When Robert the Bruce left Scone Chapel, he said: Leave this place and make friends, for we shall need them ππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώππ
Be Kind π
Molly and Oatly are fundraising for Dogs Trust. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/ePmWCYHm89
Huge thank you to everyone who has donated to @DT_Glasgow@DogsTrust@DogsTrust_IE on our fundraiser in memory of our Irish Lab Collie Superhero Molly ππ
@Mens10k tomorrow morning π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ https://t.co/GMeg4NSCWn
@charlottearmit7 Tony Benn, a great man sadly missed. His son and warmonger Hilary Benn got a rousing ovation from the Tories and many Labour MPs for his speech on bombing Syria. Scab Bastards the lot of them.
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Anas Sarwar is trying to make political capital out of Covid care home deaths. Please watch and share this video. It demonstrates just how unbecoming and unprincipled this man is.
@CovidJusticeUK#NicolaSturgeon#UKCovidInquiry@AnasSarwar
@GaryLineker@RestIsFootball Thank you for being a strong voice on real issues. Too many sports people, film stars, celebrities, and politicians take the cash and keep their heads down. Who would make your Merseyside Dream Team? How many more goals would you have scored playing with King Kenny π
Statement re UK Covid Inquiry:
I do not intend to give a running commentary on the ongoing Inquiry. Instead, out of respect to all those impacted by the pandemic, I will answer questions directly and openly when I give evidence at the end of this month
However, in light of recent coverage, there are certain points I feel it important to make clear.
Contrary to the impression given in some coverage, the Inquiry does have messages between me and those I most regularly communicated with through informal means.
Although these had not been retained on my own device, I was able to obtain copies which I submitted to the Inquiry last year.
To be clear, I conducted the Covid response through formal processes from my office in St Andrews House, not through WhatsApp or any other informal messaging platform. I was not a member of any WhatsApp groups. The number of people I communicated with through informal messaging at all was limited.
Also, any handwritten notes made by me were passed to my private office to be dealt with and recorded as appropriate.
Throughout the entire process, I acted in line with Scottish Government policy.
I did my level best to lead Scotland through the pandemic as safely as possible - and shared my thinking with the country on a daily basis. I did not get every decision right - far from it - but I was motivated only, and at all times, by the determination to keep people as safe as possible.
How did the Union in 1707 actually come about? (A thread)
Many people unfortunately still believe the common myth βScotland was broke and England put a hand out to save usβ
Couldnβt be further from the truth of what happened, so letβs take a look at the facts.
This article in @HolyroodDaily is one of the first times I have written publicly about my own frustration at the lack of actual progress in reforming care in Scotland.
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@joskyn100@RangersFC Oh no they haven't π€£
Hope you are well.
I think ma maw still fancies ye! It's okay she's not on twitter!
Hopefully see you at an Eilidh Brown concert soon. πππππ
@NicolaJoCully @GrieveMadeline @Paulsin2@Julieellen1@Les_Hart@PlayPiePint@Macrobert Tomorrow at 2 pm, we will be attending the annual Bannockburn Commemoration at the Rotunda.
Followed by music in the Tartan Arms, Main Street, Bannockburn. You are all welcome. Hope you are all well πππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώππ