“Both votes SNP” helps Westminster’s unionist parties.
Under AMS, a second SNP list vote is wasted.
Wasted votes mean unionist seats.
Even if the SNP do somehow managed a very unlikely single Majority -
𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗠
We cannot afford a majority of unionist party seats at Holyrood.
Singer Amy Macdonald’s companies are worth more than £6 million it has emerged, following an unexpected surge in popularity in Saudi Arabia
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Let’s defeat the politics of hate and despair with the politics of hope.
Honoured to march with the STUC through Glasgow against racism, and for a fair and diverse country that we must remain.
This should be shared!
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Great advert for Wales…
Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens): Native to the Himalayas and South Western China, this mammal is about the size of a domestic cat and is mainly active from dusk to dawn. 🙂 It looks like its been a long week! #redpanda #nature #wildlife #bsky
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Pine Marten, Achnasheen, Scotland
You get some interesting dinner guests when you’re up in the Highlands.
Achnasheen station with two class 158 units in the platforms
The view from Achnasheen station
The view from Achnasheen station with a class 158 approaching.
Achnasheen - where the views are big and skies are blue!
Not a cloud to be seen 😍
Screenshot of an independent article titled: "Six beaver families to be released in Highlands" overlayed on a photo of a beaver created wetland. Background image credit: Tierney Lloyd / scotlandbigpicture.com
Beavers are back 🦫
For the first time in over 400 years, wild beavers will return to the northwest Highlands. Today, the Scottish Government gave the green light for six beaver families to be reintroduced to Glen Affric and Abriarchan forest.
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A brilliant Lyme Bay pelagic from Brixham on Friday aboard ‘Kellys Hero’. Common Dolphins, Balearic & Manx Shearwaters, Arctic Skuas, Black, Common & Arctic Terns etc but the highlight for us a stunning Caspian Gull which followed the boat for a while #ukbirding
Photo of a small valley between rising hills in a green mountainous landscape, a soft blue loch just poking round the corner in the distance. A person in walking gear trudges along a path. The sky is partly grey and moody, but opening into a cloudy blueness in the distance. Golden sunlight spreads over some of the landscape.
Walked 15 miles from Kinloch Hourn to Inverie, and have a greater understanding of why the Romans never managed to conquer Scotland 😰
Submerged in 40 meters of water off Scotland's coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity — a durability mark that demonstrates the technology's commercial viability. 👍
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So unemployment in Scotland is down while it's risen in the rest of the UK.
Seems like good news for the Scottish economy, so naturally BBC Scotland informs us that the figures can't be trusted - with this astonishing quote: "The Scottish figure could be higher than the UK one, but probably isn't."
This Osprey is so majestic…. 🥰
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
A new Half Man Half Biscuit album is always an event. The brand new one (All Asimov And No Fresh Air) has a song on it called McCalliog And His Hens. The explanation on the back sleeve shows just why HMHB are a national treasure. #HMHB
Even in an independent Scotland people will vote for different parties and that’s a good thing.
A healthy democracy isn’t about everyone voting for one party, it’s about having the freedom to choose.
Regaining independence is the ultimate goal and we shouldn’t lose sight of that.
Didn't see the owl this morning. Must be at the #OrkneyFolkFestival. Probably having a hoot.
It was a seal on a rock this morning.
Seal must do the Friday shift. Owl does a Saturday. They probably have a rota. Excited for tomorrow.
I can't wait to see how Anas Sarwar tries to justify Scots having to pay twice as much for their fish suppers!
The end of Skye
#photography
#Skye
#landscape
A black and white archive photograph of a scarecrow in a field, dressed in a long coat with a top hat
It's a little known fact that back in the old days in #Orkney, birds were scared away from crops by a dapper gentleman in a top hat calling them bounders and accusing them of rakish behaviour.
#PhotographicArchives
As the Herald feeds again today on fake ferry news, the shocking truth that CalMac is the best in the developed world:
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How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
