blairmcdougall - Tweet Data Analysis
Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @blairmcdougall
Published April 10, 2023
Overview
Tweets covering
9 days
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Total number of tweets analysed
3,222
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
The tweets are criticizing Scottish Labour and its leader for being aligned with the Tories, supporting Brexit, anti-immigration, and pro-austerity policies. The SNP's recent election of a Scottish Muslim of Pakistani background as First Minister is seen as evidence of Labour's failure. The tweets also accuse Blair McDougall, a Scottish political strategist and former head of the Better Together campaign, of lying and quoting himself saying stupid things. Some suggest that Labour is purging socialists to win over the far-right Daily Mail Brexit supporting red wall voters. Overall, the tweets portray Scottish Labour as out of touch and lacking credibility with voters.
Topic Modeling
- Political alignment:
- References to party leaders and affiliations, i.e. Labour and SNP
- Mentions of Brexit, anti-refugee rhetoric, and Margaret Thatcher
- Criticism of Blair McDougall:
- Labeling him as a "Red Tory"
- Mocking his previous mistakes and actions
- Accusing him of lying and spreading false information
- Support for SNP:
- Positive mentions of the recent election of a Scottish Muslim of Pakistani background to be First Minister of Scotland
- Comparison of Labour to the SNP and arguments for why SNP is more aligned with their beliefs
- Criticism of Labour:
- Labeling them as "pro-Brexit, anti-immigration, low tax, pro-austerity, anti-trade union"
- Mentions of backstabbing leader and purging socialists to win over far-right voters
- General banter and insults:
- Use of sarcastic tone and mocking language
- Insults and name-calling towards Blair McDougall
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of negative emotions towards Scottish Labour and specifically towards Blair McDougall, with accusations of being a "Red Tory" and supporting Brexit, anti-refugee rhetoric, and austerity. There is also criticism of Labour's direction and leadership, and a general feeling of distrust towards the party. Some tweets also show sarcasm and mockery towards McDougall and his responses.
Trend Analysis
- Criticism of Scottish Labour's alignment with the Tories
- Criticism of Scottish Labour's stance on Brexit, immigration, and austerity
- Criticism of Scottish Labour leader Blair McDougall
- Support for the SNP and their recent election of a Scottish Muslim as First Minister
- Mockery and ridicule of Blair McDougall's statements and actions
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Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
478
14% of total
Number of Original tweets
36
1% of total
Number of tweets that were Quotes
114
3% of total
Number of tweets that were Replies
2,699
83% of total
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
143
4% of total
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
3,222
100% of total
Devices Used to Tweet
Top 5 Devices
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 1,307 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 895 |
| Twitter Web App | 777 |
| Twitter for iPad | 242 |
| TweetDeck Web App | 1 |
Device Distribution
Top 10 Accounts by Followers
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| YourWullie | YourWullie | Black jawed living room couch professor. MDANT | 33,128 |
| BjCruickshank | Bill Cruickshank | Socialist and believer in the right of the Scottish people to determine their own future: In the proud tradition of John McLean, James Connolly and Jimmy Reid. | 31,853 |
| greg_herriett | Greg Herriett | Left wing. | 29,376 |
| BioMickWatson | Mick W@tson 🐄 | Bioinformatics | (meta) genomics | Data science. Some politics. Views are all my own and do not represent past, current or future employer. | 29,177 |
| tutukane | 🇺🇸TUTUKANE🇺🇸 | 🇺🇸IFBMAGA PATRIOTS✝️JC 💟MRYD♻️Patriot Flwbck🚫SALES🚫SMUT ➡️fb @T_S_P_O_O_K_y - @laralogan - @ritacosby | 28,630 |
| BBCDouglasF | Douglas Fraser✒️🎥🎙 | Business and Economy Editor, BBC Scotland. Your comments may be used for quality and training purposes. | 26,896 |
| KeithBrownSNP | Keith Brown | SNP MSP for Clackmannanshire & Dunblane constituency, Depute Leader of the SNP. Retweets are not endorsements | 25,141 |
| blairmcdougall | Blair McDougall | Strategist in UK & around the world. Labour. Ran indyref campaign to keep UK united. Subscribe to NoN newsletter below. Chair @uyghurstop See @keirhardiequote | 22,175 |
| MhairiHunter | Mhairi Hunter 🇺🇦 🏴 | #HumzaForScotland | 20,864 |
| tractorgirly | 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓎 🇬🇧🚜 💚🤍💜 | My Nat Nouns are Yoon Troll/MI5 plant/Tory Slut/Bam/Yoon Boot/Tory Scum/Tory Bootlicking Bastard 🤣🤣- #DetestSNP #sailing #brexit #proudyoon #womenwontwheesht | 20,431 |
Top 10 Accounts by Friends
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| tutukane | 🇺🇸TUTUKANE🇺🇸 | 🇺🇸IFBMAGA PATRIOTS✝️JC 💟MRYD♻️Patriot Flwbck🚫SALES🚫SMUT ➡️fb @T_S_P_O_O_K_y - @laralogan - @ritacosby | 28,810 |
| greg_herriett | Greg Herriett | Left wing. | 17,574 |
| ChildOfAlba | Child of Alba 🏴 💙 | Tweeting about what interests/amuses/annoys me. 🏴🏴🏴 Unsolicited DMs = instant unfollow. | 16,593 |
| Gallofunky | Jonathan Lowe #FBSI | Scottish freedom, can't stand the tories. Esperto di pizza, amante del calcio e padre di due bimbi meravigliosi | 14,163 |
| rainie1410 | Rainie Bell🏴🏴🇮🇪🇨🇦 | #BriansForIndy #PoochesForIndy #BLM YES Scots, Wales, United Ireland #GTTO Staffy mum Fluent in typos Politically homeless #OoorGatheringOrganiser | 13,865 |
| tractorgirly | 𝒯𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓎 🇬🇧🚜 💚🤍💜 | My Nat Nouns are Yoon Troll/MI5 plant/Tory Slut/Bam/Yoon Boot/Tory Scum/Tory Bootlicking Bastard 🤣🤣- #DetestSNP #sailing #brexit #proudyoon #womenwontwheesht | 12,434 |
| mckinlay_liz | 🏴 Why Not Scotland 🇺🇦 | Professional beach bum/ bag wummin.Hobbies are swearing and falling over. Passions are Scottish Independence, animal rights and Palestine.Also a proud Piganeer. | 11,730 |
| No_Bikers | The EA Biker 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸🇮🇱 | British/UK citizen. Not affiliated to any political party. Vile Anglophobic Nationalists = Block. #AntiSNP | 10,543 |
| AntacsB | Anton 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 | | British-Carribbean | Politics | Sci-Fi | Tech | | 10,054 |
| grahamlaurie1 | Graham Laurie | Rather crabbit oldish Scot. Labour for 33 years but became pro indy when they joined Tories in Project Fear. Grew up in Linlithgow now in training to be a Fifer | 10,013 |
Most Active Users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| learig331 | Independence for Scotland. Rangers FC. Chartered Engineer. Makes things. We say yes – and we are the people. | 49 |
| LASTTreasurer | Optimist | 45 |
| auntycaramac | - | 36 |
| HughMcsween | detests unionists | 31 |
| bilbo815 | ideas guy. Some good some not so! | 27 |
| IanJakea3157 | - | 26 |
| TheOtherBond | Beware of Dorset gammons obsessed with Scotland 👀 | 26 |
| DubhglasTurner | At the risk of stating the obvious, I support independence for Scotland. | 23 |
| Hamill2086John | Scottish Independence supporter. Retired Company Director. Will follow back supporters of Scottish Independence. | 22 |
| happymonkey1874 | Social Commentator...Independence - Social Equality - LOVE our NHS - Hate Tory Party - No WMDs in 🏴 | 22 |
Tweets Per Day
Top 10 Tweets by Retweets
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640627223768989696 | Scottish Labour's @blairmcdougall stupid project "Notes on Nationalism" lies in tatters as the SNP voters elect a Scottish Muslim of Pakistani background to be First Minister of Scotland. | 34 |
| 1640374198634704896 | @blairmcdougall Labour - pro-Brexit, anti-immigration, low tax, pro austerity, anti-trade union, etc, etc A party well to the right of the SNP. If you don't believe us, at least listen … | 28 |
| 1640357086595891202 | @blairmcdougall Your party leader supports Brexit, supports the anti-refugee rhetoric, supports Scotland not even having a say on its future and even quoted Margaret Thatcher last week. Tell me again … | 26 |
| 1640739983332982784 | @blairmcdougall Meanwhile, in deeply divided Labour, backstabbing Starmer is purging socialists to win over the far right Daily Mail Brexit supporting red wall voters. https://t.co/CnSRXxTZiU | 14 |
| 1639936055401930754 | @blairmcdougall Aye ...Cashcow Scotland...Magic Money Tree... write a blog about it #McCroneReport https://t.co/fZ9oLglz5d | 13 |
| 1641198022209024002 | @blairmcdougall Look here, not over there... #ToryBritain #ToryCorruption #ToryLiars #Brexit #BrexitBritain https://t.co/EbMA2fyZ9d | 13 |
| 1640997146265567233 | Gosh, this is an excellent speech on the failure of SNP economic policy by Labour MSP @michaeljmarra. Jumping on bandwagons does not a strong, or fair, economy make. Thx to … | 10 |
| 1640352858347388928 | @blairmcdougall It’s not like you ever get it spectacularly wrong, is it Blair? https://t.co/KpjHijTWzm | 9 |
| 1639751533754568706 | @blairmcdougall Latest poll. SNP lead over Labour continues to rise. Now 17%. https://t.co/S9GQykLSPr | 9 |
| 1641475682986340363 | @blairmcdougall And yet, the last words of the last Labour Government were “There is no money left.’ Bringers of Tory austerity. Don’t trust Labour. | 8 |
Top 10 Tweets by Likes
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1640357086595891202 | @blairmcdougall Your party leader supports Brexit, supports the anti-refugee rhetoric, supports Scotland not even having a say on its future and even quoted Margaret Thatcher last week. Tell me again … | 315 |
| 1640351506846167041 | @blairmcdougall Red Tory is correct | 170 |
| 1640627223768989696 | Scottish Labour's @blairmcdougall stupid project "Notes on Nationalism" lies in tatters as the SNP voters elect a Scottish Muslim of Pakistani background to be First Minister of Scotland. | 121 |
| 1640364627933425665 | @blairmcdougall I'm not in the SNP, so can I call you Red Tories for actually electing a leader who holds at least half of those positions, and a whole lot … | 87 |
| 1640374198634704896 | @blairmcdougall Labour - pro-Brexit, anti-immigration, low tax, pro austerity, anti-trade union, etc, etc A party well to the right of the SNP. If you don't believe us, at least listen … | 78 |
| 1640369860650713095 | @blairmcdougall @RuaridhHanna Whenever someone says “Mate”, who clearly isny yer mate, just makes it a little cringey. | 58 |
| 1640352858347388928 | @blairmcdougall It’s not like you ever get it spectacularly wrong, is it Blair? https://t.co/KpjHijTWzm | 48 |
| 1641475682986340363 | @blairmcdougall And yet, the last words of the last Labour Government were “There is no money left.’ Bringers of Tory austerity. Don’t trust Labour. | 48 |
| 1640429263911284736 | @blairmcdougall It’s over and they know it | 47 |
| 1640403995188424706 | @blairmcdougall Just cos you say that Kate Forbes was all those things doesn’t make it true - I mean you literally actually did happily work with the Tories as part … | 47 |
Top Languages Used
Top 10 Hashtags
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #brexit | 17 |
| #scottishindependence | 15 |
| #redtory | 10 |
| #redtories | 9 |
| #torybritain | 6 |
| #torycorruption | 6 |
| #toryliars | 6 |
| #brexitbritain | 6 |
| #torybrexitdisaster | 6 |
| #nomark | 5 |
Top 10 Mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @blairmcdougall | 3,230 |
| @ruaridhhanna | 101 |
| @iain643 | 65 |
| @ricoreid959 | 55 |
| @nm12713716 | 46 |
| @trickydicky1954 | 43 |
| @hughmcsween | 42 |
| @theotherbond | 39 |
| @murray_rogers | 37 |
| @alithepal | 35 |
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emoji Analysis
Average emojis per tweet:
30
Emojis Used
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😂 | 190 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🤣 | 151 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🏴 | 91 | Scotland |
| 👍 | 45 | thumbs_up |
| 👇 | 37 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🇬🇧 | 30 | United_Kingdom |
| 🤔 | 27 | thinking_face |
| 🇪🇺 | 26 | European_Union |
| 🙄 | 23 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 🤡 | 22 | clown_face |
Emoji Groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 585 |
| People & Body | 189 |
| Flags | 153 |
| Symbols | 20 |
| Animals & Nature | 16 |
| Objects | 14 |
| Travel & Places | 6 |
| Activities | 2 |
| Food & Drink | 1 |
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