Gavin McBride

@scotlandscoeff1 Cue Arsenal renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal to save the record

West Ham have been relegated, meaning next season will be the first in the 138-year history of the English top flight without a club beginning with the letter W. Only three letters have been represented in every season of Scottish top-flight history: C, R and H. When Rangers, Hearts and Hibs were outside the top flight, the continuous runs for R and H were maintained by Ross County and Hamilton. Only one letter has appeared in just a single Scottish top-flight season: B - Bo’ness F.C. in 1927/28. Eight letters have never been represented in Scottish top-flight history.

@msm_monitor Celtic to League of Ireland, Rangers to English league system Rest of Scotland gets on with it

Sections of Scotland’s media went into shock after last weekend’s league decider. It’s manifested itself in hysteria which has ramped up all week. Politicians grandstanding and journalists indulging every wild claim has created a dangerous pressure cooker situation. If this isn’t arrested soon and if the media continues to fuel grievances with unnecessary tabloid hyperbole we could have a situation far worse than a pitch invasion when the league resumes next season.

@JohnSwinney @ScotParl I think eggs are too expensive by around 10p/half dozen Jock. Don't let me down on this

I love this country and it is the privilege of my life to be elected as your First Minister at @ScotParl today. I will give everything I have to deliver on your priorities, and to fulfil Scotland’s enormous potential. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@WingsScotland John swinney loses more votes the more his hair falls out

Votes gained/lost by the SNP at each successive Holyrood election compared to the preceding one.

@ITVBorderRB @scottishgreens @Laura_Moodie @KieranPAndrews @DuncanLibDem @scotlibdems Backpack is the only thing thats little

'Definitely feels like first day at school. I even came with a little backpack' New @scottishgreens South Scotland MSP @Laura_Moodie tells @KieranPAndrews about her first day at Holyrood. @DuncanLibDem from @scotlibdems says it's the 'most comprehensive induction' he's ever had

@GregoryHoare Who is ahead Greg?

Turnout down across Scotland, and indeed in Dumfriesshire + Galloway & West Dumfries. Results in those constituencies expected around 3:30pm

@TheCelticWay3 And the Lord came down and said unto Noah ... "mind and put your money on Hearts in season 2025/26, for I have foisted upon the two Glasgow brethren a plague of shiteness, which will last for a period of no more than one season"

Nancy spilled 12 points in a month. Hearts are 3 ahead. You don't need an abacus to understand Hearts position is massively influenced by what Celtic haven't done this year. Performed like a decent 3rd place and had the fortune of biblically bad seasons for us and Rangers.

@lcfc_15 @XtraLeicester Would love to see Harry Winks jump off his team bus after losing to Kilmarnock and slag his own fans

@XtraLeicester Our current team would finish in the top 3 of the spl

John Robertson says Hearts winning the Scottish Premiership would be a bigger achievement than Leicester City winning the title in England. ‘This is even bigger than Leicester winning the league in England. Up against two juggernauts’ WHAT🤣😳

@Daily_Record Man in Trumpland girns about state of another nations politics. Next

Martin Compston urges Scots to vote SNP and keep Reform out of Holyrood dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-… dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

@SnpNot @DeanMThomson You got it in time! I'm on at smaller stakes, would be astonished if it doesn't win

@Gmcbride87 @DeanMThomson Yeah yesterday

I’ve been saying it all campaign: the SNP vote is soft this time. It feels a bit 1992 to me - voters are scrunnered with the Scottish government but aren’t yet wholly sold on a single opposition alternative. Expect fragmentation, unusual results (SNP I think for example will lose Edinburgh northern to the Libdems, I don’t trust some of these polls or even the MRP). SNP to land anywhere between 45-55 MSPs. But they’ll be down constituencies net overall.

@SnpNot @DeanMThomson *Now 35.5% O/U

@SnpNot @DeanMThomson Is that on Ladbrokes? Think they pulled the price, now 34.5% over/under

@willnorman "No impact on travel times" lol

The evidence of 20mph / 30kph making cities safer and having no impact on congestion or travel times goes far beyond just London:

@theSNP Where does this guy live again?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Brian Cox: Vote for Scotland. Vote for independence. Vote for the SNP on Thursday 7th May.

@L__Macfarlane @FutureEconScot Who sources and distributes the energy transition fund?

@Gmcbride87 @FutureEconScot Yes - it’s nothing to do with the government. We don’t get any public money.

Finally finished reading the manifestos for the Scottish election. Some initial reflections on the economic side 🧵

@L__Macfarlane @FutureEconScot Energy transition fund money private money?

@Gmcbride87 @FutureEconScot We are not “hosted” or funded by any government money

@L__Macfarlane @FutureEconScot You may wish to delete the nonsense from your organisations claims they are 'non partisan' given you are being hosed with government money

Overall, probably the biggest divergence in policy among parties that we’ve seen in a long time. @FutureEconScot will be publishing a detailed assessment of manifestos soon, covering all things just transition. So stay tuned for that!

@MattYou02831366 @L__Macfarlane There's no evidence, just another lazy think tank spouting its opinion. Opportunities gone from net zero? Jobs being created in Spain & China from making turbine components and solar panels, while industry dissolves here? Net zero is no golden goose, once built there are few jobs

@L__Macfarlane Again economically illiterate. Most benefit spending since 2019 is unnecessary. Where’s you evidence for lack of credibility? What are the net zero opps outside govt spending?

@GamewithDave Lemmings

For anyone who used a computer between 1990 & 2005… what’s the one game you still think about?

@theSNP @AConstance23 If that bags contents first see the light of day and its Angela Constance gawking back at them the only sensible choice is to zip itsel back up