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Westminster reporter @Daily_Record @Record_Politics . Formerly @Telegraph @newsandstar . He/him. Any stories? Email andrew.quinn @reachplc .com

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Exclusive: The SNP is set to lose out on nearly £1m of public money a year due to its disastrous general election result.
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SNP Westminster leader @StephenFlynnSNP just called Scottish Tory leader @Douglas4Moray "a wee daftie" in the House of Commons. Flynn also accused Ross of "chuntering from a sedentary position".
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Madness that SNP minister Mairi McAllan said on BBC Radio Scotland this morning that she didn't know who Andrew Neil is. When asked about Neil saying Scottish independence is dead for a generation, McAllan said: "Andrew Neil, I'm trying to think who exactly that is."
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Exclusive: Kate Forbes said in 2014 letter that women should not be church ministers as God does "not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man" within the church. Her team confirmed that she wrote it and still holds the same views.
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SNP MP @ChrisLawSNP called the Tories and Labour “two cheeks of the same arse” during Prime Ministers Questions. Was asked to be careful about his language by the speaker, so corrected it to “bottom”
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After a great year at the Telegraph, I'll be joining @Daily_Record in January as their Westminster reporter. Very excited to work in the Houses of Parliament and cover UK politics from a Scottish perspective. Anyone who's up for a coffee or has any tips, please DM
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At a time when Scottish Labour think they may have a chance of winning back left-leaning voters in the central belt, I'm not sure they'll want to be associated with the Tories.
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My first front page for the Record. Hopefully the first of many!
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Your Friday Daily record front page leads on the news that the Tory party chief of Brexit demanding Scottish devolution be reversed #ScotPapers
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The SNP has announced that Stewart Hosie is the party's campaign director for the general election. Why have they chosen an MP who is standing down to run the campaign?
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EXCLUSIVE: Twenty female Afghan medical students will be allowed to come to Scotland to take up university places after being stopped from doing so for over a year.
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EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government gave Canary Wharf £16,000 per head more in additional funding than Scotland in the Spring Budget, according to SNP analysis.
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I was joined by East Kilbride and Strathaven MP @JoaniReid for the first of the Daily Record's Meet the New MPs series. Here are some of the quick-fire questions that I quizzed her on.
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3 years
I am on the business desk at @Telegraph for the next fortnight. If you have any stories you can drop me a DM or email them to andrew.quinn @telegraph .co.uk #journorequest
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The moment where Penny Mordaunt had a go at the Scottish Government for giving Scots "somewhere safe and warm to take heroin". Pretty crass given that Scotland has the worst drugs deaths in Europe.
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2 years
SNP Home Affairs spokesperson @alisonthewliss has called on the UK Government to provide support to the more than 1million people who are excluded from key benefits due to their immigration status.
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2 years
Journalists on either side of the Renfrew Ferry unite in an attempt to hold the powerful to account. Feel very lucky to be learning from Mark, who is one of the best investigative journalists in the country.
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Next up on our 2023 early-career scheme mentoring pairings: @Daily_Record Westminster reporter @AndrewJQuinn97 will be mentored by award-winning investigative journalist @BBCMarkDaly #JSTFellows23
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Started from a gaff in Erskine now we’re here
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Scottish lobby journos @AndrewJQuinn97 and @HMorrison97 keeping a watchful eye over the politicians at the Scottish Affairs Committee this afternoon.
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I was joined by my predecessor as the Record's man in Westminster @Torcuil for the second episode of Meet the New MPs. We discussed who the best-dressed person in Westminster is, but in a bold move Torcuil dismissed @alangemmell as a contender.
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2 years
For context: Forbes was hitting out at a female Church of Scotland minister who said that sexists should leave the Kirk. The Church of Scotland has had female ministers since 1968.
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Today is my first day as the @Daily_Record 's Westminster reporter. Please send any tips to andrew.quinn @reachplc .com
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Stephen Flynn just asked Rishi Sunak if it hurts him “that the Labour Party believes in Brexit more than he does”. Quite a few laughs in the press gallery
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3 years
I've been working at @newsandstar in Carlisle for over a month now. I've managed to write some good local stories, but I think this one is my favourite so far. I interviewed a Spanish Civil War refugee who came to Cumbria in the 1930s.
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I am willing to accept that she may have been joking but it didn't sound like it!
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I was joined by Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP @ChrisMurrayMP for the third episode of Meet the New MPs. Chris weighed into the Best Dressed Scottish MP debate @Torcuil finally got a mention, but he faces stiff competition from @imogenwalker .
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3 years
I am on home news at @Telegraph for the next fortnight. If you have any stories or tips, send them over to andrew.quinn @telegraph .co.uk or drop me a DM #journorequest
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I am on loan at @heraldscotland for the next three months. If you have any Scottish tips or stories, my DMs are open or you can email me at andrew.quinn @telegraph .co.uk #journorequest
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Photo evidence that I managed to outlast fellow Paisley buddy Liz Truss in the House of Commons. Pic by @StefanRousseau
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She also blasted "culturally sensitive, historically contextualised and feminist-power arguments." She added: "My femininity is not a cultural, social or religious construct. It is a God-given mandate... too often women are under phenomenal pressure to become men."
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Tory MP @LiamFox just called SNP MP @alisonthewliss "hysterical" in the House of Commons Thewliss shouted back at him: "Misogynist"
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I am being genuine when I say this is the posh part of Paisley
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Astonishing footage of a man wielding a chainsaw and chasing police through the streets of Paisley. One officer told me ‘it’s literally the scariest thing I’ve ever seen’
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My first hat-trick in 16 years as I selflessly put myself up front for the Lobby football team today. Labour will be running scared ahead of our match next week.
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A historic moment today as the Lobby XI played its first ever FA-sanctioned game against @LibDems . A fantastic turnout of seven MPs for the LDs. The Lobby ran out 8-0 winners at Brighton’s training ground - goals from Quinn (3), Tami (2), King (2) and Rajab. Labour next week.
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Former Scottish Labour MSP @Neilsocialist said Starmer's actions "are neither democratic nor socialist." He accused the UK Labour leader of sacking @LabourRichard "at the behest of corporate donors and unelected members of the House of Lords."
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7 months
Not really surprising. Labour isn't focusing on Tory-held seats (other than SNP defector Lisa Cameron's East Kilbride) because it won't win them. The party is targeting urban SNP seats in the central belt, rather than rural Tory ones in NE and south.
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Nicola Sturgeon stood in Glasgow Shettleston in the 1992 general election. She was just 21 and was studying at Glasgow Uni.
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1 year
My third front page for the Daily Record. Sunday will mark six months to the day since I joined. Maybe the craziest six months in Scottish politics that there's been
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Today's Daily Record leads on a man whose son died during the Covid pandemic blasting former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon #ScotPapers
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a lot to unpack here
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A good strategy should reflect the current situation and involve a clear plan to achieve your aim. If the aim is independence - the SNP strategy of continuing to beg Westminster for a referendum is foolish. It’s a failed strategy that is failing Scotland. Only Alba are
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2 years
My spread in today's paper on the problems that Nicola Sturgeon faced in the lead up to her resignation. You can read online here:
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I don't understand how the SNP both supports and opposes Labour's windfall tax plans at the same time
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First Minister Humza Yousaf: "The SNP will oppose Labour’s aggressive tax plans for the sector ... Don’t get me wrong, we support a windfall tax but Labour’s plans to increase this to pay for nuclear energy power plants in England is plain wrong."
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Me attempting to grill the new chancellor only an hour after he was appointed Photo by @aaronchown
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It's not often that you get to interview one of your favourite musicians, but I recently got the chance to do that. Thanks for chatting to me @lizziereidmusic .
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If Humza Yousaf wins tomorrow, Scotland's two parties which win the majority of the working-class vote (SNP and Labour) will be led by private schoolboys. But the leaders of the three more traditionally middle-class parties (Tories, Greens and Lib Dems) are all state-educated
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£10,500 was spent on sparkling wine were sold in House of Lords bars in the 108 days following Liz Truss' mini-budget which crashed the economy. The SNP's @TommySheppard said it shows "how out of touch the Westminster system is with working families"
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Exclusive: Humza Yousaf said Rishi Sunak wouldn't budge on a second independence referendum and the blocking of Scotland's gender reform laws when the pair met on Monday.
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I am doing my history dissertation on the effects of the closure of the Linwood Talbot plant in 1981 and am looking for ex-employees to interview. If anyone is up for it, or you know someone that might be, please let me know. Please RT! #dissertation #oralhistory #journorequest
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Did an interview with @Ronan_Lee about Myanmar for my course website, u can give it a swatch
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A top adviser to the Scottish Government during the coronavirus pandemic told colleagues to delete their WhatsApp conversations on a daily basis
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My spread in today's paper. Many Scottish firms are still struggling due to labour shortages caused by the UK leaving the EU. Part of @Daily_Record 's Broken Brexit series this week.
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LABOUR WIN TWO IN PARTICK EAST/KELVINDALE Labour only won one seat here in 2017, but took another in a by-election The Greens and SNP hold. I make SNP and Labour neck and neck now
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Very much looking forward to learning from Mark. He's one of Scotland's best journalists and his work has inspired me from a young age.
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Mark Daly
2 years
Had my first meeting with new @JSchofieldTrust fellow @AndrewJQuinn97 yesterday ahead of our year’s mentoring partnership. Think you’re going to hear a lot about this young reporter, who’s just about to start at @Daily_Record as its new Westminster corr…
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Who would you rather be stuck in a lift with: Alex Salmond or Nicola Sturgeon? @blairmcdougall reveals all.
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My analysis of today’s #PMQs
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SNP MP @ChrisStephens has submitted a "radical programme" of Westminster bills in an attempt to "meet the needs of working-class Scots."
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Paisley-born Pat McFadden of Falcarragh parents appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Huge moment for buddies of Donegal descent.
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In the latest edition of what I have just dubbed Quinn's Questions, I spoke to @IanMurrayMP after PMQs today. He told me: "The issue of independence and another referendum is so low down the priorities of the Scottish people. So low down it's barely registering."
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In what is the first of hopefully many video interviews with MPs, I spoke to the SNP's @ChrisStephens after PMQs today. He said that "The Labour Party is making similar mistakes that they did in the lead up to the 2015 election".
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In the House of Commons today @ChrisStephens and @DavidLinden called the UK Government's anti-strike laws "extreme" and an "assault on workers". @GavNewlandsSNP blamed the Conservatives for making regional economic inequality worse.
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Former first minister Alex Salmond has said that he is "very sad" about "what is happening" to the SNP and "what it's become".
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Quite impressed by that contribution from Lorna Slater. She said there is enough wealth in society but that rich folk are hoarding it and calls for a wealth tax. First round of applause from the audience on #bbcdebatenight
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Stephen Flynn urges Rishi Sunak to apologise for including Scottish Nationalists in a list of extremists. Sunak refused to do so and said the SNP is “a threat to the very fabric of the UK”. #pmqs
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The big fixture in London this weekend is not Chelsea v Arsenal, but Hapoel Tel Agraph ( @telegraph ) vs @UKLabour at Battersea Park at 8pm tonight. Hope that Keir Starmer is ready to be nutmegged by the Paisley Pirlo
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If you look at the bottom left, I've written a piece about council workers potentially going on strike due to a pay row
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The Herald
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Friday's Herald THOUSANDS of households face soaring mortgage payments after interest rates were hiked to the highest level in 13 years, further fuelling a cost-of-living crisis that will leave the average Scots family more than £2,100 a year worse off. #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Exclusive: Hospitalised David Duguid set to miss out on £15k in redundancy after Douglas Ross selection row But Douglas Ross will receive redundancy payment if he loses on July 4.
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I spoke to @gregorpoynton for the latest episode Meet the New MPs. He told me the funniest Scottish MP is @blairmcdougall , but he would say no more than "his style isn't dry".
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Working on the @heraldscotland digital desk today. If anyone has any tips or stories, drop me a DM. #journorequest
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A story I have been covering this week has been a bit overshadowed by the Queen’s death: Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old black man who did not have a firearm on him, was shot dead by police in south London
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#Breaking The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched a homicide investigation into the death of Chris Kaba, 24, who was shot by armed police in Streatham Hill, south London, on Monday
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Our English sister paper launching a new show clearly inspired by Quinn's Questions I am now feeling the pressure to keep up the high quality content
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So pleased to be launching a new politics show for the Mirror! Watch Party Games every Monday at 6pm on the Mirror’s Youtube page Starting April 29 - join me for some fun and games!
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Too right, so many guys saying they don't like her because she's arrogant yet they wank over the uber-vain Ronaldo. Muhammad Ali was extremely cocky but that made him one of sport's greatest ever personalities, at least Rapinoe makes things interesting
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For @Football_SCOT , Megan Rapinoe is not your enemy and the rush to condemn her every move speaks to some very fragile masculinity
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The best goal of all time???
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On this Day 2007 James McFadden France 0-1 Scotland Where did you see it live? I didn't! Holding in a piss, Diarra hit a shot over Gordon's bar, so I ran to the pub toilet for a piss, safe to go surely?! 1 Gordon goalkick later 😳😳😳
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Surely this is the best Scotland kit of all time?
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Remember when Diadora disrespected the Saltire and none of us celebrated beating France because of it 😡😡😡
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Exclusive: Tory ministers have been accused of "slamming the door shut in the face of the world’s most vulnerable women” after the UK Government said it "cannot commit" to allowing 20 Afghan medical students to study in Scotland.
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I’m at the Glasgow City Council count today, I’ll be posting some updates here
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I have also had a haircut since this photo was taken for all concerned
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Spent the last two weeks at @TheEveningTimes . Here's the articles that I wrote or did interviews for, feat. @sundarakarma @TheVeganLeather . One is from @heraldscotland . 1/2
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@RFBorthwick scott brown - the season where he grew his hair out was shocking for all
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My story on the front of tomorrow's Record. The UK Government is refusing to give 20 female Afghan trainee doctors visas to study in Scotland even though they have been offered places at Scottish unis.
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Tomorrow's Daily Record front page leads on brave Afghan trainee doctors trying to escape Taliban persecution who have had their Scottish visa bids blocked. #TomorrowsPapersToday #scotpapers @hendopolis
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