# Fury as Scottish Government ignores Remembrance Sunday on social media – but posts about Sikh festival at 11am as nation fell silent to honour war dead

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fury-as-scottish-government-ignores-remembrance-sunday-on-social-media-but-posts-about-sikh-festival-at-11am-as-nation-fell-silent-to-honour-war-dead/
- Published: 2026-11-09T09:16:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T09:25:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16277641/Fury-Scottish-Government-ignores-Remembrance-Sunday-social-media-Sikh-festival-11am.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Scottish Government accounts posted about Bandi Chhor Divas at 11am on Remembrance Sunday.
- Opposition politicians criticised the timing and the lack of an X post.
- Swinney later attended Edinburgh’s remembrance ceremony.

## Summary

The Scottish Government faced criticism for not marking Remembrance Sunday on its social media accounts at 11am, when people across the UK observed a two-minute silence for those killed in war. Its accounts instead posted about the Sikh festival Bandi Chhor Divas, prompting opposition politicians to question the timing and say both observances could have been acknowledged.

The government later posted on Facebook and Instagram that First Minister John Swinney had laid a wreath in Edinburgh, but had not mentioned Remembrance Sunday on X by 9am the next day. It also promoted Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin’s taxpayer-funded trip to the COP31 summit. At Edinburgh’s ceremony, a military parade marched down the Royal Mile and wreaths were laid at the Stone of Remembrance; the article cites 83,000 Sikhs killed while serving in the two World Wars.

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