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John Reilly

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John Reilly

@jmreilly68

Socialist | Chair of Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse CLP 🌹 | Unison member | All opinions my own

Scotland, United Kingdom

Joined February 2014

John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Dec 22, 2023
I tend to avoid getting too personal here but my mum, Jean Reilly, passed away peacefully in her sleep yesterday morning. In recent years she suffered from dementia and my sadness is mixed with relief that she has been released from that horrible disease. Rest in peace mum.
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John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Jun 28, 2022
SNP strategy if Supreme Court rules against them on #indyref2 is to declare the next election is solely about independence, which is what they do with every election anyway so its hardly some brilliant new failsafe strategy
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Mar 23, 2021
I know we're in election territory but I see an increasing number of @theSNP supporters claiming their party introduced free period products, free personal care, free bus passes for over 60s, and scrapped tuition fees, when it's simply not true.
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
May 20, 2022
The Tories propped up the SNP minority government of 2007 but @theSNP don't want you to remember that because they prefer mythology rather than history
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Feb 16, 2017
Can we all just agree now that America elected an idiot? #TrumpPresser
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Oct 8, 2020
Nicola Sturgeon's "people are more interested in Covid" or "you're off to the Lords so who cares" defense looks more and more desperate every time she uses it at #FMQs
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Oct 20, 2022
A reminder that the vote to stay in the Customs Union was lost by 3 votes because the SNP abstained SNP clearly worried about the prospect of a Labour government
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@MhairiHunter
Oct 20, 2022
A hard brexit is defined as the UK being outwith the Single Market & Customs Union. That is Labour's position.
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Jun 28, 2022
I see @scottishgreens are Tweeting videos about independence in a desperate attempt to distract from their refusal to support @LabourMercedes proposal to freeze rents SGP in opposition promise everything, but in power they deliver nothing
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Mar 27, 2019
SNP advocate a permanent customs union... right up to the point in which they could actually vote for it. A cynic might think they saw some political advantage in prolonging the chaos.
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Nov 18, 2022
Replying to @mat8iou
Voter ID is just a smokescreen for the problem they're actually trying to solve, which is how to stop people voting for parties other than the Tories
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
May 20, 2022
Just seeing the hostility towards @ASLEFunion demands for a fair pay rise from @theSNP supporters is a timely reminder of how they put independence over people ever single time
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Aug 27, 2019
A bit odd to see @theSNP repeating promises on their official account that are contingent on a by-election result. They're the government of Scotland so either they can do it now, and won't, or they can't do it. Which is it?
The SNP
@theSNP
Aug 26, 2019
Replying to @theSNP
@tprwills: "I will take 20% off Northlink cabin costs, make SIC ferries free for foot passengers and secure a long-term extension of the Air Discount Scheme. But that's just the start: I will be pushing for more." #ShetlandByElection
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Aug 7, 2020
I can honestly say that the #SQAResultsFiasco is the first time that friends and family who are SNP voters and members actually agree with me when I've said an SNP minister should be sacked. This isn't about "playing politics", John Swinney's position is simply untenable.
John Reilly
@jmreilly68
Jan 27, 2022
Kate Forbes admits income tax would need to double to plug the gap if we left the UK 🤦🏻