#Scotland

1 - Welcome friends: it's TARTAN time! So plaid you're here.This pattern probably brings to mind highlanders, private schools, & grunge music. But there's a lot more to it.To understand
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This thread is about #transcrime. About male prisoners in female prisons. Lower punishment for trans offenders. And other stories connected to criminality.Feel free to add stories in the reactions. Feminist
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If you haven't heard of #TheLOVELANDERProject, let me explain. It is a series of interviews with ppl from the #Outlander Universe.Cast members; past/present, some attached to production & fan accounts
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Tory manifesto pledge, 2019: “the PM... negotiated a great new deal” We’ll get Brexit done. English voters took them at their word.Sep 2020, Tory govt says the WA was rushed
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So with a big transfer looking done, I'd thought I'd go through every Premiership club and their record sale.Amazing how long some of these #SPFL records have lasted: Aberdeen£1.75m Eoin
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1/ Thread, a long one...This is an interesting list that has brought condemnation from across the political spectrum in Scotland. But let's focus on the organisations that haven't had their
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The yacht belongs to Roman Abramovich's business partner Eugene Shvidler. He also owns a $37 million home in Belgravia and has close business connections to Sir Michael Peat, former treasurer
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MPs set to block @jacob_rees_mogg plan to restrict speaking in debate remotely only to MPs who have medical cert as “extremely clinically vulnerable” as this breaches privacy & all who
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An explanation of what is going on with the Salmond enquiry.Alex Salmond was the leader of the SNP and was first minister of Scotland, but he stepped down from this
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1/ 100 days from today a pivotal Holyrood election is due to be held. I’ve written previously about our AMS electoral system, and how it’s largely misunderstood (https://twitter.com/mabuzzer/status/1283016885873848325). Today, here’s
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No. 395 #CWGCAtoZ Alloa (Greenside) Cemetery, Scotland https://bit.ly/3myDYU7  contains 2 #FWW @CWGC graves, including that of Private William Dawson. William, an engineer by trade, was born in Alloa, but the
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SQA results day is fast approaching and stress can be running high. I’ve put together a thread of helpful and useful links for the occasion. 1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhvqnrd bbc bitesize can
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Belated Happy Birthday to @taylorswift13! To celebrate, HES's top Swifties have been working on some prime analysis* linking her #Folklore album with Scottish history so you don't have to.*by
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UK Quarantine RealityMadrid to Heathrow flightOnboard: passengers from ‘red list’ countries, such as Brazil, and passengers from elsewhereThey all mix: boarding, onboard, same lavatory, on arrivalOn arrival: Some escorted to
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It's been a wild four years covering Trump. Now seems a good time for a thread on some of my stories.First up, how Trump repeatedly tried & failed to convince
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On Thursday it was reported that the Eat My Lunch business won the tender for the NZ Government’s free school meals programme. I think there should be more debate, including
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