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Andrew Liddle

2 months

Delighted and humbled to be taking over Notes on Nationalism for the sage and indomitable @blairmcdougall . You can read my first piece here:

The Return of the Tartan Tories

What does a disastrous election mean for the SNP?

www.notesonnationalism.com

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Also a major police presence at SNP headquarters in Edinburgh.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Extraordinary footage, this. @jackiebmsp asks why Peter Murrell keeps looking nervously in his garden….

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

If @NicolaSturgeon thinks @_KateForbes ' views preclude her from being First Minister, surely she needs to explain why she appointed Kate to one of the most senior jobs in government in the first place?

Nicola Sturgeon breaks vow to keep out of SNP leadership race

Nicola Sturgeon has made a dramatic intervention in the row over Kate Forbes’s beliefs on same-sex marriage by insisting that the values of a first minister “ma

www.thetimes.com

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

This time four weeks ago I was in the early stages of a nine hour operation to remove this tumour from my upper left arm. I’m delighted to report that the surgery has been deemed a complete success!

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

7 months

Being diagnosed with cancer at 35 is very scary, but it is also life-affirming. I've written for @thecourieruk about my chondrosarcoma diagnosis, its impact and where next:

ANDREW LIDDLE: My cancer diagnosis at 35 is life-threatening but it has also been life-affirming

While I always said I would give my left arm to see the defeat of Scottish nationalism, I never meant it literally.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Most leaders are judged by their first 100 days. @HumzaYousaf can be judged by his first 100 hours.

ANDREW LIDDLE: Success for political leaders is defined by first 100 days but in just 100 hours...

For a leader without his troubles to seek, Humza Yousaf has taken just moments to set himself up for failure.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Scotland’s tax raising powers are now essentially being used to sustain a giant SNP Ponzi scheme. Rather than fund anything new, tax rises are being used to pay back previous failures. Latest for @thecourieruk :

ANDREW LIDDLE: Voters will punish Humza Yousaf's SNP for failure to abolish unfair council tax

"Any tax increases will go to covering the SNP’s failure to grow our economy and the mismanagement of successive nationalist administrations."

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

9 years

Corbyn: "We haven't taken any corporate money for the campaign. To be fair, we haven't been offered any." #Corbynmania

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

🍾Cheers, Mr. Churchill! is out TODAY🍾 Available online or wherever you buy your books.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

It’s here! Absolutely delighted to receive the first copies of Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland, published by @BirlinnBooks on October 6. Preorders are open now:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Not sure it helps that the rolled up sleeves actually look like armbands.

The SNP

@theSNP

1 year

📣 @HumzaYousaf : "It's time to embrace the challenge, roll up our sleeves, and get on with delivering for the people of Scotland." 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Together, let's unite and take the decisive steps on our journey to independence. 📺 Watch Humza's video message.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Perfectly normal that a backbench MSP can call on a senior government minister to replace them at an event with a few hours notice.

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@alistairkgrant

1 year

Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of an “in conversation” event at the Edinburgh Science Festival tonight. Màiri McAllan will take her place instead.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

🧵 A thread of lesser spotted things in Dundee… Mementos of Winston Churchill’s 14 years as an MP in the city. First up: 1/10

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Whatever happens in the SNP leadership contest, surely we can all agree that the waistcoat, without a jacket, without a tie, is just an appalling look.

Humza Yousaf

@HumzaYousaf

2 years

I am delighted to say I have put myself forward to be @theSNP next leader & Scotland's next First Minister. Watch my video below to see why I think I'm best placed for the job. SNP members can also now nominate me on the link below 👇

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

We’re still not out of the woods and it will be a decade before I’m declared cancer free. But in the meantime I’m focused on all the important things in life - like being able to put an arm around my wife and hold a wine glass simultaneously 🍷

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

10 months

Few leaders can really claim to have changed their country, fewer still to have saved it. Some reflections on Alistair Darling’s remarkable political legacy for @SpecCoffeeHouse :

How Alistair Darling rescued Scotland

Few modern politicians can claim to have changed their country, and fewer still can claim to have saved it.

www.spectator.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Great to see Cheers, Mr. Churchill has finally overtaken Mr. Men in the Amazon Scotland bestseller chart. A real battle of the titans. Let’s help it stay that way:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

4 months

📚Absolutely delighted to receive the new edition of my book “Churchill: The Scottish Years”. 📖 It’s got a swanky new cover, title and an updated afterword - so there’s no excuse not to buy it! 🛒 Available in all good bookshops and online:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

He deserves a prize for making it so far… A particularly strong letters page in @thecourieruk today.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland has now been out for SIX months 🍾🍾🍾 Huge thanks to everyone who has bought a copy. If you haven't, you can do so here or wherever you buy your books:

Cheers, Mr Churchill!: Winston in Scotland

www.amazon.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

I don’t know if it says more about me or the state of Scottish politics that I didn’t immediately realise this was an April Fool:

SNP planning to honour Nicola Sturgeon with statue in Scottish Parliament

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon is set to have her legacy cast in steel as she is honoured with a statue in the foyer of the Scottish Parliament, it can be revealed today.

www.scotsman.com

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Today is both Winston Churchill’s birthday and St. Andrew’s Day 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 There’s no better way to celebrate than with a copy of Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland, available here: Thanks to @NSoames for joining the London launch earlier this month.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

10 months

When will the SNP apologise and accept responsibility for its shameful stewardship of Scottish education? Latest for @thecourieruk :

ANDREW LIDDLE: Education decline is national disgrace – why won’t any SNP politician address it?

Fall in standards so severe that, since 2006, it is the equivalent to a student missing 21 months of science lessons and more than 18 months of maths lessons.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

4 months

The SNP must be absolutely gutted Humza Yousaf didn’t cling on for a few more weeks. Brutal July GE for the SNP now means John Swinney will be a lame duck, without even having an opportunity to turn things around. Ouch.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

How can @HumzaYousaf even hope to appeal beyond the SNP when he can’t even appeal to people within his own party? The wheels are already falling off and we’re barely into week one!

Kieran Andrews

@KieranPAndrews

1 year

Confirmed: Ivan McKee has quit as a minister after being offered a job that he saw as a demotion

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

3 months

Q: Who is the one person who can save the SNP at the general election next week? A: @Nigel_Farage . Latest for @thecourieruk :

ANDREW LIDDLE: SNP relying on Nigel Farage for party’s last hurrah

Reform UK leader’s comeback has propelled party up the polls and looks set to help SNP save face at general election.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Sturgeon and Corbyn gone. A good day for sensible politics.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Delighted to sign more copies of Cheers, Mr. Churchill at my favourite book shop, @ToppingsEdin , on #HistoryWritersDay22 You can buy in store or order a copy here:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

A great pleasure to launch Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland at the Reform Club last night. You can get a copy here or wherever you buy your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

🚨Want to learn about a Liberal who became a Conservative Prime Minister? Cheers, Mr Churchill! is out in just four weeks. Orders here or anywhere that sells books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 months

Who is the most powerful Labour figure outside the cabinet? After a stonking election victory, it’s got to be @AnasSarwar .

The newfound power of Anas Sarwar

On Sunday, Sir Keir Starmer made Scotland the first stop on his inaugural tour of the UK since becoming Prime Minister. The trip was nominally about delivering a ‘reset’ in relations between the UK...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

I've never been a paid subscriber to a podcast before, but the dulcet tones of @dcsandbrook finally persuaded me to sign up to @TheRestHistory Club this morning.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Just listened to the first episode and can already tell the series will be a corker.

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@holland_tom

1 year

Today on @TheRestHistory , the 1st of a 4 part epic: the GAME OF THRONES that was the build-up to THE 100 YEARS WAR. Kings die horribly, queens scheme, the French & the Scots cosy up, the Templars deliver curses. And what of the mysterious Red Ferret?

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

If you missed it, here is the Scottish Government calling for @MoeenAli to be dropped for @AdilRashid03 #ENGvSL

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 years

@paulhutcheon Says someone who has taken Scottish Labour to fifth?

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Delighted to be at the @ChurchillCentre conference in Edinburgh - and looking forward to speaking later on Churchill’s 14 years as MP for Dundee.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Why on earth is @HumzaYousaf determined to be the face of a by-election campaign the SNP is all but certain to lose? Latest for @thecourieruk here:

ANDREW LIDDLE: Humza Yousaf seems determined to carve out role as SNP fall guy

Becoming the face of an SNP defeat risks shattering the first minister's already fragile grip on his party.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Cheers, Mr. Churchill! is available online and in all good bookshops NOW My thanks to the superb @aroberts_andrew and @davidtorrance for these extremely kind endorsements.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Fantastic to have more than 100 people at the New Club last night to hear about Churchill in Scotland. Great dinner as well. If you want to learn more, you can get a copy of my book here or wherever you get your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 years

This could be my Claws IV moment.

Labour DEFRA

@LabourDefra

5 years

Currently, lobster and squid are not included in the legal definition of an animal. Labour will recognise them as sentient animals, resulting in a ban on boiling lobsters alive. #AnimalWelfareManifesto

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

11 months

🚨I'm on the hunt for a part-time, Edinburgh-based researcher to help with a new book project. Would suit a final year undergrad/postgrad student with a strong interest in UK/Scottish politics and history. 1/2

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

100 years ago #OTD , at just after 5pm, Winston Churchill's defeat in Dundee was announced. Delighted to speak to @BBCGraemeO for @BBCRadioScot about this significant anniversary. You can read a write up of the interview here:

The day Winston Churchill lost his 'seat for life'

The former prime minister served as an MP for Dundee for 14 years, until he fell out of favour with voters in 1922.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

Delighted to start!

Alan Roden

@AlanRoden

8 years

Absolutely delighted to welcome @PJ_ALiddle to the @scottishlabour press team. Time for some sartorial elegance in the office.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

I think Google Translate is struggling a bit with the latest SNP press release.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

In a great act of self-deprecation, the Queen’s Hotel has put up a copy of Churchill’s letter to his wife Clementine, where he makes his feelings on the hotel’s standards known. 5/10

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Absolutely delighted to appear on @TalkTV and chat to @petercardwell about my new book, Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland. The book is available to purchase here or wherever you buy your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Had a fantastic time launching ‘Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland’ at the New Club in Edinburgh last night. A real privilege to have so many great friends and colleagues there. You can order a copy here or wherever you buy your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Fun fact: William Low considered running as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the 1908 Dundee by-election. Low eventually decided against standing after it emerged a young Winston Churchill wanted the nomination, which he won unopposed.

Kenny Farquharson

@KennyFarq

2 years

I will support the SNP leadership candidate who commits to turning all the Tescos back to Willie Lows.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

The vast majority of my humerus, from elbow to shoulder, was replaced with this titanium implant. Pleased to report it’s also working well - and in time with the help of physio should be almost as good as new!

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Delighted to be interviewed for @Sunday_Post about my new book, ‘Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland’, out on October 6. You can read the interview here: You can pre-order the book here or wherever you buy books:

A giant, jute and journalism: Winston Churchill’s road to (and from) Dundee remembered

On a cold and blustery night, Winston Churchill collected his belongings from the Royal Terrace Hotel in Dundee and made his way to the station to catch the 9.40pm sleeper to London.

www.sundaypost.com

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

7 months

And if you'd like more info on sarcoma, I'd definitely recommend getting in touch with the brilliant, kind and thoroughly knowledgable people at @Sarcoma_UK .

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Great to see more copies of Cheers, Mr. Churchill! in the wild. Head over to @BlackwellEdin to get your hands on one!

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Delighted to be supporting the very talented team at True North

Scottish Business Insider

@Insidermag

2 years

True North has appointed former MP @EilidhWhiteford and former political adviser @ABTLiddle as senior advisers

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Delighted to join the @Saltire_Society today for lunch and speak about my new book ‘Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland’. If you want to pick up a copy, you can get one here or wherever you buy your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Just one week to go before publication on October 6. Pre-orders are available here or wherever you buy your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

With a by-election in Rutherglen now almost certain, here's one I wrote earlier for the @spectator on what it might mean for Scottish politics:

The by-election that could shape Scotland's political landscape

A Scottish Labour victory in Rutherglen and Hamilton West will reflect dissatisfaction with the governing party.

www.spectator.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

This judgement on #namedperson is quite damning...

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

I’m so grateful to the brilliant doctors, nurses and support staff at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh for looking after me so well.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

So grateful to @Andrew_Adonis for highlighting the "brilliant" Cheers, Mr. Churchill! in this latest column for @prospect_uk A reminder that the book is released TOMORROW. Available here or wherever you buy your books:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

I don’t usually post about personal stuff, but I thought some of you might be interested in the story of the remarkable and historic Old Cataract Hotel 1/7

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

4 months

Absolutely gutted to see this. A fantastic journalist and a tremendous guy to boot.

David Clegg

@davieclegg

4 months

The Courier family has suffered a devastating blow with the loss of our outstanding colleague Chris Ferguson. What an immense privilege it was to know, work and learn from him. Courier obituary writer Chris Ferguson dictates one final tribute... his own…

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

If you’re Humza Yousaf you have got to push the Scottish Greens before they jump - try gain some political capital for booting them out. Otherwise it is just humiliating.

Kieran Andrews

@KieranPAndrews

5 months

NEW: Scottish Greens will hold a general meeting to let members vote on the Bute House Agreement Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater made the request to the party's standing orders committee earlier today. No date yet Could the Greens be on the brink of leaving government?

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

With a police raid, shovel and wheelbarrow, the SNP has just been buried. Delighted to write for @ipaperviews on the future of Nationalism in Scotland after the events of yesterday.

With a police raid, shovel and wheelbarrow, the SNP has just been buried

The spectre of the police operation is likely to overshadow any of Nicola Sturgeon's achievements as first minister

inews.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Otherwise, 100 years on from Churchill’s defeat, little physical remains of his time as MP for Dundee. But fear not, if you want to know more, you can now pre-order my book on the subject from @BirlinnBooks : Out this October! 10/10

Cheers, Mr Churchill! | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online

In 1922 Winston Churchill prepared to defend his parliamentary seat of Dundee in the General Election. He had represented the city since 1908, enjoyed a majority of more than 15,000 and, after five...

birlinn.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

In April 2014, the Scottish Government said they would be operational by last year:

The Press and Journal

@pressjournal

8 years

Nicola Sturgeon: Aberdeen trauma centre will be at least three years late

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Great to sign some copies of Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland at the wonderful @ToppingsEdin . You can order a copy for delivery or collect in store here:

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@ABTLiddle

1 year

Fantastic to speak at the @ChurchillCentre annual conference in Edinburgh, as well as sign copies of Cheers, Mr. Churchill! for attendees. You can get your copy here:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

@paulhutcheon They had a defence policy previously?

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

It was a great privilege to speak at the wonderful @BookendsCarl last night on my new book: Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland A fantastic setting and some great questions!

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@ABTLiddle

2 years

Absolutely delighted to be back writing a weekly column for @thecourieruk . Online every Monday, in print every Tuesday.

The Courier Opinion

@CourierOpinion

2 years

"An SNP special conference next month offers the opportunity for her to water down her 'de facto referendum plan," writes @ABTLiddle "But, if not, we should remember her exclusion is her choice and – for once – she should live with the consequences."

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@ABTLiddle

5 years

I left in February

Paul Hutcheon

@paulhutcheon

5 years

Hearing champagne hasn’t been ordered at Scottish Labour HQ #EUelections2019

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@ABTLiddle

1 year

Leaving aside the (huge) environmental benefits, it is also just a far more agreeable way to travel. Still remember the epic lunch @shonaghmunro and I enjoyed while changing stations in Paris en route to Italy. Beats an EasyJet panini, anyway…

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Absolutely delighted with this review of my podcast discussing Churchill in Scotland with the brilliant @thehistoryguy . Thanks so much to @thetimes and @MsAshleyDavies for the review: You can buy a copy of my book here:

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@ABTLiddle

1 year

@GlennBBC @HumzaYousaf Not to be snide, but isn’t that the definition of a reshuffle?

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

If you ever doubted the ability of newspapers to deliver change...

The Press and Journal

@pressjournal

8 years

Plans to scrap HIE board dead in the water after vote to overturn decision succeeds

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@ABTLiddle

1 year

Greatly looking forward to doing the papers this morning on BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show alongside the terrific @RachelWatson27 and @joycemcm . Tune in from 1030am!

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@ABTLiddle

5 months

Today, @HumzaYousaf told the Scottish Greens to - possibly literally - get on their bike. Why did he do it, and why has it gone wrong? Some thoughts for @thecourieruk on a tumultuous day:

ANDREW LIDDLE: Humza Yousaf buried independence and his government by booting out Greens

"If independence was already a dead issue with the Bute House Agreement in place, it seems Yousaf has well and truly buried it now."

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

The only reason Forbes is in a position to run for the leadership is because Sturgeon has endorsed and supported her career to date.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

Absolutely delighted to feature on this fantastic podcast. So grateful to @HistoryRage for having me on!

History Rage Podcast

@HistoryRage

1 year

🚨 📣 NEXT WEEK ON PATREON🚨 📣 We're staying in #ww2 next week and heading to #Scotland with writer @ABTLiddle who rages that SCOTLAND DIDN'T HATE CHURCHILL AND CHURCHILL DIDN'T HATE SCOTLAND Join the Angry Mob today and get this early release ad free 💲

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

This is a typically insightful piece from @Andrew_Adonis - and great to see @bespokespeeches ’ new book in there as well!

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

@AndreasKoureas_ That’s awful.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

4 months

📚 Delighted that Churchill: The Scottish Years is OUT NOW! 🏆It’s a @TheScotsman Book of The Year and described as ‘groundbreaking’ by @aroberts_andrew . 🛒 Available here and in all good bookshops:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

5 months

Delighted to make my debut for @unherd , analysing the current crisis for the Scottish Greens and the implications for the SNP.

UnHerd

@unherd

5 months

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie is facing a no-confidence motion after he denied that the Cass Report was a 'valid scientific document'. And the party's troubles don't stop there, writes @ABTLiddle 👇

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

@BBCPhilipSim @Ruth_E_Davidson Ask me, my three main pledges for the next election and I'll tell you: "Garlic. Rosemary. And salt."

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

The Rutherglen by-election will be remembered as the moment the SNP lost Scotland.

The i paper

@theipaper

1 year

Historians will look back at today’s by-election results as the moment the SNP lost Scotland 🖊️ @ABTLiddle via @ipaperviews

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

It was an absolute pleasure to speak to a packed @ToppingsEdin about my book, Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland. Great crowd and a great discussion. If you missed the talk but would still like a copy, you can order one here:

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Just finished this by @childs_jessie . Absolutely devoured it - a fantastic fusion of brilliant research and quality writing. History at its best, a tremendous read.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

If you want some background on the splits in the SNP - and why it’s bad news for @HumzaYousaf to be accentuating them - I recently wrote this for @TheCriticMag :

A collapsing tent | Andrew Liddle | The Critic Magazine

Even in an era of contentious leadership contests, few have been as rancorous and undignified as the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

thecritic.co.uk

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

🧵It is the 100th anniversary of the 1922 Carlton Club meeting of Conservative MPs that sparked a General Election. A THREAD… 1/10

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Correction: I was actually just a day early with Peter Murrell’s political obituary. Apologies.

Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Might need to change that to a couple of days…

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Love this statue of Alexander taming Bucephalus outside Edinburgh City Chambers. It was sculpted by John Steell and presented to the city in 1884, being in situ here since 1916.

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@ABTLiddle

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Two wonderful years married to @shonaghmunro was a great excuse to rifle through the cellar. ‘99 Clos des Papes was, you’ll be astounded to hear, an absolute stunner.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

2 years

Absolutely thrilled that Cheers, Mr. Churchill! Winston in Scotland has been chosen as one of @scotsman_arts Books of the Year for 2022 🍾 My thanks to @joycemcm for the great review. You can buy a copy here or wherever you get your books:

Scotsman Arts

@scotsman_arts

2 years

In today's @TheScotsman , don't miss your 24-page Scottish Books of 2022 supplement, with reviews by @alainmas , Stuart Kelly, @joycemcm , @aidansmith07 , @wordsmansfield , @ElsaMaishman , @ScotsmanKirsty and Fiona Shepherd

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

11 months

No greater season, no greater city.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

Hearing @scotlibdems have won the Culloden and Ardersier by-election on a recount

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

One of the finest documentaries, as @paulhutcheon knows well.

James Heale

@JAHeale

1 year

Watching “Mandelson: The Real PM?” purely for the yoghurt pot moment

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

8 years

Probably a good idea to scrap APD for long-haul flights before the Spaceport is built at Prestwick...

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

1 year

An absolutely tremendous weekend at the @ChurchillCentre annual conference in Edinburgh. Brilliant speech from @NSoames to round off (formal) proceedings.

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Andrew Liddle

@ABTLiddle

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A spectre is haunting Scottish Labour - the spectre of Ed Miliband. Some reflections for @spectator on Labour's oil and gas debacle and how it risks the party's recovery in Scotland:

Ed Miliband's green policies could cost Labour the next election

Miliband engineered an announcement that a Labour government would not grant any new licences for oil and gas production in the North Sea.

www.spectator.co.uk

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