EXCLUSIVE: The SNP’s former national policy boss offered a rival sweeteners to withdraw from a bitter MP selection contest, breached spending limits, and was branded "toxic".
Toni Giugliano initially said the allegations were "simply not true".
https://t.co/jRiVt8v63p
Like, seriously setting aside that GRA Reform is dead at least until the Tories are gone (and even then, Labour ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), the Tories can now veto any devolved legislation for political reasons as long as they dream up a fig-leaf explanation.
That’s very much not good.
BREAKING The Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled that the UK Government acted lawfully when it blocked controversial gender reforms in Scotland. https://t.co/T1s45QA2ZN
Delighted to announce today that the 🇬🇧 Union Flag 🇬🇧 design is the winner of our poll of members for the new membership card design!
Over 25,000 members took part! And a huge thank you for your thoughts!
Lib Dem staff war-gamed:
• a potential donor recommending the party rebrand itself 'Dem Libs' on social media to appeal to the youth vote
• A viral clip of Davey triggering ‘Edmania’, leading to activist complacency (don't forget LDs *lost* seats in 2010 Cleggmania election)
I might agree with some of the sentiments here, but why on earth are otherwise sensible, thoughtful people signing a letter with a plethora of absolute yahoos?
This woman from Wales was recently prosecuted for not paying her TV licence.
She made clear she'd been in an abusive relationship and relying on foodbanks, but was now able to pay in full.
The case went ahead and she got a £146 court bill and criminal record.
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£7k in one day.
Questions remain about what exactly Michael Mathewson was using this iPad for, because the suggestion it was just constituency work seems incredible
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Here's a Full Fact: if someone does something and then publishes on their website that they did it and how many copies were sent out, and puts their logo on the front page of it twice, they were not in fact trying to deceive you.