Stephanie Boyd

Edinburgh based tech PM. Mostly here for politics, outdoor stuff and cute animals. Like to follow accounts with a broad range of perspectives. Views my own.

[Brian Spurrell @BrianSpanner1]

Sturgeon booted a lot of journalists on her way up.

Have fun guys.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@Scott_Wortley I would suggest the continuity and outgoing MSPs may not all be best placed.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

OTOH planet. OTOH NIMBY….

[ℤ⊙⟏ϐ⮰ω⋃⨍ @zombywuf]

Edinburgh Central going green means Edinburgh Central residents are going to be allowed double glazing right?

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

Idly wondering whether it’s possible for politicians in devolved administration to stay in their lane. I do realise dualling the A9 is less exciting than duelling over Epstein and Gaza, but maybe give it a go chaps? #stvdebate

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@scottishgreens How exactly are you planning to continue to rinse middle and higher income earners if you discourage employers from creating those jobs in Scotland in the first place?

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@K_Niemietz Can I not bring my whole self to work now?

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@JohnSwinney 19 years in power and still pushing demand side fixes to a supply problem…

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@zombywuf It does seem to be a remarkably effective way to get people exercised about bugger all though.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@s8mb Not remotely. Discussing healthcare reform should be part of normal political debate (whatever your politics) not treated as some kind of heresy.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@theSNP That 'fair market price' is doing a bit of heavy lifting. First refusal for how long? And a fair market price defined by what mechanism exactly?

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@portraitinflesh If you live in Scotland and SNP politics aren’t your thing it’s frankly depressing. For years they’ve survived on an image of competence that doesn’t match reality.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

And that’s without considering whether it’s a good idea (it almost certainly isn’t) or whether they can even legally do it.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

‘Dream a little bigger than sorting out business rates’ and we’ve landed on ‘requiring supermarkets to offer line of value chicken?!’ Bold!

[Laura Webster @LauraEWebsterr]

And frankly thank God someone has thrown a genuinely interesting policy out there that at least gets people talking about this election!

Fixing potholes and business rates are important obviously but like ... Let's dream a little bigger here

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

Feels like a bit of a pivot shall we say, from the usual complaints about supermarkets using loss-leader basics to crowd out local businesses.

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@Schilted @notanerable @TrueSlazac This is true. But sadly no caffeine.

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@tomhfh I would think because price signalling only works as an incentive if one can reasonably respond to it. So given a supply constrained and sticky market it can cease to function as one and for some people simply becomes a cost.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@HistoryBoomer Blue definitely unfairly maligned here, but the correct answer is Epoisses.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

The 'triple lock' is one of the worst Tory ideas that Labour ever copied - now endorsed by Reform.

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

The clocks go forward tonight. Edinburghers may need to wind ours a little further than the rest of the country, since we appear to have woken up in 2014.

[The National @ScotNational]

A major Scottish independence march has kicked off in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brian Cox, John Swinney, Lesley Riddoch, Ross Greer, Gillian Mackay and Aamer Anwar are among those leading activists down the Royal Mile 👇

[Stephanie Boyd @StephBoyd]

@neilcgray @theSNP Yes, you bought industrial peace. What’s the plan next time round?