Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @FergusEwingSNP
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
501
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
Several Twitter users, including politicians such as @FergusEwingSNP, have criticized Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), calling it a "modern day Frankenstein" and a "DRS disaster." Politicians have also criticized a government minister, @lornaslater, for reading scripted answers and being "terrifying." There is also concern that Circularity Scotland, which administers the DRS, may be exempt from Freedom of Information requests. However, there is support for opposing politicians who have spoken out against the DRS, and for those who have advocated for A9 dualling. Additionally, there is criticism of Circularity Scotland's £300,000 salary for its head.
Topic Modeling
- Opposition to the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)
- Criticism of @lornaslater and her scripted responses
- Concerns about the effect of DRS on tourism and hospitality sector
- Exemption of Circularity Scotland from Freedom of Information Act
- Support for @FergusEwingSNP and criticism of SNP/Faux Green Party alliance
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of negative emotions towards the Scottish Government's Deposit Return Scheme, particularly towards Minister Lorna Slater who is seen as incompetent and unable to answer questions without a scripted response. There is frustration and anger towards the scheme's implementation and its impact on industries such as tourism and hospitality. However, there is also some praise for Minister Fergus Ewing for asking important questions and attempting to hold those responsible accountable. Overall, the tweets convey a sense of disappointment and dissatisfaction with the Scottish Government's handling of the Deposit Return Scheme.
Trend Analysis
- Issues and criticisms around the Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland
- Calls for the removal of SNP minister @lornaslater
- Questions around exemptions for Circularity Scotland from FOI laws
- Support for @FergusEwingSNP and his actions in relation to the DRS
- Discussions around A9 dualling
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
91
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of Original tweets
21
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
501
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
380
Percentage of total tweets
75%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
18
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
29
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for iPhone | 167 |
| Twitter Web App | 156 |
| Twitter for Android | 130 |
| Twitter for iPad | 47 |
| TweetDeck | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| pressjournal | The Press & Journal | Scotland's daily newspaper of the year 2022. 275 years serving our communities. Support our journalism here: https://t.co/UEwLAnjIFH | 70,218 |
| HolyroodDaily | Holyrood magazine | Scottish political news from Holyrood magazine. For events follow @HolyroodEvents and for digital news and events follow @HolyroodConnect | 24,725 |
| RoddyQC | Roddy Dunlop KC | Dean of the Faculty of Advocates; Silk since 2010. All views personal only! | 22,262 |
| ScottAnd67 | Highlander | A Highlander against The Great Reset. Host of the Highlander Podcast: https://t.co/P8vdUzij8p | 18,718 |
| drewhendrySNP | Drew Hendry MP🇺🇦🏴 #ScotlandsChoice | MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey | SNP Foreign Affairs Spokesperson | Honorary Consul to Embassy of Romania 🇷🇴 @Scots_Choice podcast host🎙 | 16,683 |
| Insidermag | Scottish Business Insider | Home of all the latest Scottish business news, analysis and comment. Contact editor@insider.co.uk with any tips or feedback. | 14,135 |
| Fyrishsunset | Aviemore | Happy Being Scottish & British Happiest Exposing the SNP No Time For Grifters & Wokesters Pronouns: Ho/Hum 👄 Retweets aren’t always an endorsement | 12,993 |
| mrblairbowman | Blair Bowman 🥃 | Whisky Consultant & Broker | Icons of Whisky - Communicator of the Year | Food & Drink Tourism Ambassador | Spear's 500 Top Recommended Whisky Advisor | 11,351 |
| markthehibby | Marko Polo | SNP/Scottish Greens House of Cards 🍿 | 9,611 |
| LochfyneLangous | Lochfyne Langoustines Ltd | Shellfish caught in and around Scotland’s most sustainable sea fishing Loch , Lochfyne has it all | 8,454 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScottAnd67 | Highlander | A Highlander against The Great Reset. Host of the Highlander Podcast: https://t.co/P8vdUzij8p | 7,848 |
| YesWestLothian | YesWestLothian | Yes West Lothian- For Scottish Independence. Account is looked after by local YES campaigners. All your tweets should bring us closer to Independence…simple. | 7,604 |
| mrblairbowman | Blair Bowman 🥃 | Whisky Consultant & Broker | Icons of Whisky - Communicator of the Year | Food & Drink Tourism Ambassador | Spear's 500 Top Recommended Whisky Advisor | 7,467 |
| Minorcynic | disillusioned | Proponent of common sense. | 7,270 |
| roketronnie | ronniemcgowan | Timex,Education,#JackRussell #UKOK | 7,013 |
| tattiesfortwo | billy | 700 sheep including lambs 40 cattle to care for.big sports fan cricket tennis racing . conservative and unionist | 6,854 |
| anne_mummag | BlueBelle | Scottish 🏴🇬🇧 SNP are not Scotland, happily married no DMs 👍🏻 | 6,799 |
| goldfinch1952 | Ian Innes | Retired , keen Gardener, Dons Supporter and a Yes Voter for Scottish Independence | 6,517 |
| ScotJock | N'Drew - 𝙫 e r i f i e d 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🏴 | Scot/Brit/Blog/Art https://t.co/pFdxa5W03d https://t.co/P6vBAr4Z21 https://t.co/zDZDTFdqZc https://t.co/8IlOYqVatE https://t.co/yoMabpAtNd https://t.co/S7nGouxBs3 | 5,673 |
| camrobeil | Suzy | Life is too short, enjoy every minute ❤️🍾🥂. Proud to be British 🇬🇧. | 5,604 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabe15407189 | Independant Thinker | 20 |
| kjrushford | FIGHTING ALL ABUSES BY POLICE SCOTLAND AND THE COPFS OPPRESSION THEREOF, INCLUDING THAT OF CORRUPTION, PERJURY, DEFEATING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE, INTER ALIA. | 15 |
| OyvayM | Evidence Based Rationalist I am strong, I am invincible, I am WOMAN...🍒💚🤍💜 | 10 |
| JanSchulz1 | - | 9 |
| scothospgroup | The Scottish Hospitality Group works to represent, support and protect Scotland’s hospitality sector | 7 |
| TillRetweets | Retweets | 7 |
| Shiftytherat1 | ShiftyTheRat@tooting.ch | 6 |
| galliano_1 | 🖤🏴🖤 | 6 |
| fitay59 | GETTR as FiTay TRUTH as @fitay59 NO DMs PLEASE, thanks.👍 | 5 |
| caromitchell1 | 🏴🏴🇬🇧 | 5 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638185976945160193 | 🔥j👇@FergusEwingSNP Circularity Scotland "Have you not on behalf of the Scottish Government created a monster, a modern day 21st century Frankenstein entirely out of control" @RealStephenKerr #DepositReturnScheme @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 https://t.co/vmAFSn9dt5 | 243 |
| 1638289068613152768 | @lornaslater won’t listen to me. Or to business. Will she, perhaps, listen to @FergusEwingSNP? Deposit Return Scheme firm a '21st century Frankenstein' | HeraldScotland https://t.co/bu58FPpT8h | 204 |
| 1638200689183653889 | Is @lornaslater a robot? She just keeps repeating the same lines from the script that’s been written up by a civil servant. Well done @FergusEwingSNP and @RealStephenKerr for asking questions but you’ll never get an answer as Lorna is stuck on repeat. DRS disaster. https://t.co/K122DQAe9h | 76 |
| 1640709943555923968 | The head of Circularity Scotland, which is administering the Deposit Return Scheme (#DRS), says he's working 80 hours a week after being asked about his £300,000 salary by @FergusEwingSNP. https://t.co/2AhVlx5dtM | 28 |
| 1639181253428518913 | @scothospgroup @lornaslater @mgoldenmsp @FergusEwingSNP @LiamKerrMSP @BrianWhittle @colinsmythmsp @heraldscotland Dear Stephen Montgomery, Why are you totally unconcerned about the effect this (👇) is having on Scottish tourism and the hospitality sector? Doesn't it suit your political agenda? https://t.co/u76zZQ7q2s | 23 |
| 1638187053463609344 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 shut holyrood down, it is a bad , very expensive joke ! | 20 |
| 1638238674029625344 | This policy must be binned. Well done @FergusEwingSNP https://t.co/Hu6AcYk556 | 17 |
| 1638195500154253312 | Again today @lornaslater was asked simple questions by @colinsmythmsp @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr & @BrianWhittle about #depositreturnscheme but still referred back to scripted replies. If industry gave a scripted answer of “we can not comply”, would this be accepted? #SHG https://t.co/F6sz81C05w | 15 |
| 1638240976522080261 | My thanks to @FergusEwingSNP @1edmountain @DAJCameron @RhodaGrant @fincarson @Emma_Roddick @LiamKerrMSP and @murdo_fraser for speaking in my debate on A9 dualling, and to @MareeToddMSP @RichardLochhead and @alasdairallan from the H&Is for attending. @A9DualAction #DualTheA9 https://t.co/jydGNeSClQ | 10 |
| 1638196767752695810 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 I totally agree with opposition…. She reads what’s in front of her !! If she had any competence on this scheme she wouldn’t need a script !! | 9 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638185976945160193 | 🔥j👇@FergusEwingSNP Circularity Scotland "Have you not on behalf of the Scottish Government created a monster, a modern day 21st century Frankenstein entirely out of control" @RealStephenKerr #DepositReturnScheme @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 https://t.co/vmAFSn9dt5 | 732 |
| 1638289068613152768 | @lornaslater won’t listen to me. Or to business. Will she, perhaps, listen to @FergusEwingSNP? Deposit Return Scheme firm a '21st century Frankenstein' | HeraldScotland https://t.co/bu58FPpT8h | 657 |
| 1638200689183653889 | Is @lornaslater a robot? She just keeps repeating the same lines from the script that’s been written up by a civil servant. Well done @FergusEwingSNP and @RealStephenKerr for asking questions but you’ll never get an answer as Lorna is stuck on repeat. DRS disaster. https://t.co/K122DQAe9h | 350 |
| 1638187053463609344 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 shut holyrood down, it is a bad , very expensive joke ! | 118 |
| 1638196767752695810 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 I totally agree with opposition…. She reads what’s in front of her !! If she had any competence on this scheme she wouldn’t need a script !! | 95 |
| 1639181253428518913 | @scothospgroup @lornaslater @mgoldenmsp @FergusEwingSNP @LiamKerrMSP @BrianWhittle @colinsmythmsp @heraldscotland Dear Stephen Montgomery, Why are you totally unconcerned about the effect this (👇) is having on Scottish tourism and the hospitality sector? Doesn't it suit your political agenda? https://t.co/u76zZQ7q2s | 76 |
| 1638189833519546368 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 She is terrifying! How can that be a minister in the Scottish Government! Embarrassing | 70 |
| 1638188449436954626 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 Wait a minute. Was that last question saying that Circularity scotland has to be exempt for FOI? Yeah, nothing to see here, eh? | 69 |
| 1638188515937714180 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 End of clip. Did I pick up that Circularity Scotland is to be exempt from FOI ? Why is this? | 58 |
| 1638194078880808960 | @markthehibby @FergusEwingSNP @RealStephenKerr @mrblairbowman @scothospgroup @themajorityscot @AgentP22 Spot the difference. Fergus makes brief checks on his notes. Lorna reads her entire answer with her eyes glued to her screen / paper copy etc. | 49 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #drs | 9 |
| #depositreturnscheme | 6 |
| #a9 | 3 |
| #nohpma | 2 |
| #supportfishing | 2 |
| #dualthea9 | 2 |
| #shg | 2 |
| #snpmsps | 1 |
| #a96 | 1 |
| #snpleader | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @fergusewingsnp | 509 |
| @scothospgroup | 229 |
| @lornaslater | 194 |
| @realstephenkerr | 186 |
| @mrblairbowman | 164 |
| @markthehibby | 163 |
| @themajorityscot | 161 |
| @agentp22 | 161 |
| @standrewswine | 86 |
| @brianwhittle | 69 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
28
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 😂 | 23 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🤣 | 19 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 👏 | 11 | clapping_hands |
| 👇 | 10 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🤔 | 9 | thinking_face |
| 👍 | 6 | thumbs_up |
| 😡 | 5 | enraged_face |
| 🤡 | 4 | clown_face |
| 👏🏻 | 4 | clapping_hands_light_skin_tone |
| 🙈 | 3 | see-no-evil_monkey |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 84 |
| People & Body | 43 |
| Symbols | 7 |
| Flags | 5 |
| Travel & Places | 2 |
| Animals & Nature | 2 |