Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Retired nurse, supporting independence for Scotland, social justice & equality. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

@DaveDooganSNP Thank you for standing up for Scotland on @bbcquestiontime exposing unionists lies. #independenceforscotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

#stv your news broadcast has turned into a party political broadcast, on behalf of any party that isn’t the SNP #bias #independenceforscotland

[Octopus Energy @OctopusEnergy]

Scotland produces so much clean energy, yet Scots pay some of the world's highest bills.

Just yesterday, Britain wasted enough wind to power Scottish homes for 3 DAYS. It cost £7,504,366.

Zonal pricing could give Scots some of the lowest bills in Europe: https://t.co/EmEtEYDcPz

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

Joined Bluesky two days ago, now got over 100 Indi followers so I’m fluttering off … Join me #ScottishIndependence #ByeByeElon

[The National @ScotNational]

EXCLUSIVE: GB Energy will not have its own headquarters in Aberdeen, The National can reveal

Labour’s publicly-owned energy company will instead be based in a building which is shared with oil companies

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

@R0Poem And it’s cheaper, average bills in England & Wales are £448 a year, I pay £155.

[ROPoem @R0Poem]

Hey #bbcqt can you stop your guest lying-
66% of Scotland's water rating is good which excedes England's 16%. 
Scotland's tap water is considered to be among the best in the world. In 2023, 99.88% of samples taken from consumers' taps met the required standards #labourlies

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

In effect, Wes Streeting has accepted £280m from a pharma company to trial an injectable weight-loss drug on the unemployed. #AreYouYesYet

Is Labour Dead? https://t.co/qGdEf2rG3b

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Israel's decision to send troops into Lebanon, a sovereign nation, is not a "limited ground operation".

It is an invasion.

Our government's hypocrisy is on full display. Its failure to defend international law and stand up to Israel is a moral disgrace.

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

Scotland has completely eradicated cervical cancer in women born between 1988 to 1996 who were vaccinated by age 13
Nicola Sturgeon introduced the HPV policy as health secretary
This is news we should all celebrate.

[MSM Monitor @msm_monitor]

It's now been confirmed that Ian Murray repeatedly lied on live TV when asked about £150m he is in line to receive to spend as he wishes. Murray said the figure had been made up by a journalist.

It's his arrogance as he lies. He literally doesn't care.

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

The calibre of this argument should fill every member of the SNP with confidence.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

News. The Chancellor's just announced Winter Fuel Payments will no longer be universal to all pensioners, now only pensioners on benefits will get it - in my view that's too narrow a group. Here's my formal statement to @RachelReevesMP ...
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The targeting of Winter Fuel Payments is too narrow with the winter we have coming. Pensioners were already due to get less as this will be the first time since winter 2022 they haven’t got the up to £300 extra winter fuel cost of living top-up.

The Energy Price Cap is likely to rise 10% this October and stay high across the winter, leaving most energy bills nearly double those pre-crisis, at levels unaffordable for millions.

Many pensioners eke out the £100 to £300 Winter Fuel Payments to allow them to keep some heating on through the cold months. While there's an argument for ending its universality due to tight national finances, it's being squeezed to too narrow a group – just those on benefits and Pension Credit.

Yet again, those just above the thresholds will be hardest hit. This is often justified as there's a 'lack of household income data' to allow other targeting. However, there's a usable precedent from the emergency energy crisis measures announced in April 2022, which I'd urge the Government to look at.

Then, a payment was made to homes in council tax bands A to D – as an imperfect but workable proxy for lower household incomes. That'd allow an additional group of lower to middle-income pensioners to keep the payments and mitigate bill shocks. Councils' discretionary funds could also be funded as in April 2022, for the limited numbers who still need help but don't qualify.

Plus, with this announcement, the Government has a huge moral imperative to ensure the 800,000 people eligible for Pension Credit who don't get it, are informed, educated and helped through the process. It is planning an awareness-raising campaign, but it needs to ensure that reaches every corner – and if possible proactively and personally contact people.

Pension Credit is a crucial gateway benefit, giving access to a host of other entitlements, and now with the link to the Winter Fuel Payment, it makes it even more important to ensure fewer miss out."

[MSM Monitor @msm_monitor]

John Swinney has made two significant green energy funding announcements this week. BBC Scotland ignored both. The UK Labour Govt issues a statement this morning about the as yet mythical GB Energy and hey presto, it's all over BBC Scotland news. That's how propaganda works.

[Unite Hospitality @FairHospitality]

This report may be shocking but it won’t be surprising to the 89% of women in hospitality who have witnessed or experienced sexual harassment inside & outside the workplace.

It’s why we continue to campaign vigorously for safe and free transport home for all workers past 11pm.

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

Scotland neither wants or needs nuclear power. @LabourParty what is your ‘GB Energy’ going to do? Here’s some recommendations from the CEO of Octopus? I live in the Far North of Scotland, surrounded by wind turbines & we are the developers of tidal & wave power. #independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Stella Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abfabstell]

@BjCruickshank We don’t need or want them.

[Lesley Riddoch @LesleyRiddoch]

Starmer with 37 Scots MPs: “We have this team to be part of a government, sitting on the govt benches, all working to deliver for Scotland."
But only 2 of 109 Labour ministers/spokespersons live in Scotland. Two more are Scots born. Not v impressive. https://t.co/Kw2WZcLJGw

[Bill Cruickshank @BjCruickshank]

I have no idea who this fellow Glaswegian is but I would love to see him go viral: https://t.co/IA0hJ9eOpp He speaks for many Glaswegians & many Scots all over our beautiful country. The spirit of John Maclean lives & breathes in his native city.

[Martin MacDonald @Innealadair]

Rachel Reeves can't spell Whisky.