A horrible day for anyone in the hospitality & tourism sector, but it isn’t as horrible a day as anyone being telephoned to say a loved one has died before their time because of Covid. Balance isn’t easy.
@NicolaSturgeon
has my support. She’s stuck between a rock & a hard place.
Today is 28 years since my baby son Conor died. I am as always on his birthdays & anniversaries utterly bereft.
I have zero patience for people moaning about not getting Christmas with their families.
It’s one day, one year.
Get over it.
Christmas is not worth a single life.
I don’t think
@jk_rowling
is breaking the law.
She is however an undeniably nasty shitty human being.
Imagine being like that. Yuk.
Not big, not brave, not clever. Not a feminist.
Just a vindictive yob
.
@LidlGB
I visited your brand new Glasgow Finnieston store today & was told by the manager that you categorically won’t be stocking the Scottish National newspaper
@ScotNational
despite every other Scottish national newspaper on display. Do you have a problem with this newspaper?
29 years ago my baby son Conor died. The smallest coffins weigh the heaviest.
Wrap your love around those closest to you & don’t take a minute for granted. 💔
Well well well, almost as if some UK forces and Police Scotland did not want the weekend news cycle full of the lying cheating despicable Boris Johnson et al
Utterly pathetic
Just absolutely underlining that I will NEVER support a candidate for First Minister who believes that gay people shouldn’t have been allowed to marry, or that women shouldn’t be allowed to have abortions or who parades their bigotry in any form.
Low “unskilled workers it’s now obvious are true backbone of society. Cleaners, binmen, shop assistants, homehelps, carers. They are essential to our life & society and should be remunerated appropriately. I don’t see any bankers or hedgefund managers rushing to help.
#UKlockdown
Manjaros Caribbean restaurant. Springfield Quay, Glasgow.
Has done a lovely thing. Let’s support the good guys when restaurants re-open. They also do take-out & delivery.
@CeeGraham1
I’m reliably informed the owner is Jamaican heritage & v generous. 🙌🏻
1st year undergrad
@UofGlasgow
International Relations & English Lit.
52 yrs old
Mum of aspie teen
Part time aircrew
Board member of 2 feminist organisations
Exam results back
Smashed it A3 & A4 respectively
So much for abusive ex who called me stupid in private & public
Friends, neighbours, comrades. Happy to announce I’ve thrown my hat in the ring as
@thesnp
candidate for Glasgow Kelvin
@SNPKelvin
. I was born & grew up here & I opened the
@yesbarglasgow
in the constituency too. I still live here in Anderston.
Myself &
@richardwalker5
@Gemmadabest
have tested positive with the 🦠 virus. Rich & I are both double vaccinated & we were all symptom free at the time of test. Feeling utterly awful now. Now is not the time for complacency. This virus is no joke. 🥺
@JennyLConstable
He may have Aspergers. My daughter asks questions of strangers if ‘she’ finds their behaviour illogical. She can’t help it 🤦🏻♀️ very disconcerting for me tho. She once asked a stranger in little Italy why he was talking with his mouth full as “don’t you know, that’s very rude” argh
Mick Lynch of
@RMTunion
knocking it out of the park on every single interview. I bet I’m not the only one who wishes he was leader of the Labour Party.
I stand with striking rail workers.✊🏻
This is abhorrent
There are ZERO parallels between a mass murderer of babies in ICU & anything else
I’m a woman whose baby was in an incubator in RHSC for 6 wks before his death.
He was cared for nurses & docs who moved heaven & earth to save him
@jackiebmsp
beneath contempt
There are parallels between the
#LucyLetby
case and the QEUH in Glasgow. Health bosses being more concerned about the reputation of the hospital than the lives of patients is simply wrong. Lessons need to be learned.
Here’s my advice. Don’t vote to game or trick the system. Give your constituency vote to the candidate you want to represent you in parliament & your list vote to the party you want to represent you in government. One that shares your values & beliefs. For me that’s
#BothVotesSNP
This is such a haunting photo. Whatever you think about Cersei’s time on the iron throne or record as Queen of the 7 kingdoms , it's impossible not to feel sorry for her as a person.
I’ve just had to go to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a brain mri & it’s scary & I had to have all the drugs. I’m claustrophobic 😢. I have been stuck with jaggy thingys & I feel sorry for myself. Richard is trying to cheer me with glossy magazines & heart shaped box of chocolates
@BootstrapCook
Can I suggest the caledonian sleeper to fort William. The absolute joy of fighting through the business of the smoke & smog and people & business & having dinner in the dining cat & retiring to your cabin, Harry Potter style & then waking up in the highlands & head to Glencoe
Can I just say that if ever there was reason not to vote for a candidate for leader of
@theSNP
It would be publically or otherwise calling into question the integrity of
@theSNP
& the independent voting company
I’ve never heard anything so despicable or “trumpian” in my life.
Today is my baby’s birthday. Conor would have been 28 today had he lived beyond 6 weeks. There are times the pain is unbearable & times it spurs you on. Usually I’m devastated all day, but today we wake up to a new chapter.
@JoeBiden
a man who understands the loss of a child 1/2
Women For Independence is a modern, inclusive, intersectional feminist organisation. All of our members have signed up agreeing to the terms in our constitution, one of which clearly states that we are open to all self identifying women.
1/3
The actions of
#allisonpearson
today are morally repugnant. It’s incumbent on all columnists & journalists to call out her despicable & cruel behaviour.
#IstandwithDave
I am really really struggling today. I feel like the positivity of yes that brought me into politics has died. I see people I used to like happy to accuse 14 women of being liars. I see a bin fire of transphobia and homophobia and ignorance. I am so sad.
I am unashamedly the member who asked that question. Abortion is a matter between a woman & her doctor & I will always defend a woman’s right to choose. In any & all circumstances.
At yesterday's
#SNPHustings
, a member asked about abortion in Scotland. The candidates had very different answers.
Kate Forbes might sound reasonable - but the idea that all abortion is traumatic, and care and support insufficient is straight out the anti-choice playbook.🧵(1/8)
30 years ago the little baby boy Conor who made me a mum passed away at 6 weeks old.
Mother’s Day isn’t a walk in the park for everyone.
To mothers of angel babies - ❤️
To women grieving their mum - ❤️
To women who wanted to be mums -❤️
To be abundantly clear.
I do not oppose Labour because I back the Tories.
I oppose Labour because they back the Tories.
Sir Keir Starmer has now confirmed that he will keep the horrific Rwanda Policy.
#YouYesYet
Mandy Rhodes staying classy today isn’t she… 🙄
Let’s refresh memories - Her boss at Holyrood magazine is Lord Ashcroft - Former chair of the Conservative party who bankrolled them to the tune of millions.
Remember also that she platformed & front page splashed Steve Bannon.
I’m sad because I’m getting abuse on here because my partner is hoping to serve his home in Parliament
So all of you having a go - this is me.
A person not a nameless faceless troll
Still Yes
Still
@theSNP
Surrounded by love ❤️ & ace pals.
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I’m 54
Learned why class solidarity & sisterhood matters - the hard way
I grew up in poverty in a room & kitchen with outside toilet & young lovely single mum
My dad was a violent abusive man who died after being stabbed by his pregnant teen gf when I was a teen
I will come out and say publicly.
Any person who holds the regressive views that
@_KateForbes
holds should not hold public office.
Never mind running our country
I ask her to consider withdrawing from the leadership race & resign her position as Cab secretary & MSP.
It’s my birthday today & I have been given breakfast in bed. Assurances independence is on its way a karaoke machine & flowers & fabulous jewellery & several make up pallets (my guilty pleasure) I decree that today shall be a day of merriment In all the land.
#befabulous
😍💐 🎈
Margaret Ferrier needs to resign.
She must do the decent thing.
We cannot in the SNP demand that of others which we ourselves would not do.
She is no longer a member of our party, it’s time the good people of Rutherglen had a chance to have an
@theSNP
MP again.
I suffered the death of my newborn baby.
I had a medical termination, when doctors told me my baby had patua syndrome & wouldn’t survive birth.
I had an abortion as a young woman.
Each time I was devastated
I can’t imagine walking past these “pro-lifers”
#bufferzonesnow
“Woke” as a form of attack is exactly the same form of attack as “political correctness gone mad”.
If treating every other human being kindly & equally in life & the law is “woke” then I am wide awake & fully woke & damm proud of it.
Prince William can get to fuck and then when he gets there he can fuck off.
EVERYTHING that is wrong with the UK in one single picture.
I am APOPLECTIC with rage
Scotland MP’s - Extend Furlough -NO
Welsh MP’s - Extend Furlough-NO
England goes into lockdown - Furlough extended. Tell me again that it’s a UNITED Kingdom of 4 equal nations.
I am isolating with my
#autistic
teenager. NO-ONE from that party dare use autism as an excuse.
There are plenty autistic mums & dads following the rules to keep us all safe & well.
#autism
A society should rightly be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable citizens. A society that lets it’s children go to bed hungry has failed. I want out of this stinking Union.
I see a lot of “list” type people shouting about “take our party back” back from what? Success. We are the closest we have ever been to success. Factionalism & nutters & lists need to bolt. Unity is our strength. Independence our aim. Eyes on the prize & let’s ignore the zoomers
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I’m 54
Learned why class solidarity & sisterhood matters - the hard way
I grew up in poverty in a room & kitchen with outside toilet & young lovely single mum
My dad was a violent abusive man who died after being stabbed by his pregnant teen gf when I was a teen
Resign. Resign. Resign.
If you’re elected on an
@theSNP
ticket & used branch members time & money to get you elected.
You have NO business remaining in Parliament.
By-election needed now.
Despite some really horrible messages to me which I’m trying not to feel hurt by. I’m utterly gobsmacked at the kindness of Yes family &
@MrMalky
💗 thank you.
He came on stage just before me… raging that I had to follow this belter of a speech…. Humza speech was phenomenal & uplifting & inspiring
@HumzaYousaf
First Minister of Scotland & First Activist of Scotland 🏴
6 years ago today. The last saturday night in
@YesBarGlasgow
before the referendum. We though a new country would be ours. I’m so proud of what I did in renaming my bar. Let’s grab it with both hands this time. Independence is normal.
#StillYes
One of the things I loved about Paul O'Grady's Lily Savage was how she was based on a woman he loved, not one he constructed from sexism or misogyny. Lily was a kick-ass working class woman I recognised, and Paul, excesses aside, got her to a tee.
My pal Dr Roddy O’Kane is
is a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon & volunteer who has travelled to work with Medical Aid Palestine in
#Gaza
's hospitals many times
“I am urging you to act as advocate speak up, protect healthcare institutions, staff, patients, & people of Gaza.”
Glad to see
@femi
shining a light on this insidious proposal.
If politicians propose hateful laws, &/or vote yes to laws that take food from hungry mouths they deserve vilification.
There is a world of difference between holding to account & condoning murder.
Mark Francois is taking advantage of the murder of Sir David Amess to clamp down against free speech.
He wants a David's Law added to the Online Harms Bill so that people are banned from "vilifying" politicians on social media.
30 years ago today I buried my baby boy Conor. I’m struggling. It never gets easier. The pain comes around less often, but when it hits. It really hits.
To everyone that finds Christmas hard for whatever reason.
You’re not alone.
We’ll get through this.
My beloved nephew was subjected to homophobic abuse last night in Sainsbury’s in central Edinburgh.
He is kind & loving & filled with joy & a fabulous son to my sister & a great cousin to my Gemma & a 1st year student.
How fucking dare these bigots.
Thank god for
@tiecampaign
A change of pace.
I left school at 16 without any qualifications to speak of & at 52yrs I got into Glasgow University to to do DMIS (digital media & information studies)
This week I made a 3D project using X3D and coding using html
I feel so so proud of myself 🥰
As a 53 year old woman going through the menopause & occasionally overdoes it of a vino on a Friday night
It now appears I would be to blame if I go missing off the face of the earth on a sunny afternoon walk according to police
THAT police statement is despicable
#NicolaBulley
Solidarity, friendship & love and support with
@HumzaYousaf
and his family.
This whole situation is heartbreaking & he is dealing with real personal pain & grief and still managing the Scottish Government response with empathy & humanity.
If Forbes withdraws it’s because people overwhelmingly reject intolerant views while respecting her right to have them
Kate demonstrates she cannot separate personal from political
Not religious intolerance - Accountability.
Her words have deeply hurt many decent members.
I’m really not feeling well and don’t have a lot of band width at the moment to deal with hate speech. But I just want to once again say to my lgbt+ friends that I stand shoulder to shoulder with you against the vile homophobic and transphobic rhetoric I’m reading. Much love pals
Anyone who leaks to wings is not a friend to
@theSNP
or for that matter a friend to equality, women, feminism,progressive politics, to our LGBT+ community or to disabled members or indeed independence. Period.
Keir Starmer has accused:
•78% of British public
•17 of his frontbenchers
•Scottish FM
•Irish Taoiseach,
•Archbishop of Canterbury
•Labour MSP’s
•Mayor of London
•Mayor of Manchester
•The Pope
•United Nations
of taking a position that “emboldens Hamas Terrorists”
Child raped by Prince Andrew. US court documents claims. Fixed it for you
@guardian
there are no underage women. There is children & girls & there is no forced sex. Call it by it’s name. RAPE
FYI. You shouldn’t require to be violated for abortion to be ok
It’s also ok to:
•Be too young
•Not want a baby
•Not want another baby
Contraception isn’t always effective.
& importantly
Abortion is a class issue
Rich women will always be able to access abortion.
Are we to believe Alba & it’s dick-swinging misogynist men swanning in at the last minute intend to help
@theSNP
when just days ago their leader was trying to burn down the house he helped build because of ego & hubris. Cop on.
#BothVotesSNP
I wonder if everyone hoping to be an SNP candidate next year will get a spread in the National or if that privilege is reserved for the editor’s partner?
Ok
Kate Forbes was offered a hugely important brief - she turned it down
But let’s not pretend it was a demotion.
It was in actuality a promotion.
She broke collective responsibility on live tv
Ash at least had the decency to resign.
KF clung on to power via a loophole