flag_scotlandparrot:

#Westminster, "The Mother of Parliaments"...

where everything mentioned below goes to die...

#Democracy...

#Truth...

#Honesty...

#Integrity...

#Empathy...

#Fairness...

#Equality...

#Humanity...

#HumanRights...

#time for #Scotland to dump #westminster...

#ScottishIndependence... :flag_scotlandparrot:

Please use your vote tomorrow...

The dissolution of the UK is getting closer

The poll indicated that if a referendum were held tomorrow on a united Ireland in the EU, 59% in Ireland would vote in favour and 22% against, with 63% voting in favour in Northern Ireland and 29% against.

http://archive.today/2026.05.06-053659/https://www.thenational.scot/news/26078859.majority-north-south-irish-border-favour-unity/

#IrishReunification #ScottishIndependence #WelshIndependence #EnglishIndependence #UKPol #IrishPol #ScotPol #WalesPol

An roghainn as fheàrr do dh'Alba Diardaoin. Ceum air adhart agus slaic do Reform an-seo.

The best choice for Scotland this Thursday. A progressive move and keeps Reform/Trump/ Putin from power here.

#Holyrood #ScottishElections #ScottishGreens #SNP #ScottishIndependence #politics #Scotland #Trump #Putin #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine

https://www.europesays.com/videos/19905/ SNP to ask for another independence referendum if they secure Scotland majority #LocalElections #MP #news #referendum #ScottishIndependence #SkyNews #SNP #StephenFlynn #SUNDAYMORNINGWITHTREVORPHILLIPS #WESTMINSTERLEADER

We all want better services and faster response times. Beware scunners offering easy solutions with no consequences. In #England #Labour are selling the #NHS down the river (the one they think we just floated down). Don’t let them do it to Scotland. Streeting in England is not being paid hundreds of thousands in sponsorship by the private healthcare industry for nothing.

#Health #PublicHealth #ScotPol #ScottishIndependence #AssetStripping #Streeting (3/3)

Great talk by #GeorgeMonbiot on #TheInvisibleDoctrine - #TheSecretHistoryOfNeoliberalism at #TheVic #GSA union tonight with #TheNational editor Laura Webster. Read the book & go see him if you can. There is hope!
#MakeHopePossible #DemocraticLeftScotland
George says politics should be about the billions not the billionaires, #PrivateSufficiencyPublicLuxury
Also, it makes no sense for Scotland to stay in the UK #ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet

Great talk by #GeorgeMonbiot on #TheInvisibleDoctrine - #TheSecretHistoryOfNeoliberalism at #TheVic #GSA union tonight with #TheNational editor Laura Webster. Read the book & go see him if you can. There is hope!
#MakeHopePossible #DemocraticLeftScotland
George says politics should be about the billions not the billionaires, #PrivateSufficiencyPublicLuxury
Also, it makes no sense for Scotland to stay in the UK #ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet

Great talk by #GeorgeMonbiot on #TheInvisibleDoctrine - #TheSecretHistoryOfNeoliberalism at #TheVic #GSA union tonight with #TheNational editor Laura Webster. Read the book & go see him if you can. There is hope!
#MakeHopePossible #DemocraticLeftScotland
George says politics should be about the billions not the billionaires, #PrivateSufficiencyPublicLuxury
Also, it makes no sense for Scotland to stay in the UK #ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet

Great talk by #GeorgeMonbiot on #TheInvisibleDoctrine - #TheSecretHistoryOfNeoliberalism at #TheVic #GSA union tonight with #TheNational editor Laura Webster. Read the book & go see him if you can. There is hope!
#MakeHopePossible #DemocraticLeftScotland
George says politics should be about the billions not the billionaires, #PrivateSufficiencyPublicLuxury
Also, it makes no sense for Scotland to stay in the UK #ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet

Great talk by #GeorgeMonbiot on #TheInvisibleDoctrine - #TheSecretHistoryOfNeoliberalism at #TheVic #GSA union tonight with #TheNational editor Laura Webster. Read the book & go see him if you can. There is hope!
#MakeHopePossible #DemocraticLeftScotland
George says politics should be about the billions not the billionaires, #PrivateSufficiencyPublicLuxury
Also, it makes no sense for Scotland to stay in the UK #ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet

Caught between the UK and EU: What’s next for young Scots?

So much of Scotland’s history has been forged by its relationship to England and by one central question: union or independence?

Brexit has given the independence movement new momentum, and with Scottish elections coming up in May, the question is back at the centre of the debating table.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260427-caught-between-the-uk-and-eu-whats-next-for-young-scots?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Scotland #UK #EU #Brexit #Europe #ScottishIndependence #IndyRef #Politics

MacWhirter does write an awful lot of shite, but even then his conclusion is attractive. I am sure the BEEB have been given their orders. I suspect Reform will come 3rd at best though .

http://archive.today/2026.04.26-175026/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/the-united-kingdom-is-under-threat-from-a-new-celtic-uprising-0zs028r5l

#ScottishIndependence #WelshIndependence #IrishIndependence #EnglishIndependence #EndOfTheUnion

There's Martyn Day, #SNP, here, saying we need more members in #Holyrood . But actually, the overwhelming majority of policy is local, and what isn't local, until we win #ScottishIndependence, is mostly reserved to #Westminster. All Holyrood needs to do is reform local government, and then campaign for independence.

#ScotPol

Scottish Independence Podcasts: Countdown to Holyrood: Martyn Day

Episode webpage: https://yescowal.podbean.com/e/countdown-to-holyrood-martyn-day/

Media file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qxkx6a25ysstr95m/countdown_to_holyrood_martyn_podcast_edita6gee.mp3

#PalestineLives #scottishindependence

The Killing of Hind Rajab: a powerful outdoor exhibition, Edinburgh, 18th/19th April, Foot of the Mound, 9am to 6pm

Apologies for not giving an explanation in earlier post of pictures from Edinburgh demo today

OK, let's be clear about this: anyone who says #BothVotesSNP is deliberately damaging the movement for #ScottishIndependence, reducing the pro-independence majority at #Holyrood, and deliberately increasing the number of seats #ReformUKLtd will win.

They are not on Scotland's side. Reject them: condemn them publicly.

#ScotPol

#scottishindependence # UK politics #PalestineLives

Yesterday's health workers protest for Palestine. Numbers smaller than usual because it clashed with an anti Iranian/Lebanon/Palestine war protest at US consulate

I was Yes in 2014, and still Yes today! Independence is about securing the levers of power needed to harness our own abundant resources and build a fairer, more sustainable society in our own way. #indyref2 #Scotland #ScottishIndependence

A one-two for pro- #ScottishIndependence parties in this year's #Holyrood elections would be an epic win and a magnificent boost to the movement -- but we shouldn't fool ourselves, what it would mean is that Scotland's electoral system is almost as bad as First Past the Post in producing unrepresentative results. Yes, independence is ahead in the polls -- but not nearly so far was this result would suggest. We still have a lot of folk to persuade!

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26003713.new-scottish-election-poll-predicts-scottish-greens-ahead-laboyr/?ref=ed_direct

@petealexharris @Alternatecelt I think #UKLabour would (as they did under Callaghan) feel that they could rely on secessionist votes while refusing concessions to secession because the alternative would be right wing parties in power. Callaghan couldn't, and that's how we got #Thatcher.

The secessionist parties' position will be strongest if #ReformUKLtd and the #Conservatives do not have sufficient votes to form a governing coalition.

#UKPol
#IrishReunification
#ScottishIndependence

"There are expectations too that Sinn Féin would use Plaid Cymru and SNP victories next month to boost its demands for a poll on Irish reunification by 2030, making that central to its Northern Irish election campaign in May 2027"

#UnitedIreland
#IrishReunification
#ScottishIndependence
#WelshIndependence

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/nationalist-wins-uk-celtic-nations-may-elections

New #Holyrood poll from Electoral Calculus claims to have constituency by constituency predictions, although I've failed to find them.

Headlines:
#ReformUKLtd on 14 seats/no constituencies;
#SNP on 67 seats outright majority/no list seats;
#Labour on 17 seats/1 constituency;
#Tory 9 seats/no constituencies;

Totals
#ScottishIndependence 81 seats/Unionists 48 seats

The bad news, @ScottishGreens also on only 14 seats.

#ScotPol

Report:
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/ec_scotmrp_20260407.html

Data
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/DataTables_ScotMRPApr2026.xlsx

‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/nationalist-wins-uk-celtic-nations-may-elections #Politics #Devolution #ScottishNationalPartySnp #ScottishIndependence #ScottishPolitics #Scotland #PlaidCymru #WelshGovernment #WelshPolitics #Wales #SinnFin #NorthernIrishPolitics #NorthernIreland #Labour #UkNews

This makes me f*cking angry!

#ScottishIndependence #YouYesYet