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Fraser

@frisealarainn

3 years

👏 DON’T 👏 USE 👏 GAELIC 👏 WORDS 👏 FOR 👏 POLITICAL 👏 PURPOSES 👏 ESPECIALLY 👏 WHEN 👏 YOU 👏 CAN’T 👏 EVEN 👏 PRONOUNCE 👏 THEM 👏

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The ITV News team when they got that leak

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1 year

Hi @unisonscot , as a UNISON member I am appalled at your twitter account tweeting blatant transphobia and hope my @UNISON_UofG colleagues share my anger at your official Twitter account sharing this content. Considering axing my membership after seeing this

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4 years

Hi @CalMac_Updates @Stuart_CalMac @Ianblackford_MP @PaulWheelhouse holiday homes on Arran are filling up before our eyes. Why on earth are they still being allowed on the ferries? You’re putting us all at risk when other ferry routes are apparently being tougher. Stop failing us.

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3 years

Arran Community a Forum having a completely normal one

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2 years

Seems like a good time to bring this back: CalMac routes served by vessels over 25 years old (CalMac's own goal for vessel lifespan). A total failure to invest in the future of island communities by @scotgov @CMAssets @NicolaSturgeon @JennyGilruth @theSNP

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Welcome condemnation from Scottish Anglican Network about the anti-Gaelic tweets from a bigoted, sad individual in Dumfries

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1 year

In red: CalMac routes currently with a smaller vessel/reduced service/no service due to technical issues ‼️ In green: CalMac routes operating normally

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Okay, Forbes fans who were telling me to 'wait until she had spoken' - wanna tell me now that I was just fearmongering for the LGBT+ community?

BBC Scotland News

@BBCScotlandNews

2 years

Kate Forbes has 'significant concerns' about gender self-identification telling the BBC's James Cook she would not have voted for the Scottish government's bill in its current form Follow all the live updates here: ➡️

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4 years

Never told you all this but I’m actually living in the ferry terminal in Tarbert because I never found the way out obh obh carson a tha seo cho doirbh

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1 year

I swear to god if I hear "We Scots: we're a hardy bunch!" once more I will personally start a run on Bank of Scotland until they collapse

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2 years

Gaelic and Scots should have the same recognition and profile, no questions. It took Gaelic decades to get where we are today. Scots language folk need to fight for it too. Getting annoyed at Gaelic for what it has helps no one. The languages face shared *and* different hurdles

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3 years

Sannox looking *unreal* tonight

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@frisealarainn

1 year

This is so disappointing as it undermines the good work and allyship that I've seen and experienced from the @UNISON_UofG branch. But if that's not supported nationally, why stay in an organisation that's toxic at the top

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@frisealarainn

3 years

As of tonight, here's all the routes affected by breakdown of regular vessel, no sailings due to extended overhaul of regular vessel, or having a smaller vessel due to extended overhaul of regular vessel. Eagle-eyed viewers will note that almost *every major route* is affected

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Scottish parties as ferries: SNP: Loch Seaforth (unstoppable but uncomfortable) Tories: Isle of Mull (tired and unmanoeuvrable) Lab: Isle of Arran (so old it could be dead) LD: Loch Bhrusda (loud but fairly insignificant) Greens: Carvoria (powered by an outboard and wishes)

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@frisealarainn

4 years

👏 stop 👏 telling 👏 rural 👏 communities 👏 how 👏 to 👏 run 👏 ourselves 👏 and 👏 listen 👏 to 👏 our 👏 concerns 👏 and 👏 ideas 👏 first 👏 you 👏 central 👏 belters 👏

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4 years

Gaelic’s presence on Duolingo is of course a very welcome step in making the language accessible and more modern. But if you think a) it’s a way to fully learn Gaelic or b) that pointing to Duolingo is an effective argument against concerns about community usage, you’re wrong.

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1 year

But what confidence can I have that concerns of and support for my trans comrades won't be totally undermined by the union at a national level, regardless of the support from my local branch? Shameful from @unisonscot

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2 years

London journalists banding together to release the charity single 'Do they know the queen is dead at all?' to support the Hebridean news-drought

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Gaelic friends: don't support a social conservative for first minister just because she speaks Gaelic...

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@frisealarainn

3 years

“I’m confused is that Arran?” says person as the ferry they boarded for Arran, that goes to Arran, heads straight towards Arran

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Me in the pier office trying to flirt my way into getting booked on to a ferry the website says is full

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@frisealarainn

3 years

I really think Ayrshire is under appreciated. Some of the richest history in Scotland, strong linguistic identity, and absolutely beautiful, diverse scenery

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 looking at the Highlands

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@frisealarainn

4 years

We An GearasStan

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4 years

How is started How it's going

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Leonardo DiCaprio selecting his tinder age range

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Dear god please don't let Kate Forbes be the next FM

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@frisealarainn

3 years

That statement from the new UHI boss is shocking. What is a 'vanity' course? Gaelic courses? Cultural courses? Drama and the arts? Forestry and agriculture? Basically anything in vocational studies and the arts? Universities aren't for boosting the economy; they're for learning.

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Lamb kofta from @Nigella_Lawson 's 'At My Table' with flatbreads, iceberg lettuce, coriander tomatoes, and lemon and garlic yoghurt (and a black-label Cabalié red wine)

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Given the amount of ‘don’t be nasty to the tourists, we depend on them’ chat I’m seeing from those with second homes and in the tourism industry, maybe now would be a good time to acknowledge that island economies could do with creating more non-tourism jobs...

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Tormod, our wee ginger cat, has been missing since March and we assumed gone feral or worse. But today I heard from a friend in High Corrie, *two miles away* who had had a ginger cat with them since last night. Guess who is now home!!

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3 years

Fight me

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@GenericAdam

3 years

Okay, Scottish people, what do you actually consider to be the central belt?

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@frisealarainn

3 years

The people in my village on Arran were given no choice but to leave. The land they were sent to in Canada was barren. The island population has never recovered. Take this revisionist bullshit and piss right off

Jean McMillan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇳🇿🇮🇪🇨🇦🇺🇸

@Wass2020

3 years

My grandparents probably lived in a small thatched cottage with multiple siblings, no running water and a bucket for a toilet. Their descendants are doing well, living on 3 continents. Thank you for deserting your shack. Clearances are romantic twaddle.

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3 years

Suas leis na fo-thiotalan son luchd-labhairt na Gàidhlig

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Scenes like this aren’t ‘wild’, they are just places that were until recently worked and inhabited, and are still sheep farms. You’d have to go back a *long* way to when they were ‘wild’ rather than working, living communities. Stop airbrushing people from history.

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@frisealarainn

4 months

If you're in the SNP and claim to be progressive in any way, gtaf

The National

@ScotNational

4 months

BREAKING: Kate Forbes has been made Deputy First Minister in John Swinney's new Cabinet. Story to follow.

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Mise anns a’ Ghearasdan #c àbheilmi

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@frisealarainn

5 years

One year of reading and 10,000 words later, here is my dissertation. Arran Gaelic: The Decline & Death of a Dialect #G àidhlig #Arran

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@frisealarainn

4 years

#WorldCupNanEilean ⛴🏆 Congratulations BARRA!! Winner of World Cup Nan Eilean 2020, with 67% of the vote against finalist Vatersay (900 votes, thank you all so much!). A worthy winner, ‘s math a rinn sibh!! (Photo credit @BarraIsland )

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Once again for the central belters up the back, life in the Highlands and Islands extends beyond your summer camping trip to Loch Lomond and some people have to rely on roads that urgently need improvement in areas where a train line will never be a realistic alternative

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@frisealarainn

4 years

I’m sorry, this is OBSCENE!! A three bedroom bungalow with a loft conversion for £425,000. No wonder islanders have to leave.

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@frisealarainn

9 months

Some of you may remember my cat Tormod, who went missing in March 2021, came home for two weeks in October 2021, then took off up the moor again above Sannox. Well look who's back...

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Christmas soup so the CalMac bowls come out

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@frisealarainn

4 years

The Glen Coe Scuffle

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3 years

Behold my chaotic Highland Council break-up plan

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Rest, and I cannot stress this enough, Be Thankful

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig ann an 2021 xx

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@frisealarainn

6 months

Paul Sweeney is one of the most embarrassing people in Scotland

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@ngdt77

6 months

The storming in question.

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@frisealarainn

3 years

If you’re after the English pronunciation of ‘Alba’, it’s ‘Scotland’. If you want the Gaelic pronunciation, listen to fucking Gaelic speakers who are literally telling you it

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@frisealarainn

4 years

DIVEST 👏 ISLAND 👏 ECONOMIES 👏 FROM 👏 TOURISM 👏 (also stop framing ferry services as a tourist service and start calling them what they actually are, lifeline services for islanders)

BBC Scotland News

@BBCScotlandNews

4 years

The ferry is the only way to get onto Arran and the local economy is heavily reliant on tourism

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3 years

To annoy cunts like you

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3 years

Glaswegians realise that Scotland isn’t just Glasgow challenge

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4 years

#GaelicMafia

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@frisealarainn

4 years

"Minority groups pose a real threat" is literal bigotry

Cameron McNeish

@CameronMcNeish

4 years

@Michex69 @LesleyRiddoch @theSNP Agree. Nicola, Ian Blackford and others have completely lost the plot. I was challnged a few minutes ago for saying minority groups posed a real threat to the solidarity of @theSNP . That now exactly what's happened.

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Hahaha April fools hahaha minority indigenous languages hahaha silly little language hahaha get to absolute fuck you Scotsman pricks

The Scotsman

@TheScotsman

2 years

ScotRail announcements to be in Gaelic-first after nationalisation, Scottish Government announces

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Here it is! I have created plans for new Scottish rail lines, new Scotland-UK/Europe day and night trains, and developments of Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street 🚆🛤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 See 🧵:

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@frisealarainn

4 years

An eaglais sin sa mhadainn an-diugh

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1 year

Begging yes voters from central Scotland to stfu for one second and actually listen to islanders

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Wings Over Scotland calling young LGBT+ campaigners ‘rapey-looking’ is a new low for him in his horrid sea of lows. If you in any way like ‘Rev’ Stu feel free to get the fuck out my followers

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@frisealarainn

5 years

I’m sorry but why on earth is an Icelandic programme on BBC ALBA being subtitled into English rather than #g àidhlig?? Is that not what the BBC Scotland channel is for?

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@frisealarainn

1 year

@unisonscot @MrMcEnaney You don't retweet two tweets like that as a "genuine mistake", don't talk pish

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@frisealarainn

3 years

A truly iconic commitment to the craic by the MV Isle of Lewis

Hebrides News

@HebridesNews

3 years

Stornoway sailings cancelled as Cal Mac's stand-in ferry breaks down shortly after leaving pier - more at

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@frisealarainn

4 years

How many times will Trump be impeached before Jan. 20th?

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@frisealarainn

6 months

That would be because these "scenic places" are actually lived-in communities that need better connectivity, you Central Belt brain rot cretins

The National

@ScotNational

6 months

SPECIAL REPORT: Hundreds of digital masts, funded by Westminster, are being planned for some of Scotland's most scenic places

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Delighted to announce that the Vasa will shortly be joining the network to provide much-needed resilience on services from Oban to Craignure, Coll, Tiree, and Colonsay

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Having driven to the Kelpies today I only have to ask: how is Falkirk simultaneously in the middle of Scotland and the arse end of nowhere?

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Roses are red Violets are blue Morning sailings are cancelled There’s a review at 2

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@frisealarainn

2 years

What gay intern at M&S did this

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2 years

Indian-Spiced Chicken Traybake from @Nigella_Lawson 's 'At My Table', featuring my new Sainsbury's bowls

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Really good that @Feorlean has been hammering home the ‘don’t come just now’ message for Argyll & Bute. Arran and many other places need someone to do the same for us.

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Oh, Gaelic was never spoken on Arran you say? Explain these place names from the OS map within the Sannox area *alone*

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@frisealarainn

4 years

As IF I’ve just seen someone on an Arran online forum asking if holiday home owners are entitled to a council tax rebate because they haven’t been able to use their houses! How about not owning holiday homes you GREEDY. SELFISH. BASTARDS.

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@frisealarainn

3 years

This gets to the heart of the matter: loss of tourism income is one thing, but this is the bigger problem: unreliable ferry services threaten the sustainability of island communities

Warning over ferry service threat to island life

The Ferries Community Board says disruption has hit businesses and efforts to tackle depopulation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Everywhere except Lewis and Springfield, the owner of the nuclear plant in the Simpsons is called Mr Uisge

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@frisealarainn

3 years

The year is 2143. Arran, as David Icke predicted, has sunk. Gaelic has replaced English as the main language of Scotland. The A9 is yet to be dualled. John Swinney is Depute First Minister

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@frisealarainn

4 years

There’s a holiday home filled up along the road from me. There’s several in the village down the road. There’s more filling today. Village stores and the Co-op are already struggling to cope just with local orders. These tourists will kill people.

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Didn’t get his name but @CalMac_Updates could you pass on to the captain on the Caledonian Isles how lovely it was to get his welcome aboard message totally in Gaelic this morning! Not often we get that on the Arran route - a very welcome change 😊

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@frisealarainn

2 years

So, to round up the current Arran ferry crisis: the main vessel, MV Caledonian Isles, suffered a port engine failure and struck the breakwater on entering Ardrossan Harbour. She has now been withdrawn from service for an unspecified period, and towed to Troon for repairs... (1)

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@frisealarainn

1 year

@NoDoubts10 @unisonscot @UNISON_UofG Get fucked terf

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@frisealarainn

4 years

#CalMacCup Tha Caledonian Mac a’ Bhriuthainn, an sgiobair agus an sgioba, a’ cur fàilte oirbh air bòrd. It’s what no one asked for but I’m doing anyway: time to vote for your favourite CalMac ferry, past or present! 32 vessels slug it out to win the #CalMacCup

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Bidh mi a' bruidhinn ann an Gàidhlig a-mhàin air a' bhàta a-nis, dìreach airson cas a chuir air na terfs agus na monoglots

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@frisealarainn

2 years

Arran ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #ArranPride

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@frisealarainn

4 years

@arranlouise Energy, esp hydroelectric; inward investment to bring big employers like call centres, life sciences etc; Gaelic-essential roles (education, customer care, socioeconomic development); flexible home working from major businesses/senior roles so people can still live in H&I...

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@frisealarainn

2 years

If you're busy defending Kate Forbes, especially if you're a 'progessive' SNP member, take a wee moment to remember: she is free to pick and choose what bits of religious teachings she chooses to believe, and yet still goes with anti-LGBT+ and anti-abortion views

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2 years

Sannox, Isle of Arran #scotlandhour

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3 years

Saor Alba but only if you can pronounce epenthetic vowels

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1 year

Old enough to remember Marcus Carslaw trying to row back on his careerist Forbes support a couple of weeks ago lol

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Absolute garbage from @ScotNational . Islands facing a housing crisis and they’re punting out an estate agent ad for a ridiculously-priced house? Wise up

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@frisealarainn

3 years

Good. Now do it in Scotland too.

Second home owners in Wales 'discriminated against'

There are calls for second home owners to have more of a say in government policy on tax.

www.bbc.com

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@frisealarainn

1 year

Shows you, for all you saying she would be great for Highlands & Islands, how much Kate Forbes actually values the area

Chris Musson

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1 year

Source on Kate Forbes rejecting Humza Yousaf's offer of a demotion to Rural Affairs Secretary: "She told him where to stick it"

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4 years

Maybe if the Highlands & Islands hadn’t become so reliant on tourism and actually had received some investment in housing, infrastructure and direct business investment to create a sustainable economy the downturn wouldn’t have been as bad?

BBC Scotland News

@BBCScotlandNews

4 years

Analysis has suggested Argyll and Lochaber were among areas to see the highest rates of unemployment

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4 years

Throwback to that time I left the Arran Banner in the British Airways First Class Lounge at JFK

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@frisealarainn

3 years

#StormBarra in Sannox, Isle of Arran just now. Another hour until high tide

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4 years

The Argyll Campbells choosing which town to name after themselves

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@frisealarainn

4 months

Really can't put into words how disappointed I am to see folk like Hannah Bardell, who I thought were among the few good folk remaining in the SNP, along with so many of the remaining LGBTQ+ SNP fan guys, lapping up the ascension of Kate Forbes in their twitter likes and RTs

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@frisealarainn

4 years

Love that someone who doesn’t follow me and is private on here has retweeted my tweet and called my the ‘rural right’. Anyone else getting that vibe from my anti-over-tourism, pro-Gaelic, pro-infrastructure investment, pro-renewables Twitter? 🥰

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