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“You don’t have to be a great supporter of the monarchy … to have huge respect for the Queen”
FM @NicolaSturgeon says everyone in the UK owes a “deep debt of gratitude” to HM for 70 years of service #jubilee 👑 @RoyalFamily
FM @NicolaSturgeon says everyone in the UK owes a “deep debt of gratitude” to HM for 70 years of service #jubilee 👑 @RoyalFamily
Nicola Sturgeon’s power-sharing partners @scottishgreens refused to take part in jubilee tributes at Holyrood on Wednesday
FM said it was right in a democracy that people were able to express "very strong republican sentiment and support" if they wished bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
FM said it was right in a democracy that people were able to express "very strong republican sentiment and support" if they wished bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
On #bbcgms politics professor Sir John Curtice @WhatScotsThink notes lower support for monarchy in Scotland, compared to Britain
Keep monarchy after Queen?
🇬🇧 58%
🏴 45%
Focaldata for @britishfuture 28 Feb - 7 Mar 2022
2006 people across Britain of which 636 in Scotland
Keep monarchy after Queen?
🇬🇧 58%
🏴 45%
Focaldata for @britishfuture 28 Feb - 7 Mar 2022
2006 people across Britain of which 636 in Scotland
Deputy First MinisterJohn Swinney says 4 cases of Omicron covid variant have been found NHS Lanarkshire and 2 in NHS greater Glasgow and Clyde. Extensive contact tracing is now taking place. #bbcgms
John Swinney adds “There must be a degree of community transmission” after analysing the travel history of positive cases
At this point, there is no evidence of “serious illness” in these cases. But Dep FM still says it’s unclear what impact omicron has on illness.
I've no doubt I'm going to be popping up all day talking about the government's awful #RailBetrayal - but here's a warm up in the @Independent: independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
My key #RailBetrayal line:
“Running faster trains on the existing network will actually result in a railway that can carry fewer passengers and less freight than it can today.”
“Running faster trains on the existing network will actually result in a railway that can carry fewer passengers and less freight than it can today.”
I popped up at around 06:05 this morning on @BBC5Live if you want to hear the exasperation in my voice at the government's unbelievably cynical pronouncements on their "glorious plan".
Many people are asking me about the legal options if @BorisJohnson continues to frustrate #indyref2. @NicolaSturgeon will announce her plans later this week & for obvious reasons I’m not going to speculate. However #bbcgms just had a very good discussion
From 2 legal academics @AileenMcHarg & @PeatWorrier. It was a fair summary & less downbeat than some commentators. I won’t be saying anything for now except we must always remember in this situation litigation can only ever be a route to restoring democracy
Which is what I & my colleagues did with the #prorogation case. We restored democracy so parliament could perform its proper function. Independence is a political decision for the people of Scotland not for a court
Andy Wightman tells #bbcgms that he hopes the Greens can back the Scottish budget this afternoon, but they’re not quite there yet. There were “quite difficult” talks yesterday, but some movement last night. Current focus is on local government settlement
The Greens are looking for a “longer term fundamental change” on how councils are funded; basically for legislation to be tabled this term, although not necessarily passed before 2021 elections. But it sounds like it’s this year’s settlement that’s the remaining issue in talks
A reminder of yesterday’s thread on the budget cliff-edge, and why nobody is talking seriously about an election:
