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Scottish elections monitoring from @newsdirect - reporting on local campaigns and candidates

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined September 2020
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Getting ready for Notice of Poll time (5pm)
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There's always one! Looking at you @midgov - is the list of candidates on your website yet as we're not seeing it...
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Time to dust off this account again - please follow us if you are a candidate in a Scottish #generalelection seat
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The first 4 candidate ward in @scotborders and the @scottishgreens gain a councillor #LES22
Ward 3 Galashiels and District elected councillors are: Euan Jardine - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Neil Mackinnon - Scottish Green Party Fay Sinclair - Scottish National Party (SNP) Hannah Steel - Scottish Liberal Democrats #SLG22Result
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Three council election hustings events on tonight - Inverness, Edinburgh & South Lanarkshire. Details below 🧵
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#GDAHustings2022 is chaired by @ptupdate and members will hear from: Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party, @cllrConnelly Scottish Greens, @MarthaWardrop Scottish Labour Party, @GlasgowPam Scottish Liberal Democrats, @JoeLibDem Scottish National Party, @MhairiHunter
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Interesting thread on this year’s #council22 digital campaigning
Only 15 days of campaigning until the council elections, and as a break from the "great responses on the doorsteps" selfies here's a quick rattle through the various digital ad campaigns...not seeing a huge volume of ads or spend so far but that may come closer to polling day
The SNP candidates for May’s @Edinburgh_CC elections have been announced, including former MSP and Scottish Govt minister Marco Biagi who will run in Colinton/Fairmilehead. edinburghnews.scotsman.com/n…
pawsivitely thrilled to pay this particular Stockbridge resident a visit again 😻 we had lots of good chats with human voters as well - let’s have more recycling bins ♻️ and less Airbnbs! 🏠
Hello to everyone out leafleting and campaigning today ahead of May’s #ScotCouncil22 elections. Hope the step count is keeping you warm! Candidates please follow us so we can follow you back… #LE2022 #LocalGov22 #Council22
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Disabled women activists fight for what's needed to change to make things better for future generations & it's these women we need represented in politics ⏰ Thursday 24th February 6:30-8pm Open to all women, sign up for free: bit.ly/disabled-women-activi…
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Hello to everyone out leafleting and campaigning today ahead of May’s #ScotCouncil22 elections. Hope the step count is keeping you warm! Candidates please follow us so we can follow you back… #LE2022 #LocalGov22 #Council22
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Alison Evison, Aberdeenshire councillor and president of @COSLA will run as an independent in May. Currently a Scottish Labour cllr for N Kincardine ward, she will seek re-election in Mearns (via @Daily_Record / @paulhutcheon) #ScotCouncil22 #LocalGov22 bit.ly/3ByileY
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What hashtags are candidates/parties using for this year's local government elections? (If something else please let us know below)
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19 votes • Final results
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Climate change, public transport, active travel and the new policy environment - expect lots of useful chat about advocacy and influencing change at this @WomenInPAScot event on Thurs 15 April:
🔜 Don't miss our next exciting event in the #ClimateChangers series, on 15 April. 🚄🌇We will hear from industry experts in the transport sector for a wide-ranging discussion on climate, communications, and advocacy. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/wipa-scot…
A summary of last night’s #womenshustings #sp21
Things are getting underway at our #WomensHustings chaired by @TasnimNazeer1 with opening statements from candidates on their priorities for women in the next Scottish Parliament. We’ll be sharing questions put to candidates & more in thread here ⬇
HUSTINGS: A thread from this morning's disability hustings, co-hosted by @DEScotTweets and @ALLIANCEScot
This morning, we're co-hosting an elections hustings with @DEScotTweets. Our panel is @JBalfourMSP @MonicaLennon7 @Emma_Roddick @Gillian_Mac11 @caronmlindsay