I think it is disgraceful. I think it is completely disgusting that you've got a candidate for prime minster who seems to think that human beings are bargaining chips.

I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him.

I should say that being independent in the modern model means independent in a very interdependent world. An independent Scotland is not apart from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Scotland's voice has to be heard

So after a lovely family Xmas day, this 80s teen is off to bed feeling a bit sad, but listening to this masterpiece [George Michael: I can't make you love me].

This is just too awful. Such an amazing talent [like George Michael] gone too soon. Wham was part of the soundtrack to my teenage years.

Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.

Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.

As a kid my heart would break for the villains.

For those we are born to speak to we need prepare nothing, the lines are ready, everything is there.

Knowledge makes people special. Knowledge enriches life itself.

I see ya waiting for the bus early in the morn', brick house with a face like Lena Horne.

Only the impossible lasts forever.

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.

Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

There was nothing in the deal with Justice that would change Microsoft's business practices in any way.