ON TWITTER

#CLARKS

Nicola Sturgeon waded into a social media row, criticising Clarks for their ‘sexist’ range of children’s shoes. @M_williams07 tweeted: “Looking at school shoes from Clarks – appalled to find a Dolly Babe range for girls but a Leader range for boys #everydaysexism.” @Tory_tartan wrote: “Salmond is at the Fringe telling us we’ll be independent in four years. Sturgeon is tweeting about Clarks shoes.” @Websquirrel said: “This is 2017. Where Clarks selling non-gender neutral named shoes to girls is an issue, but actual oppression of women is not a real concern.”

#GARDENBRIDGE

Plans to build a £200m treecovered bridge in London – championed by former mayor Boris Johnson – have been axed. @Carolinepidgeon posted: “At last. Garden Bridge project is over. Scandal of huge waste of public money.” @johnprescott tweeted: “The Garden Bridge – another Boris vanity project – bites the dust, wasting over £37m. Sadiq Khan absolutely right not to fund £3m running cost.” @spignal noted: “Good news: the Garden Bridge idea in London is now scrapped. I’m all for ambitious urban developments, but this one was deeply flawed.”

#CHARLOTTESVILLE

Donald Trump was forced to release another statement to denounce white supremacists and extremists in the wake of the Charlottesville attack. @Collinsboadi opined: “Let’s be real, liberals and MSM would never be satisfied with any statement POTUS would make! Stop the hypocrisy!” @resisterhood noted: “Yesterday: ‘... on many sides’. Today: ‘... and all extremist groups’. Slightly different dog whistle; same tune.” @Stevegrzanich wrote: “We’ve seen this before. White House press office tries to put words in his mouth. Why not come to the microphones and cameras and say it?”