Sam Taylor
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Runs @These_Islands. “cannot stand the awesome reality of Scotland’s energy wealth” - Alex Salmond. Tweeting in a personal capacity.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2016
SNP MSP Colin Beattie: "It is a falsehood to claim that any pledged donation formed part of the selection contest". Not sure that will satisfy the other SNP members who were hoping to stand in his place.
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John Swinney believes that Scotland’s renewables are the answer to every question about the economics of independence. He is profoundly wrong. This piece explains why.
these-islands.co.uk
The journey to net zero means leaving behind the fossil fuel era, and moving towards a world which will power itself by capturing energy from super-abundant resources. This has profoundly important...
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Continuation of interview is here:
Another mauling for John Swinney on his ludicrous currency proposals. This time, all he can do is accuse Martin Geissler of being overly gloomy, and suggest that Scotland’s renewables will somehow come to the rescue. Desperate and embarrassing stuff.
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Independence is not simply a one-way bet for Scottish households, Martin Geissler points out. And John Swinney has no answer, except arm-waving talk about other nations. Not credible and not serious. #BBCSundayShow
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Another mauling for John Swinney on his ludicrous currency proposals. This time, all he can do is accuse Martin Geissler of being overly gloomy, and suggest that Scotland’s renewables will somehow come to the rescue. Desperate and embarrassing stuff.
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Exclusive: Ex-SNP treasurer Colin Beattie in £20k cash for votes storm
dailymail.co.uk
A leading SNP MSP who was quizzed by police probing SNP fraud claims was last night at the centre of a £20,000 cash-for-votes controversy.
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In news that will surprise nobody and delight (almost) everyone, the decolonise Scotland people have been riven by in-fighting and schisms. Tremendously entertaining.
Liberation Scotland Committee Statement The Liberation Scotland Committee is a volunteer-run organisation working to present Scotland's case to the United Nations. Our members work without pay or the resources of a political party. On Wednesday, we issued a statement intended to
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“Nobody knows the tactics I’m going to deploy if we get 65 seats in the Scottish Parliament.” John Swinney teases SNP conference with a secret plan.
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This is what SNP conference is all about. It’s what the party is all about. The fervent belief in things which simply aren’t true.
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Shaky start to SNP conference as Stephen Flynn has to remind delegates to show some enthusiasm.
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This is what SNP conference is all about. It’s what the party is all about. The fervent belief in things which simply aren’t true.
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“Nobody knows the tactics I’m going to deploy if we get 65 seats in the Scottish Parliament.” John Swinney teases SNP conference with a secret plan.
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Seems legit.
GERS allocates Scotland a "deficit" of £19bn, on tax revenue of £87bn. If Scotland was meeting it's national potential as the colonised sovereign nation state it is, its GDP can rationally be assessed to fall between Norway and Denmark. This is an additional £200bn of GDP, on
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Even the SNP isn’t dumb enough to try this. A plan so ludicrous you couldn’t even call it half-baked.
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Roz Foyer of the STUC urges the SNP to use devolved powers to target the 10 richest families in Scotland with a wealth tax.
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Shaky start to SNP conference as Stephen Flynn has to remind delegates to show some enthusiasm.
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Of course everyone knows this to be true, but you don’t often hear it said out loud. Màiri McAllan says the SNP is not a normal political party because “day to day issues” play second fiddle to the “greater cause” of Scottish independence.
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The SNP has fully delivered just 35 of 100 pledges in 2021 Holyrood manifesto, Times analysis reveals. Free bikes and iPads for poor children, state childcare for one and two-year-olds and scrapping NHS dental charges among litany of broken promises. https://t.co/J03OKrm6b7
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There will be no winter fuel payments in an independent Scotland, writes Alyn Smith, because pensioners will all become rich from much bigger pensions. If Alyn Smith really believes this, he is delusional. And if he doesn’t believe it, he is nothing but a scam artist.
At all times in all places, we should be articulating the need for independence and making it urgent, writes Alyn Smith ✍️
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