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Oct 1, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
At #FMQs, @AlisonJohnstone raises the closure of a @EdinburghUni Covid-19 testing lab - as revealed in today's @TheScotsman👇- saying that the decision to deploy testing to the full is a @scotgov policy choice which contradicts @WHO guidance.

scotsman.com/news/politics/…
.@NicolaSturgeon says the lab was never designed as a "permanent provision," and that the @scotgov is developing regional hubs to provide long-term capacity. (NB - is developing, not *has developed*)
.@AlisonJohnstone says the @scotgov strategy is outdated, and says Scottish universities are falling behind when it comes to testing. FM replies that testing strategy is subject to constant review.
On the first tweet, it should read ... "the decision *not* to deploy testing to the full" ... sheesh.

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Sep 1, 2023
EXCL Donald Trump’s resorts charged the Secret Service over £20,000 during his trip to Scotland earlier this year, with agents having to seek approval for 'exorbitant' payments in excess of US government-sanctioned rates. Me for @TheScotsman. Thread 👇scotsman.com/news/politics/…
Records I obtained from the Secret Service via US FOI laws show that US taxpayers picked up a bill totalling $108,559 (£85,602) for Trump’s three day long trip to Scotland this May, where agents stayed at his resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeenshire. Image
So what, you might ask? Twenty grand? It’s not much, relatively speaking. True, but stay with me. It’s the latest in a long line of examples of the Trump Org charging the US govt for protecting its patriarch. The bill stands somewhere north of £1.1m, and it’s rising. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty
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Feb 2, 2023
Thread: Lots of interest in Trump's latest Scottish accounts, not least the fact that they show his firms here have received more money via UK government grants than previously known. His companies took in more than £3.8m via the job retention scheme during the pandemic.
Of course, that didn't prevent Trump's flagship resort at Turnberry incurring the wrath of unions and ethics groups by making scores of redundancies during the pandemic, while receiving money from a scheme expressly designed to help firms pay employees unable to work.
The long-term picture, including the latest accounts, shows that since Trump incorporated his inaugural Scottish firm in 2005, his companies here have incurred cumulative losses in excess of £76m and, consequently, have never paid a penny in corporation tax.
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Aug 21, 2022
EXCL Recruitment firms controlled by Lord Ashcroft, the billionaire Tory donor, have been paid £7m+ by @scotgov & £14m+ by Scotland's crisis-hit NHS since 2019. Ashcroft's firms received £40m+ from Scottish public bodies

My @scotonsunday story: scotsman.com/news/politics/… Thread👇
@scotgov @scotonsunday The scale of the commercial relationship between Ashcroft’s firms, the @scotgov, and its associated bodies is vast and, until now, unreported. It spans 79 public orgs who, since April 2019, have struck deals worth £41,444,874 with the former Tory treasurer’s companies.
There are two major customers of Ashcroft’s firms. Firstly, the @scotgov itself, which has spent at least £7.39m on two relatively obscure specialist recruitment agencies - Blue Arrow Limited and Lorien Resourcing Limited.
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Aug 2, 2022
EXCL: There needs to be “structural change” at the top of Scottish football’s governing body to ensure that the women’s game can continue its upward trajectory, according to the head of Scottish Women’s Football. scotsman.com/sport/football… Thread 👇
I spoke to @ClydesdAileen, the CEO @ScotWFootball and former SNP MSP and @ScotGov minister, about how Scotland can build on the interest and visibility in women’s football after England’s historic Euro 22 win.
In England, the FA has committed to a long-term vision, and crucially, committed to investment. Last year, it put £13m into women’s football, up £2m on the previous 12 months. It's small change compared to the money in the men's game, yet it remains a significant increase.
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Jun 5, 2022
EXCL: Women who wanted to have abortions during the pandemic continued their pregnancies due a chronic and longstanding lack of access to late-stage terminations across Scotland, a leading charity has warned. My @scotonsunday story. Thread 👇 scotsman.com/news/politics/…
The absence of provision means women - and girls - are still being forced to travel as far as London in order to have terminations. Out of the 170 cross-border clients the BPAS charity treated between 2019 and 2021, five were under the age of 16. Some 18 were aged 17 or under.
Five years ago, the Scottish Govt said it was working with NHS boards to look at improvements around later gestation abortions. But correspondence released via FOI last week shows the government has not commissioned or undertaken any analysis of the issue since then.
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EXCL: A Scottish company has been accused by officials in Washington of supporting Vladimir Putin's military and security services. The firm has been blacklisted as part of efforts to "degrade" Russia's military aggression. My @scotonsunday story: scotsman.com/news/politics/…
While the vast majority of firms blacklisted by the US govt for supporting Putin's military are Russian, not all are. The Scottish limited partnership, Djeco Group, is one of three UK firms placed on the entity list.
Their inclusion raises further Qs of the UK's lax approach to regulating company formation. @alisonthewliss, who has campaigned on the issue of SLP reform for years, said my story underlined the need for urgent reforms of Companies House.
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