Nicola Sturgeon congratulates England’s women’s football team. A day later, Liz Truss says Nicola Sturgeon, the democratically elected First Minister of Scotland, should be ignored. Which one is the respectful and diplomatic stateswoman? 🤷♂️
#indyref2
#indyref2023
#SNP
March 13, 1996 will be etched in my memory until the day I die. I never had a more difficult, heartbreaking and traumatising story to cover in all my years in journalism. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families.🙏
Scotland is literally keeping England’s lights and heating on. Some of us have been saying this about Scotland’s natural resources for decades. Yet still about 50% of Scots don’t believe in their country being independent. Quite astonishing.
#SNP
#indyref2
#Scotland
Please watch this video and retweet to hell.
Scotlands energy resources being siphoned off once again for benefit of country next door while we pay the most for transmission charges.
It’s bloody scandalous!
Landmark moment today when my 18-yr-old son received his 1st ever polling card for Scottish election. He estimates 75% of his peers will vote
#SNP
and Yes at
#indyref2
. “Get independence first, then elect our new Government after that”, he says.
#BothVotesSNP
. That’s my boy!
Wonder how many people are, like me, becoming more & more disgusted at the appalling & mysoginistic “nippy sweetie”-type attacks on
#nicolasturgeon
, Scotland’s democratically elected FM making very tough decisions as she leads us through an unprecedented life & death crisis?
I will give up my lifelong desire for Scottish independence, & the chance for the nation to fulfil its potential & thrive, because of one
#SNP
MP’s stupid mistake re
#Covid
. Said absolutely no one, ever.
#IndyRef2
How can any Scot who voted for Alister Jack, and his like, sleep with a clear conscience? After today’s Covid enquiry evidence I’m utterly dumbfounded. Shame on him. Shame on them. 🤮
Hey Scottish unionists, here’s global public health expert Prof Devi Sridhar telling C4 News “what Scotland got right” with
#COVID19
compared with UK. Maybe you’ll admit the different approach to
#coronavirus
by
#nicolasturgeon
&
#SNP
wasn’t “playing politics” after all”?
Wow! Richard Leonard getting well and truly telt by Nicola Sturgeon at FMQs. Pass this on to a pensioner in case they missed it.
#indyref2
#SNP
#Brexit
I agree with Nicola Sturgeon that chancellor’s budget was “morally abhorrent” & Scotland shouldn’t follow suit. This is a leader who does all she can to mitigate Tory austerity but must be sick to the back teeth of it. She’s not alone.
#indyref2
#Indyref2023
#SNP
#Budget2023
When the
#SNP
came to power my son was in primary one. My son's just sat his Higher prelims + SNP are still in power. Not many political parties enjoy that sort of approval longevity. SNP do a great job in difficult circumstances. Thank the Lord we have them.
#indyref2
#Brexit
Scotland having the lowest
#Covid
infection rate in the UK, at 1 in 180 people, is something I assume everyone will welcome. Looking forward to hearing Scottish opposition parties putting down their political agendas and just saying: “Well that’s good news. Well done.”🤷♂️
Only now starting recovery from
#Covid
, chest infection/pneumonia & lung infection after 3 weeks of feeling almost comatose. And I’m one of the ‘lucky’ ones. Was swimming 40 lengths 4x a week. Now struggle to walk far.
#Covidiots
are unbelievable. Just
#WearAMask
for God’s sake.
Premier Sports interviewer: “Has this team exceeded your expectations?”
Ange Postecoglu: “They’re nowhere near my expectations.” Boom! Got to love that and the high standards he’s setting.
#Celtic
How tragically ironic it was that the
#Celtic
manager should speak so eloquently, and movingly, about his immigrant parents just as thousands of ‘football fans’ in Glasgow sang about their hatred of Catholics and people of Irish descent in Scotland.
💚Powerful. Emotional. Unmissable.
Ange Postecoglou sits down to give us an in-depth look into his life. From difficult times in Greece to moving to Australia, the
@CelticFC
manager tells us his story.
Most astonishing statistic is one that isn't here. All the other best supported clubs are from Spanish, German or English leagues where populations are between 46m (Spa) to 82m (Ger). Scotland is just 5m.
#Celtic
are a club like no other.
Nicola Sturgeon was statesmanlike in the most trying of circumstances today and it’s reassuring, even heartening, that the Opposition supports her. There is no one I would rather have leading Scotland through the
#coronavirus
crisis.
Gotta laugh at this “
#SNP
don’t speak for Scotland” crap. They’ve more support than all other parties combined. And when they came to power my son was a wee laddie in shorts in P1. He’s now a young man who’s just started uni. And a Yes voter!
#indyref2
#Scotland
#nicolasturgeon
Call me a cynic but could reason
#ResignSturgeon
is trending be linked to the opinion polls & unionist fear?🤔I question public interest in tired 🥱story about a he said/she said spat. Doubt it’ll affect support for
#indyref2
#SNP
&
#NicolaSturgeon
fine handling of
#Covid
crisis.
FM Nicola Sturgeon has more leadership skills, gravitas and integrity in her little finger than new PM Boris Johnson. She makes the key points affecting Scotland with clarity, forcefulness, respect and diplomacy. So glad we have her and the
#SNP
#indyref2
#Brexit
@DeborahMeaden
Just back from Italy and saw no shortage of fruit and veg in Florence, Bologna and elsewhere. Could such shortages here possibly be linked to a Brexit shambles forced on Scotland cos we’re at the mercy of the English electorate unless more of us have the balls to vote for indy?
My wife is a teacher and I'm all for improved pay etc but this march smacks of Lab/union engineered anti-SNP demo. Ironic given Labour backed swingeing Tory/Westminster cuts on Holyrood. Scots need to see thru SLab sophistry.
#SNP
#Indyref2
EIS27Oct
#ValueEducationValueTeachers
You can see the mutual respect, admiration &, yes, affection here between
@SpeakerPelosi
and
@NicolaSturgeon
@
#COP26Glasgow
. Two great leaders. And Johnson said “No Sturgeon and no saltires”in his attempt to subjugate Scotland!😂 Independence is coming!
#IndyRef2
#SNP
Nicola Sturgeon has more professionalism and integrity in her little finger than Dancing Queen PM or any others at Westminster and was honest about shifting
#Brexit
and
#indyref2
dynamics + about challenges such as education. So glad we have her and
#SNP
.
#marr
Scotland is indeed energy rich. But we’re also England’s poodles as long as Scottish Britnats keep us in the UK. These fuel price rises will devastate so many. It doesn’t have to be this way. Sometimes I’m so ashamed of my fellow ‘Scots’.
#ScottishRevolution
#indyref2
#SNP
Let's get
#ScottishRevolution
trending. Let the politicians in London & Edinburgh know that we Scots are angry, very angry & reject the fuel price hikes. Scotland is one of the most energy rich countries in Europe. It's not on!
#ScottishRevolution
#YesScots
But to Scottish unionists Sturgeon calling Johnson a “f…ing clown” & Yousaf admitting to “winging it” prompts faux outrage. Give me a break! Sturgeon didn’t get it all right but she managed Covid better every single day of the pandemic and Yoons hate a ‘Scotland good’ story.
🤷 What has the SNP ever done for us?
Watch our latest party political broadcast to find out and share it with your friends, family and followers.
Read more about the SNP’s record over the last 10 years:
Ange Postecoglu was good but has proved to be another badge-kissing mercenary full of mock sincerity. So thanks, mate, and good luck. But I reserve my real respect for players like McStay, Larsson and currently MacGregor, whose love of the club seemed/seems genuine. We move on.
UK Govt blocking Scottish gender bill is a political move to undermine Scotland’s Parliament & devolution itself. It’s proof, if it were needed, that Scotland is a colony. It’s proof, if it were needed, that Scotland must be independent.
#SNP
#indyref2
An indy Scotland will always be England's neighbour + trading partner, probably always friends + allies. As dear Jo Cox rightly said
#MoreInCommon
. But, after independence, Scotland will control its own destiny like all other nations. What could be more normal?
#snp
#indyref2
Spain, Italy, France, Denmark, Ireland and other countries now tightening measures to curb a
#Covid
resurgence. People attacking
#NicolaSturgeon
for very tough decisions in a life & death crisis should bear that in mind.
If this was Celtic fans throwing glass bottles at opposition players I would absolutely support the club banning the perpetrators for life and fully understand if the authorities punished the club. Surely decent Rangers fans condemn this? And surely the SFA/SPFL must take action?
🚨BREAKING🚨
Celtic have today come out and condemned another incident at Ibrox where this time Matt O’Riley was targeted by a glass bottle.
Club Spokesperson: 'It has been confirmed today that a glass bottle was thrown at Matt at yesterday’s match. The repeated targeting of…
Lots of Scottish opposition claims & unionist press negative headlines about
#Covid
#vaccinations
but Dutch expert on radio yesterday said Scotland had distribution rate Holland “could only dream of”.
#SNP
#indyref2
If the exit poll forecast of 55 seats for the
#SNP
is accurate, the narrative moves on immediately to
#indyref2
next year. No more ‘mandates’ needed. Let’s get indy done.
Douglas Ross accusing the
#SNP
of wasting Scottish taxpayers’ money after Westminster and Tory governments squandered the sort of oil revenues that helped build Norway’s trillion dollar Oil Fund is utterly staggering in its hypocrisy.
#indyref2
#nicolasturgeon
#Scotland
#GERS
#EUElections2019
results so far show England and Wales are saying “goodbye Europe” and Scotland is saying “hello Europe, goodbye England and Wales.”
#SNP
#indyref2
Heard some folk don’t like or trust our FM. Yet reason SNP have been in power 12 years is they run the country best. And their mitigation of Tory austerity has saved so many from poverty. Who would people like or trust more? Leonard? Rennie? Carlaw? Seriously? 🤦♂️
#SNP
#indyref2
Never in Scotland's modern history has one political leader more powerfully articulated the confidence and faith in her nation that so many of us share.
#Sturgeon
#SNP
#indyref2
It's important to stress that, regardless of what happens re
#Brexit
, the case for Scottish indy is overwhelming anyway. The chaos Scotland has been dragged into in itself underlines the democratic deficit and how being England's poodle is deeply unhealthy and harmful.
#indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon and Lorna Slater are the more impressive participants by some distance.
#SNP
and
#Greens
making a good team. They have policies, ambition and the right priorities. The others are full of soundbites, platitudes and SNP-bad nonsense.
#bbcleadersdebate
The Scottish Govt are lifesavers! Unionists said 🏴 should follow what 🇬🇧 Govt does re
#COVID19
but Prof Stephen Reicher tells C4 that if 🏴 had 🏴‘s “strategic clarity” it would avoid the deaths of two plane-loads of people every week. Wow!
#coronavirus
#facemasks
#SNP
#indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon has done everything she could re Brexit in a principled, rational and statesmanlike manner so sadly lacking among her contemporaries at Westminster. The Germans and rest of EU agree. But she’s about to reach the end of the road and time for
#indyref2
.
#Brexit
#SNP
Norway has highest living standards in world due to oil, gas, hydro + seafood. Scotland has all these + more but faces big fall in living standards for decades cos we enable Westminster incompetents to retain control. WAKE UP SCOTLAND!!!
#SNP
#indyref
#bbcsp
Scotland has a FM who’s streets ahead of any other UK party leader, at the top of her game, and inspires confidence and a can-do attitude that can lead us to victory at
#indyref2
and in turn help this great country of ours thrive. We are so lucky to have her and the
#SNP
.
'Be in no doubt - we are winning the case for independence.'
@NicolaSturgeon
tells the
#SNP
conference she believes it's time for Scotland to 'take charge of its own future', and pledges to fight for its independence.
To get live updates, click here:
My 16 year-old son doesn't deserve decades of austerity. His future will be so much brighter in an independent Scotland freed from the shackles of the lost cause that is the UK.
#SNP
#indyref2
Someone gave me this pen & hard hat-shaped pencil sharpener at an
#SNP
stall in Milngavie last year. Fessing up now to clear my conscience, distance myself from any alleged corruption & avoid having a police record for first time since Message in a Bottle 40 yrs ago.
#indyref2
I think more Scots were moving towards independence anyway because of broken promises and lies at
#indyref
and the democratic deficit. Now, as
#Brexit
disaster unfolds, even more are gonna vote Yes at
#indyref2
. Thanks to CNN for their fair coverage.
In Glasgow, Scotland, people are fuming about
#brexit
. The most common words from our interviews- "ignored","independence" and words I shall not type on twitter ;). There's little support for Theresa May's deal and signs of a new problem on the horizon.
The driving force in Brexit is, as Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole says in article about Good Friday Agreement in The Observer today, "a specifically English nationalism for which the rest of the UK is ultimately dispensable."
#Brexit
#SNP
#indyref2
#BBCScotDebate
I suspect the Scottish people are getting a Tory govt on Fri. We will get whatever England votes for as long as we remain in UK. A vote for any party other than the
#SNP
on Thurs is a vote for more of the same. If you vote for a Unionist party you can’t complain.
So Scotland has no legal means to vote on leaving the UK even though the majority of Scots voted for indyref2 parties. Meaning the UK is not a voluntary partnership of equals. Scotland may not be ‘oppressed’ or war-torn, but we sure as hell are a colony.
Off to Celtic Park with my wife today. Just get the job done
#Celtic
🙏. We’re champions-elect in Ange’s 1st season of the rebuild. Would be remarkable achievement and possibly just the start of something very special. Oh, and 10/11. 😉🍀
#Dunblane
was the most traumatic thing I ever reported on in journalism. It may be
#25years
, but the faces of the distraught parents haunt me to this day & I’ll never forget writing through my tears. The children would have been 30 now. So so sad. Their families are in my 🙏.
Journalist tells
@JeremyVineOn5
that
#NicolaSturgeon
doesn’t speak for 🏴. FM is elected leader of the country.
#SNP
has more support than all other parties combined. And 21/22 polls put Yes ahead. These claims on TV go virtually unchallenged. Ludicrous. 🤷♂️
#indyref2
#BothVotesSNP
Four in five Scottish taxpayers are not paying more than English counterparts. But if I'm among the one in five who are, I'm cool with that because I get a lot in return and it's for the wider benefit of my fellow Scots.
#indyref
#SNP
#tax
Four years ago today, after Scotland voted narrowly to stay in the UK, was the saddest day in my life apart from family bereavements. All that's happened since has confirmed it was a huge mistake to vote No to indy. Let's not make that mistake again at
#indyref2
#SNP
#Brexit
#NicolaSturgeon
sets out sustainable way out of
#lockdown
& says outdoor bars will open from April 26 - yeeha!!!🍺. But
#RuthDavidson
can’t welcome that, doesn’t crack a smile & wrongly claims we should have had it 3 weeks ago.🙄 🤦
#SNP
#indyref2
How do Scottish unionists feel about prospect of no UK earnings growth for next two decades? It's time they had more faith in Scotland and realised it must be independent. Britain is bad for Scotland.
#SNP
#indyref
The fact that 28% of Scots would apparently rather have all that we endure under Tories (austerity, Brexit etc) than indy (the country fulfilling its potential, a greater share of our wealth for all etc) fills me with despair and incredulity. Very sad and baffling
#indyref2
#snp
If you don’t vote for the
#SNP
&
#ScottishIndependence
you’ll be voting for more English Tory domination & preventing Scotland from becoming a normal country. Future generations won’t forgive such an act of self-harm. Don’t lose sight of bigger picture.
#indyref2
#BothVotesSNP
Storm claimed indyref1 was “visceral” & divided families. Utter nonsense!🤷♂️ There was no violence bar an egg thrown at Jim Murphy. There was healthy, sometimes heated, debate with young & old engaged and a high turnout. That’s democracy.
#JeremyVine
Ange Postecoglu demonstrates in one short comment why the
#Celtic
fans adore him. Football management skills aside, perhaps his greatest attribute is his sheer humanity.
I sympathise with the plight of transgender people & security demands of women but will not let these important issues - nor intentionally divisive unionist propaganda - distract me for one single second from Scotland’s No.1 priority of
#ScottishIndependence
.
#SNP
I’ve always admired & respected
#NicolaSturgeon
& I’m saddened by her resignation. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. I’ll believe in Scottish independence with every fibre of my being - regardless of who leads the SNP - until the day I die.
#SNP
#IndyRef2
Today prescribed painkillers & anti-inflammatories 5 long weeks after
#Covid
& lung infection struck. I supported
#hospitality
in West End of Glasgow & got Covid+ in return. Tired hearing about publicans’ woes when Scot Govt are trying to save lives & help
#NHS
.
#GetVaccinated
@kevverage
It depresses me there’s still some, like you, who think Scotland would struggle. We wouldn’t. We’d thrive. Ask Norway, Denmark, New Zealand etc etc. I have faith and confidence in my own country.
When I was ill & taken by ambulance to hospital in Spain in 2016, this little card was all I needed to get 1st class, speedy treatment, no questions asked. Sadly, no more. Thanx
#Brexit
voters for setting us back 50 years. Smart move, not!
#BrexitReality
#hello2021
#SNP
#indyref2
Boris Johnson tells Ian Blackford & Westminster that the people of Scotland are highly unlikely to “cast away their new-found freedoms.”
#Brexit
has set us back 40 years, Scotland voted against it, had no say in the deal, and will be £9bn worse off. New-found freedoms?🤷♂️
BREAKING: The North Sea oil we were told in 2014 had disappeared or was worthless has re-emerged, according to today’s newspapers. This “minnow” firm reckons they have 130m barrels more. That’s $7 BILLION worth. One tiny company! 🤷♂️It’s the North Sea Oil Miracle!
#indyref2
#SNP
Josip Juranovic is worth £27m or more.
#Celtic
don’t need to sell him but if Chelsea are interested then they should be told to ‘sling their ‘ook’ if they think they can get him for less than £10m. Weren’t they watching the World Cup? The Hoops need to stand their ground.
The faux outrage of unionists claiming 3 men & a dog near
#Berwick
discouraging people from spreading
#Covid
is “anti-English racism by
#SNP
supporters” is just downright embarrassing.
I really don't know whether to laugh or cry at this. The 50% or so of my fellow Scots who don't have faith, trust and confidence in their own country's ability to be a successful indy nation really do baffle me. And we have so much more than oil
#Indyref2
#SNP
They couldn't lace our FM's boots. If Scotland doesn't vote for indy soon we are doomed to remain England's poodle and our children will never understand why we didn't have faith in our own country.
#indyref2
#SNP
Definitely think FM is saying “put that away” to PM. Her body language as she received him and Scottish Secretary was a sight to behold. “This is my country. I’m the boss. You’ve no mandate. Don’t patronise me. Just get in.”
#indyref2
#SNP
#Brexit
Do Scots suffering
#fuelpoverty
in sub-zero temperatures appreciate the country is energy rich but most of it goes elsewhere? Irony seems lost on some that, if Scotland was independent, fuel poverty would all but end. 34% of Scots are in fuel poverty, Norway 1%. 🤷♂️
#SNP
#indyref2
“But, but but ... although the
#SNP
got 48 seats, they only got 45% of votes so it’s not a vote for
#indyref2
”, claim unionists. But Tories getting 43% of UK votes gives them carte blanche for Brexit, austerity, + anything they want? Aye right! Do they think we zip up the back?