They came for our land then they came for our oil and gas. Now they come for our green energy. Climate change will motivate them to come for our water. This will become a precious resource. . #ScottishWater#snp
Lesley Riddoch here arguing, essentially, that we all have to bite our tongues, haud oor whischt, and vote #SNP, because "they're the only parliamentary route to #ScottishIndependence. I count Lesley as a friend and as someone I greatly respect, but I think she's wrong here: there is no longer a parliamentary path to independence.
While I would argue that the Greens also have Scotland's interest at heart (its just that FPTP screws them), this is a decent short article from Kate Forbes.
I don't intend to post every bit of Labour election material or for all candidates here, but this is Irene Campbell, my own Labour candidate in North Ayrshire.
Irene is an excellent candidate and will make an very good MP IMO.
In a sense of fairness and equity, I also post a photo of her main rival, Patricia Gibson MP of the SNP.
"Rishi Sunak’s fleeting visit should mark the beginning of an apology tour of #Scotland – and it's a reminder of why it's essential to vote #SNP to remove the Tory government and put Scotland first.
“This Tory government has been an unmitigated disaster for Scotland – imposing #Brexit, austerity cuts and a cost of living crisis, and denying Scotland's democratic right to choose our own future with independence."
Scottish people had high hopes of seriously reducing carbon emissions when the power-sharing Bute House Agreement was agreed with the Scottish Greens, almost three years ago.
The #SNP Government has now said that the 2030 net zero target must be scrapped because of a lack of cooperation from the Westminster Government.
Yet the three areas where the least progress in decarbonisation has been made are all devolved 🤔
‘Bland’ is not good enough. Just being ‘not the Tories’ is not good enough. Especially when your policies are becoming increasingly like the Tories. And you tell us you’re just going to pick up where the Tories left off when you enter government.
"It's not the #SNP or ‘divisive nationalism’ that drives so many in Scotland to support #ScottishIndependence and which has led a large majority of younger Scots to reject the idea of their country remaining forever under Westminster rule. It’s the chaos, corruption, and dysfunction of Westminster."
"there’s not the slightest sign in the #SNP of the fearlessness such “illegal’’ behaviour would require. So the wish for #ScottishIndependence will survive, even though the vehicle to carry it sits on the hard shoulder with flat tyres" -- Neal Ascherson on the useless SNP
Childhood best friend calls after a few beers
As usual I don't get many words in
They're disillusioned with #SNP as "they need to get own house in order, stop just saying you did worse things"
They're critical of gender reform and hate bill
They're considering voting for bloody Alba
They're sick of electric cars because battery mining and making is toxic and mostly in China
Sick of woke colleagues triggered by his company mental health awareness
Tells me not having daughter means I can't comment
"breaking Scotland from the shackles of #neoliberal thinking should be very high on its agenda, and yet it keeps getting leaders who seem more than happy to embrace that approach, and make Scotland suffer for it" – @RichardJMurphy