Elections fact for today: In 2015 David Cameron’s Conservatives won the UK election with a manifesto commitment to hold a Brexit Referendum. They went onto deliver on that pledge. They did so having won 36.9% of the vote.
Andrew Wilson
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- Norwegian independence cannot work. Overly dependent on oil, too far north, border posts will be needed to Sweden. The Banks will leave and their currency will crash and they won't be able to borrow so taxes will have to rise. A crazy idea and it just won't work.Happy birthday Norway 🇳🇴!
- Scotland is richer today than any country was when they declared their independence since the war. It is not about the starting point but about the country and society we seek to create. Honesty needed about the transition required but standing still in this storm is high risk.
- An entire career devoted to public health, working round the clock during a global crisis to lead our nation’s response. A very human error of judgement made. We all do. Apologise & be forgiven. Armchair politicos pls focus energies positively. Please. Forgiveness so important.
- Those You Gov Results Tables. Scottish residents under age of 65: Independence: YES 58% NO 42%. Is everyone paying attention?
- My son, 11, is autistic. He knows better than to use conditions as an insult. UR rich. Well done. Your character & integrity are dirt poor.
- I like Michael but this is not right. @KateForbesMSP was asserting herself calmly & strongly. Never a raised voice. I saw a few men that should know better saying it last week too. Women being strong is not women shouting. I don’t like this one bit
- Spot on from @NicolaSturgeon on all fronts. Go high. Build support. Detail how it will work as we seek a return to the European Union. Build legitimacy and UK intransigence will be demonstrably illegitimate. Retain the option of legal test. Win. Win big. Make good the decision.
- I tell you what @CelticFC must be delighted they didnt get conned out of that extra few hundred grand that could have secured John McGinn after 188 senior appearances. Unlike the £3m they paid for Eboue Kouassi following his epic ten senior games at FC Krasnodar.
- Listening to the latest Scottish Conservative argument the only democratic route they will accept to a referendum is for @theSNP to win 326 of Scotland’s 56 Westminster constituencies.
- The current constitutional position of the UK Government and opposition parties would appear to be that @theSNP has to win 326 of Scotland’s 56 Westminster constituencies for their to be an independence referendum.
- This video got sent to me by Tam Cowan last night for my son. What a magic thoughtful thing to do. I can say that on twitter because Tam pretends he isn't on twitter. What a good man he is:
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