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David Frum
davidfrum
a point about democratic legitimacy ...It's not inherently a problem in a democratic system to "win" by the rules despite losing the popular vote. 1/x In a multiparty list system
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Patrick Maguire
patrickkmaguire
Not a single MP from Northern Ireland. Depressing but unsurprising and sadly reflective of Westminster's attitudes to the place.https://twitter.com/CurtisHoward99/status/1247529459583860736 Been doing some more research on this — lots of people
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Heinz Brandenburg
HzBrandenburg
Crisis handling is not judged by outcomes.If we take ONS/NRS/NISRA figures, COVID death/1M population:England: 68Scotland: 65Which is of course also right, because government decisions are not the only variables determining
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The Black Star Line
DannyUNIAharlem
Wondering what's happened to the SNP over the last few years.Where is Independence in all those years since 2014? Now may not be the time to be lamenting the complete
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James Landale
BBCJLandale
Paul Lambert, aka Gobby, was a BBC legend, a one man institution, the best fixer in the business, a man who had a better nose for a story than anyone
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Dan Nexon
dhnexon
The pattern of attacks on Biden that we’re seeing on leftist Twitter look very similar to those against HRC, down to spread of the #DemExit slogan & the acid-trip
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Tim Montgomerie
montie
The media’s often ludicrous questioning is going to hurt their credibility for years and years to come. And I’m seeing very little evidence that they realise as much.https://twitter.com/montie/status/1253921766671626246 Hilariously the
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CRE8NU2 🏴
CRE8NU
This horrendous pandemic has highlighted a lot of things, when you have time to sit & ponder over it. Not had much chance with no break since the New Year.It
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Jeanette Campbell
JC753
#SP2021 Voting notes: 1/ Under @nicolasturgeon @thesnp has increased constituency seats from 53 to 59 in 2016 and IF keep all current seats then it will be min 62. That’s
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Lion & Unicorn
LionUnicornNews
This survey of the mountain Labour has to climb, from the always clear-sighted @steverichards14, should be required listening for every Party member.Starmer may be the first step on the road
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dollydaydream
dollyda29052142
Ok. I remember how terrible I felt when I knew the first Indy-ref was lost. I felt ill for days. I could not believe that so many other Scots wished
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Duncan Hothersall
dhothersall
My favourite Janey Godley sketch is when she absolutely rips into Nicola Sturgeon's record of tax cuts and centralisation of power and exposes her mendacity in then blaming every spending
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Gordon:Covid grapher, data hunter-gatherer
gordonrlove1
To get schools to open fully *& stay open* requires low levels of Covid circulating in the general communityThis was clearly why the Scottish Govt aimed for elimination (and last
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Rob Ford
robfordmancs
Another sleeper story in the English locals results is Con decline and LD/Lab advance in "blue wall" constituencies which voted Remain in 2016 but returned Con MPs in 2019. Here
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The Irish Nation Lives
theirishnation
#OnThisDay in 1919 Captain William Benn, MP for #Leith, asked in #Westminster "how many members of the House have been imprisoned [or arrested]...under the Defence of the Realm Act". The
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Tom French
tomfrench85
Still votes to count but @theSNP is on course for a massive victory and huge mandate in Scotland's election: Won a record 81% of declared constituencies Won a record 47.1%
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