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Rebecca McQuillan

@becmcq

Journalist, mainly doing politics (The Herald, Holyrood, BBC Scotland). Herald columns: heraldscotland.com/author/profile…

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'Being disrespectful has just become more normalised. We’ve become more annoyed generally, fuelled partly by social media algorithms that push people towards ever more emotive tweets, articles and videos' heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp… Rebecca McQuillan

'Being disrespectful has just become more normalised. We’ve become more annoyed generally, fuelled partly by social media algorithms that push people towards ever more emotive tweets, articles and videos'

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"Salmond has been strongly hinting - to anyone who’ll listen - that Scotland would have had a second referendum by now if he’d been in charge" Rebecca McQuillan argues the Yes movement will learn no lessons in failure from him. One of our best read pieces today. heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

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The rather wonderful Neil Mackinnon was great company, astute and impossible to stay cross with. Rebecca McQuillan has written his obituary in today’s Herald. heraldscotland.com/business_hq/24…

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'Not every teacher was prepared to hit children, but many were' Former First Minister was belted at school aged six for not eating his carrots heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp… Rebecca McQuillan

'Not every teacher was prepared to hit children, but many were'

Former First Minister was belted at school aged six for not eating his carrots

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Herald columnist Rebecca McQuillan suggests some radical reforms that can be made to the ASN system heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp… Rebecca McQuillan (2/6)

Herald columnist Rebecca McQuillan suggests some radical reforms that can be made to the ASN system

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"Next to the other party leaders, he is the odd one out." Beset by challenges from every side, Scots Tory boss Findlay faces a torrid year heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp… Rebecca McQuillan

"Next to the other party leaders, he is the odd one out."

Beset by challenges from every side, Scots Tory boss Findlay faces a torrid year

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Just read the great article by Rebecca McQuillan in the Herald re getting children outside and away from phones. It features the inspiring work of Emily Cutts and G20 Worth reading. @upstartscotland heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

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My 25-yr-old nephew Oscar is among more than 180,000 people in Scotland laid low by Long Covid. He has struggled badly to get recognition, support and even a clear diagnosis - a story that is depressingly common. My piece in Holyrood ⬇️ holyrood.com/inside-politic…

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“John Swinney’s reassuring, respectful manner masks deadly political instincts.” ⁦Rebecca McQuillan⁩ on calm, canny and party political ⁦John Swinney⁩ and the problems for ⁦Anas Sarwar⁩ Swinney springs a trap for Sarwar - who walks right into it heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

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Not a whole load of obvious good news this International Women’s Day but the hopeful signs are there if you look for them. What is behind the global misogynist backlash against women? | The Herald heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

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“Yet the false notion that men are getting a raw deal as a direct consequence of women being treated more equally has a worrying degree of traction” Really important & powerful article from Rebecca McQuillan in today’s The Herald ⬇️

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"Reform is in a weaker position position than it may seem." Farage’s fatal flaw: Now we’re seeing the limits of Reform’s reach heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp… Rebecca McQuillan

"Reform is in a weaker position position than it may seem."

Farage’s fatal flaw: Now we’re seeing the limits of Reform’s reach

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"Trump may backtrack on tariffs but America’s unreliability as an economic and diplomatic partner will have lasting effects for American companies." Make America great again? Actually, Trump is making it weaker heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp… Rebecca McQuillan

"Trump may backtrack on tariffs but America’s unreliability as an economic and diplomatic partner will have lasting effects for American companies."

Make America great again? Actually, Trump is making it weaker

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A world of yachts and slums is always a powder keg waiting to go off Politicians can’t keep dodging wealth taxes, writes Rebecca McQuillan heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

A world of yachts and slums is always a powder keg waiting to go off

Politicians can’t keep dodging wealth taxes, writes <a href="/BecMcQ/">Rebecca McQuillan</a> 

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So I guess everything the IDF said a few days ago about those paramedics in Gaza was not true at all. NYTimes just released this video found on the cell phone of one paramedic. Completely contradicts everything the IDF said.

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A friend wrote today: While working, I met a woman feeding her infant lentil soup because she couldn’t afford baby formula. One can now costs around $90, and families can barely afford basic necessities—let alone a can that only lasts five days. I urge journalists, advocates, and

A friend wrote today:
While working, I met a woman feeding her infant lentil soup because she couldn’t afford baby formula. One can now costs around $90, and families can barely afford basic necessities—let alone a can that only lasts five days.
I urge journalists, advocates, and