Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @thecourieruk

Overview

Total number of tweets analysed

913

Earliest tweet was on

2023-02-08

Latest tweet was on

2023-02-19

Tweets covering

10 days

Average age of authors' accounts

8 years


Summarization

DC Thomson, a Dundee publisher, recently announced the layoff of 300 staff members, though their pre-tax profits were £7.3 million in the past year and the owning family received £22.2 million in dividends. The A9 dualling upgrade has been delayed again, proving the 2025 target impossible. Nicola Sturgeon's resignation has been met with both support and criticism, with many praising her and discussing the potential implications of her departure. The politics team at The Courier and The Press and Journal have been covering the story extensively.

Topic Modeling

  1. DC Thomson Layoffs and Profits
  2. Scottish Politics and Women Leaders
  3. Press and Journalism Recognition
  4. Nicola Sturgeon and Divisiveness
  5. Scottish Independence Strategies

Emotional Analysis

The emotions expressed in these tweets range from disappointment to admiration, anger to gratitude, and pride to despair. Many of the tweets express outrage and frustration at the layoffs at DC Thomson, the Dundee publisher, and the unfairness of the owners receiving such large dividends. Others express sadness at the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish politician, and the potential for a delay in the A9 dualling upgrade. There is also admiration for Sturgeon's leadership and for the hard work of the politics team at the Courier.

Trend Analysis

  1. Staff layoffs & financial implications of DC Thomson Dundee publisher
  2. Dualling upgrade delays and 2025 targets
  3. The role of women leaders in politics
  4. Nicola Sturgeon's resignation and its implications
  5. Impact of UK Tory government on Scotland

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Types of Tweets

Number of Retweets

233

Percentage of total tweets

25%

Number of Original tweets

157

Percentage of total tweets

17%

Number of tweets that contain Mentions

913

Percentage of total tweets

100%

Number of tweets that were Replies

503

Percentage of total tweets

55%

Number of tweets that were Quotes

39

Percentage of total tweets

4%

Number of tweets that contain Hashtags

53

Percentage of total tweets

5%


Top 5 devices used to tweet

Source Count
Twitter for Android 295
Twitter for iPhone 278
Twitter Web App 235
Twitter for iPad 91
TweetDeck 8

What devices were used to tweet


Top 10 accounts with highest followers count

Username Name Bio Followers count
JimSpenceDundee Jim Spence Columnist. podcaster. broadcaster. 85,426
evemuirhead Eve Muirhead OBE Full time Curler, Olympic Champion 2022, Olympic medalist 2014, 2013 World Champion, Training hard in Stirling for more Medals! Proud member of #teamredsky 81,683
nickeardleybbc Nick Eardley BBC Chief Political Correspondent. Stories/tips etc: nick.eardley@bbc.co.uk. Views all mine 75,712
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 70,021
PeteWishart Pete Wishart MP for Perth and North Perthshire. Musician. Parliamentary Tweeter of the year. 60,084
univofstandrews University of St Andrews University of St Andrews - Scotland's first university#1 in the UK - Guardian University Guide 2023Scottish University of the Year - The Times#EverToExcel 57,391
thecourieruk The Courier Official Twitter of The Courier, Scotland's News Website of the Year. At the heart of Tayside and Fife since 1816. Part of @DC_Thomson. 53,086
Ian_Fraser Ian Fraser Journalist & author of Shredded: Inside RBS ‘Zola-esque’ – Bill Jamieson ‘A masterpiece’ – @UniMainz_Angl_P ‘Read it & weep’ – @martinwolf_ https://t.co/Ebf4O37Hov 39,439
KirstyStricklan Kirsty Strickland Columnist. ✍🏻 34,695
AbertayUni Abertay University #Abertay – friendly people, cutting-edge courses, work-ready graduates. The official Abertay account tweeting on news, views and the stuff that makes us tick. 27,854

Top 10 accounts with highest friends count

Username Name Bio Followers count
ColinBurnett16 Colin Burnett Author of A Working Class State of Mind Available from all good bookshops Contact email - burnettcolin@yahoo.com 15,180
reengageuk Re-engage Committed to combating social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. (Account monitored Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) 13,273
politicswatch15 Hard Copy Politics If we are uncritical we will always find what we want:we shall look for and find confirmations and not see whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories 12,478
GraceMurphy2 Grace Murphy 💙 Happily married with 2 grown-up sons. Love art, music & painting. People & animals more important than things. Interested in politics, comedy & disability. 11,568
aunty_shirley Auntie Shirley #GEnow 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😷🇺🇦 Scottish European wishing for a better world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, languages 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 #RejoinEU #DitchWestminster 11,537
greg_curious Greg #AnyoneButSNP - Sturgeonic decline of Scotland observed while making soup and laughing at economically illiterate Nationalists. 10,732
armley8640 MM I say what I like and I like what I say.Not to be taken serious. Expert in correcting the Worlds trickiest problems after a few lagers. 10,548
55Beats10 Dougie⚽️ Rangers season ticket holder. 8,811
freddiemac1 freddiemac good jambo 🏐 bad golfer🏌️‍♂️ proud scottish and british 🇬🇧 unionist. Hates Sturgeon the liar and the destructive snp. 8,460
AlexHynes Alex Hynes Managing Director, Scotland’s Railway. Views my own. Please contact the very friendly teams at @scotrail or @networkrailscot for help. Thanks! 8,397

Most active users

Username Bio Number of tweets
RachelAmery Political reporter at @DC_Thomson @thecourieruk @pressjournal @Evening_Tele @EveningExpressViews are my ownGet in touch at rachel.amery@dctmedia.co.uk 21
Gordy1967 Views & comments are my own 19
C_RGardiner 🏛 | Court and crime reporter at @thecourieruk and @Evening_Tele | Views own etc | Got a story? Email rogardiner@dctmedia.co.uk 17
The__WeeFifer An adult human female wae baws ⚽️⚾️🥎 14
C_GHuband Managing Editor (Dundee) @DC_Thomson. Still beavering away at the coalface of news. Views are my own for good reason. 13
C_MAlexander Lead News Feature Writer at The Courier, Dundee; Former Fife Chief Reporter/former News Editor of The Courier. Tel 07802 690230 e: malexander@thecourier.co.uk 11
C_NHenderson DC Thomson journalist on The Courier’s Live News Team covering Fife,Tayside,Perth and Angus- if you have a story get in touch - all views are my own 9
davidson19212 - 9
Annie32555956 - 9
StueyPhooey Hate UKIP: Love Brexit. Hate SNP: Love Scotland & UK. Hate EU: Love Europe. Hate Trump: Love Reagan. Working class: Hate Socialism, Fascism & Anarchism equally. 8

Tweets per day


Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count

ID Text Retweet count
1623654082765377537 DC Thomson, the Dundee publisher which is laying off 300 staff, made pre-tax profits of £7.3m in year to March 2022. What @thecourieruk doesn’t mention is that the owning family received nearly £22.2m in dividends that financial year. https://t.co/JFeN96FUFC 417
1623747134733398016 So Jenny Gilruth lied in Holyrood last month, when she said it would be duelled in time, knowing it was impossible. A9 dualling upgrade delayed AGAIN as 2025 target 'simply no longer achievable'… https://t.co/X6f9C9yJ2s via @thecourieruk 177
1625877201202675714 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale Interesting that Kezia Dugdale and Ruth Davidson turn out to be opposition politicians who show humility and can put politics aside to praise an amazing woman leader. While the men have still been in attack mode they have praised the person . Why we should have more women leaders 21
1623809212441567233 Alex C. Hamilton MSP: "Im not sufficiently qualified to make that distinction" Then I would suggest you're unfit to be a MSP & should resign, Scotland deserve better. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿☘️ @BBCScotPolitics @Ella_M_Whela @heraldscotland @bbcquestiontime @thecourieruk @ForWomenScot https://t.co/B1gSb5nE7M 16
1624107738782375938 Sounds like sleekit Sturgeon is toast. ANDREW LIDDLE: Nicola Sturgeon tax returns expose a politician past her best… https://t.co/Zdfg3cxaFx via @thecourieruk 15
1623985287842988032 Axed period dignity officer Jason Grant has arrived at Dundee's employment tribunal offices in the case's first hearing. More to follow in @thecourieruk https://t.co/Yhs0TBDdkn 14
1625980061194018818 An incredible amount of work has been done today by the politics team at @thecourieruk & @pressjournal covering the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon. @justinbowie1997 started off the day with the announcement and immediate reaction 👇 https://t.co/U0VQ10C6si 7
1625978785219723264 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale Happy wife, happy life I guess. @ScotGovFM has been the most divisive, anti democratic and incompetent politician in modern Scottish history. She was mince. She also hired, fired & re-hired Yousaf, Constance & Robison FFS. 7
1626891388586545152 Back in 2018 @michaeljmarra said merging health boards would be bad for the people of Dundee.Now he says he will be supporting Scottish Labour's proposals to do just that, saying they are "the opposite" of what was mooted 5 years. @thecourieruk 👇https://t.co/RW83CAlfJi 7
1625985129381261316 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale Well said Ms Dugdale. Very gracious. High time you did thd right thing,join @theSNP 7

Top 10 tweets with highest Like count

ID Text Like count
1623654082765377537 DC Thomson, the Dundee publisher which is laying off 300 staff, made pre-tax profits of £7.3m in year to March 2022. What @thecourieruk doesn’t mention is that the owning family received nearly £22.2m in dividends that financial year. https://t.co/JFeN96FUFC 576
1623747134733398016 So Jenny Gilruth lied in Holyrood last month, when she said it would be duelled in time, knowing it was impossible. A9 dualling upgrade delayed AGAIN as 2025 target 'simply no longer achievable'… https://t.co/X6f9C9yJ2s via @thecourieruk 513
1625877201202675714 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale Interesting that Kezia Dugdale and Ruth Davidson turn out to be opposition politicians who show humility and can put politics aside to praise an amazing woman leader. While the men have still been in attack mode they have praised the person . Why we should have more women leaders 226
1625901437279514625 @thecourieruk @DealyPlazaEcho @kezdugdale I don't live in Scotland but hugely admire Sturgeon. Really sorry to hear she is stepping down. 85
1625202389618724893 Well guys this may add a further ? to recent redundancy news for the @pressjournal and @thecourieruk but regardless - huge congrats to us 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Thank you @NewspaperAwards for the much needed boost this week. Journo teams don’t come better ❤️ https://t.co/giz2NH62P0 78
1625900755549925390 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale The most divisive politician to come out of Scotland and you say that?? FFS 61
1624107738782375938 Sounds like sleekit Sturgeon is toast. ANDREW LIDDLE: Nicola Sturgeon tax returns expose a politician past her best… https://t.co/Zdfg3cxaFx via @thecourieruk 57
1625909953457270800 @thecourieruk @marcuscarslaw1 @kezdugdale Totally agree! Felt Scotland under Nicola was progressive, ambitious & caring. Mostly, I felt safe. Sad to see her resign. She can say hand on heart she did her best to work for & represent everyone living in Scotland despite abuse from certain opposition members in Holyrood! 56
1625978785219723264 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale Happy wife, happy life I guess. @ScotGovFM has been the most divisive, anti democratic and incompetent politician in modern Scottish history. She was mince. She also hired, fired & re-hired Yousaf, Constance & Robison FFS. 43
1625985129381261316 @thecourieruk @kezdugdale Well said Ms Dugdale. Very gracious. High time you did thd right thing,join @theSNP 40

Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets


Top 10 Hashtags used

Hashtag Count
#russia 5
#ukraine 5
#fife 5
#buyapaper 5
#kirkcaldy 4
#tayside 4
#readonline 3
#cupar 2
#perthshire 2
#nicolasturgeon 2

Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions

Mention Count
@thecourieruk 913
@kezdugdale 253
@jimspencedundee 75
@freddiemac1 46
@ian_fraser 44
@pressjournal 29
@dealyplazaecho 26
@drrosemaryreyn1 25
@gordy1967 24
@nicolasturgeon 23

Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets


Emojis

Average number of emojis used per tweet

27

Emojis used in tweets

Emoji Count Emoji Text
👇 31 backhand_index_pointing_down
🤣 22 rolling_on_the_floor_laughing
❤️ 12 red_heart
😂 10 face_with_tears_of_joy
👏 9 clapping_hands
🤔 8 thinking_face
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8 Scotland
🙄 8 face_with_rolling_eyes
🇬🇧 7 United_Kingdom
💩 7 pile_of_poo

Emojis groups

Emoji Group Count
Smileys & Emotion 110
People & Body 74
Flags 19
Symbols 19
Travel & Places 8
Activities 6
Animals & Nature 4
Objects 4
Food & Drink 3