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Simon Brooke<a href="https://beige.party/@Shivviness" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Shivviness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@petealexharris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@petealexharris</a> I too would 'like to see Corbyn's party get a huge majority at the next general election [and] shortly thereafter give Scotland a referendum'.I'd also like to see an end to hunger, a reversal of global warming, and an open-handed sharing of wealth around the world.It would be nice.In the real world, however, I think <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corbyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corbyn</a>'s moment of opportunity, if it ever existed, has, like the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a>'s, passed.

Simon Brooke<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@petealexharris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@petealexharris</a> <a href="https://beige.party/@Shivviness" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Shivviness</a> I think we must see the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> as now either a failed experiment, or at least a deeply wounded protagonist. Attempts to reach independence in my lifetime cannot depend on the SNP, because the SNP will not recover in my lifetime. I also question whether the wreck of the SNP is worth investing our effort or hope into restoring (for me, it is clearly not).>>>

Spytfyre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿One of World's Biggest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WindFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindFarms</a> with 307 Turbines Approved Near <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edinburgh</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> Ministers<a href="https://ground.news/article/massive-offshore-wind-farm-approved-by-scottish-government-jersey-evening-post?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ground.news/article/massive-offshore-wind-farm-approved-by-scottish-government-jersey-evening-post?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share</a>Bring it on<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotiand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotiand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/eco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eco</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#green</a>

Alex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/randomthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#randomthoughts</a>... At the next <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scottish</a> elections I will vote <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a>... Are the perfect NO... Have they gained <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independence</a>... NO But I believe they have the best chance of achieving <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independence</a>...Have they done more for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> than any of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#westminster</a> parties...YES... I liken it to a fan following a football team... Good results or bad results you still tend to support your team...

WenCost of Operation Branchform probe into SNP climbs to £2.7 millionI notice that the costs of additional blue tents were not listed… But I am sure that the establishment are reasonably happy with the effects so far - after all it does seem to have been a spoiler operation given the razmatazz, media attention and time taken.<a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25348349.cost-operation-branchform-climbs-2-7-million/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thenational.scot/news/25348349.cost-operation-branchform-climbs-2-7-million/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Branchform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Branchform</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Policing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Murrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Murrell</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sturgeon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a>

Simon Brooke<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Wen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Wen</a> indeed. Without a vision, we don't have a movement. And if the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> have a vision at all, it's not one they're prepared to share with the electorate.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishIndependence</a>

BBC News Top Stories<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> majority only way to secure second referendum, says SwinneyThe first minister spoke to BBC <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> News ahead of a meeting with US President Donald <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn47y758zyjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn47y758zyjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss</a>(c) <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

Spytfyre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Politics Israel Gaza Palestine

JoanBCatWoman<a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/iandunt.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@iandunt.bsky.social</a> I gave up reading the bits about the WM process - just adds to the reasons why WM needs reform and Scotland (,Wales and NI) needs independence. The bigots who "won" the SC ruling are not representative of cis women. They won because they have money and claimed they were speaking for abused women (who were abused by cis men). <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/transrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transrights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishGov</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scottishgovernment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/greenparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greenparty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/commonweal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commonweal</a>

Sue Briccay :verifiedace:Scottish politics: Mhairi Black quits SNP

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈While the SNP pivots to the right, comes for the Transes and shakes hands with the World Most Famous Peado, it's not the Party of Sturgeon anymore....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MhariBlack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MhariBlack</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a>

Simon BrookeGood for Mhairi Black! “To be honest, I’m looking around thinking, ‘There are better organisations that I could be giving a membership to than this one that I don’t feel has been making the right decisions for quite some time.’”Her reasons for leaving the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> now (Trans rights, Palestine) are at least as good as mine were (the Monarchy) in 2008. She's still a person who I'd vote for -- and listen to.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotPol</a> <a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25340185.ex-mp-mhairi-black-leaves-snp-slates-party-direction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thenational.scot/news/25340185.ex-mp-mhairi-black-leaves-snp-slates-party-direction/</a>

BBC News Top StoriesFormer MP Mhairi Black announces she has left the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a>The SNP's former Westminster deputy leader said she disagreed with the party's stance on trans rights and Palestine.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx202grvk29o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx202grvk29o</a>(c) <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BBC</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

DavvaScottish minister's meeting with Israeli ambassador <a href="https://theferret.scot/scottish-government-crisis-meeting-israel/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theferret.scot/scottish-government-crisis-meeting-israel/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈John Swinney there, telling the people of Scotland not to be mean to the Paedophile they all must suck up to. Don't think he'll win an election with that.....<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-first-minister-keir-starmer-scotland-aberdeen-b1238485.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-first-minister-keir-starmer-scotland-aberdeen-b1238485.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnSwinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnSwinney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peadophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Peadophiles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abusers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abusers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Epstein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotPol</a>

Simon Brooke<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@muminitaly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@muminitaly</a> Under Peter Murrell, nobody within the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> could be promoted if that had enough talent to challenge the leadership, or if they differed from the leadership line in any way. And the SNP was not prepared to take part in any campaign it could not dominate.I hoped that with Murrell's disgrace, things might change.They haven't.This isn't a party that can serve Scotland; it isn't a party that even wants to.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotPol</a>

JoanBCatWoman<a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25324462.think-john-swinneys-new-independence-strategy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thenational.scot/news/25324462.think-john-swinneys-new-independence-strategy/</a>Call out to all <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishindependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scottishindependence</a> supporters. What do you think of the latest statement from the FM on Scottish independence? I think it is just more rhetoric with no concrete plan. Why won't the SNP engage with civic groups <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/robinmcalpine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#robinmcalpine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BelieveinScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BelieveinScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snpnotlistening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snpnotlistening</a>

Simon Brooke<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Wen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Wen</a> numbers supporting <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishIndependence</a> are rising extremely slowly, despite all the efforts of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> to persuade them.This isn't good enough. I used to blame Peter Murrell for holding back the talented people within the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a>, but he's gone, and showing talent (unless you're on the right wing of the party, like <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/KateForbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KateForbes</a>) is still the surest way to get demotion or deselection.

WenInterpreting spendingThe Times reports that Labour outspent the SNP 3:1 in the last GE. Their conclusion, the SNP is doomed. Mine, Labour raised a vast amount of money from ‘private’ donors - it allows them to ignore their membership and country. The SNP needs a revival, selling out to organisations who do not have <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>’s best interests at heart is no the way to go.Holyrood elections here we come.<a href="http://archive.today/2025.07.17-204918/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labour-outspent-snp-by-more-than-three-times-at-general-election-k5xb83tgz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.07.17-204918/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labour-outspent-snp-by-more-than-three-times-at-general-election-k5xb83tgz</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeneralElection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishIndependence</a>

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