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NEW: Humza Yousaf will resign today as First Minister ahead of a no confidence vote in his leadership, according to a senior party source.
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This actually happened
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Looks like Rees-Mogg will be out of the Cabinet
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Liz Truss woeful on how she would help someone on 10k a year. Trots out her national insurance cut, only to be told by Kay Burley this person doesn’t earn enough to pay NI
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Been told Douglas Ross said to his MSPs that in his conversation with the PM earlier Johnson couldn’t guarantee there wasn’t more to come out
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Asked by Ian Blackford about funding to Scotland as a result of the end of mass testing across the UK, the PM effectively says the Scottish Government can fund it themselves
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Breaking: The Holyrood Inquiry has concluded that Nicola Sturgeon misled the parliamentary committee
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Today is the first day in over a fortnight in which Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw hasn’t tweeted.
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What a joke. Boris Johnson appoints the MP for Milton Keynes as the new Scotland Office Minister
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How deep do I believe Labour’s problems are? If Jeremy Corbyn stood as a candidate in the upcoming leadership contest, I think he might win.
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Scottish Tory Twitter is quiet this morning. Much quieter than on the morning of the Catherine Calderwood story.
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The prize for the most brutal question of the day goes to @STVColin , who asked the First Minister: "What will we get first - a ferry or a referendum?"
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Daily Record splash
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Senior Scottish Tory MSPs are supporting leader Douglas Ross' call for Boris Johnson to go. Full blown crisis for the PM
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NEW: The Scottish Tories say they will give Nicola Sturgeon a "last chance" to quit on Tuesday. If not, they will proceed with a Vote of No Confidence on Wednesday.
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New: Opinium poll shows SNP to fall short of a majority in May
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Wee dig from the outgoing prime minister that SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford may also not be in post for much longer...
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Breaking: The Scottish Tories will this week lodge a motion of no confidence in Deputy First Minister John Swinney over the refusal to release the Government’s legal advice over Alex Salmond’s judicial review.
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I am hearing the Scottish Greens will back the motion of no confidence in John Swinney unless the Government provides the Salmond Inquiry with the evidence it needs
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The SNP were so close to losing Glasgow. Hardly a ringing endorsement in the current administration
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has never used private healthcare. Stark contrast with the Prime Minister’s dodge
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On the question #indyref2 , not sure why there is such an emphasis on an SNP majority, unless you think Green MSPs do not matter #ScottishElection2021
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BREAKING: Jordan Linden resigns as SNP leader of North Lanarkshire council after claims of sexual harassment
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Wow. First Minister Humza Yousaf has just said the SNP auditors resigned six months ago, in October.
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SNP figures are blaming the Labour council in Edinburgh for the bin strikes in the city, so does the same logic apply to the looming walkouts in SNP-run Glasgow?
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SNP MSPs who voted against the Government's gender recognition bill: Callaghan, Stephanie Ewing, Fergus Gibson, Kenneth Maguire, Ruth Mason, John Regan, Ash Thomson, Michelle
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Wow. Duncan Hamilton has sent a submission to the Holyrood Inquiry on the meeting between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon in 2018: He writes: “I can confirm that the First Minister did offer to assist.”
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Reaction to Nicola Sturgeon WhatsApp deletions: Jackie Baille: "A shocking betrayal." Alex Cole-Hamilton: "One of the biggest scandals in Scottish political history." Douglas Ross: "Sturgeon’s reputation now lies in tatters.
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Scotland’s deficit now stands at a gigantic £36.3bn - up from £15.1bn. This is a major moment for the independence debate.
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Opinion | Nicola Sturgeon's WhatsApp deletions are a betrayal of the people of Scotland. ✍️ For many Scots her name will now be synonymous with scandal and secrecy.
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Breaking: The parliament's corporate body has agreed that Alex Salmond's submission to the Holyrood Inquiry on the ministerial code can be published
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Scottish Tory tax plans in a nutshell. £15k a year earner: no benefit❌ £150k a year salary: £2673 tax cut 💷💷
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Journalist asks legitimate question and Len McCluskey behaves like this
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Life expectancy for Glasgow males: 73 Tory think tank plan for pensionable age: 75
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Leadership favourite Liz Truss in the Sunday Telegraph completely ruling out #indyref2 if she becomes PM. Much harder line than current ‘now is not the time’
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Douglas Ross called for the First Minister to quit before the Holyrood inquiry report was even published. We now have confirmation the PM is to be fined. Will DR call for him to go?
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Amazing the number of people on the Right who loathed Alex Salmond as First Minister but now have huge respect for him
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Nicola Sturgeon very unconvincing when trying to defend the the £3k a day rate paid to Tim Hair for his work on the ferries #FMQs Anas Sarwar: "Were you signing Lionel Messi?"
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I’d imagine it’s a bit easier to self-isolate in Chequers than a one bedroom flat with no garden
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“I left Scotland, uprooted my family, disrupted my children’s education, and started afresh because the higher rate income tax allowance is a bit better in England”* *said nobody
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Labour peer Lord Foulkes responds to Henry McLeish backing independence: "I have heard of rats leaving a sinking ship, but I have never heard of rats joining a sinking ship."
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Much is made of people in middle Scotland paying more in income tax than those in England. But they also do not pay for prescriptions, higher education tuition and a range of other so-called 'free' things.
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One way Margaret Ferrier could pay back her community would be to quit
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🚨 EXCL: All 32 councils leaders in Scotland, including from the SNP, have signed a letter to the First Minister complaining about an "unacceptable" £371m cut to local authority budgets
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EXCL: New poll finds 57% of people would vote for Scotland to "remain" in the UK in a referendum. 43% would vote "leave". Full story here:
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An email to SNP MPs condemning the leaked recording of Ian Blackford backing sex pest MP Patrick Grady has itself been leaked
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Photo ID requirements for voting are straight out of the US Republican party playbook, designed to depress turnout. The worst of politics.
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I've reached a wounding conclusion after watching the Euros. Scots see England as their main footballing rival. Folk from England do not see Scotland in these terms.
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And now for the really awkward bit - the SNP having to explain how a “de facto” referendum in the general election is going to work
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I don’t see how the Scottish Tories will win a single extra vote at the Holyrood election with their current strategy of throwing everything at Nicola Sturgeon. Folk want a vision of a positive and upbeat future, not a scorched earth policy.
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Private Eye bang on again http://t.co/feqf5IM4Sn
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BREAKING: the Scottish Parliament has published Alex Salmond's submission to the Holyrood Inquiry
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Alex Salmond last month: Nicola Sturgeon breached the Ministerial code of conduct and her husband + allies plotted to have me imprisoned. Same man this month: let's build a super-majority together!
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Ooft. Kezia Dugdale sent this to Richard Leonard today. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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I'd loved to have been in the room when, after a truly awful day for the Prime Minister, a civil servant said to him: "Time for your 4pm with the First Minister of Scotland."
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The SNP suspend Patrick Grady for 2 days and the Scottish Government refuses to reveal the outcome of bullying claims against Fergus Ewing. Nicola Sturgeon's party will struggle in the future to demand transparency from others with any credibility
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NEW: Alex Salmond has said the Lord Advocate should be "considering his position"
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The Tory Government is considering trying to block Holyrood’s gender recognition bill from receiving Royal Assent
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Labour, Lib Dems and Tories now supporting a motion of no confidence in Humza Yousaf. All eyes on the Greens 👀
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Getting ejected from the Commons is not a sign the independence movement is in a position of strength. Stunts won't lead to change
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I reckon the SNP will be regretting not putting some of their best MSPs on the Holyrood Inquiry. The standard of questioning was, to put it mildly, unimpressive
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New: The Tories will push ahead with a no confidence vote in Deputy First Minister John Swinney on Thursday if the legal advice for the Salmond Inquiry has not been published in full by then.
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Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford has given staunch backing to the Scottish Government over the gender recognition row
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Green co-convener Patrick Harvie very critical of the Holyrood Inquiry. Don't expect his party to support a motion of no confidence in the First Minister
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A terrible look for the Scottish Government and the SQA
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Where do you start with this self-pitying nonsense?
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I see Douglas Ross is standing in for Ruth Davidson tonight #bbcleadersdebate
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Liz Truss describes Nicola Sturgeon as an “attention seeker” and says the best thing is to “ignore” her
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NEW: Labour MSP Jackie Baillie calls on Jason Leitch to quit over claims he advised Humza Yousaf on how to dodge face mask rules.
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🗣️ "The Scottish Government, which has underfunded councils for years, is to blame for this fiasco"
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The Scottish Government intends to release the the legal advice to the Salmond Inquiry tomorrow after it looked like a no confidence vote would succeed
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Liz Truss on 19th October: "I’m a fighter not a quitter." 20th October: I quit
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Can you spot Trump?
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On the Scottish Tory plan for a council tax freeze, worth repeating that the main beneficiaries would be folk living in Band H houses - ie wealthy Conservative voters
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A hard hitting SNP leaflet on Labour and the two child benefits cap
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NEW: "Bombshell" SNP Cabinet minute shows Sturgeon Government considered independence reboot during lockdown. But on the same day she told Scots: "We're not dealing with politics at the moment."
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The Lib Dems have ruled out a deal with the SNP on Edinburgh council, but not the Tories who slumped to fifth. Trying to get the bedroom tax alliance back together?
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