💻 Dad + Head of Digital @theSNP @YesScot on 9 winning national elections 🎸 Co-founder of National Collective 🎨 Edinburgh College of Art grad 📱 The revolution will be digitised.https://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3mcnmelim4c2kThe greatest irony of our time is that we have an abundance of resources/energy to sustain our planet, yet our economic system - reinforced by imperialism and some political leaders, makes abundance feel scarce and impossible. That is what’s driving the climate/ecological crisis.17 Jan 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcnmelim4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3mchkdwiwsk2nAnas Sarwar and Labour have been caught making up a quote and attributing it to a person who did not give their permission on one of their campaign leaflets. Extraordinary to not get the basics right. https://hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/news/scottish-labour-leaflet-fake-quote15 Jan 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchkdwiwsk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lztct2xjxs2tI get my first name from my Grandpa’s surname. His family came from Highlands & North East. This is my 4x Great Grandpa, William Ross, Sergeant Master Tailor of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. He made the uniform he’s wearing - and those of regiment. Served in Corfu, Gibraltar, India, & Crimea.27 Sep 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztct2xjxs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lxfpxgfm3s2qIncreasing UK inequality created a fertile ground for anti-migrant sentiment and Brexit due to perceived scarcity > Nigel Farage and Reform back Brexit which further increases inequality in UK > Whilst Tories and Labour echo them on Brexit and stoking up anti-migrant sentiment.27 Aug 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfpxgfm3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3luqiibjqdc25Vive la France. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3luqiibjqdc25https://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lukqkfwnu22o🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💦 That’s that settled then.22 Jul 2025 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukqkfwnu22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3luez5cgobc24Keir Starmer and other world leaders have stood by - or in his case, enabled - the deliberate starvation of Palestinians by Israel. It’s a shameful stain on history few of us will ever forget. It’s time to stop this now.20 Jul 2025 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3luez5cgobc24https://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3ltnecjg6a227What greater indictment of our age than this: those who cry out for Gaza are silenced, while those who starve and kill its people walk free. A world that fears the oppressed more than the oppressor’s weapons is not just broken - it is complicit. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2025 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltnecjg6a227https://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3ltd5l75k6c2wScottish Labour are seeking advice from the Tony Blair Institute for the Scottish Election, whose staff have been taking part in a project investigating turning Gaza into a Riveria. The final plan proposes “paying half a million Palestinians to leave the area”.06 Jul 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltd5l75k6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lrhyknyauc2jIt’s 2025 and too much of geopolitics has de-evolved into modern cave men throwing rocks to protect power. All while many of the real existential threats to our planet and human survival go unanswered.13 Jun 2025 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhyknyauc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lqn3vuaaxs2m🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s future in our hands, or his? [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqn3vuaaxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lprt7a6dyc2wEvery year in the UK we rightfully commemorate the defeat of Nazism. Yet today, we see how ideology still radicalises people to the point where the murder of Palestinian children is justified. History isn’t just something to leave behind - it is a warning we are meant to heed.22 May 2025 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprt7a6dyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lpplhrr4nk2wHumanity is the light in the dark, the song in the silence, the hand reaching out when all else falls. In these times, be the reason the world remembers kindness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpplhrr4nk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lpmrdmnddc2pAh yes, the famous “best of both worlds” from 2014… Out of the EU, sky-high shopping costs, energy bills, rents and mortgages. We’ve had Johnson - and now Farage looms. Remind me: what planet are we on if we ever fall for that lot again? https://news.stv.tv/politics/scotland-can-have-best-of-both-worlds-with-devolution-new-report-says20 May 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmrdmnddc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lpemgbuto22cThe antithesis to Reform in Scotland is independence. Their predecessor, UKIP, wanted to abolish the Scottish Parliament. Scots want hope - better jobs, affordable homes, and a better quality of life, powered by Scotland’s resources. The SNP is perfectly placed to counter them.17 May 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpemgbuto22chttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lpekko3pfk2cOn Thursday I was rushed to hospital with severe abdominal pain and had keyhole surgery. Grateful beyond words to the NHS Scotland staff who are caring for me - and for my wee boy, my partner, and my family when we have needed it most. Thank you.17 May 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpekko3pfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3loyui3f64k2hReform will unravel when they gain power at Westminster and are expected to deliver for the very people who put their trust in them.12 May 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyui3f64k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3loxqebfygc2aWestminster keeps misdiagnosing why voters turn to Farage. Mimicry isn’t cure - it feeds decline. The real remedy is education, a better standard of living, and hope. Brexit sped up UK’s decline and left voters searching for easy targets to blame, aided by Reform/Tories/Labour.12 May 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxqebfygc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lo7nb6o5ic2aLabour benefited from a political tide that turned their way after the Tories collapsed and voters were simply desperate for a change. But within months of promising a new direction, they’ve squandered that goodwill and shattered the trust people placed in them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7nb6o5ic2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lnp2hspro226🤔 Scottish Labour are currently running Facebook ads through a Facebook page that isn’t using their branding (around £20k spent so far). This is a technique the Tories have used in the past on leaflets due to the toxicity of their brand in Scotland. https://www.thenational.scot/news/25117199.scottish-labour-spend-20k-facebook-ads-anonymous-page/26 Apr 2025 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnp2hspro226https://bsky.app/profile/rosscolquhoun.bsky.social/post/3lnlwixszbc2bWhen Labour and other Westminster parties make cuts that push people into precarity, they create a fertile ground for the far right - signalling that migrants and disabled people are to blame, when the real issue is political choices. That’s the race to the bottom.25 Apr 2025 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:aoqr55ebj2o7podbgsib4ci3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnlwixszbc2b