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A #sculpture of a #stag on the #Holyrood #Fountain in #Edinburgh, #Scotland
#JamieGreene quits the #Conservative group at #Holyrood. He says the party has become "#Trump-esque" and says that the "party that made a young, working class, #gay man from #Greenock feel very welcome... no longer exists" and that it's now in a "grotesque dance with Nigel #Farage"
#Scotland
#politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrz91p9dpvo
"a significant number of female MSPs in the Scottish National party are stepping down before the May 2026 elections, citing lack of support from the party, tolerance of bullying, and abuse in the chamber and online"
@petealexharris given how useless the #SNP has proven itself as a government for Scotland, a significant victory at #Holyrood is unmerited and unlikely.
I expect to vote @ScottishGreens again, but I would very much prefer a new party bringing together significant voices from the left to campaign for #ScottishIndependence.
Who is in the least surprised at this? #JohnSwinney's government are at best ambivalent on the #ClimateEmergency.
They're completely useless, exhausted and out of ideas, and eager to hand over power to #Sarwar's equally useless #Labour party at next years #Holyrood elections.
Even the Labour-loving, SNP-hating Guardian manages to acknowledge the weakness of Anus Sairwan's position.
Taking the piss - one expecnsive Tory MSP
A Conservative MSP who asked almost one thousand “spurious” parliamentary questions in a month — costing Holyrood authorities more than £100,000 — has been accused of a “flagrant abuse” of taxpayers money. Many of them 'AI' generated - well they would have to be
Scottish Labour Comedy Gold.
Repeating the same thing over and over again doesn't make it right, nor does the attempted deflection of "whatabootery".
Well done Colin Mackay at STV News - you showed up Sarwar for what he is - a fallacious chancer and fuckin embarrassment.
Making the most of Scotland
Scotland might get starved of industrial investment c/o English foibles and then have our resources siphoned off south, but our country - they can't take this away from us. Anything that allows us to benefit from our environment - and given easy access for most of the population, it is as they say a no brainer, must be supported and actively encouraged.
Ten years and 10,000 #samesex #weddings: How #MarriageEquality changed #Scotland for the better!
#NicolaSturgeon was #firstminister at the time of the #vote. She believes passing the #act is one of #Holyrood's five most #important #achievements.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Scotland #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #LoveWins #LoveWon
Third, if you split a holding into a set of smaller holdings each under different beneficial ownership, you greatly reduce the total amount of tax paid. This will necessarily drive holdings smaller.
Fourth, communities don't pay tax on common land: rather, it is to them that the tax is paid.
This means that instead of 'local' councils having to go cap in hand to #Holyrood for their finance, they instead have to beg from their Community Councils, driving democracy downwards.
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