Gavin Williamson

A terrific summary of where we are

Instead of screaming about ‘woke’ could we try having a sensible discussion about whether or not the dead should be on display in museums? Scotland has removed some mummies from display and the culture warriors have gone nuts. Whatever happened to intelligent debate? In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

No one says the media shouldn't hold the SNP & ScotGov to account, but when only 1 newspaper out of 38 dailies & weeklies in Scotland supports indy, which has majority support in most polls, & pro-indy parties have won majorities in Holyrood since 2011, there's a huge problem of media imbalance.

Scotland’s North Sea energy: a burden when we talk about independence, but a valuable asset when Westminster needs the money? Sounds familiar 🤔 https://www.snp.org/what-does-scotlands-energy-and-andy-murray-have-in-common/

Zelenskyy said: if you want us to stop hitting diesel facilities and refineries, then they [the russians] must stop striking our power infrastructure. That is fair - an 'energy truce.' www.kyivpost.com/post/88148

Insolvency scam The boss of twice-bust business back despite £3m debts. These people gut a company, HMRC and creditors not paid. Then buy assets cheaply from the administrator in pre-packs, and back in business. Gone on for decades. No transparency of administrator dealings. No investigation.

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The experience of newly independent countries in Europe teaches us that an independent Scotland could rapidly establish a currency of its own, the proposals of the Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social point the way ahead. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/25/n...

BREAKING: Scottish Greens members have overwhelmingly rejected plans to support new nuclear power stations in Scotland 👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

After the death of BBC Scotland, there’s only one possible course of action: the SNP must demand that broadcasting powers be devolved from Westminster to Holyrood. This country has been deliberately failed by London. So we need to take broadcasting into our own hands In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Now independent MSP Amanda Bland has spoken for the first time on why she left the Reform UK party in Holyrood: because of what she calls "abusive, misogynistic behaviour" by Reform leaders, who are named in this piece.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

My latest blog piece, the £1 trillion cost of the Union to Scotland is revealed as Westminster embarks on a second theft of Scotland's natural wealth. Only independence can ensure Scotland’s vast energy wealth is used to benefit the people of Scotland. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/23/t...

Looks like the happiest country in the world just got angry about something Good for them! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Judge warns Trump his $10B lawsuit against the BBC could be tossed over a fight for records and insists the president must sit for a deposition. https://cnn.it/4kbvT8o

I'm just waiting for my anti-fascist pie and chips with a delicious pint of anti-fascist Landlord and the jukebox is playing The Day Before You Came ♥️

London does it, Manchester does it, Liverpool does it. Wales and the West Midlands are about to do it. So why is it only in Scotland that the media loses its mind over plans to bring buses into public control? Answer: because it’s an SNP policy and the Scottish media has lost all sense of balance

🧵Every year The National does a series investigating Scotland's lost energy wealth - reporting on the McCrone Report, the resources exploited by Westminster, and looking at the Norwegian wealth fund to show how Scotland's immense capital was frittered away

Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as it increases reliance on AI

Why aren't Scottish tourist chiefs cashing in on our incredible folklore? In Germany tours linked to the nation's fairytales earn a mint. Yet we fail to take advantage of our great myths - even though there's Nessie as a foundation! Let's boast about what we've got In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

UK Chancellor announces £2bn Energy Wealth Fund after Jackdaw gas project. PR gesture. UK squandered North Sea wealth in tax cuts for corporations and the rich. Norway didn't, has $2.4 trillion sovereign fund. UK govts fight class wars, long-term neglected.

Hamza Yousef on Sky just now has been asked if Israel has the right to exist. He pointed out that in all his years of TV interviews and, despite the tens and tens of thousands of Palestinian people being murdered, he has never been asked whether Palestinians have the right to exist.

📣 Coul Links is saved! We're hugely relieved that Scottish Ministers today turned down a bid to turn these globally-protected Highland dunes into an 18-hole golf course. Up to 7 holes would have crossed the John o' Groats Trail, and it would have permanently harmed the experience for walkers.

Scotland has been poorly served by the BBC for many years. The corporation has long since abandoned any pretence of balance or impartiality in its Scottish coverage. The decision to close down the BBC Scotland channel makes a bad situation even worse. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/21/t...

Your library card is the most priceless card you will ever own.

On this day in 1971, on a typical rainy October afternoon with shoppers wandering the length of the shopping parade at Clarkston Toll, a blast killed 22 people and injured 100 more in Scotland's worst peace-time explosion. 📷 Newsquest

Who could have predicted that a dedicated propaganda channel spouting anti-Scottish nonsense, retreaded English news and low-budget kailyard pap would fare so badly!

The fucking idiot in the White House picked the wrong fight. BBC is not backing down. This is amazing.

Oh my DAYS

When you campaign against your own audience, this is the inevitable conclusion, viewers switch off. "The BBC said that the network's nightly programme Reporting Scotland: News at Seven will not move to BBC iPlayer and will cease when the linear channel closes." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is where you can give your views on a memorial to the late Queen, go on you know you want to comhairle.scot/conversation...

There's no high-speed rail line from Scotland to England and no passenger route to Europe. But there are 3 interconnectors for our power.

Great to open Sumitomo’s new subsea cable factory in the Highlands - bringing hundreds of new, well-paid jobs and helping unlock Scotland’s huge offshore wind potential.

Independence is a hopeful opportunity for the people of Scotland. It’s a chance to walk side by side with our friends across the UK, with all the powers of an independent nation. @johnswinney.bsky.social

After the elections in May there was a pool going on how long it would take for resignations or expulsions to result in Reform losing their status as joint 2nd largest party in Holyrood with Labour. I reckoned "before Christmas" but did anyone have "Oct 19th"? www.thenational.scot/news/2664870...

Find it just so typical that rather than Scotland's media explore what public ownership of busses means to the public, or how it works outside of Scotland - or even how it works in our own capital city - the amplified central voices are reactionary businessmen.

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hey @survation.bsky.social You carried out polling in Scotland for Fore Energy Limited fieldwork dates 9th to 14th October. These included Voting intentions inc Independence that information has been reported in press but not published in data tables, could you check, thanks

Seasoned journalists Neil Mackay and Rhiannon Davies discuss how the media amplify the politics of division, and how to fight back | Naz Saad

I choose independence, because no one will ever do a better job for Scotland than the people who live here and love our country. We are ready to write the next chapter in Scotland’s story.

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

One of my many highlights of SNP conference was having my youngest son, Matthew, by my side. He is on the cusp of adulthood, just as Scotland is on the cusp of statehood. My greatest task is to leave Scotland a better place - the best place it can be - for him.

The Exposure documentary showing undercover footage of many Reform officials being racist and sexist is on ITV at 10.20pm tonight, so whatever you do, don't watch it.

BBC Scotland is not really hiding the fact that it’s just another arm of the UK establishment. Live broadcasting Andy Burnham’s speech while not providing live coverage of the SNP conference. Shameful and brazen.

Pinched from the other place

NEW: SNP members have backed calls for the Scottish Government to develop plans to introduce a land tax A resolution at the party’s conference in Aberdeen on Saturday calling for the move passed unanimously

I'm convinced that whoever designs properties with open plan living-kitchen-dining areas has never actually used a kitchen to cook anything meaningful in their lives.

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What a wonderful memorial.