Torcuil Crichton for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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Scottish Labour candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. Promoted by John Paul McHugh on behalf of Scottish Labour, both at 7 East Kilbride Rd, Rutherglen
Between 58N and 0.12W
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FFS... anyone considering “escaping” coronavirus on Scottish islands should stop and look at their right hand. You have more fingers there than there are ventilators in the Outer Hebrides. You’re not going to outrun this thing, neither are islands immune
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SNP leader
@Ianblackford_MP
calls for Lord Egveny Lebedev to be banned from parliamentary estate
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Arrival of the Jarrow Marchers in London, 1936, oil on canvas by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale. The Leader of the House of Commons, 2019, installation by Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Sophy Raworth: "Have you been on Abramovich's superyacht?"
@michaelgove
: "No, I think the biggest boat I've been on is the CalMac ferry from Oban to Colonsay."
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SNP MP
@StewartMcDonald
points out to Dominic Raab that all military leave was cancelled on 23rd July: "Many would think if all military leave was cancelled, it was a bad idea for yourself the prime minister, and several other officials to take breaks at that time. "
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A police officer fainted behind the PM as he rambled on about Brexit. The letters falling off May's conference backdrop had nothing on this.
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Resign call from
@Ianblackford_MP
as he accuses Boris Johnson of partygate "drinking and debauchery" that shames those who abided by the rules. "He apologised for one reason - he got caught," says Blackford at PMQs.
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Dear
@eucopresident
, I'm sorry I'm late with my homework. The house flooded and prevented me completing it on time, honestly. Yours
@theresa_may
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Hearing
@NicolaSturgeon
gatecrashed the meeting of the Tory ERG group just now. She was passing by, asked if it was the venue, stuck her head around the door of their meeting and they all cheered. She has more fun in Westminster than we do.
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In the Commons SNP MPs forcing a division at 7pm for vote obscure estimates bill, preventing English MPs from watching the big match.
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Speaking about Nicola Sturgeon
@Douglas4Moray
doesn't hold back: "The evidence is building that she has lied and misled the Scottish parliament, and that for me is clearly a resigning matter."
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At PMQs
@Ianblackford_MP
calls on Boris Johnson to appear under oath at a public inquiry before a general election to answer claims that he would rather let over-80s die than go into a second lockdown.
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There he goes again, PM refers to "Scottish nationalist party" in his routine wind up of, er, nationalist MPs.
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He’s running. The Western Isles CLP have chosen me as the prospective Labour candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. It’s an honour and challenge, We’ll win the seat, we’ll be the Atlantic beacon to bring home a Labour government, we’ll have a new voice for the islands.
#votelabour
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Appeal from
@NicolaSturgeon
for UKgov 'co-operation' on indyref2 rejected by Downing St before she even finished speaking to SNP conference.
PM spokesman tells me: "Our view, as set out, is that it now is simply not the time to be dealing with this.”
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PM spokesman on 58% poll for Indy: “The issue of independence was settled and Scottish people voted decisively to remain part of a strong UK. It was a once in a generation vote and must be respected. The UK gov will continue to uphold that decisive decision.” That's a no then.
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Sign of the covid times - front page Scotland edition contrasting with front page London edition
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In Commons
@MattHancock
turns tables on
@DaveDooganSNP
: "The proposed increase in NHS Scotland, is lower than England, lower than the money passed from UK taxpayers to spend on NHS in Scotland.This question of the missing millions is one that we need answers to from Scotgov"
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Everyone else's jaw dropped when she answered.
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Real anger from
@amcarmichaelMP
, now trapped in London at the behest of
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
as he will not risk taking virus back to Orkney.
@Ianblackford_MP
took overnight train from Inverness, having driven from north end of Skye. It's a ridiculous situation, says SNP leader
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"Face coverings will be useful..you'll be hearing more about that next week," says Johnson moving UK onto the page that Sturgeon read from this week.
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SNP MP Drew Hendry has been suspended from the House of Commons after refusing to sit down and stop shouting during a Brexit debate.
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She's back - SNP
@AmyCallaghanSNP
welcomed back to the Commons (virtually) by the Speaker in first appearance since her brain haemorrhage. She looked well, asked about abolition of Erasmus scheme. Look out for her at PMQs this week.
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Tory Fisheries Minister admits she did not read Brexit deal as
@BorisJohnson
promises "compensation" to fishing industry for exports lost to new redtape delays:
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Here's a handy list of these Britannia Hotels to avoid for evermore
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Over 100 new oil and gas licences for the North Sea, Liz Truss says.
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Liz Truss says Boris Johnson was "admired from Kyiv to Carlisle". Yes, but not north of there.
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Cummings accuses
@NicolaSturgeon
of undermining 4-nation covid approach: “As soon as you had these meetings Nicola Sturgeon would go straight out announce what she wanted. So you had these completely Potemkin meetings without anyone actually digging into the reality in detail."
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First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
will deliver a live address on the coronavirus crisis on STV news just after 6pm. Earlier she implored people only to go out if strictly necessary and not to head to the pub - as close as she could get to ordering a lockdown. Heed her advice.
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I asked FM who her BBF was after so many COP selfies? She said: 'I haven’t had many selfies, I don't have a new best, best friend. I’ve been trying, in a small way, to push negotiations in the right direction and, I make no apology, I’ve been showcasing Scotland to the world.'
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McDonnell to
@NicolaSturgeon
- we call the shots "We’ll put one down when we can win it. My view (on SNP) is they want is to lose a vote of no confidence, avoid a general election, they know we’re breathing down their necks in Scotland and will take seats off them."
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If there is a silver lining in this it is that all Hebridean grandmothers' two-freezer policy is finally vindicated. Panic-buying has nothing on them. Having enough frozen quarts of milk and sliced bread to last the Napoleonic Wars (or one delayed ferry) is standard practice.
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New - SNP MP Patrick Grady has stood aside as the party’s chief whip at Westminster while a complaint of sexual harassment against him is investigated.
SNP said a formal complaint lodged. "That allows due process to take place no further comment while investigation is underway.”
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New -
@NicolaSturgeon
announces that facemasks will stay on in Scotland by law: “Mandatory wearing of facemasks will remain in place in all likelihood for some time to come..to give protection to those who are vulnerable and previously had to shield.”
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No holds barred
@AndyBurnhamGM
: “Nationalism of any kind is never a force for good in the long-run in politics. I just believe that, you know, it's about dividing people it's about saying some are better than others.”
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This is the best Shami Chakrabarti has been since becoming a Labour Minister - calm, compassionate, sensible:"Now is not the time, 2 days after a terrorist attack, to be debating changing sentencing, it's a dangerous game to suggest cheap talk and cheap policy will keep us safer"
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Out of touch, out of time says
@AnasSarwar
:“Nicola Sturgeon has no answer to the questions posed by independence, no plan to deliver a referendum, no intention to listen to Scots majority opposed. Instead, the FM wants to feed off Boris Johnson to fuel her political ambitions."
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That's Lady Morgan to you shmuck. Nicky Morgan stays on as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a peer, having bypassed the democratic process known as a general election.
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Neatly put
@HannahB4LiviMP
"Can the Minister tell me if it’s coincidence, incompetence or rank stupidity that the Health Secretary awarded a £30m contract for testing vials to his former neighbour, a pub landlord with no experience, who is now being investigated by NHRA?"
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The Royal yacht? What about the CalMac ones?
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FM has encouraged "reckless talk" about quarantining English tourists visiting Scotland, says
@ScotSecofState
Ian Jack "It's disappointing it's divisive, it's not the language...and it's bad for business, and it's especially bad for the tourism business."
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Blackford on form, and on safe ground, calling for a vote on cut to international aid budget. Johnson skips answering, calling on SNP leader not to believe 'leftist propagandists'. First time Theresa May's been described as that, quips Blackford.
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When it turns, it turns quick.
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What a distraction. Ministers say Johnson is serious about this. Given weekend election results this might be his legacy, building a bridge between two countries that may have left the UK in the time it takes to construct.
No10 confirms for first time “work is underway” on the building of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scoping report being drawn up for the PM.
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Gawd, now Gove has to knife Boris all over again.
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Some amazing aerial footage of "Sheòl an Iolaire" illuminated in Stornoway harbour. It's a full size reproduction of HMY Iolaire, commemorating the loss of the vessel and 181 servicemen returning from WWI. See our Facebook page "Sheòl an Iolaire" for more details.
#Iolaire
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"Legally, morally, ethically the right thing to do is vote this bill down," says
@Ianblackford_MP
"Do not follow the PM in breaking the law this evening."
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33mm of rain in 3 hours this morning on South Uist, unprecedented flooding on an island that knows climate change is real - get ye to Cop27
@RishiSunak
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"You haven't clarified anything, frankly,"
@murdo_fraser
tells SNP chief exec Peter Murrell after cross-examination of his contrary evidence about Salmond/Sturgeon meeting in his house.
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Starmer backs PM plan to reject demand for 2nd referendum: "Sturgeon’s call for an indy ref in the ‘early part’ of the next Scot Parliament is misguided..Given damage & division this would cause, no responsible FM should contemplate it – and no responsible PM would grant it."
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No one escapes Cummings crossfire, he accuses
@NicolaSturgeon
of undermining four-nation approach to covid.
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In a joint editorial the British Medical Journal and Health Service Journal urge UK gov to cancel Christmas covid relaxations and stop household mixing. Plan would be 'a major error that will cost lives' say the magazines
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This is danger of becoming a forest fire. Sturgeon has defended her, Jason Leitch defended her, they could all be consumed by this.
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Blackford asks "why not Scotland" drawing a crass equivalence with Northern Ireland which doesn't exist if you stop for a second to consider the history, politics and geography of Northern Ireland.
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Alex Salmond speech to
@AlbaParty
conference now attracting 36 online viewers, down from an early peak of 38. Greenock hall full though.
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Basically this promised 1p cut in basic income tax would bring English taxpayers in line with Scotland where the starter rate is already 19p
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In Commons
@LiamFox
backs Alex Salmond against Crown Office 'censorship': "this would be damning in a tin pot dictatorship.. what mechanisms do we have to ensure the conduct of the Scottish Government does not bring politics in the whole of the UK into international disrepute?"
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Quite funny that while
@ScotSecofState
Alister Jack opposes any hint of a formal Scottish border he's getting one right in his own constituency of his own government's making
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"We have to call a halt to this, we should be doing it this week, we should be doing it on the basis that there is a threat to jobs and security of all our people from a PM recklessly taking us towards a no deal Brexit," Measured speech is
@IanBlackfordMP
best Commons performance
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New - Downing St on Sturgeon plan to ease lockdown: “We welcome today's announcement as it shows the UK-wide approach is working. We set out the road map a few weeks ago and now the devolved administrations are following that path at the right speed for them.”
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Ever wondered why Scots kids need AAAAA to get to Glasgow Uni? Check today’s graduation lists. Student places sold abroad to fund “free” uni fees for limited numbers of home undergrads.
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That was an unworthy and a deeply cynical “anti-politics” message from a prime minister who manoeuvres every national decision around her divided party.
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If she does nothing else this will stand testament to
@NicolaSturgeon
and her time in office. A big achievement in public health, leading the UK and the world at that.
Absolutely delighted that minimum pricing has been upheld by the Supreme Court. This has been a long road - and no doubt the policy will continue to have its critics - but it is a bold and necessary move to improve public health.
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New - people in England told not to travel to Scotland under Johnson’s breakaway coronavirus advice: "It is important people respect the rules in Scot, Wales and NI and do not travel to different parts of UK where it would be inconsistent with guidance of devolved administration”
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John Swinney becomes the longest serving member of the Scottish parliament, re-elected for the sixth time. "Privilege of my life to be a member of the Scottish parliament," he says.
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This is quite, er, bold of Boris Johnson, exhibiting his lack of judgement on live tv.
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A 33 per cent poll lead for Labour on my last day at the Daily Record - my work here is done. Thank you readers for your encouragement and support (and criticism) through the years. Over and out x
BREAKING
Labour have a 33 POINT LEAD with YouGov/Times
Yes, 33. THIRTY-THREE POINTS
Lab: 54 (+9)
Con: 21 (-7)
Lib: 7 (-2)
Green: 6 (-1)
Ref: 4 (+1)
Fieldwork: Today and yesterday
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"No deal with the SNP going into an election, no deal with the SNP coming out of an election," says
@Keir_Starmer
when asked about a coalition with
@NicolaSturgeon
. He promises a "new Britain" and a new constitutional settlement coming out of Gordon Brown's Union review.
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Straight talking
@Ianblackford_MP
: "At the very heart of this scandal there is one thing that needs to be said, one thing that needs to be heard and it’s the very reason that we all need to act.
"And the reason is this. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a liar."
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Amid the 10pm pub-closing hooha this is an equally important story - fewer than half the covid trackers Scotland needs have been recruited. Without them we'll never get out of lockdown. Cynical to try and bury this admission under a big news day
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Business backlash against
@nicolasturgeon
on airbridges. Gordon Dewar of
@EdiAirport
:
“As FM was personally told this week, this will harm Scotland well beyond this summer. We warned that to close Scotland off would lead to the departure of airlines..."
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Tories swoop on
@NicolaSturgeon
admission she knew of 'concerns' about Patrick Grady
@AnnieWellsMSP
: "This bombshell confession raise further serious concerns about Nicola Sturgeon's judgment. She admits knowing of concerns.. yet did nothing about it."
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SNP hold Dundee City West, 62 per cent of the vote for Joe Fitzpatrick, who had to resign as Drugs Minister over rising deaths. However, his vote up 4 per pent, unaffected by issue on the doorstep in the city
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There you go
@AngusRobertson
skewers May on triple lock - she fails to answer "she plans to ditch" it says SNP leader. He shoots, he scores
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Bizarre how every candidate for Tory leader has rediscovered inequality in Britain. They all voted for the austerity that increased poverty
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Sliding tackle on
@JohnSwinney
by
@Douglas4Moray
: "Perhaps if he had listened to Lindsay Paterson (education expert) he wouldn't have been sacked as Education Secretary."
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I know John Major is meant to be yesterday's man but he speaks with a sincerity and maturity that is missing from the current crop - like having a grown up in the room.
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"No nationalist can ignore the undeniable truth that this help has been possible because we are a United Kingdom," says
@RishiSunak
aiming one in the eye of SNP and upping his Unionist credentials (which I did note yesterday were a bit absent).
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All guns blazing
@KennyMacAskill
tells chancellor UK is on “a route to disaster” paid for by poor and middle income earners, impoverishing future generations, with social issues we saw in the 80s. "That is why Scotland demands a referendum - we want a better, fairer society"
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Here's the fishing Rich List of who owns rights to this national asset -
England nearly 80% of fishing quota held by foreign owners or domestic Rich Listers, 50% of NI quota is in a single trawler. Five Scottish Rich List families own 45% of Scots quota
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"Asked to consider her political mortality
@NicolaSturgeon
: "You need support of party & the country. I have led my party to landslide election victories (six). I have drive & energy.. if either of these ceases to be the case will be the time to move on. But that is not now."
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Cop26 going/not going - power failures and fallen tree after days of rain currently blocking trains to Glasgow leaving from Euston. East coast line affected too. Hundreds of Cop26 delegates already hit by severe climatic conditions.
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Lifting the lid on online trolling
@joannaccherry
tells the Commons: “The level of abuse I have continued to receive has taken its toll on me, my girlfriend, my family and my friends and I really do hope the government is going to tackle it in this session."
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Again
@NicolaSturgeon
cites prospect of Boris Johnson premiership as reason enough to hold a second independence referendum.
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The
@FT
gives voice to Scotland’s small fishermen, that's the majority of Scotland's fishermen, who see little benefit from Brexit.
via
@financialtimes
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Kiss of death from
@HumzaYousaf
to remind voters in the middle of the biggest ferry crisis and fury over HPMAs that the Western Isles have an SNP MP and MSP. That’s why we’re in this mess. We need change and we need to be heard
@ScottishLabour
.
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Lest we forget - memorial plaque to press gallery journalists who lost their lives in WWI. We pass it every day, half-hidden behind a coat rack.
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New
@NicolaSturgeon
Sturgeon and Welsh FM Mark Drakeford call for a Cobra meeting with PM to develop "tougher four nations approach" to dealing with the omicron variant including demand for 8-day self-isolation for international arrivals.
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"We can work from home ,we should work from home because its the right thing to do for our families and constituents,"
@Ianblackford_MP
tells the Commons chamber.
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Fascinating from
@fmwales
, tells
@adamboultonSKY
"it is a rare week when I don't speak to FMs in Scotland & NI to share info, pool ideas". Says process forced on them by lack of Cobra meetings co-ordinating UK-wide covid response. Pleads for PM to fulfil pledge for regular Cobra
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SNP's
@IanBlackfordMP
just out of cross-party meeting, turns fire on Scottish Tories: "With time running out, I urge the group of Scottish Tory MPs to work with us in safeguarding Scotland’s economic and social interests." None of 13 Scots Tory MPs have signalled they will rebel
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Shocking levels of harassment for being a democratically elected politician, shameful that this is what it costs to be in Scottish politics.
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Don’t know if this is official SPT Glasgow underground map or guerrilla Gaelic, but it is excellent reclamation
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His tribute to the Queen was probably the best speech Boris Johnson has ever given in the Commons in pitch and tone.
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PM
@BorisJohnson
tells
@Ianblackford_MP
defence review is no threat to Black Watch, means jobs in Lossiemouth & EK, investment in shipbuilding. "The only thing endangering that is a reckless referendum which his party insist on calling at the most inapposite time for the country"
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Struck by
@fmwales
today:“I’ve come to believe in the end it is the Unionists who will see off the Union because of their carelessness about it, their unwillingness to give the time & attention & thought that needs to be given to how the UK will operate the other side of Brexit.”
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"It is not prejudging Sue Gray's inquiry for the Prime Minister to come forward a say if he was at the party or not," says
@Douglas4Moray
. "We don't need to wait for Sue Grey, we don't need to wait for PMQs, we just need the PM to answer that very simple question." - Wow.
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