.
@AlynSmith
: “There are no foreigners in Scotland. Where you’re from is interesting, but if you are here, you’re one of us. That’s our values.”
#Brexit
Not a fan of idolising individual politicians. Much prefer to talk of movements and ideas. But
#IStandWithNicola
.
There isn’t a more hard working leader out there - who cares about the people she serves. She is who will lead our country to its independence. 🏴
Labour MPs whipped not to vote on
@theSNP
amendment that respects the decision of the majority of Scots not to leave the EU.
Brexit has taught us that the Tories want to actively shut down Scotland’s voice, and Labour simply doesn’t care.
“If you think you can bully me out of office, you are mistaken and you’ve misjudged me. If you want to remove me as First Minister, do it at an election.”
In a strange turn of events (but I’m not complaining!) the
@ScotTories
have started designing posters for
@theSNP
.
I’m not sure about the charcoal grey background though. Maybe it’s the road to indy? 🤔
“No you’re not allowed a divorce. You said 5 years ago that you’d stay with me, and just because I haven’t kept my promises since then doesn’t mean you can have the option of your independence.” How sinister.
If I become PM, I won’t allow a second Scottish independence referendum. People stated views clearly in 2014, so there should be no second vote. Nicola Sturgeon should spend more time improving public services in Scotland, and less time grandstanding
Through at my parents’ for my Dad’s birthday. Aunt & Uncle were through earlier; two more ardent unionists you could not find, yet were telling my Mum that they’ll be voting Yes at the next IndyRef.
I’m shocked and delighted. People like that coming over is how we’ll win 🏴 🗳
A reminder that
@stephenkerrMP
represents the magnificent
#Stirling
seat which voted 68%
#Remain
in the
#EUref
.
Last night Mr Kerr voted in favour of No Deal Brexit, even though that would reduce the value of the Scottish economy by 9%.
Local people & businesses deserve better.
Stirling Tories are good for a laugh.
This week, they’re campaigning against a Tourism Tax in Stirling.
BUT
The
@StirlingCouncil
Budget was passed last week, and ruled out such a tax.
AND
Stirling Tory Councillors were the only ones to vote AGAINST this budget. 🤦🏻♂️ 👎🏼
Stirling Tories are saying no to journalists looking to join them on their campaign trail. Meanwhile, Stirling SNP is perfectly happy to have our positive campaign covered by the media.
Dropped a couple of journos off a Kerr’s office today but the man himself refused to chat.🤷🏻♂️
Wow. Army Privates actually pay £20 less a year under the new Scottish income tax system. This Tory Govt is “protecting” the likes of Majors, whose broad shoulders and £50-60K salary will see them pay around £600 a year more to fund public services.
I’m pleased that today the
@Conservatives
are protecting 8,000 troops in Scotland from the SNP’s unfair NatTax. It was wrong that our brave men and women were being penalised for serving our country in Scotland.
Hard to feel anything but resentment for what happened tonight.
Scotland didn’t elect the Tories.
Didn’t want an EU Referendum.
Didn’t vote to leave the EU.
Didn’t back Theresa May’s Brexit.
MSPs voted against losing devolved powers.
Ignored by Westminster.
#BrexitBill
Excruciating interview with Douglas Ross on
@BBCRadioScot
. Says he disagrees with Boris Johnson on things, but can’t say what they are. Refused to deny him and Ruth Davidson plotted to bring down Carlaw. Won’t comment on Lords appointees as he’s to pick his kid up from nursery 🙄
Stephen Kerr on
#scotnight
:
“If I have to choose between no deal or no Brexit, I will choose no deal.”
68% of his constituents voted to Remain in the EU. Bring on that election.
Before last year’s election my partner and I were represented by an SNP MP who proactively supported our equality. Now we have
@stephenkerrMP
, with a dodgy past involving shutting gays out of the church and a refusal to back LGBT campaigns.
Enough of this 🏳️🌈 🏴
‘I don’t want to see my country, I don’t want to see the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.’
@NicolaSturgeon
SNP says it’s ‘crazy’ if Britain plans to leave the European Union without a deal.
So
@ScotTories
Councillors want
@StirlingCouncil
to spend £200K a year for the next 3 years to mitigate against the devastating Universal Credit system that their own Party’s government has imposed on vulnerable people in Stirling. 😡
Absolute desperate keich, Stephen. This stuff really is beyond absurd.
The banner turned up (uninvited) and SNP activists told them to go away. Which they did. Theyre on the other side of the road in this video.
Quit playing the victim and start representing your constituents.
The banner is also seen in this video. A clear endorsement of this message by the local SNP.
Last time this banner was seen in Stirling, the SNP condemned it. How hollow those words ring now.
At the risk of gushing over my party’s leader, Swinney really is a terrific communicator on serious issues; really lands the man of honour image. The best Douglas Ross can do is try to twist his words against him
#fmqs
He’s just dreadful, but there’s a giddy excitement I feel when Johnson says “the Scottish nationalists want to take Scotland back into the EU.”
Yes we do. See you soon, Europe!
#PMQs
When the process opens, I’ll be putting myself forward to be one of the
@theSNP
’s candidates on the Mid Scotland & Fife regional list in the Holyrood election next year.
The choice is simple. To secure an independence referendum, it has to be
#BothVotesSNP
💛 🏴
Tory Councillors in Stirling are criticising the SNP coalition administration for not having published the Budget for the next financial year yet - ignoring the fact it’s because of an unnecessary delay in the Chancellor producing a Budget down the road in Westminster 🤦♂️
LBC reporting some Whitehall sources saying the ramping up of a ‘unionism campaign’ in Scotland is because they see a second Indyref as ‘inevitable’.
That’s because they know Scotland won’t tolerate being governed without consent. The route map to indy is clear
#BothVotesSNP
Five years ago today, I met a guy off some app called Grindr. Today we own our first house together, shared with our two dogs and a cat! 👬🏡 🐶
Oh, and
#BothVotesSNP
! 🏴
Bizarrely,
@stephenkerrMP
rises in Parliament to declare that the Tory Govt has delivered a £90M City Deal to
#Stirling
.
Let’s fact check that:
In cash,
@scotgov
has committed £50M to the deal.
In cash, the UK Govt has committed just £40M.
2 weeks ago, Stirling's Tory MP stood in the House of Commons and accused Scotland's First Minister of an "unmitigated diet of doom and gloom" for publishing expert analysis on the economic impact of Brexit.
Now the Tory UK Govt has found the same, does
@stephenkerrMP
apologise?
Exclusive: The government's own Brexit analysis says the UK will be worse off in every scenario outside the EU.
A new impact assessment, seen by BuzzFeed News, says leaving the EU will adversely hit almost every sector and every UK region.
Every SNP branch meeting I’ve ever been to has always enjoyed a strong contingent of members who are English Scots. Scotland isn’t about where you came from and neither is the SNP. And the Chief Whip of the Tory MSP Group is a tube.
A very welcome message of hope ahead of polling day from
@theSNP
and
@NicolaSturgeon
. 2 x
#BothVotesSNP
already in from the Baird/Robb household. Let’s get out of this pandemic crisis and on to a better, brighter future with independence 🏴
Stirling's Tory MP stood up in the Commons and bellowed out his support for further cuts to Scotland's public services instead of a fairer income tax system to pay for them.
@ScotTories
plan would see half a billion less for NHS/education/police & fire/local govt.
#PMQs
I’m sorry, did
@michaelgove
just announce Tory plans to address the rise in food banks under his Govt by giving poor people waste food? Just when you thought they couldn’t be any more Dickensian.
#CPC18
Faced with a global pandemic, where many people are likely to die. Businesses experiencing real hardship and the NHS is really about to be tested.
And what are Piers Morgan et al most concerned about?
NICOLA STURGEON MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE BORIS DID 😡
Pretty impressed with the number of my previously a-political friends and family members who have joined
@theSNP
in the past few days. Thursday’s election demonstrated the exciting direction that Scotland is taking and they wanted to be part of it.
👇
🏴
Tory MSP
@DeanLockhartMSP
and Tory
@StirlingCouncil
group leader
@neilbenny
need to have a word with
@stirling_tories
activists. Photoshopping elected politicians’ faces onto Nazi uniforms is deeply offensive. Unacceptable no matter how bitter the electorate has made you feel.
Incorrect, Murdo.
This year, the SNP partnership Administration increased the road maintenance budget by £1M following years of cuts to the service when the Tories were in charge of Stirling’s finances.
The Tories made Stirling’s roads the 7th worst in Scotland.
.
@NicolaSturgeon
: Vote for SNP is a vote for:-
Continued strong leadership
National care service
Young person’s guarantee
More affordable homes
Action on climate change
A choice on independence
Don’t leave it to chance,
#BothVotesSNP
#Leadersdebate
Packed
#SNP19
hall for Brexit Q&A.
@AlynSmith
: “don’t let the opposition control the narrative on Europe: we are *in* Europe; we *are* Europe.” 🏴 🇪🇺
There’s only one Party that betrayed Scotland’s fishermen with the Common Fisheries Policy, and that’s the Conservatives who negotiated it.
#MaySpeech
#CPC18
Stirling’s Road Maintenance Budget has been cut in recent years when the Tories were in charge of our local finances.
They also cut Council Tax and then blamed Scot Govt for not having enough cash 🤷🏼♂️
On *that* Tory letter from Ruth Davidson, my mum, a floating voter (despite my best efforts), read it and remarked on how sad it was that all they could bring themselves to talk about was the SNP and independence. No ideas, no substance.
#FMQs
The BBC’s Brexit coverage in Stirling really didn’t reflect what folk are saying here. For example:
There were no Leave>Remain switchers.
There were no former-No supporters now backing Yes.
There were no guests calling for a People’s Vote.
I was a trembling mess when I told my parents I was gay at 15. Years later my mum was writing to my MP in Dundee demanding to know why he was voting against my right to get married.
I was overthinking it, but I know that I’m still one of the lucky ones
#NationalComingOutDay
A year to the day:
@gavmacn
exposed newly-elected Tory Cllr Alistair Majury as a seriously offensive troll who has a history of extreme views and online abuse.
A year on,
@ScotTories
,
@stephenkerrMP
,
@RuthDavidsonMSP
etc have welcomed him back with opem arms. He’s one of them
.
@stephenkerrMP
is right that the people of remain-voting
#Stirling
are democrats and they’re so furious with their Brexiteer MP not speaking up for them, that they just gave his party 15% at the EU election.
#bbcdn
Hands up if you're sick of
@ScotTories
pretending to stick up for communities losing their
#RBS
branches when none of them have once asked their party's government to intervene (when it owns 73% of the bank).
They have done nothing and these communities won't forget.