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Angus Robertson
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Central (SNP) 🏛️Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
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Promoting Scotland around the world as a great place to live, work, study, visit, trade and invest. Follow @brandscotland and support its campaigns www.scotland.org 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍
📣Final Edinburgh Central SNP campaign session of 2025 details below👇

🗳️All welcome whether new or experienced campaigners - many thanks to all who have come out so far. #SP26 #BothVotesSNP
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
⛄️⛄️⛄️Congrats to Sumika of Dalry Primary who won my annual Christmas Picture Competition selected by the Edinburgh Reporter. These three snowmen are a brilliant example of this year’s theme - friendship.

Best wishes to all for the festive season.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/12/edin...
Edinburgh Central MSP's Christmas Card competition - result revealed
A Dalry Primary pupil has been announced as the winner of Angus Robertson MSP’s Christmas Card Competition. Sumika, a P3 pupil at Dalry Primary School, has been announced as the winner of the annual...
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Good morning from the St Bride's Centre. All Edinburgh Central constituents welcome along to my cost-of-living support event. Get advice from Home Energy Scotland, Citizen's Advice, Advocard, Edinburgh Tenants Federation, and Scottish Power. We're here until 1130.
December 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A record-breaking seven Scottish films are featuring at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in January. Congrats to all involved and Screen Scotland. 🎬🎥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

www.screen.scot/news/2025/de...
Record-breaking year for Scottish films at Sundance
Five films backed by Screen Scotland have been selected for Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2026.
www.screen.scot
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🚨New Scotland Poll: SNP has opened a 17 point lead at 35% for Scottish Parliament. Labour collapses to 16% in third place behind Reform UK at 18%. 52% likely to vote in independence referendum saying they would vote YES. Details via Ipsos Scotland👇

www.ipsos.com/en-uk/snp-re...
www.ipsos.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Many thanks to the Consular Corps, the Edinburgh International Festival, and First Minister for hosting the annual consular corps reception celebrating culture in Scotland and around the world. Watch to hear the fantastically talented Tinderbox Collective.
December 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📣Next Edinburgh Central SNP campaign sessions details below👇

🗳️All welcome whether new or well-heeled campaigners - many thanks to all who have come out so far. #SP26 #BothVotesSNP
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📣My next Edinburgh Central Cost of Living Support Event will be:

🗓️ On Monday 15 December
⏰ Beginning 9:30 am
📍 Ar the St Brides Centre, Dalry
☕️ Refreshments available

🤝Get help on heating and energy, housing, social security and benefits, and more.

All constituents welcome
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fantastic news that 13 further culture organisations will receive multi-year funding by Creative Scotland. This is possible because of record increase in culture budget by the SNP Scottish Government #culture www.creativescotland.com/news-stories...
Development Stream brings 13 further organisations into Multi-Year Funding portfolio
Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the creative and cultural sector across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works or visits here.
www.creativescotland.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Scottish screen talent is featuring at the world’s leading development market, conference and screenings. Great to meet and support Scottish producers together with Screen Scotland and C21Media #ContentLondon
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Good morning Edinburgh
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December 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy St Andrew’s Day to Scots at home and abroad and everyone with a connection to Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
St Andrew’s Day Switzerland - Thanks to Swiss Government, Parliament and Innovation Agency for interest in cooperation with Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇨🇭
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Many thanks to all who attended and helped put together yesterday’s laying of Scotland’s first Stolperstein for Jane Haining. Glad that BBC, STV, and many print press covered this important nationally historic event.

Video from the Edinburgh Reporter:
youtu.be/o1JSO9Z55xk?...
First Scottish Stolperstein installed in Edinburgh
Jane went to work at the Scottish Jewish Mission School in Budapest in 1932, where she was a boarding school matron in charge of around 50 orphan girls. The ...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Scotland's first ‘Stolperstein’ memorial for a Scottish Holocaust victim has been unveiled in Edinburgh to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. Thanks to Haining family, faith leaders, civic representatives, diplomats and all who attended. #Stolperstein
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Scotland's first brass ‘Stolperstein’ memorial plaque for a Scottish Holocaust victim will be unveiled in the heart of Edinburgh today to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. #Stolperstein www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh
The Stolperstein stone has been laid outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Good morning Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Scotland and Argentina share deep historic ties, from early migrants who helped shape communities to today’s cultural and sporting links. Strengthening these friendships matters, especially as global cooperation becomes ever more important.
Read more: www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/our-friends-in-argentina-angus-robertson-5406053
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌍 Scotland’s global engagement is working. With 135 inward investment projects in 2024 and £2.15 billion in international sales supported, our international strategy is delivering for jobs, exports and a net-zero future.

Read more: www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
How our international work is helping Scotland’s economy - Angus Robertson
Scotland’s Inter-national Strategy annual report sets out clearly how sustained global engagement is delivering economic and social gains.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Argentina has the fifth largest Scottish diaspora in the world. Honour for Scottish Government to join the SRU to host Argentine embassy and Scottish diaspora organisations from Argentina at Murrayfield. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇷 #AsOne #ScoArg
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Scotland's international work strengthens our global reputation. Engaging with our international partners has been integral to record export sales, inward investment and tourism growth. Read more in the International Strategy Annual Report 2024-25. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌍
www.gov.scot/news/interna...
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The BBC risks losing its independence when partisan outrage becomes the driving force. It must uphold rigorous editorial standards — not bow to politically-fuelled pressure campaigns.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Constituents have been in touch about the changing GP landscape.

Happy to inform that the Scottish Government is stepping up investment to meet demand. An additional £531 million of funding has been announced for GPs in next 3 years.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Following the Labour council’s cuts to health and social care provision, organisations in Edinburgh Central are doing all they can to secure further funding.

Scot Gov has launched a £1.5 million fund to strengthen services relied on by disabled people. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
£1.5m to help disabled services - Angus Robertson
Following the Labour council’s cuts to health and social care provision, many organisations in Edinburgh Central are doing all they can to secure further funding to keep services going.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The BBC risks losing its independence when partisan outrage becomes the driving force. It must uphold rigorous editorial standards — not bow to politically-fuelled pressure campaigns. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
BBC mustn’t allow itself to be strong-armed by partisan outrage - Angus Robertson
Having reported for the BBC for the best part of a decade from central Europe, I know how seriously former colleagues at the public service broadcaster hold to the values of impartiality and…
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM