So sorry Scotland. You've been had. Expect every benefit of being a Scot to be lost forever. Expect every devolved benefit to be eroded and every person living in Scotland to be poorer and further downtrodden. RIP independence.
@BBCRadioScot
Yes because my council tax is ยฃ500 less than it would be in England. I don't have ยฃ400 to pay for water. I can travel free on a bus. I don't pay for prescriptions or further education for my children. No chance of BBC reporting that though.
How dare you talk of lack of talent in SNP
@Douglas4Moray
. You are the most talentless MSP Scotland has ever experienced. Indeed you come across more as a bully than a politician.
Right folks. Not going to be with you for next couple of weeks. During the night I drive to Edinburgh for first leg of flights to Barbados. Taking wife on a Caribbean cruise for her 70th.
Been saving and planning for ten years and its finally arrived. Be with you again soon.
@fakeJimJam
@WrathuvCon
@pyryluminen
The Finns remove the snow so they can rake the leaves then put the snow back again. Got to be real careful doing it so they dont disturb all the animal footprints.
@RealStephenKerr
We don't live in England. We live in Scotland. Time you and your ilk started realising we are two different countries. Majority are not greedy and are happy to pay a wee bit more to help the less well off.
Dear
@AlexSalmond
In light of your call for Nicola Sturgeon to be suspended for no reason do you intend to suspend Mr McEleny who has actually been charged with a criminal offence?
@Kirstene4Angus
@DRossborough
@ScotTories
First Kirstene it wasn't SNP policy. It was UK Gov policy because SNP had centralised services. Second its not ScotGov who claim back the VAT its the services. Third an increase in personnel is not going to prevent willful fire raising. And finally
@ScotTories
do nothing but lie
Dear
@SNP
members. Today I've made my mind up. I am not swayed by religious bigots. I want a leader who is positive about our future. I want a leader who is honest, experienced and has a vision for Scotland. My vote will go to
@_KateForbes
Lies, lies and more lies. Brother just returned from Island Hop. Ullapool to Stornoway and all the way down to Castlebay and then to Oban. Every ferry sailing and on time.
Unable to import
Unable to export
Extended supply lines driving up costs
Uncertainty of market access
Increased costs of most basic foods
Food rotting at ports
Shortage of skills
No - Not Brexit, but Scotlands pitiful ferry โserviceโ to the Hebrides right now
The reaction to NS speech today has been somewhat astounding. To all those leaving the movement because they didn't hear what they wanted I say GO. If thats all you've got to offer then you're not worth having on board. We don't need disunity.
This PM has just issued a threat to Scottish Government. He has hinted at taking SNHS out of the hands of Scotland. This PM is a danger to our futures.
#PMQs
#SNHS
Dear
@STVNews
did you not want the public to know the First Ministers full reply to Jenny Marra? You know the bit where she exposes the only council in Scotland that are cutting funds for childrens swimming. Labour run North Lanarkshire Council wasn't it?
@BBCandrewkerr
May I suggest you read both Acts of Union and the Treaty of Union then tell us there is no legal route to independence. Scotland is not owned by England. We are in a voluntary union.
Dear
#Scotland
please read and weep. This is the state of the Scottish economy. This is what the UK Gov wants to hide from the population. This, and more, is what we'd have to spend as an independent country. Not the pittance provided by Westminster.
Dear
@ElectoralCommUK
This is an image posted online by MSP candidate Murdo Fraser. It is very clear that the image has been photoshopped. And very badly at that. Is this sort of discrediting other parties permissable? Asking for
@ScotTories
@cajardineMP
@scotgov
Lets get something correct here Christine. Scottish Government provided an extra ยฃ150 million to local authorities and recommended a 5% increase. Edinburgh Council ran by Lab Tor LibDem coalition offered 3.5%. This problem is on your ECC colleagues not SG.
Dear
@ScottishLabour
is this really the candidate you'd want to represent the party in the seat she's shortlisted for? Someone who uses religious bigotry as her argument for selection.
Dear
@STVNews
@STVColin
please stop trying to dupe the public with your biased reporting. The P1 assessment is NOT a test. It has no pass or fail mark. Its an assessment in the form of play.
Dear
@jackiebmsp
last night on
#bbcdn
you blatantly lied when you said ScotGov could have easily adopted Arasmus scheme. Any scheme involving cross border exchanges requires agreement from Home Office and this is the real stumbling block to Arasmus.
@theresa_may
Mrs May I think your idea of democracy is a bit muddled. It's the people of Scotland who put the SNP into a position to demand democracy not the other way around. Ignore those people and you deny democracy.
@silvesterldn
Having taken part in a COBRA meeting FM of Scotlands reveals details on way forward. Shock! Horror! First Minister has audacity to inform the public. Get a life FFS!
@RuthDavidsonPC
No Problem Ruth. Indeed an asset. If SC deems it illegal then they are telling us we are a colony and not a member of a union of equals. As a colony we are entitled, under UN law, to determine our own future. Asa union of equals we are entitled to the same treatment as UK in EU.
@CuspNandita
@BillyMcD1
Coronavirus is the collective term for a number of viruses that have been around for a very long time. They include common colds and influenza. Every so often a new strain is discovered. The current one is termed COVID-19.
Spent last four days in Oban. Many shops shutting early or not opening every day. Bars cutting back on food service. Adverts in windows for staff at ยฃ12/hour. And all because of
#Brexit
@agcolehamilton
@scotlibdems
LibDem revival? You can fit all four MSP's on Willie Winkies big deck chair.
1999 - seats = 17
2003 - seats = 17
2007 - seats = 16
2011 - seats = 5
2016 - seats = 5
2021 - seats = 4
There's your revival there and so long as your stance on Indy and Brexit remains its downhill
@profsked
The majority of English people don't understand that Barnett monies are a rebate of all the taxes we pay. ยฃ64 billion collected ยฃ34 billion returned.
@agcolehamilton
Go take a hike. In case you haven't noticed we the Scottish people also pay our taxes. Everything is funded by taxes. The sad thing is that even you are funded by the Scottish peoples taxes though not for much longer I hope.
@RobertJames2020
@RosieisaHolt
@OffYourKnees
Robert, Rosie is a lovely and very funny comedienne and what she is doing here is making a jibe at the MP who suggested every home be provided with a picture of the Queen.
@AndrewBrookLdn
@davesumnersmith
You've just made that up. Dogs travel on all our public transport without complaint. Oh! And we don't have a metro unless it's the newspaper you refer to.
Breaking: Unconfirmed reports are coming to us here at
#SNPCivilWar
headquarters that, whilst defending his position in the Castlemilk siege,
@glasgowcathcart
has been injured by a strawberry jam piece dropped from on high. Updates as they happen.
For information
@paulhutcheon
Thought I'd go through history of current fleet of 34 Calmac vessels
Up until Scottish Parliament in 1999 there were 18 vessels built.
10 built in various Scottish Yards and 8 built in English yards.
@ScotExpress
That is the biggest load of crap written so far. Bute House is a business premises and so not liable for council tax. They pay business rates. She will however pay council tax on her Glasgow home. Barrel scraping is taking new levels.
@jackiebmsp
You're spinning again Jackie. He did not say he'd fix the problem in five years. He said it would take five years to get back to pre pandemic status of SNHS. The majority can see through your lies and will vote accordingly.
From this I'd say to all journalists that all Governments have procured ferries from many yards outside Scotland. Why only now the big outcry about where ships are built?
@scotlibdems
Ian Blackford DID NOT have a bitter campaign against Charles Kennedy. That was down to a FortWilliam activist. I'm originally from FortWilliam. I knew both Charles and the aforesaid activist.
@NeilMackay
The whole purpose of releasing this non story was to try and blame SNP. The subject was discussed in a meeting of SNHS boards with no government input and could not happen without a bill in parliament which is not in the planning. Calling out lying media is fair game IMB.
@BBCScotlandNews
The NI hike will raise around ยฃ1.5 billion extra from Scottish tax payers. We'll get ยฃ1.1 billion back. See the problem with your reporting?
@Digbylj
No it isn't true. Parliament closed three days after lockdown so he went home by flying to Inverness and then driving to his home. Just the same as every other MP went home when the parliament closed.
@agcolehamilton
Dear God. Have you any idea what that city will now face? Potholes the size of lunar craters will be the norm. Bin emptying will be cut. Charges to households to get garden waste bins emptied. How do I know that? I've lived in Tory ran Perth.
@thistlejohn
And rightly so. Its long past time that the press started to grasp the fact that devolved nations are supposed to be part of equal political union and NOT regions or colonies of England.
This is not about Kates beliefs. This is about MSM bringing down the most feared leadership candidate and people are falling for it. Humza is also being targeted. Why? To engineer an anti trans leader?
@magnusllewellin
The very reason Scotland shifted to free prescriptions was because the cost of administering the previous system outweighed the benefit of charging. Most of those needing scrips were already eligible to get them free anyway. Children and OAP's and those on benefits.
Dear
@ScotTories
@Douglas4Moray
Rest assured we are standing together. We are standing together for Scottish freedom from poverty, corruption and fascism. We are standing together for our country and our pride.
@STVNews
Did Scottish drinks firms withdraw their products from Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. All of whom have deposit return schemes in place.
@agcolehamilton
60 years ago UK were telling those self same lies to Malta. Malta has a GDP of $15 billion and population of half million. Scotland GDP is $205 billion.
@RealStephenKerr
Nobody but nobody is saying a separated Scotland would have its pensions paid by UK. We are saying that those who currently receive a pension from UK will continue to do so. Just like anyone else does who lives outside UK.
@Douglas4Moray
From 16 to 8 and now the promised 5. Just for the record, since coming to power, the SNP have overseen the building of 8 Western Isles ferries.
@GlasgowPam
The SNP did not build the affected schools Pam. Indeed the Scottish parliament hadn't been established. They were built on the cheap by successive Tory and Labour governments in UK. The problem is not maintenance. The problem is the lifespan of RAAC.
@MrTCHarris
Why are you lying Tom. SNP has not the power to call in the Army. A request has to be made through MoD.
This vaccine was not developed in UK. Its a joint German/USA venture that will be manufactured in Belgium.
Mrs May: The EU should be clear: I will not break up my country or disrespect the referendum result.
Sorry
@theresa_may
but its not your country. Its a union of two countries, a principality and an annexed region of Ireland
@salfordpf
Maybe thats because UK is not a union of nations. Its a one country dictatorship over the others. In EU any member can veto the others. In UK the members do what England decides.
@johnredwood
Wrong. The onus is on you to tell us why we are better in a union.
Remember this is a voluntary union of parliaments much like EU which you dragged us out of.
Scotland is our country and not an annex of England.
@RealStephenKerr
No Stephen. Whats destroying the rental sector is greedy landlords who see a better return from holiday lets than permanent tenants.
Capitalist greed is spreading everywhere.
@Rachael2Win
Bute House is classed as a business that generates what is termed industrial waste. Councils are not licenced to collect industrial waste hence why many businesses contract out their waste disposal. That has been the case through every Scottish Government since devolution.
@RuthDavidsonMSP
When you condemn the Prince of Wales for taking a much longer journey knowing he was infected then you earn the right to condemn the CMO.
@MaximColch
In case the BBC have never noticed in the past Scottish people always respond to a passing hearse with silent contemplation. It's called showing respect for the dead no matter who they are. Why anyone would cheer a dead person is beyond me.
@alanlyons33
No. We, Wales and NI are forgotten entities within the Westminster system. None of us were consulted about brexit. Holyrood does good for our country. Emphasis on the poor and early start for children. Being run solely by fascists would be the last thing we'd want.
@IainGrayMSP
@kezdugdale
She never ever said there was an outright ban on fracking Iain. You are spinning jackie Baillies again. And if Ineos had done their proper research they'd have saved a lot of money in court costs.
@RealStephenKerr
For someone who pertains to be a christian you don't half show a non christian attitude towards women in power. Four or five times every day is bordering on a very unhealthy habit. Maybe seek some counselling or anger management.
@SalinePS
I've never read so much tripe in my life as the comments on this thread. The anniversary of Burns coming up and the kids are learning the language of the poet. How better to understand the poems than to understand the language?
@PaulaCoyscot
SNP is a diverse party full of members with diverse views and a broad outlook on what we see and do. If one member puts you off supporting then perhaps the party wasn't for you in the first place. We have people I disagree with but I'm not walking because of that.
@IndiaWilloughby
Been to many places around the world where gender neutral toilets are the norm. The striking thing I found is they all have cubicles with locks on the doors. I've never gone into one and witnessed an open lavvy with a woman squatting over it and a number of people watching.
@islandviewer
@joannaccherry
Scottish students dont pay if they choose to study in any of the EU countries that offer free education. Scottish students have to pay if they study in England. Students coming from countries outside EU also have to pay. Its all about reciprocal arrangements Laura and not racist.
@Defenderoftheuk
Maybe he was just waiting till the fourth verse
Lord, grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring;
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush!
God save the King!
Not our King pal.
@HTScotPol
I think you'll find the Burrell belongs to the people of Glasgow. Not the SNP. I'd also point out the Curator of the museum is the person who decides what's on display. Not the SNP nor indeed any council administration.
@heraldscotland
Yes Herald lets waste much needed funds for health and education on a massive fleet of snow clearing equipment and drivers that will be used for about a week every five years or so. We can't stop the snow and we most certainly cant stop the winds that accompanied it
@richardcalhoun
Explain where it's clear SNP are in decline. Third largest party in UK by membership. Increased votes in last 4 elections. Increased MP's. Increased MSP's Increased Councillors. Doesn't seem like a party in decline to me.
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@80_mcswan
Dear
@Morrisons
if you value your customer base then please identify goods on your packaging in a less unionist manner. If product Scottish a saltire. If English a Georges cross and if Welsh a dragon. If you put no value on customer base just stick to UJ and we'll all go to Lidl