In Scotland, free school meals are automatically provided to all children in Primary 1 to 5. This means that financial circumstances do not affect eligibility for these meals. Additional free school meal and school clothing grant benefits are available to families receiving certain benefits.
NEW: The SNP is set to hold the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency at today’s by-election, modelling by @britainelects.com has predicted.
The polling experts have Labour in second but “can’t rule out” Reform overtaking them.
Here are the Monthly polling averages from UK Westminster polling Scottish Subsamples. Polls are from Opinium, Yougov Delta, BMG, Survation and Find Out Now. April % (change since Jan):
🟡SNP 34% (+1)
🔴LAB 17% (-2)
🤡RUK 16% (-)
🔵CON 12% (-1)
🟠LD 11% (-)
🟢GREEN 6% (-)
⚫OTH 3% (+2)
If this poll is to be believed, Scotland needs to act, And act now. We cannot, Cannot be in a union run by Farage.
We need to get out now.
So the UK government will save steel production in Scunthorpe by direct state intervention.
Funny how they were going to nothing to save Port Talbot,isn't it?
Bloody, bullying arrogance from the WH. Gordon Brown is right in his article in the Guardian today. The rest of the world needs to get together and agree an alternative to being beholden to the whims of a lunatic felon in the WH.
FUN FACT: Individuals can face imprisonment, with the maximum sentence for an INSIDER TRADING violation being 20 YEARS.
China's banning of the sale of Rare Earth Materials outside China, of which they produce 80% means that electronics now cannot be made outside of China.
So either Americans go back to the Stone Age, or Donald Trump is going to have to cave to China.
I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please also write to the Environment Secretary: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk Thanks.
According to Police Scotland, suspected deaths in 2024 were 1,065, 132 fewer than in 2023, 34 of them under-25s — a fall of 37 per cent over the same period. If only we had this devolved , this could have happened decades ago. No thanks to Unionists
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Please, please, please, if you know young adults who are eligible to vote can you ask them to register to vote. In 2026 we need everyone to vote for Scotland, vote for an Indy super majority at Holyrood. Vote SNP 1 SCOTTISH GREENS 2 in 2026. It's their future! Make it an INDEPENDENT one!
Overheard: The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.
Should anyone need numbers: on a quick estimate, just Glasgow and Strathclyde together have a turnover of about £1bn p.a. Not quite up there with Glasgow City Council (~£3bn) or NHS GGC (~£4.5bn) but not far out of that league, even before you acvount for the local economic impact of >40K students.
There aren’t many bad boy labradors. 😂
Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
Govts will tell you inflation is at 2% but a pet food company has shrunk the package size you buy by 15% while increasing the price of it by 10%. So you are paying more for less.
December 2024 12x100g : £4.50
January 2025 12 x 85g : £5.00
But inflation is only at 2% right?
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So Rachel Reeves' big infrastructure investment to boost the Scottish economy is...
...drum roll...
...a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Nothing for Wales or Northern Ireland either.
They're not even bothering to hide their Anglo-centric contempt for the rest of the UK.
Lord Sugar Says Brexit Is 'The Biggest Disaster Of My Lifetime'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lord-s...
Medieval strawberry wrestler. Got to admire that level of focus.
Free speech absolutists
Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
Seems he knows the difference, after all.
It's very obvious now that the only capital investments Westminster will make in Scotland are those which boost the extraction of Scottish resources. It's almost as though they expect us to become independent & are trying to squeeze as much out of us as they can before we leave.
Too many UK MPs take second jobs, serve corporations, get rich.
Claim it helps to serve people.
Oh ... Hardly any volunteer to work for charities, hospices, food banks, housing associations ... there is no money in it.
Must ban second jobs for MPs.
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Plenty to criticise Merz about, but this is how you do it. No cooperation with the far-right. Ever. Under any circumstances.
