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Andy Maciver
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Founder/Director @messagetweet 📢 ✍🏻 + Wednesdays on @HolyroodSources 🎧 🖥️ + Fridays in @HeraldScotland 📰 💻 + some Mondays @ScotlandTonight 🖥️
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    Andy Maciver
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    May 9
    Not too far off…. 👇🏻
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    Andy Maciver
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    May 8
    Replying to @akmaciver @BBCScotland and 3 others
    Looks roughly like this if the remaining constituencies are as briefed and the unionist regional votes are similar to the constituency votes: 🟨SNP - 60 ⬜️Reform - 18 🟥Labour - 15 🟦Cons - 13 🟩Green - 13 🟧LD - 10
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    Andy Maciver
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    Jun 16, 2021
    I’m so deeply uneasy with this campaign to kill @GBNEWS . This is not about liking it (I actually haven’t watched it yet). If you think leftist news (say C4) is good but rightist news should be shut down, then you are NOT a democrat, you are NOT a liberal, you are NOT tolerant.
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    Andy Maciver
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    May 20, 2022
    ScotRail driver salary on completion of probationary period: £48,360 NHS Scotland doctor’s salary on completion of foundation training: £40,020 Decide for yourself, folks……
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    Andy Maciver
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    Nov 6, 2025
    Suggesting that only women can become pregnant is neither a "personal view" nor is it a "controversial" topic. It is an entirely uncontroversial biological and medical fact.
    thetimes.com
    Martine Croxall broke rules over ‘pregnant people’ on-air correction
    The BBC News presenter had 20 complaints against her upheld after she rolled her eyes and changed the phrase ‘pregnant people’ to ‘women’
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    Andy Maciver
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    Oct 13, 2023
    It is, I am afraid, inexcusable that the Foreign Secretary, or frankly the Prime Minister, have not been in touch with @HumzaYousaf directly. This is not acceptable either from a political or a human angle.
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    Channel 4 News
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    Oct 13, 2023
    "I may be First Minister of Scotland, but in this situation I feel powerless" Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousaf, tells @KathrynSamsonC4 he feels "helpless" watching his in-laws who are trapped in Gaza.
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    Andy Maciver
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    Jan 15, 2021
    Andrew, as both a fan of your work and someone from the Scottish centre-right, I say your friends are wrong. JF is one of the smartest, least tribal, most pragmatic MSPs I’ve ever come across. She is what Scottish politics needs and her retirement is a huge loss.
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    Andrew Neil
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    Jan 15, 2021
    I understand Ms Freeman called Health Secretary Hancock to apologise. Scottish friends tell me she’s been a useless Scottish health minister. I think she’s retiring at the next elections. Maybe she’ll rejoin the Communist party.
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    Andy Maciver
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    Aug 27, 2024
    This is utterly depressing, and frankly it’s hard to imagine that in other countries this would have been the outcome. Well done to ⁦@JudyMurray⁩ for trying. Sometimes the system is just against you. Andy Murray 'legacy' tennis centre plan scrapped
    Andy Murray wearing a navy tv and navy Team GB cap
    Plans for Sir Andy Murray 'legacy' centre in Dunblane scrapped
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    Andy Maciver
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    Jan 16, 2021
    The SNP will kick and scream, but this is actually the best idea the Tories have had for a while. Bypassing devolution won’t matter a jot to those who benefit. Spending money and slapping a Union Jack 🇬🇧 on it is a smart political move by Alister Jack.
    Kate Forbes and Stephen Barclay
    New UK Shared Prosperity Fund to bypass Holyrood
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    Andy Maciver
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    Jul 30, 2020
    I could do a long thread, but it’s not required. This can be summed up in seven words: It’s not the captain; it’s the ship. #JacksonCarlaw
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    Andy Maciver
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    Sep 12, 2022
    It’s worth saying that the SNP leadership has, I think, done exceptionally well over the last few days. This is not a particularly easy internal issue for them. Dignity, compassion, tact, understanding, etc. Plenty of them all.
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    Andy Maciver
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    Oct 24, 2025
    By 2030, if polls are correct: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish nationalists will run Holyrood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welsh nationalists will run the Senedd 🇮🇪Irish nationalists will run Stormont 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿English nationalists will run Westminster 🇬🇧People who believe in the UK need to reimagine it.
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    Andy Maciver
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    Mar 17, 2020
    Outstanding interview by @NicolaSturgeon on #bbcgms. Reassuring but frank; clear but honest about uncertainties ahead. This is not politics. This is an FM at war with a virus. Let’s back her & @JeaneF1MSP & @CathCalderwood1. They have the info & expertise. Back them. #covidー19uk
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    Andy Maciver
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    Mar 22, 2020
    If you’re uncertain, annoyed, worried; spare a thought for the people leading us - @NicolaSturgeon @JohnSwinney @JeaneF1MSP, the advisers, the counterparts in UKG. They’re normal too, feeling the same things. And exhausted probably. Let our confidence in them raise them up.
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    Andy Maciver
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    Jun 18, 2020
    Please all reflect on the unprecedented situ @NicolaSturgeon @JeaneF1MSP @JohnSwinney et al face. We’re all juggling; of course we are. But whether you support them politically or not, they are able people doing what they think is right with the information they have. Breathe....