Brian Mikkelsen

Brian Mikkelsen

@bam65.bsky.social

Proud Scot and supporter of an independent Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿in Europe 🇪🇺

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I see lots of Indy supporters on here criticising the @snp.org whilst failing to offer any other viable solution to gain #ScottishIndependence . If we fail to gain an Indy majority at Holyrood in 2026 these people are partly to blame. SNP is the only viable option in 2026 and that’s the reality.

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MSM are telling to look to Manchester , Why ? Edinburgh is the big exception in the UK. The main operator in Edinburgh and the surrounding councils is Lothian Buses, and it is entirely municipally owned. • 91% City of Edinburgh Council (via Edinburgh Transport Holdings). #areyouyesyet #indy #snp

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“If you live in Scotland, if you choose to make your life here in Scotland, then you are one of us.” Scotland belongs to everyone who calls it home. No matter where you're from, your background or your beliefs, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. #SNP26

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So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.

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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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Scotland’s future should be decided by the people who live here. A draft Independence Referendum Bill has now been published, setting out the question and who would have a vote. Now Westminster must transfer the powers and let Scotland choose its own future.

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Glasgow saw two far-right protests in two days. One erupted into violence, the other saw a fascist-style 'drill square' target a newspaper. The scenes have 'eerie echoes' of Hitler's rise to power, a leading expert on the rise of fascism has warned 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2641414...

thenational.scot‘Eerie echoes of early Hitler’ in Scottish extremist groups, fascism expert warnsTHERE are “eerie echoes” of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power playing out in far- and extreme-right protests on the streets of Scotland, an expert…

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The strangest thing happened to my Instagram algorithm. After a weekend of checking footage of the far right gathering in Glasgow, I'm now getting loads of Rangers accounts recommended, almost as if there's an obvious link between the two things. Plus ca change.

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👀 Anas Sarwar lost his seat, delivered Scottish Labour’s worst-ever result and previous promised Labour would scrap the House of Lords. Now it’s being reported that Andy Burnham is going to put him in it. Failing upwards?

It’s clear that Westminster is only interested in English voters and they will never allow another referendum because they know what the result will be and that would be painful for England. We need to find a legal/democratic way to have this referendum and allow Scotland to decide on its future.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social

🗣️ 'Its so poor to treat an entire country like this' Zack Polanski has hit out at Andy Burnham after his apparent refusal to grant a second Scottish independence referendum 👇

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Britain should demand the extradition of Elon Musk for incitement, prosecute him, jail him, seize any assets he has in Britain, deport him once he’s served his jail time and prohibit him from doing business in the UK until the day he dies

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Absolutely despicable stuff from Thomas Kerr - frankly somehow worse for the fact that he was not really a Reform True Believer but instead an opportunistic defector, now just outright pouring fuel on the fire. In effect, "Don't be violent but do go out and join the racist mobs who did the violence"

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Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.

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Ross Greer is absolutely right! “Those were racist rioters. If you're burning the houses down of people who are not white, you are a racist rioter, you're a criminal, you are a scumbag.” Greer added: “The BBC should not be legitimizing these people by calling them anti-immigration campaigners.”

thenational.scotBBC slammed by Ross Greer live on air over framing of racist disorder in BelfastROSS Greer blasted the BBC this morning over the broadcaster’s framing of racist disorder in Belfast and Glasgow last night ...

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……The accuracy of these figure should be 16.2% in 🇬🇧 1, 16.3% 2 Wales 3 10.2% in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 BUT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 drives the UK figure; regional highs in London (24.9%), Yorkshire & Humber (17.6%), North East (17.2%). England overall is slightly above the UK average…”

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It would be bad for public confidence if there was a suspicion that large corporate interests are buying access to the Government via the Tony Blair Institute. My letter to the cabinet office. 👇🏼

@snp.org do not accept donations from billionaires or companies hoping to influence their policies only from their members. This is the difference and one of the reasons the Unionist parties are on the attack about Murrel’s conviction as they can’t say the same and are in the pockets of big money!

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I am terribly saddened to hear the news that Scott Hastings has died. One of Scotland’s finest rugby players, Scott was an example to all of outstanding sportsmanship. I always felt such joy when I met him at Murrayfield. My deepest sympathy to his family. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

bbc.co.ukScott Hastings: Scotland rugby great dies at 61One of Scotland's best and most loved rugby union players, Scott Hastings, has died at 61.

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For swearing in of MSPs, first John Swinney - who adds an SNP proviso before his oath about SNP allegiance to people of Scotland who are sovereign. Second, Malcolm Offord. Third, Anas Sarwar. Ross Greer also adds proviso for Greens ultimately to people of Scotland, "not king or crown", before oath

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Independence MSP's 1999 - 36 2003 - 34 2007 - 49 2011 - 71 2016 - 69 2021 - 72 2026 - 73 SNP has won 5 Holyrood elections in a row, Labour had their worst ever election & Tories fell to 4th. Independence MSP's have been the majority since 2011. If that's not a mandate what is?

100’s of thousands of @snp.org list votes counted for nothing but the positives are a majority of SNP MSP’s over unionist MSP’s by 2 if we discount the @scottishgreens.org and a large pro Indy majority across the parliament. That’s a mandate for a referendum as far as I’m concerned.

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The Scottish people have spoken … and now Westminster will ignore our voice A pro-independence majority will be elected once again in the Scottish Parliament. And once again, London will deny a referendum This is a democratic outrage and it must be resisted My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

heraldscotland.comThe people have spoken – there will be a pro-indy majority but it will be ignoredScotland faces another pro-independence Holyrood majority, yet another referendum remains impossible - trapping democracy in constitutional limbo.

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The SNP has won 877,077 constituency votes and 589,843 regional votes - by far the highest totals in Scotland - yet appears to have won ZERO regional seats (so far). Reform UK has 365,231 regional votes and 15 list seats. At some point the SNP needs to confront how AMS functions in practice.

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Replying to @snp.org

Radio Jammor@radiojammor.bsky.social

EVERY #SNP list voter will be helping ReformUK, Labour & even the Tories. You're wasting your list vote on a party that will get ZERO list MSPs & not voting for the only pro-indy party that can get MULTIPLE list MSPs, thereby reducing unionist MSPs. #SNP1SGP2 #VoteSNP1SGP2 NOT #BothVotesSNP

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland can show 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England how to eliminate Reform in its election today. If a large proportion of the 55% of Scots who want to be independent vote 🟨 SNP1 (Const'cy) & 🟩 Green2 (List) – this will secure a solid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿indy majority AND gub Farage's ReformUK. Just Do It Scotland !! #VoteSNP1SGP2 ‼️‼️

Kentish Fran #FBPE@kentishfran.bsky.social

We've got to get Farage out of politics first if we want the EU to take our wish to RejoinEU seriously. They won't want another Putin puppet in their midst. #RejoinEU #Farage #PutinPuppet labourlist.org/2026/05/labo...