Sean Lafferty

Communications guy. Former @scotgp media officer in @scotparl. @yesscotland back in the day.

[David Jamieson @David_Jamieson7]

The former leader of the opposition and shadow chancellor are both being investigated by the police for attending a protest.

This is a dangerous moment, requiring an organised response.

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

@KevHamilton 💚🇵🇸🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

Eylon knew nothing about Ireland until the embassy debacle, but now knows more than Irish historians👍

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

Ireland’s WWII neutrality includes two key details you missed:

1. Issuing condolences on Hitler’s suicide
2. Refusing to take in Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany

It has zero moral authority to preach to us on how we defend our lives.

[Fiach Oighir @FiachOighir]

Ireland was never thought of as antisemitic until the Irish vocally opposed Israel and its war crimes and the genocide it is carrying out against the people of Palestine. Before 2024, there was not a single mention of Ireland being antisemitic. Let that sink in.

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

3) After 18 Sept, Yes Scotland should have been transformed into a small campaign group or think tank – sadly its energy was absorbed into the SNP’s 2015 election campaign and then it evaporated.

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

10 years since #Indyref2014. I struggle reflecting on the past – I still haven’t watched back the 2003 UEFA Cup Final! - so just three thoughts from my time at Yes Scotland:
1) The currency union proposal was just daft and handed the UK Gov the authority to veto a key Yes pledge.

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

2) Some of the best campaigns emerged from people on the ground, not Yes Scotland, Scot Gov or the SNP. I was too cautious and could have been braver and more imaginative with my comms ideas.

[The Daily Record @Daily_Record]

Good morning! Here is today's Daily Record front page, which leads on author Irvine Welsh saying the no vote in the 2014 independence referendum was a 'disaster'.

#ScotPapers

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

There wasn’t a senior figure in the Yes campaign who didn’t experience something similar. Now 10 years on, is that all the No campaign can reflect on? Maybe that was the only tactic they had.

[Paul Hutcheon @paulhutcheon]

EXC: Better Together chief "spat at in front of daughter" by SNP supporter after independence referendum.

10 years after the vote, Blair McDougall says the referendum was a “deeply unpleasant” experience that injected “poison” into politics. https://t.co/ib2Qgj6kVb

[David Pratt @foreigncorr1]

A Spanish friend here tonight albeit in the wake of Euro result said something on wider level that really made me think- “Scotland can never win, because it never believes it can win… football, sport, politics, you are loved and laughed at … you enjoy defeat to much”. Ouch.

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

What cuts it for the SPFL just won’t do for big international tournaments. Time for Neil McCann to get sent home #scovswi

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

@niall_som The rematch.

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

Has anyone asked Bill Wilson what his plans are? #SNPLeadershipElection

[Alan Smith @Political_AlanS]

CONFIRMED: Kate Forbes has decided against standing in SNP leadership contest

[David Wallace Lockhart @BBCDavidWL]

I asked John Swinney if he’ll deliver independence for scotland.

A one word answer from him - “yes”

[Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety]

With candidates emerging for first minister you'll see organisations like ours being criticised for "anti-Christian" bias. We are not anti-Christian, we are secularists. No religion should enjoy undue influence in our politics & we'll call out candidates who don't recognise this.

[Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety]

John Mason MSP said the quiet part loud in yesterday's #BufferZones debate. Opposing this bill isn't about free speech, it's about ending abortion. Because *checks notes* unborn babies are like asylum seekers, and the more women bullied into birth in an ageing country the better

[Rameses Niblick III @TheLittleWaster]

Ever wondered what's inside a dalek?

[STV News @STVNews]

BREAKING | John Swinney launches campaign to become SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland.
https://t.co/Bp92OJr8tc

[Sean Lafferty @LaffertySean]

I’m all for substance over style, but nothing screams of rushed campaign more than an A4 bit of paper stuck to a lectern and old lamppost posters tacked to the wall.

[Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant]

Waiting for John Swinney. His SNP leadership campaign slogan appears to be “uniting for independence”.