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4 years

FFS... anyone considering “escaping” coronavirus on Scottish islands should stop and look at their right hand. You have more fingers there than there are ventilators in the Outer Hebrides. You’re not going to outrun this thing, neither are islands immune

Escape coronavirus chaos with a job on this remote Scottish island

Well — someone’s still hiring. While the stock markets tank and millions of people find themselves out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Silver Swan Recruitment is looking to hire a couple to...

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SNP leader @Ianblackford_MP calls for Lord Egveny Lebedev to be banned from parliamentary estate

SNP call for Lord Egveny Lebedev to be banned from parliament estate

Ian Blackford said the Russian businessman friend of the Prime Minister should not have a pass for the Westminster estate.

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Arrival of the Jarrow Marchers in London, 1936, oil on canvas by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale. The Leader of the House of Commons, 2019, installation by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

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Sophy Raworth: "Have you been on Abramovich's superyacht?" @michaelgove : "No, I think the biggest boat I've been on is the CalMac ferry from Oban to Colonsay."

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SNP MP @StewartMcDonald points out to Dominic Raab that all military leave was cancelled on 23rd July: "Many would think if all military leave was cancelled, it was a bad idea for yourself the prime minister, and several other officials to take breaks at that time. "

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A police officer fainted behind the PM as he rambled on about Brexit. The letters falling off May's conference backdrop had nothing on this.

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Resign call from @Ianblackford_MP as he accuses Boris Johnson of partygate "drinking and debauchery" that shames those who abided by the rules. "He apologised for one reason - he got caught," says Blackford at PMQs.

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Dear @eucopresident , I'm sorry I'm late with my homework. The house flooded and prevented me completing it on time, honestly. Yours @theresa_may

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Hearing @NicolaSturgeon gatecrashed the meeting of the Tory ERG group just now. She was passing by, asked if it was the venue, stuck her head around the door of their meeting and they all cheered. She has more fun in Westminster than we do.

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In the Commons SNP MPs forcing a division at 7pm for vote obscure estimates bill, preventing English MPs from watching the big match.

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Speaking about Nicola Sturgeon @Douglas4Moray doesn't hold back: "The evidence is building that she has lied and misled the Scottish parliament, and that for me is clearly a resigning matter."

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At PMQs @Ianblackford_MP calls on Boris Johnson to appear under oath at a public inquiry before a general election to answer claims that he would rather let over-80s die than go into a second lockdown.

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There he goes again, PM refers to "Scottish nationalist party" in his routine wind up of, er, nationalist MPs.

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He’s running. The Western Isles CLP have chosen me as the prospective Labour candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. It’s an honour and challenge, We’ll win the seat, we’ll be the Atlantic beacon to bring home a Labour government, we’ll have a new voice for the islands. #votelabour

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Appeal from @NicolaSturgeon for UKgov 'co-operation' on indyref2 rejected by Downing St before she even finished speaking to SNP conference. PM spokesman tells me: "Our view, as set out, is that it now is simply not the time to be dealing with this.”

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PM spokesman on 58% poll for Indy: “The issue of independence was settled and Scottish people voted decisively to remain part of a strong UK. It was a once in a generation vote and must be respected. The UK gov will continue to uphold that decisive decision.” That's a no then.

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Sign of the covid times - front page Scotland edition contrasting with front page London edition

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In Commons @MattHancock turns tables on @DaveDooganSNP : "The proposed increase in NHS Scotland, is lower than England, lower than the money passed from UK taxpayers to spend on NHS in Scotland.This question of the missing millions is one that we need answers to from Scotgov"

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Everyone else's jaw dropped when she answered.

Dan O'Donoghue

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Here’s the exchange

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Real anger from @amcarmichaelMP , now trapped in London at the behest of @Jacob_Rees_Mogg as he will not risk taking virus back to Orkney. @Ianblackford_MP took overnight train from Inverness, having driven from north end of Skye. It's a ridiculous situation, says SNP leader

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"Face coverings will be useful..you'll be hearing more about that next week," says Johnson moving UK onto the page that Sturgeon read from this week.

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SNP MP Drew Hendry has been suspended from the House of Commons after refusing to sit down and stop shouting during a Brexit debate.

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She's back - SNP @AmyCallaghanSNP welcomed back to the Commons (virtually) by the Speaker in first appearance since her brain haemorrhage. She looked well, asked about abolition of Erasmus scheme. Look out for her at PMQs this week.

SNP MP Amy Callaghan opens up after collapse and brain haemorrhage ordeal

The East Dunbartonshire MP collapsed at her home in June before being rushed to hospital where she underwent major surgeries and months of intensive physiotherapy.

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Tory Fisheries Minister admits she did not read Brexit deal as @BorisJohnson promises "compensation" to fishing industry for exports lost to new redtape delays:

Tory MP too 'busy' with Christmas to read Brexit deal when it was published

Victoria Prentis admitted she was 'busy organising the local nativity trail' instead

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4 years

Here's a handy list of these Britannia Hotels to avoid for evermore

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Over 100 new oil and gas licences for the North Sea, Liz Truss says.

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Liz Truss says Boris Johnson was "admired from Kyiv to Carlisle". Yes, but not north of there.

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Cummings accuses @NicolaSturgeon of undermining 4-nation covid approach: “As soon as you had these meetings Nicola Sturgeon would go straight out announce what she wanted. So you had these completely Potemkin meetings without anyone actually digging into the reality in detail."

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First Minister @NicolaSturgeon will deliver a live address on the coronavirus crisis on STV news just after 6pm. Earlier she implored people only to go out if strictly necessary and not to head to the pub - as close as she could get to ordering a lockdown. Heed her advice.

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I asked FM who her BBF was after so many COP selfies? She said: 'I haven’t had many selfies, I don't have a new best, best friend. I’ve been trying, in a small way, to push negotiations in the right direction and, I make no apology, I’ve been showcasing Scotland to the world.'

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🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Amidst all the serious business at #COP26 today, I’m pleased to also report that @AOC now has a supply of Irn Bru

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McDonnell to @NicolaSturgeon - we call the shots "We’ll put one down when we can win it. My view (on SNP) is they want is to lose a vote of no confidence, avoid a general election, they know we’re breathing down their necks in Scotland and will take seats off them."

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If there is a silver lining in this it is that all Hebridean grandmothers' two-freezer policy is finally vindicated. Panic-buying has nothing on them. Having enough frozen quarts of milk and sliced bread to last the Napoleonic Wars (or one delayed ferry) is standard practice.

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New - SNP MP Patrick Grady has stood aside as the party’s chief whip at Westminster while a complaint of sexual harassment against him is investigated. SNP said a formal complaint lodged. "That allows due process to take place no further comment while investigation is underway.”

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New - @NicolaSturgeon announces that facemasks will stay on in Scotland by law: “Mandatory wearing of facemasks will remain in place in all likelihood for some time to come..to give protection to those who are vulnerable and previously had to shield.”

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No holds barred @AndyBurnhamGM : “Nationalism of any kind is never a force for good in the long-run in politics. I just believe that, you know, it's about dividing people it's about saying some are better than others.”

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3 years

Found the main heckler

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5 years

This is the best Shami Chakrabarti has been since becoming a Labour Minister - calm, compassionate, sensible:"Now is not the time, 2 days after a terrorist attack, to be debating changing sentencing, it's a dangerous game to suggest cheap talk and cheap policy will keep us safer"

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Out of touch, out of time says @AnasSarwar :“Nicola Sturgeon has no answer to the questions posed by independence, no plan to deliver a referendum, no intention to listen to Scots majority opposed. Instead, the FM wants to feed off Boris Johnson to fuel her political ambitions."

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That's Lady Morgan to you shmuck. Nicky Morgan stays on as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a peer, having bypassed the democratic process known as a general election.

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Neatly put @HannahB4LiviMP "Can the Minister tell me if it’s coincidence, incompetence or rank stupidity that the Health Secretary awarded a £30m contract for testing vials to his former neighbour, a pub landlord with no experience, who is now being investigated by NHRA?"

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“If Westminster fails Scotland will act,” declares @IanBlackfordMP

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The Royal yacht? What about the CalMac ones?

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FM has encouraged "reckless talk" about quarantining English tourists visiting Scotland, says @ScotSecofState Ian Jack "It's disappointing it's divisive, it's not the language...and it's bad for business, and it's especially bad for the tourism business."

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Blackford on form, and on safe ground, calling for a vote on cut to international aid budget. Johnson skips answering, calling on SNP leader not to believe 'leftist propagandists'. First time Theresa May's been described as that, quips Blackford.

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When it turns, it turns quick.

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4 years

What a distraction. Ministers say Johnson is serious about this. Given weekend election results this might be his legacy, building a bridge between two countries that may have left the UK in the time it takes to construct.

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No10 confirms for first time “work is underway” on the building of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Scoping report being drawn up for the PM.

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Gawd, now Gove has to knife Boris all over again.

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5 years

Some amazing aerial footage of "Sheòl an Iolaire" illuminated in Stornoway harbour. It's a full size reproduction of HMY Iolaire, commemorating the loss of the vessel and 181 servicemen returning from WWI. See our Facebook page "Sheòl an Iolaire" for more details. #Iolaire

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"Legally, morally, ethically the right thing to do is vote this bill down," says @Ianblackford_MP "Do not follow the PM in breaking the law this evening."

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33mm of rain in 3 hours this morning on South Uist, unprecedented flooding on an island that knows climate change is real - get ye to Cop27 @RishiSunak .

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We had our very own moat this morning 🏰 #southuist #outerhebrides

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"You haven't clarified anything, frankly," @murdo_fraser tells SNP chief exec Peter Murrell after cross-examination of his contrary evidence about Salmond/Sturgeon meeting in his house.

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Starmer backs PM plan to reject demand for 2nd referendum: "Sturgeon’s call for an indy ref in the ‘early part’ of the next Scot Parliament is misguided..Given damage & division this would cause, no responsible FM should contemplate it – and no responsible PM would grant it."

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No one escapes Cummings crossfire, he accuses @NicolaSturgeon of undermining four-nation approach to covid.

Nicola Sturgeon accused of undermining four-nation covid approach by Cummings

Boris Johnson's former adviser said the SNP leader was "babling" about decisions as soon as Cobra meetings were over.

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In a joint editorial the British Medical Journal and Health Service Journal urge UK gov to cancel Christmas covid relaxations and stop household mixing. Plan would be 'a major error that will cost lives' say the magazines

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Blackford asks "why not Scotland" drawing a crass equivalence with Northern Ireland which doesn't exist if you stop for a second to consider the history, politics and geography of Northern Ireland.

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This is danger of becoming a forest fire. Sturgeon has defended her, Jason Leitch defended her, they could all be consumed by this.

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Alex Salmond speech to @AlbaParty conference now attracting 36 online viewers, down from an early peak of 38. Greenock hall full though.

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Basically this promised 1p cut in basic income tax would bring English taxpayers in line with Scotland where the starter rate is already 19p

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In Commons @LiamFox backs Alex Salmond against Crown Office 'censorship': "this would be damning in a tin pot dictatorship.. what mechanisms do we have to ensure the conduct of the Scottish Government does not bring politics in the whole of the UK into international disrepute?"

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Quite funny that while @ScotSecofState Alister Jack opposes any hint of a formal Scottish border he's getting one right in his own constituency of his own government's making

Brexit border post in Scotland planned for checks on goods from Northern Ireland

The internal UK checks will apply on food and animals moving from the EU

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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New - Downing St on Sturgeon plan to ease lockdown: “We welcome today's announcement as it shows the UK-wide approach is working. We set out the road map a few weeks ago and now the devolved administrations are following that path at the right speed for them.”

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"We have to call a halt to this, we should be doing it this week, we should be doing it on the basis that there is a threat to jobs and security of all our people from a PM recklessly taking us towards a no deal Brexit," Measured speech is @IanBlackfordMP best Commons performance

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Ever wondered why Scots kids need AAAAA to get to Glasgow Uni? Check today’s graduation lists. Student places sold abroad to fund “free” uni fees for limited numbers of home undergrads.

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That was an unworthy and a deeply cynical “anti-politics” message from a prime minister who manoeuvres every national decision around her divided party.

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If she does nothing else this will stand testament to @NicolaSturgeon and her time in office. A big achievement in public health, leading the UK and the world at that.

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Absolutely delighted that minimum pricing has been upheld by the Supreme Court. This has been a long road - and no doubt the policy will continue to have its critics - but it is a bold and necessary move to improve public health.

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New - people in England told not to travel to Scotland under Johnson’s breakaway coronavirus advice: "It is important people respect the rules in Scot, Wales and NI and do not travel to different parts of UK where it would be inconsistent with guidance of devolved administration”

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John Swinney becomes the longest serving member of the Scottish parliament, re-elected for the sixth time. "Privilege of my life to be a member of the Scottish parliament," he says.

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This is quite, er, bold of Boris Johnson, exhibiting his lack of judgement on live tv.

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A 33 per cent poll lead for Labour on my last day at the Daily Record - my work here is done. Thank you readers for your encouragement and support (and criticism) through the years. Over and out x

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BREAKING Labour have a 33 POINT LEAD with YouGov/Times Yes, 33. THIRTY-THREE POINTS Lab: 54 (+9) Con: 21 (-7) Lib: 7 (-2) Green: 6 (-1) Ref: 4 (+1) Fieldwork: Today and yesterday

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"No deal with the SNP going into an election, no deal with the SNP coming out of an election," says @Keir_Starmer when asked about a coalition with @NicolaSturgeon . He promises a "new Britain" and a new constitutional settlement coming out of Gordon Brown's Union review.

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Straight talking @Ianblackford_MP : "At the very heart of this scandal there is one thing that needs to be said, one thing that needs to be heard and it’s the very reason that we all need to act. "And the reason is this. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a liar."

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Amid the 10pm pub-closing hooha this is an equally important story - fewer than half the covid trackers Scotland needs have been recruited. Without them we'll never get out of lockdown. Cynical to try and bury this admission under a big news day

Contact tracing target has been missed Scottish health secretary admits

Jeane Freeman said less than half of the recruits were in place months after the expected date.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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The booze run

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Business backlash against @nicolasturgeon on airbridges. Gordon Dewar of @EdiAirport : “As FM was personally told this week, this will harm Scotland well beyond this summer. We warned that to close Scotland off would lead to the departure of airlines..."

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SNP hold Dundee City West, 62 per cent of the vote for Joe Fitzpatrick, who had to resign as Drugs Minister over rising deaths. However, his vote up 4 per pent, unaffected by issue on the doorstep in the city

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Tories swoop on @NicolaSturgeon admission she knew of 'concerns' about Patrick Grady @AnnieWellsMSP : "This bombshell confession raise further serious concerns about Nicola Sturgeon's judgment. She admits knowing of concerns.. yet did nothing about it."

Nicola Sturgeon was aware of 'a concern' about Patrick Grady before complaint

The First Minister said that she 'had an awareness previously' of the claims of sexual harassment being levelled at the SNP chief whip in Westminster.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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There you go @AngusRobertson skewers May on triple lock - she fails to answer "she plans to ditch" it says SNP leader. He shoots, he scores

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Bizarre how every candidate for Tory leader has rediscovered inequality in Britain. They all voted for the austerity that increased poverty

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Sliding tackle on @JohnSwinney by @Douglas4Moray : "Perhaps if he had listened to Lindsay Paterson (education expert) he wouldn't have been sacked as Education Secretary."

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I know John Major is meant to be yesterday's man but he speaks with a sincerity and maturity that is missing from the current crop - like having a grown up in the room.

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"No nationalist can ignore the undeniable truth that this help has been possible because we are a United Kingdom," says @RishiSunak aiming one in the eye of SNP and upping his Unionist credentials (which I did note yesterday were a bit absent).

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All guns blazing @KennyMacAskill tells chancellor UK is on “a route to disaster” paid for by poor and middle income earners, impoverishing future generations, with social issues we saw in the 80s. "That is why Scotland demands a referendum - we want a better, fairer society"

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6 years

Here's the fishing Rich List of who owns rights to this national asset - England nearly 80% of fishing quota held by foreign owners or domestic Rich Listers, 50% of NI quota is in a single trawler. Five Scottish Rich List families own 45% of Scots quota

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Cop26 going/not going - power failures and fallen tree after days of rain currently blocking trains to Glasgow leaving from Euston. East coast line affected too. Hundreds of Cop26 delegates already hit by severe climatic conditions.

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"Asked to consider her political mortality @NicolaSturgeon : "You need support of party & the country. I have led my party to landslide election victories (six). I have drive & energy.. if either of these ceases to be the case will be the time to move on. But that is not now."

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Lifting the lid on online trolling @joannaccherry tells the Commons: “The level of abuse I have continued to receive has taken its toll on me, my girlfriend, my family and my friends and I really do hope the government is going to tackle it in this session."

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The @FT gives voice to Scotland’s small fishermen, that's the majority of Scotland's fishermen, who see little benefit from Brexit. via @financialtimes

Scotland’s small fishermen see little benefit from Brexit

Many are concerned about losing access to EU waters rather than seeking to increase catch

www.ft.com

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5 years

Again @NicolaSturgeon cites prospect of Boris Johnson premiership as reason enough to hold a second independence referendum.

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1 year

Kiss of death from @HumzaYousaf to remind voters in the middle of the biggest ferry crisis and fury over HPMAs that the Western Isles have an SNP MP and MSP. That’s why we’re in this mess. We need change and we need to be heard @ScottishLabour .

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5 years

Lest we forget - memorial plaque to press gallery journalists who lost their lives in WWI. We pass it every day, half-hidden behind a coat rack.

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4 years

"We can work from home ,we should work from home because its the right thing to do for our families and constituents," @Ianblackford_MP tells the Commons chamber.

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3 years

New @NicolaSturgeon Sturgeon and Welsh FM Mark Drakeford call for a Cobra meeting with PM to develop "tougher four nations approach" to dealing with the omicron variant including demand for 8-day self-isolation for international arrivals.

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4 years

Fascinating from @fmwales , tells @adamboultonSKY "it is a rare week when I don't speak to FMs in Scotland & NI to share info, pool ideas". Says process forced on them by lack of Cobra meetings co-ordinating UK-wide covid response. Pleads for PM to fulfil pledge for regular Cobra

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5 years

SNP's @IanBlackfordMP just out of cross-party meeting, turns fire on Scottish Tories: "With time running out, I urge the group of Scottish Tory MPs to work with us in safeguarding Scotland’s economic and social interests." None of 13 Scots Tory MPs have signalled they will rebel

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4 years

Don’t know if this is official SPT Glasgow underground map or guerrilla Gaelic, but it is excellent reclamation

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4 years

Shocking levels of harassment for being a democratically elected politician, shameful that this is what it costs to be in Scottish politics.

Beating the SNP in an election 'put a target on my back', claims Lib Dem MSP

Alex Cole-Hamilton claims SNP supporters are to blame for him being the subject of six complaints to the police and electoral authorities since he won the Edinburgh Western seat in 2016.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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2 years

His tribute to the Queen was probably the best speech Boris Johnson has ever given in the Commons in pitch and tone.

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3 years

PM @BorisJohnson tells @Ianblackford_MP defence review is no threat to Black Watch, means jobs in Lossiemouth & EK, investment in shipbuilding. "The only thing endangering that is a reckless referendum which his party insist on calling at the most inapposite time for the country"

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Struck by @fmwales today:“I’ve come to believe in the end it is the Unionists who will see off the Union because of their carelessness about it, their unwillingness to give the time & attention & thought that needs to be given to how the UK will operate the other side of Brexit.”

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"It is not prejudging Sue Gray's inquiry for the Prime Minister to come forward a say if he was at the party or not," says @Douglas4Moray . "We don't need to wait for Sue Grey, we don't need to wait for PMQs, we just need the PM to answer that very simple question." - Wow.

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