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Mel 🕊️
3 years
I just stumbled into the rabbit hole that is autism and gender identity, and I seriously feel ill. I am the mother of an autistic son (who’s 20). There really isn’t much I don’t know about autism. So reading this stuff about autistic kids, just signals so many red flags 🚩.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
When our FM, Nicola Sturgeon came on stage to speak. #indyref2020rally
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
How on earth did a man with 5 sexual assault complaints made against him, pass vetting to become a SNP politician? Yet, they want to deselect Joanna Cherry, for believing in biological sex.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
Why can Germany and France afford to keep the furlough scheme for 2 years, but the UK is ending it the end of this month? Are we that poor?
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
If men are now women according to Scottish law, why do two gay men need a biological woman to have a baby.?
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Mel 🕊️
4 months
@johncusack I think they can win. However I don’t expect Israel or the USA to acknowledge the decision.
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Mel 🕊️
2 months
@Kahlissee I will never understand how any human can treat another human being with such hatred and depravity.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
If a trans woman rapist will no longer be held in a women’s prison via a massive u-turn by the SG, then how can they still claim trans women are women?
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
Seen on FB (a Finnish cartoon). How others see us.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
Nicola Sturgeon- 'Sorry you can't heat your homes, or feed your families. But my main priority is ensuring that men can Self ID into women's spaces and sports.'
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
Why has the solution never been for trans women to have their own spaces? Why is that such a difficult concept?
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Nicola Sturgeon brought down by a trans woman. Is somehow an apt end of her leadership.
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
I'm an American. The Scottish NHS saved my life, at a cost of nothing to me. That same care probably would have cost me hundreds of thousands in the USA. So do sod off Kate. We don't want an American style healthcare system.
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6 years
My @BBCNewsnight #Viewsnight on the #NHS is up! Forget the birthday candles and cake - what the NHS needs for its birthday is serious reform 🎈🎁
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Do we really live in a country where a woman who flashed a merkin is being investigated by the police, but a man who threatened to beat up women, posing with an axe and a knife, is said to be just joking? Is this really the kind of Scotland, we want?
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
So basically, any public body can be 100% male bodied, but if at least half of them Self ID as women, it would be considered a 50/50 balance. Do other women genuinely not see how backward this is for women?
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
England when you watch @CarolineLucas , do you ever question why you don't vote Greens. She's head & shoulders above any of these other MPs. #C4Brexit
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Mel 🕊️
11 months
We are ALL Joanna Cherry.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
The Thatcher Government is what led to Scottish Devolution. I now believe, the Johnson Government will be what leads to Scottish Independence.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
@jk_rowling Fascinating to hear Norton say we need to listen to "experts". I wonder when the last time he listened to women in sports. Women working in women's prisons. Women working in women's hospital wards. Women working in schools, where young girls don't have separate toilets/facilities
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
I just watched Nicola Sturgeon's press conference. I know I have been critical of her in the past, but damn she's a great leader at a time of crisis. What a complete contrast to Boris Johnson. #COVID19Scotland #schoolsclose
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
Is it a hate crime when someone calls me a ciswoman, even though I despise that term and am deeply offended by it?
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
God that Queen's speech was so awful and so misjudged. Talking about everyone doing their part by staying home, while her infected son travels up to rural Scotland endangering an entire community. ☹️
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
Estimate by Police Scotland is 100,000. We made this one the biggest yet. Well done everyone. #AUOBEdinbugh
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Personally I would like to see every single MSP who voted for the horrendous GRR bill, to get booted out of Holyrood. None of them deserve to be be representing Scotland. Shameful.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Here is one thing I will never understand about Self ID. As a biological man, if you think you would make even one woman uncomfortable by using women's same sex spaces. Why on earth would you do it? Does intimidating women, give you some kind of perverse pleasure?
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
I just discovered today that a bill is going through Holyrood which will not give women the ability to choose a biological woman examiner if raped by a man. I can't even believe how unbelievably cruel this is.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
Can you imagine being such a bastard that during a pandemic, you decide to cut school meals for young children. Well I guess you can if you are a Tory.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
Jeezo, the more you look at this, the more insane it appears. There are 650 MPs. They each get £10k. That is £6,500,000. Holy shit, just think how much PPE we could get our NHS for that amount of money. Instead we clap for our NHS. 😡
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Mel 🕊️
6 months
FFS Janey, he even admitted that he Self IDs as a woman called Amy George. Quit defending these men!!!
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
As bad as #Scarfgate is, that’s not the worst thing that happened in the Scottish Parly today. It’s that an amendment to put safeguards into place to stop rapists from obtaining a GRC was voted AGAINST by a majority SNP/Greens/Lab committee. That’s just shocking.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
I am not sure why this needs to be said, but believing in biological sex does NOT make you a transphobe.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Has ANYONE from the Scottish Government commented on a male rapist, being housed in a women’s prison?
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
I'm a fairly new UK citizen. But can anyone here in their lifetime recall a period when a government has intentionally moved to destroy the country. I mean who needs a war with a government like this.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
The "Re-trial" of Alex Salmond, seems to have done far more damage to Kirsty Wark's reputation than to Salmond's. I've read hundreds of comments on various sites, and even folk who don't like AS, think it was a total hatchet job.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
She truly is head and shoulders above May & Corbryn. It's like listening to an actual grownup amidst a bunch of bickering school children.
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"There is no clarity whatsoever about the future relationship with the EU" - Scotland's First Minister @NicolaSturgeon tells #marr the SNP will vote against #Brexit withdrawal agreement Follow latest developments:
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Mel 🕊️
7 years
A bus stop in Edinburgh.
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Mel 🕊️
11 months
SNP politicians forced to resign, while under investigation. Natalie McGarry Michelle Thomson Mark McDonald Derek Mackay Patrick Grady Margaret Ferrier Alex Salmond SNP politicians who didn’t resign while under investigation. Nicola Sturgeon 🤔
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
Watching this #Panorama special about immigration & Brexit. UK government just wants high skilled foreigners in the future. But if you're a high skilled person, why on earth would you come to xenophobic Britain.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
My Grandpa passed away today. He was 95 and ready to go, but it's still sad. He fought in WW2. I just think about how he and his generation fought against fascism and now we see it popping up again in places like the UK. Why don't we learn from history? #RIPGrandpa
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
You’re not funny Janey. The big bad men are not going to love you more, because you find violence against women amusing.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
I’ve been a strong advocate of Scot indy for over a decade. Prior to 2022 (LC elections), I’ve ALWAYS voted SNP (I desperately regret my vote in 2021). I was a SNP member. Attended several conferences. However, I now see the SNP & FM Sturgeon as an absolute menace for Scotland.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
I read that @IanBlackfordMP called the PM a liar, and folk are up in arms (not because they necessarily disagree), but because it shows disrespect. When is the last time the PM showed respect for the people of Scotland. Go Ian, I say.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
I'm currently in Finland. A country of 5.5 million people just like Scotland. They were part of Sweden for 600 years and then Russia. In 1917 they became independent. They have a thriving economy and they don't even have an O&G industry. How do they manage?
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
Basically this bill, just says any man can claim to be a woman and after 3 months, they are the opposite sex. They then have access to women's safe spaces, otherwise they are being discriminated against. Explain to me how this isn't grossly unfair to women?
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
What is happening is that this debate has FINALLY spilled out into the mainstream (it bloody took long enough). Now Sturgeon publicly looks like a leader who has no idea what a woman is, and has completely lost the plot.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Dear SNP and Greens, Use your own money to challenge this Section 35 Order. A case you’re 💯 going to lose. Signed, 70% of the Scottish public
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
You know what Scots, it's not okay to ignore this growing anti-Scottishness. It may just be the odd comment about "faux" Scottish languages or "jokingly" telling a Scotland MP to go home. But if you ignore it, it then becomes normalised and acceptable.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
Alex Salmond found not guilty by a majority female jury. To this day still vilified by many in the SNP. Patrick Grady found guilty, still protected by the SNP. Why?
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
Do trans men want to be able to access male only spaces? For some reason I NEVER hear what trans men want.
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
The Catalans are my idols. These folk are so passionate and dedicated to their cause. If we had 1/10th of this in Scotland, we'd be independent now.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
Just passing Queen Street station and I ask my son if he wants to end here and go back to Edinburgh. He says, No Mom, we must never give up on Scotland. We must finish. 😊💕 #AUOBGlasgow
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
It is so strange, but I feel like the children's author is going to do far more to protect women in Scotland, than the Scottish Government.
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Mel 🕊️
25 days
@ThomasWillett9 Listen to me women. I am man. I know best.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
While hundreds of numpties are gathering in George Square in Glasgow, and being ignored by the police. In Manchester the police are arresting nurses. WTF is wrong with the UK??
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Police arrest a 65 year old woman following a nurses' pay demo in Manchester City Centre this afternoon.
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Mel 🕊️
1 month
@SenSchumer Here’s a really good idea. Quit send billions of dollars to Israel.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
‘I didn’t know there were signs promoting violence against women, literally right behind me. This is the person who organised the event.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
As an American, let me tell you most Americans do not understand why Scotland voted NO in 2014. Also, Nicola Sturgeon is incredibly popular in the USA. She sells the Scottish image better than any Tory could.
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Jamie Greene MSP
5 years
If Nicola Sturgeon wants to go to the US to talk about independence then the #SNP should pay for it. The Scottish taxpayer should not be left with a bill of thousands of pounds so that the First Minister can fly first class, grandstand and talk up #indyref2 .
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
What happens when you no longer trust your Scottish Government? Asking for a significant number of us who voted for them, as well.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
Hi Fraser. I'm American, I moved to Scotland nearly 20 years ago. I don't know one single person in Scotland who wants to end FOM. Perhaps you just associate with a more xenophobic lot.
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Fraser Nelson
5 years
@PeteWishart @pauldbenbow Hi Pete. I'm a Highlander, and my home nation is the UK. But if you're asking what Scots say about the EU's free movement, a majority want to end it after Brexit, if that's what you're asking. Same as England.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
This might be difficult for many men to understand, but when a woman has suffered sexual assault, she’s completely in her right to want to seek counsel in a safe place COMPLETELY devoid of men. It’s not about you, no matter how you identify. It’s about WOMEN.
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Mel 🕊️
7 years
@murdo_fraser I'm American. I know you can't handle this fact, but she's actually very popular in the USA. She sells out events at prestigious Unis.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
I see the arrogant Brits are making the Irish Elections all about them. FFS, when are these eejits going to realise the world doesn't revolve around their silly, wee insular politics.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
Anyway yesterday it was confirmed that I do NOT have cancer, after two long frightening weeks of tests, and waiting on results. I feel such a sense of elation.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
The SNP have lost this debate. No amount of them twisting in the wind on this issue, makes them look any thing other than male rape apologists.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
Can any TRA explain to me how male rapists being permitted to be placed in women’s prisons, (just because they claim to be a woman) helps trans rights?
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
I’m slightly baffled at all the SNP supporters trying to distance the Party from the Hate Crime Bill. It was @theSNP which implemented the Bill. They FULLY own it! It’s a shite SNP Bill!
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
It’s astounding to me that you can post actual porn on here, and no issues. But if you post comments about biological fact, you’re account is banned.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
When you can’t handle the truth.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
JK Rowling has been awfully quiet lately. I mean who can forget her stellar words from 2014. "I just hope with all my heart that we never have cause to look back and feel that we made a historically bad mistake."
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
Just saw the polling results from my Edinburgh South Yes group. I'm absolutely gobsmacked at the increase in support for independence in Bruntsfield and Morningside. I had to read the results twice. OMG. Hey @theSNP it's time for an official poll.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
So men get their own toilets, but women are forced to share toilets with men. Yet there are people who genuinely believe this is progress.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
This is NOT photoshopped. It’s a REAL photo from the anti-women’s demonstration in Glasgow today. This is SNP MP @kirstenoswald and SNP MSP @kaukabstewart
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
I’m probably being incredibly naive here, and admittedly new to following KJK. But I don’t get the animosity towards her. Is it because she’s popular? Is it because she’s pretty? Is it because she’s not an academic? Is it envy?
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
This GRR Bill has triggered an anger in me, I didn’t know I had. Now I understand why the Suffragettes were willing to take so many risks. Blatant and sanctioned misogyny really does motivate women.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
Don't know what we would do without Joanna Cherry. She is now publicly stating that by signing up to Stonewall's "Diversity" scheme the Scottish Gov. could be breaking standing Equalities laws.
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
I know I am a new Scot, but I am fairly convinced had there never been oil discovered in the North Sea, Scotland would be independent by now.
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
EVERY SINGLE MSP who votes for this horrific misogynistic GRR Bill, will be 100% responsible for any crimes committed by any man who uses easy Self ID to gain access to women. Just be warned, we women will NOT FORGET!!
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
Yeah because nothing says Christianity quite like a 134% increase in homelessness. 😡😳
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Theresa May: 'Let us take pride in our Christian heritage'
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
I've never watched the Queen's speech. There is something so absolutely Victorian about the whole concept of state subsidised Royalty lecturing to the public. Seriously, an indy Scotland should definitely be a Republic.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
My neighbours are moving to Ireland today. (She's Irish, he's French). They are young couple (highly educated, she just completed a PHD at the Uni of Edinburgh). Leaving Scotland, because no job prospects here. But go ahead @theSNP just keep kicking that indy can.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
I’m actually baffled at how many SNP politicians are terrified of Sturgeon. With the exception of Joanna Cherry, do any of them ever speak honestly?
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
Holy moly, my wee video has over 113K views.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
When our FM, Nicola Sturgeon came on stage to speak. #indyref2020rally
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Mel 🕊️
1 year
“But we’re not the least bit surprised that people have started wondering what possible reasons a whole string of male politicians could have for not wanting to upset a male prostitute…”
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
My son has been accepted into a full time Computer course placement at Edin. College next year. I know for people who have uber academic kids & going to Uni, that seems a bit meh. But Ethan has made great strides to get here. I'm very proud of him.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
Lesley Riddoch to replace Neil Oliver.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
In 2014, Scottish unionists told EU citizens they would be deported, unless they voted NO. In 2016, Scottish unionists told fishing folk their industry could only be protected if they voted LEAVE. The moral of the story. Never trust a Scottish unionist. They lie.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
So Ian Murray who is banging on about Scotland not shutting down 2 weeks earlier, has travelled down to London (the most infected part of the UK). Is he going to then transport those germs back up here to Edinburgh? What a dangerous numpty.
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Mel 🕊️
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For Christmas, Santa gave my son some cash so he could go pick out exactly what he wanted. He just said to me, he should give it to the people who have to live outside in the cold. They need it more. I've raised an extraordinary person. Merry Christmas. 🌲☃️
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Mel 🕊️
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Can you imagine begging people to send you money, and then just 3 weeks later bragging about buying tickets to see 3 Taylor Swift concerts in Scotland!! That’s some absolute brass neck.
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
We really could learn so much from the French. They protested and went on strike en masse. Now they aren't having their pension age moved up to 64. Meanwhile in the UK our pension age is moved to 75, and folk just shrug.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
Living in Scotland often feels like being trapped in a really abusive marriage, with the absolute shittiest divorce lawyer (the SNP).
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
Repeat after me. Believing there is a difference between gender and sex is NOT transphobic. It's called biology. Since when have we become a country of biology deniers??
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
If you support the union, you support Brexit. End of.
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Mel 🕊️
3 years
So NI got a special deal. Gibraltar got a special deal. But Remain voting Scotland is getting shafted. God, we truly are like a punching bag in this country, aren't we?
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Mel 🕊️
5 years
Were the English always this bigoted towards the Irish, and I just never realised it?
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Mel 🕊️
4 years
If you are still calling for John Swinney to resign. Then you never cared about the future of these kids. Just ridiculous political point scoring. It makes you look like an idiot.
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
I've honestly never watched a #bbcqt where it was so blatantly obvious that Scotland is on a completely different political trajectory than England. England are taking the path to the right and Scotland are taking the path to the left.
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Mel 🕊️
6 years
I believe Jeremy Corbyn is xenophobic. At first I gave him the benefit of the doubt. But now I don't see how his position on immigrants is any different than Nigel Farage's.
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Mel 🕊️
2 years
Right or wrong, I feel the same about those who voted NO to Scottish independence in 2014, as I do for those who voted to Leave the EU in 2016. Both groups are responsible for the horrific mess Scotland is in today.
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Mel 🕊️
7 years
My dear, you lied to Scotland & made sure we were kept tied to this xenophobic WM government. You'll need to accept some responsibility.
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J.K. Rowling
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They lied, denied, manipulated and misinformed. The country's polarised and the xenophobes are joyful. Britain, we've been Trumped.
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