David Clegg
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Editor of @thecourieruk & @evening_tele; paper reviews @skynews; co-author #BreakUp; agent @NorthbankTalent
Dundee via Lisburn
Joined September 2009
‘F***ing ridiculous’: Tennis legend Martina Navratilova blasts male Tayside period dignity officer… via @thecourieruk.
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Babcock boss warns Rosyth yard could move to England if Scots vote Yes…
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Dundee-based MSP wants to 'explore' allowing children as young as eight to change gender… via @thecourieruk.
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Imagine if Boris Johnson goes over not doing anything about sexual harassment. The SNP would have to take a strange vow of silence.
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Alex Salmond on GMS says evidence for Russian interference in US elections "very slight" and refuses to say if he thinks Russia were behind the Salisbury poisoning.
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You feel like nothing in politics can surprise you anymore and then Margaret Ferrier happens.
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This is how we’ll be dealing with the SNP’s latest bid to avoid scrutiny.
We won't be carrying a single word of the SNP's press release on their manifesto launch. Our job is to ask questions of the government and political parties on behalf of our readers. Whether you like newspapers or not, that is an absolutely fundamental part of democracy.
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SNP national officer coached activists to claim Covid support grants 'for the indy cause' then asked for donations… via @thecourieruk.
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Interesting exercise for SNP supporters: replace the names Nicola Sturgeon with Boris Johnson, John Swinney with Rishi Sunak and Jason Leitch with Patrick Vallance and visualise your reaction.
Quite a day at the UK covid inquiry in Edinburgh. 😷 Nicola Sturgeon deleted her WhatsApps. 😷 John Swinney used auto-delete. 😷 Deletion was a “pre-bed ritual” for Jason Leitch. Q. Was any of this stuff relevant?. A. We will probably never know
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I can’t really believe the snp would go in to an independence referendum with the policy “the English will pay our pensions” but it kind of looks like they’re heading that way?.
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Hello England. Been in Scotland 24 years and I can confirm they’re not this tedious.
Tomorrow's front page 🗞️. Our message to Spain ahead of Euro 2024 final 👀👇
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Am I reading this wrong? The trip to London was stupid. The trip back was knowingly endangering lives?.
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Four councils, three front pages but only one story - the SNP celebrating. Saturday’s Courier is heading to the presses.
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Feels like we’re in the end days of the policy-making-by-student-activists era of the SNP.
Here's the moment Fergus Ewing ripped up his own government's consultation on Highly Protected Marine Areas
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It is true Friends of the Earth have a 'permanent presence' in Scotland and Greenpeace don't. Also true Friends of the Earth receive funding from the Scottish Government and Greenpeace don't. .
Responding to criticism of Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie - who’s been accused of being an “apologist” for Nicola Sturgeon - @Ross_Greer says “it’s fair to say that Greenpeace don’t really understand Scotland”. #COP26 @LBC @LBCNews
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For a government that talks so much about “putting faith” in the Scottish people they sure do love banning them from stuff.
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The UK front pages are full of claims @NicolaSturgeon is “siding” with the EU over the vaccine rollout. I tried to inject some facts into the debate on Sky News last night with @thecarolemalone and @AnnaJonesSky
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Monday's Courier leads with a plea to @NicolaSturgeon after her resounding election victory. We must get serious on tackling drug deaths.
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Alex Salmond rushed through the deal to have Jim McColl take over the Ferguson shipyard in order to break the news in this edition of the Daily Record he guest edited two weeks before #indyref. It’s been a very costly publicity stunt for Scottish taxpayers.
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This is completely grim. ALL Perthshire school crossing patrollers could be axed as teachers, swimming lessons and gritting also face cuts…
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EXCLUSIVE: Feminist campaigner Marion Millar in police fraud probe as Dundee firm claims it lost £50k… via @thecourieruk.
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After 17 years the Scottish civil service views itself as such an extension of the SNP that any new broom would face the necessity of an extensive and unprecedented cull of officials. Much more background in Break-Up, my book with @KieranPAndrews .
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EXCLUSIVE: Humza Yousaf's brother-in-law charged with drug offences in Dundee… via @thecourieruk.
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Threats to Perthshire businesswoman who gave Boris Johnson a clootie dumpling… via @thecourieruk.
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EXCLUSIVE: Oasis ticket website accessed by Scottish Government devices nearly 10,000 times… via @thecourieruk.
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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Grant to take legal action as axed Tayside period dignity officer considers suing for sexual discrimination … via @thecourieruk.
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Stephen Flynn on GMS reveals he had been SNP Westminster leader for two months before being told the group didn’t have auditors and were at risk of losing their short money. Wild.
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🚨We’ve tracked down the infamous ‘Dundee hardman’🚨. Where is he 23 years later?. Story incoming 👀👀.
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To take support for Indy to 45% is a remarkable achievement for Alex Salmond and the SNP. Woe betide the UK parties if they don't deliver.
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Useful thought experiment when you're responding emotionally to a news story about a politician you like: what would you be saying if it was a politician you dislike? This also works in reverse.
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SNP Westminster chief Stephen Flynn wined and dined at Wimbledon by oil giant BP… via @thecourieruk.
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'I don't drive the trains!' SNP transport minister Jenny Gilruth faces barrage of angry questions… via @thecourieruk.
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'It's all over for Salmond': Exclusive polling puts Alba Party on 3%… via @thecourieruk.
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And here he is! . EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dundee hardman’ tracked down 23 years on – as science teacher opens up on THAT viral video.
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Exclusive: John Swinney deletes Covid breach evidence as SNP minister Graeme Dey 'spoken to' by police… via @thecourieruk.
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Scotland’s impartial civil service:. National Clinical Director - “deleting is a pre-bed ritual”. Director General for Strategy and External Affairs - “plausible deniability is my middle name”. Director of External Affairs - Let Covid in so the Spanish don’t veto EU membership.
Scottish Government says John Swinney was *not* the author of this message shown at the UK Covid Inquiry today. They say it was written by a civil servant and not the former deputy first minister, anyone in his office or anyone communicating on his behalf.
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Civil engineers slam SNP government for litany of A9 dualling failures… via @thecourieruk.
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My take on main issues facing Sturgeon after today FWIW:.> Forgetting the March 29 meeting still stretches credibility. > Duncan Hamilton’s very lucid account of April 2 meeting still can’t be made to fit. > Issue of whether name of complainer was passed on a murky business.
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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Leitch and NHS Tayside mystery deepens as documents suggest he held senior role… via @thecourieruk.
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Oh. EXCLUSIVE: Braden Davy is second Angus Tory councillor unmasked as anti-SNP troll… via @thecourieruk.
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I’ll never understand sentencing. Two years for Natalie McGarry but this guy walks free.
🚨Disgraced police officer who sexually assaulted five women spared jail. 📝A police sergeant who admitted sexually assaulting 5 female colleagues in Aberdeen & Dundee has avoided jail & must do unpaid work instead. Report by @DTMcPhee & me👇
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Covid adviser Jason Leitch employed by NHS Tayside for 11 years but hasn’t worked a single day … via @thecourieruk.
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Lots and lots of depressing things about this but imagine being a once serious journalist reduced to spending your time wargaming how Boris Johnson can get away with having an illegal Christmas party.
EXCLUSIVE: Video obtained by ITV News shows Downing Street staff joking about a Christmas party on 18th December last year. No 10 has spent the past week denying any rules were broken. This new evidence calls that into question.
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My old face can’t do this look anymore.
I suspect Mr Trump will be making me pull this face a lot over the coming months. Warning: face now older and fatter
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There is no doubt we provided the most incisive coverage of Nigel Farage's visit to Glasgow yesterday. #indyref
http://t.co/K15WAoMBl3.
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The Courier's obituary of @CalumCashley . Calum Cashley: Brother’s tribute to Dundee SNP activist who longed for a better Scotland… via @thecourieruk.
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The full story of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s memorable campaign for Central Fife in 1997. When Jacob Rees-Mogg was almost beaten up in Fife in 1997… via @thecourieruk.
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Incredible. “I’m not telling anybody how I’m voting today. “It’s a confidential ballot and it’s between me and the ballot paper. Aberdeenshire Tory MP Andrew Bowie refuses to say if he backs Boris Johnson… via @thecourieruk.
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You have no authority here, Jackie Weaver.
Nicola Sturgeon has a dig at Anas Sarwar for “sitting on the fence” - the Scottish Labour leader has a dig back
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“I had to be here. I was there at the beginning and now here we are at the end.” - Mary Devlin, 82, Dundee. Tomorrow’s Courier:
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As poll shows Yes ahead, their most powerful billboard to date has started to spring up across the country. #indyref
http://t.co/CahcyMGwAA.
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.@JimSpenceDundee not pulling any punches. JIM SPENCE: Are the SNP just Tartan Tories in disguise?… via @thecourieruk.
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Not sure how this squares with the Tories' tough talk on cyber abuse. EXC: Tory councillor unmasked as anti-SNP twitter troll ordered to take social media classes… via @thecourieruk.
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What a class act James Cook is. Incredible patience and professionalism.
This is utterly sickening. @BBCJamesCook is the most fair, thorough & kindest journalists in the business. His calm reaction in the face of this vitriol tells you everything you need to know about him. Appalling.
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Final thoughts before I open wine:. Great night for Scots Labour. Sarwar has transformed fortunes quicker than anyone could have imagined. Last night saw raft of new talent elected and instilled belief. They now need to illustrate real wins for Scotland - and quickly. 1/6.
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Eljamel scandal: How Dundee MSP Shona Robison prolonged victims' agony for a decade… via @thecourieruk.
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We've doubled the amount of space for letters to the editor in tomorrow's paper for a special on Boris Johnson and party-gate. Massive reader reaction to last week's leader column calling for his resignation. Not a single one defending him.
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Today’s front page. The issues raised by Nadia and @HumzaYousaf have certainly exposed a despicable undercurrent of racism. We’ve had to delete numerous racist Facebook comments on this story before finally switching them off altogether.
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The SNP civil war really has added a whole new level of schizophrenia to twitter abuse of journalists. The arch unionists and the Wings zealots can barely be told apart.
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"This is about so much more than a Christmas Party. It is about whether we still believe in basic standards governing public life.".
Piece for @thecourieruk on the wider implications of Johnson's conduct, and why this is about so much more than a Christmas Party
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David Trimble was my MP. What bravery he showed getting the Good Friday Agreement over the line. He paid a personal cost for his position and was a very deserving winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Proud to have known him. Love to Daphne, Richard, Victoria, Nicholas and Sarah.
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Watch my in depth interview with @NicolaSturgeon on COVID, independence, drug deaths, Alex Salmond and more. EXCLUSIVE: Nicola Sturgeon says it's time to get serious about Scottish independence… via @thecourieruk.
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Fife gran harmed by Eljamel claims Humza Yousaf visited her at home ‘to make himself look better'… via @thecourieruk.
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This short film by @karengillan is very good.
I wrote and directed a short film called Conventional. You can watch it here now! http://t.co/GMZPgedp3R.
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Heads really should roll for this.
Universities Scotland issue an "explanation" of their restrictions over the weekend and begin by stating "It was a request, not a ban. It was never a ban.". In their original press release last week: "Breaches will not be tolerated".
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Some Question Time booker has a lot to answer for.
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Independence activists that successfully applied for Covid support grants urged to return cash. Another cracking tale from @C_DHealey via @thecourieruk.
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A very special edition of The Courier tomorrow. As coronavirus continues to put extraordinary strain on the health service we say thank you to the NHS and all key workers. Thank you! 👏👏👏
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The architects of the Scottish Parliament would be horrified at the prospect of Nicola Sturgeon remaining as first minister if she is found to have broken the ministerial code. Thoughtful piece from @DavidWhitton22 . via @thecourieruk.
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Sturgeon leads tributes to Stone of Destiny raider Ian Hamilton, who has died aged 97… via @thecourieruk.
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Great scoop by @CalumRoss23 . EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Government waited 10 months to switch Baby Box thermometer after official safety advice… via @thecourieruk.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senior Tory councillor unmasked as man behind anti-SNP troll account… .Great work from @C_DHealey .via @thecourieruk.
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Due to the First Minister’s statement on her referendum bill the debate tonight on Scotland’s drug deaths has been postponed.
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Wednesday's Courier leads on Scotland's national shame and the Public Health minister who represents the drug death capital of Europe.
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A very special edition of The Courier tomorrow celebrating our Olympic champions. Read more here:.
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The Courier family has suffered a devastating blow with the loss of our outstanding colleague Chris Ferguson. What an immense privilege it was to know, work and learn from him. Courier obituary writer Chris Ferguson dictates one final tribute. his own…
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What a humiliating shambles this has been from start to finish. Census legal threat chaos as low prosecution rate revealed… via @thecourieruk.
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Just updating The Courier’s house style to reflect the fact the Scottish Government’s Director-General for Strategy and External Affairs is formally known as Ken “Plausible Deniability” Thomson.
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I’m not sure that “Of course he lied and tried not to pay the money back but he’s a good guy” is a line I would want to run.
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Pics or it didnt . oh.
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson accused of personally breaking Covid laws by hosting a Christmas quiz in No10 last year - and we've got pictures 👀.
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Given the slower exit from lockdown, no push to return to the office, "elimination strategy" etc are there any theories as to why Scotland has the highest R number in the UK? Earlier school return?.
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'Litany of failures': Nicola Sturgeon criticised for ''lack of real answers' over Alex Salmond… via @thecourieruk.
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Okay what’s the predictions for tonight’s revelations? . I’m going for spin the bottle, in the cabinet room, accompanied by a live mariachi band.
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Strange. Because Courier editor David Clegg has known for at least a decade.
Ex-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger claims ignorance of Roy Greenslade’s IRA support.
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Imagine if he'd been in charge.
“This is the most serious epidemic since the end of WWI. You can use the police to enforce emergency measures, and call out the military to support.”. Rory Stewart says the government has responded too slowly to coronavirus, and that tough measures need to be taken now.
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.@piersmorgan may be of interest.
The Courier is looking for experienced reporters to join our live news team. It’s a great opportunity to join a modern newsroom covering Tayside and Fife and further afield. Full time roles and casual shifts are available. Email or DM me for more details.
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