Andy Collier

Journalist, broadcaster, commentator. Ex-SNP media guru & speechwriter to First Ministers. Proud 🇪🇺ean. Citizen of 🇮🇪 and one day soon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@kerrygill2 Yup. Hell of a shock for everyone. Just trying to work out what it all means…..

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@blackfordian1 Yes, I knew him when working on The Sun. A thoroughly decent bloke. RIP Michael.

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@JoanMcAlpine @theSNP Really, really glad it went so well and that’s just such a typically generous response from Jim. I’m so sorry I couldn’t make it but it was really impossible to make it from Ireland. We’re selling up here and getting back to Glasgow ASAP. Hope you’re well Joan xxx

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Terrible news about Iain Lawson’s sudden passing. He was one of most important figures to me during the 1990s and so much more than a political contact - a real friend, larger than life, massively funny and always great, great company. Rest in peace Iain, and rise in glory.

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@kerrygill2 And they’re particularly good with onion sauce 😀👍

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@kerrygill2 Indeed so. Which is why the astonishing churches of Norfolk and Suffolk, built with the wealth of sheep, are known as the wool churches.

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@AlexNeilSNP Alex, can you follow me back so I can DM you? Thanks!

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@ronaldopatrizio It is - and I say this as an Anglican - an awesome and deeply spiritual experience. The universal church which is our common heritage.

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@HumzaYousaf Brilliant news Humza. Congratulations!

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@rotinkerbell Good God! Really?

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@davidtorrance I’d love know too. Ronnie was/is one of the good guys. IIRC he was also a superb mountaineer and lived in a lovely house in the Lakes.

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@RuthieGledhill @The_Tablet @taize @LeedsCofE Lovely pic of you, Ruth.

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@Lizzie_Thomson_ Ooft! Sorry to hear that Liz. We all get it eventually. I’ve had it at least twice. It’s nasty, but hang on in there. It should get better in a few days.

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@bythespey @WeAreSpey @PRCA_Scotland Brilliant news Jen. Delighted for you!

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@RuthieGledhill Beautiful pic, Ruth.

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“You’re going to say ‘we’ve got a mandate here for independence’ and they’re going to say ‘fuck off’.”

Experts talk de facto referenda, Humza Yousaf and Westminster 👇

https://t.co/Ho3NcWw81b

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@Lizzie_Thomson_ Watched the Glastonbury Cat Stevens concert last Saturday. Yes, I knew most of the songs from my teenage years, but the man was fucking amazing.

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@AngelaHaggerty Total sympathy. I went to the Reading Festival decades ago but was lucky enough to have a backstage pass which meant I could use the VIP loos. I had a pee standing right next to Elton John. That’s the memory.

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@Jackson_Carlaw @BrainTumourOrg Cameron was a lovely guy and I don’t think he ever had a bad thought about anyone. I spent some great times in his company. The best of people. RIP.

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@StephenTowns10 It’s really dreadful news. Rae was a lovely guy who was so full of life and fun. RIP.