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'.
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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
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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...
βThere 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...
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BREAKING: Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared as part of the police investigation into the SNP's finances.
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Community Goals: Channeling Football to Enrich Lives
Scottish football isnβt always something to shout about but itβs having wins off the pitch
Scottish football isnβt always something to shout about but itβs having wins off the pitch, says @ruaraidh0.bsky.social
Community Goals: Channelling Football to Enrich Lives www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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Harriet Cross: Reform arenβt 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. Itβs not.β
Tory MP Harriet Cross speaks to @ruaraidh0.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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Elaine Stewart: Poverty is worse than it was in the 80s
Much of Elaine Stewartβs 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 βfourth-generation unemploymentβ in the former mining towns she serves.
βThe last 14 years have become so much worse β worse than it was in the 80s.β
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www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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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.
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Ultimately a very decent result. Hopefully Georgia or Estonia can do us a turn tomorrow
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18.11.2024 21:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Glorious failure is inevitable, at some point
18.11.2024 20:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Scotland have Poland on the ropes here. No glorious failure tonight please
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Ed Balls
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Made a Scottish football starter pack of writers and outlets.
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Brilliant result for Scotland!
Ben Doak looks seriously promising π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
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A really great feature by @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social
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A fun interview with one of Labourβs new MPs Elaine Stewart
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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
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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.
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Humza Yousaf said βhe is certainβ that Musk has access to his private messages, and that he βscours the private messages of those that he sees as a threatβ.
13.11.2024 15:13 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 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.
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