The Lady J of Tay

Why does @Nigel_Farage fear Independence for England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿? Surely they should be allowed a ref for their self determination. All Nations free to do what we decide not as a UK. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

In the second episode of "Why We have a Mandate" I explore Precedent. Scotland has exceeded the thresholds on which the UK has held similar referenda, but still we are denied. Read on. davidbirkettsnp.substack.com/p/why-we-have-…

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Alternative point of view: he is chronically unpopular and delivered Scottish Labour’s worst and second worst Scottish Parliament election results.

They’ll have offered him a wee seat in the #HouseofLords!

Mary Lou McDonald on the meeting between SNP, Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru 👀 Northern Irish FM Michelle O’Neill met with the SNP’s new Westminster leader Dave Doogan and Plaid Cymru’s Liz Saville Roberts, following the two parties' historic wins in last week's elections

“The unionists want to be at Westminster” @akmaciver reacts to the news that Douglas Lumsden is set to run in the Aberdeen South Westminster by-election, just a few days after being re-elected to The Scottish Parliament. The seat will be vacated by Stephen Flynn who is leaving the House of Commons for Holyrood. Does this sum up the attitudes of Unionist and Nationalist politicians towards both parliaments? @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 If Scotland can achieve all this under the shackles of Westminster, just imagine what we could do with our independence!

Celtic 'failing to take responsibility' as Glasgow braced for disruption, police say thenational.scot/news/26110616.…

Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to sue New York Times over Israeli soldier rape story thenational.scot/news/26111137.…

The Unionist press is quite content to see Scotland held back thenational.scot/politics/26108…

Up to 3000 Orange Order members expected for Boyne parade thenational.scot/news/26111241.…

She said: “We don’t reject the people who voted for Reform. They are neighbours, co-workers perhaps even family. For many their vote was a cry of frustration that cannot be ignored. Reform are a symptom of the failures of the British economy and state. thenational.scot/news/26111384.…

The MP standing down for Andy Burnham.

🗣️ "People voted for change but none has been forthcoming. They voted for action on the cost of living but the Labour government is stuck in paralysis and hasn't announced a single measure to help."

@TheScotsman Why does all the media have to make the point that a person is TRANS in the first place . Drawing attention to a person. ? You don't say this is John Swinney and he's heterosexual or Patrick Harvey is gay . No ones business what anyone is.

Trans MSP Q Manivannan escorted through Holyrood by security over safety concerns trib.al/EvMP8ax

Shameful A young minority politician - who has broken no rules - is elected. Days after their election such is the abuse they suffer they have to be escorted by additional security staff. Those who have led the pile on to Q Manivannan should take a long hard look at themselves.

Douglas Alexander is out of hiding again. Even for him this interview is hugely embarrassing.👇 And he still hasn’t been asked about his disastrous role in the Scottish election.

@SF_Commission @moneillsf @FOSFCanada @FOSFUSA @sinnfeinireland @Ogra_SF @SFIntDept @DeclanKearneySF @MaryLouMcDonald All we want is to go back to being independent countries, that's normal.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

‘‘We’re witnessing, again, the kind of chaos we experienced throughout the whole Brexit process, and I think it’s little wonder now that people are looking increasingly towards a new constitutional arrangement, where decisions affecting Ireland are taken in Ireland.” @moneillsf

Will Starmer deny saying this just as he denied telling Swinney they had to talk about a second Indyref? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Scotland's Lord Advocate tells First Minister she will stand down thenational.scot/news/26108830.…