🏢 @NicolaSturgeon: “We will introduce a Non-Domestic Rates Bill to implement other recommendations of the review – for example, reforming rate reliefs and moving to a three year valuation cycle.” #ScotPfG
👷♀️ @NicolaSturgeon: “We will increase the number of modern apprenticeships in line with our commitment to 30,000 per year by 2030.” #ScotPfG
🏴 @NicolaSturgeon: “We will continue to support the South of Scotland Economic Partnership with £10 million of funding.” #ScotPfG
🚖 @NicolaSturgeon: “We will invest £15 million to add a further 1,500 electric charge points in homes, businesses and council premises.” #ScotPfG
⚡️ @NicolaSturgeon: “We are increasing our Low Carbon Transport Loan Fund from £8 million to £20 million - enabling more businesses and individuals to make the switch to electric and other ultra-low emission vehicles.” #ScotPfG
🚘 @NicolaSturgeon: “And over the next year we will add 500 ultra-low emission vehicles to public sector fleets.” #ScotPfG
💻 @NicolaSturgeon: “We have exceeded our target of making fibre broadband available to 95% of properties in Scotland.” #ScotPfG
🗄 @NicolaSturgeon: “And I can confirm today that the three main contracts for our Reaching 100% programme will be awarded over the coming year - ensuring that superfast broadband is available to every single business and residential property in every part of Scotland.” #ScotPfG
🏦 @NicolaSturgeon: “I can confirm today that in the coming year we will introduce the legislation that will formally underpin the Scottish National Investment Bank.” #ScotPfG
🏗 @NicolaSturgeon: “The pledge I am making today is to increase capital investment year on year, so that by 2025/26 it is £1.5 billion higher than the 2019/20 baseline of around £5 billion.” #ScotPfG
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🏴 With the front page of today's @ScotNational in mind, by sheer coincidence, I bought a book last week called 'Addresses Against Incorporating Union 1706-1707'.
Apparently, Glasgow was divided on the Union and it 'stimulated unusual levels of protest'. It also states that 'strong anti-union sentiment' was found amongst Glasgow artisans.
The artisans demonstrated literacy and political engagement by attaching papers reading 'No incorporating union' to their hats.
🏴 @theSNP is now officially the second biggest political party in the UK. You can join thousands of people across Scotland helping to build a better nation: snp.org/join
👨 👱♀️ This also means that around 3% of the electorate in Scotland are members of @theSNP. A politically engaged society is good for society as a whole.
🔍 Based on UK electorate (2017), if a UK-wide party had same proportion of electorate as @theSNP, it would have around 1,384,440 members. This is 2.5 times the size of the UK Labour Party.
🙍♂️🙍♀️ The latest Social Attitudes Survey found that 41% of people view independence as a positive for Scotland’s economy, up from 26% in 2014 – and now outnumbering those who believe otherwise.
🇮🇪 The Delta poll also shows that 56% of voters in Northern Ireland would back a United Ireland.
The mind boggles as to why some news broadcasters shut down on people sharing their news coverage. It’s not a good look, particularly for a public broadcaster.