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Nick Anstead

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It's demonstrable that power structures attract people who want power for the sake of power and that a significant proportion of such people are insane

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FAVORUK 💜@FAVORUK·
Listen to our CEO @Annemarieward discuss the explosive article by @DSanderson_85 in the @thetimes “How the SNP spends billions ‘to buy loyalty from charities’ Grants ensure activists don’t criticise policies on gender, alcohol, drugs and sexual violence. “
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Annemarie Ward 💜@Annemarieward·
Rape Crisis was told by SNP ministers to abandon a campaign because Alex Salmond’s sexual assault court case was coming up. An academic was forced to stand down from a charity because she feared the SNP would cut off funds if the party became aware of her views on gender The SNP ploughed millions of pounds into drug charities that would support its controversial policies, such as “fix rooms” Alcohol charities which relied on the SNP for the majority of their funding acted as “the Praetorian Guard of the SNP” over the party’s key policy: minimum unit pricing for alcohol
Dan Sanderson@DSanderson_85

How the SNP spends billions ‘to buy loyalty from charities’ thetimes.com/article/af63fc…

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Hannah Rodger
Hannah Rodger@HRwritesnews·
@joannaccherry @DailyMail This journalist has suffered threats, intimidation and demonisation from you also, Joanna. Please don’t use me in your anti-SNP crusade when you have caused me nothing but grief ever since I reported legitimately on bullying claims in your WM office c 2019.
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Joanna Cherry KC@joannaccherry·
The threats, intimidation & demonisation suffered by this journalist are shocking, but they will come as no surprise to other women who dared to defy the SNP leadership or question what it’s HQ was up to in recent years. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… via @DailyMail
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Nick Anstead@nick_anstead·
@FraserNelson “an abiding revulsion for ideology, in all its guises”. That's one for a journalist to live by.
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Fraser Nelson@FraserNelson·
Before Attlee, before Thatcher, before Blair - there were thinkers. Who is doing that work now? My Times column on the power (and current lack) of ideas:- times-comment.com/ideas2
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Alan Shanks
Alan Shanks@AlanShanks4·
When you cast your votes in the May remember Anas Sarwar reports to Keir Starmer Russell Findlay reports to Kemi Badenoch Alex Cole-Hamilton reports to Ed Davey Malcolm Offord Reports to Nigel Farage John Swinney reports to YOU Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay report to YOU
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Catriona Stewart
Catriona Stewart@CatrionaStewart·
SNP MSPs called for ex-Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy to resign over her ongoing relationship with sex offender Sean Morton, who had been in informal kinship care with her family. One might expect the same robust approach from the SNP towards one of their own.
Chris McCall@Dennynews

NEW: Stephen Flynn has said SNP list candidate Tracy Carragher should “reflect” on whether she should continue with her campaign after she gave evidence in court in defence of Jordan Linden.

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DepressedBergman@DannyDrinksWine·
The first preview screening of Bruce Robinson's "Withnail & I" (1987) appeared to be a total disaster- the audience sat there stony-faced, never laughing once. It was only after the screening had concluded that a distraught Bruce Robinson discovered that the audience was comprised entirely of non-English speaking German tourists who were all staying at a hotel nearby. (Source: IMDb) P.S: On this day, 39 years ago, "Withnail & I" (1987) premiered in New York New Directors and New Films Festival, USA.
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Lenny
Lenny@lennyg1967·
@citizentommy @PMullen67 Kilmainham Gaol makes you reflect what those brave men and women did for Ireland
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Tommy Sheridan
Tommy Sheridan@citizentommy·
Yesterday I was reduced to tears listening to the Kilmainham Gaol guide describe the British State murders of James Connolly & the other leaders of the heroic Easter Rising against British imperial rule. Today I am pictured beside the statue to a Scottish son & Irish legend🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪✊
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Ian O'Doherty
Ian O'Doherty@OdohertyI64991·
@elikowaz Wow. Really doing your best to foster good relations there, aren't you? A welcome reminder that regardless of politics, a lot of Israelis are assholes.
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Kevin Hague
Kevin Hague@kevverage·
anybody who believes a vote for the SNP would be a vote for independence must have been living under a bush for the last 20 years - it would be a vote for another 5 years of false grievance mongering and incompetence
The SNP@theSNP

A historic SNP majority can unlock transformational change with independence - and make Nigel Farage irrelevant in Scotland’s Parliament. Without it, there is always the risk of a grubby Labour-Reform deal. #BothVotesSNP on May 7th is the only way to make sure Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands.

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Nick Anstead@nick_anstead·
@rik_big You literally have a bookcase behind you without any books. I'm going to take a wild guess that you're a Scottish nationalist, you don't read much, you dont know what literally means and your geopolitical insight can be summed up in 150 characters.
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Cllr. Iain Sinclair
Cllr. Iain Sinclair@IainSinclairSNP·
So, when the Chinese government is building a "super embassy" in London, national security doesn't matter. But it does when a Chinese company wants to invest billions in Scotland's renewable energy sector? 🤔 Independence can't come quick enough. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
John Swinney@JohnSwinney

Deeply disappointed that the UK Labour government has blocked Ming Yang’s investment in our renewables industry - putting up to 1500 Scottish jobs at risk. At the very moment we should be building clean energy, they are sabotaging Scotland’s industrial future.

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Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor@staylorish·
John Swinney blames “hyperinflation” for the SNP’s failure to keep its 2021 promise to freeze income tax rates and bands. John Swinney obviously doesn’t know what hyperinflation means.
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Nick Anstead@nick_anstead·
@STVNews lies are all the nationalists have now. let's see if the electorate can see through this horseshit.
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STV News@STVNews·
He said voters face a choice of “a permanent cost-of-living crisis under Westminster or lower energy bills with independence’. news.stv.tv/politics/energ…
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John Swinney
John Swinney@JohnSwinney·
Across Europe, independent nations of Scotland's size are building stronger economies and fairer societies. Scotland has every ingredient to do the same. With the fresh start of independence, we can unlock the potential of everyone who lives here.
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Rafe Heydel-Mankoo
Rafe Heydel-Mankoo@RafHM·
Today (24 March) is the anniv. of the Union of the Scottish & English Crowns in 1603, when James VI of Scotland also became King James I of England (France and Ireland) Never forget: Scotland wasn't colonised by England (as the SNP claim) It was a Scottish king who united the Crowns in 1603 and it was Scotland that first called for a union with England (1690s), resulting in the Act of Union in 1707, which created Great Britain and a single parliament. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Nick Anstead
Nick Anstead@nick_anstead·
@JohnSwinney Most people grow out of political ideological fantasies when they get to their twenties - communism, anarchy etc. The same goes for nationalism, except for the dimwits in the SNP.
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John Swinney
John Swinney@JohnSwinney·
When I started campaigning for independence as a teenager, it seemed like a distant dream. Now it is there to be won - and it's up to all of us to finish the job. Join me at the march and rally for independence this Saturday, from 11.30AM at Parliament Square in Edinburgh.
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@Annemarieward @DSanderson_85 @thetimes @HRwritesnews @joannaccherry @DailyMail @FraserNelson @BrianSpanner1