#Scotland

Englishness is soaked in white supremacy. If ethnic minorities criticise the state, they're called traitors. If they say they're English, they're told otherwise. To my knowledge, englishness is only ever
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I cannot overstate enough how important it is to have diverse representation on our bookshelves, especially in our Children's Departments. @Knightsof & @JacarandaBooks are doing incredible work, please consider supporting
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Remarkable data from Police Scotland confirms THE PROBLEM IS NOT STUDENTS AND HOUSE PARTIES!They were called out to 440 house gatherings.Less than 10% involved sudentsOnly 13 involved more than 15
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The legislation on duties for social care in Scotland were brought in over the weekend. During this temporary period local authorities don’t have to complete full assessments for adults, children
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An interesting newcomer to Scotpol twitter, a completely genuine ex-SNP voter RTd by Murdo Fraser. It was @leomiklasz who first spotted Simon in the wild. Simon then changed his profile
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in honour of #Election2021 here’s #LineOfDuty characters as political parties: a thread kate fleming: labourattracts the gays steve arnott: lib dems has some of the right ideas but is kinda
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It is historically significant. This thread is about the Court Case, what it means and why it should succeed. For some reason it’s under the radar, but expect it to
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My outfits if I was Prime Minister: The dress I’d wear when I order the museums to give back all of the stolen artefacts The dress i’d wear when I
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Time for a THREAD of amazing Scottish island women to brighten #ThursdayMorning. 1st, Bessie Williamson, the only woman to own & manage a whisky distillery in the 20th century: Laphroaig
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Thread:I am not alert. I am alarmed.(1) The softening of lockdown language and anonymous briefings to the papers, has meant that the damage is already being done. What we saw
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This is an EXCELLENT, detailed critique of the cog sci movement in education. Cog sci certainly doesn’t square with teaching in Scottish primary schools, but is being increasingly applied in
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Billy Gilmour - Scottish Iniesta @billygilmourrr Gilmour started his career as part of the Rangers Academy , he made his debut for the under 20’s in the December of 2016
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macavity’s a mystery cat he’s called the hidden paw for he’s the master criminal who can defy the law he's the bafflement of scotland yard the flying squad's despair for when they
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You may have seen some misleading stories about trans people in the media recently. When one group, whether it's trans, lesbian, gay or bi people, are portrayed as deviants, it
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Boris Johnson is a fascist who would rather let you die than let his friends lose money Boris Johnson is a fascist who would rather let you die than let
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We are dedicating April 2021 to #CareExperiencedHistoryMonth. This thread explains why - and it contains some sad content about death and instiutionalisation. We think that by exploring the past together,
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