@AnneMcLaughlin

Former MP, now NP (‘normal’ person apparently - in joke), Indy supporter, cat lover, big fan of living, grateful for everything in this life.

 Glasgow
Joined March 2009
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Laura Webster@LauraEWebsterrAug 25
This is unbelievably patronising but don't worry, the centrist London commentators will be along soon to tell us it's expert level comms that really connects with the people 👌
Scotland Office
@UKGovScotlandAug 24
Cod we take a moment of your time to set out how public spending works in Scotland? 🐟🍟 From the fiscal framework to the Barnett Formula - Minister for Scotland @melanie_ward explains! @hmtreasury
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And we all said, as Labour were relentlessly attacking Fergusons and the SNP Government, if ever a day comes when they have to let go of some workers, Labour will suddenly, as if by magic, portray themselves as shipyard saviours.
Ronnie Cowan@ronniecowanAug 24
Hypocrisy levels off the scale from @UKLabour today. They have spent years, in fact ever since the Scots gov saved Fergusons, running down the yard. Mocking the vessels and undermining the yards future. We see you.
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Owen Jones
@owenjonesjournoAug 16
These monsters don’t just walk among us. They present national radio shows.
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Only someone who sees Scotland as being junior to England could say this! Also John Swinney does not pay himself more than the UK PM so please correct that. He voluntarily returns £54k of his salary every year which is 10X as much as the UK PM returns. UK PM earns £40k MORE.
Frank Newall@franknewallJul 21
Scotland 'legally' does not have a government, it has a Devolved Assembly. Swinney may pay himself more than the UK Prime Minister which is of itself ridiculous but his standing is in UK terms that of a Junior Minister, and unfortunately for Scotland, a not very good one!
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Laura Webster@LauraEWebsterrJul 21
Man whose entire political agenda is built on widening devolution and giving power to areas that didn't have it suddenly isn't interested in constitutional change when Scotland is brought up. Curious !
The National
@ScotNationalJul 21
BREAKING: New Prime Minister Andy Burnham effectively ruled out granting Scotland a referendum on independence in his first phone call with First Minister John Swinney Burnham said he is not focused on 'constitutional changes'
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Omg you’ve been duped by #Farage again @BBCNews - he is forcing a by election, putting himself fed, just made a big ‘vote for me’ speech, no questions allowed & newsreader says ‘we’d nothing to do with how that was broadcast’. Well apart from the free platform you just gave him.
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Er @BBCNews are we still giving #Farage a blank cheque now that he’s gone off the point and onto partisan political point scoring. Are his opponents getting the same? Astonishing that this man can claim to be a victim of a media biased against him. BBC proving the opposite.
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Omg Nigel Farage just said he came out of being an MEP with ‘very little money’. He was on over £100,000 a year. That’s not NO money and if he thinks it IS then it is completely out of touch with the ordinary people he claims to identify with. Do not fall for it.
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Phil@pieandpint19Jul 3
Signed up for a bowel cancer screening programme so got my kit 2 weeks ago Did the sample and sent it back, within 3 days I got a letter back saying there were indications of blood in my sample Was booked in for a colonoscopy 5 days later Went today for it and they found a
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Patronising claptrap.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
@Jacob_Rees_MoggJun 25
I think we should all try speaking with phoney Scottish accents in “solidarity” with the fake accent lady.
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Fiona Hyslop@FionaHyslopJul 1
Yes I remember this well - it was Scottish Labour’s Jackie Baillie MSP who extended the ‘Right to buy’ and I led SNP opposition at the time arguing it would reduce availability of housing - blast from the past photo on link but!
MSM Monitor@msm_monitorJul 1
Andy Burnham has blamed the 'right to buy' for the shortage of social housing in Scotland. In 2001 the then Scottish Housing Minister extended the 'right to buy' scheme. The minister? Jackie Baillie. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland…
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Replying to @kmacraeplockton
It's interesting how many folk think a bank holiday to celebrate Scotland getting into the WC is a waste of time but said nothing about the bank holiday to celebrate the coronation of King Charles which was held on the Monday after it.
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I can honestly say I’ve not spent a nanosecond of my life thinking about the sexual preferences of lesbians. Nurse!
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Agree. Do they understand the audience they attract because they are usually known for actual journalism? Perhaps they are looking for new viewers with different interests.
JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺@MrJohnNicolsonMay 29
This is so very much not @Channel4News style. It’s very disappointing.
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Do it! Independence, learning to stand on their own two feet would be great for England.
Nigel Jacklin The Good Stats Man
@PeoplesPortalUKMay 10
Replying to @afneil
What would happen if voters in England were asked 'would you like indepndence from Scotland?'
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Míng Kerr⊗Normalist@GuiseppimMay 10
Replying to @afneil
Excluding Greens, the SNP hold a seat majority Neil. Including Greens, it's the biggest majority for indy ever, bigger than Salmond's 2011 fluke win. Ruth Davidson knew the score. Obviously, you don't like the result...
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‘it’s share of the vote that matters in a referendum’ - he does know last Thursday was an election and not a referendum right? Also clearly not read the Greens’ manifesto which is fine I suppose but don’t opine on something you’ve not read esp as a journalist.
Andrew Neil
@afneilMay 10
Ok. Let’s do that. SNP + Greens took 49% of the vote and 72 MSPs between them in 2021. On Thursday their combined share of vote was 41% but they ended up with one more MSP between them — 73. So combined share of vote down 8 percentage points. Hardly momentum for independence. And it’s share of the vote that matters in a referendum. Nor does one more MSP for independence change anything. There was a majority of MSPs for independence before Thursday. Much good did it do them. So what’s new? Nor does anyone seriously think combining Green and SNP MSPs a serious basis for claiming independence. Even Nicola Sturgeon acknowledged it wasn’t. Even more so now — the Green manifesto for Thursday did not include independence. So it’s no mandate for independence.
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John Swinney
@JohnSwinneyMay 9
Pleasure to speak this afternoon with the leadership of Plaid Cymru & Sinn Fein - @RhunapIorwerth, @MoNeillSF and @MaryLouMcdonald. The direction of travel and demand for independence is clear, and Westminster should grasp the significance of this moment.
Front page of The National newspaper with the headline: 'A Future Beyond The Constraints of The union'

ALT Front page of The National newspaper with the headline: 'A Future Beyond The Constraints of The union'

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The SNP
@theSNPMay 9
📸 First Minister @JohnSwinney and your SNP MSPs - we’ll always be on Scotland’s side.
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One of my favourites Alan Alan Brown MSP
Savan Qadir
@savanQadirMay 8
Congratulations my friend @AlanBrownSNP ! What an amazing person to represent us! Many more wins to come!!
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