Saving the Union

08/04/2026

CULT NEWS: TORIES REFUSE TO RULE OUT COALITION TO KEEP THE SNP OUT

RUSSELL Findlay once again refused to rule out helping form a coalition government should the SNP fail to get a majority in the upcoming Holyrood election.

Recent polling shows the SNP on a knife-edge of returning a majority to Holyrood and far ahead of other parties.

John Swinney has pledged to seek a new independence referendum should his party be reelected with a majority on 7 May.

Speaking to the media following the launch of the Scottish Conservatives’ manifesto, Russell Findlay said talk of a coalition was “premature”, but did not rule it out.

The Scottish Conservatives leader said: “There’s not been a vote cast or counted yet. There’s going to be a huge amount of speculation as we get closer to election day and certainly afterwards.

“All I would say is, I would not support an SNP government given the damage they’ve done to Scotland for the past 20 years and given their obsession with having another independence referendum.

“I wouldn’t support John Swinney being in Bute House, but my priority has to be persuading voters out there that what we represent—reducing taxation, get a grip of the benefits system and, indeed, standing up for the union—is why they should vote for us, not to suggest that we might get into bed with another party or support another party.

“I think there’s a real risk if we start getting into that conversation just now, people are quite astute that there’s a lot of tactical voting.

“They might question, ‘why bother voting for party A or party B when they are only going to end up doing a deal with another party’. I want people to vote for us because of what we stand for.”

The Scottish Conservatives are currently polling in fifth place behind Scottish Labour, Reform UK, and the Scottish Greens.

It would be a monumental collapse for the party’s Scottish wing, which was elected as the opposition with 31 seats in 2021.

Russell Findlay was elected as a leader of the party following Douglas Ross’ resignation that same year.

When asked whether his strategy of pushing voters to use their “peach” regional ballots was a coalition strategy, Findlay pointed that his party are standing in all constituencies unlike the Scottish Greens, who he claims are doing so “to the benefit of the SNP.”

Findlay added: “We are fighting every single seat and we are confident that not only will we seek to hold the ones that we we already have, but we will fight to gain seats where we are the second challenger.

“The peach strategy is successful because it worked in 2021 and it worked in 2016.

“Voters, no matter where they are in Scotland know that they’ve got the secret weapon of that peach vote to stop an SNP majority.

“John Swinney is already saying not only will he get a majority but that this will give him the justification to push for another referendum.

“From day one, we’ll be back on groundhog day of constitutional politics. People have the opportunity to stop that and they should take it.”

08/04/2026

CULT NEWS: SWINNEY ACCUSED OF HAVING A "BRASS NECK" OVER £10M ISLAND BRIBE AFTER DECADE OF FERRY CHAOS

The First Minister was criticised over his latest attempt to try win votes from islanders following his government's repeated failings over the ongoing ferry fiasco.

John Swinney has been accused of having a "brass neck" after an eleventh-hour £10million bribe and boardroom seats to fix the ferry crisis his own government created.

The Nat leader promised the "resilience fund" ahead of a high-stakes campaign trip to the Western Isles, which were savaged by opposition parties as a "patronising" attempt to gloss over their failure in delivering the much-needed lifeline ferries.

Critics claimed the "emergency funding" is a desperate bribe for communities left "at breaking point" by decades of broken promises, with a promise to launch the new fund within the first days of another doomed SNP administration.

The SNP’s pledge would also see island representation on the board of David MacBrayne – the parent company of the ferry operator. It comes after the MV Glen Sannox and MV Lord of the Isles were taken out of action over engine problems.

The Glen Sannox has been hit by a series of faults since coming into service at the start of 2025 after arriving seven years late and four times over budget.......

08/04/2026

08/04/2026

Andrew Neil says Scots Nats have adopted 'the Goebbels approach to propaganda'.
The broadcaster says 'if you're going to lie, make it a BIG ONE' after Scexiteer claims that England takes £150billion out of Scotland every year.

Scots broadcaster Andrew Neil has highlighted a bizarre "lie" from a Scottish nationalist on social media which states that "England" steals £150billion a year from Scotland.

James Campbell, who is followed by a number of SNP politicians, declared: "Every year an estimated £200bn in wealth is extracted from Scotland - we receive £50bn back and are told we have a deficit & to be grateful. Colonialism has to stop."

The post showed a pie chart with the St George's Flag and the Saltire (although Campbell couldn't even get that right, as it portrays £50bn as one-eighth of £200bn). Responding the claim, Neil said: "The Goebbels approach to propaganda in action: if you're going to lie, make it a BIG ONE."

X user Leslie Bond said: "The chart is pure fiction. Scotland's tax revenue for 2024–25 was £91.4bn, not £200bn. Public spending was £117.6bn, leaving a £26.2bn deficit. That supposed '£50bn cut' is actually a record-high block grant from the UK. These are the facts."

Another person replied: "Even the little army of Iranian regime backed indy bots churned out more convincing stuff than this... And they cannot even represent 25% correctly on a pie chart. No wonder nothing works when these numpties are in charge."

And one joked: "The best bit is him not being able to work out what a quarter of a pie looks like. That is casting doubts on his financial acumen for me."

Campbell's original post has now been viewed (checked just a minute ago), 131,000 times, despite the fact that the figures and the pie chart are completely inaccurate. This highlights longstanding concerns about pro-independence propaganda running unchecked and unverified on social media.

Separatists clearly do not understand the difference bewteen an annual GDP figure and the taxation which that figure produces for the public purse. 😏

08/04/2026

We've crunched the numbers from the last five polls and it makes grim reading for the SNP's hopes of a majority at Holyrood

08/04/2026

CULT NEWS: "IRRITABLE" SWINNEY'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN COLLAPSES ON MISERABLE MONDAY AS SNP RESORT TO DIRTY TRICKS

The Easter weekend brought little cheer for the Nats, whose hopes of a Holyrood majority are fading with their leader looking increasingly 'irritable'.

The SNP's election campaign was left on the verge of collapse on Monday as the party resorted to dirty tricks and "bogus claims".

John Swinney found himself at the centre of controversy as he campaigned with Holyrood candidate Kirsten Oswald during a visit to Whitelee wind farm in East Renfrewshire.

The first minister was reduced to not inviting print journalists from attending to avoid questions about the Jordan Linden scandal.

It also meant reporters were unable to probe the SNP leader on Ms Oswald's previous support for s*x pest Patrick Grady when she was an MP.

In another sign the Nats are rattled, a story was planted in the anti-UK newspaper The National trying to drag Dame Jackie Ballie into the Joani Reid scandal.

The story featured Kirsty Blackman calling on Dame Jackie to be "very clear about what she knew" about Ms Reid, who is accused of drunkenly accosting a senior navy officer during a visit to Faslane and having an "inappropriate" relationship with a submarine captain.

The flimsy line is based on the fact Dame Jackie met Royal Navy chiefs at separate events seven MONTHS after Ms Reid's behaviour is alleged to have taken place.

Many cybernats are desperately trying to compare the story with that of SNP s*x offender Jordan Linden, who was convicted last month of 10 crimes, including five s*xual assaults.

It all comes after a poll on Sunday suggested the SNP would come up well short of John Swinney's target of a parliamentary majority he insists would result in an independence referendum.

The SNP had been set to benefit from the increase in support for Reform UK. But with that rolling back according to the latest survey, the Nats are on course for their worst Scottish election performance in 19 years.

08/04/2026

CULT NEWS: SNP IS THE PARTY OF THE "ESTABLISHMENT" WITH JUST ONE CANDIDATE WITH NO EXPERIENCE AS A "POLITICAL PROFESSIONAL"

Former party leader Nicola Sturgeon appeared to criticised the rise of 'career politicians' at a book festival a few years ago

The SNP has become the party of the political elite after it selected only one constituency candidate with no "political professional" experience.

Shetlander Hannah Mary Goodland is the Nat's only potential constituency MSP that brings experience working in business, including in energy company Equinor, as she hopes to win in Lib-Dem stronghold Shetland.

Ms Goodland will be the only one of the SNP's 73 fielded candidates to have not already worked in politics before taking up the challenge of becoming an MSP.

The Sunday Times reports that the SNP has been up a variety of candidates who have all worked in politics as a councillor, MP, MSP or even an aide.

Paul Cairney, a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Stirling, told the paper: "People with long memories may wonder what happened to ‘new Scottish politics’, in which devolution would not only widen political participation, but also the pool of recruitment for politicians,” he said.

“Rather, it has allowed the established political parties to recruit more people whose professional background is in politics. If you ask people what they value in an elected politician, maybe they will want that person to be like them in some way, such as to represent their social background, be local, or have had a job outside of politics.

“While parties might say the same, they are also looking for people with experience in party politics, public speaking, and the hard realities of making and defending policy choices."

It comes after Nicola Sturgeon appeared to take a swipe at her former colleagues and allies as she bemoaned "career politicians", complaining the SNP was "too full of young people who have just come through the political ranks".

And she admitted it was "wrong" for people to go into politics as a career choice. The one-time SNP leader herself only worked in the 'real world' for four years as a lawyer before becoming an MSP in 1999 aged 28.

She admitted at the Charleston Literary Festival two years ago that people who joined politics for a career rather than believing in something were in it "for all the wrong reasons".

She added: “I think politics, including in my own party now, is probably too full of young people who have just come through the political ranks."

08/04/2026

SNP launch emergency ferry cover. 😇

08/04/2026

Ah the old days.

SNP humiliated as more active ferries were built under Margaret Thatcher than Nicola Sturgeon
A total of eight of the current ageing CalMac fleet were built during the Tory Prime Minister's time in office.

The full-scale of the SNP's ferries woes has been exposed after it was revealed that more active CalMac ferries were built under Margaret Thatcher than Nicola Sturgeon.

Despite the former Tory Prime Minister being a target of hate from nasty Nats, analysis shows that she did more for vessels in Scotland than the SNP have done.

During Ms Thatcher's reign between 1979 and 1990, eight of the current crop of CalMac vessels were built:

MV Isle of Arran (1984)
MV Hebridean Isles (1985)
MV Loch Riddon (1986)
MV Loch Striven (1986)
MV Loch Linnhe (1986)
MV Loch Ranza (1987)
MV Isle of Mull (1987)
MV Lord of the Isles (1989)

08/04/2026

What CalMac vessels are unavailable?
MAJOR VESSELS

MV Glen Sannox - Out of service due to a fuel leak in the port engine, the latest in a series of issues since the vessel returned from overhaul.

MV Lord of the Isles - Unable to sail due to issue with starboard main engine and will be relocated to the Clyde shipyard for investigation.

MV Isle of Arran - CalMac has struggled to source a second replacement coupling for the bow thruster due to the vessel's age and "unique components". New parts may have to be manufactured.

MV Isle of Lewis - Scheduled to complete annual overhaul over a month ago, however major steelwork corrosion identified and now not expected to return until the end of May.

MV Hebrides - Remains in planned annual overhaul and is scheduled to return to service on 18 April.

MV Alfred - Annual overhaul completed and vessel transiting to the Clyde, where it is due to arrive on Tuesday evening.

SMALL VESSELS

MV Loch Bhrusda - Vessel being sent to Mallaig for repairs after issue with forward main engine reported. Due to return to service on 11 or 12 April.

MV Loch Linnhe - Due to arrive at Ardmaleish yard for repairs to oil leak on Tuesday, with work due to be completed within 48 hours.

MV Loch Portain - Planned annual overhaul and not due to return until 12 May.

MV Loch Frisa - Annual overhaul undocking scheduled on Tuesday, but not due to return to service until 13 April due to planned additional work and checks.

08/04/2026

CULT NEWS: ALL THE UK'S TRANS POLITICIANS IN WOMENS PRISON INCLUDING AN SNP FRAUDSTER WHO WAS "FORMERLY A RUGBY PROP FORWARD CALLED STEPHEN"

All the UK's trans politicians including the SNP fraudster... jailed in a women's prison!

Alexandra MacRae stood for the Nats at least three times – both as a man and a woman – before becoming the first biological male to be jailed alongside female inmates in 1998

The elevation of trans woman Esme Houston to second place on the Scottish Greens list in the North East of Scotland means Holyrood could soon have its first transgender parliamentarian.

But there have been several trans politicians in the past, including Alexandra MacRae – who was, according to the BBC, "formerly a rugby prop forward called Stephen". She stood for the SNP in Glasgow Provan in the 1992 General Election, finishing a distant second behind Labour's Jimmy Wray.

Six years later, MacRae pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly £17,000 from a client of her solicitors practice in Dundee. Then aged 57, she was given six months to pay it back or face a jail sentence.

But the shamed former lawyer was unable to do so and she was sentenced to 15 months at Dundee Sheriff Court in September 1998. MacRae was sent to Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen, the city's old Victorian-era men's jail which also had a small female wing for 10 women.......