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[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

It was the almost 20 perctage point drop in the Conservatives' vote share from 2019, that resulted in the 2024 Labour landslide, not Labour's loss of over half a million votes.

[Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland remain the last team to beat the World Cup champions Spain in a competitive international.

[The National @ScotNational]

EXCLUSIVE: New research has revealed that the Scottish Government has invested almost four times more per capita than England when it comes to affordable housing https://t.co/HjVD1atWyO

[The National @ScotNational]

John Swinney has issued a stark warning to the incoming new prime minister, urging Andy Burnham not to 'repeat the mistakes of his predecessors' and accept that the people of Scotland’s want for self-determination 'cannot simply be wished away' https://t.co/lC8qewx1Ty

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@Ziggy_Zwela @Dunadan9 By-elections are different though. Party campaigns and the media are hyper-focused on the specific constituency polling and history. Of course tactical voting will exist to some degree, but sheer greed would prevent all the anti-Reform parties from collectively getting behind it.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@Logicull @SkyFootball Sorry to be weird, but looking back at #FWC26, this comment is probably my favourite, because it is so culturally astute.

From the Irish bar closing to England in Boston, to debating Scotland's bank holiday, and "why don't you support us now you're out?", this sums it all up. 👏

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

World record! History made by Scotland’s Josh Kerr.

A remarkable achievement - you have made Scotland proud, Josh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Sir Tommy Farmer @SirNotTomFarmer]

The English: why aren’t people supporting us?!

Also the English:

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

We all know it's only been a successful social and cultural event because Scotland and its Tartan Army were there. #NoScotlandNoParty

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

"The greatest human, social and cultural event that mankind has witnessed" 👀

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has praised the 2026 World Cup and thanked Donald Trump for his contribution to the tournament 💬

[Sir Tommy Farmer @SirNotTomFarmer]

Dear Argentina 🇦🇷

Here is how you beat Spain 👇

Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The last team to beat them in 90 minutes 🙌

[Jono Read @jonoread]

Your da's taking the football result well...

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

Andy Burnham has styled himself as the champion of devolution.

But Labour have just posted a video of him in Cardiff talking to the public where he makes commitments to changes in areas that are devolved to Wales.

As Prime Minister he doesn't have the authority to directly change education, housing, business rates or social care.

Clearly this is just a two minute video coving a two hour period. TBF at one point he does distinguish the "English social care system".

But it's concerning that the man about to lead the UK isn't reflecting the reality of how the UK is governed in his messaging.

If Boris Johnson had done something similar when he was Prime Minister, the then Welsh Labour Government would have been apoplectic.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

I genuinely panicked that you had collectively lost your minds @ScotNational 😱

Of course, my concern was allayed by reading the great news that @kaukabstewart and @alison_phipps are joining as columnists. 😌

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Congratulations to Andy Burnham on becoming the Labour leader.

I’ll work constructively with the next Prime Minister to improve the lives of people in Scotland, but that relationship must respect the simple democratic principle that Scotland has the right to decide our future.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@rosscolquhoun I still don't see why you thought that was on the cards for him.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@rosscolquhoun @indy_swim I can't be the only one to know plenty unionists who cheered when England got knocked out?

Interesting that Torcuil Crichton and Douglas Alexander also drew the world's longest football rivalry along indyref lines

It's no wonder they find that 'embarrassing', because so would I

[Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun]

The tweet was deleted about a millisecond after I posted this, so here it is for posterity. He’s now sharing posts about the Falklands, which makes about as much sense as being annoyed about England having a German manager because of WW1 and WW2.

[Jim Love @JimLovesLemons]

@susannareid100 At least you and @edballs aren't going to have to personally fork out for another bank holiday 💁🏻‍♂️

[Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun]

🧵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇦🇷 From a Scottish teacher to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup, the path of Argentine football starts with one man.

The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.

[Patrick Mullen @Patrick_Mullen1]

Argentina🇦🇷 2-1 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿