Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Four schools built nearly 20 years ago will now cost North Ayrshire £455 MILLION Four schools built for North Ayrshire Council 20 years ago will end up costing taxpayers a shocking £455,740,000.

Labour did not invest they borrowed to build. We are an oil /energy rich nation yet Labour legacy has cost us £ Millions.
Don’t even get me started on their single figure house building record.

Westminster parties don’t work for Scotland.
#snp

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@anassarwar.bsky.social why?

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Scotland's oil boom 'worth £1 trillion to economy', landmark study finds SCOTLAND’S oil and gas increased measured economic output by almost £1 trillion in today’s prices – but the vast majority of the value took…

Scotland's oil & gas increased measured economic output by £1 trillion in today’s prices – but the vast majority of the value took the form of profits & taxes rather than wages, according to a landmark study by Scotland’s top economists.

WE ARE BEING ROBBED.
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Switzerland: US analytics firm takes Republik magazine to court The American company Palantir Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Republik, an independent Swiss media outlet that published an in-depth ...

#Switzerland: The 🇺🇸 company Palantir Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Republik, an independent 🇨🇭 media outlet that published in-depth investigation into its activities. We stand by @republik.ch and view this legal action as an attempt to intimidate and deter critical reporting.

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Referral for terror concerns of 11 to 15 year-olds is SIX times more common in England & Wales than in Scotland Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. From 25-3990 – Prevent Data – age breakdown of under 15s + referral reason – 2016/17 TD, published yesterday: There were 33, 2…

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Victoria Derbyshire allowing Zia Yusuf to tie himself in absolute knots by asking him simple questions about Reform policy.

A masterclass in quality journalism.

🇬🇧 During the 2024 General Election campaign Anas Sarwar promised 70,000 jobs for Scotland as a result of GB Energy

It turned out to be 29 jobs for Scotland

🇬🇧 Where’s the (unionist) media scrutiny of Sarwar and his lies?

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Laughable – the Scotsman’s ‘top economist’ casting doubt on the SNP budget is not even vaguely one of those Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Scotsman, 4 days ago, and influencing other reports in Scotland’s media: SNP budget ‘looks increasingly detached from reality…

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@alexmassie.bsky.social horrible lies

Why there are no fly-tipping ‘super-sites’ for Scottish media to report – more than twice the level of inspection Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. BBC UK have been reporting 517 incidents of fly tipping, 11 of them ‘super-sites’ like the one above, in England. BBC Scotland, Scot…

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EXCLUSIVE: It will be 'very difficult' for judges to rule that the UK Government’s proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful, a leading expert on human rights and protest has said

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SNP miles better.

Starmer has so much integrity he secretly gave £millions of public money to Peter Thiel, the most insane techno-fascist religious nutter on the planet, to take control of the MoD's databases!

As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Guardian today: Labour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing con…

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Almost all terror-related offences in Scotland carried out by whites Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. From a Police Scotland Freedom of Information request 25-2862 Crime stats – Terrorism inc. accused gender/ age/ ethnicity – 2025 pub…

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Blue tent big enough for Mandelson police inquiry located in Ayr, Scotland – Sarwar ‘sleeping’ in Pacific Quay basement, unwashed and living on pot noodles as one Peter looks like pushing the other in... Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. Readers will remember the scale of the police investigation into £600 000 given to the SNP by its own members for a campaign, and which they the…

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No media coverage as Scottish Government allocates £20m to help young people secure homes where they live and second homes plummet by half from Labour era Image – chatgpt Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. From the Scottish Government yesterday into complete media silence: Plans to develop a Rural and Island Housing Grant Sche…

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Shamefully, even now, BBC Scotland still conceal how Jeanne Freeman’s, unique in the UK, quick action on vaccines saved thousands of lives in Scottish care homes Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In BBC Scotland’s retrospective comment on Jeanne Freeman’s time as Health Secretary, they write: Freeman stood beside Sturgeon in p…

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Reform UK is now under police investigation after admitting it distributed by election material disguised as a private letter from a “concerned neighbour”. Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. By Liz S “Reform UK is now under police investigation after admitting it distributed by election material disguised as a private letter from a “…

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Politics has now run out of road Neoliberal politics promised growth, efficiency, and renewal. The right has failed. But much of the left has no alternative to offer

Politics has now run out of road eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/pol...

Brilliant

Nigel Farage’s Epstein Hypocrisy The Reform leader's own connections to the Jeffrey Epstein story are far deeper than he now pretends

Why Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits

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Inside Scottish Labour as MPs fear Mandelson impact on Holyrood election SCOTTISH Labour MPs have told The National they fear the Peter Mandelson scandal will tank the party’s chances at the Holyrood election in May.

"Labour MPs have told The National they fear the Peter Mandelson scandal will tank the party’s chances at the Holyrood election in May."

They were looking pretty tanked already.

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We need a donation cap, but how much should it be? In the UK today, there is still no legal limit on how much a single donor can give to a political party each year. That simple fact shapes our politics in profound ways. When unlimited m

We need a donation cap, but how much should it be? electoral-reform.org.uk/we-need-a-do... Electoral Reform Society – ERS