Andrew Learmonth
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Huge cheer when the men were released after eight hours in the back of the Home Office van
#KenmureStreet
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Kay Burley: Will you be apologising to the First Minister of Scotland when you see her?
Liz Truss: No, I won't.
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Big fan of Glasgow city centre being turned into downtown New York for the new Indiana Jones movie.
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The man who went under the van in
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@no_evictions
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Nicola Sturgeon: "I have big political differences with Douglas Ross but even I am not as derogatory about him as his Tory colleagues."
#FMQs
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Don't think Stephen Flynn was much of a fan of Keir Starmer's Auf Wiedersehen Pet question
#PMQs
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Breaking: Police Scotland says they will NOT log a a Non-Crime Hate Incident against JK Rowling.
A spokesperson said: “The circumstances have been assessed and will not be recorded as a Non-Crime Hate Incident.”
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At Scotland Qs, SNP MP Neale Hanvey asks why the PM is "risking lives" by coming on a "futile Union Jackery trip" to to Scotland. "The PM has the ability to insult our intelligence from London," he adds.
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'Spineless' Douglas Ross stands by PM after partygate fine
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Delegates at STUC Congress have backed a motion stating that the Scottish Parliament should have the power to hold a referendum on Scotland’s future and should not require UK Government consent.
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Nicola Sturgeon calling on Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar to publish their tax returns
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When the two men were released from the Home Office immigration enforcement van and walked to the mosque on Nithsdale Road, the crowd followed. Pictures here give you a real indication of how many people protested.
#KenmureStreet
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One of the women asked to leave Committee Room 6 for wearing "political" colours. MSPs who questioned the decision were told it was because she breached the code of conduct for visitors, which forbids "banners, flags or political slogans, including on clothing and accessories."
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Just spoke to a senior member of the SNP's NEC. They say they have the numbers for a vote of no confidence in Peter Murrell. They're calling on him to resign TODAY.
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Police Scotland says they have received complaints about JK Rowling's X post on Easter Monday.
A spokesperson said: "The comments are not assessed to be criminal and no further action will be taken."
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Nicola Sturgeon launching the SNP's local government campaign in Govanhill. We weren't invited but turned up anyway
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Salmond: "I watched in astonishment on Wednesday when the First Minister of Scotland used a Covid press conference to effectively question the result of a jury. Still, I said nothing. Well today, that changes."
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SNP attempt to take control of the order paper on January 10 to amend the Scotland Act to allow Holyrood to call indyref2 without consent of Westminister defeated by 265 to 42.
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Looks like TWO labour councillors in Shettleston. Gained at the expense of the SNP. Tory leader Thomas Kerr has held his seat.
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Jason Leitch tells
#BBCGMS
the First Minister was without a mask for a "matter of seconds."
He adds: "She realises the place is crowded, puts a face covering on, which is actually what we're asking people to do."
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Ooft.
@krishgm
to Anas Sarwar. "We are talking about the constitution.if you don't want to talk about it, it's fine, you can sit this out."
#NextLeaderOfScotland
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Stephen Kerr just told MSPs that he is "not a potato."
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Huge protest mobilised in Pollokshields against Home Office raid
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Standing ovation from delegates in the hall as Keir Starmer rules out any agreement with the SNP. "We can't work with them, we won't work with them. No deal under any circumstances."
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According to the Electoral Commission, there are 4,280,785 voters registered for Thursday's election – the most ever for a Holyrood vote.
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Sturgeon: "'Not a big figure, 'lightweight', these might be insults directed at the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, but actually they say something much deeper about the Westminster establishment's utter contempt for Scotland."
#FMQs
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BREAKING: Shona Robison to be deputy first minister
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Gary Robertson:Do you think the Prime Minister is a truthful man?
Douglas Ross: Yes.
#BBCGMS
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Patrick Harvie describes the coronation and the Scottish thanksgiving as an "overpriced Game of Thrones cosplay exercise."
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Pro-Palestine protesters gathering outside M&S on Argyle Street
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Rape Crisis Scotland have released a statement from a complainer in response to allegations made by David Davis last night. She says Liz Lloyd did not interfere but was ”but acting in line" with her wishes.
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Greens come first in Langside
Langside about to be announced. Susan Aitken's ward. Greens think they've done very well here.
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Kate Forbes tells journalists in Holyrood she has kept all of her pandemic WhatsApps. She has, she says, deleted nothing.
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Sturgeon: "Independence is fundamentally about empowerment and aspiration, but an added benefit of being independent is that we’ll no longer have to put up with being treated like something on the sole of Westminster's shoe..."
#FMQs
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Nicola Sturgeon: "If they can't even show basic respect for their colleagues, what chance do the rest of us have?"
#FMQS
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Labour councillors have walked out of the Glasgow budget meeting. The SNP's Ricky Bell says they have called this very badly wrong. He says: "We don’t have the luxury of throwing our hands up and walking away. This is not a school debating society. "
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Ooft. Not sure Douglas Ross judged that right. Anas Sarwar telling him to "grow up" for maybe the third or fourth time this campaign.
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The co-convenor of Out for Independence, the SNP's LGBTQ+ wing, has submitted a formal complaint to the party's National Secretary after Kate Forbes said that "a trans woman is a biological male who identifies as a woman."
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Next SNP leadership TV debate on Channel 4 this Thursday. It's shorter though. The three candidates will only have 30 minutes to trash their government's record.
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An SNP candidate who failed internal vetting and who then had their appeal rejected was added to the approved candidate's list because Mhairi Black threatened to quit on the day before the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. This is some tale from
@kapaterson
EXCLUSIVE: Mhairi Black threatened to quit the SNP on eve of crucial by-election in 'ultimatum' over staffer
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Police Scotland has listed a sex shop in Glasgow, a mushroom farm in North Berwick and a demolished office block in West Dunbartonshire as "third party reporting centres" for Scotland's new hate crime laws.
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Story here - Police Scotland will not log 'hate incident' against JK Rowling or Humza Yousaf
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New poll from
@scotvoting
is fifth in a row to put support for independence ahead. Conducted at the tail end of November, puts support for Yes on 50.2%, up from 47.6% in August.
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Some personal news: excited to say I'm joining The Herald as a political correspondent.
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Fransen's been jailed for anti-Muslim hate crimes. She's standing in Glasgow Southside, the constituency with the highest concentration of Muslim residents in Scotland, against one of the highest profile Muslim politicians in the country. She's here to stir. She can get fucked.
Far-right bigot Jayda Fransen to stand against Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood election
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Statement from Alex Salmond's Alba on Section 35 order says Scottish Parliament has "created this sorry mess" and should "sort it out for themselves." Quote below comes from ex-SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.
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Sturgeon: "...and I suspect today, even Douglas Ross finds that a really attractive proposition.”
#FMQs
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An SNP spokesperson said: "We are aware of rumours being reported in the media concerning two particular politicians, which first circulated in February. No substantiation for these rumours has ever been offered, very simply because these allegations are categorically untrue.”
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Jings. So many viewers have complained about too much Prince Philip coverage that the BBC have now set up an easy to fill in form.
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John Swinney has just undone the Creative Scotland cut.
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The SNP's Christine Grahame exercising her right to freedom of speech in the Holyrood Hate Crime debate by having a right pop at Tory MSP Russell Findlay.
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Anas Sarwar tells Labour conference there is "nothing progressive about Scottish nationalism."
“Independence goes against the values of solidarity and social justice. It is an ideology based on what divides us, not what unites us," he adds.
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Easily the best jumper I've seen at a Holyrood committee
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Shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray tells Labour conference there will be "no deals with the SNP. None. No, nay, never. The only deal we want to make is directly with the Scottish people."
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According to the Chartered Institute of Taxation, anyone in Scotland earning under £28,867 will now pay up to £23.06 less tax than those in the rest of the UK, while those earning between £75,000 and £125,140 will pay up to £5,231.81 more in 2024/25.
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Kezia Dugdale says she has 'certainly moved' on Indy and may vote Yes
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Humza Yousaf calls Nicola Sturgeon the most impressive politician in Europe and denies he's too weak to suspend her.
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👀If Ash Regan has managed to unite Tommy Sheridan and the SSP she probably needs a job at the UN.
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Sturgeon: "I think the only person who should apologise for any behaviour on his part - which he was asked to do on Friday and failed to do - is Alex Salmond.
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They said Mr Murrell should have resigned eight years ago when Nicola Sturgeon became leader and "he should have most certainly announced the departure date when Nicola resigned a few weeks ago."
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Unite has ramped up calls for employment laws to be devolved to Scotland, with Sharon Graham, the union’s General Secretary, warning that Labour cannot be trusted not to backtrack on workers rights.
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Absolutely delighted to be joining the team at
@HolyroodDaily
. Really looking forward to getting stuck in from next month.
Delighted to announce that
@andrewlearmonth
is joining the
@HolyroodDaily
team from March. What a team we have going into the election
@chrismarshll
@HolyroodJenni
@jackr_thomson
@louisewilso
&
@GemmaFraser10
#topteam
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Douglas Ross is challenging Nicola Sturgeon to a debate on independence in the next month: “If she wants to return to party politics, then this is how political leaders put their ideas across, not in government press conferences."
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Just arrived at the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election count which is taking place here at the UN building in New York.
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Scottish Parliament currently suspended because of an unknown noise...
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Sturgeon says she's a "little bit confused" by Ross's offer.
He doesn't want her to "talk about politics and focus on the pandemic" and "on the other hand he's challenging me to a debate on politics."
"I think he might be in danger of making himself look a bit silly."
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Slight tweak to the Alba website today. No more Supermajority.
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They told me: "There's not a hope in hell that Peter can survive a no-confidence motion. He should offer his resignation to the NEC by the end of today."
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Nicola Sturgeon has written to Boris Johnson over the Cambo oilfield. The FM says the license to explore should be "reassessed in light of the severity of the climate emergency we now face".
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BREAKING: Community Safety minister Ash Regan resigns over GRA
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Just been confirmed that James Hamilton's report will be published at 4pm today, "once legally required checks and notifications are completed."
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Why does ITV get nice podiums and wooden flooring while STV are stuck at the top of some stairs?
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The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has "collectively agreed that on balance it is possible to publish the submission by Alex Salmond on the ministerial code."
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Scottish Conservative spokesperson: “These comments were racist and wrong. The Scottish Conservative Party has never accepted a donation from Frank Hester and the UK Conservative Party should carefully review the donations it has received from Hester in response to his remarks.”
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Nicola Sturgeon, Gregor Smith and Jason Leitch to hold a Covid briefing at 1215 today.
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Ooft. Green co-convenor Lorna Slater says this is an "act of political cowardice by the SNP, who are selling out future generations to appease the most reactionary forces in the country."
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Ooft. The SNP's John Nicholson getting a row from Speaker Lindsay Hoyle after he leaked correspondence between the two. The speaker is furious. He says it was half a letter and "misled the people of the country" and "put him in a bad light."
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Nicola Sturgeon: "I trusted him and I am not going to apologise for the behaviour of somebody else. If I have things in my behaviour to apologise for, I will apologise."
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Delegates have also said Westminster "should not resist a second vote if a majority of pro-independence MSPs are elected alongside a clear preference among the Scottish people for a second vote."
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Tory MSP Stephen Kerr claims he was threatened by the Deputy First Minister in Parliament today. He says she told him he was "going to fall from a very high place". He's seeking an apology. Video below 👇
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Baillie also tells
#BBCGMS
SNP government should mitigate against two child limit. Mitigate against a policy her UK party leader in London has said Labour won't change.
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BREAKING: James Hamilton has found NO BREACH of the Ministerial Code by the First Minister.
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Think we can expect this story to develop as the day goes on.
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Absolutely brutal front page for Labour from the P&J
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Worth remembering the Tory criticism of the SNP when they tried to exclude media from the leadership hustings. Craig Hoy said it was "nothing short of a disgrace."
“The SNP are famed for their lack of transparency but this really takes the biscuit," he added
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Roza Salih: "I can't believe it. 20 years ago, I came to this country as a refugee. And to think back... I would never imagine to serve my city."
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Alba's MPs and Alba's new MSP. Neale Hanvey Ash Regan and Kenny MacAskill pose for photos outside Holyrood.
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Party is furious at the chaos of the last few days, particularly around the treatment of Murray Foote.
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Alex Salmond: "I get messages from senior people in the SNP on a daily basis, often it's asking for an application form for the Alba party."
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Four SNP members of the Holyrood harassment committee hitting out at the five opposition MSPs. They accuse Fraser, Mitchell, Baillie, Cole Hamilton and Wightman of inserting "11th-hour predetermined political assertions that have no basis in fact" into the final report.
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Humza Yousaf HOLDS Glasgow Pollok for the SNP with 18163 votes.
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