I'm not spending next 5 years before next Scottish elections, tweeting supportive comments for Scotland while Scotgovt we've just elected sits back. I'm expecting a robust response to anti democratic stance of new PM exactly the same as all the other WM PMs.
Not complacent, comfortable. He knows Ireland can have a referendum whenever they choose, the other two are no threat. Every few years they get a letter, he says no and that's it? But hey, the wages aren't bad?
There is nothing new about denying democracy.
Andy Burnham has built his whole reputation on devolving power and doing things differently, but this is already looking like the same old Westminster rule.
Don’t be fooled. Nicola Sturgeon (wife) is not being held responsible for her husband’s crimes. As leader of the party she is being called to account for her deliberate frustration of the legitimate scrutiny which might have revealed those crimes. The distinction is 💯 clear.
A man who wasn't an MP has just told the FM of Scotland to go fuck himself.
If his response is to wait until the next GE and try yet again then he has to step aside.
The scale of the wildfire in the Cairngorms is a stark reminder of how quickly fires can spread. My thanks to the firefighters and emergency services working hard to contain it.
We all have a responsibility to reduce fire risk, so please avoid naked flames and follow the advice.
I've invited Labour's new Energy Secretary to visit Aberdeen & witness the impact of Labour's supertax on our city & workforce.
We've seen the devastating impact of Westminster deindustrialisation before.
We can't stand by and let that happen to Aberdeen.
Scrap the EPL.
Man whose entire political agenda is built on widening devolution and giving power to areas that didn't have it suddenly isn't interested in constitutional change when Scotland is brought up. Curious !
John Swinney wants more powers for Scotland... He doesn't want independence, he's happy to be a colonial administrator, just like his predecessor, by that I mean Sturgeon, because we don't really count Humza do we?
SEXED UP AND COVERED UP
Imagine starting a war because you copied and pasted someone's old university paper and forgot to fix the typos.
You don't have to imagine it. It happened.
In September 2002 the UK government published a dossier claiming Saddam Hussein could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes. Almost no evidence behind it.
A second dossier followed in February 2003. Colin Powell quoted it at the UN as proof of Iraqi deception. One day later Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) found large parts of it were copied almost word for word from a thesis by Ibrahim al-Marashi, a PhD student. They even copied his typos.
Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) had already demanded the first dossier be "sharpened" and made "revelatory."
John Scarlett's intelligence committee went from admitting there was "very little intelligence" to signing off firm WMD claims. No new evidence appeared in between.
David Kelly knew the difference. The government's own weapons expert told @BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan (@mragilligan) the dossier had been sexed up.
He was named as the source, grilled by MPs on live television, and found dead days later.
Hutton ruled it suicide. Doctors and MPs have disputed that verdict ever since, and no inquest was ever held.
Parliament voted 412 to 149 for war anyway. The Chilcot Inquiry took 13 years to confirm what a journalist and a dead scientist had already said.
Nobody went to prison. Blair runs a think tank now (@InstituteGC). Kelly doesn't get that choice.
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@Channel4News@BBCNews@guardian@mragilligan
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@seumas888@Graeme_Berry@JNHanvey@rgbdesign1 I dont understand it! LiberationScot is moving ahead through the UN. Why aren't more people supporting & following it? Conversations revolve around "dont trust the SNP" "Dont trust LibScot,they hate the SNP." What about the benefit to Scotland from international support?