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Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
😤 FURIOUS Maggie Oliver takes the gloves off and directly points the finger at Andy Burnham for blocking action on grooming gangs: “Do something! Stop making empty promises!”
I’ve rarely seen Maggie Oliver so angry and so willing to call out politicians by name. Bear in mind she has a relationship with Andy Burnham going back years, that alone tells you just how furious she is right now, and she has every right to be. The public is right behind her.
Asked by Wilfred Frost whether she is pointing the finger at Burnham for years of promises after local and national reviews, and whether his words are empty, Maggie let him know in no uncertain terms:
“I am pointing the finger! This week he’s talking about the Russell Brand case and David Walliams and saying that the stories of these victims in those cases will bring change and I’m not in any way underplaying the magnitude of what’s happened to those women, what I’m saying is we’re talking about failures over decades.”
“He could not be in a better position now, he is the Prime Minister. He has sent all his lawyers to argue why they should not bring in the recommendations of the 7-year inquiry that gave 7,500 survivors and victims hope that change would come.”
“Theresa May said it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to protect children of the future. It matters! Do something! Stop making empty promises!”
Maggie is a fighter. She’s been doing this for decades, endlessly fighting for real change, yet they’re still not listening. They pretend they are, they praise her, but when it comes down to it they refuse to do what’s actually needed and she’s had enough!
She probably thought things would finally change under Burnham. Instead he’s literally fighting her in court to block the recommendations. The man is a fraud. No different to Starmer and the rest who’ve done nothing.
Keep going, Maggie. Keep the spotlight on them and try to shame him into doing what must be done. 🫡
Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
My beautiful and brave daughter
Grace O’Malley-Kumar grabbed a knife attacker to protect her friend. When he turned on her, she held on.
On 13 June 2023, during the Nottingham attacks, Grace was walking back to student accommodation with her friend Barnaby Webber when a man with a large knife attacked Barnaby and brought him to the ground.
Grace grabbed the attacker and tried to hold him back. The man turned the knife on her, but she kept her grip and kicked out even after he had stabbed her several times.
When she fell, she tried more than once to get back up and reach him again.
Grace and Barnaby both died from their injuries, aged 19.
Grace had just finished her first year of medicine at the University of Nottingham, where she played hockey after representing England at under-16 and under-18 level.
In October 2025, Grace was awarded the George Medal for trying to save Barnaby.
That July, her name had already been on a different kind of award, the Grace O’Malley-Kumar Cup.
Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
Last year, ahead of the election, I invited the political party leaders to speak to the Scottish business community about how they would support business and economic growth in Scotland.
Their answers were disappointing. So disappointing, in fact, that they led us to develop the Entrepreneurs' Manifesto. Created in collaboration with thousands of entrepreneurs, the manifesto provides a blueprint to fix Scotland's economy.
First Minister and Deputy First Minister, you know what needs to be done. I hope that in the upcoming Budget, you will take bold action that goes beyond simply vying for re-election.
You have an opportunity to transform Scotland.
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We would like to place on record our thanks to Greig Mailer, who has been an outstanding Head of Communications for Rangers, as well as its strongest advocate for fan engagement across all supporter groups.
He played a pivotal role in ensuring an open and transparent dialogue and relationship between the FAB and the club, on behalf of supporters. Our expectation is his replacement will work as diligently.
The Rangers executive are poorer for his departure. Greig’s insights, vast experience, wise counsel and library of knowledge across the British and European game will be sorely missed.
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MyGers - Domestic Away Tickets
We regularly receive feedback and questions from supporters about domestic away ticket allocations through MyGers.
The table below provides a snapshot of the season so far, outlining the percentage of supporters in each tier who have been allocated tickets within each category. Figures are based on supporters who have registered for at least one domestic away fixture.
Following the recent Motherwell ballot, there have now been four Category A matches, totalling 1,956 tickets for MyGers members, and three Category B matches, totalling 7,461 tickets.
See the chain below for further information on how the ballot process works.
Well done son 👏🏽👏🏽 call it out. And maybe call the lack of ambitious tactics out by the ‘manager’ same old pish #rangers
🗣️ “We are a much better team than what we showed today.”
Olwethu Makhanya grabbed a late equaliser, but believes Hearts “showed more desire” than Rangers ⤵️
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Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
A plea on behalf of a fellow bear 💙
One of our fellow fans, Stuart Holland from Berwick-upon-Tweed, is bravely fighting cancer. To help keep his mind active, Stuart is starting a collection of Rangers RSC badges which he aims to plot on a map of the world.
So if any of our RSC followers would like to donate a badge to Stuart then please send us a DM and we will pass on Stuart’s details to you. And indeed if any fellow fans have badges they would like to donate to Stuart’s project we’d also be delighted to hear from you.
Let’s do what the Rangers family do best and help one of our own in the toughest of times 💙
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Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
John Swinney won't be able to pop into his local for a pint any more.
Brown & Blacks in Scone is run by an entrepreneur called Katie Long.
Her story sums up everything that's wrong with business rates.
Katie put around £140,000 of her own money into the business. She's done everything she can to make it work.
Her energy costs have risen from £25,000 a year to over £100,000. But the real stinger is that her business rates have gone up from under £20,000 to over £52,000.
How is anyone supposed to make a living with that?
Now think about the knock-on effect: potential job losses at a time of high unemployment, which means less tax coming in and a greater burden on the state.
The First Minister has appointed Jonathan Murphy to look at rates. So here's my offer to Jonathan: let's spend a day together visiting the businesses whose livelihoods are threatened by the current system.
Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
I spent over two decades in counterterrorism and I’m still involved in many ways, so here are my views on what I see has happened over the past 24-36 hours in the UK:
Five British men in their twenties were arrested on Sunday near RAF Fairford on suspicion of explosives offences and the preparation of a terrorist act. On Monday they were released on police bail.
That’s not what the terrorism clock looks like when the investigators are still in charge of it.
Under ordinary UK criminal law a suspect can be held for 24 hours, stretched to 36 by a superintendent, and to 96 hours by a magistrate.
But under section 41 of the Terrorism Act the first hold is 48 hours, not 24 hours. A judge can then extend it, in stages, up to 14 days without a charge. If the case merits it, it can even be pushed to 28 days. That 14-day cap exists for exactly this kind of file of vans, an airbase the United States uses, a possible foreign hand, explosives (if there were any) and interviews that are not finished on the first night.
Counter-terrorism police said the inquiry isn’t over. They said conditions apply. They said a state link has not been ruled out. Those sentences he said only make sense if the evidence trail was still live. A live trail is why Parliament built the two-week window.
But watching the guy read out the statement showed me in his body language, tone and eye movements that releasing those five men was NOT his or his department’s decision.
Walking five men after roughly a day is what you do with a pub fight, not with a suspected terrorist attack on a bomber base.
I’ve sat in enough interrogation rooms to know the difference between a custody clock and a political ceiling. Nobody had to shout an order down a phone. Someone in the political building above the investigators decided that charging British nationals on Monday, with Iran already denying it, Washington watching the runway, and a Labour conference where the main topics of discussion were prioritizing Palestinian and other refugees settling in the UK, was uglier than bail and a holding statement.
The law allowed them to keep the door shut. Yet the door opened anyway in half of the most minimum time.
That’s the story. That for me is the only story here. Not “they were innocent.” Not “the case collapsed.” The statute was not exhausted, but the appetite was.
The real question is who, and most importantly, why?
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🚨NEW: The Telegraph reports a local farmer near RAF Fairford, driving home from a party in the early hours, came across three seemingly abandoned white vans blocking a quiet country road. Confused, she turned her car around. As she did so, she saw a group of masked men in balaclavas scattering into the trees and across the fields towards RAF Fairford. She then accelerated away and called the police
Just blows the mind
Well well well! My 13 year old grandson had to visit Sick Kids in Edinburgh today due to a rugby injury. I'm sure @JohnSwinney will be delighted that the nurse followed NHS protocol and asked if he could possibly be pregnant. Then he had to sign a document confirming he wasn't
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So Crocker cheering on young Aberdeen fan calling my team HUX….call it out @ScotlandSky
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Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
Novak Djokovic in his documentary on why he refused the COVID vaccine:
"Because I didn't need it. Why should I get the vaccine? I'm healthy, I'm an athlete. I had corona. I had immunity. I wasn't a threat to anyone. There was no reason for me to get vaccinated. It's my freedom to choose which that fundamental right that you have as a human being on this planet — the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."
Kelly Johnstone 💙 retweeted
As a young woman who wants a big family, I'm so glad I never got the shot. To the women who did, I'm so sorry you were lied to by "the science"
This whole thing has made me sick
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Today, Scottish Rape Crisis Alliance member centres published an open letter responding to Dr Q Manivannan MSP's comments on rape.
We are not demonising rape. We are naming it - and the harm, fear and trauma it causes.
Survivors deserve better. Women and girls deserve better. Scotland must do better.
Read the full open letter from our member centres below.
Strong message from SFA to one club. 🤬
💥 "It is 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓" - Ex-PGMOL chief @HACKETTREF delivers instant reaction to Rangers vs Hibs penalty chaos.
Do you agree with this? 🤔
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