Fiona Harrison
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Why is this person not named. Peter Murrell, Nicola Sturgeon and were named fast enough by the BBC. No charges yet for Peter and Nicola
#bbcpresenter
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@andreajenkyns
You are an MP. The “baying mob” are people protesting against the moral bankruptcy if Johnson. If you don’t like being accountable stand down. Your gesture was completely unacceptable from someone accepting a Cabinet position, But you just showed Johnson’s judgement is flawed…
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This stuff about not revealing identity until people have been charged is just a load of rubbish. The BBC plastered the identity of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell everywhere. Neither has been charged and Police statements did not reveal names.
#BBCBias
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Wow. BBC news just reporting the rubbish strike in Edinburgh.They did the whole report without mentioning that the Council is Labour/Tory run now! Feels like they are trying to imply it’s the SNP fault when it is not. The fact the offer is as high as 5% is also down to the SNP/
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Why on earth is London based Spectator journalist Fraser Nelson on
#bbcqt
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#ScottishIndependence
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The Attorney General must be neutral and uphold the law. She should step down now
It is impossible to see how Braverman can continue as Attorney General following the expression of this view.
She must now be removed, if she will not resign.
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#skypapers
you have a commentator saying English pay for Scottish services. Not true. Scotland pays far more into the exchequer than we get back and has done for decades. No challenge by
@SkyNews
. We supply 90% of England’s gas, huge renewables, and oil plus a trading surplus.
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London 20C . Edinburgh 15C. Aviemore 12C. How is it fair Scotland has higher charges for power when we produce most of it and it’s so much colder here?
#ScottishIndependence
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Wait a minute
@skyNews
you just let Harry Cole say minimum pricing in alcohol has been a disaster in Scotland without challenge and without evidence. No it hasn’t. It’s saved many lives. Challenge him.
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@Peston
@KwasiKwarteng
@YouGov
@thetimes
@trussliz
Unforced error? They literally met with hedge funds who then shorted the £. It’s a criminal cabal. Brexit is part of the same. They should be prosecuted. And the media has largely played along with the worst of it.
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I find
@bbclaurak
interviewing of Nicola Sturgeon to be quite aggressive and unfair. She accuses, then interrupts. She seems to know nothing about devolution, namely we don’t have most fiscal powers and have to live within budgets set by Westminster - which have been cut!
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My daughter wrote to the Queen during indyref about the unfair treatment of Scotland. She was still at school. She got a letter back saying thank you etc but the Queen never gets involved in politics. Now we know the Queen or her staff lied to my daughter.
#abolishthemonarchy
"Just a raising of the eyebrow even you know, a quarter of an inch, we thought would make a difference"
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I wish we had more MPs in all parties like Stephen Flynn. And he does speaks brilliantly for Scotland
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Seven years ago I was devastated that Scotland had voted No. Now, seven years later, Scotland has not wavered in supporting a referendum in the face of the broken promises of an appalling UK govt by voting SNP in ever increasing numbers. Let’s make sure of a strong yes vote.
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The Tories have just appointed the CEO of an American Insurance Company to a post advising him on NHS transformation - doesn't sound good does it?
Do you remember seeing a story in the paper recently about Centene/Operose taking over a large number of GP practices? Well, they’re a US insurance company.
Their CEO was called Samantha Jones. She’s just become an expert advisor to Boris Johnson about NHS transformation 🚨
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@KateEMcCann
@OwenJones84
@BBCWorldatOne
Cressida Dick has to resign. Women can’t have trust in a culture she has led when she dodges accountability. There is also not one inquiry into govt wrongdoing that has seen the light of day. Also don’t like the fact she has an honour in that position.
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@IrvineWelsh
There was a jury of mainly women ..... you should not cast doubt on their verdict.
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When is an Opposition day not an Opposition day? When it’s the SNP’s and
@CommonsSpeaker
is in the Chair gazumping SNP motion with Labour AND govt amendments. Then Labour attacks SNP for petty politics.?What a farce!
#GazaCeasefire
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@George_Osborne
However proroguing parliament, procuring Brexit, banning protest, diminishing human rights and the Immigration Bill possibly is ...
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@implausibleblog
He said a lot of derogatory stuff about the SNP/Scots. From my perspective it shows the UK govt did not act in good faith, or in partnership, and simply underlines the need for Scottish Independence. Truly despicable. I notice he's eradicated any sign he is Scots himself.
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@HMRCgovuk
Oh how I wish you’d direct this to Tory donors and off shore accounts and news editors and non doms. Not to mention companies such as Shell that pay little tax here but benefit from our services. But no. Always after the little people.
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@Nicky_stickers
@JolyonMaugham
Crime Bill is happening tomorrow which allows Patel to criminalise protests. Must be stopped. Complain to your MPs today.
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Very disappointing that
@skynews
cut off the Scots First Minister's broadcast about Corona virus. They wouldn't do that to the Johnson. We need broadcasting fully devolved. The current situation is not serving Scotland well in a crisis where Scots need to hear Scottish guidance.
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@AngelaW70903357
@mckinlay_liz
The IEA should not be given a platform anywhere without exposing who funds them. They also should not have charitable status imo
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@KemiBadenoch
Not good enough. He should be stripped of govt contracts and not allowed on future tender lists. If competition is even a thing anymore - instead of just Tory cronies
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This seems to be very unusual. They don't tweet every time someone is arrested - then tell everyone not to talk about it....Also, why did the Times do a profile of Colin Beattie just after midnight before this news was tweeted out? Prior warning? Seems odd.
A 71-year-old man has today, Tuesday, 18 April 2023, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.
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On the eighth anniversary of the referendum it’s clear we are far worse off for staying in this disastrous union.
#BetterTogetherLied
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@Nanaakua1
@carolvorders
Actually shouldn't the BBC be asking questions and holding the Government to account?? Or is it not journalism they do anymore - just propaganda?
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@CamillaTominey
No. It isn’t. They tried to undermine Parliament and democracy. They should be chucked out. All of them.
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@Peston
This is pure mismanagement by the Tories . Any announcement should have been made to Parliament first with no speculation in the meantime . What a shambles of a comms strategy not to mention contempt for Parliament.
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Sorry the Queen died, but the media are in overdrive on a massive PR campaign for the monarchy and attempting to stifle any debate on whether it’s fit for purpose. Charles is immediately King and Camilla Queen consort despite the fact we were promised she would never be a Queen.
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Johnson is lying on
@Skynews
about scots being told the Scottish ref was a once a generation thing. Salmond speculated in a throw away comment in an interview. That does not bind the Scots. It want in the Edinburgh agrt. On that measure Johnson should be dead in a ditch by now
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The most amazing hatchet job on Nicola Sturgeon by
@SkyNews
. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Looking more and more like a unionist stitch up being dripped to take the heat off the Tories and to try to destroy the SNP. No charges v anyone so far.
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@ProfBrianCox
The people who advocated Brexit did not do so for Britain but for personal gain imo - eg avoiding tax directive, because they were Murdoch’s men, dereg of business (grateful donors) career advancement , prospects of channeling taxpayer funds to cronies and kick backs etc.
#Brexit
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@JoePorterUK
@RSPBEngland
Rich coming from a Tory whose party has done nothing but divide people for 13 years.
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Just watching
@SkyNews
interview Cole Hamilton crying crocodile tears about the women in the Salmond Inquiry. This inquiry is not about the women. They had their day in court and Salmond was found innocent. The Inquiry is about the handing of the complaints. He wasn't challenged
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@apnoeaboy
I think the censorship of what is going on in hospitals needs to be broken. There is something very amiss going in with the anti Covid campaigners. It’s organised. Are they trying to crash the NHS? Who’s funding them?
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@MDSinnerman
@PolitlcsUK
@Independent
That is the whole point of belonging to the EU single market! It’s the EU that negotiates trade - not individual countries. Makes me angry that Brexiteers didn’t do the basic research so they understood what they were voting for.
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@JakeBerry
Stop it. Waging a war on the civil service that can’t speak for themselves is really low. They serve the Crown and the people - not just the Tories and they seem to be the only thing preventing more criminality by your party right now.
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@ScotNational
Now we have the Speaker attacking the SNP on behalf of the Tories instead of holding Nadine Dories to account for her lies to parliament about Channel 4. Get Scotland out of this corrupt Parliament. Wrong priorities from a weak speaker imo.
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@trussliz
as Rory Smith said Tory handling of the pandemic has led to one of the highest death tolls and greatest economic damage in the developed world. So we were starting from a low low base. Even so seems our growth is really 5th out of 7. France is at the top. It’s in the EU
Foreign Secretary
@trussliz
says the PM
“is doing an excellent job & has her 100% support” citing one of the reasons as “We’ve got one of the fastest growing economies in the G7”
She forgets to mention UK’s growth actually places it fifth amongst G7 in latest quarterly data
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@beatraxa
@MrsTheOldDays
@Peston
Agree. Johnson should stop being treated as a legitimate PM by the press. He broken the law and is moving further away from democracy and accountability every day.
#JohnsonOut12
#JohnsonOut
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@Peston
@annietrev
@NimkoAli
@carrielbjohnson
@BorisJohnson
Childcare is for childcare only. Not socialising. It was also a holiday. They didn’t need childcare. No one has childcare on Xmas day - which is for spending time and giving presents to your children……quite ridiculous and they are taking us for fools imo.
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England can’t afford for Scotland and Wales to be independent can they? Resources is what this is really about. Don’t let anyone tell you Scotland can’t be independent. It’s the other way round.
@johnredwood
According to National Grid it would seem it's Scotland and Wales you'll be relying on.
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@DavidGHFrost
@Telegraph
You have this fundamentally wrong. The independence movement is much wider than the SNP and you cannot defeat us. Democracy must prevail
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@wheat_daddy
I do feel for you. However I'm still upset that the majority of farmers voted leave and support the Tories. What were they thinking? Even if the lies had been true, it was selfish to wreck young people's future and leave them w/o EU citizenship and FoM.
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@LOS_Fisher
This seems pretty off for a“Defence source” to say this or for you to repeat it without any proof whatsoever. Name them. Wallace’s remarks about Pen Farthing have been similarly completely unsavoury. I don’t blame Pen Farthing for trying to save his animals and people at all.
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So they were shorting the. Pound after meeting with Truss and Kwarteng?. Isn’t that insider trading and illegal? In fact isn’t it treasonous?
#ShortingThePound
Truss/Kwarteng lifted the cap on bankers' bonus.
Few days earlier they met hedge-fund managers "and every one of them was shorting the pound".
It crashed after the budget. They made millions without producing anything, will collect big bonus & tax cuts.
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@dave43law
@DuncanWeldon
It’s deliberate. They sacked the Perm Sec. They called it a mini budget to avoid the OBR report. The OBR bust a gut and gave a report anyway and Kami Kwasi refused to publish it. All done to get their own way for which they have no mandate. Perverse or corrupt?
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Fascinating as BBC tries to rubbish Scotland.
This is incredible. These are currently the top story headlines from BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. The Scottish and Welsh Govts have made *exactly the same decision* not to follow the UK Govt. The Scottish Govt is portrayed negatively. The Welsh Govt is portrayed positively.
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@gavinesler
Its heartbreaking. I live in Scotland where we are still have a tolerant, competent and decent society and Government which is steadily being dragged down by England. Its awful. I'm afraid that the press has much to answer for in bringing this all about.
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@devisridhar
At the end of the day this is at Cummings and Johnson's door. They took way too narrow scientific advice and didn't look at the lessons from other countries plus ignore WHO advice. Ministers will have agreed the people sitting on SAGE. Their fault.
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@mikegalsworthy
I wrote to Tory list MPs and received two identical replies saying my “personal opinion is....”😟
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Thank goodness one journalist is holding the Govt to account.
#adil
#JohnsonVariant
Adil Ray - You are trying to find excuses to try & justify the government making a catastrophic error with India, rather than accept you made a mistake...
#GMB
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@HMRCgovuk
So the Zahawi story has emerged where the actual former Chancellor threatened people not to pursue his tax affairs as he’d paid his tax in full. But he was lying. So why isn’t he being prosecuted ?
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forcing it through Cosla. The Tories and Labour voted to restrict LA workers rises to 3.5%. Anyone would think they are almost trying to sabotage the SNP rather than look after workers. Politics of grievance unionist style ?
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@angiestephens
@AdamBienkov
Yes. Now we need some good journalists to dig on those and he’s finished . He denied 13 Nov on record today when the alleged party was in his flat. Start with that.
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@SpillerOfTea
When people had children they didn’t anticipate Trussenomics, Brexit disaster, the ridiculous cost of energy, childcare, transport and cost of living generally. Society needs children. They are the country’s hope and wealth of the future. Things go wrong - in the UK the Tories!
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@DavidGHFrost
It’s terrible. I and my children are no longer European citizens and our world and opportunities are immeasurably reduced as a result. Scotland didn’t vote for this and I hope we become an independent country asap and take our place in Europe again.
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The BBC giving people like Guto Harri a platform is the reason this country is in the mess it is. He should not be allowed a platform to trash our democratic institutions and checks and balances as he is doing with the Privileges Committee .
#bbcqt
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@Jonathan_K_Cook
I don’t really get it. What is the hold that Israel has over Western Governments?
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@redditchrachel
@edugame
Nope. You have been in power for 13 years and have not met the need for housing, affordable power, food or good public services. Move over for someone else. Looking forward to all those corrupt Tory covid contracts being investigated.
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@AndrewBowie_MP
Nothing for Scotlands renewables or Grangemouth. Terrible Scottish budget cut . Tiny Barnet consequentials when we send far more to Westminster. Nothing for the poorest . Independence is essential
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Dominic Cummings making the same point as
@devisridhar
One of the biggest misunderstandings, spread by political pundits even now, is the ‘tradeoff’ argument. Fact: evidence clear that fast hard effective action best policy for economy AND for reducing deaths/suffering
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@Peston
Tory members shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near this. Appalling judgement. Appalling Govt.
#GeneralElectionNow
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@NileGardiner
No. She wrecked pensions and cost us ordinary people a fortune in high interest rates
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@BethRigby
Probably because you asked him a difficult question last time (well done by the way)
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@andrew_lilico
Why not? Sounds like an anti democratic dictatorship. The English football team should be selected on football skills - not political affiliation or beliefs. Also, they are correct on the Home Secretary imo. She should go.
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Camilla Parker Bowles should not be Queen imo. We were promised that would never happen. Her role over decades with Diana, Clarkson etc, Harry and Meghan seems nasty and destructive
#CamillaParkerBowles
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@medievaltrees
Why? You live in England. Scots rioted against the Union when formed. It was not a democratic decision. Still the same today.
#ScottishIndeoendence
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@jeremycorbyn
You've gone down a lot in my estimation because of your antidemocratic approach to Scotland. Scots have already voted for a 2nd ref.
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@OliverNorgrove
Interesting thread but I find it depressing that you voted leave without thinking this all through. As a remainer this was foreseeable.
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@ScotNational
I think the U.K. civil service belongs to Scots too. So colonial Jack is wrong. I think the more the Tories do this the more it makes the case that Scotland IS a colony. So perhaps we follow the international legal route followed by decolonisation. Without England’s agreement.
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@Uzairmughall
@broseph_stalin
They were tied together. How could they be weapons ?
@RSPCA_official
please investigate this. Make a complaint
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@PippaCrerar
Enough is enough. General election now. Never has a govt so ruined the country as the last 12 years of the Tories pandering to the ERG. We can’t afford them anymore. Get them out.
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@changu311
@RishiSunak
Enough defending what Israel is doing under the smokescreen of anti semitism. A ceasefire is needed.
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@campbellclaret
@theresa_may
Would imagine the next PM will want to redo it all again. Who would want gold wallpaper? Not me. From now on I don’t think people should be allowed to redecorate themselves. Cabinet Office should do it.
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@mikegalsworthy
@BBCNews
Can you imagine how we have felt about the BBC in Scotland the last ten years? We have endless massive independence marches. Never covered.
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@metpoliceuk
Not good enough. You can’t arrest people and hold them for hours because it’s politically inconvenient or embarrassing, The fact you let them go after no charge just shows you knew they didn’t break the law.
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@PoliticsJOE_UK
The Royals have lied again haven’t they? First they said Camilla would never be Queen - now she is. Then they said Andrew was barred from public life and now here he is. They clearly never meant it. Just kicking stuff down line.
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@GeorgeMonbiot
@BBCNews
@GoodLawProject
@openDemocracy
@BylineTimes
@guardian
It isn’t media indifference. It’s overwhelmingly right wing media protecting their chosen party. It’s time the press were regulated and offshore owners banned.
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@DavidMundellDCT
the 1 tory MP in Scotland tries to stand in the way of the democratically elected Scottish Parliament's will.
#ScotRef
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So English providers of PPE will not supply Scotland but will only supply England. We need to know if this is at the instruction of Matt Hancock.
It will really be interesting to see how the media in Scotland react to it. Will they become our 4th Estate at last or remain a 5th Column? Surely premeditated deaths of fellow Scots by our English neighbours will push even some of them over the edge.
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Labour were in power in Scotland for decades at national and local level and did very little with it, particularly to improve poverty in Glasgow. However it hid the McCrone report on Scotland's oil from Scots. Its about Labour needing Scottish seats to get them into power imo.
If
@Keir_Starmer
is so keen on devolution why is he so sanguine about those aspects of the
#internalmarketbill
that ride roughshod over it?
As ever, Labour will say literally anything to keep Scotland in the Union. It is in fact their only purpose in Scotland.
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@TartanTory
@LongsightedOwl
@BBC
I can’t think of a party that’s held to account more than the SNP, while the Tories and Labour support the damage to Scotland through 12 years of Tory Govt
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@GoodLawProject
Beginning to think the judiciary is no longer independent. The Scotland case, Rwanda and this seem pretty fishy to me.
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@PippaCrerar
Saw that - then he tried to retract. Has he got an earpiece? I’ve never seen so many “dog ate my homework” excuses
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@campbellclaret
I really hope so. There need to be proper investigations and prosecutions not least into the Brexit referendum and Covid fraud. The question is will it ever come out?
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@Kevin_Maguire
@NicolaSturgeon
Typical. I wouldn't call it a downfall. Its a resignation at a time of her own choosing while the SNP is on course to win the next election. Unforced and surprising. I think it might be the thing that actually brings us independence. Personally it makes me more determined. 🏴
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@SamCoatesSky
Not much point in self isolating if my husband is forced to go to work with 50 other people in a non essential manufacturing plant. Maddening and a risk to him and our family.
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@kateferguson4
Its not "Nicola Sturgeon's
#indyref2
threat" its the Scottish people's desire to decide their future. Its the people that vote in the SNP - not Nicola Sturgeon
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I’ve never known such a frenzy over a unnamed person. Are they distracting us from eg Johnson not having handed over his phone?
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@NileGardiner
Caused huge damage to British industry, working communities and public services through privatisation. We are now suffering some of the worst corporate services at the highest prices. One decent thing she did was take us into the single market.
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