The Labour Party's Branch Office in Scotland. Parody account.
Joined November 2018
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Our Head Office absolutely, definitely knows what's best for Scotland - behold! as a shadow cabinet member demonstrates his encyclopaedic knowledge by namechecking First Minister... *watches clip* ...oh.
Oh no.
Should Nicola Sturgeon be suspended from the SNP?
"Humza Yousaf needs to get a grip of his party", says Labour's @peterkyle as he believes 'the SNP is imploding and the people of Scotland are being let down'
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📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
FWIW, it was so kind of @SkyNews to fabricate a quote to make it look like he got the FM's name right.
Did you know, the Scottish Labour Party was once an actual political party, from 1888-1895?
Everyone already knows about Keir Hardie, but he wasn’t the only socialist on the block...so here’s a wee thread.
Meet another one of the founders: Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
ALT A picture of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, one of the people who, along with Keir Hardie, formed the Scottish Labour Party
The rest, as they say, is history.
We became a Branch Office of the Labour Party with no autonomy of our own, and we continue to work hard to prevent the devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament.
The current leader of our wee branch office is Richard Leonard:
ALT Picture of Richard Leonard
Management update: yes, it's a year late and we must apologise profusely...the last two years sort of fell into a rift in the space-time continuum.
Anas Sarwar has been our Branch Office High Heidyin since 27th February 2021:
ALT Anas Sarwar
ALT Guardian Headline, 10th March 2021 Scottish Labour leader criticised over pro-independence candidate sacking Open letter attacking Anas Sarwar’s dismissal of Hollie Cameron is signed by senior Labour figures Severin Carrell Scotland editor
ALT i News headline, 10th January 2022: Anas Sarwar: All Labour election candidates in Scotland will be ‘pro-UK’ The Scottish Labour leader says his party stands for “reforming and renewing” the UK rather than independence and all candidates are expected to subscribe to this view
ALT He added that there would be no ban on candidates who had previously supported leaving the union but had since changed their mind.
We knew we'd seen a similar logo before but couldn't mind where, so we gave it the thumbs-up anyway...what was the worst that could possibly happen?
The promise of an extra packet of Abernethy biccies in the tearoom next week persuaded Jean to tell us, and OH NOOOOOoooOo
ALT A Thistle logo used by Labour for Independence
Scottish Labour it to replace its traditional red rose emblem with a thistle as part of a rebranding exercise to update the party's image.
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Ambition; just not too much.
Home Rule; with no explanation of what this would actually entail other than our standard empty soundbites.
Love it, Richard...you're doing a great job of attracting voters back to us - you'll be moving in to Bute House before you know it! 💪
Translation: Just hing oan for another five years while we try to get into government at Westminster, Scotland.
Johnson‘s hard-right Brexit makes me fear for Scotland’s future, but it’s no reason to accept austerity in a separate Scotland as the least worst option.
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We did such a brilliant job with women's pay equality when we ran Glasgow City Council!
We don't recommend Googling it, however.
Hi @MarkDrakeford, we'd love it if you could find some time to have a wee chat with our manager @LabourRichard about this, as it's a concept he generally struggles to understand.
“If the Scottish people want a referendum, it’s for them to decide”
Wales First Minister @MarkDrakeford does not think Westminster should block #indyref2
Even though he does not support 🏴 or 🏴 becoming independent
Not guilty, but we’ll take the credit for it 👍
Come on, this can't be right. Everyone knows the SNP backed Remain thanks to #pressurefromScottishLabour
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We do apologise for the attitude of our somewhat repetitive and ill-informed 'leader', who seems to have forgotten about the vote in favour of a second referendum in the Parliament he sits in.
This is so embarrassing.
Calls for a second independence referendum 'do not have a mandate and are not backed up by popular support' @scottishlabour leader @LabourRichard tells @petermacmahon #indyref2
Labour In Scotland (parody) retweeted
Little reminder Amber Rudd has been both Home Secretary & SoS for Work & Pensions.
She's sat tight and voted along with her party through Windrush, Austerity deaths, PIP, UC, WASPI, EU citizens uncertainty etc.
Her final straw was Tory MPs being badly treated. – at Glasgow, Scotland
RICHARD!
We’re so glad to see you, we were worried.
This must be your statement about the prorogation of parliament and democracy being buried in a lead-lined...oh.
Scotland doesn’t want or need even more division and constitutional chaos. The next Labour government will not allow an unwanted second independence referendum to take place in its formative years.
scotsman.com/news/politics/s…
Oh god, the general manager’s on his way to Fife and we still haven’t found Richard.
Batten doon the hatches.
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Our Branch Office leader is missing.
His name is Richard.
We don’t think anyone’s noticed his absence yet.
Have you seen Richard?
ALT Richard Leonard
Internationalism...by ending Freedom of Movement.
Guaranteed vote-winner! 👍
A vote for @ScottishLabour in the European Parliament elections on the 23rd of May is a vote for internationalism.
Only Labour across the UK has the strength to defeat the Brexit Party and the far-right.
