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Professor of Biblical Studies. Research on Martyrdom and Violence in Early Christianity. SNP member in exile! Religion & Politics Tweet in a personal capacity.

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Paul Middleton
3 years
If @RuthDavidsonMSP has any shred of integrity, she will now issue a full apology to @NicolaSturgeon . #indyref2 #SP2021
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3 years
Daily Mail journalist asks @NicolaSturgeon if she's concerned by #Covid19 vaccination figures. She responds, "Yes, I am concerned by your figures, but mainly because they are wrong."
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. @NicolaSturgeon : "I was one of those who criticised @trussliz for being missing in action, but after listening to her this morning, and watching the market reaction as she spoke, perhaps we were all better off when the Prime Minister was missing." 🔥 #FMQs #torychaos #budget
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One of the worst things about being a voter in England is the way the mainstream has shifted so far rightwards on immigration over the last decade. It's refreshing to hear the unapologetic case for immigration by @StephenFlynnSNP .
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Stephen Flynn gets two rounds of applause in less than 90 seconds by completely debunking 10 years of "race to the bottom" anti-migrant politics.
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Janet Street Porter: "All this talking about Dominic Cummings is getting us nowhere." Ian Hislop: "Well he hasn't resigned yet!" #hignfy #Cummings #Covid19
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. @NicolaSturgeon leaves the office of First Minister with the highest approval rating of any leader in Scotland according to today's poll. (net approval) Nicola Sturgeon +9 Anas Sarwar -4 Keir Starmer -9 Rishi Sunak -37 Douglas Ross -39
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6 years
Those who are dismissing the #SNPwalkout as an empty stunt, I live in England, and I can assure you, this is the first time I've heard Westminster's #powergrab assault on the @ScotParl reported on the news down here. #c4news
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5 years
Latest Scotland Westminster Survation/Scotland in Union poll gives the following rough seat estimate (on uniform swing): SNP 51 (+16) LD 4 (-) CON 3 (-10) LAB 1 (-6) Ironically, this poll, paid for by a fundamentalist unionist sect gives the SNP their best projection of 2019.
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4 years
In response to @BorisJohnson 's "absurd and ridiculous" #PMQs comment that "there is no border between Scotland and England", @NicolaSturgeon wonders how he would feel if she pitched up in Newcastle to impose @scotgov policy! I suspect Newcastle would rejoice! #Covid19
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2 years
. @NicolaSturgeon says so long as face coverings make a difference to #Covid19 transmission, wearing them is a small price to pay especially to help the most vulnerable. #SundayMorning
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3 years
Fiona Bruce asks @Dr_PhilippaW why the vaccination is going more slowly in Scotland. She explains it takes longer to vaccinate people in care homes than lining up fitter people in sports halls. More than 80% of care home residents have now been vaccinated. #Covid19 #bbcqt
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon has checked the Parliamentary record in the break and confirms @jackiebmsp did indeed misrepresent her #FMQs answer in her question earlier.
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "Many people across the country will breathe a sigh of relief that @Douglas4Moray hasn't been anywhere near #Covid19 decision making." #Omicron
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3 years
. @theSNP has won the last four Scottish Elections, increasing their share of the vote each time: 2007: 32.9% 2011: 45.4% 2016: 46.5% 2021: 47.4% Little wonder Opposition Parties have turned to non-electoral means to dislodge @NicolaSturgeon ! #SNP21 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @RuthDavidsonMSP must regret accepting the seat in the House of Lords; she's being kicked about the chamber by @NicolaSturgeon . "She wants to continue being a politician but without the consent of a single person. No ermine cloak in the world will cover up her hypocrisy." #FMQs
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2 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "I'm happy to answer any questions you want to ask me. And it just seems to me a bit odd that you asked me questions about not answering your questions and I'm standing here saying ask me questions.” #Elections2022 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
The first session of @NicolaSturgeon 's evidence has come to an end. I suspect @ScotTories will be going into a little (socially distanced) panic huddle during the break. After the conspiracy theories and the Salmond circus, the truth is more banal, which doesn't suit the Tories.
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon says to stop the spin over vaccine supply to Scotland coming from the Westminster Government, she is going to just go ahead from next week and publish the figures. #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @PennyMordaunt "I won’t pretend it will be easy [to beat @theSNP ]. But *as a member of the Royal Navy,* I’ve got the courage and determination to take on that huge challenge." As if there wasn't enough parody already in English politics!🤣🤡 #ToryLeadershipContest #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon says it's hardly a surprise to hear @Douglas4Moray oppose these sensible protection measures against the #OmicronVariant because he has opposed just about every measure the @scotgov has put in place to keep the country safe. #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "It might be easier for @AlexSalmond to construct an alternative reality in which me, @theSNP , the women, Parliament, the police and Crown Office were all involved in a grand conspiracy against him rather than accept there was an issue with his own behaviour!"
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon pointedly says "Given @Jackson_Carlaw has based his questions on the WHO report, I assume he's read what I'm just about to quote." She then goes on to demonstrate that he hasn't read it, or if he has, he clearly failed to understand it. #FMQs #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Alexa, show me a picture that sums up the Opposition in Scotland! 🤣🤡 Sturegon!! 🤣🤣
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "What happens regularly week in, week out is that @Jackson_Carlaw comes to this chamber and makes totally unsubstantiated claims about #Covid19 while I and the Health Secretary gets on with the job." #FMQs
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Viewers in England, who have been fed a very "particular" narrative of Ruth Davidson, can see for themselves why Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP were entirely untroubled by her much trumpeted return! #FMQs
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Fraser MacDonald
4 years
Ruth Davidson is back leading #FMQs for the Scottish Tories, and it's not going well...
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Paul Middleton
2 years
Three of the four UK nations are following the science and health advice; one is following the expertise of the Tory 1922 committee. Even if the #Omicron variant proves to be milder than thought, @BorisJohnson was willing to play roulette with the lives of those of us in England.
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1 year
The problem for @theSNP 's opponents is that the issue of the Party's finances will come to an end at some point, and the fact is, @HumzaYousaf is a far better politician than the narrative they've been spinning, and indeed, far better than his Opposition competition. #FMQs
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1 year
FM @humzayousaf facing the now totally everyday bank of reporters as he leaves the chamber - questioned about party finances @LBC @LBCNews
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @AngusRobertson says @theSNP is not going to be dictated to by the parties that lost the election; instead they will be dictated to by the electorate who put them into power. #bbcqt #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Somewhere in the @ukhomeoffice , someone decided it would be a good idea to carry out a forced Immigration removal in @NicolaSturgeon 's constituency on the @ScotParl 's first day back after an election! 🤡 #KenmureStreet
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Douglas4Moray has resorted to pathetic infantile squealing. He has been shown up as a man of no integrity, no experience, no talent, and absolutely no leadership qualities. He's finished. #TheNine #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
6 years
. @IanBlackfordMP asks @theresa_may why UK didn't support Sweden's UN resolution calling for international investigation into chemical stockpiles in #Syria . PM's face and look to @BorisJohnson suggests this was the first she'd heard of it. Unsurprisingly she ignored that question!
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @Panelbase Scottish Independence Poll (21/6/20) by age: Should Scotland be an independent country? (Yes/No) All: 54% / 46% 16-34: 69% / 31% 35-54: 57% / 43% 55+: 41% / 59% #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Even on a 'very generous' assessment that the Orange Order is pro-Protestant rather than anti-Catholic, no one can possibly think these sectarian marches make a positive contribution to community cohesion. It's time to end marching season in Scotland.
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Paul Middleton
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. @YouGov Boris Johnson poll (11-12 January). Do you have a favourable or unfavourable view of @BorisJohnson ? UK Favourable 25% Unfavourable 66% NET -41% Scotland Favourable 9% Unfavourable 86% (!) NET -77% #DowningStreetParty
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "I'm sorry if the complexities of the arguments in this chamber are often a wee bit challenging for @Douglas4Moray !" 🔥 #FMQs
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Fiona Bruce interrupts @Ianblackford_MP who was saying hospitalisation was increasing to claim that it was actually is slowing down. She corrects her false claim a minute later! #bbcqt #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Had the #SQA started with a policy of accepting Teacher's Grades, as the Opposition Parties are demanding, it is undoubtedly the case that those same Parties would now be tabling a motion of No Confidence in John Swinney for devaluing the awards. #SQAResults
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @SavantaComRes / @TheScotsman Scottish Election (Holyrood) poll. Seat estimate by electionpolling:: SNP 71 (+8) LAB 21 (-3) CON 17 (-14) GRN 11 (+5) LD 9 (+4) SNP majority 13 Independence majority 35 (!) #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Douglas4Moray said @BorisJohnson wasn't going to campaign in Scotland "because he is dealing with the #Covid19 pandemic." So why is he campaigning in Wales today? 🧐 #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Yesterday: Gove says face masks could cause people to be cavalier. Today: Johnson says face masks could be part of exit strategy. I pity the @ScotTories and Media who claimed to be "confused" at slightly different messages in Scotland and England. What state must they be in now?
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @SundayTimesScot are first with a post- #indyref2 announcement poll (Panelbase, 2/7/22). Should Scotland be an independent country? YES 51% NO 49%
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Paul Middleton
2 years
I've not come across @MairiMcAllan before, but she's very impressive! #bbcqt
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Margaret Mitchell can't seem to get in her head the reason why @NicolaSturgeon didn't intervene in a sex complaint process to help out a friend and associate. That says more about Mitchell and the Tory mindset. #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Some Opposition politicians, including members of the Inquiry Committee, were prepared to destroy the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Judiciary, and indeed the whole Scottish Political Institution just to bring down @NicolaSturgeon . This needs addressing. #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Regional/National subsamples for @YouGov #Brexit poll (28/1/20) Was Britain Right/Wrong to vote to leave EU (DKs removed) Overall 46/54 London 34/66 South England 51/49 Midlands/Wales 54/46 North England 47/53 Scotland 27/73 (!)
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Paul Middleton
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. @Dr_PhilippaW says "You're talking about Scotland v England here for some bizarre reason when the three devolved nations have decided to keep the #StayAtHome message." #COVID19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @Jackson_Carlaw tries to make ratio of care home deaths a competition between Scotland and the rUK. Perhaps had he seen today's LSE report suggesting care home deaths are twice as high in England than is being reported, he wouldn't have gone for his customary cheap shot. #FMQs
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Paul Middleton
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. @jackiebmsp repeats a wild conspiracy theory that someone in @scotgov leaked the Alex Salmond story to the @Daily_Record in order to spike a story about @NicolaSturgeon . The First Minister invites Jackie Baillie to share the spiked story, which she's unable to do. 🤣
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon says "I'm not going to hint at anything. When I've got something to say, I'll say it." #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
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. @NicolaSturgeon says what is broadcast on the BBC is up to the BBC, but during the pandemic, the #covid19 briefings are a public service and the BBC is a public service broadcaster. She adds that it's important that people understand why they are being asked to follow guidance.
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Interestingly, both @theSNP and @ScotTories shared this @bbcquestiontime clip from last night. While the Tories carefully edited only @Douglas4Moray 's contribution, the SNP were content to share the entire exchange with @KateForbesMSP ! Funny that! #bbcqt #SP2021 #indyref2
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🤷‍♀️ Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross needs to learn how devolution works. 👇 Watch Finance Secretary @KateForbesMSP tear his argument to shreds.
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Paul Middleton
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. @AngelaRayner makes the fatal mistake of attacking @Dr_PhilippaW and @theSNP on health. She notes all three main parties run health in the UK, and SNP Scotland is outperforming both Tory England and Labour Wales. #C4Debate #GE2019
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @JohnSwinney says whichever Committee member leaked a misrepresentation of the women complainers' evidence "should consider their position because they are unfit to be a member of this Parliament." #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Actually, @NicolaSturgeon doing the precise opposite of "treating people like fools". She's simply (rightly) assuming people are not dim enough to fall for the @ScotTories anti-public health narrative. #Covid19
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Scottish Conservatives
3 years
Listen to the state of this 👇🤦‍♂️ @NicolaSturgeon claims she is communicating at a 'level of intelligence' us mere mortals just don't understand. She's treating people like fools.
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Paul Middleton
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. @NicolaSturgeon says she is dealing with a Westminster Government that respects neither democracy nor the rule of law. Given the current antics of the @BorisJohnson regime, that is a characterisation that is difficult to argue against! #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
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. @STVNews / @IpsosScotland (Scotland) Westminster poll (7/12/22). Seat estimate on *de-facto Scottish Independence results* (electoral calculus) SNP 58 (+10) LAB 1 (-) CON 0 (-6) LD 0 (-4) #GE2024 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
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. @NicolaSturgeon scolds a journalist: "This is a briefing to update the public on the Coronavirus, I'm not going to answer a question about what's going in a manifesto at the next election." #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "Well, loyalty to colleagues isn't exactly @RuthDavidsonMSP strong suit." And with that, Davidson's long question attacking @JohnSwinney is deflated. #FMQs
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Paul Middleton
5 years
Tory on #Newsnight : "I think we've rumbled @theSNP ; they're seeking to enfranchise EU nationals in national elections." Shock horror - the SNP are civic nationalists and the Tories are ethnic nationalists. Who knew! #GeneralElection #brexit
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Paul Middleton
4 years
In a very gentle slap down to the Tory leader of Borders council who wondered where the First Minister was, @NicolaSturgeon says: "I'm right here where I've always been - and if she really doesn't know where I am, that's more a comment on her rather than me!" #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
6 years
Full Scotland Westminster poll (13/7/2018) Survation/ @Daily_Record MP Seat projection: SNP 49 (+14) CON 5 (-8) LD 4 (-) LAB 1 (-6)
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Paul Middleton
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. @YouGov Scottish Election (Holyrood) poll (11/3/21), seat projection: SNP 71 (+8) CON 29 (-2) LAB 20 (-4) LD 5 (-) GRN 4 (-2) SNP majority: 13 Independence majority: 21 #indyref2 #SP2021 #ScottishIndependence
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Paul Middleton
3 years
English viewers of #skypapers won't know that @NicolaSturgeon plans to publish vaccination supply mainly because the Westminster Government and @ScotTories have been spinning about the numbers. #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon genuinely feels sorry for @Jackson_Carlaw . She wonders how bitter and blind someone must be not to acknowledge and welcome the fact the prevalence of #Covid19 is lower in Scotland than England. Not long to his inevitable resignation.
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @SavantaComRes Scottish Election (Holyrood) poll (11/2/21), seat estimate ( @TheScotsman ): SNP 71 (+8) CON 24 (-7) LAB 19 (-5) GRN 11 (+5) LD 4 (-1) SNP Majority: 13 Independence Majority: 35 (!) #indyref2 #SP2021
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon deals with the "painting and decorating" Bute House story, and surprise, surprise it isn't accurate. As well as Bute House not being used as a residence at present, the work was essential repairs to the ceiling. #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Survation Scottish Election (Holyrood) poll (1/4/21), seat estimate (change 2016) SNP 67 (+4) CON 22 (-9) LAB 21 (-3) GRN 11 (+5) LD 8 (+3) SNP majority: 5 Independence majority: 27 (!) #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
5 years
. @RuthDavidsonMSP claims Tories can beat the SNP. People of Scotland respond: Latest Westminster poll: SNP 43% Tories 20% Latest Holyrood poll: SNP 46% Tories 22% Latest Euro-poll SNP 40% Tories 10% #indyref2 #SCC19
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BBC Scotland News
5 years
Ruth Davidson claims Scottish Conservatives 'can beat the SNP'
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Paul Middleton
3 years
Humiliation for the @ScotTories as their "grubby" motion of No confidence in @NicolaSturgeon fails by a majority of more than two to one (31-65). #indyref2 #SP2021
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Furlough refused when Wales needed it; extra support rejected when Scotland wanted it. Extended only when the Government looking after England belatedly responds to a crisis they've made worse. Being shackled in the Union is not good for Wales or Scotland! #Covid19 #indyref2
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Andrew Bowie
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Furlough extended across the UK. We stand together. 🇬🇧
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @Keir_Starmer in ( @Daily_Record ): The reason Scotland left @ScottishLabour for @theSNP : “They felt frustration with the Tories, but didn’t believe that Labour could beat them.” Reality: Scotland first voted for an SNP Government while @UKLabour were in power! #SNP22 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Survation / @pressjournal Scottish Election (Holyrood) poll (25/3/21), seat estimate (change with 2016): SNP 67 (+4) LAB 24 (-) CON 22 (-9) GRN 11 (+5) LD 5 (-) SNP majority: 5 Independence majority: 27 (!) #indyref2 #SP2021
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Paul Middleton
5 years
Boris Johnson's @Jackson_Carlaw might have a point on listening to the electorate had @NicolaSturgeon and @theSNP not won the elections in 2015 (GE), 2016 (SP), 2017 (local & GE), and 2019 (Euros) How many elections does he have to lose before he listens? #bbcscotdebate #GE2019
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @NicolaSturgeon says to @Douglas4Moray that they put their respective views to the Scottish people at the election and he lost. She adds: "It's only politicians who are scared of the result that would seek to block the Scottish people's democratic right to choose." #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @bbcquestiontime audience members speaks against nationalising the railways because of what happened in Scotland. I guess when you only get your news about Scotland from the BBC, you would come out with that kind of ignorance. #bbcqt
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon tells @Telegraph reporter: "If people are *really* interested in the actual Russia report, I would advise them to read the three lines and a footnote for themselves rather than rely on the rather exaggerated report in the Telegraph." 🔥
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Paul Middleton
2 years
. @NicolaSturgeon tells @sophieraworth that @theSNP were elected with a record share of the vote on a manifesto commitment to hold an independence referendum, and she intends to do it. #SundayMorning #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
"Why can't you look at independence and recovery together?" @Douglas4Moray : "You just can't, Colin." No one can accuse Douglas Moray of being a great thinker! 🤣 #STVdebate #SP2021 #indyref2 #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon tells the @Telegraph journalist to report her actual words rather than the words he's putting into her mouth. #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon finally calls out @ScotTories for their "disgraceful but unsurprising behaviour" over the last few weeks, that has shown "no interest in the serious crisis". The attack is all the more devastating as she seemed genuinely disappointed! #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon says Scotland shouldn't have to be in the position of having to plead with a UK Government to implement a humane asylum policy. #FMQs
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Paul Middleton
5 years
Only the most dishonest could fail to acknowledge @NicolaSturgeon has done everything possible to try to save the UK from #Brexit . Only the illiterate could deny @theSNP 's #SP2016 manifesto gave a commitment to hold #indyref2 should Brexit go ahead.
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @YouGov Scotland Opinion Poll (18-22/11/21): Westminster Voting Intention (change from #GE2019 ): SNP 48% (+3) CON 20% (-5) LAB 18% (-1) LD 6% (-3) #GE2024 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
5 years
. @Dr_PhilippaW : "Northern Ireland could potentially get a vote every four years, yet Scotland apparently isn't allowed to vote on our own future." #brexit #brexitdeal #bbcqt #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
6 years
At an international conference reception in Helsinki tonight, the Deputy Mayor praise the Finnish #babybox . I explained to fellow delegates that Scotland had followed suit, but the response of the British Press was to set fire to one with a flame-thrower! #SNPbad
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @AlexSalmond 's main grievance with @NicolaSturgeon is she didn't intervene in the complaints process. Imagine she had intervened or even been seen to intervene in a sexual harassment investigation against her predecessor, even a flawed one. We'd be having a different inquiry!
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Paul Middleton
2 months
For those suggesting John Swinney is a only an interim leader, he is younger than Keir Starmer. #MerelyPointingOut
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "In a purely political and news management situation, the situation with the CMO would have been more straight forward. I was trying to take account of getting the best medical advice in a crisis." Good answer, making a lot of the journalists look like shits!
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Paul Middleton
5 years
Alexa, show me an example of a comically deluded fantasist. #SNP19 #indyref2
@CraigWHoy1
Craig Hoy MSP
5 years
A very short break from campaigning to write a long read for The Scottish Daily Mail. In today's Saturday Essay I'm explaining how voters have finally run out of patience with the SNP's #Indyref2 obsession and are looking to @ScotTories to get the country back on track #TeamRuth
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Feorlean : "We were European before we were British... Scotland will return to membership of the EU, and in so doing we will make the choice we have made for centuries. What we will remember is those people who tried to stop us making that choice." #Brexit #indyref2 #SP2021
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Survation / @Sunday_Post Scottish Election (Holyrood) poll (25/4/21), seat estimate (election polling - change with 2016): SNP 67 (+4) LAB 24 (-) CON 22 (-9) GRN 11 (+5) LD 5 (-) SNP majority: 5 Independence majority: 27 #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @Channel4News reports Prince William had a private meeting with Gordon Brown with some suggestion of pulling the Royal Family into a campaign for the Union. Republicanism isn't a necessary consequence of Scottish independence, but that depends on the Royals' behaviour. #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
1 year
In #FMQs , @NicolaSturgeon tended to almost precisely match the tone of the question in her answers. Today, in his first session, @HumzaYousaf (metaphorically) clubbed more or less every Opposition MSP who asked an attacking question.
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Paul Middleton
4 years
Shock in @ScotParl as @RuthDavidsonMSP reveals she's actually visited her constituency!
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Paul Middleton
3 years
. @AndrewBowie_MP says he's angry having to debate #TorySleaze . I bet he is!
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Paul Middleton
4 years
No matter how much shrieking there is to the contrary, the fact is that a vote for the @ScotTories in the Scottish Election is a vote for @BorisJohnson 's anti-Devolution Party. #SP2021 #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
4 years
It must be pretty humiliating for @BorisJohnson (ostensibly Prime Minister of the UK) whose handlers have to take him to parts of Scotland where he's unlikely to run into very many people. #BorisInScotland #indyref2
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @Dr_PhilippaW : "If you find you've had serious problems with civil servants from three different departments, the problem likely isn't with the civil servants. It's a bit far fetched to imagine the whole civil service has it in for one minister." #newsnight #PritiPatel
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Paul Middleton
4 years
. @NicolaSturgeon : "I know this is a vain comment when it comes to the @Telegraph , but let's not assume that when there's a difference between the @scotgov and UK Government that the UK Government is always right and the Scottish Government is always wrong!" 🔥 #Covid19
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Paul Middleton
6 years
Nationalism "means something different" in Scotland says Sir John Curtice, further puncturing the rather silly, lazy, and tired "all nationalisms are the same" pseudo-argument against Scottish independence you hear from some Unionists.
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