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Not too far off…. 👇🏻
Andy Maciver@akmaciverMay 8
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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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It's not too late to rescue something from the Holyrood Reform insurgency...... yet. Me in today's @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/politics/…

Reform UK’s Scottish experiment is already falling apart. Who will quit next?

Reform UK MSP Amanda Bland has quit the party and will now sit as an independent in Holyrood. So, is this the beginning of a collapse of Malcom Offord's Scottish branch office party?

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Reform loses an MSP and X loses the SNP. Political analysis with Natalie Higgins, Lynsey Bews and Andy Maciver from the Holyrood sources podcast. Listen to the Scotcast Politics Show: bbc.in/4ywamed

Scotcast - Reform loses an MSP and X loses the SNP – Politics Show - BBC Sounds

Political analysis with Natalie Higgins, Lynsey Bews and Andy Maciver.

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It's back! Join us for our pre-Christmas pub quiz, live in Edinburgh. Buy a table, or come individually. Tickets available at holyroodsources.com/live @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein | @akmaciver
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With conference season firmly over, here's my last three @heraldscotland articles which followed three conferences: 🔴 Peak Burnham and an early election 🔵 Badenoch channeling Thatcher’s path to power 🟡 Swinney's independence problem All here: heraldscotland.com/author/pr…
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Politically interesting and of course good news for growth. Left wing ring around Burnham beaten by reality. thetimes.com/article/b259153…
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Why have we allowed ourselves to become so frivolous?
LBC
@LBCOct 14
Danny Dyer has delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for the water industry to be nationalised. @HenryRiley1 wants to know why...
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Kemi’s big bet is that 2029 will look a lot like 1979. It’s not the worst bet…… My thoughts in today’s @heraldscotland
The Herald
@heraldscotlandOct 9
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Could Kemi Badenoch follow Margaret Thatcher’s path to power with the Conservatives?

Kemi Badenoch has taken control of the Conservative Party and her popularity is soaring. But can she revive the Tories and turn personal momentum into electoral victory, asks Andy Maciver.

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A completely obvious comment in any other job outside of the public sector.
Catriona Stewart@CatrionaStewartOct 9
🔴EXC: Stephen Kerr, the government's Social Security Director, has caused fury among civil servants for comments on an internal message board He told staff upset at new mandatory 40% office working days that if 'they don't like it they can leave' scotsman.com/news/politics/a…

Anger as civil servants told: if you don't like it then you are free to leave

Stephen Kerr’s comments over flexible working cause uproar among staff

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Look 👀. A leader 👇🏻
Mark Carney
@MarkJCarneyOct 7
Three years ago, the terrorist organisation Hamas perpetrated the worst attack against Jewish people since the Holocaust. My statement:
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@CalumAMOct 4
I’ve got an alternative for you… with twice the presenters, twice the analysis, twice the intelligent conversation, twice the humour… Today is so yesterday. Times, for a change. @TimesRadio
Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧
@montieOct 3
Sat's Today programme is not same with one presenter. Less conversational. Fewer intelligent sidenotes. More humourless. So Radio 4's flagship prog loses big part of its identity to save pennies. A confident Corporation would invest more in likes of Today + Newsnight. Priorities.
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Replying to @HolyroodSources @CalumAM @geoffaberdein @akmaciver
As a French person in the SNP, the opposition to nuclear energy is completely incomprehensible to me. There’s simply no good argument against cheap, reliable, carbon-neutral energy. I’ve heard members at conference compare nuclear energy and nuclear deterrent. 🤯
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@heraldscotlandOct 2
@heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/politics/… @akmaciver

Why peak Andy Burnham could be the best moment to call an election

Andy Burnham’s Labour conference speech has sparked speculation about his political future. Andy Maciver argues that, despite eye-catching proposals on electoral reform, Europe and pensions, Britai...

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If the Scottish Government wants to prepare for independence, it needs to double down on our best bits. My thoughts in today's @heraldscotland
The Herald
@heraldscotlandSep 25
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If SNP want independence, they need to put the economy above endless welfare splurges

As debate over Scotland’s constitutional future continues, Andy Maciver argues the Scottish Government should focus less on independence strategy and more on strengthening the industries that would...

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@heraldscotlandSep 25
@heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/politics/… @akmaciver

If SNP want independence, they need to put the economy above endless welfare splurges

As debate over Scotland’s constitutional future continues, Andy Maciver argues the Scottish Government should focus less on independence strategy and more on strengthening the industries that would...

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A Lib-Lab Pact? In so many areas (mainly economic), Britain in the 2020s is looking more and more like Britain in the 1970s. Both movies will have the same ending.
Sam Coates Sky
@SamCoatesSkySep 24
EXC: YouGov-Sky-Times MRP projects a Hung Parliament with Labour as the largest party in new poll ** Labour on 241. Tories on 130. Reform on 123. LDs on 71. SNP 40, Plaid 15, Greens 9. ** Andy Burnham's Labour come top but 85 seats short of a the 326 official winning line. The party would be down 171 on 2024GE but he'd probably still be in No10 ** Nigel Farage's Reform drop from first in the MRP 12 months ago to third, with Kemi Badenoch's Tories now larger in seats (though behind in vote share) ** The right - Tories plus Reform - can't form a government and reach 326 together. But Labour+LDems are not enough either, and need a rainbow coalition A @JoeCookJ production. Watch: youtu.be/GtdTvkzAhME?si=uJYj…

Exclusive mega poll projects result if election held tomorrow

An exclusive YouGov mega poll for Sky News reveals Prime Minister A...

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@TheScotsmanSep 23
Work on Shetland inter-island tunnel to get underway as vision reaches major milestone trib.al/awy22fK

Work on Shetland inter-island tunnel to get underway as vision reaches major milestone

A long-held vision to connect the Shetland Isles by tunnel has reached a major milestone

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Why is education so crucial to get right? @akmaciver and @CalumAM discuss the importance of education, and how it helps to shape the fundamentals of each part of society. @geoffaberdein
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“The fundamental problem is that the UK is upside down” @akmaciver explains why he thinks mandates are so important for guiding policy, particularly in the current UK political system. @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein
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"Lindsay Paterson: How 'political utopianism' quietly ruined Scottish education." Professor Lindsay Paterson breaks down how post-devolution "political optimism" led policymakers to throw out centuries of rigorous, academic Scottish education standards in favor of a flawed, skills-based curriculum. #ScottishPolitics #EducationSystem #Holyrood #AcademicStandards #ScotlandNews
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@heraldscotlandSep 18
@heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/politics/… @akmaciver

There is nobody more adept at shooting himself in the foot than a British unionist

Nationalist leaders in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have given Burnham a chance to save Britain, says Herald columnist Andy Maciver

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