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[Jono Read @jonoread]

Your da's taking the football result well...

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

Andy Burnham has styled himself as the champion of devolution.

But Labour have just posted a video of him in Cardiff talking to the public where he makes commitments to changes in areas that are devolved to Wales.

As Prime Minister he doesn't have the authority to directly change education, housing, business rates or social care.

Clearly this is just a two minute video coving a two hour period. TBF at one point he does distinguish the "English social care system".

But it's concerning that the man about to lead the UK isn't reflecting the reality of how the UK is governed in his messaging.

If Boris Johnson had done something similar when he was Prime Minister, the then Welsh Labour Government would have been apoplectic.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

I genuinely panicked that you had collectively lost your minds @ScotNational 😱

Of course, my concern was allayed by reading the great news that @kaukabstewart and @alison_phipps are joining as columnists. 😌

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Congratulations to Andy Burnham on becoming the Labour leader.

I’ll work constructively with the next Prime Minister to improve the lives of people in Scotland, but that relationship must respect the simple democratic principle that Scotland has the right to decide our future.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@rosscolquhoun I still don't see why you thought that was on the cards for him.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@rosscolquhoun @indy_swim I can't be the only one to know plenty unionists who cheered when England got knocked out?

Interesting that Torcuil Crichton and Douglas Alexander also drew the world's longest football rivalry along indyref lines

It's no wonder they find that 'embarrassing', because so would I

[Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun]

The tweet was deleted about a millisecond after I posted this, so here it is for posterity. He’s now sharing posts about the Falklands, which makes about as much sense as being annoyed about England having a German manager because of WW1 and WW2.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@susannareid100 At least you and @edballs aren't going to have to personally fork out for another bank holiday 💁🏻‍♂️

[Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun]

🧵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇦🇷 From a Scottish teacher to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup, the path of Argentine football starts with one man.

The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.

[Patrick Mullen @Patrick_Mullen1]

Argentina🇦🇷 2-1 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun]

Big Don Roberto would be proud.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

I’m in #PMQs more than Nigel and I’m not even elected yet.

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

Yes. In the final.

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

Hi Cai,

Great to hear from you. You said a lot of stuff there so I thought I’d breakdown my reply:

1. An elected politician owns shares (worth at least 50% of their salary) in a company where roughly 90% of the profits are from fossil fuels.

At the same time the politician is deriding and undermining efforts to tackle a climate crisis. A crisis which is driven overwhelmingly by fossil fuels. If you can’t work out why that’s a story - I can’t help you.

2. If you respond to requests for comment, your comments get published. You were asked for a comment by my team and you didn’t reply. In journalism, part of the research is approaching people and asking for their side of the story. You can’t whine about a lack of research while refusing to engage.

3. You say “the share price didn't fall” after the net zero announcement. I don’t want to preach to a seasoned investor but clearly UK net zero policy isn’t the only determinant on the share price of a Houston based oil company. The UK market is less than 10% of their revenue (did you not read your shareholders report?).

4. You say “virtually all of Will's subscribers are there for the Reform-bashing”. I am not sure what data you are drawing on here but I am impressed you can divine the motivations of over 15,000 people.

5. You talk about wanting scrutiny, but your party is the only one which relentlessly declines interviews and questions. I have literally written books about the failings of Labour, Plaid and the Tories, and they still grant interviews. By contrast your party, who say they advocated debate and free speech, relentlessly hide and dodge questions.

If you actually welcome scrutiny, why not do an interview with me?

Happy for you to even choose the topics. The NHS? Flags? Stickers in toilets? Up to you.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Just me walking up the road so I can turn round and march back down again like a tit for the camera.

[LBC @LBC]

“He’s laughing at you… ‘These people are so thick,’ he’s saying.”

James O’Brien points out the 'hypocrisy' in Nigel Farage mocking Keir Starmer’s clothing donations.

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

50 days ago, we formed a new government and we’re getting on with delivering for you.

✅ Opened more GP walk-in centres
✅ Launched the First Homes Fund to support first time buyers
✅ Working to extend the £2 bus fare cap across Scotland

Plenty done. Plenty more to do.

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: The convicted fraudster George Cottrell had access to Nigel Farage’s emails, and covered party costs without the Electoral Commission knowing

https://t.co/3kGSJI3iqH

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Nothing quite like Dougie MacLean signing Caledonia at Tiree Music Festival.