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....trying to see the wood for the trees.....

[Michelle O’Neill @moneillsf]

I have contacted SNP leader John Swinney and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth to congratulate them on their enormous mandates.

For the first time ever, there could be three pro-independence First Ministers across these islands.

More and more people are looking towards a future beyond the constraints of the Union.

I look forward to continuing to build the friendship between the people of our nations, and to working closely with both John and Rhun in the time ahead.

[ITVPolitics @ITVNewsPolitics]

'Please, you don't have to have your hand on me'

Watch the moment ITV News' @PeterAdamSmith was grabbed by a Reform UK staffer after being told to move on from his line of questioning while interviewing the party's new Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord

[Think @H4Think]

@barrabirder have you seen any swallows yet? nothing in aberdeen but its mostly swifts i look for at my house

[Think @H4Think]

@joao_kay The only way i can distract myself from the terribleness of this is to remind myself that I dont live in America.

[Think @H4Think]

was Jesus a 'woke pastor' too?

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

🚨BREAKING: President Trump speaks on the disgraced woke pastor that attacked him during the sermon:

“What did you think? Did you find it exciting? Was not too exciting, was it?”

[STV News @STVNews]

Flynn urges Starmer to drop opposition to re-join EU amid Trump tariff threat
https://t.co/aFLnOXZtnn

[Ronnie Cowan @ronniecowan]

Out and about with @alisonthewliss in Gourock today. 😀
On Thursday please vote for @thesnp candidate Robert Kirkpatrick.
A vote for Gourock.

[Eddie Burfi @EddieBurfi]

Dr Chris van Tulleken:
“We’ve not all got greedier & lazier over the last 30 years. Instead there has been a total failure to regulate the food companies who shape our food environment.”

#BBCLauraK: “Is it really for gov…to tell what companies can put in [food]?”

Dr C: “Argh!”

[The_Proclaimers @The_Proclaimers]

Dear Alex, Rest in peace
The debt is unpayable
Scotland forever

[The1&only🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇵🇸 @gallusbesum]

This is what we need in order to gain independence. Get rid of the unionists from Holyrood.

[Graeme T Smith @GraemetsmithT]

The dream will never die! Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is a Nation & one of the oldest countries in the world with the Saltire most likely the oldest national flag in the world. Let’s rise and be that nation again 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

[Richard Kub @kub_richard]

History repeating itself !

[Angus B MacNeil 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @AngusBMacNeil]

The dream shall never die ...

The dream shall be fulfilled.

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[Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson @ORGrimsson]

Alex Salmond died earlier today; a rare visionary and campaigner who brought the independence of #Scotland to the forefront of British politics. Our conversations were always inspiring and profoundly interesting; his fascination with the model of #Iceland a constant theme.

[Billy Kay @billykayscot]

Devastated with the news of the death of one of Scotland’s greatest ever patriots, Alex Salmond. I interviewed & introduced him many times, so was honoured to be a guest on his show in 2017. My heart goes out to Moira. Because of Alex…the dream of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿independence will never die

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

I knew Alex Salmond, enough to chat every few months, sometimes at length, and I enjoyed doing so. He, like all of us, was a flawed human being, but he gave his all to Scotland, and Scotland was better for it. RIP Alex. I’ll miss you.

[SaltireScotland @SaltireScotland]

This evening the Saltire at the birthplace of Scotland's national flag was lowered to half-mast following the sudden death of Scotland's former First Minister the Rt Hon Alex Salmond. Our condolences go to his wife Moira and his family.

https://t.co/C4TV9xyfFj

[Lesley Riddoch @LesleyRiddoch]

Maybe naysayers will think Alex Salmond's death marks an end to the campaign for independence. I'd suggest it's quite the opposite. The responsibility has been handed on to everyone who would now vote Yes. And the baton has been handed over to new generations.

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

Alex Salmond shaped not just the modern story of the SNP, but of Scotland as a whole.

For many of us who joined the path to independence, we did so on a route that he had carved. I am immeasurably sad that Alex has not lived to see us reach the end of that journey.

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