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Bollocks to Trump, bollocks to Elon Musk. I think I‘m done with Twitter (and it is called Twitter, Elon). Catch you over on Threads
It has been almost a year since I was last on here. Anyway, this is a glorious thing to share. Thanks @CornershopHQ and @HifiSean. This may be my time of the year x
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Ali Campbell retweeted
We welcome the announcement of the Expedited Visitor Levy Bill.
“It provides an innovative and pragmatic mechanism for reforming Scotland’s visitor levy, increasing local flexibility and demonstrating clear cross-party recognition that urgent change is required.
@ASSCnews @ukhscotland @st_alliance
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Ali Campbell retweeted
Scottish Government to amend the Visitor Levy Act!!!
Important news for Scotland’s tourism sector today. The Scottish Government plans to bring forward a Visitor Levy (Amendment) Bill in early 2026.
After a year of constructive work by the @ASSCnews, @st_alliance and industry partners, Ministers have recognised the need for a simpler and more practical model. We welcome the decision to introduce a flat, fixed-fee option alongside the existing percentage model.
If passed, councils will have greater flexibility on how levies are set, clearer rules on third-party sales, and a more workable framework for implementation. This is essential for fairness, transparency and certainty.
A single fixed-fee model remains our preference, but a hybrid approach is the only realistic route within the current timetable. Delay is not an option.
We look forward to continuing to work with Ministers, MSPs and partners across tourism and hospitality to shape legislation that supports communities, businesses and visitors alike.
assc.co.uk/visitor-levy/amen…
Lawful legislation? C’mon now! You’re having a giraffe!
Day 7 of the Edinburgh Visitor Levy. Their scheme is not compliant with the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) or The Price Marking Order 2004.
Lets levy legally guys.
@Ivan_McKee
@_KateForbes
@Edinburgh_CC
Ali Campbell retweeted
Is this the photo that will bring down Farage?
Nigel's colleague just pled guilty to taking a bribe from a Russian agent.
Here is Nigel with that same Russian agent's wife...
Oh, btw, who paid for your house Nigel?
Ali Campbell retweeted
"Tourism is a national success story" says @RichardLochhead
It is. However, we need to make sure we don't stifle it with ill thought through regulations and taxes.
@ASSCnews @st_alliance
Ali Campbell retweeted
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer @MichelleMone - who today rightly (& wonderfully) lost her legal case - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle?
For the £122 million you pocketed from taxpayers for delivering unusable PPE – at least £65 million of which went straight into your venal husband’s offshore accounts in the Isle of Man?
For being one of a small minority of corrupt grifters who saw a global pandemic as nothing more than a chance to get rich quick?
For caring more about lining your own pockets than the deaths of NHS staff & patients?
For being disgustingly cynical & avaracious - unlike all those millions of ordinary, decent Britons across the country who stepped up with such courage & decency?
I was given masks whose ear loops fell off & aprons so flimsy they ripped apart when you tried to put them on, Michelle.
Nurses and porters in our hospital died from the Covid they caught there, Michelle.
How dare you try to bleat victimisation now, Michelle?
You are the polar opposite of the values that should govern public life.
Repay what you owe & get your dishonourable form as far away from the House of Lords as possible.
Ali Campbell retweeted
Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist?
Like if he is.
RT if he is Donald Trump's little bitch.
Ali Campbell retweeted
"My big concern is that @Edinburgh_CC will inevitably finger point when it all hits the fan & they're looking for somebody, anybody, to blame other than themselves" #SaveSC
Well hello! I feel that I have had to come back on here to share this. Scottish residents don’t realise that they may be liable for a ‘visitor levy’, a tourist tax even if they choose to stay in a nearby hotel. Even if you need to travel for work or an emergency.
Ali Campbell retweeted
This is the reason that @edinburgh_cc is so keen to stop videos of council business. They do not want evidence of inappropriate behaviours or statements that will come back to haunt them. With a diminished press this is dangerous ground & should not be permitted. #SaveSC
Can we be clear that @Edinburgh_CC are closing down these businesses unlawfully?
Research from Novuna Personal Finance estimates mad-for-it Oasis fans spent £6.2million on Edinburgh visitor accommodation... which @Edinburgh_CC are now shutting down.
More blanket than Linus!
Edinburgh’s STL planning process is now a de facto blanket ban.
2025 data:
❌ 81.4% refused
❌ 94.6% refused by committee
❌ 97.2% refused for residential-to-STL (excl. commercial)
Almost all approvals = office-to-apartment conversions.
The tiny number of residential approvals? Severe limits: 6 weeks/yr, 28-day minimums, or tied to current owner.
Next week’s Dev. Mgmt Sub-Committee agenda?
Another 33 refusals queued up.
A kangaroo court in action.
This is not fair, balanced policymaking – it’s predetermined economic harm. Edinburgh deserves better.
#Edinburgh #STL #Tourism #FairRegulation
@SaveSCScotland @ASSCnews @AlysGreens @jomowat @Edinburgh_CC
Take 1m49 out of your day to watch this: video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video…
Ali Campbell retweeted
'Residents said they were already suffering disturbances, including bagpipes, a 3am bonfire and a fast-moving motorboat waving a Union Jack flag.
Mr MacDonald confessed he was to blame for the pipes.
“I’ve lived there for 21 years and never had any objections about noise,” he told the committee.
“As to the bagpipes, it was me who was the piper.
“It may not have been very good but it lasted for five minutes. And if you can’t play the bagpipes here, where can you play them?”'
I am actually crying with laughter!
@SaveSCScotland
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Ali Campbell retweeted
Hate to say I told you so.
No, really, I hate it.
As a woman I have absolutely no faith in men and this has proven why. No faith in women now either.
America, you are fucking idiots.
You’ve completely fucked things for the world.
Putin is rubbing his hands in glee.
