Hamish Morrison

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[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Andy Burnham is breathtakingly bad at PMQs. He's only done a handful and has misled the house, theoretically committed contempt of court and erred in most of his small number of appearances

https://t.co/gEKNRqtq4j

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Lindsay Hoyle makes an admirable attempt to say the words 'Massachusetts' and 'Prime Minister's Questions'

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Only so much you can get in a newspaper book review and An Injury to All is so rich with detail and original research that I feel it hard to do justice but a cracking, invigorating read. Highly recommend!

[Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs]

‘There is one participant in the unmaking of the working class that makes this book’s argument undeniably compelling: the working class itself.’

Thanks to @HMorrison97 for his sharp review of my new book, An Injury to All, in @ScotNational.

https://t.co/tXloooWw6z

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Punchy response to this from the FM, says the attack is politicised and 'disgusting'

FWIW: The Scot Govt account reposted John Swinney's tweet about attending the Remembrance service in Edinburgh

[Harriet Cross MP @HarrietCross_MP]

The Scottish Government has questions to answer.

More than 207,000 fallen men and women are listed on the Scottish War Memorial's Roll of Honour.

Yesterday, the country fell silent at 11am to remember those to gave their lives for us.

Also at precisely 11am yesterday, the Scottish Government's X account published a post. Not about Remembrance Sunday, but about a Sikh festival. In fact, that account did not post to mark Remembrance Sunday at all.

Later in the day they also posted about climate change. But still, did not see it necessary to mark one of the most poignant days in our nation's calendar.

Bandi Chorr Divas is, of course, an important date for Sikhs. Indeed, it coinciding with Remembrance Sunday was the perfect opportunity for the Scottish Government to recognise the almost 200,000 Sikhs who were killed or injured fighting in the World Wars alongside allied forces.

They didn't do this. They chose to just ignore Remembrance Sunday altogether.

I have written to the Scottish Government for answers, not least in identifying who is responsible for showing such contempt and disrespect to our armed forces and veterans.

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Please read @xanderescribe's masterful filleting of GB News's hypocrisy on Russell Brand

[The National @ScotNational]

GB News has been at pains to connect Russell Brand and the ‘left’. But the channel should take a look at its own, much more recent treatment of the rapist, Xander Elliards writes ✍️

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

If this is you, my contact details are in my bio!

[James Mackenzie @mrjamesmack]

@HMorrison97 wonder how many SNP membership resignations this shift will lead to: I know a couple who've left this year over their weakness for oil and gas

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Earning him praise from Reform UK! Story here: https://t.co/55ngZizygh

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

That's it official. Swinney has completed the SNP's oil and gas U-turn has he tells Holyrood he's against Labour's ban on new fossil fuel licences

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Very proud that we won this for our excellent Refugees Are Welcome Here campaign and big up @laura_pollock_ for representing us down in that there London for the ceremony

[Pete Wishart @PeteWishart]

Congratulations to the @ScotNational for winning the 'regional' award at the Newsmedia Association Awards for their excellent 'Refugees are Welcome Here' campaign at the House of Commons. With @laura_pollock_

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

The Budget today is the beginning of the end for Andy Burnham. Remember it wasn't the Mandelson calamity that made voters hate Keir Starmer, it began months before with high-level rhetoric diagnosing Britain's ills while refusing to do anything about them

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Story here: https://t.co/Qr9zXcjvv4

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

I had a go imagining what would be in the emergency prep boxes of some of Westminster's biggest names...

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

@ewangibbs No critical thinking in Scotland, sorry! Also really laughing at this not being the critical thinking engendered by reading the whole of the Go-Between but just the first line

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

I think they should let the people see the mummies but god if this doesn't sum up a lot of people in Britain today: 'Why should we develop our critical thinking skills beyond GCSE English?!'

[Kirstie Allsopp @KirstieMAllsopp]

Been thinking about the Mummies at @KelvingroveArt and the application of modern sensibilities to works of art & artefacts. Everyone who did GCSEs knows the intro to the Go-Between “The past is another country; they do things differently there” why can’t we just leave it at that?

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

@DavidDhenry That'll be because it was in Saturday's paper!

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Story here: https://t.co/idShbhPupP

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

🚨 NEW: The Worst of Westminster looks at what SW1 big beasts have in their Andy Burnham-recommended emergency stockpile

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

A man who boasts on his LinkedIn: 'strategist and architect of Labour’s five national missions [under Starmer]'

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[James Heale @JAHeale]

Exc: Peter Hyman expected to enter No. 10 to write Burnham's Ten Year Plan

https://t.co/YdArRJRME1

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

Important to know re:Jackdaw!

[Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs]

@HMorrison97 It's a particularly weak argument because the contrast also lies with LNG rather than Norwegian gas which accounts for most British imports.

[Hamish Morrison @HMorrison97]

@jackmiddleton95 Also thought that was an especially stupid way to express his point. You'd think that an ability to speak would be a prerequisite for becoming Speaker... Apparently not!