@kevverage

Entrepreneur & Chairman of These Islands: I believe more unites us than divides us

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i keep seeing “yeah but what are the positive reasons for Scotland to remain in the UK?” tweets, so thought i’d have a go at creating my personal Top 10 … #thread
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Sam Taylor@staylorishOct 21
1/ Nationalists often claim the No campaign in 2014 told them oil & gas would run out within 5 years, and this BBC article is always the evidence. Slight problem. The article simply describes a report produced by some environmentalists. And the UK government called it “nonsense”.
BBC News (UK)
@BBCNews16 May 2014
UK's oil, coal and gas will run out in 5 years, researchers warn bbc.in/1qHoUo1

UK 'needs more home-grown energy'

The UK's proven reserves of oil, coal and gas will run out in little more than five years, a report looking at energy resources warns.

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Scotland’s GDP is £233 billion and this (ahem) think tank thinks “Scotland is shortchange by £150 billion a year” 🤦🏻‍♂️
Kevin Hague@kevverage21h
apparently Scotland is shortchanged by £150 billion a year!
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i believe the appropriate phrase is “huge if true” 🤦🏻‍♂️
Kevin Hague@kevverage21h
apparently Scotland is shortchanged by £150 billion a year!
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apparently Scotland is shortchanged by £150 billion a year!
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makes you think huh? imagine how embarrassed the SNP will be when they find out - they’ve been trying to make a case for independence for decades but failed to spot a missing £150 billion a year!
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Lucy Dunn
@lucyidunnOct 21
Some irritation at FM being asked about a reserved issue. Worth pointing out that the SG, last month, called for energy powers to be devolved to Holyrood, so it’s reasonable to expect John Swinney holds a view Other reserved issues: whisky duty, foreign affairs, independence
Lucy Dunn
@lucyidunnOct 21
🔴 NEW: The Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea has been approved by the UK government When I asked First Minister John Swinney last week if he backed the projects, he refused to give me a straight answer and laid out an energy strategy with no mention of drilling 👇
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absolute unit (check those buttocks!)
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Kevin Hague@kevverageOct 21
Replying to @SSRG2021 @staylorish
the Export Statistics Scotland (ESS) report directly addresses this myth (see below) and the ESS figures have nothing to do with the figures in GERS - so if you’re purporting to be a serious think tank you might want to retract that false claim and apologise to @staylorish?
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Chris Musson@ChrisMussonOct 21
And this morning Scot Gov issued a mealy-mouthed statement saying the proceeds should be squirrelled away into an oil fund. Oh, and the proceeds should be used to cut energy bills. Not at all contradictory
Lucy Dunn
@lucyidunnOct 21
🔴 NEW: The Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea has been approved by the UK government When I asked First Minister John Swinney last week if he backed the projects, he refused to give me a straight answer and laid out an energy strategy with no mention of drilling 👇
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Sam Taylor@staylorishOct 21
Reminder: whatever he might claim today, this is what John Swinney said in February 2025. He welcomed the court’s decision to block Jackdaw, calling it “the only sustainable judgment you can arrive at in considering these questions”.
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i’m very much here for the first sentence
(((Dan Hodges)))
@DPJHodgesOct 20
Hague is demonstrably correct. Going to say it again. The fact there are still people on the right lashing themselves to and venerating Trump is incomprehensible.
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“Scotland isn’t paid for its energy” 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️
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Chris Musson@ChrisMussonOct 19
SNP couldn’t fill up a hall despite insisting they're booming and independence is imminent. For three days, the conference centre felt like an airport at 3am, while loyal attendees were asked to suspend disbelief and slip into an indy dreamworld. Column⬇️ thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16…

SNP’s bizarre circus has become an annual trick played on us all

SHRIEKS from SNP chiefs last week that Andy Burnham was trying to “steal the limelight” from their Aberdeen conference were almost comically absurd. Nats leaders are living on another planet if the…

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got very close to this hare today …
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[he did scarper eventually]
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Kenny Farquharson@KennyFarqOct 17
The indy dilemma. You can’t get indy until you are clear about currency, mortgages, pensions etc. And the clearer you are the less people want it.
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Chris Musson@ChrisMussonOct 17
SNP conference struggling to attract the crowds... cameras will doubtless focus on the audience later during John Swinney's speech, but there are only 15 rows of seats and there's a huge void at back of the main hall
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James Blunt
@JamesBluntOct 14
And for clarity, Blount and Blunt are pronounced the same way. But I simplified it to Blunt as I was tired of people rhyming my name with “count”.
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Sam Taylor@staylorishOct 15
Geissler: “Did you write that document back in 2013 looking at cutting pensions?” Swinney: “Well obviously I contributed to cabinet papers in the Scottish Government. Of course I’ve done that.” He then tries to wriggle out of this confession by denying it was an actual plan.
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