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EXCLUSIVE: New poll reveals 72% of Scots believe Prince Andrew should be stripped of his Scottish title as the Earl of Inverness
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Brian Cox tells
@NicolaSturgeon
Scotland has never been as ripe for independence as it is now as he promises to be in the country to campaign for indyref2
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The amazing Sheldon at today’s March for Independence!❤️
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Everyone in high spirits here in a very rainy Glasgow
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Greens deliver furious conference after Humza Yousaf ended the Bute House Agreement - and party leaders’ government careers.
Suggested Humza Yousaf wont be leader for the next budget.
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'Under this new Liz Truss government we are in for the fight of our lives,' says
@RozFoyer
Enough is Enough
@eiecampaign
rally packs out the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow as they demand action on the cost-of-living crisis
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There are growing calls in Inverness for Prince Andrew to be stripped of his Scottish title.
An MP told me it was 'unthinkable' for him to keep the title while a councillor said it should be relegated to the 'dustbin of history'
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The
@scottishgreens
have voted in favour of ‘suspending ties’ with the Green Party of England and Wales
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Inside the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow as
@eiecampaign
are about to kick off their Glasgow launch.
Massive queue outside.
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@RMcElhenney
@TheSunnyPodcast
GLASGOW! It has to happen. It’s the only place that makes sense!
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🚨Job news🚨
Really excited to be starting a new role with
@STVNews
as a political reporter for the digital team next week!
Can’t wait to get stuck into all things politics with my new team.
My DMs are always open for stories and updates 👀
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Greta Thunberg makes her much anticipated speech at today’s Fridays for Future rally in Glasgow
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There was a round of applause after a Tory party member asked Rishi Sunak how he would 'suppress' Nicola Sturgeon
'That's a good question,' Sunak said as he laughed
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Humza Yousaf confirms his wife’s family remain trapped in Gaza.
Asked about Nicola Sturgeon arriving at conference this afternoon, he says he’s ’delighted’ she’s coming.
And he congratulates Scotland on qualifying for the Euros.
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@TommySheppard
told the crowd at Holyrood that Scotland must reinstate its ‘right to self-determination’
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A great time at
@glasgowfilmfest
for the Outlander screening, with fans coming from far and wide (and queuing for hours)
Stay tuned for stories in
@ScotNational
with interviews from the cast
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I’m at Holyrood for the Time for Scotland rally. I’ll be livestreaming at
@ScotNational
Facebook soon!
Nicola Sturgeon has suggested she’ll make an appearance.
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Today will see massive protests in Glasgow - the biggest at COP26 yet! I’ll be covering the
@AUOBNOW
March for Independence while
@agc_reports
will be covering the Global Day of Action. Tune into
@ScotNational
Facebook for some live footage of the events
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Inside the Newsquest printing factory and it’s very cool!
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And we are here at George Square! Greta Thunberg expected to speak soon
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David Tennant said the NHS saved his life, his daughter's life and detected his wife's cervical cancer
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STUC general secretary
@RozFoyer
: "I'm a bit sick of hearing that whole mantra of 'oh well, we are better than England' or 'it's better than Westminster' because it's such a low bar"
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Cost-of-living campaign group
@eiecampaign
has announced its Scottish launch will take place in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Speakers at the event include
@RozFoyer
,
@AamerAnwar
and
@DaveWardGS
and
@Living_Rent
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In February, the SNP said reports it had lost 30,000 members were 'wholly inaccurate'.
A spokesperson said: “The 30,000 figure that was reported is not just flat wrong, it’s wrong by about 30,000.'
This was not framing, as Nicola Sturgeon is suggesting, but a flat out denial.
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EXCL: A Scottish firm is set to sack half its staff after its owner said Brexit had caused it to lose nearly two thirds of its business
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Nicola Sturgeon reacts to bombshell resignations tonight: 'Feels like end might be nigh for Boris Johnson - not a moment too soon'
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‘This is the best new way to learn Gaelic’
@joydunlop
and
@caldamac
on the much anticipated launch of season 2 of
@SpeakGaelic
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@drewhendrySNP
said: 'If even his mother, the Queen, thinks it is inappropriate for him to retain his other titles, it surely must be unthinkable for him to be able to retain the title of Earl of Inverness. He should give up the title.'
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Protesters very angry with police kettling them in Glasgow today
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Read all about today's March for Independence - and see some lovely pictures too👇
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Here at Òran Mór where Humza Yousaf is about to launch the SNP’s general election campaign.
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Big crowds at Holyrood for the rally with a small group of counter-protesters across the road
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Fridays for Future protesters march all the way from Kelvingrove Park to George Square
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EXCLUSIVE: Green MSP
@MaggieChapman
admits this week's attainment gap figures are 'very poor'
She says they are 'not good' and 'not something Scotland can be proud of'
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Sad day in the office for
@HannahMargBrown
last day at
@STVNews
before she appears on your screens for
@ITVBorderRB
as a political reporter.
Going to miss loitering around the
@ScotlandTonight
desk!
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Yet another party said to have happened at Downing Street during lockdown - and this time it was for Boris Johnson's birthday
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‘The words ‘British’ and ‘democracy’ ring hollow at the moment’
Spoke to Charlie Reid of
@The_Proclaimers
about his views on the monarchy, the UK and new album Dentures Out
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Speaking at
@ayeshahazarika
’s Fringe show,
@NicolaSturgeon
said unpopular Tory prime ministers were one of the reasons Scotland would ‘call a day’ on the UK
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Scottish Greens face internal revolt from LGBT members that threatens Bute House Agreement with SNP.
Rainbow Greens furious about NHS decision to pause puberty blockers.
Say Scottish Government 'does not care about the welfare or rights of transgender people in Scotland'.
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Check out today’s
@SunScotNational
to read about
@coinneachmac
on his TikTok success and passion for the Hebrides
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Alex Salmond's response to the Ofcom investigation: 'I have literally no idea what seems to be troubling Ofcom or indeed the two people who apparently complained about the Show. I look forward to finding out.'
Alex Salmond is being investigated by Ofcom over a show he hosted on TalkTV.
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It is still the Scottish Government's intention to hold indyref2 in 2023, Nicola Sturgeon tells US media
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I spoke to Paul Laverty who said when he wrote Sweet Sixteen 20 years ago 'food banks weren't a thing'
Twenty years on from the film's release, the Scottish screenwriter says the situation is now more desperate for the most vulnerable in society
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The sun making a much anticipated appearance at today’s March for Independence
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@Emma_Roddick
asks: 'If he wasn’t good enough for [his military titles], why is he good enough to be associated officially with our city?'
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A deeper dive into how Glasgow became twinned with Havana 20 years ago and what it's meant for Scotland's biggest city - and Cubans living here
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Spoke with
@lokiscottishrap
ahead of his excellent new book The Social Distance Between Us.
He talks about what’s changed since he released Poverty Safari and why he wanted to honour working-class anger in his new book
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The motion passed unanimously with delegates hearing the Green Party of England and Wales has ‘serious issues with transphobia’
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I interviewed John Mackellar the other day. A 103 year old veteran who said he was ‘thrilled’ at receiving a letter from
@NicolaSturgeon
thanking him for his service in WW2.
One of the nicest guys I’ve ever met
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Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by failing to register on time eight interests, including gifts from football teams and the sale of a plot of land
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.
@MonicaLennon7
has urged
@Keir_Starmer
to come out in favour of scrapping the two-child benefit cap, which she said is 'morally wrong'.
@AnasSarwar
said he would press any Labour government to ditch the policy.
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So I made a valid point against a public video that
@bbcsesh
posted of
@cardiffornia_
and her response is to contact the secondary school I attended, the college I go to and my part-time employer.
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‘Scotland is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to’
Read what Dexter star Michael C Hall and his band had to say ahead of their first ever gig in Scotland👇
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Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will see no immediate changes to coronavirus restrictions
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Prince Andrew to face trial after judge throws out his attempts to dismiss case
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Follow
@ScotNational
liveblog as
@agc_reports
and I keep you updated with all things COP26!
Greta Thunberg expected to give a speech at George Square soon.
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@NicolaSturgeon
has told
@BorisJohnson
that the Scottish Government is 'ready and willing to negotiate a Section 30 order to secure a referendum on independence'
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New article in the Glasgow Times: Massive beer garden to be created in the West End
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Spoke to Steve Coogan today about Boris Johnson and why he's changed his position on Scottish independence
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Looks like Kate Forbes' job as deputy first minister will be saved by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
The Greens say they will vote against the MSP in Holyrood due to her socially conservative views.
But LibDem MSP Willie Rennie says she 'deserved a chance to govern'.
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Spoke to
@LeylaJosephine1
ahead of the launch of her debut book.
‘It’s taken me a long time to accept it but I am now at the stage of realising that my dyslexia hasn’t actually been a hindrance – it’s been a blessing’
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Shocking findings that recent declines in life expectancy are likely a result of UK austerity
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My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way suggested a move to Scotland could be on the way as he spoke to a Glasgow audience about wanting dual citizenship
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Looking forward to doing more culture pieces for
@ScotNational
this year so if you’re an artist or creative working on something cool in 2022 I’d love to know! Feel free to DM or email me
#journorequest
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Pleasure to speak to
@wheatus
who had some interesting thoughts on Boris Johnson and Brexit👇
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Exclusive: An East Lothian host family has called for a new, streamlined match-making system to replace the UK's 'broken' Homes for Ukraine scheme
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Thousands of young people march from Kelvingrove Park to George Square. Follow
@ScotNational
for more!
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Head over to the
@ScotNational
Facebook page to catch today’s 1.5 hour livestream of independence activists marching through Glasgow
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'People are already struggling. If energy goes up the game is over'
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In today’s
@SunScotNational
I take a look at the housing crisis in Edinburgh and one couple’s struggle to buy their first home
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The
@scottishgreens
have unveiled a £2.9m funding package they say will protect Scotland from 'Tory attacks on nature'
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The Glasgow private school attended by First Minister Humza Yousaf is facing strike action after being accused of implementing a 'fire and hire' policy by the
@EISUnion
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Very grateful for my experience at
@ScotNational
and all the lovely people I’ve met there over the past two years.
Especially my editor
@LauraEWebsterr
who has supported me loads!
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I lived 10 years in Tollcross and never spoke to my next door neighbour once so if you're looking for a hideout try an East End close or something
One of the weirdest things about central belt/ English patter about Highlands/Islands is the idea that it is a “wilderness” where you can disappear rather than communities where every granny will know what you had for breakfast by lunchtime. Want to vanish? Go to London/Glasgow.
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Scotland's National Clinical director has suggested Scots 'probably' need another booster dose of a Covid vaccine as our immunity wanes over time
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If people cared as much about racism as they did about statues there probably wouldn't be protests in the first place
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Old guys in the sauna talking of their disgust for gay marriage
Funny that, coming from a pair of old guys who spend most of their week away from their wives, half-naked with each other at the sauna and in a hot tub 🙃
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@FairHospitality
said it was 'obscene' for a job at Buckingham Palace to pay 'less than minimum wage'
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As Gayboys and Ode to Joy make their debuts at the Edinburgh Fringe, I caught up with
@_craigmanson
and
@jamesleyplay
on bringing the party to Edinburgh
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This about sums up the protest outside of the UK Government’s hub in Edinburgh.
Campaigners say Westminster’s decision to block Scotland’s gender reform bill is bad for trans right and it’s bad for democracy.
Didn't manage to make it to the protest outside of the UK Gov's Edinburgh HQ today?
@craigymeighan
is live outside speaking to campaigners and politicians, and you can watch here 👇
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Did the upper class guy on
@lokiscottishrap
Class Wars really just say the same working class guy wasn’t working class because he was coherent and wasn’t grunting? Where did you find this guy? Do people actually think that?
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The Scottish Government and
@uni_scot
have both urged the UK Government to ensure the country's place in the EU's €95bn Horizon science programme, the largest of its kind in the world
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My documentary on why each side of the Brexit divide thinks the other is a threat to democracy is now online. Thank you to
@IainDale
,
@blaiklockBP
,
@DrNikLaw
,
@ChrisStephens
and
@Itwitius
for being a part of it.
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Today starts my new series on the human stories behind the cost of living crisis.
I spoke to one mother who was struggling on Universal Credit well before the 54% rise in energy bills
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Read about the amazing feat
@caldamac
and
@jennygrahamis
achieved to cross the longest straight line in the UK right through the Scottish highlands👏
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Wouldn't walk through the Buchanan bus station - Glasgow Caledonian University underpass if I were you. Not unless you've brought your trunks
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Notre Dame High should definitely be opened to boys. Having a single-sex school seems so out of place in this age. Segregation of any kind in schools shouldn't be supported, whether it's sex, race, background or religion
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@PeteWishart
: ‘We already have a majority of MPs at Westminster.
‘If they constantly say no to us it’s time to believe them … it’s time to stop asking and start asserting’.
Warns transfer of more powers to Holyrood would just give Westminster ‘something else to say no to’.
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Big thanks to the
@heraldscotland
digital team for taking me on for a week.
Such an enjoyable week. Learned a lot - and the staff are super nice!
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