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Gillian Mackay
@gillianmackay· Scottish Green Party· Aug 7, 2026

The so-called Independent Green Voice is not a political party, it is a wrecking operation that sets out to trick voters.

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Kate Nevens
@katenevens· Scottish Green Party· Aug 7, 2026

They need to urgently end all contracts with companies complicit in the genocide, as well as companies involved in the illegal Israeli settlement building programme in the West Bank.

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Kate Nevens
@katenevens· Scottish Green Party· Aug 7, 2026

Despite supporting our motion [on September 3, 2025 to impose boycotts, divestment and sanctions] SNP Ministers have still not taken any steps towards implementing it.

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Anna Turley
@annaturley· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

The scenes we saw in Norfolk are horrendous, and anybody thinking that they can go under the guise of a protest... is absolutely not acceptable and they will be dealt with in the right way.

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Terry Jermy
@terryjermy· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

We cannot possibly allow mob rule, vigilante style activity to destabilise our communities

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Laura Mitchell
@lauramitchell· Scottish National Party· Aug 7, 2026

Unlike the UK Government, the SNP will always stand up for Scotland’s whisky and spirits trade and it’s high time the Labour Government backed this successful industry.

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Laura Mitchell
@lauramitchell· Scottish National Party· Aug 7, 2026

The tax hikes imposed on Scotland's greatest industry by Labour and Tory MPs at Westminster has driven down sales, brought down tax revenue, and placed enormous pressures on distilleries across Scotland.

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Kemi Badenoch
@kemibadenoch· Conservative Party· Aug 7, 2026

Climate change is real. The net zero plans are not. They are a political fiction.

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Yvette Cooper
@yvettecooper· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

NHS staff were feeling A&E pressures that would normally be expected only during flu season – and said the government would use major investment in NHS infrastructure to tackle the health service’s resilience to high summer temperatures.

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Angela Rayner
@angelarayner· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

The changes we’ve made mean councils can now keep every single penny of this money to support the Prime Minister’s ambition to build more homes.

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Helen Whately
@helenwhately· Conservative Party· Aug 7, 2026

The next Conservative government will make foreign nationals ineligible for social housing. Nearly 230,000 homes could go to British families.

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Wes Streeting
@wesstreeting· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

We should never have been put in a position where prisons across the country were so full to bursting that any government, let alone this government, had to contemplate the early release of people from serious convictions that have led to…

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Wes Streeting
@wesstreeting· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

I’m not expecting any of those people to think that early release is OK because it’s not OK.

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Wes Streeting
@wesstreeting· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

There is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for violence and thuggery to be directed to anyone in our society, whether that’s people seeking sanctuary in Britain or indeed the police that are trying to maintain public order.

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Anna Turley
@annaturley· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

We’re sending a message that if you think you can come to this country and work illegally and disappear off the books, then our immigration enforcement service will find you [and] will arrest you.

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Anna Turley
@annaturley· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

Definitely not, I’m very partial to pubs and football myself, so I enjoyed his video on bar snacks. I think he is very authentic. That’s who he is and I think people want to see a politician who is who they are.

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John Healey
@johnhealey· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

I am confident Labour can honour a commitment to increase defence spending and make the decisions that allow us to set out a long-term plan to make our forces better equipped to fight and to deter the threats we face.

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Louise Haigh
@louisehaigh· Labour Party· Aug 7, 2026

These new rules will ensure the £90 billion that is spent each year through government contracts supports British jobs, skills and people in every postcode.

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