Scotland's largest political party and party of Government. All posts are promoted by Scottish National Party, Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh.
BREAKING: Labour promised change yet they have just voted against scrapping the two-child cap, a cruel policy that has impacted upon 1.6 million children, with an expected additional 670,000 affected if it remains in place.
No child should be living in poverty.
๐จBREAKING:
@ScotParl
has passed the Referendums (Scotland) Bill by 68 to 54, creating the legal basis for holding an independence referendum.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟThis is another step forward for Scotland's right to choose our future. This choice must be in Scotland's hands, not Boris Johnson's.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ The people of Scotland have spoken - it's an SNP landslide.
โ Highest number of votes
โ Highest number of constituency seats ever
โ Highest vote share ever in a Scottish election
๐ Once we rebuild Scotland from COVID, there will be an independence referendum.
Westminster is broken.
It doesnโt have to be this way. We can build a better, fairer, more equal country.
An independent country.
Follow
@YesScot
and pledge your support at
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐บ๐ธ First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has met with the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden.
๐ฅ Bernard Ponsonby eviscerates Scottish Tory's anti-democratic argument on Scottish independence.
๐ป Fact check: SNP have won a higher percentage of the vote in Scotland than the Tories won UK-wide, and won 8 times the Tories number of seats in Scotland.
๐ฅ
@AlynSmith
dismantles the myth of a "union of equals".
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland voted decisively to escape Brexit but we're being dragged out of the EU by Boris Johnson and ignored by Westminster. It's time to choose a better future.
#WithdrawalAgreementBill
๐ฃ
@NicolaSturgeon
: โShutting down Parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit, which will do untold and lasting damage to the country against the wishes of MPs is not democracy, itโs dictatorship."
๐ข The final results of
#SP21
are in and the SNP have decisively won the election with 64 seats!
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Thank you to everyone who campaigned for us, supported us and
#VotedSNP
- together weโve made history!
๐ค๐คIn just one sentence,
@joannaccherry
exposes and eviscerates the Tory Queen's Speech for the pure electioneering that it is.
๐ A meaningless and expensive distraction from the playbook of Boris Johnson's Brexit fanatics.
๐บ First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
was asked about a โcross-border quarantine rowโ today.
๐ฃ โThis is public health. The fact that some are trying to turn this into a kind of standard political, constitutional row, is frankly disgraceful.โ
โ BREAKING:
@NicolaSturgeon
has announced the SNP are launching a major campaign to defend Scottish democracy.
๐ณ The people of Scotland must have a choice on our future.
๐ฝ๏ธ
@MhairiBlack
: "We do not fear referendums. We do not fear democracy. We do not fear holding up our vision and hopes for a better Scotland to the electorate to at least consider."
๐ BREAKING: We are putting ScotRail into public ownership from April 2022.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Transport Minister
@JennyGilruth
has confirmed that the new operator will be fully owned and controlled by the Scottish Government.
๐จ Boris Johnson tells the House of Commons Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister โwithout a voteโ.
๐ This is not true.
๐ฌ Itโs a desperate attempt to deflect from the fact that he has been made Prime Minister thanks solely to the votes of a few thousand Tory Party members.
.
@NicolaSturgeon
: "To the people of Scotland - whether you voted for me or not - please know that being your First Minister has been the privilege of my life.
Absolutely nothing I do in future will ever come close. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
๐ช๐บ
@NicolaSturgeon
at the
#PutItToThePeople
rally: โMy message is for every EU national across the UK. You are welcome here and we want you to stay.
What has been done to you by Brexiteer politicians is nothing short of disgraceful."
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@NicolaSturgeon
: "Last night the SNP won an incredible 80% of seats in Scotland - an overwhelming endorsement of our campaign and message."
#indyref2020
๐คณ Share if you agree it's time for independence.
โ๏ธ Pledge your support for independence here:
Nicola Sturgeon: "The sooner this country is independent, no longer at the mercy of Tory governments who do not have our interests at heart, the better. That time will come and when it does I have no doubt the people of Scotland will choose to be independent."
#FMQs
๐ฝ๏ธ WATCH:
@BorisJohnson
has a record of dishonesty, of stoking division in communities and of explicitly racist language. He is not fit for office.
๐ Donโt let racism go unchallenged - share if you agree.
#PMQs
.
@Ianblackford_MP
: "When Iโve called on this Prime Minister to resign, Iโve always been met by a wall of noise from the Tory benches.
I always thought they were trying to shout me down. But, all this time, it turns out that 41% of them have actually been cheering me on."
#PMQs
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ While the UK government allows fracking in England, we will not allow it to take place in Scotland.
๐ก To reach Net Zero by 2045, we're powering ahead with expanding renewables.
๐ย Welcome to the over 5,000 new members of the SNP!
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Together, weโll build the fairer, better, independent Scotland thatโs within our reach.
โ๏ธย If you havenโt yet, sign up today at
๐ Congratulations to
@HumzaYousaf
, elected as the new leader of the SNP and Scotland's next First Minister.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Together, let's get on with building a better Scotland.
#SNPLeadership23
๐จ Liz Truss will become the UKโs next Tory Prime Minister - the 9th since 1955 that Scotland hasnโt even voted for.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Only with independence can Scotland escape this broken Westminster system.
โ๏ธ Pledge your support for Scottish independence:
.
@NicolaSturgeon
: "Scotland hasn't voted for a Conservative Westminster government for 60 years, but for 36 of those years we've had to put up with a Tory government. And now we face being dragged out of Europe against our will."
#bbcqt
#VoteSNP
#GE2019
The SNP gave Westminster the chance to stand with the UN and international community in calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in order to protect and save lives.
Sadly the majority of Tory and Labour MPs voted against this - they are on the wrong side of history.
๐คทโโ๏ธ Boris Johnson is happy to talk about the SNP, but he's too much of a feartie to debate
@NicolaSturgeon
.
#ITVDebate
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland must have a choice - Scotland's future in Scotland's hands or in the hands of Boris Johnson.
#VoteSNP
#GE2019
๐คท What has the SNP ever done for us?
Watch our latest party political broadcast to find out and share it with your friends, family and followers.
Read more about the SNPโs record over the last 10 years:
๐ฅ
@HumzaYousaf
absolutely nails it.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland can do better than Boris Johnson, we can do better than Jacob Rees Mogg, we can do better than
#Brexit
, we can do better than Westminster.
๐ณ๏ธ We can have a better future with independence.
#bbcqt
We have a duty to stand up against the betrayal that has taken place with the Tories' unprecedented
#PowerGrab
. We need to, we must and we will stand up for Scotland's interests.
#PMQs
๐ Scotland didnโt vote for Boris Johnsonโs Tories.
๐ Scotland didnโt vote for Brexit.
๐ Scotland didnโt vote for austerity.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotlandโs future must be Scotlandโs choice. And nobody elseโs.
๐ณ Make it
#BothVotesSNP
by May 6 to put Scotlandโs future in Scotlandโs hands.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@NicolaSturgeon
: โIt is because Scotland is not independent that we have to put up with a Tory Government that we didnโt vote for.
It is because Scotland is not independent that we face being ripped out of the European Union against our will.โ
#FMQs
.
@StephenFlynnSNP
: "Wholesale gas prices have fallen by 75% since their peak.
Yet in just a matter of weeks, the Westminster government intends to increase energy bills by a further ยฃ500.
What would motivate a Prime Minister to do such a thing?"
#PMQs
๐ฃ
@NicolaSturgeon
: "There's a really fundamental issue at stake right now in Scotland, and it's not actually about whether or not Scotland should be independent.
It's about who gets to decide.
Should that be the Scottish people, or should that be Westminster?"
#FMQs
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
#EUelections2019
story in Scotland so far:
๐7 wins for the SNP.
SNP win Scottish Borders 28%
SNP win Renfrewshire 41%
SNP win West Dunbartonshire 45%
SNP win East Ayrshire 41%
SNP win South Ayrshire SNP 34.1%
SNP win Perth & Kinross SNP 35.7%
SNP win West Lothian SNP 39.8%
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ The Scottish Parliament has voted to give its backing to First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
.
๐ณ Make it
#BothVotesSNP
on May 6 to re-elect Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister, and put Scotland's recovery in Scotland's hands.
๐ Every child, regardless of their circumstances, should have the best, equal start in life - thatโs why weโve introduced Scotlandโs Baby Box.
๐ฎ๐ช Now, Ireland is following Scotland's lead as it's set to introduce its own Baby Box.
Racism is an evil that has no place in our society.
We must, and we will, eradicate it from our streets, institutions and communities.
#BlackLivesMatter
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland was not mentioned once in Boris Johnson's
#BrexitDeal
.
๐ฅ
@Dr_PhilippaW
eviscerates Boris Johnson and his shoddy Brexit, exposing it for the damaging and unacceptable proposal that it is.
#bbcqt
๐คฆโโ๏ธ The Tories took a working digital voting system, which took 15 mins to vote, and scrapped it for one where every MP stands in a 1km conga line to vote, taking 40 minutes minimum per vote.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ In the Scottish Parliament, it takes 30 seconds to vote.
๐คซ The people of Scotland have been ignored and treated with contempt throughout the Brexit process.
โ The Westminster system is broken beyond repair.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Independence is the only way that Scotland will get to choose the future we want and we will have that choice.
๐ Hey
@Keir_Starmer
, we heard you came to Scotland today to announce your green policy agenda on a private jet!
Next time you come here, why not use the trains we nationalised instead?
Weโve even scrapped peak fares to sweeten the deal!
๐ฅ
@NicolaSturgeon
: "What I would say to Richard Leonard is, imagine Scotland was independent right now.
Because then he wouldn't need to be asking me to plead with a UK government to extend the furlough scheme, we could do it ourselves like any other independent country."
The future of
#Catalonia
should be decided through the ballot box โ not in the courts.
All of us have a duty to speak up whenever the rights to democratic expression and civil rights are under attack. Our thoughts and solidarity are with those sentenced today and their families.
๐ Weโre introducing the Scottish Languages Bill to legally recognise Gaelic and Scots and to protect minority languages within our communities.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ The Gaelic and Scots languages are an important part of Scotlandโs past, present and future.
๐ฅ In under 3 minutes,
@NicolaSturgeon
exposes and eviscerates the Liberal Democrats' record of working with the Tories in coalition.
๐ณ๏ธ Lib Dems cannot be trusted to protect Scotland's interests, only a vote for the SNP on December 12th can.
#VoteSNP
#stvdebate
#GE2019
๐ Weโre bringing ScotRail services into public hands, securing a stable future for our railways.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ At the end of the current franchise in 2022, control of Scotlandโs railways will be in the public sector - an approach which will best serve the interests of Scotland.
๐ โโ๏ธ We refuse to be dragged out of Europe by a farcical Tory government we did not vote for.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ We have an escape route from this - an independent Scotland, at the heart of Europe.
First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
: "When it was clear the public wouldn't accept it, I put the importance and integrity of the public health message first. To Catherine Calderwood's credit, so did she. I fear Boris Johnson is putting political interest ahead of the public interest."
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Boris Johnson hasn't accepted the reality that Scotland won't just get back in the box and accept his extreme Brexit deal.
โ Scotland said no to Brexit, and we meant it.
#PMQs
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@NicolaSturgeon
: "Today I urge people in Scotland, regardless of our differing views on independence, to rally round the case for Scotlandโs right to choose โ our right to self-determination."
First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
: "In just a few weeks' time, I will put myself before the verdict of the Scottish people. That's the ultimate accountability.
The accountability Ruth Davidson is running away from - and never let us forget that."
#FMQs
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@NicolaSturgeon
: "Last night the SNP won an incredible 80% of seats in Scotland - an overwhelming endorsement of our campaign and message."
#indyref2020
๐คณ Share if you agree it's time for independence.
โ๏ธ Pledge your support for independence here
๐ Scotland is the first country in the world to provide free period products, including tampons and sanitary pads, for all women.
๐บ Here's what
@Trevornoah
had to say about our ambitious plan to end period poverty for good...
๐ Baroness Ruth Davidson likes to lecture about democracy and accountability...
๐คทโโ๏ธ ...and then escape democratic accountability by accepting a lifelong seat in the House of Lords.
๐ณ On May 6, use your democratic power and make it
#BothVotesSNP
for
#indyref2
.
โ
#BlackLivesMatter
must mean actions, not just words.
๐ข If black lives really do matter to Boris Johnson, he must stand up to his friend Donald Trump and put a halt on UK exports of tear gas and rubber bullets.
#PMQs
๐ Congratulations to
@HumzaYousaf
on his historic nomination to become Scotland's new First Minister.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ First Scots-Asian nominated as First Minister
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ First Muslim leader of any western democracy
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ First child descended from immigrants nominated as First Minister
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ
@NicolaSturgeon
: โIf Scotland is to be taken out of the EU against our will, there is a mandate in Scotland, won at two elections now, to give people the choice of independence."
๐จ Boris Johnson has just been appointed Prime Minister, not by the people of the UK, nor by the people of Scotland, but by Tory members.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
#ItsTime
to put Scotlandโs future in Scotlandโs hands. Pledge your support for independence at
The Baby Box.
Free bus travel.
Record high health funding.
The Scottish Child Payment.
Record high university admissions.
A new, fairer social security system.
More progressive income tax system.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ This is just some of
@NicolaSturgeon
's legacy.
๐
#ThankYouNicola
!
๐ฅ Tom Arthur to Tory Michelle Ballantyne: "To suggest that poverty should be a barrier to a family, that people who are poor are not entitled to any more than two children, what an absolutely disgraceful position"
๐ณโ๐ Nicola Sturgeon leads the Pride Glasgow march - the first elected head of government in the UK to lead an LGBTI march.
#chooselove
@prideglasgow
๐
@NicolaSturgeon
: "For Jackson Carlaw to stand up in this chamber and gloat that every part of the UK will be leaving the EU together is a disgrace."
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland should have the choice of a better, fairer, independent future.
โ๏ธ Sign and pass it on:
๐ฅ
@PeteWishart
did not hold back in destroying Tory attempts to deny Scotland's democratic right.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ It's time to choose a better future with independence. Pledge your support at and pass it on.
Following the tragic death of David Amess MP, the SNP will be suspending all political activity for the remainder of today and this weekend.
Our thoughts are with David Amessโs family, friends, and colleagues.