Tommy Sheppard
@TommySheppard
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Former SNP MP for Edinburgh East.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2011
Saturday 19 July, Edinburgh National Demo for Palestine *NOTE CHANGE OF START POINT* This is a critical moment for our movement. Be there if you can! #StopArmingIsrael
#StoptheGenocideNow
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This is a good positive start. Objectives set. Now we need to agree the means by which we achieve them. Crucially, how do we turn up the heat on the UK to force acceptance of our right to self determination. Time to get involved.
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Looking forward to this fringe show
I'm speaking at the @edfringe on Tuesday 12 August for the 'Conversations with the Godless' series with @humanists_uk's chief exec @andrewcopson At @StandComedyClub from 12:15pm. Do join us if you're there! TICKETS: https://t.co/nbhy4dn2wy
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TONIGHT Benefit in aid of Palestine Stands Up - The Stand Comedy Club
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A scary paradox is emerging for supporters of Scotland’s independence, writes @TommySheppard ✍️
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We don’t just need a mandate for Indy, we need to explain how it will happen
COMMENT: We need a believable strategy on route to Scottish independence, writes @TommySheppard ✍️
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Reform UK are the ultra-unionists of Scotland. My latest column
New British nationalists - with better PR - epitomise the worst of the UK: power, privilege, and inequality, Tommy Sheppard writes ✍️
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Don't miss out on our new series investigating Trump's links to Scotland, and how his policies are affecting us from thousands of miles away 👀 Trump and Scotland starts in The National on Monday – subscribe today and don't miss out https://t.co/YVOu9nWE52 👇
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Looking forward to this tomorrow @ScottishTUC
Two key fringe meetings at #STUC25 - Scotland’s future w. @TommySheppard and @demleftscotland - Mon 28 Apr, 5:30pm at Dundee Quaker Mtg Hse (opp. Caird Hall). And @ScottishCND on opposing Trident and a war economy. Tue 29 Apr, 5:30pm, Cttee Room 2, Caird Hall.
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The remarkable thing about last week’s poll was that 20% of those saying Yes won’t vote for pro Indy parties. My latest column
'Pretty much ignored by the mainstream Unionist media, it hasn’t exactly set the heather on fire within the independence movement either' // @TommySheppard ✍️
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On Tuesday @theSNP members in Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh & Tranent can start to choose for their candidate for next year’s election. This is why I’m voting for @KateC_SNP
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Adam has been an excellent advocate for local people for many years and will be an effective voice at Holyrood.
Delighted to have the backing of @TommySheppard 💙 An outstanding MP for folk in Edinburgh East & Leith who remains one of the strongest voices in our independence movement. 🏴🗳️
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My latest column here
COMMENT: Ex-SNP MP @TommySheppard discusses whether reform of the current devolution arrangements can be a way to make the case for independence 👇
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Good point from @KateC_SNP here - Labour pretend they are not increasing your taxes whilst they force councils to put them up.
Council tax is going up because the UK Labour Government increased costs for councils by increasing tax on Employer National Insurance Contributions.
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It’s time to get serious about taxing wealth. My latest blog
Paranoid about being seen to raise personal taxation, Labour have tried to finesse balancing the books by raising National Insurance on employers. It goes up today. There are two things wrong with this and they belie Labour’s lack of progressive thinking on tax // Tommy Sheppard
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If want the unelected monarchy abolished you will need to work for it. My latest column here
The opaque picture of royal funding is bad enough – worse is the elected politicians who keep it that way, Tommy Sheppard writes ✍️ Read the full piece: https://t.co/fOnoI5qxao
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She’ll be great
I'm asking SNP members in Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh & Tranent for your support to become our candidate for Holyrood. I became involved in politics because of independence and we need it now more than ever. Find out more at https://t.co/FyHQ57ZZc3 Vote Kate Campbell #1
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United we win, divided we lose. My latest column here
Many people believe the regional list vote is a second preference, an opportunity to indicate who you would like to be elected if your first choice didn’t make it. It just isn’t, writes @TommySheppard ✍️ https://t.co/wtUygEt6NB
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We should not accept that the world’s poorest have to pay for UK increased military spending - my column this week
Labour's announcement that the aid budget would be cut to fund an increase in military spending is a simply heinous decision, writes Tommy Sheppard ✍️
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