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#EASTLOTHIAN

The SNP gained East Lothian from Labour in the Scottish Parliamentary elections. @Richarddalglei4 wrote: “Huge congratulations to Paul Mclennan for winning East Lothian. Makes the leaflets I delivered for Paul all seem worthwhile. Big smiles.” @jamiestewart87 wrote: “A. Significant. Result!” @Cameronmcneish wrote: “Brilliant result for the SNP in East Lothian. Important gain. Good hold for SNP in Angus North too.” @Leepirie added: “Just to put into context how huge that East Lothian win is for the SNP and Paul Mclennan. It has been a Labour seat at Holyrood since 1999.” @cramponpoint said: “Blow to Labour losing East Lothian to the SNP, but things not looking as rosy as the nats would like. Chances of SNP majority slim by the looks of things.” @Sportybilly tweted: “23 seats for the SNP so far and none, zilch, zip for the Toxic Tories. The granny is still on. Yee ha.”

#VACCINE

People under 40 in the UK will be offered an alternative to the Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine amid fears that younger people are more likely to be affected by rare blood clots linked to the jag.

@markg80 asked: “What makes it safe for me to take, aged 41, but unsafe for my wife, aged 39, to take?” @ed_palin replied: “Nothing basically. Your wife can still choose to have the AZ.” @Joannamary39 added: “I'm 41. I know the cut off has to be somewhere, but a few weeks ago they were saying about offering an alternative to the under- 30s, now it's under-40s. Will it change again to under- 50s?” @Rabbiescott tweeted: “Gotta draw the line somewhere. Why drink alcohol at 18 but not 17 etc?” @shonapenny wrote: “It's not that the vaccine is more dangerous, it's that Covid is less dangerous.” @Ecogreengp tweeted: “Could I please ask you to explain why they need a vaccine at all if healthy? As we are not expecting herd immunity due to mutation, one is only vaccinating against one’s own risk... The risks are so small in this age group that I am concerned the vaccine risks could be bigger.”

@tipso_calipso said: “I just want the damn vaccine, I don't care which one it is.”