Kirsty Blackman is MP for Aberdeen North

The mandate is there. The vote will happen. Let’s get on and win it.

#YES

🚨 BREAKING: First Minister @NicolaSturgeon Scotland’s independence referendum will be held on the 19th of October 2023.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The campaign is on! Join over half a million people and pledge your support for Scottish independence at https://www.yes.scot/signup/

📣 Scotland's future is up to the people of Scotland - and they will have their say.

🗳 @NicolaSturgeon has now set out the path to the referendum on 19 October 2023.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The campaign is on - get involved today: http://www.yes.scot/signup

One of the darkest days for women’s rights in my lifetime. Obviously the immediate consequences will be suffered by women in the US - but this will embolden anti-abortion & anti-women forces in other countries too. Solidarity doesn’t feel enough right now - but it is necessary. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1540337190848323588

Strong pushback from @AlexDaviesJones & @KirstySNP in #OnlineSafetyBill Committee just now re the extent of Secretary of State powers and their "profound interference" in the regime. Labour commit to returning with amendment for clause 146 at Report and vote against 147. 👏🏼1/2

Pay her invoice and do yourself a bigger favour, buy and read The Fair Botanists - it’s brilliant https://twitter.com/sarasheridan/status/1539203975542628352

A hashtag and a call we can get behind ! #EuROWIEvision https://twitter.com/KirstySNP/status/1537791908071854080

Young gymnasts were starved and made to hang from the rings in punishment as part of an abusive culture in British Gymnastics, according to a damning new report https://news.sky.com/story/whyte-review-reveals-abusive-culture-in-british-gymnastics-as-young-people-starved-thirsty-body-shamed-and-punished-12635062

The Scottish Government has published the first in a series of papers, titled ‘Building a New Scotland’, the prospectus for an independent Scotland. Voters elected the biggest ever pro-independence referendum majority in last year's SP election. #indyref2 https://www.gov.scot/newscotland/

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @NicolaSturgeon is launching the case for an independent Scotland, with the first of the "Building a New Scotland" papers setting the scene.

⏰ Watch the speech live on the @scotgov channel from 11am.

‘The people of Scotland elected a Scottish Parliament with a decisive majority in favour of both independence and the right to choose.

The Scottish Parliament therefore has an indisputable democratic mandate, and we intend to honour it.’

- @NicolaSturgeon

It is time for Scotland to become independent for a fairer, wealthier, greener Scotland. Why not Scotland? https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/research-and-analysis/2022/06/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/documents/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland/govscot%3Adocument/independence-modern-world-wealthier-happier-fairer-not-scotland.pdf?forceDownload=true

‘Don’t condescend me like that’ 🔥 WATCH as SNP MP Stephen Flynn bites back after Tory MP Peter Bone said Flynn didn’t ‘understand’ the Rwanda policy during Politics Live

🆕 analysis has revealed pensioners are losing nearly £5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ per year due to the UK government’s suspension of the triple lock.

@KirstySNP has said it’s “time for change”. 👇🏻

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scots-pensioners-set-lose-500-27211620

@DPJHodges Oh that’s easy! If we can give Ukrainians visas, we can do it for others feeling war and persecution too. Let people apply for asylum without having to be on British soil and the smuggler model is broken at a stroke.

Waiting for Johnson's reaction, where he will claim to have heard the message & that he takes responsibility but it is now time to move on and continue to misgovern the country to the best of his abilities

The Prime Minister has not, in fact, 'got the big calls right', and repeating it over and over won't make it so.

That result is surely the worst of all worlds for the Tories. But much more importantly: at a time of huge challenge, it saddles the UK with an utterly lame duck PM. And for Scotland, it just underlines the democratic deficit - only 2 of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 59 MPs have confidence in the PM. https://twitter.com/jonsopel/status/1533902346543054850

Scotland, we have another choice.

Join @theSNP.

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That's the worst result a sitting PM has ever had in a confidence vote by their own MPs.

Douglas Ross u-turned yet?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland hasn’t had any confidence in the Conservative Party for over 65 years. That continues to be the case - Scotland has no confidence in Boris Johnson.

👉 We'll just leave this here: https://www.snp.org/join/

Vote of no Confidence has been called... if you have a Conservative MP, make sure that they are aware of your views as a constituent.

I set out our multi-year spending plans today, allocating almost £200bn on frontline services, with investment to tackle child poverty, grow the economy and transition to net zero. Here are some important details: /1

📣 “We don’t need growth for growth’s sake. We need to make sure we listen to people and empower communities.”

@KirstySNP, at a #ProgressToYes panel on the future of energy, emphasising we need a Just Transition to drive community wellbeing.

That's how it's done! @KirstySNP on @BBCRadioScot pointing out every single economic black hole that is caused by being stuck in this unequal union.

This is the sleepwalking I was talking about. https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1530174807316348928

We are going paperless with our conference booklet! Digital leaflets (PDF) will be sent to attendees soon. Meanwhile, you can view the PNG format for your own convenience here too.

If UK Gov replaces the energy plan it only announced 3mnths ago, it’s presumably because (as we said) it won’t work. Remember when they had to re-announce 5 different versions of furlough before doing as we originally asked? Same problem: UKG don’t see the realities people face.