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
- DC Thomson Layoffs and Profits
- Scottish Politics and Women Leaders
- Press and Journalism Recognition
- Nicola Sturgeon and Divisiveness
- 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
- Staff layoffs & financial implications of DC Thomson Dundee publisher
- Dualling upgrade delays and 2025 targets
- The role of women leaders in politics
- Nicola Sturgeon's resignation and its implications
- Impact of UK Tory government on Scotland
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |