Retired company director. Support Celtic and an independent Scotland in Europe
Bishopton. Scotland
Joined May 2011
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Scotland Westminster voting intention poll (Norstat/Sunday Times, 25/10/2026). Seat *estimate* (electoral calculus, change since GE2024)
SNP 39 (+30)
LAB 8 (-29)
LD 5 (-1)
CON 5 (-)
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From the party that took away the winter fuel allowance
That created the farce that is GB Energy
That is overseeing a 27% increase in costs from January
For Scotland which has all the energy needed but has the highest energy bills in Europe
Hypocrite
#NoHopeNoChange
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The Largs shop owner, and former Tory candidate, who berated Stephen Flynn after her shop was flooded spoke to BBC Scotland last year about drains being covered by tarmac. A work order to remove it was raised by Amey as a priority after the firm was contacted by BBC Scotland.
So, was the work carried out? The article also says staff now remove stock off the floor every night and place sandbags down in the hope it will prevent possible damage. Was this done prior to the storm?
Given the focus on Toni Dawson by the BBC and STV and the subsequent media attacks on Stephen Flynn, this story needs further examination.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2nβ¦
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Astonishing lack of empathy from a once proud now tawdry Labour Party
Ignoring the challenges parents have or wanting them to submit to a means test
This is the Labour Party of today
@michaeljmarra @ScottishLabour
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FACTS MATTER
You βforgotβ to mention this inconvenient fact
What else are you & LBC failing to report
SO
Is the omission
Incompetenceπ€
OR
The deliberate CORRUPTION of βNEWSβπ€
&
At what point does
@LBC CORRUPTION OF THE NEWSπ€
become defined as
ACTIVE & DELIBERATE PROPAGANDAπ€
NEW: Scottish Government Minister Stephen Flynn confronted by devastated owner of flooded shop in Largs - @LBC
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Feel very sorry for this woman & how the storm affected her shop but her attack on Stephen Flynn was outrageous & almost irrational. Now we know why. Totally pathetic that the appalling Scottish media & this βjournalistβ forgot to mention this ππ». Theyβre absolutely deplorable.
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This is the same Largs shop owner that STV went big on today (left) π
The pic below is also this afternoon. She seems to have cheered up.
She is a Tory activist and candidate, who has her shop for sale.
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STV News reporter Vanessa Taafft should take full responsibility for not informing viewers that shop owner Toni Dawson's attempts to politicise Storm damage is down to her being an ex-Tory Party candidate for the area. Doing the Tories dirty work, Vanessa? xitter.cf/msm_monitor/status/211β¦
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You would know
She was a candidate for YOUR party
John Dick π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ©πͺπͺπΊπ΄π»ββοΈ retweeted
Is @STVNews reporter Vanessa Taafft REALLY going to pretend she didn't know the Largs seafront shop owner Toni Dawson was a Tory Party candidate? Taafft's attacking SNP's Stephen Flynn re: blocked drains knowing he couldn't say anything other than 'sorry', is entirely political
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Here is the same teary Largs shop owner who was being comforted by @stvnews @vanessataaffe today, not looking so teary when sheβs grinning with her Tory branch managerπ
The very same afternoon.
She is a Tory activist and candidate.
Yes @vanessataaffe on STV News tonight really did say to Stephen Flynn βyou blocked over the drains, do you take any responsibility for the floodingβ.
What an embarrassment for @WeAreSTV
What is STV coming to?
@STVColin
@stvnewsandrew
@STVKellyAnn
@stvewan
Youβve been suckered @BBCScotlandNews
I thought it was odd that both BBC Reporting Scotland @BBCScotlandNews & @STVNews were focusing on this one person and the blame they were trying to put on the SNP Scottish Govt for Storm Boelo's damage to her sea-front shop. Turns out, as an ex-Tory Party candidate, not so odd.
Youβve been suckered @STVNews
I thought it was odd that both BBC Reporting Scotland @BBCScotlandNews & @STVNews were focusing on this one person and the blame they were trying to put on the SNP Scottish Govt for Storm Boelo's damage to her sea-front shop. Turns out, as an ex-Tory Party candidate, not so odd.
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I thought it was odd that both BBC Reporting Scotland @BBCScotlandNews & @STVNews were focusing on this one person and the blame they were trying to put on the SNP Scottish Govt for Storm Boelo's damage to her sea-front shop. Turns out, as an ex-Tory Party candidate, not so odd.
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Well @AlanJZycinski why not say your βdevastated Largs shop ownerβ, πwasnβt looking so devastated when she met her Tory branch manager this afternoon?π
NEW: Scottish Government Minister Stephen Flynn confronted by devastated owner of flooded shop in Largs - @LBC
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STV reporter Vanessa Taaffe tonight accused Stephen Flynn of paving over drains in Largs. Moronic doesn't begin to cover this so-called question. Victims of the storm deserve better than a cheap jibe designed to provoke a reaction from the transport minister. Do better STV.
