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Mar 7, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Regan: The SNP has lost its way. There's been no progress on independence in the last few years despite the worst UK governments of all time. Regan: We used to grow support for independence by governing competently, and it worked.
Jan 13, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Nicola Sturgeon: "I have big political differences with Douglas Ross but even I am not as derogatory about him as his Tory colleagues." #FMQs Sturgeon: "'Not a big figure, 'lightweight', these might be insults directed at the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, but actually they say something much deeper about the Westminster establishment's utter contempt for Scotland." #FMQs
Jan 13, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Labour shadow leader of the house Thangam Debbonaire asking Jacob Rees Mogg for a statement from the government on the "future of the union." She points out that even the SNP aren't "as rude as he about his Scottish colleagues". Rees-Mogg says Douglas Ross "has office within the Conservative Party and it seems to me that people who hold office ought to support the leader of the party. That is the honourable and proper thing to do."