Colin Mackay @STVColin
Political Editor for STV News news.stv.tv Edinburgh, Scotland Joined August 2015-
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You can see the whole interview and reaction from the panel on Scotland Tonight player.stv.tv/episode/4z1k/s…
Anas Sarwar confident he will remain as Scottish Labour leader after Starmer resignation. i.stv.tv/4vpDSlj
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Sir Keir Starmer's premiership is the shortest in the Labour Party's history. Colin MacKay looks back at what went wrong for Starmer. i.stv.tv/4vpDSlj
@pyrite47 @elgoldave My only addition is Kezia Dugdale who left in 2019
As a result of @DLumsden_MSP winning the Aberdeen South by-election (and presumably having to change his X-name) James Adams will become the new Conservative North East list MSP. He will be the 65th new MSP, that’s the majority of this Parliament!
@elgoldave That would take a while to work out
Aberdeen South- Tories 49.4% SNP 28.5%
Scottish Conservatives win Aberdeen South with around 50% of the vote
SNP conceding defeat in Aberdeen South, although the result has looked clear for a while
Just had a wander round the counting tables at the Aberdeen South by election and the Tory piles look much bigger than the SNP piles.
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Loving this quote in the article below by @WSJ 🇺🇸 on Scotland’s🏴 very own political anchor man @STVColin @ScotlandTonight @WeAreSTV “The normally flint-faced STV reporter Colin Mackay caught the mood when he summed up another exhausting day of revelations on the nightly news broadcast. “The one that made me say ‘What?!’ today was that he spent more than £1,000 on candles and diffusers,” he said, his jaw dropping”.
Scotland is fuming over a political fixer’s embezzlement scheme, but not for the reasons you might think. What’s really galling is the culprit’s lack of ambition. on.wsj.com/4eFfO7R
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Politics round-up: Politicians react to protests and Murrell inquiry latest. Colin Mackay reports. i.stv.tv/4aEp49M
Looks like the SNP will back the Green amendment today in to “an independent review into party political finances…independently led rather than conducted by a parliamentary committee and that its remit must apply to the funding of all political parties”
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In full: Nigel Farage brands Grangemouth closure 'self-destruction of British industry' and says Peter Murrell embezzlement inquiry is for Holyrood to deal with. youtu.be/PlB9-esWYqw
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🔴 NEW: More admin errors plague Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander as Cabinet Office meetings log left incomplete. Comes after reports yesterday that his meeting with Global Counsel was declared 18 months late Both Cabinet Office and DBT blame civil servant admin errors – but SNP want ethics adviser to probe whether the ministerial code was breached news.stv.tv/politics/scott…
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The SNP will take legal action against Peter Murrell to try to get the £400,000 he stole from the party back. Colin Mackay has the latest i.stv.tv/4eb5LpU
The SNP has begun a civil action against Peter Murrell and is applying for compensation under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The party’s NEC agreed last night to “begin court action to recover the money that has been stolen” John Swinney says in an email to SNP members
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The SNP has contacted party members to reassure them that their donations are being spent properly. The move follows former chief executive Peter Murrell's conviction for embezzling £400,000 from party funds. Colin Mackay has the latest: i.stv.tv/4o8veF2
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