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Again the SNP wooing remainers to indy by claiming that it means Scotland in the EU...
I understand if you are tempted! but Scots deserve to make informed decisions & you. are. being. misinformed.
Don't take my word for it: Just go check everything in this thread yourself.
I understand if you are tempted! but Scots deserve to make informed decisions & you. are. being. misinformed.
Don't take my word for it: Just go check everything in this thread yourself.
Knowledge is power. How well do you understand the process by which countries apply, and what hurdles there are, before they may gain membership?
If nothing else, just understanding this process will help you spot so much bullshit and misinformation!
If nothing else, just understanding this process will help you spot so much bullshit and misinformation!
One key blocker is "chapter 17" - the rules on Monetary policy.
It's literally impossible to meet this criteria while using the pound and launching a new currency isn't a quick fix.
Try asking them about it...
It's literally impossible to meet this criteria while using the pound and launching a new currency isn't a quick fix.
Try asking them about it...
Behind scenes across #Glasgow there were acts of kindness yesterday & just sheer practical care - folk ensuring food & water supplied, phone calls, peace talks & messages zigzagging every network. People sitting with those dawn-raided or detained in past & shaken to core 💚🙏🏾💚
This doesn’t happen by accident. This is built up over years of many strong small organisations that mean everyone’s who fae somewhere can know someone. The kinds of community trust #KenmureStreet demonstrates was also policy in Scotland over 10 years #NewScots
The policy is built from the ground up, through many, many grassroots organisations, NGOs, public service & endless practical & caring and sometimes fraught conversations & debates. Social bonds are actively foster BECAUSE it keeps people safe. And our neighbours. #NewScots
Why I’m standing. - a thread.
Having previously served as Cllr in Greenock, I know how important a local voice is for a community.
In 2016 my partner and I moved to the constituency to raise our about-to-be-born daughter - who started nursery this week btw, how did that happen?!
Having previously served as Cllr in Greenock, I know how important a local voice is for a community.
In 2016 my partner and I moved to the constituency to raise our about-to-be-born daughter - who started nursery this week btw, how did that happen?!
We bought a house here - a home to raise our daughter. We’re not leaving if I don’t get elected.
I’m the Convener of Lomond North SNP; I wasn’t born here but it is my home and I want to be that local voice Dumbarton needs.
I’m the Convener of Lomond North SNP; I wasn’t born here but it is my home and I want to be that local voice Dumbarton needs.
But also, with another #indyref coming *very* soon, I passionately believe we need an MSP who believes in independence and is willing to fight for it.
In 2014 Angel and I were supposed to be getting married.
We spent the time (and money!) on indyref. We launched @EnglishScot4YES
In 2014 Angel and I were supposed to be getting married.
We spent the time (and money!) on indyref. We launched @EnglishScot4YES
I shall be live tweeting this debate - hoping to see some constructive policy suggestions from @scotgov here. #NewScots #Scotland #UnitedInDiversity #SettledStatus
@scotgov Shockingly few attending the debate. @BenMacpherson points out that @scotgov is working with @the3million and other to provide support in applying for (pre)SS.
@scotgov @BenMacpherson @the3million Thompkin reprimands @BenMacpherson for using the phrase "hostile environment", stating that UKgov is welcoming skilled labour and that this is not 'hostile'. MacPherson responds that going by migrant's experiences the Hostile Environment has spread fear.
The Home Office yesterday said that 2million of the (HO guesstimate) 3.3million #EUcitizens in the UK have now applied for Settled Status. Digging into those statistics in regards to #Scotland - bearing in mind there are no reliable UK immigration stats - reveals the following:
Going by 2017 NRS data there were 239,000 🇪🇺 #NewScots in Scotland. Subtracting the 21,000 Irish-born EU nationals (whose residency rights aren't depending on EU citizenship = No need for SS applications) that leaves us with 218,000 #NewScots required to apply for Settled Status.
Previous to @patel4witham "FoM will end on October 31st" misleading dogwhistling exercise only ONE in five 🇪🇺#NewScots had applied for Settled Status (despite ~ £5 @scotgov spend per head on access to SS info). Contrast this with 1 in 3 for rUK (with only ~£3 pp UKgov spend).
Final session of @PolStudiesAssoc event on refugee politics at @ScotParl, a roundtable chaired by @alison_phipps on what a ‘better’ refugee system would look like in #Scotland The #newscots strategy is rights-based and refugee-centered. But does it work in practice?
Key principle of #NewScots is integration from Day 1 says Jackie Walter from @scotgov, would be easier to do this with 1. Integrated rather than separate welfare support systems 2. right to work for asylum seekers 3. properly resourced language support #refugeepolitics
We shouldn’t take political leadership on refugee and migration issues in #Scotland for granted says Gary Christie from @scotrefcouncil Need to embed these narratives into law through a Scottish human rights act and devolved migration policies #RefugeePolitics
