Ben Brown
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Stop the SNP from making basic foodstuffs affordable. 🙄
Russell Findlay@RussellFindlay1
John Swinney's plan to dictate supermarket prices would hit small retailers, harm farmers and would NOT reduce shopping bills. Crackers, nuts, bananas and half-baked ...
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Some reaction to the SNP food price cap plan - from cries of 'communism' to comparisons to Soviet times - are ridiculous, and only help the independence cause, Editor Laura Webster argues
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This is a great policy announcement because:
1) it's actual action on cost of living, not vague pledges to "tackle" it (eg Labour)
2) the furious reaction from the right exposes that the people who claim to be on the side of regular folk mainly care about shareholder's profits
The National@ScotNational
The SNP have pledged to cap prices on up to 50 essential food items if re-elected 👇 #Echobox=1776333537-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thenational.scot/news/26026228.…
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@WingsEcosse @alexmassie @GeorgeWOxford So whose fault is it then if not the government who are responsible for education?
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@alexmassie @GeorgeWOxford It’s hard to recruit and retain Maths teachers. They are in demand in other roles. That is not Scotgov’s fault.
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Since 2006, the performance of Scottish teenagers in maths and science has declined by the equivalent of 18 months of schooling.
The SNP’s response to this?
Free pencil cases and water bottles for primary school kids.
thetimes.com/article/11ff70…
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John Swinney head and shoulders above the other party leaders in the #bbcdn Scottish debate.
Others tie themselves in knots in desperately trying to deny people in Scotland a say over their future, while the SNP is offering hope and a positive vision in this election.
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🧵Anas Sarwar is quoted in the Express today saying "I've not tried to avoid print journalists a single day [of the campaign]"
This is not true.
I asked Anas, in person, this week, why Labour have been ignoring our requests for a Leaders Interview or to join the hustings ...
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Two people tried to log in at the same time.
The National@ScotNational
Our website is currently facing DDOS attacks. Our IT teams are handling it and in the meantime, we apologise to readers who cannot access the site 🚨
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@ScotNational What did two people try and log in at the same time?
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Our website is currently facing DDOS attacks. Our IT teams are handling it and in the meantime, we apologise to readers who cannot access the site 🚨
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Advertisers refuse to work with us due to our independence stance – that's why we need your help to build a better Scotland 👇
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In energy-rich Scotland, people pay some of the highest energy bills and fuel costs in the UK.
And Grangemouth, which used to refine fuels, was shut down on Labour’s watch.
The price of Scotland’s energy remaining under Westminster control… 👇
Connor Gillies@ConnorGillies
NEW: Scotland makes up 7 of the UK’s 10 most expensive places to buy diesel today amid Iran crisis. 💰The priciest? ⛽️ 229.0p/litre in Thurso, Highlands. 🚙 Skye, Arran, Inverness-shire, Barra, Glasgow & Forfar also feature, according to Fuel Finder data seen by @SkyNews.
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@RabBrucesSpider If only others had the same experience as you, they don't.
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Had to see my GP to get something checked. Phoned this morning, appointment this afternoon, arrived 10 minutes early. Taken 5 minutes early. In & out in 5 minutes with all clear.
NHS Scotland is bloody wonderful.
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@jackmiddleton95 The National is a joke so quite right they don't turn up.
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@learig331 @staylorish Well you tell us what's wrong then? Can you? Prove him wrong? Bet you don't you coward.
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@staylorish How do we know you aren't telling the truth? Your lips move.
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1/ How to demonstrate that John Swinney is not telling the truth about Scotland’s “low-cost” renewables.🧵
First, go to the Ofgem website and download this spreadsheet: ofgem.gov.uk/energy-regulat…
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@DagothUrwU @EmilyIpsosScot @IpsosScotland @STVNews It goes against every other poll and is clearly an outlier. Something is wrong.
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@BenBrownEdin @EmilyIpsosScot @IpsosScotland @STVNews "wawawaa I don't like the numbers wawawawa" grow up you fucking dweeb lmao
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NEW: Scotland voting intention poll from @IpsosScotland @STVNews, with four weeks to go until polling day.
📢 The SNP have opened up a 24-point lead over Scottish Labour and Reform UK. Our poll puts the SNP on 39% of the constituency vote, with Labour and Reform each on 15%.
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