If the Tories were in power in Scotland, then students would have tuition fee debt of nearly £30k, and there would be no £25 child payment to help poorest in society. Prescription charges would be £9.35 per item, and no free bus travel for children and young people.

Labour and Tory Peers. Better Together. Watchdog orders suspension of two peers over ‘cash for parliamentary advice’ theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

After suggesting NHS bed shortages could be solved simply by adding more, MP John Redwood ends world hunger by telling people to eat more food.

The time’s come to admit the NHS in England has ceased to function as a proper emergency service. That’s not because of strikes: it’s why there are strikes. It’s failed because of deliberate neglect by a government that has always wanted to privatise it to end free care for all.

Never forget we 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 are not too wee or too poor to be independent. Remember what we have given the world in the past and what we offer in the future. Don’t let them brainwash you think about our capability then decide #ScotlandFreeIn23 #indyref2 #whynotscotland it’s time

Can it get any worse than this? Answers on a postcard to corrupt Tories c/o Murdo Fraser unelected members section for corrupt Tory unelected people. PPE Medpro: UK government alleges firm supplied defective gowns to NHS theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…

I think the rest of our news media could learn from Colin Mackay. Great performance 👏👏👏 Laura Kuenssberg Robert Peston Sophy Ridge

GB Grid: #Imports are supplying 4.82GW (15.44%) out of 31.23GW #Exports: 0.59GW Interconnectors: France: 2.48GW Ireland: -0.16GW Netherlands: 0.33GW Belgium: 0.26GW Northern Ireland: -0.23GW Norway: 0.54GW System Transfers: Scot-Eng: 3.54GW North-South: 2.92GW

Tomorrow I will lead a Backbench Debate, speaking up for my constituent Jagtar and his family. After 5 yrs of arbitrary detention in India, believed tortured, this young Scot now faces the death penalty. I urge Rishi Sunak's govt to act now, before it's too late. #FreeJaggiNow

🥀 The West Dunbartonshire Council Labour Administration have broke their pre-election promise to stop the restructure of West Dunbartonshire Leisure to save jobs & services. ✂️ Instead, they have turned their back on workers & have decided to go along with these needless cuts.

🧑‍🏫 In Scotland, there are proportionally more teachers than anywhere else in the UK. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Under the SNP, education spending is higher than elsewhere in the UK. 🎓 We scrapped tuition fees - and a record number of 18 year olds from deprived areas are going to university. #bbcqt

Hello Tories everywhere. I Just thought I'd share this with you. Big defence projects are usually late and over budget – Why? ukdefencejournal.org.uk/big-defence-pr… via UK Defence Journal

So we're being slated for trying to clean up our environment, by launching a bottle return scheme, by politicians who allow raw sewage to be pumped into rivers🤔. At least they're consistent.

The most important day in the Council calendar - budget day! Here’s the Labour benches and then, here are the rest of us, doing the job we were elected to do! Glasgow City Council Glasgow SNP Group

Asked whether the SNP's claim that Keir Starmer believes in Brexit more than the PM is true, the Labour leader's spokesman tells me that under Labour there will be "no return to the Single Market, no return to the Customs Union no return to freedom of movement."

The Labour administration in West Dunbartonshire Council tonight undertook a raft of cuts to public services including school learning assistants, community facilities and cuts to valued community groups without undertaking any consultation with residents or the groups involved.

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In the last few days we've noticed a concerted campaign to delegitimise the SNP leadership contest. In light of this we're momentarily ending our Twitter silence to post a link to an article we've drafted. Please share widely folks. Thank you. medium.com/p/a178ac408e6b