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Dr Adrian Simmons<p>Well, looks like I won't be participating in Scotland's 2031 Census. (Assuming that's not illegal...) </p><p>"Now Scotland's census is being outsourced – it is time to reclaim public policy-making"</p><p><a href="https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-f8aen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commonweal.scot/daily-briefing</span><span class="invisible">s/briefing-f8aen</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/scotpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>John Swinney there, telling the people of Scotland not to be mean to the Paedophile they all must suck up to.<br>Don't think he'll win an election with that.....</p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">standard.co.uk/news/politics/d</span><span class="invisible">onald-trump-first-minister-keir-starmer-scotland-aberdeen-b1238485.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnSwinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnSwinney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peadophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peadophiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abusers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abusers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@raindrops_and_roses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>raindrops_and_roses</span></a></span> this visit in September is costing us a bomb, and for what? </p><p>Seems some Peados get all the best treatment on Taxpayers money...</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/police-scotland-threatened-with-potential-legal-action-by-own-officers-over-donald-trump-visit-plans-13399662" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/police-scot</span><span class="invisible">land-threatened-with-potential-legal-action-by-own-officers-over-donald-trump-visit-plans-13399662</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Predators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Predators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abusers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abusers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Peadophiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peadophiles</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Colinsay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Colinsay</span></a></span> and once again with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AltText4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText4You</span></a>, so everyone can read it.</p><p>(<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> automatically generated by Mastodon, the only work I had to do was select the link)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Watch UKGOV use Terrorism legislation to stop Anti-Trump protests in Scotland....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LedByDonkeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LedByDonkeys</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>We just don't want him here, and he's being forced on us by men who look the other way at rich perverts....</p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/police-scotland-threatened-with-potential-legal-action-by-own-officers-over-donald-trump-visit-plans-13399662" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/police-scot</span><span class="invisible">land-threatened-with-potential-legal-action-by-own-officers-over-donald-trump-visit-plans-13399662</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceScotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOLITICS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Ghost of Hope 🏳️‍⚧️<p>I'm concerned about what's happening to Maggie Chapman. I'm an English GPEW member and this isn't the pot telling the kettle it's in need of a clean, it's really not. I know we have a severe infestation but...</p><p>Have the Scottish Greens acquired a transphobe problem? I thought they were explicitly barred</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TransUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransUK</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Lol, Trump going to Scotland and thinking the Scots won't make a fact of him being a nonce....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@muminitaly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>muminitaly</span></a></span> Under Peter Murrell, nobody within the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></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.</p><p>I hoped that with Murrell's disgrace, things might change.</p><p>They haven't.</p><p>This isn't a party that can serve Scotland; it isn't a party that even wants to.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p>Scotland, it seems, does not like the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a>. I've long been interested in opinion maps on which the England/Scotland border is clearly defined, but this one surprises even me.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/722903</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Fascists have lost the Narrative on the Genocide in Gaza</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerrorismAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerrorismAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POliceScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POliceScotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@wanwizard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wanwizard</span></a></span> We send13.9 TWh each year to England, and they charge us for sending it to them.</p><p>That's 6.1% of the 227TWh they consume. They'd not find it easy (or cheap) to replace it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p>And a final thing to this thread: if John Swinney had just a smidgin of national pride, common sense or courage, he'd be saying to Ed Milliband "there will be no more planning consents for any infrastructure related to interconnectors or new generating capacity in Scotland until we have pricing to electricity consumers in Scotland which fairly represents the benefit to England of all the cheap green energy we're providing you with."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p>From this, we would discover how much grid-attached storage capacity we'd need to install in Scotland in order to switch off the interconnectors, and say to the rest of the UK, "well, ye'll hae had yir cheap energy noo".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishIndependence</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@thecommongreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thecommongreen</span></a></span> if I wanted to make a freedom of information request to discover:</p><p>1. How long, in duration, was the longest continuous period since January 1 2023 during which the net flow of electricity between Scotland and the rest of the UK was inbound to Scotland?<br>2. During that period, what was the total amount of electricity transferred to Scotland?</p><p>To whom should it be addressed?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a></p><p>Continued</p>
Simon Brooke<p>In 2020, Scotland generated 32TWh of electricity from wind alone. </p><p><a href="https://www.scottishrenewables.com/our-industry/statistics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishrenewables.com/our-ind</span><span class="invisible">ustry/statistics</span></a></p><p>In 2023, Scotland consumed 21.8TWh of electricity in total.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q3-2024/pages/total-final-energy-consumption/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.scot/publications/energy-s</span><span class="invisible">tatistics-for-scotland-q3-2024/pages/total-final-energy-consumption/</span></a></p><p>33.8% of electricity generated in Scotland was exported.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q3-2024/pages/generation-and-supply-of-electricity-in-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.scot/publications/energy-s</span><span class="invisible">tatistics-for-scotland-q3-2024/pages/generation-and-supply-of-electricity-in-2023/</span></a></p><p>Yet we pay a higher standing charge in Scotland for that electricity than people in England do:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/get-energy-price-cap-standing-charges-and-unit-rates-region" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ofgem.gov.uk/get-energy-price-</span><span class="invisible">cap-standing-charges-and-unit-rates-region</span></a></p><p>So, in short, we're paying to ship our own energy across the border.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a></p><p>Continued:</p>
Simon Brooke<p>He does, does he? I think he may find Scotland has other plans.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ColonialExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialExtraction</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/08/government-rules-out-zonal-pricing-and-starts-search-for-alternative-plan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jul/08/government-rules-out-zonal-pricing-and-starts-search-for-alternative-plan</span></a></p>
Ian Turton<p>Just been reminded that for much of the west coast of Scotland travel is being disrupted by sectarian orange marches.</p><p>Why do we still allow this to happen in the 21st century?</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a>. <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/sectarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sectarianism</span></a></p>
Ian Turton<p>I was recently reminded of the Rolls Royce workers who refused to refurbish engines for Pinochet's air force. Are the current unions not bothered by Israel?</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/50CTJnPn0RC2tXg18zfcXxy/the-scots-who-stopped-air-strikes-by-a-violent-chilean-dictator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/</span><span class="invisible">50CTJnPn0RC2tXg18zfcXxy/the-scots-who-stopped-air-strikes-by-a-violent-chilean-dictator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a></p>
Jennie Kermode<p>Yesterday I looked at some of the issues surrounding the UK government's Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Bill. Today I look at what it means for people in Scotland, and the questions that need to be asked ahead of next year's Scottish election. <a href="https://bylines.scot/society/can-disabled-scots-trust-labour/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bylines.scot/society/can-disab</span><span class="invisible">led-scots-trust-labour/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/TakingThePIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TakingThePIP</span></a></p>
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