mcessak

Scots-Irish | dad, husband, chartered engineer | member of @theSNP | #ScottishIndependence #TimeForScotland

[mcessak @mcessak_]

"The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25th Day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened."

#MadameEcosse, Winnie Ewing, 1999.

Now it's time to make it Scotland's *only* Parliament.

#ScottishIndependence6

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[mcessak @mcessak_]

In December I was hospitalised (non-covid), but thanks to the Scottish NHS I got home in time to recover and have the best Christmas with my wife, our 3 year old and our baby.

Tories, keep your filthy greedy paws off our NHS.

#ThankYouScotlandsNHS
#ScottishIndependence12

[Michael Russell @Feorlean]

I do not support including a third option. The normality of independence works as does constructive #EU membership. More #Brexit accepting imposed fudge ( as described by Starmer yesterday) is about saving Westminster not securing the best future for the people of Scotland.

[Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff @CharlieBCuff]

One of my friends and good pals sister, Alice Byrne, has gone missing in Edinburgh, Portobello. She's vulnerable and hasn't been seen or heard from since New Year's Eve – please please share, especially if you have any Edinburgh connections!

[Giles Paley-Phillips @eliistender10]

This is Margaret McCollum, she visits the Embankment underground station everyday to hear and remember her late husband, Oswald who recorded the "Mind the Gap" announcement in 1950.

[Mark Steel @mrmarksteel]

Here’s my bit in the Sunday Mirror. It seems I’m the only person prepared to stick up for Prince Andrew.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

I’m too tax-avoidy for my shirt.

[Neil Fenby @Neil_Fenby]

@ememess I loved @bobservant’s tweet on the day Connery died.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Loved one needed acute care (non-Covid) from NHS Scotland and as usual, staff were brilliant. Lucky to have this system (free to use) during a pandemic when COVID placing huge pressure. Can you imagine no access to doctor or nurse? That’s the reality in many parts of the world.

[Billy Kay @billykayscot]

I read the article after your tweet, Derek. It’s completely unhinged,
so much so that I checked her timeline & saw that she retweets the guy Oliver. So that is her level. Meanwhile in Portugal it is now the norm to do a lateral flow test to enter a restaurant, and folk accept it.

[Maria João Kay @joao_kay]

My goddaughter, a well known Portuguese TV journalist & author, wrote about how for the Portuguese a LFT before going to a restaurant is the new normal. We’re all trying to work together against a PANDEMIC. The insular, unsophisticated, irrational rant below is stupid & backward.

[Tony Gurney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @tonygurney]

Ooh. Ooh. I know this one. It’s because the cuts are actually to the Scottish budget, they’re made by the far right Tory Westminster government, and no one is surprised any more that @UKLabour shills are more interested in protecting the Tories than fighting for Scotland. Next?

[Broadcasting Scotland @broadcastscot]

@GregorMorgan6 We are here already, always free to view and funded by subscription by those who can afford £5/month.

Large donations are also welcome. ;-))

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[Scottish Independence Tweets @ScotsIndyTweets]

Loch Fyne Seafarms: BREXIT: 60% of market lost; staff cut from 22 to 13. “Our worst fears over BREXIT have become a nightmare”. #YesScots

[Derek Bateman @DerekBateman2]

I’ll tell you what else is joyless - watching a loved one die of Covid especially if the government lacked the guts to lock down.

[Nadeem Ahmed @Muqadaam]

Retweet if you think that the New Year Honours should be abolished.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

While I’m happy to see colleagues recognised 👏 , I was born & brought up in the U.S. & not interested in any honours or distinctions. For me, it's about public health, the actual value of the work I do & the people that I can support and mentor esp younger scientists.

[Penny Sarchet @PennySarchet]

As we go into the third year of the pandemic, the New Scientist team has been delving deep into what we can expect in 2022. I urge you: do not expect the pandemic to end next year. Let’s all go into the new year with realistic expectations.

[Prof. Devi Sridhar @devisridhar]

Jumping on here to wish you all a wonderful & bright 2022 🌟. 2021 has been simply awful for many- but also about the triumph of science. Of vaccines, antiviral meds & mass testing. Every infection averted in 2020/21 was a chance to live into a post-vaccine, antiviral world.