👏👏👏 Great work by @ledbydonkeys.org

Meanwhile, in NHS England.

Eight prisoners die in cell-fires in England, none in Scotland after SNP implement wider ban on smoking Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today: Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires – Earlier this week, the Guardian reported on the in…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/03/23/e...

Great idea.

'Nobody with a brain goes to X seeking facts. X is for spreading disinformation' The Greens want to make social media platforms subject to laws of defamation and libel just like publishers, newspapers and broadcasters. About…

The Greens plan to put social media giants like X and Facebook on the same legal footing as all other publishers in order to regulate them using defamation laws.

This is an important step forward. Everyone should back the move - even opponents of the Greens

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

Former Tory councillor confirms defection to SNP The former leader of Midlothian Council’s Conservative group has confirmed he has joined the SNP after describing the UK union as ‘no longer…

Unusual direction of travel but it does show what an independent Scotland would look like. People from right and left working towards building a better future for our country!
Former leader of council Tory group confirms defection to SNP
www.thenational.scot/news/2594371...

This is beautiful and as an Irishman it nearly made me cry. That the Mayor of New York understands more about the history, soul and experience of Ireland and the Irish than anyone I’ve ever met from England tells us everything we need to know about the history of these islands. Thank you, Zohran

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

📣 We’re delighted to welcome the Yes Bikers as a participant.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, will you march with us?

📅 28th March • 12:00pm • Parliament Square, High Street, Edinburgh.

Five key points as new UK data debunks right-wing claims about tax in Scotland

Thousands more taxpayers are moving to Scotland from the rest of the UK every year than leaving, a stark change which is boosting Scotland’s tax base by hundreds of millions of pounds

97% of Britons work jobs which force them to pay all the tax they should.

3% of Britons who get 50% of the money can choose to dodge almost all the tax if they want.

That 3% of tax dodging wankers is who Reform work for.

This would be the same kind of grassroots impersonators as Offord’s ‘ Scotland no Borders’ which he funded and set up during the referendum which got heavily aired by the BBC. Fake organisations both funded by big money!

THE FERRET: Britain Remade is the apparently 'grassroots' group leading the push to overturn Scotland’s ban on nuclear power. But The Ferret has found that two of its directors come from a firm which lobbies for the UK’s biggest nuclear company

Full Scottish - 15/03/2026 - Broadcasting Scotland On this week's Full Scottish, Isla Barker and Linda Fabiani discuss the week's top Scottish and international news.

Join us midday for this week's #FullScottish with @islabarker.bsky.social and @lindafab.bsky.social discuss the week's top Scottish and international news.

www.broadcastingscotland.scot/full-scottis...

All right everyone- save this quickly before they take it down! Scotland’s contribution to the U.K. exchequer is £204bn - from the U.K. government’s Scotland office! We are being robbed!

One of the striking things about packing up to move is how many boxes of documents I have pertaining to libel threats that were made and never came to court

All the thousands of hours of my life wasted with dealing with it all

And I’m far from the only one

Elon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain Ofgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs

I’ve never started a petition but I’d like to launch one to stop this. How do I do that?

40% of musicians in the UK have lost work because of Brexit red tape, and UK artists have lost an average of £11,545 of income since the UK left the EU. European Movement UK are calling for a reciprocated agreement and a review of the 90/180 rule for artists and support workers working in the EU.

Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by (much) more than North Sea drilling

The latest debate over new licenses has been lacking one key ingredient: Perspective

Here's our take in chart form – and I'm happy to debate the numbers

www.carbonbrief.org/...

NEW: More North Sea drilling would do far less to reduce the UK's reliance on volatile gas imports than the continued expansion of renewables and clean tech

Full analysis by me, @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social and @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org ⬇️

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...

Scotland is 14th richest country in the world per GDP & has assets N of a trillion. This information from French TV & pointed out by (Wee G) Wake Up Scotland

It's genuinely hilarious to read the Telegraph's claim IPSO - by finding that they lied about foreign nationals on benefits - is threatening "free speech."

This in the same week they were forced to admit that they had published a whole story about an entirely fictional family.

archive.ph/CtClm

Raging, so I am 😡🤬

Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids

No to Palantir.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

U.S. Air Force B-1 And B-52 Bombers Now Striking Iran From The UK The U.S. Air Force now operates three distinct bomber aircraft, all of which can trace their development back to the Cold War.

US bombers loading up on UK airstrips before raining down bombs on Iran.

Parliament wasn't consulted - and polling shows huge numbers oppose it.

When do MPs get a say over our involvement in this war?

www.forbes.com/sites/peters...

Parliament Live from Holyrood - 12/03/2026 - Broadcasting Scotland Today's Parliament Live from Holyrood includes the third day of the Stage 3 Proceedings of the Assisted Dying Bill.

Join us for #ParliamentLive from Holyrood, with the third day of the third day of the Stage 3 Proceedings of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.

www.broadcastingscotland.scot/parliament-l...

This month we published on landownership, Community Wealth Building, opposition to AI, climate breakdown, US war crimes in Iran, how to fight the far-right, the fall of the House of Windsor & much more. Support independent Scottish journalism here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate

L'Angleterre par sa bêtise à privé l'Écosse de l'UE avec son stupide BREXIT et ne semble pas prête à revenir dans l'UE.

La seule solution pour l'Écosse de revenir dans l'UE est d'obtenir son indépendance !

Comme pour le Québec : Vive l'Écosse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Libre 😉👍

The UK Internal Market Act means that Scotland cannot prevent the sale of dangerous vapes in shops Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Ferret reveals today: A Ferret investigati…

The Internal Market Act strikes again if Scotland was to try and ban vape shops: ita01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, per Reuters