1/This is my Granda Brian. He is 85 and is the most selfless person I have ever and will ever know. A true gentleman and I want people to know his story
Scottish Nationalism is divisive. It has caused my English husband to be told to “go home”. It has created “others”. It has stirred up anglophobia and xenophobia by relying solely on stirring up the ideology of the “auld enemy”. This article is utterly false.
Scottish independence is a progressive and inclusive brand of internationalism. It is inclusive civic nationalism rather than repugnant insular ethnic nationalism.
My
@BylineTimes
article
#indyref2
It never ceases to amaze me the number of SNP supporters who think m tweeting me abuse will stop me working hard for Milngavie.
@ScotTories
topped the poll in 5/7 of EDC wards in 2017 and we intend to do so again. We have a group of diverse local candidates ready to serve.
The SNP have allocated a whopping £14.8 million to a constitutional budget which remit includes making the case for independence while cutting a despicable £268m from social and affordable homes. Their priorities laid bare for all to see.
#ScotBudget
Today
@KateForbesMSP
said Covid has 'underlined the value of a safe, secure and affordable home'. But she's chosen to cut investment in social and affordable homes by £268 million. Quality housing is a matter of life and death - and this is a huge backwards step.
#ScottishBudget
I am delighted to have been selected as the
@ScotTories
candidate for Dunbartonshire West. It is a privilege to campaign to improve our area, stand up for democracy by respecting referendums and be a strong voice for local business.
#GE2019
#no2indyref2
If a group of radicalised men stormed Glastonbury festival, murdered, raped & kidnapped attendees indiscriminately & pictures beamed round the world of girls covered in blood because they were violated we would call it out for what it is - a terror attack 1/
#IStandWithIsrael
19/Update - Granda Brian went home to heaven in the early hours of this morning. The pain is ours alone. He was not a statistic he was a fabulous human who led an epic life of service. 💔
18/I am hoping for widespread love for Brian from this thread - hopefully it will bring us all some comfort at this time - we wanted a few more years with him but our memories will be of the greatest of men.
The Scot Gov was warned about an influx of dangerous dogs from England but they refused to listen.
These terrible attacks are the direct result of an obsessive need to be different to Westminster which is always top priority for the SNP.
I am delighted to have been selected as the
@ScotTories
candidate for Maryhill & Springburn for the upcoming Holyrood election in 2021. Next year, let’s end division and bring Scotland back together.
@scottorywomen
"It's often put to me that the death rate...for care homes in Scotland is higher than it is in England and I just don't believe that"
Nicola Sturgeon says she believes there is "at least on the face of it, a question of under-reporting in England"
#Ridge
Both harrowing & heartbreaking to watch at once. A scandal of epic proportions. By 10 June only 1 in 5 staff had been tested. Both the FM and Jeane Freeman refused to answer these significant issues. There are major issues for the Scottish Government to answer here
#Disclosure
.
@BBCDisclosure
spoke to workers from some of Scotland’s care homes where there have been
#coronavirus
deaths.
To maintain their anonymity, their words have been voiced by actors.
More ➡️
I am delighted to have been selected as the
@ScotTories
candidate for the newly created seat of Mid Dunbartonshire. I have lived here my whole life & will work hard for the area focussing on real priorities!
Every person in a new job has this issue but unlike you their end of the month salary won’t cover their outgoings and they don’t have expenses schemes. Imagine having this level of entitlement - shows why an SNP councillor at Glasgow found it acceptable to claim back her knickers
Probably a point to be made about new MSPs being expected to live, travel, dress, spend money like an MSP for a month before they receive a salary...
Hello, unplanned overdraft... 😨
Will be asking in induction tomorrow if advances are an option.
15/The next morning we were called and told he had rallied and stabilised. He was telling everyone that seeing his daughter was the best medicine they could ever have given him. His mood had drastically improved to the point where he fought to live again.
5/ His adoptive parents have both since died and they then took him on as an adult as their son. They sent him birthday cards and presents and treat him as though he was never anyone else’s child. My Granda refers to him as “my son”.
3/ First an older boy “who hadn’t worked anywhere else” & had been brought back a number of times. It was my Granda who spotted him, only to be told “you don’t want him” He immediately felt they needed to be his parents. Then my mum a few years later. They were fantastic parents.
6/My mum has worked in addiction services for decades. When recovering addicts finished their rehab stays, we often took them in until they found their feet and so did my grandparents. They taught them life skills & showed them a loving home - for many this was their first
I recently got my house valued. It had increased in value with the passage of time. This estimation would make it worth less than we paid for it 4 years ago.... every home owner in Scotland must seriously consider the cost of an independent Scotland. Seriously Reckless
16/ During the visit he told my mum he would not let this take him because he could not allow her to lose him so soon after her mum “I simply couldn’t do that to you.” Again, totally devoid of self. A few days have passed they have managed to reduce his oxygen down slightly
9/very independently. Lockdown hit him hard. The loneliness and lack of visits from family made him despair. We had very little but window visits and the lack of true human contact made him so sad you could hear it in his voice & the staff saw it in his personality
2/ He was born in West Brom and raised by his grandmother and aunt. After serving in Suez, he married my gran in Glasgow after meeting her on a holiday for young people in the UK. After numerous miscarriages they decided to adopt children.
8/own children, despite them taking them in as adults. My gran - way ahead of her time - had a good job as an economics teacher, sadly lost her battle with dementia in Aug 2019. My Granda has struggled deeply with the loss since then and has been living in a care home albeit
13/His treatment there has been second to none. The doctors and nurses have kept us updated on his condition throughout and all have said he is a delight to care for. Asking after them & their families and not about himself. Barely complaining despite his stats being so terrible.
A question I have been constantly asked this campaign is “why are you a Conservative?” Here I explain why I am a Conservative and with only 3 days until polls close ask you to vote 🗳 for me on Thursday.
4/ When my mother found her birth family this included a biological brother who had been put up for adoption only a few years after her. My grandparents were not told of his birth otherwise they said they would have taken him too without a second thought.
It’s clear the
@ScotTories
are the second largest party in Scotland and the only ones who can stop
#indyref2
The momentum is with us let’s send a message on Thursday and vote 🗳 Scottish Conservative and Unionist
11/ and residents continue to spread it throughout the home while they await results not knowing they are infected. Sadly these delays will be costing lives. My Granda seemed fine for the first few days of 2021 but deflated. No temp and no cough.
7/experience of this. It was life altering for their physical and mental health. That wasn’t enough for my grandparents though, once they left for their own homes my grandparents kept in touch, sent cards and even took them on caravan holidays again saying they were like their
10/We thought he made it through 2020 without contracting COVID. Between Christmas and NY we were informed 2 members of staff were positive he was tested 27th Dec. Then 1/1/21 dreaded news, he was positive. Routine tests can take days to come back meanwhile asymptomatic staff
As a mum with nursery aged children I am proud to stand behind this
@ScotTories
policy.
The SNP have left our children behind, compounded by the pandemic. We need to get our education back on track starting right from preschool!
#scc20
👦 We pledge to invest £1 million extra to support nursery-aged children.
🎒 This will allow children to catch up on crucial language skills following COVID closures and prevent the attainment gap forming before children start school.
14/Then even worse my mum was called to say she needed to say goodbye. His heart was failing due to the amount of stress he was under from lack of oxygen. They wanted her to be able to have the conversation before he was on morphine and unresponsive.
I’m delighted to be standing as the candidate for Mid Dunbartonshire
I’ve lived here my whole life & it would be a privilege to represent it at a national level.
I pledge to:
✅Repair the Roads
✅Restore our Schools
✅End the long NHS Lists
✅Make Scotland Safer
✅Cut tax
I want to take the opportunity before the polls open to thank everyone who has sent me messages of support & got in touch about local issues
I ask for your 1️⃣ vote so that I can create positive change in
#Milngavie
I’m from here, I live here & I’d be honoured to represent it
I have more than one job. I’m working hard to create a better life for my family as are many Scots who are then penalised by paying higher tax than elsewhere in the UK for having the audacity to earn over £27k p/a.
Hard work & ambition are frowned upon in the SNP’s Scotland.
Douglas ‘three jobs’ Ross hardly spends any time in Scot Parl or speaking to his own party colleagues. Which is only one of the many, many reasons why I’ve never said more than a passing hello to him since he was elected. Conference hyperbole compensating for a failed Tory Gov.
I won’t be signing.
So I’ve self publicised my own name.
Bullying and blackmailing elected representatives into anything is wholly unacceptable, even worse the threat being made by fellow councillors.
I won’t be bullied and
#IStandWithIsrael
All UK councillors have been contacted demanding they sign a letter calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza & claiming that "antisemitism is being weaponised...to absolve Israel of any accountability".
It says councillors who do not sign will have their names publicised.
A🧵
The silence of some Scottish politicians on this is defending and others have proudly displayed their antisemitism.
No women of any nationality, race or religion “deserves it” whether for how they dress or the actions of the government in which they live.
2/
This isn't a political game. My column was about shining a light on the dangerous path your party is taking us in Scotland.
Nationalism, grievance, conspiracy theories, bigotry, exceptionalism, democracy denial.
I'm sorry the truth offends you, Mhairi 👇
Absolutely delighted to have been elected today as Councillor for Ward 1 in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire.
It is a privilege to serve the town I have lived in my whole life. 🥰
#LocalElections2022
VOTE LOCAL 🗳️
Tomorrow I’m asking you to vote for a local representative. The SNP & Lib Dem’s do not live in the constituency. I have lived here my whole life and would focus on your real priorities.
It would be the privilege of my life to serve as your MP so vote
@ScotTories
They could be our sisters, mothers, children or grandparents.
How anyone can see the photos of the victims which include young children and think otherwise is beyond me
These actions can NEVER be justified 3/
#אניעומדלצדישראל
It was my privilege to stand as the
@ScotTories
candidate for West Dunbartonshire in the
#GE2019
we held our own in a difficult seat & I hope I have paved the way for other
@scottorywomen
to put their name forward as a candidate.
@w2wScotland
My Election Address is now going out across the Milngavie Ward. It will be my honour to represent my local area. Please get in touch with any local issues you may have!
@ScotTories
@w2wScotland
@scottorywomen
Just 3 days until polling day 🗳️
In key seats across Scotland only a vote for the
@ScotTories
can finally end the SNP’s divisive referendum obsession.
On Thursday vote for your family’s priorities to be back on the agenda & back the Scottish Conservatives
Fantastic morning out in Maryhill & Springburn accompanied by
@sandesh4glasgow
The message is clear people want to focus on the things that matter and not division & a vote for the
@ScotTories
is the only way to do this.
#PeachVoteTory
It is disgraceful for the SNP to blame its incompetence on Staff.
My Granda is in a care home in WDC. Staff are brilliant & taking every precaution not to bring COVID in. Only today I was told that kitchen staff are not “essential” & can’t get tested.
1/2 Yesterday while canvassing a man shouted “you’re not Scottish” I replied I am he shouted “you’re not go home south of the border, GO HOME”
Nationalism has created a vile rhetoric in our society. In any other case “Go Home” would be a hate crime.
It was a lovely day to be out delivering my latest leaflet updating constituents on what I have been doing the past six months. It was great to chat to people about their concerns on the local cuts being put in by the SNP administration as well as important local issues
The UK Government have offered the Scot gov more powers, specifically over welfare and the SNP have handed them back saying they aren’t ready .... Honestly you’ll literally say anything in the hope people will lap it up
📣
@NicolaSturgeon
: "We have a UK Tory government that's more interested in taking powers away from this Parliament, not bringing powers to this Parliament.
I know it's an uncomfortable reality to the Tories, but it's a reality nevertheless."
#FMQs
Great Day today in Old Kilpatrick!
Thanks to
@PamGosal_Bains
for coming out to help. Wind, rain and cold won’t stop us from pounding the streets to speak to voters.
Lots of people voting
@ScotTories
at
#GE2019
- I am the only candidate to say no more referenda let’s move forward
77 years ago my great uncle George landed on Sword beach as part of a specialist royal marine unit. He died just a few short days later at Rots and Le Hammel in hand to hand combat with an SS officer. He was just 21 years old and newly married.
#WeWillRememberThem
#DDay
The SNP stronger for presenting Nationalist myths as historical fact in our schools.
This has got to end. Our education system needs to be improved. We must act for the sake of our children and their future life chances.
Today I officially launched my campaign in Clydebank.
We spoke to many constituents (despite the cold) & the message was clear:
🔹End the constitutional division
🔹Get back to the day to day issues that matter to people.
#GE2019
Vote
@ScotTories
2/2 This language has been allowed to grow unchecked. It has caused me greater sadness as my husband is English. I will continue to fight for a Scotland free of this behaviour. For a properly UNITED kingdom. We must end this division now. Vote
@ScotTories
on 12th December.
Today is the start of the 7 day celebration of
#Passover
where we remember God’s deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.
To all those celebrating - Happy Passover, Chag Same'ach! חג שמח
I am a compassionate one nation Conservative who wants to improve people’s lives and our area.
It’s time to move on from division.
Here I set out my priorities for West Dunbartonshire.
Vote
@ScotTories
on Thursday
Both Corbyn and Sturgeon have always been clear they want to scrap our nuclear deterrent & the 10K jobs that go with it.
This would devastate residents of West Dunbartonshire & our local economy.
Only a vote for the
@ScotTories
on 12th December can secure our safety and jobs.
Fantastic few days at
#SCC24
where we talked about focussing on Scotland’s real priorities in our Local Authorities, in Justice, energy security, housing and the economy. It was wonderful to see the
@ScotTories
family from across Scotland as well.
46 seconds was all it took for this brave Italian Police Officer to know that if she didn’t stop her life was in danger.
A woman robbed of something she has trained relentlessly for by an opponent thrown out of the world champs after DNA tests proved their chromosomes were XY.
Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better? The smirk of a male who’s knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered.
#Paris2024
Great session tonight in Old Kilpatrick. Out door knocking despite the cold! 🥶
The message is clear:
🔹 No to
#indyref2
🔹
#GetBrexitDone
🔹Get back to local issues that
matter
🔹Great to see more women in
politics
#GE2019
vote
@ScotTories
on 12th Dec 🇬🇧
It has now been proven beyond all doubt that Nicola Sturgeon lied to Parliament repeatedly. There is no evidence she could present tomorrow that would be able to prove otherwise. She must now do the honourable thing and resign.
#ResignSturgeon
48% of our potato seed trade is with the rest of the UK which you want to leave ?!?! 🥴 a small percentage is done with the EU27 ... Baseless bluster and spin & as we have seen a few times from Sturgeon this year devoid of FACTS
6 years ago today Scotland voted to remain in the United Kingdom. I had a newborn at the time who is now just Primary 2. Until I am a standing at her graduation. it hasn’t been a generation. The arguments for separation have only become weaker over time.
#BetterTogether
Here are my priorities for West Dunbartonshire:
🔹 No more constitutional debate
🔹 Delivering on local issues that
matter to people.
🔹 Protecting services, businesses
and jobs
Vote
@ScotTories
on Dec 12th
#GE2019
The SNP will always put their constitutional games above Scotland’s best interest. Don’t listen to their spin - when the SNP vote against the UK Government this week they are voting in favour of No Deal.
#NoDealNicola
Tweet it, and repeat it
#NoDealNicola
Nicola Sturgeon would rather Scotland leave the EU without a deal, because she thinks she can use the impact of that to gain political capital for independence.
Your jobs and livelihoods mean less to her than Independence.
Protecting our war memorials & honouring our brave service men & women should be above politics
If elected in May I would support this campaign & specific protections for our war memorials across Scotland
Our troops past and present deserve our lifelong support and remembrance
Lovely to visit the
@CatsProtection
stand at
#CPC23
As the owner of 2 beautiful moggies I am very passionate about the work that they do. I’m sure my cats will love playing with their new catnip toys!
@CPadvocacy
Nicola doing the opposite of making Scotland “open and inclusive” by pitting Scot against Scot.
We must put this division in the past where it belongs. Only the
@ScotTories
can protect our union and put everyday issues back at the forefront.
#GE2019
@Women2Win
@scottorywomen
“The Scotland we seek is open, welcoming, diverse and inclusive and no Tory is ever going to be allowed to change that”
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon calls for independence from the UK, adding a “Boris Johnson path” is “not the Scotland that we want”
@rainie1410
@Douglas4Moray
@NicolaSturgeon
@HumzaYousaf
Me - my grandfather died of COVID which he caught in a care home as a direct result of Scot Gov policy. We couldn’t hug or see him Despite none of us having the virus. I would happily let Laura hug her dad one last time. It isn’t going to affect him given the circumstances
💻Our latest candidate profile by
@harrietmain
has just gone live on the website!
🗣️"Getting involved in local or national groups like CYW is a great way for women to experience and debate policy ideas." -
@Alix2Win
Out on the doors tonight with my fab team. Lots of positive responses.
✅ Disenfranchised Leave Labour & SNP voters.
✅ Unionists who no longer trust Labour
✅ Many who just wish to implement the nation wide results and make referenda a thing of the past!
#GE2019
@ScotTories
I’m one of Glasgow’s small business owners. I know first hand how difficult the past year has been, the stresses and strains it has brought to both individuals and families. Please support your local high streets and small businesses on the road to recovery!
#supportsmallbusiness
This is astounding. These figures have been asked for repeatedly by MSPs and journalists and have been hugely underplayed. It is now clear that discharging into care homes has been a huge issue. Only a few days ago Jeane Freeman was scandalously blaming care home staff.
BREAKING: Scot Gov admits 921 hospital patients were sent to care homes in March alone, pre mandatory testing. Yet on April 15, Health Sec Jeane Freeman said most of 900 delayed discharge patients discharged since pandemic start went to own homes, not care homes. Huge discrepancy
Or you could vote for a candidate who lives in the Mid Dunbartonshire constituency…
I am a life long resident that has a proven track record of delivering for the community in and out of office
On 4th July vote for me
@ScotTories
for a voice in Westminster that can deliver
The Lib Dems are telling you this is their local plan for Mid Dunbartonshire but it's just a template on their website. This seat is just a number to them. They have no plan for our community.
Don't be fooled - vote Amy for an MP who knows what Mid Dun really needs
#AmyforMidDun
A 73% infection rate. A Health Secretary that is unaware of their own official advice. Councils withheld the £155m Westminster has provided for them to deal with this, despite them running a large number of care homes. This is a shocking.
My family is one of the many who lost a loved one (my granda) to COVID in a care home.
We have still had no answers. Nothing can bring him back but the least we deserve is some responsibility taken.
Excellent questioning from
@SueJWebber
on the care home scandal.
The Scottish Government response was poor and does not meet the urgency that is expected of this important issue.
Families and friends of care home residents deserve to know the truth.
Yes it’s 🥶 but that won’t stop me campaigning to improve our area:
🔹Creating a Centre of Excellence at the Vale of Leven for mental health
🔹Securing 600 families to live here from HMNB expansion
🔹More social housing
🔹No
#indyref2
🔹Get Brexit Sorted
Vote
@ScotTories
🗳
A massive thank you to
@scottorywomen
and
@cwowomen
for donating to my campaign 💪🏻 It is a privilege to stand beside so many strong female Scottish Conservative candidates at
#GE2019
As a blue collar conservative
@PennyMordaunt
is the only choice for me. She will unite the country and the party. She understands the issues households face and can get us through this difficult time.
#PM4PM
Many of you will have seen my thread back in January all about my grandfather Brian and how amazing he was - the outpouring of support on her was truly amazing. Here I talk to STV News about the real people behind the statistics 💔
This Thursday the union is on the ballot.
Labour has said that they will allow
#indyref2
including here at hustings in West Dunbartonshire.
The only way to protect our union is to vote 🗳
@ScotTories
on 12th December
If elected I promise to be a strong voice for our union
The SNP voted against this motion. The Cllr leader has said Glasgow residents should come out to clean up the mess themselves. When they reduced bin collections to 3 weekly where did they think all the rubbish would go? Glasgow deserves better
The Glasgow Conservatives say the city is in the grip of a cleansing crisis because of graffiti, fly tipping, and overflowing bins.
Our senior reporter
@imnatcrawford
is taking a look around 👇🏼