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Independence and Edinburgh City FC but not FC Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland Katılım Ağustos 2011
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Gerry Hassan
Gerry Hassan@GerryHassan·
This right-wing critique of Scotland cannot even get the basic numbers right. Claims the SNP won 33% of the vote (FPTP & list divided by 2) which is not a real figure. The SNP won 38% of FPTP votes: 20% of the electorate. Do the basics.
Kathy Gyngell@KathyConWom

Scotland’s Holyrood result looks like an SNP win, but dig into the numbers and a different story emerges. The party got just 17% of the total electorate. The SNP is fading. conservativewoman.co.uk/scotlands-elec…

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Dr Philippa Whitford
Dr Philippa Whitford@Dr_PhilippaW·
Scotland’s very low level of #HospitalAcquiredInfection was achieved through introduction of #ScottishPatientSafetyProgram in 2007 which put #PatientSafety front & centre! Recognised internationally! x.com/dr_philippaw/s…
Talking-up Scotland@ProfJWR

Sunday Post fails to tell us how an SNP Health Secretary made sure hospital-acquired sepsis levels would fall way below the level under Labour talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/05/10/sun…

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Raibeart MacunOighre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦
Raibeart MacunOighre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦@Benlinebandit·
With 33.7% of the vote in 2024 It's a Labour "landslide" and Labour can do anything With 37% of the vote in 2015 Tories decide they have the right to call a EU referendum in 2016 With 38.2% of the vote in 2026 SNP is told its not enough for an independence referendum
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Ross Colquhoun
Ross Colquhoun@rosscolquhoun·
📱 Scottish election digital spend (Since January 1st 2026): 🔍 Spend per seat won: Scottish Labour: £26,068.95 SNP: £4,511 💷 Total: Scottish Labour*: £443,172.09 SNP: £261,651.22 *Majority of Labour spend via Anas Sarwar's, UK Labour's and Scottish Labour's channels.
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Michael Stewart
Michael Stewart@mstewart_23·
Scottish Labour framing it as Westminster fault for their rather poor performance is ever so slightly ironic.
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Talking-up Scotland
Talking-up Scotland@ProfJWR·
Latest NHS Scotland very close to full pandemic recovery three years ahead of NHS England
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Ross Colquhoun
Ross Colquhoun@rosscolquhoun·
It would also be really unfortunate if @D_G_Alexander was on record trying to dissuade the First Minister of Scotland from promoting Scottish interests, wouldn’t it?
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BELLA CALEDONIA
BELLA CALEDONIA@bellacaledonia·
This is really coming back to bite Alexander & Co now
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Fraser Nelson
Fraser Nelson@FraserNelson·
Also: gifts aren’t taxable. So £5m tax-free personal “gift” to Farage will be the the biggest single sum accepted by any UK politician in democratic history. Reform is lobbying for crypto tax cuts, forcing BoE to hold crypto etc. A scandal hiding in plain sight.
Steven Swinford@Steven_Swinford

Nigel Farage has been referred to the Standards Commissioner after @Annaisaac revealed that he received a £5million gift from cypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before he was elected in 2024 Farage said that he used the money to fund his private security. But the Commons rules state that new members are required to register any benefits - including gifts - that they received in the 12 months prior to their election The Tories have now referred Farage to the Standards Commissioner, saying that Farage must 'come clean'

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Talking-up Scotland
Talking-up Scotland@ProfJWR·
As Labour approaches second anniversary in power, their auditors say 50% of England's schools are 'unfit for purpose' while SNP Government has built or refurbished 1 150 schools since 2007 to reach 92% fit for purpose talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/28/as-…
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Maria 💜
Maria 💜@mariachetcuti1·
80% of the British Media is owned by 5 non-domiciled billionaires. Not one of them live here or pay UK tax. Everything our vindictive opinion led MSM is now broadcasting is for their personal profit and dubious foreign political allegiances. Our government needs to intervene NOW!
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MSM Monitor
MSM Monitor@msm_monitor·
Sarwar says Mandelson should never have been considered for the US ambassadorship role. Okay then, why did Sarwar visit him for a photo opportunity after the appointment and boast that the disgraced peer was an “old friend”?
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics

"The tipping point has been the Mandelson scandal" Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar tells #PoliticsLive he stands by his calls for PM Keir Starmer to stand down bbc.in/4toTy78

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James Campbell
James Campbell@J4m35c4mpb3ll·
EXCLUSIVE: As of April 2026, BBC Scotland is consistently identified as having the highest level of negative or "politicised" news regarding the Scottish Gvt among the broadcasters - 3 times more likely than @STVNews to explicitly link negative news stories to the Scottish Gvt.
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David Mitchell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇳@dm180914·
😮 CEO of Octopus energy on Sky News yesterday morning - “If we did location pricing, every region would be cheaper Scotland would go from the most expensive electricity in Europe - to the cheapest.”
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MSM Monitor
MSM Monitor@msm_monitor·
John Swinney is interrupted mid-answer no fewer than forty five times by Fiona Stalker in this interview. FORTY FIVE! Note, he is in the process of answering and is being constantly interrupted. This is not how to conduct an interview. Listeners were denied the opportunity to hear points in full. Yes, by all means interrupt when a question is being avoided, ask follow up questions if necessary, but to interrupt when an answer is being given is unacceptable.
MSM Monitor@msm_monitor

Fiona Stalker's interview with John Swinney is the most poorly conducted interview we've ever heard. Stalker is married to a Scottish Labour activist and former candidate. She should not be conducting these interviews. She begins by interrupting and never stops. The interview is rendered almost pointless as she kills every response.

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