The former deputy first minister and veteran SNP MSP delivered the news during a press conference at Edinburgh’s Grassmarket Community Project.

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When you accidentally suppress your own vote

So pleased that we are now back on track and ready to take our party, movement and country forward. This will be the beginning of a new energised and successful era for the SNP. Can't wait.

I'm catching up after some time offline...Alex Cole Hamilton MSP lying to constituents yet again.

#AskAlex

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❄️ Last winter the Scottish Government acted quickly to implement Winter Heating Payments and Child Winter Heating Payments

💷 The latest figures show this support took over £30 million off people’s energy bills

🎗️ The SNP will never stop working to protect Scottish households

🥀 Having dumped their pledges on everything from public services to green investment, Labour are now ready to u-turn on workers’ rights.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s workers deserve better than watered down reforms by a Labour Party chasing Tory policies.

This gives me hope 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We need to rebuild trust through stability, build upon our successful Gov record, focus on public’s priorities, and hold the callously incompetent policies -which Labour & Tories now share- to account.

John’s proven he has the capacity to do exactly that!

📣 Humza Yousaf offers very wise words about the inhumane, performative cruelty that’s manifested through the Rwanda bill and the Home Office raids.

These are not Scotland’s values - and the raids must stop.

Let’s be a nation of Kenmure Street, not Downing Street. #FMQs

Gotta say the behaviour and conduct of some journos over the last couple of days, months, years, leaves so much to be desired.

The SNP, the party of:

✅ Free tuition
✅ Scottish Child Payment
✅ Best paid NHS staff
✅ Confidence in Scotland’s people

The Tories:

😵‍💫 Brexit
😵‍💫 Johnson and Truss
😵‍💫 Breaking international law

Douglas Ross resorts to personal attacks, because he has nothing left.

#FMQs

With candidates emerging for first minister you'll see organisations like ours being criticised for 'anti-Christian' bias. We are not anti-Christian, we are secularists. No religion should enjoy undue influence in our politics & we'll call out candidates who don't recognise this.

Traditionally the 1st day of May we celebrate it as our support for the vital role of the Trade Union movement.

However , what is clear is today is that any future Labour government is not on the side of working people across Scotland and the UK.

🚨URGENT!

We’ve been made aware of a possible detention under the Tories’ despicable Rwanda Scheme in Aberdeen tomorrow.

Please come join the protest, details below 👇

NEW: MSPs vote for full compensation for Waspi women - but Labour abstain

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This isn’t news to the people of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Galloway is a grifter who takes advantage of marginalised communities to boost his own career.

The man is an alt-right British Chauvinist with a tinfoil lined fedora - he just happens to be pacifist (unless Russia’s the aggressor).

🚨 The SNP Government has survived a 'no confidence vote' in Holyrood. Greens backed the government.

✅ Confidence 70
❌ No confidence 58

Alba (1 MSP) voted 'No Confidence'.

Happy May Day everyone.