@ScaryHighlander

Software developer for underwater / drone survey & integrity. Scottish Independence! Old BMWs (no modern ones thanks), bicycles, cats, skiing. Ex ROC.

 Aviemore, Scotland
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Joined July 2011
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Ross Colquhoun@rosscolquhounOct 16
Labour: We want to empower the people of Scotland. Scotland: Give us a referendum on independence. Labour: No, not that kind of power.
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MSM Monitor@msm_monitorSep 3
Scottish Labour and Anas Sarwar summed up in two videos. Sarwar first describes the House of Lords as unacceptable and calls for it to be abolished. When voters reject him he grabs the opportunity to become a member. Scottish Labour is a gravy train for self-serving charlatans. Never, ever vote for it. Never, ever believe what Scottish Labour politicians say.
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John Swinney
@JohnSwinneySep 2
We will open a free breakfast club for every primary school in Scotland from August next year. And by the end of this parliament, we will expand childcare support from 9 months old to the end of primary. Giving children the best start, while supporting parents into work.
Graphic of John Swinney and a child sitting at a breakfast club with the big text: We will open breakfast clubs for all primary schools from August 2027

ALT Graphic of John Swinney and a child sitting at a breakfast club with the big text: We will open breakfast clubs for all primary schools from August 2027

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John Swinney
@JohnSwinneyAug 26
Labour promised to lower your energy bills, but it was just confirmed they are rising again - for the seventh time under this UK Labour government. Enough is enough. It’s Scotland’s energy, and it’s time to put it into Scotland’s hands.
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Tell me Scotland is a colony without saying it ..... 👇
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Grangemouth was the only refinery in the UK that produced airline fuel. Allowing its closure made no sense. But Labour was certainly content to save a number of industries in England. We can only conclude that Scotland is being punished. Muscular unionism really is that nasty.
MSM Monitor@msm_monitorAug 21
Grangemouth workers who lost their job when the refinery closed will be comforted by the news the Labour Govt is to invest £1.3bn in a theme park in Bedfordshire. The Universal United Kingdom Resort.
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John G. Burns retweeted
Modern Scot@Modern_ScotAug 21
Aviemore To Carrbridge Route Moves Closer To Planning Decision After Years Of Delay modern.scot/aviemore-to-carr… via @modern_scot
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Scotland's exports per head are more than double that of the rest of the UK.
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Martin MacDonald@InnealadairAug 14
The biggest bit of gaslighting from the Unionists on GERS is the treatment of the Scottish economy as if it was a sovereign economy. Westminster controls all the main economic levers financial, banking, energy, trade, public borrowing, public funding, VAT, Corp tax & fuel duty.
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John G. Burns retweeted
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledoniaJul 21
The House of Lords is now, and has been for a long time, a repository for failed Labour politicians, a complete affront to democracy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/0…

Arise Lord Sarwar

Anas Sarwar, 2022: “The House of Lords, in its current form, as an institution has no place in 21st century politics. It is unacceptable…to have unelected representatives wielding such power.…

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MSM Monitor@msm_monitorJul 21
Why are so many Scottish political journalists apparently shocked that Anas Sarwar has gone back on his word not to accept a peerage? He's been an unprincipled charlatan and habitual liar for years. Literally nothing he says can be believed.
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Scotland is in a unique position where 90% of the television, radio and newspapers are actively working for a foreign government, against the interests of the Scottish people. If you're watching the BBC, you're watching propaganda not journalism! #BBCBias #Partisan #Propaganda
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Joe MacReany@JMacreanyJul 3
I’m Scottish & live in the Highlands, I’m a Patriot, Nationalist, Separatist & #ImSNP I’m also called an Extremist & this is just a fraction o what has made me this👇
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Scotland 'definitely' needs a tax on land, former finance secretary Shona Robison says .... but the Scotland Act's "clever blockages" means ANY new tax must have UK Govt agreement Just one more reason we NEED #ScottishIndependence thenational.scot/news/261711…

Scotland 'definitely' needs a tax on land, former finance secretary says

SCOTLAND must bring in a land value tax – and the SNP have been looking at ways to make it happen, the former finance secretary has said ...

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John G. Burns retweeted
Bill Cruickshank@BjCruickshankJul 2
The partition of Ireland was just one of many English/British crimes committed against the people of Ireland: xitter.cf/IrishUnity/status/2072… All decent independently minded Scots stand in solidarity with their Celtic Irish cousins who just want to see their nation re-unified once more.
Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸@IrishUnityJul 1
Tom Barry was born on this day 1897. RIP “The ending of partition is the responsibility not alone of the people of Ireland, but of every Irishman wherever he may be.”
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Another very good reason for Scottish independence...
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforthJul 2
So the trade deal the UK govt signed with the US will lead to lots of us dying needlessly because billions of NHS funding is being diverted from essential services to bolster the profits of US big pharma.
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Stephen Flynn
@StephenFlynnSNPJul 2
If my very good friends @ScotExpress don’t want Scottish Ministers going into Westminster to meet with UK Ministers then there is still time for them to back independence 😃
Scottish Express@ScotExpressJul 2
Stephen Flynn 'pines for return to London' as SNP MSP spotted in Westminster scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/n…

Stephen Flynn 'pines for return to London' as SNP MSP spotted in Westminster

Exclusive: The Scottish Government's Transport Secretary was spotted down at Westminster as he enjoys Holyrood's two-month summer recess - and it's set tongues wagging.

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The SNP
@theSNPJul 2
Andy Burnham has written to Scots offering "greater public control" of water. Water is already nationalised in Scotland. Scotland deserves better than copy-and-paste PMs. snp.org/andy-burnhams-lazy-c…

Andy Burnham’s lazy copy-and-paste pitch to Scotland — Scottish National Party

In cities like Manchester, Manchester, and Manchester, politicians like Andy Burnham and Andy Burnham are making the same old promises.

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John G. Burns retweeted
Scotland’s Story@80_mcswanJun 25
Norway's Oil Fund has reached $2 trillion, equating to over $340,000 per citizen. Scotland missed out on this because of the Union. Better Together, they say!
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Howard Beckett
@HowardRBeckettJun 26
A Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 fan at the World Cup sees an 🇮🇱 flag & shouts for a Free Palestine 🇵🇸: ‘I was a nurse in Gaza 🇵🇸’ ‘I volunteered’ ‘I saw it for myself’ ‘It is a genocide’ Refusing to be silenced 👏 A Flower of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸
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