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Posts by Ruaraidh Gilmour

Thanks Chris!

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Sheila Begbie gives an interview wearing her Scotland strip in the mid-1970s.

Sheila Begbie gives an interview wearing her Scotland strip in the mid-1970s.

Last night my aunt, Sheila Begbie, was inducted into the Scottish football Hall of Fame. A trailblazer, a legend, a hero - she is also one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

After I visited the San Siro to watch Milan some years ago, she said, 'Oh, I played there for Scotland once'.

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CAMHS progress questioned amid lack of standardisation across Scottish health boards Findings suggest that the 90 per cent referral-to-treatment target may not reflect the reality of access to therapeutic ...

Experts say child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are in "crisis" amid questions over the amount of progress made in cutting waiting times. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit... By @ruaraidh0.bsky.social

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Seat projections based on the new Survation poll commissioned by Truth North Advisors:

Con 13
Lab 18
LibDem 10
SNP 58
Green 8
Reform 21

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Switching lanes: Scotland's plan to make transport more sustainable The Scottish Government is consulting on a plan to move the country towards a more sustainable transport system, but the...

Switching lanes: Scotland's plan to make transport more sustainable www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

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Anna Dominiczak: Health innovation requires the NHS, academia and the life sciences industry Anna Dominiczak is on a mission to drive innovation in the NHS and strengthen Scotland’s unique ‘triple helix’

Anna Dominiczak is on a mission to drive innovation in the NHS and strengthen Scotland’s unique ‘triple helix’ www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

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Brian Leishman: Stepping up Eight months on since being elected as the MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, Brian Leishman has become one of the loudest cr...

“There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that these cuts are going to impoverish already vulnerable and disadvantaged people living in our society today."

Labour MP @brianleishmanmp.bsky.social speaks to @ruaraidh0.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

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BREAKING: Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared as part of the police investigation into the SNP's finances.

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Community Goals: Channeling Football to Enrich Lives Scottish football isn’t always something to shout about but it’s having wins off the pitch

Scottish football isn’t always something to shout about but it’s having wins off the pitch, says @ruaraidh0.bsky.social

Community Goals: Channelling Football to Enrich Lives www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

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Liz Smith: These people deserve justice and I will continue to fight to get that justice After winning the Holyrood Garden Party & Political Awards Political Hero award for her 11 years campaigning for justice...

Tory MSP Liz Smith will not contest the next Holyrood election, she has announced. She's been in parliament since 2007.

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Harriet Cross: Reform aren’t driving the debate at Westminster Harriet Cross is seen as a rising star in the Conservatives, but she is firmly focused on constituency matters as her pa...

"You cannot please everyone and I think what it is selling at the moment is Reform is the solution to everything. It’s not.”

Tory MP Harriet Cross speaks to @ruaraidh0.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

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Elaine Stewart: Poverty is worse than it was in the 80s Much of Elaine Stewart’s constituency still suffers from the effects of the mining industry collapse in the 1980s but th...

Elaine Stewart, the MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, describes the effects of “fourth-generation unemployment” in the former mining towns she serves.

“The last 14 years have become so much worse – worse than it was in the 80s.”

@holyroodmag.bsky.social

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Stephen Flynn drops ‘double jobbing’ plan after SNP backlash The SNP’s Stephen Flynn has said he will no longer be seeking a “dual mandate” by standing for Holyrood while still an M...

Stephen Flynn drops ‘double jobbing’ plan after SNP backlash www.holyrood.com/news/view,st...

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NEW: The man who threw an egg and became involved in a punch-up with John Prescott, Craig Evans, has told the Press Association he had "no regrets", adding that his thoughts were with the late politician's loved ones.

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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review — rambling, hectoring and mad The conservative polemicist’s new book is a bizarre study of the Bible featuring Jiminy Cricket, Harry Potter and Tinkerbell the porn fairy

I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite deranged.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

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Ultimately a very decent result. Hopefully Georgia or Estonia can do us a turn tomorrow

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😭

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Glorious failure is inevitable, at some point

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Scotland have Poland on the ropes here. No glorious failure tonight please

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Ed Balls

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Made a Scottish football starter pack of writers and outlets.

If I have missed anyone obvious out please let me know 👇

go.bsky.app/CF292Fw

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Brilliant result for Scotland!

Ben Doak looks seriously promising 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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A really great feature by @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social

1 year ago 1 1 1 0

A fun interview with one of Labour’s new MPs Elaine Stewart

1 year ago 1 1 0 0

Welcome to our new followers. Here's a starter pack with some of our journalists and all the MSPs on Bluesky so far go.bsky.app/MuDEUwe

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BREAKING: The Scottish Government says the National Care Service Bill will not progress to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny later this month, as was planned.

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National Care Service plan shelved by Scottish Government Maree Todd confirmed the government would not press ahead with the bill as planned while it considers next steps

National Care Service plan delayed by Scottish Government www.holyrood.com/news/view,na...

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Humza Yousaf said “he is certain” that Musk has access to his private messages, and that he “scours the private messages of those that he sees as a threat”.

1 year ago 4 1 0 0

My latest for @holyroodmag.bsky.social.

It covers Liz Smith's 11 year fight to get justice for the victims of Professor Sam Eljamel, her new Member's Bill, and the Scottish Conservatives' "concern" over the challenge from Reform UK.

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