@ginandfred @BBCPolitics @BBCNews I’m saying you may have misheard or misremembered. I said, over pictures of a woman stitching a fishing net, the deal had been “stitched together” a perfectly reasonable phrase without the negative connotations of “stitch up”. Maybe that was it? youtu.be/iMLlUWPMoog
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FACTS — 10,481 recorded drugs deaths in Scotland in 10 years. Details of the “trend” (up, up, up, up, up, up, up, fractionally down, down, up) are included in my piece. (He blocked me hence screenshot).
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Billions at stake in courtroom battle over North Sea oil and gas as climate campaigners challenge the UK government’s consent for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields bbc.com/news/articles/… 📷 @JeffJMitch @GettyImages
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Final general election result
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Lab 412 (+211)
Con 121 (-251)
LD 72 (+64)
SNP 9 (-39)
SF 7 (-)
Ind 6 (+6)
Reform UK 5 (+5)
DUP 5 (-3)
Green 4 (+3)
Plaid Cymru 4 (+2)
SDLP 2 (-)
Alliance 1 (-)
UUP 1 (+1)
TUV 1 (+1)
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Lab 37 (+36)
SNP 9 (-39)
LD 6 (+4)
Con 5 (-1)
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Lab 412 (+211)
Con 121 (-251)
LD 72 (+64)
SNP 9 (-39)
SF 7 (-)
Ind 6 (+6)
Reform UK 5 (+5)
DUP 5 (-3)
Green 4 (+3)
Plaid Cymru 4 (+2)
SDLP 2 (-)
Alliance 1 (-)
UUP 1 (+1)
TUV 1 (+1)
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Lab 37 (+36)
SNP 9 (-39)
LD 6 (+4)
Con 5 (-1)
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This is the first page of the SNP manifesto for this general election. Its leader John Swinney said if his party won the most seats in Scotland that would amount to a mandate for negotiations with Westminster on a second independence referendum…
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NEW Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater have left Bute House in Edinburgh ahead of an emergency Scottiah government cabinet meeting there. They made no comment when asked if their power-sharing deal with the SNP was over.
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Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon describes allegations that her husband embezzled funds from the SNP as "incredibly difficult".
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At 19.6 degrees Celsius, today was provisionally Scotland’s warmest winter day since records began, a huge leap in the UK’s January temperature record, sounding climate alarm bells. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
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Scottish holidaymakers returning home from Tenerife on a Ryanair flight have just landed at Cologne Bonn airport in Germany after failing to touch down in Edinburgh during #StormIsha.
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Ryanair flight from Tenerife to Edinburgh currently heading over the Netherlands in #StormIsha Thanks to @Devilinthehole for the spot.
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Flights all over the place tonight in
#StormIsha. Fuerteventura to Edinburgh on the ground in Manchester. Alicante to Leeds just landed in Glasgow (where it is a howling gale right now so that must have been interesting) Both according to @flightradar24.
#StormIsha. Fuerteventura to Edinburgh on the ground in Manchester. Alicante to Leeds just landed in Glasgow (where it is a howling gale right now so that must have been interesting) Both according to @flightradar24.
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BREAKING Major incident declared by Highland Council because of “miles of vehicles” stuck in the snow on the A9 between Drumochter and Dalwhinnie with motorists trapped in “very severe conditions.” #StormGerrit
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NEW 10,500 homes are without power in the north of Scotland as #StormGerrit causes widespread disruption, according to @ssencommunity. Latest here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… 📷 Strathdon Community Development Trust at Cock Bridge in Aberdeenshire.
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Storm Gerrit hits Scotland, with gales, heavy rain and snow disrupting travel by land, air and sea; flooding homes; and leaving thousands without power. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… #StormGerrit 📷 Paul MacDonald in Fort William
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Some Christmas Eve mother-of-pearl (nacreous) clouds over Glasgow at sunset. Quite hard to photograph as it turns out — this is the best I could do. Have a lovely Christmas one and all!
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But facts are chiels that winna ding,
An' downa be disputed.
An' downa be disputed.
The whole coverage of this “story”underlines the importance of the first headline - Telegraph said he “praised” Thatcher because it fits their agenda and they knew it would cause trouble. If you read the words he praised her in the same way as I “praise” Blackburn Rovers1/3
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In a showdown at Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry, members of the country music venue voted to ban use of the Confederate flag, in a knife-edge vote. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
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Petroineos has removed the erroneous claim from its website. The company now says its most recent estimate (2020) is that Grangemouth is responsible for 1.1 per cent of Scottish GDP not four per cent as it originally claimed.
Yesterday we quoted a claim made on the Petroineos website (which we attributed to Petroineos as a claim rather than reporting as a fact) that the Grangemouth refinery is responsible for 4% of Scotland’s GDP. The respected Fraser of Allander Institute says that’s not accurate. ⬇️
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“There have been considerable changes of ranking since 2019 – for example, [the London borough of] Newham rising 11 places to the top and Glasgow dropping 16 places,” the report says.
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However the report also states: “People living in London and other major cities and former industrial areas across the north of England, the Midlands, South Wales and West Central Scotland remain the most affected.”
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Scotland’s relative position has improved, “with by far the lowest increase since 2019,” says @jrf_uk, adding; “This may indicate the protective effect of devolved policies such as the Scottish Child Payment, Scottish Welfare Fund and the mitigation of some cuts to benefits.”
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In addition, 2.8m adults experienced destitution in 2022, according to @jrf_uk, which notes that around a third of the 3.8m total were migrants.
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“And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.” #StormBabet poetryfoundation.org/poems/54932/se…
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It’s been pretty wild here in Stonehaven tonight. #StormBabet
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NEW A severe flood warning has been issued for Aviemore in the Highlands. Extensive flooding is expected from early Sunday morning. floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/
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LATEST Ten people airlifted from stranded cars as Scotland hit by landslides and flooding. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-s…
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LATEST Scotland hit by landslides, flooding and widespread travel disruption. Follow events here. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-s… 📷 @JeffJMitch @GettyImages
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