@MajorDMalpas so.......you're drawing a moral comparison between a comedian to a political leader?
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Ross Bradley
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Ross Bradley
@rwb69
Father, husband, atheist, rugby fan, politics left, science geek who wishes he understood it better, all opinions expressed here are probably nonsense.
Greenock Katılım Ocak 2012
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You wonder if the New Puritans of the SNP have heard of an exceptionally vocal nationalist comedian who goes by the name of “Frankie Boyle”.
Never knowingly told a joke that WASN’T offensive but that will be different for, er, reasons I imagine.
Paul Hutcheon@paulhutcheon
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's leader in Scotland issued a grovelling apology after he cracked a vile homophobic joke about George Michael at a rugby club dinner. Malcolm Offord also made donation to an LGBT rugby club after the cruel, sexual joke. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…
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@KennyFarq @thetimes excellent piece which (sorta) asks the question I've been pondering for a while.
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NEW: Nigel Farage is teaching Labour a lesson on independence
My latest Scottish politics column in @thetimes
thetimes.com/article/66fd51…
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A separatist not only lying to herself, she's lying to you, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health board confirmed that they were pressurised by the SNP to open the hospital before the 2015 Scottish election
Anne@annewitha_e
Ministers did not apply pressure to open & did not know of problems till much later, as First Minister stated. After weeks of attacks gleefully reported by news media in Scotland, Sarwar must be held to account in Holyrood in this last week & he should apologise
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Speaking as an Atheist this by @FraserNelson is brilliant.
frasernelson.substack.com/p/how-jews-and…
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@GeorgeFoulkes I mean, if Labour only paid women fairly then Glasgow wouldn't be saddled with 3/4 Billion Pounds worth of debt.
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Very good question, Gerry
The answer is simple - SNP neglect!
Gerry Hassan@GerryHassan
Walking about Liverpool waterfront development with its mix of museums, historic buildings, food stalls & refurbished public realm. Achieved by city council, regional & regeneration agencies & UK Govt. Makes you think why can Glasgow & Scotland not achieve this for the Clyde?
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@VonnSand @ScottishLabour They are building more homes in Dublin than London, London with a Labour Mayor working with a Labour Government............why would anyone vote Labour when they are building fewer homes than the Tories?
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The entitlement and arrogance of the SNP minister quoted here is astonishing.
There is no affection on the doors for this tired SNP government. Their litany of failures should shame them.
They do not deserve a third decade in government. Vote for change, with @ScottishLabour 🌹
mandy rhodes@holyroodmandy
What sparked the column below 👇was overhearing an SNP minister in the Parliament saying they could stand anyone [the old stick a rosette on a pig argument] at this election & they’d still win. That kind of careless entitlement is always worrying.
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@paulhutcheon Not sure promising to work with a very unpopular government is a dividing line, same for working closely with a Prime Minister who's resignation you have demanded.
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Analysis | Scottish Labour needs much sharper dividing lines with the SNP if they are to mount an election challenge.
Anas Sarwar's party launches its Holyrood election campaign on Thursday.
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…
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NEW: We often hear that Scotland’s more progressive income tax is “driving people out the country.”
New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it.
Let’s look at the data 🧵
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@CollieTalking @L__Macfarlane Laurie thinks capital flight is a “myth”
The facts however show a different picture…..
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@slavin_robert By his own admission Alex Salmond abused is position and power to access junior and subordinate women. The man was a creepy fucker as are all those apologists for that type of mysoginistic behaviour.
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I can’t fully express just how much I detest this fraud who after stabbing Alex Salmond in the back continued to stab independence and women’s hard fought rights in the front while trying to claim she’s a victim…history will rightfully abhor her and her many many failures
Andrew Neil@afneil
This is worth watching.
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tell my why @AnasSarwar @ScottishLabour will build more houses in Scotland?
Tom Forth@thomasforth
So here would be an amazing data story in housing. It's looking quite possible in the data so far that Dublin will complete more homes than London in 2025. Not per capita. Absolute number of new homes completed. Higher in Dublin than London.
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@paulhutcheon And then the financial crash, austerity, brexit……which is obviously the SNPs fault.
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25 years ago (2001) the UK as a whole benefited from sustained economic growth and a huge boost in public spending for schools and hospitals.
Malcolm Offord@Malcolm_Offord
We've had the same thing for 25 years: higher taxes, low growth, and struggling public services. It's time for a different approach. We are serious about cutting waste and lowering taxes for hard-working Scots. No wonder the establishment is trying to stop us.
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John Swinney is a big baby for cancelling a defence briefing organised for the first minister and Scotland Secretary, Douglas Alexander
Defence is not devolved to Holyrood so it makes perfect sense for the UK minister (John Healey) to brief the two men at the same time
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@rwb69 @AngusRobertson If my life's work had led to me having to live in a crap hole like Greenock I'd watch who I was calling an idiot. Is it smack or crack that's your favourite?
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Is it true that extremist Reform candidates for Scottish Parliament elections were approved by Malcolm Offord? Tommy Robinson fans, racists and islamophobes!
Kieran Andrews@KieranPAndrews
Reform UK’s candidate for Galloway and West Dumfries has been urged to apologise after ITV Border uncovered online messages calling for the deportation of British Muslims and endorsing far-right activist Tommy Robinson. itv.com/news/border/20…
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@LucyHunterB maybe NS showed a level of self reflection a lot of people could benefit from?
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Thank-you for listening so hard to Ms Sturgeon’s earnest final plea for how political differences should be managed better.
Not everyone has been so alert to her subtext.
Bumfluff and his Magnificent Band of Miscreants@paulieboy1
@LucyHunterB Pathetic review from another gender critical nutter
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@EastRenAsks @AngusRobertson idiot, you don't even know why your tweet is wrong.
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@rwb69 @AngusRobertson You like sectarianism? Seems like it.
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@AngusRobertson Here's one of your policy committee members being sectarian today, what's being done about it?
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@ajwillshire It might be in our interests to protect the shipping routes. But do you have any confidence in Trumps planning and stability?
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It is so obviously in the interests of the UK and Europe to keep the Straits of Hormuz open to traffic that to not do it can only be because of anti-Trumpism.
Yes, it's closed (at least partially) because of actions that we did not take. So what? You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. The important thing is the response, and we should be responding for the good of our own countries.
Consider this - if Trump / the US Senate put export restrictions on American oil and gas, it'll primarily be Europe who will be screwed by the closure of the strait, not the USA.
Lindsey Graham@LindseyGrahamSC
Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake. The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure. The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America. I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.
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