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Ex-MP #JoannaCherry is a v sore loser.

She has left the #SNP, and has a lucrative career as a KC, but 2 years after Parliament she still seems to put a lot of energy spraying venom on her former colleagues in the SNP, esp #Sturgeon & #Swinney.

This is a consistent pattern in Cherry's politics: all angry negative. Bitter about Brexit, bitter about SNP, bitter about #trans people.

screenshot from https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/joanna-cherry-holyrood-independence-vote-utterly-performative-8648256, which includes video of a 45-min interview with Cherry.

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Isabel Ruffell May 22

@HI_Greens @bodhipaksa Well, three years? Not much has changed except a somewhat larger pro-indy majority, and the SNP kicked us out of government. And #Labour at Westminster.

But you were suggesting that #Swinney has been strategising about indy since he was 15. Not sure that the last couple of years could have magically presented a solution.

Not wanting to put a damper on things, but I don't see the strategy, except a rerun of Catalonia or straightforward UDI.

Simon Brooke May 11

@drgeraint and how is that going to help? The #SNP won just NINE seats under #Swinney's leadership at the last #Westminster election; it will very likely lose two of those this summer in by-elections; and unless he plays an absolute blinder he'll lose a couple more at the 2029 election, to #ReformUKLtd.

How's he going to achieve anything with five MPs? They're lost in the noise.

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Simon Brooke May 11

@drgeraint this is true. But they won't get an #IndyRef2 that way. The reason I think the SNP *should* bring #ScottishLabour into government is that by throwing a few plums to them in terms of ministerial jobs they could get serious pressure applied to #Westminster to get the referendum agreed.

Mind you, I suspect #Swinney doesn't really want another indyref anyway, and that that is what was behind the stupid 'only SNP votes count' nonsense.

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Simon Brooke May 11

@petealexharris I don't think the @ScottishGreens will go into coalition with the #SNP unless the #SNP make a very clear commitment to stick to their #ClimateChange targets -- indeed, I would be very disappointed in them if they did -- and I do not think #Swinney's SNP are prepared to make that commitment.

So I don't think a deal with the Greens is likely to be possible.

(Obviously, I personally would prefer an SNP/Green coalition).

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Mark May 10

Thomas Kerr rages as #Holyrood parties refuse to work with #ReformUK

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, First Minister John #Swinney said he would not be inviting #Reform UK to talks at the #Scottish Government headquarters in St Andrew’s house.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26093319.thomas-kerr-rages-holyrood-parties-refuse-work-reform-uk/

#fascism #racist #ToxicReform #Scotland #IndyRef2

navaniearth May 1

The President spoke with the First Minister for nine minutes after the American leader handed the whisky industry a massive boost. #swinney

navaniearth May 1

The SNP leader said Scotland’s energy was its ‘superpower’ as he urged voters to back him with less than a week to go before polling day. #swinney

Mark Apr 12

No 2nd Scottish #referendum says #Streeting

#ToxicLabour

Streeting said UK Govt will not “give” people of #Scotland referendum on #independence

He refuses to give the people of Scotland the #democratic choice to decide country’s future

#SNP leader and First Minister John #Swinney warned that the UK Government “can’t stand in the face” of Scottish independence if the SNP are voted back into power in the Holyrood elections in May

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26014245.no-second-referendum-scotland-even-snp-majority-wes-streeting/

#authoritarian #freedom #DemocracyNOW

No second referendum for Scotland even with SNP majority, says Wes Streeting

WES Streeting has said it does not matter if the SNP win a majority in the Holyrood elections, the UK Government is not going to “give” the…

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Mark Mar 12

John #Swinney seeks meeting with #UK Govt over #Prestwick #Airport

Philip Ingram, former army colonel & intelligence officer, told Sunday Mail Prestwick Airport will “almost certainly” be supporting #US & #Israel's #bombing of #Iran

Flight tracking data shows when the US and Israel first launched #strikes on Iran – the US redeployed scores of mid-air refuelling tankers to bases in Europe and the Middle East

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25932069.john-swinney-seeks-meeting-uk-government-prestwick/

#WarCrimes #StarmerOut #DemocracyNOW #Scotland #war #Indy2