🧑🏫 In Scotland, there are proportionally more teachers than anywhere else in the UK.
🏴 Under the SNP, education spending is higher than elsewhere in the UK.
🎓 We scrapped tuition fees - and a record number of 18 year olds from deprived areas are going to university. #bbcqt
I come to #SouthSudan as a pilgrim of peace, with two brothers: the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. We stretch out our hands to you in the name of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. @JustinWelby@churchmoderator
Day after day, in so many ways, the reality of the Brexit disaster becomes clearer. The public are so far ahead of the politicians on this one. This from @bbcdebatenight on the care sector in Scotland
🤷 Anas Sarwar said he wouldn't be making "any pacts, deals or coalitions".
👉 And yet, he's happy for Labour to work with the Tories across Scotland's councils - a party that crashed the UK economy and made us all poorer.
🥀 Vote Labour, get Tory. #FMQs
NEW: BBC Radio Scotland has lost a fifth of all listeners in a year, according to the latest audience numbers
Figures show that nearly 196,000 people have turned off the national broadcaster over the last 12 months
Stephen Robinson has growing interest from England and Scotland, clubs are following him after guiding St Mirren to 4th in the Scottish Premiership with limited budget and resources 🏴🏴 #transfers
He’s currently under contract until June 2024.
House of Commons Library confirmed to me today, that using 2016 Scotland Act, a simple majority of MSPs can cause an EARLY HOLYROOD ELECTION in 2023 - for independence.
So no need for First Minister to resign, or 2/3rds majority of MSPs
#Use2016ScotlandAct
- more tomorrow.
Apparently, today, the person in charge of Scotland repeatedly refused to say whether she considered a double rapist "a man or a woman" because she didn't have "enough information".
True enough, it's hard to be absolutely certain until you see his face.
I am co-sponsoring my good friend @JNHanvey’s Scotland (Self-Determination) Bill & commend him for this excellent initiative which I along with other @theSNP MPs will be supporting in line with SNP policy.