Shocked to see that Nicola Sturgeon is to resign as First Minister of Scotland. She was by no means a radical, and for many in the SNP she was too cautious on independence. But within the limitations of the system she was a generally progressive and competent politician who, with the Scottish Greens, introduced positive reforms and took the correct stance vis a vis her former mentor Alex Salmond.

Big shoes to fill, will be interesting to see who comes next.

#Scotland #ScotsIndy

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/23/what-is-the-supreme-courts-scottish-independence-ruling-about?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other #Independece #Scotsindy

One for your diaries folks. Please join us for our monthly livestream on Monday 14th November at 2000 hrs (that's 8pm for the civvies!). We'll be talking about current events and answering your questions. #ScotsIndy #ScottishIndependence #Vets4Indy

https://youtu.be/8aqLKP098ts

@ArtBear Westminster serves the establishment. It has always been about entrenched privilege with subservience by the masses. #ScotsIndy

@soldierwhy

Ok, just throwing this out there...

Westminster partially serves bits of Westminster, the City of London & leafier parts of some commuter towns/belt. Mostly it just serves all those taxdodgy non-doms.

#ScotsIndy
#IndyRef

@iansummer1 @davidboatymcboa @Humanistforindy Completely agree, for my own part I'm someone who was raised in a Labour heartland in the shadow of a major steelworks that was closed by Thatcher. Rangers fan, and a former soldier for 20+ years. On the face of it I should be a staunch Labour and Union supporter but we have been let down by Westminster for centuries and Independence is normal. Scotland can be better. #ScotsIndy #ScottishIndependence

@weejake welcome aboard. A wee tip, mastodon.scot is fantastic, a very positive place to be and people who are helpful. So here's my wee tip. Mastodon just loves the heavy use of hashtags. So if you want #ScotsIndy supporters to find you. The hashtag is your pal. Use it everywhere you mention #Scotland and all things #Scottish and if you have a multiple word hashtag, just use a capital letter for each word, it allows thread readers to find you and your toots more easily. #ScotsIndyNow

@RussDenny Cannot believe the first response to this was some BritNat moron. At least I can now attest that the block feature works perfectly! #ScottishIndependence #ScotsIndy

When all those #introductions were flying past a day or so back on the mastodon.scot local feed, it was very noticeable that those who expressed a preference were almost entirely supportive of #scotsindy. I'm wondering why that is.

Would Scottish #unionists choose a uk server rather that the scottish one? Are they less vocal about the issue than we gobby #cybernats? Or maybe they find Twitter fine?

Not interested in an argument, just curious.

#introduction
Reluctant #snp voter (c'mon lads...up your game) #scottish #scotsindy minded. #homebrew #lurchers #sculpture #bass #foodie #beer #dundeeutd. Give a Yoon a hug. Here due to the forthcoming Muskmageddon.

Intro toot: I’m Pat Kane, a musician, writer and activist who divides his time between #glasgowuniversity and #London. #Musician: with my brother Greg, still one half of Hue and Cry. Writer: 4 New Thinking in NY & The National in Scotland, concerned with #power, #culture, #humannature, #democracy, #technology, #greenleft politics, #Scotsindy. Activist: the aforementioned agenda, but in addition the minimisation of x-risks. Father of two fabulous daughters (& one step-son), partner to Indra Adnan