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[Ross Greer @Ross_Greer]

Imagine for a second that a real estate conference took place in London where Russian occupiers sold stolen Ukrainian land and property.

You have to imagine, because that rightly wouldn't have been allowed. If it's stolen Palestinian land though, that's apparently totally fine.

[James Sellar @sellar_james]

@RussellFindlay1 @ScotTories @DLumsden_MSP Tories :

🛢 70,000 jobs lost
🛢 Introduced & increased the EPL
🛢 Illegal drilling licenses
🛢 Licences issued between 2010-24 saw only 36 days drilling
🛢 Failed to ensure energy security
🛢 Closed gas storeage
🛢 Wasted £Bns of oil revenue
🛢 Introduced climate compatability

[Jimac @jimac1111]

SCOTLAND, despite having the UK's 5th smallest population, impressively ranks 3rd in contributing to UK revenue,
Too wee, too poor, I think not.

[blair hendry @awaitingmoderat]

@ReformUKScot Like a hole in the heid

[JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @MrJohnNicolson]

This judge obviously knows little about the history of the suffragettes & their tactics. What an extraordinary declaration of ignorance.

[blair hendry @awaitingmoderat]

@tsegedemashila @jinsongroubing @Ross_McLaren_ @christina_ivey Where did he "cleared" Highlanders get the money to "dominate slavery" ?

[blair hendry @awaitingmoderat]

@Pete2427 @Ross_McLaren_ @DierCara @christina_ivey You spelt "very wealthy Scots that considered themselves British" wrong !!

[Ross McLaren @Ross_McLaren_]

@christina_ivey At the same time Jamaica was a colony, my ancestors were being burned out of their homes, evicted from their land, their language, dress, and way of life destroyed, so if it's alright with you, I won't have ignorant arseholes pontificating on my country's history

[blair hendry @awaitingmoderat]

@RealStephenKerr Keep up at the back Juan!!!

[Talking-up Scotland @ProfJWR]

Major increases in school-leaver employment and university access in SNP years - short video

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Updated. Friends of Israel in the UK government:

CABINET
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Chancellor
Foreign Secretary
Defence Secretary
Education Secretary
Business Secretary
Work & Pensions Secretary
Science Secretary
Treasury Secretary
N.Ireland Secretary
Chief Secretary

OTHER MINISTERS
Cabinet Minister
Foreign Minister
Home Office Minister
Housing Minister
Health Minister
Energy Minister
Business Minister
Transport Minister
Environment Minister
Culture Minister
Solicitor General

[First Minister @ScotGovFM]

60% of all casks used in Scotch Whisky production come from Kentucky.

Today, First Minister John Swinney visited Kentucky Cooperage and Kentucky Bourbon Barrel to see that connection first-hand and to keep up the momentum on removing tariffs on Scotch whisky.

[Pauline Stafford MSP for Bathgate @PaulineBathgate]

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote. Scotland voted 62-38% to remain in the EU, but we had Brexit imposed on us anyway. We have been paying the price ever since.

[Talking-up Scotland @ProfJWR]

Cryptosporidium in the Capital, Diarrhoea in Devon, a Toilet in the Thames, a Lavvy in the Lake and Sick sheep in the Swale - Thames Water rescue package to cost Scots £1bn may be only the first https://t.co/TqMoh8cHxc

[Meidas_Scotland @MeidasScotland]

REFORM MSP's: JIBES, BARBS AND THEATRICS IN PLACE OF SERIOUS DEBATE

"Aa' fur coats an' nae knickers"

Scottish politics has traditionally valued forensic scrutiny and evidence-led argument in Holyrood.

Since Reform UK’s arrival as a significant force in the 2026 election, however, its MSPs have increasingly substituted sharp one-liners, theatrical interventions and populist put-downs for substantive engagement with policy detail.

Thomas Kerr, the party’s deputy leader, has become a textbook example. In a recent wealth-taxation debate he began not with analysis of revenue forecasts or economic modelling but with a personal broadside: accusing a colleague of “childish, petty insults” before refusing further interventions with the dismissive flourish, “I ain’t interested in irrelevant nonsense from a has-been party.”

Moments later he openly revelled in the confrontation, declaring, “I am loving this… I appear to be rattling all the right people. I am enjoying this a lot.”

Malcolm Offord has adopted a similar register, reducing complex constitutional questions to the glib dismissal of “groundhog day.”

Even when addressing the recent disorder in Glasgow, Kerr’s public comments quickly pivoted from policy critique to pointed jabs at John Swinney and Keir Starmer, framing opponents as unwilling to discuss “mass uncontrolled illegal migration.”

The tone is consistently pugilistic rather than deliberative. This pattern extends beyond the chamber.

Over the last few weeks I've written and published multiple articles examining Reform’s positions on oil and gas, the NHS, the party’s attitude towards women, and rebuttals to comments on Jo Hart's bizarre 5G rants and the Monarchy insults.

Not one Reform representative has attempted meaningful dialogue. The responses have been limited to blanket dismissals such as “what a load of rubbish” or outright personal insults. There has been no attempt to address the evidence presented, no counter-data, no willingness to discuss alternative approaches—just reflexive rejection dressed up as robust debate.

Such behaviour confirms a deeper reality: Reform’s parliamentary and public style is built for disruption, not governance. The quick quip and the theatrical refusal to engage may generate headlines and social-media traction, but they leave no space for the patient, detailed work required to improve the lives of ordinary Scots.

In the end, it all amounts to little more than fur coats and no knickers—plenty of flashy rhetoric and crowd-pleasing jibes on show, yet precious little substantive policy fabric beneath to withstand serious examination or deliver real improvement for the people of Scotland.

@BjCruickshank
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[A.M.MacJ @ammacj]

@BBCScotlandNews BBC Scotland again promoting Murrell mania and biased press.

Recent stories ignored:

Alexander secret meetings with Mandelson, China, Russia.

Scottish wind farms charged £1 billion for UK grid.

UK Gov to cut Scottish budget.

Labour’s PFI still costing Scotland £600m/year.

[Jimac @jimac1111]

French Spy Chiefs say a "Foreign Power" interfered in Scottish Elections.
Were MI5 asleep at the wheel, or did they condone it?
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[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

It's an interesting system they have created.

If you can't afford something, you pay.
If they can't afford something, you pay.

I suggest we change the system so that they pay for everything for the next 500 years.

It's only fair.

[GREIGE🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏍 @GREIGEYESBIKER1]

Friend of mine makes pictures out of sea glass and sea washed pottery as a hobby.
She made this map of Scotland out of green sea glass for me.
I've put it under my Declaration of Arbroath.
I think it looks great.
😁👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[The SNP @theSNP]

Scotland’s wind farms will pay £1 billion to connect to the UK grid.

Meanwhile, projects elsewhere in the UK will be paid to connect.

Scotland generates the energy. Scots should see the benefit.