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@Spectator diary reporter covering UK and Scottish politics. Doctor 🩺 (not practising) • DMs open/ldunn @spectator .co.uk • Glasgow/London 🏴
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Some personal news: today I’m starting a new role at The Spectator as Diary Reporter. Very excited to be working with our politics team and I can’t wait to get started! 🎉
Drop me an email/message for tips, stories or if you’d like to grab coffee 🗞️
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Still can’t believe
@GlasgowGuardian
has been accredited for
#COP26
and I’ve spent the last day and half in the press pool within metres of the President, PM, FM and Prince Charles?? Maybe the only student journo here and it’s bloody surreal
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John Curtice saying this is the first time the Lib Dems have come away with more council seats than the Tories 🗳️
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Anas Sarwar calls for a fresh leader. ‘I’m here,’ cries John Swinney, adding cheerily about Scottish Labour: ‘They’re over the moon that I’m here. They sent me here. They were all behind it!’
Seems to be enjoying his first
#FMQs
in the top job
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Had the most perfect day graduating as a doctor from
@UofGlasgow
, with this year being undoubtedly the most exciting as Editor of The
@GlasgowGuardian
💫 Have absolutely loved being at Glasgow, and have met the most amazing people. It’s been a blast x
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💥 Excited to have joined The
@Spectator
as social media editor - and it couldn’t have been a more eventful few weeks to have started! Looking forward to continue working alongside a great bunch of people 🗞
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💥 NEW: Ipsos polling finds that following Humza’s resignation:
- SNP voters are more likely to favour John Swinney to Forbes (30% v 21%)
- But general public prefer Kate Forbes (26% v 20%)
- Public rate Swinney and Forbes (37%) over Labour’s Anas Sarwar (31%) for best FM
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Imagine having a figure where you know u can wear absolutely anything you want😭😭
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'I will only seek the SNP whip again if it is clear that the SNP are pursuing independence. The SNP has become a brand name missing the key ingredient. The urgency for independence is absent.'
Strong words from
@AngusMacNeilSNP
who will now sit as an independent until October
I shall not now be seeking to rejoin the Westrminster SNP group until at least October.
Meanwhile I will sit as an independent MP.
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Auditors now understood to have walked away in September, even earlier than Yousaf initially claimed…
NEW: SNP contact Electoral Commission over “difficulty” finding replacement auditors as deadline for finances looms.
@SkyNews
understands accountants Johnston Carmichael resigned in Sept. Earlier the FM said it was “around Oct”.
Former auditors apparently “raised no concerns”.
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Very excited to have written my first magazine piece for
@spectator
on such an important issue!
Giving pharmacists more prescribing powers (fast) is crucial if we want to relieve pressures on GP and A&E - and save the NHS 👇
‘“You’ll have to go to your nearest A&E,” the woman on the line told me. A&E? I had a rash on my nose.’
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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‘If the Scottish government would only focus more on what it can do rather than blame Westminster for what it can’t, perhaps Yousaf could have presented a more convincing programme.’
Wrote on Humza Yousaf’s new programme for government 👇
Via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
'On the surface Humza Yousaf’s commitments sound wide ranging yet there appears little substance to many of his promises.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn on Humza Yousaf's programme for government
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Today’s poll sees Kate Forbes leading amongst SNP voters - but how much of a surprise is this?
Earlier this week, I looked at what we know of the SNP membership demographics, and whether members are as socially progressive as first thought 👇
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Great to see Rishi Sunak pushing plans to reduce pressure on GPs by allowing pharmacists to treat more health conditions.
In December last year, I wrote about how pharmacists urgently need more prescribing powers, for
@spectator
👉
🔵 Pharmacies to relieve pressure on doctors’ surgeries as PM hopes for turnaround in Tory fortunes
Find out more ⤵️
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Great being on
@ScotlandTonight
with
@RealMacKaySTV
and
@shonacraven
discussing the fourth and final TV debate of the SNP leadership contest! One fortnight gone and another to go
#scotnight
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Still can’t quite believe I was interviewing Nicola Sturgeon this morning for The
@GlasgowGuardian
?? Been yet another whirlwind of a day at
#COP26
@NicolaSturgeon
talks to The Glasgow Guardian about progress, power dynamics, and the power of the youth.
#COP26
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So buzzing to have completed the Brighton Marathon today! Was a gorgeous day for it, a v enjoyable run - genuinely - and still a little in disbelief to have finished 🏃🏼♀️☀️ (though will be hobbling about for the foreseeable future)
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💥 BREAKING: Labour’s vote of no confidence in Scottish Govt has been defeated
Yes 58
No 70
No abstentions
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💥 New: Former SNP MP Corri Wilson will stand as an Alba candidate at the general election in the Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock seat
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Never quite tall enough for huddles but at least this time I’ve made it a little closer to the front…
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Buzzing to get Best Journalist in the
@SPAJournalism
awards!! Been such a class year for The
@GlasgowGuardian
and can’t wait for the next couple months 🌟
And our winner, also from the
@GlasgowGuardian
, is Lucy Dunn! Congratulations, and keep up the great work!
#SPARC22
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Great to chat to
@BBCGaryR
on
@BBCScotNine
tonight about the SNP leadership contest (and the excitement of last night’s debate!) with
@Fergoodness
- loved being on!
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Michael Matheson’s resignation statement 👇
Says ‘it is in the best interest of myself and the government’ to step down to ensure the investigation findings do not become a ‘distraction’
Notable lack of contrition — despite having lied to press/public over details
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Following this week’s report on the NHS workforce crisis, and the steadily rising level of complaints (like those below), I wrote about how so many newly-qualified doctors are being put off the job they trained 6 years for 👉 via
@spectator
#MedTwitter
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I eat like I'm on some crazy diet during the day then as soon as it hits 9pm I consume approx 75% of the food in our house :) sick joke
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Just when we thought this might be a slightly calmer week than the last five… Kate Forbes has quit government after being offered the rural affairs portfolio, a demotion from finance 👇
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NEW: An SNP councillor has defected to Alba in South Ayrshire 👇
This means Salmond’s Alba party are now represented at council, Holyrood and Westminster level. Cllr Chris Cullen said he was 'blown away' by the defection of Edinburgh Eastern MSP Ash Regan.
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Wrote on Humza Yousaf’s new independence strategy (or lack thereof).
The FM’s elaborate (and vague) plan seems a reaction to poor poll predictions — more a front for securing seats than an offering of a meaningful path to separation 👇
via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
‘Ultimately, Humza Yousaf’s approach is not so much about defining a clear path to independence as it is about staying in power.’
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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🚨 BREAKING: Margaret Ferrier is OUT as an MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. 11,896 of her constituents voted to trigger a by-election, over the 10% (8,113) signatures needed to sign the recall petition.
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Bumped into
@Ed_Miliband
in the hallway today - tried to sneak a photo & he asked me for a selfie instead!! (thanks v much)
Also a big fan of the Reasons to be Cheerful pod so a bonus on both counts 🌟
#COP26
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Great to be on
@BBCScotNine
with
@shonacraven
speaking to
@imhopewebb
and
@BBCLauraMac
about the results of the
#SNPLeadershipElection
this evening!
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Had a great time this morning in the BBC Scotland studios doing the paper review - v much enjoyed being on the
#BBCSundayShow
!
@SalmondSalmond
@Fionasstalker
@jmcdonaldjourno
Paper reviewers
@SalmondSalmond
&
@lucyidunn
ready for on air at 1030
#BBCSundayShow
@BBCRadioScot
On air now until 1145
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A&E waiting times are worsening while Scottish hospitals run out of beds. Patients who need extra support are facing delayed discharges due to mounting pressures in social care. And dissatisfaction amongst NHS staff remains on the rise.
I wrote about it for The
@Spectator
:
'It's easy to pass the blame. But bed-blocking in hospitals won’t improve unless the NHS and social care sector can reverse their staffing crises.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn (
@lucyidunn
)
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Hard pressed to find anything more beaut than Scotland in the sun. Literally everything’s stunning. Couldn’t tell if I was driving into Greenock or Majorca
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NEW: Kate Forbes, former finance secretary, has said that she retained all her WhatsApp messages from the pandemic and given them to the Covid Inquiry.
Raises questions about Yousaf’s assertion that the Scottish government’s policy ‘required us to routinely delete’ WhatsApps.
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Today is changeover day in the NHS, often referred to more ominously as ‘Black Wednesday’.
I’ve written about how the term was coined, and whether things have got better since the release of that 2009 report that lead to a media furore…👇👇
'All over the world, medicine is still struggling to integrate and organise itself in the face of the most frequent change it faces: the cycle of new doctors that arrives each year.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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Made my Coffee House Scots debut hosting the pod yesterday! Spoke to
@katyballs
and
@JournoStephen
about the first TV debate of the SNP leadership contest and who looks to be coming out on top👇
🎙 Coffee House Scots | can the SNP stop the infighting?
🏴 The first TV debate of the SNP leadership contest was a fiery affair to say the least. Will the lack of party unity end up costing the SNP?
🗣 Lucy Dunn speaks to Stephen Daisley and Katy Balls
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Was great to do the
@spectator
’s Evening Blend newsletter tonight!
Wrote on growing NHS waiting lists and the government’s private sector plan to tackle the backlogs 📨
(Sign up here: )
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Wrote on the growing concerns about the SNP’s partnership with the Greens — and how this issue is becoming the next big dividing line within the party 👇
via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
‘Is First Minister Humza Yousaf at risk of sacrificing crucial SNP votes by refusing to ditch his party’s coalition with the Greens? That’s what a growing number of nationalist politicians are worried about.’
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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Why is it when I actively try to eat healthy I make it til 7pm then scran about 3 days worth of kcal in 1 sitting
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After admitting that I’ve never tried a Caramac bar on
@BBCScotland
’s Seven Days someone has v kindly sent me a whole six (!) in the post
Thank you random sender, glad I won’t miss out after all
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Devastating news. Nick was a lovely, lovely person who was always so kind to me whenever I was invited into the studio. Sending love to his family, friends and colleagues 🤍x
"Nick has been a wonderful colleague. He was a hugely talented journalist, presenter and author – and one of those rare people who light up the lives of everyone around them."
Head of News and Current Affairs at BBC Scotland Gary Smith pays tribute to Nick Sheridan.
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🚨 Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the SNP, has been arrested. Follow The Spectator’s coverage here 👇
And just when it was looking like recess might be a time for Scottish politics to settle down…
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Humza Yousaf has unveiled his new cabinet - but he’s done little to reach across the SNP divide 👇
via
@spectator
'For all his warm words, Humza Yousaf appears to have done little to reach across the SNP divide. Those who backed Forbes are nowhere to be seen.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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BREAKING: SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn says he only became aware of the SNP motorhome purchase ‘when it was printed on the front of a newspaper’.
This comes after former treasurer Colin Beattie says he ‘didn’t know’ about the purchase 👇
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NEW: Peter Murrell has been re-arrested in connection with the police probe into SNP finances
More here
@spectator
👇
🚨 NEW: Now Nicola Sturgeon’s husband is arrested (again) 👇
✍ Steerpike
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NEW: Scotland's Sandyford clinic to pause puberty blockers to new U18 pts
Ex-Tavistock David Bell, Scot Labour’s Jackie Baillie and SNP's Jo Cherry among the voices urging Yousaf to act on Cass. MSPs Meghan Gallacher and Ash Regan had Urgent Qs on the issue rejected
More here👇
🚨 NEW: Just hours after Mr S asked the question about Scotland’s tartan Tavistock, hapless Humza Yousaf finally threw in the towel. Today, Sandyford has announced it is pausing prescriptions of puberty blockers to new patients under 18.
✍️ Steerpike
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Actually so crazy and so inconvenient you'll never know exactly what someone else is thinking
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A dig from Kate Forbes at continuity candidate Humza Yousaf, and Nicola Sturgeon, in her introductory speech tonight: ‘More of the same is an acceptance of mediocrity.’
#STVdebate
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Excl: In the aftermath of Humza’s resignation announcement, I interviewed Fergus Ewing MSP — on a growing culture of intolerance in the SNP, putting constituents before party, how rebellion gets results and why Kate Forbes should be the next leader 👇
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John Swinney and Stephen Flynn have endorsed Humza Yousaf for FM just two days before voting starts.
But Kate Forbes’s supporters are not impressed by ‘this 11th hour intervention’.
Is the SNP establishment running scared of Forbes?
via
@spectator
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Loved my time at
@UofGlasgow
but how on earth are we, a year on, still struggling to properly support the accommodation of freshers? Being placed 45 mins away from your classes is hardly being accommodated.
As per, you hear it first from the good ole’ GG xo
@GlasgowGuardian
Even further than Paisley, The Glasgow Guardian this year has revealed that UofG has approached the University of Stirling to discuss housing freshers who are still without accommodation a 45 minute drive away.
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Really enjoyed coming on Seven Days this evening with
@kellylgiven
and
@siobhanhmathers
- playing on BBC Scotland now 🔊
Thanks for having me!
@Fionasstalker
@nick_sheridan
Seven Days is on at 11pm with
@Fionasstalker
and
@nick_sheridan
This week's expert panellists include
@kellylgiven
,
@siobhanhmathers
and
@lucyidunn
📺
@BBCScotland
and
@BBCiPlayer
📻
@BBCRadioScot
and
@BBCSounds
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Great to be on
@bbc5live
tonight discussing the need for the government to engage with striking doctors w/
@StephenNolan
.
It’s in no one’s interests to lose more medics to other healthcare systems. Stalling isn’t the answer.
🖋
📻 10.28pm
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‘As the campervan is approaching a rather sad year spent impounded in a police station, senior SNP figures have had enough. They want it back.’
Senior SNP figures want the campervan returned to the party ahead of the GE, via
@spectator
👇
‘With the Nats predicted to lose half of their seats to Labour in the election, they’ll need more than a campervan draped in Scotland flags to make a U-turn in the polls…’
✍️ Steerpike: We want our campervan back, demand Nats
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Happy (belated) bday 🎉🎈- without a doubt one of the best decisions I ever made at uni was getting involved with The
@GlasgowGuardian
!
A lot of fun getting the ball rolling for 90th celebrations last year with
@hailiepentleton
& excited to see what Luke & Kim do this year
Today marks the official 90th birthday of The Glasgow Guardian! On this day in 1932, the Gilmorehill Globe was created at UofG, and thus began 90 long years of ambitious, creative and innovative student journalism! 🎈❤️
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Taxi driver just asked me to marry him ? Never thought 2017 was the year I'd be proposed to, things are looking up
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NEW: SNP MSP Fergus Ewing voted for no confidence in Scottish govt minister Lorna Slater 👇
V interesting to see an SNP politician vote in favour of motion. Perhaps not completely surprising given Ewing regarded as one of the party rebels
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Following
@PeteKrykant_OPC
’s safe drug consumption van recently receiving its first official funding, conversations with Peter and
@DrugsAndArthur
show how far the van has come but also how much more still needs to be done to better tackle drug use in Scotland
As Glasgow's Safe Drug Van receives its first official funding, Lucy Dunn looks back on interviews with van founder,
@PeteKrykant_OPC
.
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One party insider criticised Yousaf for coming across ‘petty and entitled’, while backbencher Fergus Ewing berated Yousaf’s ‘unfair and ill-founded attack’ on Regan.
Ewing also hit out at Lorna Slater’s independence comments from the weekend 👇
Via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
🚨 NEW: SNP in civil war over Regan’s Alba defection 👇
'While one party insider criticised the First Minister's comments as coming across "petty and entitled", Fergus Ewing berated Yousaf’s "entirely unfair and ill-founded attack".'
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It’s actually the THIRD time this has happened, as the Liberal Democrats took more than the Conservatives in the 1995 locals and then again in 1996 — but remains striking
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NEW: The government has been defeated tonight in the Commons in a vote on compensation for victims of the contaminated blood scandal 👇
More here, via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
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18 years on & I've still not mastered being photogenic, will it ever happen ??
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For 15 shortlists at the
@SPAJournalism
National Awards, The
@GlasgowGuardian
had an amazing time down at Sheffield. Winning Best Digital Media shows we are definitely getting ahead of the trend with online journalism! 🌟
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Wrote about the SNP’s newly announced independence convention and the questions it raises 👇 via
@spectator
What is the point of the SNP’s independence convention?
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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‘ScotGov told Mr S that it doesn’t “have a culture of routinely using informal comms to make policy decisions”.
Yet Mr S has seen messages exchanged on Twitter discussing decisions on where testing centres should be set up — from the former health sec, no less.’
Via
@spectator
🚨 NEW: Did Humza lie to parliament? 👇
Yousaf and deputy first minister Shona Robison told the Chamber last week that the Scottish government had only been asked for Covid WhatsApp messages in September. It now turns out this isn’t quite the case...
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🎙️ We covered Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act on today’s Coffee House Shots ep — speaking about the challenges facing Police Scotland and why Scottish Labour and Lib Dems have been so quiet on the issue 🏴
Listen here👇
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
🎙 Coffee House Shots | Could Scotland’s new Hate Crime Act overwhelm the police?
🗣 The SNP’s new Hate Crime Act came into effect yesterday, but already it has been met with backlash. James Heale talks to Isabel Hardman and Lucy Dunn
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Who is Ash Regan? How far does her pledge for cross-party unity extend? And how much influence does Alex Salmond have over her campaign?
I interviewed Ash after her campaign launch on Friday. Read the full article here, via
@spectator
👇
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Frustrated by the Greens — and hardly enamoured with his own party — Fergus Ewing told
@HolyroodSources
that the atmosphere in the Holyrood SNP group is ‘toxic’ and that an indyref victory isn’t possible just now.
Is the SNP civil war only getting worse?
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General election looks to be nearer the end of the year after Sunak rules out a May election today.
My prediction à la weekend of October on the BBC’s Sunday Show looking less a stab in the dark..!
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💥 Breaking: Humza Yousaf will give a statement on his future at midday today in Bute House
More via
@spectator
👇
🚨 NEW: The SNP has confirmed Humza Yousaf will make a statement on his future at midday today. If hapless Humza decides his time is up, who’s next in line to replace him?
✍️ Steerpike: Runners and riders for next SNP leader
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🚨 NEW: SNP chief executive Peter Murrell stands down amid party crisis
In his resignation statement, Murrell says he had no intent to mislead - but that’s hard to reconcile with what's happened 👇
via
@spectator
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Wrote about a Swinney-Forbes deal on Tuesday for
@spectator
’s lunchtime espresso newsletter 👇
(Sign up for free here: )
💥 BREAK: Kate Forbes won’t run for SNP leadership.
Says herself and John Swinney ‘share a powerful common purpose for the country’ including to ‘return the SNP to governing from the mainstream’
Forbes-Swinney deal firmly agreed, it appears
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🎙️ On today’s Coffee House Shots ep, we discuss the pressures the Hate Crime Act is placing on Police Scotland, ‘non-crime hate incidents’ and what recent polls mean for Humza Yousaf 👇
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
🎙️ Coffee House Shots | J.K. Rowling vs Scotland’s hate monster
🗣️ How has the first week of this controversial legislation gone for First Minister Humza Yousaf? Natasha Feroze speaks to Lucy Dunn and Isabel Hardman
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£80 to last me the rest of the month so of course the best plan of action is to spend £70 in topshop?? Why am I like this
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'The Whatsapp messages of Scotland's clinical director Professor Jason Leitch are unable to be scrutinised because, it transpires, he deleted them daily...'
Read more here 👇
Via
@spectator
'The Whatsapp messages of Scotland's clinical director Professor Jason Leitch are unable to be scrutinised because, it transpires, he deleted them daily...'
✍️ Steerpike
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The SNP and Scottish Labour kicked off their by-election campaigns today in Rutherglen — where Labour candidate Michael Shanks was firm on his opposition to some of UK Labour’s recent policy shifts… via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
👇
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Lorna Slater may have survived today’s no confidence vote (55 MSPs for vs 68 against) but her reputation did not escape unscathed 👇
via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
'The Scottish Green party was supposed to help the nationalists in government by creating a pro-independence majority – not force them to defend their coalition partners against no confidence attacks.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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Despite students moving FROM Paisley to uni halls in previous years, some Glasgow freshers have no choice other than to be housed here, whilst others still have no guarantee of accommodation - "scrambling" sounds about right
Freshers "abandoned": first year students housed in Paisley with others facing "homelessness"
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Great to see pharmacies across England will from today have more prescribing powers to take pressure off GPs 💊
Now patients can pick up meds for issues from UTIs to shingles from their pharmacy
Wrote about the need for this in Dec ‘22 for
@spectator
👉
From Wednesday, pharmacists will be able to prescribe antibiotics for minor conditions such as ear infections in an effort to free up NHS GP appointments ⬇️
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Worst thing about stopping speaking to someone is when you've got a funny story but no one to tell it to🤙🏽
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‘I’ve kept WhatsApp messages and fully intend to hand them over,’ Humza Yousaf clarified today — yet admitted that the Scottish govt ‘had a social media messaging policy’ which ‘actually required us to routinely delete WhatsApp messages’.
Via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
👇
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Junior doctors aren’t happy with their working conditions and Australian recruiters have spotted an opportunity.
Avoiding strike action is only a short-term goal; long term, there needs to be a better plan for tackling the retention crisis
@spectator
👇
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An hour in Lisbon & my brother has already drove a Segway into the Tagus river ..
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‘The SNP’s focus on independence during a cost-of-living crisis is pushing Scots to place their votes elsewhere while more question the value of devolved powers as public services fail.’
Wrote on the Sunday Times’ poll showing a quarter of Scots think devolution hasn’t worked 👇
Are Scots tiring of devolution?
'Humza Yousaf has spent his premiership saying he will put independence "page one, line one" of the SNP’s manifesto, but endless surveys show how health and the economy are more pressing concerns.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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During our interview on Friday, I asked Ash Regan about Alex Salmond. Would she let him back into her SNP if he said he wanted to come back? ‘If he wanted to. Sure.’
Ash Regan reveals she could readmit Alex Salmond to the SNP
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At the Scottish Conservatives conference in Glasgow with PM Rishi Sunak here addressing party members 👇
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BREAKING: Junior doctors in Scotland will strike next month after rejecting the Scottish government’s pay offer.
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Kate Forbes at the first SNP leadership hustings tonight: ‘We have become the party of referendums rather than the party of independence. We need to look beyond independence. For most it’s a means to an end. Independence is coming sooner than most people think.’
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Wrote on the final
@TimesRadio
debate of the SNP leadership contest where Humza Yousaf appeared to backtrack on his plans to take UK govt to court over the blocking of the gender bill, via
@spectator
👇
'Humza Yousaf responded by saying that if his government received "unequivocal" advice that they would not win the case against the UK government, "we’d do the responsible thing and wouldn’t take that to court".'
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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🧵 As
#COP27
starts, it stills feels surreal that this time last year I was amongst it all at Glasgow’s COP26 for
@glasgowguardian
Truly one of my best experiences in student journalism, it was brilliant to work with such a class team on something of that scale in our own city.
Still can’t believe
@GlasgowGuardian
has been accredited for
#COP26
and I’ve spent the last day and half in the press pool within metres of the President, PM, FM and Prince Charles?? Maybe the only student journo here and it’s bloody surreal
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Wrote on Humza Yousaf's keynote speech that concluded his first SNP conference as party leader 👇
Business-friendly and cost-of-living crisis focused, will it be enough to reverse the SNP's plummeting fortunes?
Via
@spectator
@SpecCoffeeHouse
'Humza Yousaf’s new approach is to "inextricably link" the need for independence to the cost-of-living crisis, trying to position his as the party that is best placed to change the country’s economic fortunes.'
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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💊 Hearing more and more that pharmacists now having prescribing powers in England is noticeably easing access to meds for simple problems (& taking pressure off GP/A&E)
I first wrote about the need for this change in Dec22, just after moving to London 👉
'A small miracle happened in politics recently. Someone had a good idea, and then enacted it really quickly. I then remembered reading about a recent proposal to allow pharmacists to supply antibiotics for certain conditions...'
✍️ Rory Sutherland
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Had a really informative discussion with
@PeteKrykant_OPC
on the current situation with Scotland’s drug policy, and where we are with progress on consumption rooms.
Full interview here:
As Harm Awareness Month came to an end, Editor-in-Chief Lucy Dunn spoke to drug reform campaigner
@PeteKrykant_OPC
about the latest changes to Scotland's drug policy. Read the interview below...
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Making social care an appealing area to work in is crucial if we want to expand the sector’s capacity. If we don’t, this ‘congestion’ problem in hospitals (and its overspill into the community) will only persist.
I wrote about this for The
@Spectator
👇
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The SNP-Green pact is a change from ‘toxic’ politics seen elsewhere, Patrick Harvie believes — but it remains a divisive issue for many in the SNP
As the two-year anniversary of the Bute House Agreement comes to pass, I look at who actually benefits from the deal, via
@spectator
‘The Bute House Agreement has validated the Greens as a party, bringing them in from the fringe to mainstream political debate and placing their policies in the limelight.’
✍️ Lucy Dunn
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