Rachel Amery
@therachelamery
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@TheScotsman & @scotonsunday political correspondent & The Steamie morning politics newsletter author. Email: rachel.amery @nationalworld .com Views are my own.
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Hi - Rachel Amery from
@TheScotsman
here.
Unfortunately I've been locked out of my account
@RachelAmery
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@Support
has been no help whatsoever, so I've been forced to set up a brand new account. Please share far & wide & give my new account a follow!
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Only discovered today that my office has a balcony with the most amazing view of Princes Street 😍
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Today marks one year for me at
@TheScotsman
- it has been an incredible year, and who would have thought I'd be onto my second First Minister after only 12 months?
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As John Swinney faces his first
#FMQs
,
@IanMurrayMP
is handing own his own version of "John Swinney's CV" to journalists sitting in the House of Commons press gallery.
@TheScotsman
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Prime Minister
@Keir_Starmer
& Scottish Labour leader
@AnasSarwar
speak in Edinburgh, with the castle as the backdrop.
More on this to come in
@TheScotsman
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@AlbaParty
is planning to introduce a new bill which they hope will lead to
#IndyRef2
on 19th September 2024.
I'm at the press conference to bring you all the latest for
@TheScotsman
.
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Personally I think I make a great cover star 😂 was not expecting to see this on the front of today's
@TheScotsman
.
@alistairkgrant
@AlastairDalton
@CalumRoss23
@katharine_hay
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The
@scottishgreens
have now lodged a parliamentary motion to ensure the Scottish Government is not seeking closer ties with the government of Israel
@TheScotsman
👇
John Mason MSP has this morning refused to apologise for his "deeply offensive & hugely inaccurate" comments about the ongoing war in Gaza.
He had the SNP whip removed over the weekend after claiming Israel isn't committing genocide in Gaza.
@TheScotsman
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Living my best childless cat lady Friday night life watching the Olympics opening ceremony and drinking gin 🇫🇷
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"Scotland has the chance to be on the right side of history".
I've been speaking to a prostitution survivor who is helping the campaign to overhaul the laws in Scotland so men are criminalised for buying sex
@TheScotsman
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A sight you don't see every day - the SNP and Conservative candidates for Perth and Kinross-shire
@PeteWishart
&
@LukeGrahamUK
speaking to former prime minister
@theresa_may
while out campaigning.
More on Theresa May's visit to Perth to come in
@TheScotsman
👇
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Harry Potter author
@jk_rowling
says she regrets not speaking out sooner on trans issues.
In a new essay she has penned, she said trans issues are “the greatest assault of my lifetime” on women’s rights.
@TheScotsman
👇
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First time I have seen this - train announcements in British sign language at Edinburgh Waverley
@ScotRail
👇
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Some great images coming from
@PA
this morning as John Swinney is officially sworn in as First Minister at the Court of Session.
@TheScotsman
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The girls are taking over the Holyrood print corridor and I am so here for it. 😍
🚨Today is my last day at PA after a great two years.
I'm very excited for the new challenge as I join the Herald's politics team from next week. 🤙🏼
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@AshReganALBA
says the referendum question will be "should the Scottish Parliament have the power to negotiate and legislate for Scottish independence?".
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Big crowd outside
@ScotParl
to protrst against "savage cuts" to Scottish Fire and Rescue Service 👇
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I got my braces off! 👄
Just back from Perth Orthodontics and already loving my new smile.
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Here's a picture of my cat Luna to brighten up your Thursday morning 😻
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In Glasgow today for work instead of Edinburgh.
Despite being 10 miles further from home, train journey was 40 minutes shorter, cost less money, had 10 less stops & more space in the carriages.
The train line between Perth & Edinburgh is an absolute joke.
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The
@scottishgreens
are out campaigning at Queen Elizabeth House (the UK Gov's HQ in Edinburgh) this morning.
They want to see an end to "Tory attacks on devolution" at this election.
@TheScotsman
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@AlexSalmond
says the "political will" to dual the A9 between Perth & Inverness was lost after he left government in 2014.
He will be back in
@ScotParl
this morning to give evidence on the A9 dualling inquiry.
@TheScotsman
👇
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Getting ready to do the Sunday paper review on The Sunday Show
@BBCRadioScot
with
@peatworrier
and
@talatyaqoob
and
@Fionasstalker
in about half an hour. 🗞
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It was great to have
@LeonieMacLeod_
in Holyrood yesterday to see how political journalism works 😁
Yesterday was a tumultuous day at the Scottish Parliament but was the perfect day to be on work experience!
I shadowed
@therachelamery
for the day, witnessing FMQ’s, broadcasts, a press briefing, and meeting the incredible team of political journalists!
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Today marks 25 years of the Scottish Parliament.
And probably the most important statistic of all - the parliament café has sold 570,000 cups of tea and coffee, and 123,360 pieces of shortbread. ☕️
@TheScotsman
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Dr Hilary Cass is currently being questioned by MSPs on her review into trans healthcare for children.
This is ahead of a
@ScotTories
debate tomorrow -
@MGallacherMSP
says the recommendations of the review must be implemented in Scotland.
@TheScotsman
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Spent this morning through in Glasgow discussing the Sunday papers on the radio, and spent this afternoon out on my bike in the sunshine at Loch Leven 🚲
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The Scottish Government's independence papers are costing taxpayers up to £10.85 per download.
@scotlandinunion
says ministers must now justify spending so much money on independence papers that no one is reading.
@TheScotsman
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Should teachers be offered the Covid vaccine? 💉
That's what one retired teacher is asking the gov to consider - alongside calls from
@SalWitcher
to overhaul how the gov deals with airborne infections.
@TheScotsman
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Can't help but have a giggle at
@agcolehamilton
's statement on the Bute House Agreement: “Two clowns have left the clown car, but the circus continues.
“We don’t just need an end to the Bute House Agreement, we need an end to this entire government.”
@TheScotsman
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Great to go on BBC Politics Scotland yesterday with
@ginadavidsonlbc
to discuss what happened at
#FMQs
, and the fall out of the chaotic Gaza ceasefire debate in Westminster earlier this week 👇
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I've been speaking to David Kennedy from
@ScotsPolFed
about the riots in Niddrie & elsewhere last night.
He says there were no arrests because there were not enough officers to deal with the unrest.
@TheScotsman
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Out nice and early to vote - make sure you go out to vote before 10pm this evening, and remember to bring your photo ID.
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@tessakhan
says climate campaigners are prepared to take the UK Government to court if they have to.
This comes as approval is granted to develop the Rosebank oilfield off the coast of Shetland
@TheScotsman
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Alex Salmond says he will stand in the Banff and Buchan Coast constituency at the 2026 Holyrood electiom
@TheScotsman
👀
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Look at how good the view from the press seats is at the Perth and Kinross-shire count!
@TheScotsman
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Great to go on
@ScotlandTonight
#scotpanel
last night to discuss the Hate Crime Act and misogyny legislation with John McKay,
@ruth_wishart
&
@akmaciver
👇
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Next up this morning
@agcolehamilton
from
@scotlibdems
is campaigning in Edinburgh.
Their message today is get the sleaze out of Westminster and Holyrood.
@TheScotsman
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Amazing to watch the massed pipe bands at the European Pipe Band championships 🏴
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Counts across the country are about to begin - but one of the most challenging logistically will be Orkney and Shetland.
Take a look at the 180-mile journey over two ferries, a flight and car journey the boxes from Unst need to take tonight
@TheScotsman
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I've been speaking to Ruth Maguire MSP for
#TheSteamie
politics podcast about prostitution legislation in Scotland.
She says it needs to be overhauled if Scotland is to achieve true gender equality.
@TheScotsman
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@AshReganALBA
@AlbaParty
has launched a motion of no confidence in Green minister Patrick Harvie.
Ms Regan says a vote needs to be held into his future for "siding with ideology over evidence" on the Cass review.
@TheScotsman
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Great to have gone on the
@HolyroodSources
podcast yesterday to discuss Humza Yousaf's programme for government with
@CalumAM
@akmaciver
@louisewilso
and
@lucyidunn
. 🎧
Take a listen 👇
🆕Our instant reaction to the First Minister's Programme for Government is here!
Joining
@CalumAM
and
@akmaciver
-
@therachelamery
,
@louisewilso
and
@lucyidunn
to discuss what the FM has announced.
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Looking forward to doing the Sunday paper review on The Sunday Show
@BBCRadioScot
with
@LadyCatHT
&
@stvbernardp
in about an hour 🗞
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Great to be on
@ScotlandTonight
to discuss the new Scottish cabinet 👇
On
#scotnight
🔷 John Swinney unveils his new Cabinet;
@therachelamery
,
@geoffaberdein
&
@EddieBarnes23
provide analysis
🔷 Fresh from his Hydro heroics, man of the moment
@thedelbertgradyband
, Daniel Rooney, joins us in studio with
@TheRossKing
from Las Vegas
STV at 10:40pm
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Its 10 years since the opening ceremony of the
@Glasgow2014
Commonwealth Games - which also means its 10 years since the best week of my life working in the athletics press gallery. 😍
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Last night I managed to build an
@IKEAUK
bookcase without crying 📚
2024 is off to a good start.
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I'm in Dundee this morning for the launch of the Alba Party manifesto.
More on this to come from
@TheScotsman
.
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Looking forward to what will be a really interesting discussion on
#BBCSundayShow
tomorrow morning!
We’ve a bumper
#BBCSundayShow
lineup tomorrow…
@JohnSwinney
@AndrewBowie_MP
@AnasSarwar
@Ivan_McKee
@DLidington
@therachelamery
@KNBeattie
@HRwritesnews
@ailsa_henderson
@StephenNoon
@colliermedia
BBC One Scotland &
@BBCRadioScot
10am w/
@mmgeissler
@Fionasstalker
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Had a great weekend in Glasgow -
@GlasgowsPride
, seeing
@BigAngieBalls
stand up, dinner and overnight stay at The Social Hub, reviewing the Sunday papers on
@BBCRadioScot
& coffee & cake in Shawlands with my sister-in-law.
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Working in
@TheScotsman
Princes Street office today for a change, which means I get to see gorgeous views of
@edinburghcastle
on my way into work 😍
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#TheSteamie
politics podcast from
@TheScotsman
has been nominated twice at The 2024 Publisher Podcast Awards!
It is up for best political podcast & best local & community podcast 🥳
🎧Take a listen to our past episodes here:
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Its 10pm which means the polls in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election are now closed.
I'm at the count in Hamilton to bring you the latest news for
@TheScotsman
.
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A top doctor from
@BMAScotland
is warning the NHS may not make it to its 100th birthday.
Dr Iain Kennedy is calling for a national conversation to be held on how to tackle the mounting problems for the NHS.
@TheScotsman
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Did you know there are dozens of small parties standing for election in Scotland on July 4? 🗳️
I've taken a look at some of them in
@TheScotsman
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Have you noticed an increase in abuse towards holiday let owners?
I've been speaking to
@FionaCampbell74
@ASSCnews
after one short-term let owner in Edinburgh was left a death threat on her new licence
@TheScotsman
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Screaming, crying, throwing up.
We are thrilled to announce the adult sequel to the beloved Girls quartet, Think Again, is coming this September! 🎉
Revisit Ellie, Magda and Nadine, now aged 40, and see how their lives have changed... ✨
Pre-order your copy here:
@TransworldBooks
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Folk are probably fed up of me banging on about this, but the train from Perth to Edinburgh is around 1 hour 45 minutes. To drive to the edge of Edinburgh from Perth, it takes 45 minutes.
Make it make sense. 👇
🔵 Speed up Scottish rail routes so trains take no longer than cars – Reform Scotland |
@AlastairDalton
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@alisonthewliss
says UK Labour's alternative to Rwanda immigration plans are "inhumane and immoral".
She is also calling for migration to be devolved to Holyrood so Scotland can decide its own immigration policies.
@TheScotsman
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Council leaders &
@COSLA
have criticised the FM's announcement to freeze council tax without informing them first.
DFM Shona Robison has now defended the "last minute" decision.
@TheScotsman
👇
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Looking forward to doing the paper review with
@shonacraven
&
@Fionasstalker
on The Sunday Show on
@BBCRadioScot
in half an hour 🎧
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Scots are travelling thousands of miles to India for check-ups, skipping meals to pay dental bills & ordering DIY dentistry kits off of Amazon because NHS dentist waiting lists in Scotland are so long
@TheScotsman
@scotlibdems
👇
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Spent the evening cuddling and playing with farm animals at
@FarmStopABZ
- turns out a goat can do wonders for your back. 🐐
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This. This is what we need.
Hear me out, but what if the election results were announced in a Eurovision style?
"Good evening Clive and Laura! Thank you for a wonderful show! The parliamentary seat for the constituency of _______ goes to..." 😂
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For the past few weeks I've been working on a series on prostitution legislation in Scotland - and I'm so pleased to see the first of these in
@TheScotsman
today.
I spoke to
@SISTERTeenybash
about why she wants to see the law overhauled. 👇
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I was a part of this scheme last year and learned so much from both
@WIJ_Scotland
and my mentor
@KathrynSamsonC4
- would definitely recommend applying, there are some brilliant women here you can learn from. 👇
📣MENTORING SCHEME OPEN! 📣
Today we launch the 2024
@WIJ_Scotland
mentoring scheme, Thinking about applying? Listen to the amazing mentee
@JuliaBryce92
and mentor
@STVLaura
on why you should!👇
Read our blogpost for the full list and how to apply:
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First time doing Faskally Forest Parkrun. 🌳
Surely the prettiest and most difficult
@parkrun
in the world.
@parkrunUK
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“I wish the UK Government cared as much about children dying as they did about cargo.”
@HumzaYousaf
says the UK Parliament must be recalled over the air strikes on Houthi facilities in Yemen overnight.
@TheScotsman
👇
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Spent my day off running at Loch Leven - trying to start 2024 on the right foot 🏃♀️
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PM Rishi Sunak has refused to apologise to SNP MP Stephen Flynn - he wanted an apology after the PM compared Scottish independence supporters to North Korea, Iran and Russia.
#PMQs
@TheScotsman
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Those campaigning for a public inquiry into Professor Eljamel are holding a graphic demonstration outside
@ScotParl
- more to come in
@TheScotsman
👇
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Had a great time discussing the Scottish Conservative Party conference on
@HolyroodSources
this weekend - take a listen 👇
🆕 BIG episode from Scottish Conservative party conference... 🎧
▶️ The Leader:
@Douglas4Moray
on distinguishing
@ScotTories
from
@Conservatives
;
▶️ The Secretary of State:
@ClaireCoutinho
with her pitch for the energy sector;
▶️ The Minister:
@AndrewBowie_MP
on nuclear energy
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One of my goals for this summer was to cycle from Dunkeld to Perth 🚴♀️
Sunny day outside so I took the train through to Dunkeld and cycled home on the NCN77. 😁
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Today is the first day of
@TheScotsman
's new-look morning politics newsletter, and it leads with the upcoming programme for government.
Get yourself signed up to it so you can read it over your breakfast each weekday morning
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I can confirm
@TherealNihal
that I'm okay and got out of the studio okay 😂
Thanks for having me on
@bbc5live
- certainly wasn't expecting the fire alarm to go off in the middle of the broadcast. 🔥
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You can listen or you can watch our latest episode of
#TheSteamie
politics podcast from
@TheScotsman
where we discuss the SNP leadership battle.
And I look very deep in pensive thought here, so you know it must be good 👇
🚨 A special ‘SNP leadership’ edition of The Steamie is out now — in video form!
Recorded this afternoon during another busy day in the Scottish Parliament.
Pls watch before the tidal wave of political news sweeps it away forever.
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I'm at the Royal Highland Show this morning where the
@ScotTories
are launching their rural manifesto.
More on this to come in
@TheScotsman
👇
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@RozFoyer
warns councils "stand on the brink of collapse" and says council workers will not be able to bear any more funding cuts.
She told the
@ScottishTUC
more needs to be done to protect public services.
@TheScotsman
👇
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I bought a bike! 🚴♀️
I've not had a bike since I was about 13, but my friend took me out in hers a couple of weekends ago. I loved it and wanted to get one of my own. 😍
@PerthBikeStn
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Thank you so much to all the women who helped me with this series -
@SISTERTeenybash
@miadefaoite
@RuhamaAgency
@ScotlandModel
.
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I've spent the past couple of weeks reading some YA fantasy and I've loved it - where were these books when I was a teenager?! 🧚♂️
#books
#BookTwitter
#bookreviews
#bookworms
#book
#booksworthreading
@CPKLibraries
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Looking forward to doing the Sunday paper review on
#BBCSundayShow
on
@BBCRadioScot
with
@HRwritesnews
,
@KNBeattie
&
@Fionasstalker
in about half an hour 🗞
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For the past few weeks I've been writing a series of articles on prostitution legislation in Scotland for
@TheScotsman
.
Prostitution survivor
@SISTERTeenybash
says the "For Sale" sign needs taken off women's bodies to achieve gender equality 👇
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A new poll suggests the majority of Scots oppose the Scottish Government's plans to overhaul prostitution laws.
@NationalUglyMug
says the SNP government should drop its "extremist" plans - but the gov says it won't back down on its stance.
@TheScotsman
👇
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Looking forward to doing the Sunday paper review on BBC Sunday Show on
@BBCRadioScot
in about half an hour 🗞
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The most important results of the night - what snacks is everyone having at the Perth and Kinross-shire count?
@TheScotsman
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Spending the day at
@StirUni
doing a guest lecture on investigative journalism.
Walking round campus is making me want to be a student again.
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I've been speaking to
@MGallacherMSP
, deputy leader of the
@ScotTories
, about how she got into politics, her mission to improve childcare in Scotland, and her hopes for her party's future
@TheScotsman
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Deputy First Minister
@_KateForbes
has opened up about her experiences of postnatal depression on a new mental health podcast.
She says she is "astonished" at how little understanding there is of this condition.
@TheScotsman
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@AshReganALBA
gets her photo taken alongside
@KennyMacAskill
&
@JNHanvey
after announcing her defection to
@AlbaParty
@TheScotsman
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