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Ruaraidh Gilmour

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Journalist @holyroodmag.bsky.social | Ruaraidh.gilmour@holyrood.com |πŸ“Edinburgh

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Sheila Begbie gives an interview wearing her Scotland strip in the mid-1970s.

Sheila Begbie gives an interview wearing her Scotland strip in the mid-1970s.

Last night my aunt, Sheila Begbie, was inducted into the Scottish football Hall of Fame. A trailblazer, a legend, a hero - she is also one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

After I visited the San Siro to watch Milan some years ago, she said, 'Oh, I played there for Scotland once'.

31.05.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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CAMHS progress questioned amid lack of standardisation across Scottish health boards Findings suggest that the 90 per cent referral-to-treatment target may not reflect the reality of access to therapeutic ...

Experts say child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) are in "crisis" amid questions over the amount of progress made in cutting waiting times. www.holyrood.com/inside-polit... By @ruaraidh0.bsky.social

19.05.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seat projections based on the new Survation poll commissioned by Truth North Advisors:

Con 13
Lab 18
LibDem 10
SNP 58
Green 8
Reform 21

07.05.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Switching lanes: Scotland's plan to make transport more sustainable The Scottish Government is consulting on a plan to move the country towards a more sustainable transport system, but the...

Switching lanes: Scotland's plan to make transport more sustainable www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

23.04.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Anna Dominiczak: Health innovation requires the NHS, academia and the life sciences industry Anna Dominiczak is on a mission to drive innovation in the NHS and strengthen Scotland’s unique β€˜triple helix’

Anna Dominiczak is on a mission to drive innovation in the NHS and strengthen Scotland’s unique β€˜triple helix’ www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

08.04.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Brian Leishman: Stepping up Eight months on since being elected as the MP for Alloa and Grangemouth, Brian Leishman has become one of the loudest cr...

β€œThere is absolutely no doubt in my mind that these cuts are going to impoverish already vulnerable and disadvantaged people living in our society today."

Labour MP @brianleishmanmp.bsky.social speaks to @ruaraidh0.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

24.03.2025 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared as part of the police investigation into the SNP's finances.

20.03.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Community Goals: Channeling Football to Enrich Lives Scottish football isn’t always something to shout about but it’s having wins off the pitch

Scottish football isn’t always something to shout about but it’s having wins off the pitch, says @ruaraidh0.bsky.social

Community Goals: Channelling Football to Enrich Lives www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

27.02.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Liz Smith: These people deserve justice and I will continue to fight to get that justice After winning the Holyrood Garden Party & Political Awards Political Hero award for her 11 years campaigning for justice...

Tory MSP Liz Smith will not contest the next Holyrood election, she has announced. She's been in parliament since 2007.

25.02.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harriet Cross: Reform aren’t driving the debate at Westminster Harriet Cross is seen as a rising star in the Conservatives, but she is firmly focused on constituency matters as her pa...

"You cannot please everyone and I think what it is selling at the moment is Reform is the solution to everything. It’s not.”

Tory MP Harriet Cross speaks to @ruaraidh0.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

11.02.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elaine Stewart: Poverty is worse than it was in the 80s Much of Elaine Stewart’s constituency still suffers from the effects of the mining industry collapse in the 1980s but th...

Elaine Stewart, the MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, describes the effects of β€œfourth-generation unemployment” in the former mining towns she serves.

β€œThe last 14 years have become so much worse – worse than it was in the 80s.”

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10.12.2024 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stephen Flynn drops β€˜double jobbing’ plan after SNP backlash The SNP’s Stephen Flynn has said he will no longer be seeking a β€œdual mandate” by standing for Holyrood while still an M...

Stephen Flynn drops β€˜double jobbing’ plan after SNP backlash www.holyrood.com/news/view,st...

21.11.2024 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2


NEW: The man who threw an egg and became involved in a punch-up with John Prescott, Craig Evans, has told the Press Association he had "no regrets", adding that his thoughts were with the late politician's loved ones.

21.11.2024 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 16
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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review β€” rambling, hectoring and mad The conservative polemicist’s new book is a bizarre study of the Bible featuring Jiminy Cricket, Harry Potter and Tinkerbell the porn fairy

I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite deranged.

www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

20.11.2024 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 461    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 53

Ultimately a very decent result. Hopefully Georgia or Estonia can do us a turn tomorrow

18.11.2024 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😭

18.11.2024 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glorious failure is inevitable, at some point

18.11.2024 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Scotland have Poland on the ropes here. No glorious failure tonight please

18.11.2024 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ed Balls

17.11.2024 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7362    πŸ” 1724    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 373

Made a Scottish football starter pack of writers and outlets.

If I have missed anyone obvious out please let me know πŸ‘‡

go.bsky.app/CF292Fw

16.11.2024 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3

Brilliant result for Scotland!

Ben Doak looks seriously promising 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

15.11.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A really great feature by @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social

15.11.2024 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A fun interview with one of Labour’s new MPs Elaine Stewart

15.11.2024 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to our new followers. Here's a starter pack with some of our journalists and all the MSPs on Bluesky so far go.bsky.app/MuDEUwe

15.11.2024 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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BREAKING: The Scottish Government says the National Care Service Bill will not progress to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny later this month, as was planned.

14.11.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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National Care Service plan shelved by Scottish Government Maree Todd confirmed the government would not press ahead with the bill as planned while it considers next steps

National Care Service plan delayed by Scottish Government www.holyrood.com/news/view,na...

14.11.2024 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Humza Yousaf said β€œhe is certain” that Musk has access to his private messages, and that he β€œscours the private messages of those that he sees as a threat”.

13.11.2024 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest for @holyroodmag.bsky.social.

It covers Liz Smith's 11 year fight to get justice for the victims of Professor Sam Eljamel, her new Member's Bill, and the Scottish Conservatives' "concern" over the challenge from Reform UK.

13.11.2024 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Humza Yousaf β€˜certain’ Elon Musk has access his private messages on X Humza Yousaf said he checked his private messages to make sure he had not made an β€œoff-colour joke” but says β€œunsurprisi...

Humza Yousaf β€˜certain’ Elon Musk has access to his private messages on X www.holyrood.com/news/view,hu...

13.11.2024 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

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