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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…

Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year

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RNIB Connect Radio @rnibradio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“It's really important that we remember who's the most important part of this jigsaw, it's the patient themselves.” The Scottish Vision Strategy conference was hosted by @rnibscotland.bsky.social yesterday. We were there and spoke with Alison Thewliss MSP, Minister for Community Care.

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Scottish Dental 🦷 @scottishdental.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Scottish Institute for Dental Nursing Education (SIDNE) has opened at New College Lanarkshire’s Coatbridge Campus 🎓 Read more on our website ⬇️ www.sdmag.co.uk/2026/09/21/s...

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Scottish Institute for Dental Nursing Education launches - Scottish Dental magazine

Community Care Minister Alison Thewliss MSP said it would provide vital educational opportunities.

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RNIB Scotland @rnibscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pleased to have Alison Thewliss MSP, Minister for Community Care, open our Scottish Vision Strategy conference this morning. @thewliss.bsky.social

RNIB Scotland Director James Adams with Alison Thewliss MSP, Minister for Community Care at the SVS conference 2026.

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

👀 20 years of free eye tests in Scotland - making a real difference to people's health and saving money too.

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 18/09/2026

Avondale and Stonehouse (S. Lan) BE, 1st prefs (vs 2022): SNP: 1025 (27.6%, -0.8) LAB: 743 (20%, +0.2) RUK: 727 (19.6%, new) CON: 393 (10.6%, -10) LD: 357 (9.6%, new) GRN: 303 (8.2%, +1.8) IND: 107 (2.9%, new) Your: 45 (1.2%, new) ADF: 12 (0.3%, new) (Non-returns 24.8%) SNP elected stage 9.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nigel Farage resigns when he shouldn't, but doesn't resign when he should.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long

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Declan @blench.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This "builds on Glasgow’s strong tourism performance in recent years, with total visitor numbers now more than a fifth higher than in 2023. Glasgow’s visitor economy also continues to make an important contribution to employment across the city, supporting more than 41,000 full-time equivalent jobs"

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Glasgow visitor economy reaches £2.74 billion as tourism continues to grow

Glasgow’s visitor economy continued to grow in 2025, with visitor spending reaching £2.74 billion and more than 31 million people coming to the…

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Nature Champions @naturechampions.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Did you know that Ash trees attract incredible biodiversity, with 955 species of birds, mammals, insects, fungi, mosses and lichens relying on them? Their #NatureChampion is Alison Thewliss MSP @thewliss.bsky.social in collaboration with Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social

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SNP Ukraine Solidarity Caucus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦✊️ @snp4ukraine.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Great to see @thewliss.bsky.social alongside members of the @ukrainesolidarity.bsky.social's Scottish branch at Ukrainian independence day celebrations in Glasgow earlier today! 🇺🇦🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Alison Thewliss MSP holding a banner for the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland, alongside Campaign members

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the pickwicker man @pickwick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is extremely funny - the Herald did a "big numbers bad" hit piece on the SNP for having lost 78 devices in 18 months, so the SNP FOI'd the UK govt and found out they lost 2400 in a year www.heraldscotland.com/news/2648709...

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UK Government lost 2,400 devices in 2025 with MoD accounting for more than 600

Freedom of information figures obtained by the SNP reveal more than 2,400 phones and laptops were lost or stolen across Whitehall in 2025.

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Anas Sarwar hasn't won a seat he's stood in since 2010 and, if this is true, he never has to bother standing for election again.

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 21/07/2026

Being reported that Scottish Labour leader and Glasgow MSP, Anas Sarwar, will be taking up a junior minister role at Westminster, via a peerage. If that is indeed the case, not only does it trigger a leadership election, but it also returns Monica Lennon to Holyrood as she's 4th on the Glasgow list

dailyrecord.co.uk

Anas Sarwar set to quit as Scottish Labour leader

EXCLUSIVE: The Glasgow MSP has been down in London for the reshuffle and will take up a job in the new Government.

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Declan @blench.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"I'll take powers off the parliament you voted to have those powers, without any referendum and without that being in a manifesto (but I can't bring in PR because it wasn't in a manifesto) and hand it to bodies that even fewer people turn out to vote for than that parliament" is surely a winner

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Declan @blench.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"biggest transfer of power we've ever seen" has big echoes of Gordon Brown's 2014 pledge that a no vote would lead within three years to a settlement "as close as possible to federalism". It was a lie then and it's a lie now.

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📢 I'm advertising for a Senior Caseworker in my constituency office - if you'd like to find out more and apply, check the link below. ce1046li.webitrent.com/ce1046li_webre…

Work for Alison Thewliss MSP
Senior Caseworker
35 hours (full-time)
Based in Glasgow
£40,580-£44,848 per annum
Closing date: 6th July 2026

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📢 I'm advertising for a Office Manager for my constituency office - if you'd like to find out more and apply, check the link below. ce1046li.webitrent.com/ce1046li_webre…

Work for Alison Thewliss MSP
Office Manager
35 hours (full-time)
Based in Glasgow
£39,550-£45,996 per annum
Closing date: 6 July 2026

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🌳 Very proud to be the Nature Champion for the Ash tree - including this very special one in my constituency!

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sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Glasgow, radicalised by basic decency

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 13/06/2026

The scenes we saw in Glasgow earlier this week, as racists took to the streets to intimidate and threaten ethnic minority Glaswegians were despicable, and this afternoon we showed a tiny, outnumbered crowd of bigots that we don't want their hatred in our city.

A photo of the anti-racist crowd in Glaagow - a sign in the centre of the shot reads "Youse are aw boggin"

A photo showing the scale of the crowd at the anti-racist demo in Glasgow covering the top of Buchanan Street

A scene as the fascists are escorted out of the kettle by police, having been massively outnumbered and mocked for hours

A photo of the speakers at the anti-racist demo. Green MSP Iris Duane is speaking, behind her you can also see Labour MSPs Pauline McNeill and Paul Sweeney.

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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Racism & Fascism have no place in Scotland, Saturday 13 June 2026 @1pm Buchanan Steps, Glasgow. RECLAIM OUR STREETS NO TO THE FAR RIGHT, NO TO HATE.

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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

New tribunal stats out this morning show the asylum appeals backlog continues to grow. At the end of March it was 87,450 cases, which is around 114,000 people - more than double the initial decision backlog. www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2026

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A lot of news right now but Democracy for Sale's latest scoop deserves attention Josh Simons is being tipped as Burnham's chief of staff But even PR firm he hired to discredit journalists says he's not telling the truth about Labour Together scandal democracyforsale.substack.com/p/wrong-in-n...

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"Wrong in numerous important respects": What PR firm privately told Josh Simons

Revealed: APCO legal letter warned Simons to cease making “misleading statements” about PR firm’s “incredibly useful” dossier on journalists investigating Labour Together.

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School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow @uofgshw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This #InternationalDayofPlay we're highlighting new research showing that children who spend more time playing outdoors between the ages of two and four may be less likely to develop emotional and behavioural difficulties later in childhood. #OutdoorPlay #MentalHealth www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Two young boys crouching down in a puddle of water.

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

You can find the report 'LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis of 5.4 million people' on our website: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...

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LGBT+ health and wellbeing in Scotland: A landmark census analysis

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 03/06/2026

New Scotland Only Westminster poll, Norstat 27-29 May (vs 27-30 Apr): SNP ~ 34% (+5) RUK ~ 17% (-1) LAB ~ 16% (-3) CON ~ 10% (-4) GRN ~ 10% (+2) LD ~ 9% (-1) No Holyrood figures in this (for a mercy from my perspective of "do I have the time"...)

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Declan @blench.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wesignation

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We've seen shocking numbers of people facing deepening hunger and hardship. Food banks facing rising need & falling donations. With more price rises looming, it's vital government steps up to protect people on low incomes. Food banks cannot be left to pick up the pieces.

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Since 2019 we've seen food bank need shoot up. Despite recent easing @trusselluk.bsky.social food banks still having to provide 45% more emergency food parcels than pre-pandemic. Rising cost of food & energy has far outpaced both wages and Universal Credit.

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Kings Speech didn't include any surprises - all very much as briefed. Slightly surprising there wasn't more about cost of living, given that the outlook for the next 6 - 12 months is pretty awful. Particularly worrying for people on low incomes & @trusselluk.bsky.social food banks...

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A request - I am looking for a Glasgow Central constituency office, which is ideally an accessible, affordable, shop front in an area served by public transport. If anyone spots something, please do get in touch!

Map of the Glasgow Central constituency boundary https://www.boundaries.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Glasgow_Central_1758892797.pdf

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Still so delighted at this result - and incredibly grateful to everyone who came out to vote in such numbers. Blown away to have achieved one of the highest SNP votes in the country, the highest SNP vote share, and the largest SNP majority, just shy of 10,000 votes. Thank you so much.

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The SNP @snp.org · 08/05/2026

🥳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP WIN! Congratulations to Alison Thewliss, elected for Glasgow Central. A powerful SNP result in the heart of the city.

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The SNP's Alison Thewliss celebrates after being declared winner of Glasgow Central 🗳️ Follow LIVE coverage of the Scottish Parliament election: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2608833... @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Former SNP MP Alison Thewliss is returning to Parliament after winning Glasgow Central

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Alison Thewliss secures victory for the SNP in Glasgow Central www.heraldscotland.com/news... @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social 𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026

Glasgow Central (Glasgow) Constituency Vote (vs 2021 notional): SNP: 15085 (57.4%, +2.5) LAB: 5094 (19.4%, -8.7) RUK: 3988 (15.2%, New) LD: 1262 (4.8%, +3.3) CON: 835 (3.2%, -4.2) Valid Turnout: 44.9% SNP HOLD ^AF

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026

Eastwood (West Scotland) Constituency Vote (vs 2021): SNP: 12722 (33.2%, -3.6) CON: 11990 (31.3%, -10.6) LAB: 8368 (21.9%, +6.1) RUK: 3453 (9%, New) LD: 1748 (4.6%, +2.5) Valid Turnout: 65.6% SNP GAIN from Conservative- RD

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/05/2026

First gain of the day, and an absolutely huge one: Shetland has been Lib Dem every election up until now.

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Parami @parami2u.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Nice to see 👍. Go @thewliss.bsky.social

Street sign with a yellow SNP banner for Alison Thewliss

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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#AlisonThewliss @thewliss.bsky.social on X: 💛 I'm proud to be the #SNP candidate for #GlasgowCentral. It's been an honour to campaign across this new constituency, and have so many conversations on the doors. 🗳️🗳️ Make it #BothVotesSNP on the 7th of May. #Glasgow #Glaschu #Glesga #Alba #VoteSNP

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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We've seen a lot of divisive language and misinformation about people seeking safety lately. This is the reality of claiming asylum and being a refugee in Scotland 👇

Graphic explains that people seeking asylum receive very little money from the government. UK asylum system support covers £9.95 weekly in hotels or £49.18 in self-catered housing.

An asylum seeker is someone who has asked for protection in the UK and is waiting for the Home Office to make a decision on their claim.

A refugee is someone whose claim has been accepted because they have proven they’re at risk of serious harm in their home country.

Less than 7,000 people are seeking asylum in Scotland. People seeking asylum do not get priority access to housing or healthcare. People seeking asylum do not live in luxury hotels, they live in cramped hotel rooms with strangers.

Infographic explaining why most refugees stay in neighboring countries and the UK hosts less than 1% of the world’s refugees due to connections and language.

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Kaukab Stewart @kaukabstewart.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Westminster's anti-migrant obsession is harmful to communities, harmful to immigrants, and harmful to Scotland. Independence will allow us to build a farier, compassionate immigration system that meets Scotland's needs, rather than scaring away the people and talent that keeps our economy growing.

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A beautiful sunny day out on the doors in Glasgow Central - nice to catch the independence march as it went by the campaign rooms! #activeSNP

Five pictures showing various people smiling and holding SNP signs and a photo of independence marchers with saltires and a banner with the caption "your right to decide"

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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🧵A wonderful thread on the work of Rainbow Sisters.

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David Bol @davidbol.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This was my original story on this, revealing Labour insiders would rely on Reform to vote in Anas Sarwar as first Minister if the numbers stack up.

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