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Ironically, moments before Kate Campbell witlessly parroted SNP misinformation on the PISA results, she was stressing the importance of “critical thinking” to avoid online misinformation and disinformation.
Kate Campbell thinks she knows better than the experts when it comes to explaining Scotland’s “success” in closing the PISA score attainment gap. She is, of course, very wrong. The gap has closed largely because pupils from wealthier families now do far worse than they used to.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
Another one seemingly out of their depth. It's a good job for the SNP that most voters largely ignore what's going on at Holyrood and this stuff is rarely picked up by UK media. The SNP moan about the lack of UK media coverage of Scotland. It's actually a blessing in disguise
Phew! In today's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, the SNP's Equalities' Minister took a VERY long time not to really answer my two questions.
Watch this space on their proposed Human Rights Bill, as I shall be doing just that. Very closely.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
I think this young man should join me one night in an operating theatre as I try to stop a drug user bleeding to death from an exploding femoral artery. Hoisting the flag higher above Bute House won't make this better, but doing some basic government inside just might.....
You’ll never guess who Jack Middleton believes is preventing Scot Gov from taking action on drugs deaths.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
Kate Campbell thinks she knows better than the experts when it comes to explaining Scotland’s “success” in closing the PISA score attainment gap. She is, of course, very wrong. The gap has closed largely because pupils from wealthier families now do far worse than they used to.
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There must have been a memo to ministers: “if you’re going to embarrass yourself before a committee, make it a long drawn-out embarrassment, so people won’t have the patience to appreciate the full horror”
Phew! In today's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, the SNP's Equalities' Minister took a VERY long time not to really answer my two questions.
Watch this space on their proposed Human Rights Bill, as I shall be doing just that. Very closely.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
Earlier today I gave evidence in the case of Sandie Peggie vs the Royal College of Nursing. I was questioned about this document which reifies ‘eunuch’ as a gender identity.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
Leave aside the possibility that some may be unable to understand stats, there are many in the SNP who certainly can. The statistically literate should speak out.
There are, of course, many SNP supporters claiming that issues with how drug death data is collected or recorded fully explain Scotland’s outlier figures. They are wrong, and this @NatRecordsScot blog explains why: blog.nrscotland.gov.uk/2023/…
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Sam Taylor retweeted
The case for extending devolution in any existing area - such as drugs policy - would be strengthened if there was evidence (and that means measured by OUTCOMES) of competence in use of existing powers. 1/2
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Kate Campbell thinks she knows better than the experts when it comes to explaining Scotland’s “success” in closing the PISA score attainment gap. She is, of course, very wrong. The gap has closed largely because pupils from wealthier families now do far worse than they used to.
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@katecampbellSNP can find the relevant data in this thread:
1/ Màiri McAllan *must* be challenged with this data on mean PISA reading scores by socio-economic quartile:
2018
Poorest = 472
Richest = 544
2025
Poorest = 470
Richest = 520
Narrowing of the attainment gap is *entirely* explained by weaker performance of the richest quartile.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
You’ll never guess who Jack Middleton believes is preventing Scot Gov from taking action on drugs deaths.
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Sam Taylor retweeted
There are, of course, many SNP supporters claiming that issues with how drug death data is collected or recorded fully explain Scotland’s outlier figures. They are wrong, and this @NatRecordsScot blog explains why: blog.nrscotland.gov.uk/2023/…
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Sam Taylor retweeted
Of course these figures are depressing in their own right, but what’s also depressing is that you just know an army of SNP supporters are right now dusting down their conspiracy theories about why the data is either wrong or exaggerated or irrelevant or someone else’s fault.
Drug deaths rise 11% as Scottish figures remain worst in Europe bbc.in/3VaVNif
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Sam Taylor retweeted
Citizens will continue to die so long as this shameful, irresponsible nonsense is the response. I'd hope there would be some in the SNP who will publicly condemn this disgraceful MSP.
You’ll never guess who Jack Middleton believes is preventing Scot Gov from taking action on drugs deaths.
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Nicola Sturgeon, promising action.
3. Today, my thoughts are with every family who has lost a loved one - I am sorry for the loss you have suffered. However, I know that from @scotgov what is required isn’t words, but action to prevent people dying, and that is what we are determined to deliver.
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