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Here for news, views and friends. New account, I let my old one die. #LetWomenSpeak

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@scarycath
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2 years
I wish, I wish, that instead of reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to tweets making statements purporting to be fact, that people would instead 👇👇
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In Scotland over 98% of electricity is generated by renewables, why is the cost of electricity about to go through the roof?
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Has nobody else twigged that leveling up is the new trickling down?
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Scottish politics has gone from the new enlightenment to a bin fire in under a decade.
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@Elainebks @gileshawke @SW_Help @BTPLondon She said she's reported it to BT for London, can't you read?
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1 year
And for all unionists, you can back the fuck up too. Just because I think the SNP is going down the drain doesn't mean I don't believe Scotland shouldn't regain her independence.
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Why is this man doing Putin's bidding by causing further division and attacking a woman who runs a children's charity that works in Ukraine and is currently trying to help those children in a war that Putin started by invading Ukraine?
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James Felton
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When JK Rowling sat in that cafe all those years ago, there’s no way she could have known she’d one day be endorsed by Vladimir Putin. Never give up on your dreams.
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@CocoMeeker @BetteMidler Just because some women decide to opt out, it doesn't mean we should lose our collective language to describe ourselves and our lives. If we can't name ourselves as a sex class then we can't fight for our rights as a sex class.
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If this venue can be coerced by staff to cancel a show that some staff object to on the grounds of who is speaking, then I wouldn't trust them not to pull any show, how can promoters, production companies and bookers have any confidence in them?
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A statement regarding Joanna Cherry’s participation in The Stand’s Edinburgh Fringe programme, which will no longer go ahead. For more on this, please visit:
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Imagining it is all we can do thanks to your failure.
@Ianblackford_MP
Ian Blackford 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Just imagine an independent Scotland as a gateway to the EU!
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2 years
Pass it along, the Scottish government are looking for our views on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill 👇 #womenwontwheest
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20th wedding anniversary, so glad we made it 💓
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Scotland makes me hurt. It has no backbone. It's so sad.
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@TwisterFilm Unashamed hypocrisy is what really rips my knitting.
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@JNHanvey @andrewgmorton @Jebadoo2 She was willing to throw women and children under the bus because, Nicola?
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@KiraTheeDoll @robjhump @Nyoralis @AmazonLoni Just to add, women are not a subset of our own sex class.
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@heterodorx I've a few questions but why exclude only violent males from the female estate? All males should be excluded.
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1 year
Or we can point out that the increasingly crackpot SNP is not the Yes movement.
@ruth_wishart
ruth wishart
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There are two reactions to the multiple missteps threatening to derail the SNP and all its works: you can go into full on blame "we told you so" mode, or you can work out how best to protect the Indy family.
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@ChaoticGoddess5 @michaelpforan @UofGlasgow Did you run to the teacher every time someone said something you didn't like? You should have grown out of this by now.
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Just got a text from British Gas telling me engineers are coming next month to install a smart meter. I didn't request this and I don't want one. Can I refuse?
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I wasn't following her but just discovered by accident.
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@josierones Women having lunch made you cry in anger?
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@varindeus Am I noticing a bit of language theft here again? HRT is "replacement" of naturally occurring hormones, not cross sex.
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2 years
Is it possible to troll yourself? It seems it is 👀
@LiamKerrMSP
Liam Kerr
2 years
Huge turnout at #DunottarCastle #Stonehaven to see the #PlatinumJubilee beacon lit. Wonderful occasion.
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@_Ungagged @BellabTch96 @theSNP Because you are defending that tweet by calling it a joke and reinforcing the normalisation of MVAW.
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2 years
Why would you want to be the official opposition in Westminster? The whole point is to NOT be in Westminster, but for Scotland to be an independent country again!
@AngusRobertson
Angus Robertson
2 years
No chance. According to latest polls @theSNP will win all Tory seats held in Scotland and become the official opposition at Westminster! 💥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Party before country. Not a great choice.
@TriciaMarwick
Tricia Marwick
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See the people who are leaking and spinning conversations / videos of what should be confidential conversations and decisions of the SNP should resign now. You have not put the interests of the SNP first. Go now. Join the groups/ parties /media who hate the SNP. 1/2
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@endtheunion2023 @DrMoragKerr @WingsScotland Tommy Shepard just announcing that if the SNP lose next year it'll be the end of the independence journey. They still don't get that the movement was lending them their support in 2014 onwards, they still think SNP is the movement.
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2 years
I'm watching my town die. I thought years ago that it had, but it hadn't, it was hanging on. But now it really is dying.
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@zannis_j @jk_rowling That's not the clever argument you seem to think it is.
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"So called hustings". A candidate for WM not attending a hustings because it's organised by a women's group. Oh well, if you don't respect our sex don't expect our X!
@The_SSP_
Scottish Socialist Party
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Bill Bonnar and the SSP are not attending a so-called hustings event in Rutherglen on Thursday. Bill and the campaign team will be out on the streets as planned, speaking with voters about the socialist alternative in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
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@BlackIslePMD I'd also like to know what the GRR bill was for if self ID has been " law for many many years".
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"We can't let Scotland become independent again".
@lisanandy
Lisa Nandy
1 year
2022 was a record year for North Sea oil and gas profits. If Labour was in government right now, we’d be using a proper windfall tax on those profits to fund a Council Tax freeze this year. Government is about choices. A Labour government will make fairer choices 🌹
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I need a break. I've got tears flowing down my face. I thought she was a woman we could rely on. I was wrong, again.
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The only thing I've ever done on public Twitter is support Dr Philippa Whitford. So why has she blocked me?
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2 years
Has any SNP MP or MSP said anything about 16 and 17 year olds not being able to vote in a UK general election turned plebiscite yet?
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Well this is a shock, and god help her if I ever meet her in person again.
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Ayr train station, the Station Hotel is on fire @ScotRail
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Stop trying to change the UK, it's not what you and the rest of the SNP were elected to do. What happened to behaving as though we're in the early days of an independent nation. How about ignoring WM and opening Scotland's doors right now.
@HannahB4LiviMP
Hannah Bardell SNP MP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
2 years
Exactly this. My @theSNP colleagues and I will continue to challenge the UK Gov’s hostile environment but the reality is they continue to match weak worlds with weak actions. This needs to change so the UK can fully play its part and support those seeking safety.
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@BestForBritain @sturdyAlex The language used to describe both women is as subtle as a brick.
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@vivamjm When we eventually start traveling again I'm gonna wear a full length swishy coat, a huge hat and massive sunglasses, I shall sweep and swish through the airports with my Irish passport held aloft.
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@NeilDrysdale We can have an interest in both. A refusal by too many to look in our own back yard is what got us to this point. To live as though we are in the first days of a new nation means not pointing at everywhere else while pretending everything is fine in our own country.
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I think I've belatedly discovered that Al Jazeera is what the BBC isn't.
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@RoddyQC So many seem unable to hear the young girl's own words. She accepted the lift because she thought he was a woman. How much more obvious can this be.
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Complete misinformation. Scotland and Northern Ireland's water is publicly owned. Wales water is a not for profit company. Just as with free prescriptions it is England that's out of step. England is not the UK.
@LucyWoodslucy70
lucy woods
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UK has the WORST water quality in Europe. We're also the only country in the WORLD which has privatised its entire water supply. Going well isn't it? Another shite Tory idea.
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@Frances_Traynor How did that get passed planning?
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Look at these beautiful sheep. They're a special breed, Squirrel Sheep.
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Ian Blackford 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Well they are all coming at once this year, seven mothers and their offspring safely in our byre.
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@munro_nell @CraigMurrayOrg @Wifty8 He's assuming they are all wealthy because he knows one is. Quite the leap.
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@RoddyQC I'm convinced that's what they want. We've strayed too far from the kitchen sink.
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"I posted a picture of soup in order to mock women who were attacked by a mob for gathering to speak about their experiences and rights. I'm now drowning in my own soup related content. Why will nobody believe it was an unconnected food joke?".
@AustinRSheridan
Austin Sheridan
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@jk_rowling I have never ever condoned violence against women or anyone for that matter. No matter what views people hold I expect everyone to observe the law and anyone who doesn’t observe the law should be punished in the appropriate manner. I was saying it’s ridiculous that people can…
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@JamesCross1 @helenstaniland Are you off your head? No, we haven't been sharing our spaces with these people for decades. I think we would have noticed.
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Scottish independence is not about Sturgeon running an independent Scotland. It's about the people of Scotland running an independent country. Do you think Sturgeon will be in power in an independent Scotland indefinitely? Seriously!
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Not a women's organisation.
@WomenForIndy
WomenForIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Women For Independence is a modern, inclusive, intersectional feminist organisation. All of our members have signed up agreeing to the terms in our constitution, one of which clearly states that we are open to all self identifying women. 1/3
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@colwight @stephenwhittle I find this handy to have around for times like this.
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@ElunedAnderson @DilysDavies That's a very polite version of "no blacks, no dogs, no Irish need apply". Hope you go after them for discrimination.
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@NursingTimes @NPCUK "embed learning and eliminate incorrect behaviours". You don't think this sounds coercive?
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Well, now, then. There's probably a few things I'd question here. The rest of this, including minority government and the Green tail wagging the Yellow dog? Absolutely bang on.
@WingsScotland
Wings Over Scotland
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Ooft.
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When the Edinburgh Agreement was ratified in 2012 the SNP had 6 MPs and 20,000 members. This obsession with and lying about membership numbers isn't what you were elected to do. Having upwards of 50 MPs and 100k members hasn't helped anything, but has inflated egos.
@StephenFlynnSNP
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Anyone got a link to Tory & Labour membership numbers in Scotland?
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They've seriously misread the will of the Scottish people.
@theSNP
The SNP
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@HumzaYousaf 🛑 The UK government is attacking Scottish democracy. We will defend it all the way. 📣 @HumzaYousaf : "No ifs, no buts, no maybes. The will of the Scottish people and our Parliament must be respected." 👇 Read the First Minister's article.
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@NeilDrysdale The 3 activists that turned up ended up sitting down and listening to him.
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Ha! No hen, what you saw was two women trying to salvage the party.
@RhiannonV
Rhiannon Spear 🦄 she/her
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I feel horrible. I’ve been an active SNP member for over a decade, on the doors encouraging people to vote Indy + SNP. I’ve given so much of my time + energy to the party + I’ve just watched Ash + Kate willingly throw it under a bus for their own short sighted ambitions. 💔
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@S_h_e_e_n_a_ @jackmirkinson Annnnd she's rich! Women must not have their own means..
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@ajalyonsroars Hello from Scotland, go for it, run with it, courage calls to courage everywhere.
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@CraigMurrayOrg @Wifty8 And you know the background of all these women and what they've lived through?
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Did you as an SNP member know you can no longer vote for the Depute Leader?
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His aide sensed when it was time to step in and drag him away. She just wasn't quite quick enough.
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@GinaDavidson
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Colin Beattie spoke to journalists on his way to SNP group meeting in Holyrood
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@SiannaDit
Sianna Maria Diĝir
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@doug_lee42 @_TheFeminists @femalistrad You know what, since these requests are gonna keep coming I’m just gonna post it here, I’m sure Aja would love us still sharing it. Now properly cropped too.
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@JNHanvey @fatbadger442 @AlbaParty Why is this so difficult? The LGB movement never demanded the rights of others or that the population literally believe a legal fiction.
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@amber_kadabra This is a sex based rights issue, it directly impacts a particular sex.
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@benjaminbutter Has anyone explained to him that they aren't banned from competing, just from competing in the women's competitions?
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@DrProudman @Independent What are you on about. Men are not and never have been the most marginalised in society. How did they convince you they are?
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Let's hope this tweet 👇 causes the donations to the RNLI to increase again.
@GoldingBF
Paul Golding
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The RNLI is a treacherous organisation engaged in people trafficking. By helping the invasion of our country they are committing treason. Cancel your donations asap 💪 #BritainFirst #TheGreatReplacement
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I can barely hear them anymore. Thin weak voices in the distance, repeating meaningless soundbites over and over and over again. A long slow fade out.
@TommySheppard
Tommy Sheppard MP
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We must assert the right of the people who live here to determine their own future & demand a change in the UK constitution to give @ScotParl the power to speak & act on our behalf. That is the mandate we must press in the new Westminster Parliament. 📰
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I think Robin finished this just before James Dornan accused the media and Police Scotland of collusion while suggesting that Nicola Sturgeon is still the leader.
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@JordanSumbu The mind boggles as to why he'd be invited.
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Scotland, look at Ireland 👇👇 the one that got away.
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Oh.
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I've never in all my years here seen this, captured as best I could with the phone camera hanging out the bedroom window tonight.
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@ShireenMcQuade1 @SineadKelly113 @CaptainVirgilx @HMcEntee I'm see at least 5 police officers trying to arrest an autistic teenage girl. This seems to have happened because the girl said one of the officers looked like a lesbian, like her own nana. Her mother told the officers the girl is autistic and an officer replied she didn't care.
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@nthishen @Dianee84496001 @janeclarejones She faces the same threat of violence as every other woman does.
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Woman has studied and qualified in the area she's speaking on. Paul reduces this to, woman with a few worthless degrees. Paul is a raving dickhead.
@paulhutcheon
Paul Hutcheon
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Ash Regan seems to be saying she can deliver independence because she has a couple of degrees.
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"Just as soon as the Scottish people say, not a minute before". What does that mean?
@PhantomPower14
Phantom Power
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Mike Russell insists the Scottish independence referendum will happen in 2023
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@LucyHunterB I only learned today that New Zealand tops the chart for the worst in domestic abuse. It's self marketing vibe of a haven is total marketing pap.
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Can anyone explain why this old data is so important? And why is the SNP not funding this if it is so important? And no, I'm not giving them another bean.
@TommySheppard
Tommy Sheppard MP
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I need your help to defend freedom of information and win the release of the UK Government's secret union polls.
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@holyroodmandy She won't accept that transwomen are men, that's why we're in this mess.
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@MattZeitlin @zackbeauchamp Women in the UK have sex based rights, shocking isn't it.
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@FeministRoar What's this I'm meant to believe about magic sexed souls?
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Let's keep doing what we know doesn't work. A flying start.
@HolyroodDaily
Holyrood magazine
1 year
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman rules out section 30 order after Humza Yousaf says he plans to ask for one "right away"
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I still can't do it I still can't organise gigs. I can't ask people to congregate in non ventilated spaces. Am I wrong?
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A rugby ref? Really?
@ZartCosgrove
Geoff Freeman
2 years
Trans people belong. Everywhere, but especially in rugby.
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1 year
Give this woman a chance, I really think she can bring the movement and the party back together.
@AshReganALBA
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1 year
All parties were called today, including the @scottishgreens - message left, still awaiting a call back. Everyone else enthusiastic.
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Four days to go and ... Ok who forgot to organise the stewards?
@believeinscot
Believe in Scotland
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📢 We need stewards! 🤝 Do you want to be part of the team that will help make the march and rally for an independent Scotland a success? 👇 Well we need your help. Click here for more information and to sign up:
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Him: Darlin did you put deodorant on? Me: That's the furniture polish you're smelling. 😳
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@Indy4Scotss @olafdoesstuff What does a women dress like in order to be considered a woman? Is she not a woman if she wears trousers? What century are you living in? Ellie is a man, he can wear what he wants but it doesn't give him the right to steal from women.
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@MrChrisChopping @ecolitical Yes we can and we will.
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We watched this last night. Before you cast your vote please watch it too. Calm, considered and open, reminds me very much of what the SNP and Yes movement once were and could be again.
@AshReganALBA
Ash Regan MSP
1 year
📺 #Insight with Kevin McKenna: ‘Who is Ash Regan?’ @KMcKenna63 interviews Ash Regan, the “Independence Candidate” who is running for the leadership of @theSNP and to become the next First Minister of Scotland. #voteAshRegan for #Independence . #SNPLeadershipElection
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In order for women to be liberated, men should be able to purchase women's bodies?
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@CraigMurrayOrg Therefore no women anywhere should enjoy themselves? These women should stop protecting women's rights too, so that women in countries with fewer protections and rights have no levels to aspire to and work towards?
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I hate people in general.
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