Luke Smith
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Vice-Convener @YSINational | @theSNP | UofG | he/him | 🏴
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Joined January 2021
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Starmer would work with the French hard right as 'that's what serious government is'. Read more 🔽.
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Good to have you in North Berwick @NicolaSturgeon! Brilliant to be out and about and talking to small business owners. Thanks for the Hot Chocolate by the way!
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🚨The Fraser of Allander institute estimate that Westminster is underfunding Holyrood by £500,000,000 as a result of UK tax changes. 🏴In Scotland, we choose to pay our workers a fair wage. Westminster is punishing us for doing so. We need independence.
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Very happy to say I'm now a full and proper @theSNP member. With a card and everything! Just in time for the May elections as well, Let's win this 💪.
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It's just so, so disheartening to see how LGBTQ+ issues in Scotland have gone from 'proud of being world leaders' to 'if you want to protect children from conversion therapy you're a paedophile' in the last 5 years.
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I must be confused. Is Michael Shanks running as the Labour candidate or as an independent? Because the line that he will be entirely divorced from Westminster Labour and will make his own policy decisions if elected falls apart with more than 5 seconds of critical thought.
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A wee bit of personal news… I’ve been accepted into Uni of Glasgow for politics 🥳.
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Getting out the vote in Newton! Really good response, feeing optimistic!
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Labour have:. - Taken away the Winter Fuel Payment. - Underfunded the Scottish Parliament to the tune of £200m accounting for UK Parliament tax rises. - Demanded the Scottish Parliament reinstates the Winter Fuel Payment. They just don't get Scotland.
BREAKING: Scottish Labour have announced they'll force a vote to get the Scottish Government to reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment. It comes after the UK Labour Government decided to scrap the universal benefit.
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Tories & Labour take note. That’s how to do an ad 💥.
📺 Watch our Party Election Broadcast. 🏴 @JohnSwinney: “When you get up on the morning of the 4th July, I’m asking you to vote to put Scotland’s interests first.”. 🗳️ Together, let’s build a future made in Scotland.
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Schrödinger’s budget- .Scotland’s economy is so inextricably tied to Westminster that we cannot afford to be independent, but at the same time Scotland is totally unaffected by sweeping cuts from Westminster….Aye right.
NEW: @ScottishLabour leader @AnasSarwar claims budget cuts happening in Scotland are “not related” to £22billion black hole UK Gov facing. Blames @theSNP “financial mismanagement and incompetence”. @LBCNews | @LBCNewsScot
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🏴 Scotland- Let’s see what you could have won!.
Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund just surpassed 20 trillion NOK in value (≈1,8 trillion Euro)! 🎉
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Delighted to attend @theSNP Council manifesto launch today in Greenock! A fantastic backdrop, and @NicolaSturgeon on top form as usual.
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Great to be out and about in Rutherglen today to support the incredible @KatyLoudonSNP!.Only the SNP will stand up for Scotland’s place in the EU🇪🇺.#activeSNP
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I'm #SNPbecause we're offering effective, progressive leadership all around Scotland, and fighting the Tories' cruel cuts at a local level.
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Spot on Andrew! @AndrewBowie_MP. #ConservativeParty #LeadershipContest #STV #ScottishIndependence #Perth
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presented without comment
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does anyone have any pictures that will instantly and irrevocably make my life worse.
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Independence is all about progressivism, wanting to build an outward-facing and socially liberal country. Anyone who wants to take Scotland backwards has no place in the movement.
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#imSNPfor politics at a human level. The Scottish Child Payment. Free prescriptions. Zero in tuition fees. These policies work and are making Scotland a fairer nation.
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Fantastic speech from Humza Yousaf. He sounds truly First Ministerial. There is so much optimism and hope to take from it, compared to the dismal and bleak pictures that Labour and the Tories are painting at the moment.
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pScottish Independence.
starts with P and we all love it.
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equally depressing how certain bad faith journos on here try and get away with the whole 'reasonable voice' act.
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Just #votedSNP for the amazing @alisonthewliss- there’s still plenty of time to get out and vote @theSNP! .#GE24
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The most successful, popular and effective politician in the whole UK. She’ll be sorely missed.
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Really, really impressed with @HumzaYousaf at the Edinburgh hustings last night! . He has the experience doing the toughest jobs in Government, he has a clear plan for independence- and his love and passion for the SNP & the YES movement is obvious & infectious 🏴
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‘Progressives’ when Scots elect a progressive party
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A wee reminder that even if Labour had won EVERY single seat in Scotland in the last 4 general elections, they still wouldn’t have got enough seats to put the Tories out of government.
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Thanks to the people in the comments making this point for me.
It's just so, so disheartening to see how LGBTQ+ issues in Scotland have gone from 'proud of being world leaders' to 'if you want to protect children from conversion therapy you're a paedophile' in the last 5 years.
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☀️ Some day for it!. A superb speech by @JohnSwinney, and genuinely the perfect pitch. No doubt at all that he would be a fantastic First Minister- leagues ahead of anything Labour or the Tories could offer!
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Great to be out in hillhead this afternoon with @YSINational members and @alisonthewliss, getting out the vote for @malcmcconnell!
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Our job is to maximise Scotland’s influence. We’ve done 108 stakeholder meetings so far, with more to come. 🏴
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The fieldwork for this was done before the announcement on Tuesday. Half and half, great starting point. Game on 👊.
New Scottish Independence poll, ComRes 23 - 28 Jun (changes vs 26 Apr - 3 May):. No ~ 46% (-1).Yes ~ 44% (-1).Don't Know ~ 10% (+3). Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014):.No ~ 51% (nc / -4).Yes ~ 49% (nc / +4). Source @TheScotsman:
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Really pleased to say I’ve been re-elected as the @YSINational’s events & fundraising officer. There’s lots to do this year, and we’re going to be busy! There’s never been a better time to join the YSI, so get involved!👇.
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A sign of things to come if Anas Sarwar gets into power in Holyrood.
📈 Sir Keir Starmer will raise university tuition fees for the first time in eight years, The Telegraph has learned
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I think in this case, the ‘No’ is far more significant than the ‘Yes’. If only 33% of voters have confidence in the union, that is damning to the unionist cause.
🏴 A snap poll by Channel 4 has indicated that around 50% of voters in Scotland would back the SNP at a General Election if it meant Scotland would leave the UK, before an election campaign has started.
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@Andy_Scollick If only there was some sort of solution to this- Germany being able to support its allies while also producing energy themselves. Maybe through. nuclear energy or something? I dunno.
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The government should have to come to Scotland, look each and every billpayer in the eyes and explain to them exactly why Scots are paying £1000 more on energy than the rest of Brits.
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Scottish Labour- A better future is possible! But we’re not going to bother!.
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Lukewarm take: The Glasgow City Council Chambers should become the home of the Upper House of Parliament in an Independent Scotland
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So pleased to be elected as the @YSINational’s National Events and Fundraising Officer!. It will be a busy year for the YSI and the Yes movement, so lots of work to be done.
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Massive thanks to everyone attending #YSI24 yesterday, great to see friends new and old!. I’m delighted to say I’ve been elected as Vice-Convener of @YSINational! Looking forward to supporting @StevenC797 & the rest of the NEC this year!
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If the tories win #BatleyAndSpen I'll start a crowdfunder to finance a massive saw to literally saw off Scotland from England.
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@christopherhope tell me you know nothing about scottish politics without saying you know nothing about scottish politics.
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I’ll add to the list of people mobbing your feed saying Aberdeen is baltic.
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This is the prize- let's get to work making it a reality.
NEW: The latest Ipsos Mori figures show the SNP would win 48 seats in a General Election while Labour would pick up seven. Meanwhile, the Tories are expected to lose ALL their Scottish MPs. Graphics collaboration with @LeftieStats
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I have decided to be bold and travel to the #SNP22 conference tomorrow morning by bus. A very early wakeup beckons.
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God forbid Scotland have a voice on the international stage.
Three SNP MPs have been accused of ignoring Foreign Office travel advice to go on a ‘grandstanding’ trip to Ukraine.
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I will never get why people shit on the Gaelic language for the sole reason of not liking the SNP. They don't have a monopoly on language. It wasn't a thing invented by the evil Scot Nats to 'breed division'. It has existed on its own for millenia. Your own ignorance. .
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The folks that left the SNP because they weren't 'serious' about independence are cosying up to this guy in Westminster.
Alba MP Neale Hanvey walked George Galloway in to the House of Commons.
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Can-.▪️ George Galloway.▪️ Danny Alexander.▪️ Jim Murphy.▪️ Alistair Darling.▪️ Alex Salmond.▪️ Gordon Brown.▪️ Ruth Davidson.▪️ Jo Swinson.▪️ Ect Ect. Just stay in the 2000-10s where they belong and not come back? Cheers xx.
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‘Returning’ to Labour? Pure arrogance. Parties don’t own voters. They shouldn’t act like it.
Really good campaigning session in Eaglesham today with Cllr Anderson of @EastRenCouncil . Very positive reception, lots of people planning to return to @ScottishLabour 🌹
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noooooo fuck we planted too many trees!!!
Investigation: The SNP has been accused of spending hundreds of millions on tree-planting schemes based on data that overplays the benefit to the environment
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Best of luck to @PaulMcLennan7 tomorrow- he'll make an excellent MSP if we turn East Lothian yellow for the first time in the Scottish Parliament! #BothVotesSNP.
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RIP Alex Salmond. While he leaves a tarnished legacy, his achievements as SNP leader & champion of the YES movement were monumental.
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22 + 4 does not equal 65.
NEW: Alex Cole-Hamilton opens door to future Holyrood coalition with Scottish Labour
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Something I’ve found strange about the SNP leadership contest is how utterly resistant some people are to the idea of ‘change’. Nicola won’t be the leader in a couple of weeks time, and parties inevitably change in line with their leader. That’s just a fact of politics.
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Do Labour really think Scots are so stupid that they'll put up with or just forget about their council deals with the Tories? Or their demonisation of immigrants? Or Daily-Mail-esqe British Nationalism?.
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Hi Scottish Labour. Look, we get it- decisions taken in Westminster aren’t best for you. Can we interest you in Independence?.
Bad night for Labour as it loses two council by-elections in Dundee to the SNP. Party source says: "The winter fuel payment policy and the freebies stories were talked about constantly by voters".
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A lot we can learn from our Scandinavian neighbours! 🏴🤝🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇳🇴🇮🇸.
YSI members were delighted to be welcomed to the Danish Parliament this weekend, building strong relationships with our Nordic neighbours. Many thanks to Sophie, Simon and Gry for showing us around! 🇩🇰🏴
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Remember that EVERYTHING Keir Starmer says about the Tories is completly irrelevant. He would rather hand the keys of power to Liz Truss and the Conservatives rather than work with the SNP. #LabourConference22.
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sorry not sorry for being the most insufferable person in the beer bar
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Disgusting. Removing the whip is long overdue. If this doesn't do it, what will?.
@SandraWhiteSNP @HeraldPols @AngusRobertson @DanielaGrudsky If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many.
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Pictured: Anas Sarwar's approach to independence. #bbcdn #labour #uklabour #independence #scottishindependence
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Schrödinger’s party strikes again. Labour want to scrap and reintroduce the winter fuel payment at the same time? Suurrre.
JUST ANNOUNCED: A Scottish Labour Government will reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment.
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Definitely worse places to be watching the leadership election.
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"Scotland is a one party state!" you cry, while being part of another political party, living in a country with multiple representatives of that party, ruled by a country controlled by said party.
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Scottish Tories: wow that was the most chaotic leadership election we’ve had…like ever. Tories: Hold my beer.
Conservative Party Leadership Election - 4th Round Result:. Badenoch: 42 (+12).Jenrick: 41 (+10).Cleverly: 37 (-2). James Cleverly has therefore been eliminated. Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick progress to the member's vote.
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Really happy to have attended my first-ever @YSINational conference! Great speech and Q&A from @Feorlean, lots of really interesting debate and a huge congratulations to everyone elected today! Shame it has to be online but still wonderful nonetheless!.
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The AUOB speaker list is disappointing. It’s clear that once again they’re preaching to the converted. They will never have a significant influence over the average swing voter-there needs to be an alternative comprised of more trusted, respected and well known figures.
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