Ruth Davidson

Partner of Jen. Mum of Finn. Dog mum of Wilson + Fergus. Crisp connoisseur.

[Ruth Davidson @RuthDavidsonPC]

@MBendoris Proud to have made the top 10. Still maintain that's a perfectly permissable tackle. The game's gone...

[Mark Wallace @wallaceme]

Brand had 9.5 million Twitter followers at the time. That’s precisely why Miliband cosied up to him.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Kudos for Robbie Williams for this.

He has defended Olivia Rodrigo amid claims that her new festive song Take Me Home (4 Christmas) sounds similar to his 2012 hit Candy.

Classy response.

[Prosper UK @Prosper_UK_]

Prosper UK is continuing its programme of events across the country, and we’d love you to join us.

We’re heading to:

11 November - Solihull with @andy4wm
16 November - Stratford with @andy4wm and @margot_james_
30 November - Ipswich with @DavidGauke and @margot_james_
9 December - Nottingham with @andy4wm

Come along, meet the team and be part of the conversation.

https://t.co/iBrHGvW23C

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

As PM, I was proud to launch the National Dementia Challenge, doubling the amount of investment into research for dementia treatments and kick-starting the fightback against this terrible disease that destroys so many lives.

More than a decade on, huge progress has been made, meaning we now have treatments available that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

However, we urgently need to find ways to unlock access to these dementia drugs, and others on the way, so people can benefit from the amazing progress that is being made and from new innovations on the horizon. #ForACure #EndingAlzheimers

https://t.co/LUd8tLDhHs

[Alan Grant @alangrantuk]

A shameless appeal: I really need a job.

I've years of experience in politics, PR, public affairs, comms and journalism, but I'm open to almost anything.

Edinburgh/East Lothian, or remote. Full-time, part-time or freelance.

All leads, introductions, shares hugely appreciated.

[Scottish Rugby @Scotlandteam]

The night afore 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Ruth Davidson @RuthDavidsonPC]

A grandson's tribute ahead of Armistace day - to his Lancaster bomber pilot grandfather.
https://t.co/NSJvIJiay6

[Sky News @SkyNews]

“We want that money”

Harriet Harman explains why the government is giving high earning migrants shorter wait times to receive Indefinite Leave to Remain as the home secretary is accused of a u-turn on her original plan.

Listen now 🔗 https://t.co/WiRfJ9qbCF

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Now Russell Brand's been convicted of rape, we need to talk about Sylvie Berki. Because she can't speak for herself.

In 2014, Ms Berki said she'd been assaulted by Russell Brand.

But if she talks about it, even now, she risks jail.

[Ruth Davidson @RuthDavidsonPC]

I'm only about a decade late to the party, but I've finally joined Insta.

Find me at ruthdavidsonpc

(It's the one with the pic of me hugging Finn, not some random legacy MSP account). Join me - I want friends!

[Ruth Davidson @RuthDavidsonPC]

I'm only about a decade late to the party, but I've finally joined Insta.

Find me at ruthdavidsonpc

(It's the one with the pic of me hugging Finn, not some random legacy MSP account). Join me - I want friends!

[Prosper UK @Prosper_UK_]

If we want the UK economy to grow, we need to help our small businesses grow.

Our latest report sets out so many practical proposals, from unlocking investment and reforming business rates to tackling late payments.

With the Budget approaching, SMEs must be part of the growth conversation.

[Ruth Davidson @RuthDavidsonPC]

@JournoStephen I know, right? Absolute madness.

[Ruth Davidson @RuthDavidsonPC]

My baby is eight today. EIGHT!

How on earth did THAT happen?

[Scottish Rugby @Scotlandteam]

Great to have Scotland's most decorated Olympian, Duncan Scott, chat to some of our players and management ahead of the Nations Championship 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Prosper UK @Prosper_UK_]

What do Scotland’s retailers need to grow?

We brought together businesses in Edinburgh to hear directly about the challenges they face.

From business rates and rising costs to retail crime, our new report sets out their priorities for stronger high streets and more jobs.

https://t.co/K5KgMLWzFh

[Liz Kendall @leicesterliz]

Loved joining @BethRigby @HarrietHarman and @RuthDavidsonPC on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast to discuss welfare reform, the budget and how making AI work for all should be a top priority for the PM’s 10 year plan

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

Neither Cartier-Bresson, Banksy nor Cold War Steve could have come up with such an image. Absolutely perfect composition and lighting (even the road signs are perfect)! 😍

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

🇮🇹🇺🇦 WOW! WHAT A SPEECH! WHAT POWERFUL WORDS FROM ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI!

Here is the full five-minute excerpt of her speech devoted to Ukraine and Donald Trump.

“Russia has launched a new autumn campaign against Ukraine.

Unable to advance on the battlefield, Moscow has increasingly turned its attacks against civilians: power plants, residential buildings, hospitals, and even buses carrying people to work, as in the horrific massacre in Kramatorsk.

This is a strategy through which Russia seeks to subjugate Ukraine with terror, cold, and darkness, simply because it has failed to conquer it on the battlefield.

The facts contradict Kremlin propaganda and those who spread it here.

Since the beginning of the year, Russia has captured very little territory, and in September it lost much of what it had previously seized.

This halt did not happen by chance. It was achieved through Ukraine’s courage and Western support, including that of Italy.

This resistance is the only effective instrument for bringing Russia to the negotiating table.

I respect and understand the passionate debate on this issue, including within this chamber, because nobody here wants war.

We all want peace.

The difference lies in how we intend to achieve it.

As I see it, supporting Ukraine is not an alternative to peace. It is what makes peace possible.

Because if an aggressor expects its opponent to surrender, why would it negotiate?

Surrender is not peace. It is conquest.

If Ukraine stopped defending itself tomorrow, as many suggest, we would not have peace.

We would be discussing the occupation of a European nation and the return of Soviet imperialism.

Personally, I do not miss those times. I do not miss Russian tanks crushing uprisings in Prague and Budapest.

I do not miss the Berlin Wall.

And nobody will ever convince me that the surrender of those defending their freedom can be called ‘peace.’

The peace we want, and the peace we are working toward, even at the cost of concessions, is a just peace, because only a just peace can endure.

Only a just peace can protect Europe and our interests.

That is why our government's position remains unchanged: support for Ukraine, with particular attention to civilians, pressure on Moscow, and Euro-Atlantic unity remain the pillars of our actions.

In this context, we must address Donald Trump's diesel agreement with Russia.

This is a decision I consider extremely risky.

Of course, we all recognize the need to contain fuel prices, which place a heavy burden on families, including Italian families.

But we must understand that rising prices are primarily linked to the war in Iran, not Ukraine.

Legitimizing Moscow, whose bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, providing new revenues to finance the war, and weakening sanctions are all factors we cannot ignore.

And they contradict everything Western nations, including the United States, have done to force Putin to the negotiating table.

An energy ceasefire is a different matter, one that Italy supports, and we are grateful to President Zelenskyy for Ukraine's immediate willingness to agree to it.

Now we expect Russia to stop attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Finally, at such a difficult moment, when so many variables are beyond our control, there is at least one thing that depends on us:

We must ensure that Europe does not simply stand by and watch, because the terms of peace will affect our continent and our security.”

— Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy