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21 Feb, 5 tweets, 1 min read
"GARY Kelly is a well-known stalwart of the Scottish independence movement, but he is a fair-minded sort of guy who wants England to have indy too."
"He applied to the people who run the Petitions website for the Westminster Parliament – you know, the one that promises “consideration for debate” in Parliament if you get 100,000 signatures – mischievously asking them to host a petition calling for “Independence for England”
"...so that our neighbours did not need to keep subsidising Scotland and the rest of the UK."
"The reply astonished Kelly, for it rejected his petition on grounds that it contained “unsubstantiated claims, including claims about English taxpayers subsidising those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland”."
"So, the UK Parliament’s own people don’t believe England subsidises the rest of the UK? Heads will roll, we suspect."

WHY does UK Government vehemently oppose #indyref2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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22 Feb
@stonesister7 @FerretScot I agree, that is one to watch and to be alert to its' motivations and agenda.
@stonesister7 @FerretScot I have sensed the undercurrent in devolution and especially 'reserved matters' or more specifically, the current day reinterpretation of these to suit an agenda other than what we are accustomed to, in a democracy.
@stonesister7 @FerretScot The offensive over #ScottishIndependence, running roughshod over the rights of self-determination, for each of the four nations/province comprising UK.

UK is NOT a country but a union of four nations/province; each having distinctive histories, cultures and needs.
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19 Feb
"Not for the first time, the Tories have been accused of proposing new laws which strongly resemble fascism."

"Meanwhile, all of this is coming from a government which appears to be simultaneously seeking to dictate how Britain’s history is told."
"Jason Stanley, a philosophy professor at Yale University, succinctly summed up his thoughts on the current state of affairs by highlighting two short passages of his book, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them."
“Here’s what’s happening in the UK right now,” he wrote on Twitter, showing two graphics highlighting key aspects of fascism.
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17 Feb
"Alex Cole-Hamilton, a Liberal Democrat MSP, highlighted the worrying fact it is easier to deliver takeaway menus in Scotland than campaign leaflets."

"Takeaway leaflets"!

That explains the @scotlibdems philosophy - 'take it or leave it'!

Many prefer the latter choice!
He wrote in the Edinburgh Evening News: “I’ve no problem with an election in the spring. I relish the idea of putting forward a positive alternative to the SNP.

Sorry, but loads of relish does not make the 'takeaway' any more palatable!! 😝
“I’m concerned that we cannot ask the public to render a judgement on who they wish to serve them in Parliament, if the only voice they hear in that campaign is that of the First Minister from her lunchtime briefings.”

Scots HAVE chosen @theSNP as their elected government!
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11 Feb
Caveat: This article is sourced from @Daily_Express !!!

"End of Sturgeon?"

Frankly, an appropriate response from @NicolaSturgeon might be to quote the infamous Mark Twain response to an erroneous 'obituary' known to all...

"The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated."
msn.com/en-gb/news/oth…
More accurately, the media have quoted:

"Ms Sturgeon said she had a “real job to do” and was focused on guiding Scotland through the Covid-19 pandemic."

It's very reassuring to hear that @scotgov and @ScotGovFM have prioritised safeguarding lives and Scotland, above all else.
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11 Feb
"Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Martin said: "We need to dial down the rhetoric on both sides.""

"He added that people need to bear in mind that it is only about six weeks since the Brexit deal was agreed."
"I would say in the context of the island of Ireland and Northern Ireland and we all need to cool it down because I think that the debate around protocol got to too high a level, and tensions were rising unnecessarily."

irishnews.com/news/brexit/20…
Evolution takes time!!

...and it is generally easier to build on earlier successes, rather than creating something from scratch.
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9 Feb
"Scotland's Constitution Secretary Mike Russell said the new law will mean, on devolved matters, Scottish law can keep in line with those in Europe "when appropriate and practicable to do so"."
"The SNP politician also said the new law will make it much easier for Scotland to rejoin the EU if the country gained independence from the UK."

Now, you're cooking!

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"Express.co.uk readers have reacted furiously to the news, as they claim SNP was wasting resources when it should have been focusing on the coronavirus pandemic and the needs of Scottish people."

#Express at it again - Telling readers how they should think & feel!
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