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

It is frankly disgusting that convicted rapists, paedophiles and grooming gangs are being let out early by Labour.

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

I'm very worried about a Reform government using government power to control the press.

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

What we are seeing right now is the sort of chaos which we would see under a Farage government.

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

He is a man who is cracking under pressure. That's why he was shouting at journalists yesterday.

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

In doing this, what he is saying is that he's already guilty, it feels like an admission of guilt.

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Patrick Harvie
@patrickharvie· Scottish Green Party· Jul 7, 2026

It is time to pause hyperscale data centre applications until councils have clear guidance, communities have certainty, and Scotland has a coherent national strategy to deal with them instead of a corporate free-for-all.

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Patrick Harvie
@patrickharvie· Scottish Green Party· Jul 7, 2026

This is an important step by the SNP’s National Council, and I hope the Scottish Government now acts on it.

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Stephen Gethins
@stephengethins· Scottish National Party· Jul 7, 2026

This can no longer be ignored. The UK is not a unitary state. It is failing at the moment.

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Stephen Gethins
@stephengethins· Scottish National Party· Jul 7, 2026

In democracy, I’m a great fan of setting the rules out before the election, not after the election.

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Stephen Gethins
@stephengethins· Scottish National Party· Jul 7, 2026

In the EU we have a model whereby you can respect the views of different nations and constituent parts, respect their sovereignty, strengthen their sovereignty, and strengthen their independence – that’s the 21st century model of union…

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

The government should scrap this guidance and work with those affected to create a system that protects everyone's safety, dignity and rights.

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

Trans people want the same thing as everyone else, to live their lives free from prejudice, discrimination and violence.

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

This guidance is authoritarian and cruel and cements exclusion and segregation.

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Noah Law
@noahlaw· Labour Party· Jul 7, 2026

At a time when our multilateral system and the international rules-based order is under threat, I urge you to treat this matter with the utmost seriousness.

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Noah Law
@noahlaw· Labour Party· Jul 7, 2026

The integrity of any major international tournament depends not only on players and officials adhering to the rules, but also on those rules being applied equally to all participating nations.

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Noah Law
@noahlaw· Labour Party· Jul 7, 2026

Whilst I believe that it was right for Jarell Quansah to have received this red card and that refereeing rules must be applied consistently, I believe it would be right to delay his suspension until after the completion of this World Cup.

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Noah Law
@noahlaw· Labour Party· Jul 7, 2026

As I'm sure you are aware, during this morning's World Cup game between England and Mexico, our formidable right-back Jarell Quansah unfortunately received a red card for a clumsy tackle on a Mexico player.

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