Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol & Drugs. SNP MSP for Highlands & Islands. ℹ️ Promoted by M Todd, 31 High Street, Alness, IV17 0PT
🏴 Independence is not a distraction from a Covid recovery, it is a fundamental requirement to ensure we can deliver the best Covid recovery and the best future for our people
🗳 Make it Both Votes SNP on May 6
Great to have Hannah Mary Goodlad out on the campaign trail today.
We spoke with voters, enjoyed the sunshine, and even rounded off the day with a tune on the fiddle 🎻☀️ (video coming soon…)
On June 18th, vote SNP 🟡
Craig Ferguson was welcomed at the finish line of his 3,200 mile trek across America by hundreds of Tartan Army in Boston 🏴
The campaigner from Paisley, who raised an incredible £1 million for Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH), spoke to The Herald's Donald Erskine 🙌
🤖 Remember the Sarwar bots? This should be a bigger story than it currently is. Israel appears to have interfered with the Scottish election, according to French authorities.
🇫🇷🇮🇱 France says Israeli influence firm, BlackCore, may have interfered with elections in France, Scotland, Angola, Togo, and also New York City's mayoral race.
They're accused of running digital influence operations using fake accounts, AI, and smear campaigns.
Remember how
Here is the report. Page 26 has the relevant section on Scotland and FM. Targeting of his accounts are reported to have started on January 6 and ended on may 8th - the day after the Scottish Parliament election.
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This doesn’t seem to have filtered into Scottish media yet, but raises a lot of questions about external influence operations in democratic societies. BlackCore a well known player in this field. We need a better response than just outrage and fury. reuters.com/world/israeli-…
Good luck to Steve Clarke, the men’s team and every fan making the journey - the whole nation is behind you.
Delighted to be in Boston to be part of this special occasion. Scotland, let’s make history! 🏴
Good morning from Boston.
Nice to bump into Ronnie and Linda Coull from Aberdeen, ahead of a busy day of trade, investment, diplomatic, academic and sporting engagements.