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    Nicola Sturgeon‏Verified account @NicolaSturgeon 5 Oct 2016

    We seem to have woken up with a UKIP government. Depressing doesn't even begin to cover it.pic.twitter.com/O8DYc6smdE

    12:31 AM - 5 Oct 2016
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      2. Emma Kennedy‏Verified account @EmmaKennedy 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NicolaSturgeon

        Nicola, please muster an army and invade us. I am ready to be ruled by our Scottish overlords.

        47 replies 253 retweets 648 likes
      3. Mr Steed‏ @HatSteeds 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @EmmaKennedy @NicolaSturgeon

        That has to be the most stupid and moronic comment I've ever read on Twitter

        5 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
      4. Emma Kennedy‏Verified account @EmmaKennedy 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @HatSteeds @NicolaSturgeon

        bet you're fun at parties.

        2 replies 0 retweets 53 likes
      5. Mr Steed‏ @HatSteeds 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @EmmaKennedy @NicolaSturgeon

        I know you were joking but it was just the lameness of the comment sucking up to Sturgeon that was embarrassing

        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      6. Emma Kennedy‏Verified account @EmmaKennedy 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @HatSteeds

        I can only imagine the fun filled days you bask in

        2 replies 0 retweets 28 likes
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      2. Don A. freddy‏ @aghaunorf 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NicolaSturgeon

        Seems to be the only political party leader standing up to this brutal Tory government. Where is @jeremycorbyn & @timfarron?

        4 replies 20 retweets 25 likes
      3. Tim Farron‏Verified account @timfarron 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @aghaunorf @NicolaSturgeon @jeremycorbyn

        Here and being the opposition the govt needs.

        7 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. The Killerqueen  🌈‏ @fresheima 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NicolaSturgeon

        waking up to this as a German living and working in Scotland feels terrifying and scarry...

        23 replies 60 retweets 90 likes
      3. Xalira (Elena)‏ @Xalira 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @fresheima @NicolaSturgeon

        as an Italian living in London for 4 years, paying my taxes and not asking for anything, I'm OUTRAGED.

        5 replies 11 retweets 42 likes
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      2. David Hamill‏ @dav_hamill 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NicolaSturgeon @harrybr

        UKIP isn't what jumped to mind when I saw that Times headline this morning Nicola. #godwinslaw

        2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. David Hamill‏ @dav_hamill 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @dav_hamill @NicolaSturgeon @harrybr

        it seems people think I'm supporting UKIP. I meant that it felt more like something from Nazi Germany.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Harry Brignull‏Verified account @harrybr 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @dav_hamill

        i knew exactly what you meant. Ignore the randos.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
    1. Kirk McElhearn‏Verified account @mcelhearn 5 Oct 2016
      Replying to @NicolaSturgeon

      Would you please become independent so I can move to Scotland and not have to worry about being a foreigner in the UK?

      0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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    2. Eleanor Tiernan‏Verified account @eleanortiernan 5 Oct 2016
      Replying to @NicolaSturgeon

      @lawlor_aine what is proposed is discrimination by nationality & illegal under equality act 2010 http://linkis.com/9m3GJ 

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      2. Paul Hervey-Brookes‏ @HerveyBrookes 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @NicolaSturgeon

        not UKIP Nicola much more National Socialist of 1930s Germany and we, like them, walked complacently into it! #shameonus

        7 replies 13 retweets 101 likes
      3. Vambo Marble Eye‏ @UnitedArabist 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @HerveyBrookes @NicolaSturgeon

        so for those who asked us to tone it down, I'd say we got it right. You got it wrong

        2 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
      4. Paul Hervey-Brookes‏ @HerveyBrookes 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @UnitedArabist @NicolaSturgeon

        I am saying as a untied country we have been misinformed and walked into it - I'm not talking regionally

        2 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      5. Vambo Marble Eye‏ @UnitedArabist 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @HerveyBrookes @NicolaSturgeon

        the right information was there. If tou didn't know that you were sleeping.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Paul Hervey-Brookes‏ @HerveyBrookes 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @UnitedArabist @NicolaSturgeon

        is it your aim to be personal, the term should be 'if one' you don't know how I voted do you?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Wee Scottish Mammy‏ @WeeScottishMamm 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @HerveyBrookes @UnitedArabist @NicolaSturgeon

        guys. This is what they want. Stop apportioning blame and oppose this.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      8. Vambo Marble Eye‏ @UnitedArabist 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @WeeScottishMamm @HerveyBrookes @NicolaSturgeon

        apologies. Substitute "one". It's what I meant

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      9. Paul Hervey-Brookes‏ @HerveyBrookes 5 Oct 2016
        Replying to @UnitedArabist @WeeScottishMamm @NicolaSturgeon

        thank you, because I didn't vote for this I assure you!

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      10. End of conversation

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