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'Zero tolerance' for threats to workers as Christmas lights go up
3 Dec 2025 at 7:05am
It has been reported that workers in the Kincorth area of the city were verbally threatened while taking down Saltires to make room for the lights.


Think tank says metro mayor needed to unlock Glasgow City Region?s potential
3 Dec 2025 at 5:00am
Glasgow is underperforming by £7.3bn a year, a new report warns, as it calls for a 2027 metro mayor to drive growth across the City Region.


Report warns devolution ?not working properly? under SNP as Scotland ?faces c...
3 Dec 2025 at 12:00am
A new report by Professor Jim Gallagher warns that devolved government in Scotland is ?in stasis? and faces a looming fiscal crisis after years of centralisation and weak delivery.


Cruel, isolating and retraumatising: Why bereaved families feel abandoned ove...
3 Dec 2025 at 12:00am
A new report on the experiences of the country?s Fatal Accident Inquiry system sheds light on why relatives of those who died in custody feel abandoned


Professor Jay urges urgent review into scale of child sexual exploitation in ...
2 Dec 2025 at 11:22pm
Professor Alexis Jay says Scotland lacks a clear picture of child sexual exploitation and urges an urgent multi-agency review that could lead to a full inquiry.


Labour MP accuses SNP councillor of spreading nuclear subs 'misinformation'
2 Dec 2025 at 8:28pm
"An SNP councillor is spreading misinformation and arguing against highly skilled nuclear jobs in the safe dismantlement of nuclear subs at Rosyth."


Scottish Government to spend £150k to take over Glasgow bar for major sportin...
2 Dec 2025 at 4:26pm
Health Secretary Neil Gray has outlined plans for the hub to help showcase Scotland and maximise the impact of the projected £150 million economic benefit.


Forget Nostradamus, Indyref2 likely depends on one thing: Scotland?s ?settled...
2 Dec 2025 at 4:23pm
Scotland?s route to another independence referendum remains tangled in politics, legality and timing.


Women 'traumatised' by failure to implement female genital mutilation law 5 y...
2 Dec 2025 at 3:35pm
An SNP minister has been told women have been left 'traumatised' by the failure to implement the female genital mutilation law.


Andrew unlikely to receive any compensation for giving up his Royal Lodge home
2 Dec 2025 at 3:03pm
Disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is unlikely to receive any compensation for giving up his Royal Lodge home because of the repairs that will be needed to the 30-room mansion.


Primary teacher who had sex with 13-year-old struck off register for 18 months
2 Dec 2025 at 11:57am
A primary school teacher who had sex with a 13-year-old boy has been struck off the teaching register for just 18 months.


Scotland's population hits record high amid 'unprecedented demographic shifts'
2 Dec 2025 at 10:35am
For the ninth year in a row, according to the figures, the number of deaths in 2024 exceeded the number of births.


Scottish Greens unveil free bus travel for under-30s as key budget demand
2 Dec 2025 at 9:13am
They want the upcoming budget to include the pledge, which would build on the current regime of free bus travel for under-22s.


Rachel Reeves told to step down as Chancellor following 'black hole' comments
2 Dec 2025 at 7:35am
First Minister John Swinney made similar claims on Monday, telling the BBC: ?Rachel Reeves has quite clearly misled the public and the financial markets."

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Threats against Aberdeen council workers removing flags branded 'disgraceful'
3 Dec 2025 at 8:54am

Council workers have been threatened after removing flags that had been put up over immigration concerns.

A new report has called for next year?s election to be a chance to reset how Scotland is governed

More than 450 consultants and doctors responded to a BMA Scotland survey

Charles McGarvey says cuts mean lifeline care services are being destroyed.

GMB Scotland said funding from the Scottish Government was not ?close to being enough?

Miles Briggs MSP says the capital needs more support to deal with large gatherings.

The Scottish Greens want to see free bus travel extended in the Scottish budget.

Scotland?s flu season has started earlier than last year?s winter surge.

The visitor levy will be introduced in Edinburgh in July

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Craig Murray

The Terrifying Case of Natalie Strecker
2 Dec 2025 at 8:30am

I am confident that over 2 million people in the UK have shared thoughts on the Genocide in Gaza that are stronger than anything Natalie Strecker has expressed. I am quite certain that I am one of those 2 million. Yet Natalie Strecker, an avowed pacifist, today faces up to ten years in prison under …

The Terrifying Case of Natalie Strecker

Resisting Authoritarianism
28 Nov 2025 at 8:34am

In the last three days I have been in London at the judicial review of Palestine Action and today I am in Jersey for the terrorist trial of Natalie Strecker. I made a brief impromptu speech outside the High Court, in intervening to try and stop some people in wheelchairs from being arrested as “terrorists”, …

Resisting Authoritarianism

Judicial Malfeasance and Palestine Action
26 Nov 2025 at 2:56am

The Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action – funded so far by readers of this blog – has been simply shelved by delay tactics that plainly break the Scottish legal system’s own rules. Our case was ruled competent for us to serve the petition on the UK government. They replied in the …

Judicial Malfeasance and Palestine Action

The Beat of the War Drums
20 Nov 2025 at 6:34am

In fascist lockstep, the entire British media, broadcast and print, corporate and state, is leading with a Ministry of Defence press release about a “Russian spy ship” inside “British waters”. No British media appears to have been able to speak to anybody who knows the first thing about the Law of the Sea. Here are …

The Beat of the War Drums

UN Reform and Scottish Independence
14 Nov 2025 at 11:06am

Scottish Independence is an extremely attractive prospect to states at the United Nations, and for reasons that you might not expect. Every state knows that the current UN structure is outdated and indefensible, with five states – US, China, Russia, UK and France – having a permanent seat and a total veto on the Security …

UN Reform and Scottish Independence

The Four Mentors of King Charles
6 Nov 2025 at 3:40pm

As Godfather to Prince William, heir to the British throne, Prince Charles chose his close friend and adviser Laurens van der Post. A paedophile. Van der Post raped a 14 year old girl who had been given into his care for the sea voyage from South Africa to London. He then installed her in a …

The Four Mentors of King Charles

BBC Scotland

Health secretary insists there is enough stock of flu vaccine
3 Dec 2025 at 11:20am
Over a million adults and 400,000 children received the flu jab between September and November.

The SQA has been scrapped. Why and what now?
2 Dec 2025 at 6:12am
Qualifications Scotland comes into being on Tuesday but is it any more than a rebranding of the existing exams agency?

Reeves should resign for misleading public, says Swinney
1 Dec 2025 at 12:53pm
The first minister has called for the chancellor to step down due to comments she made ahead of the Budget.

Should football fans be banned from games for using pyrotechnics?
30 Nov 2025 at 1:10pm
The Scottish government is seeking views on whether banning orders should be given out for the use of flares or fireworks at matches.

Cameron barracks asylum plans 'made up on back of an envelope' - Swinney
30 Nov 2025 at 1:31pm
John Swinney made the remarks the day after plans to place 300 men in Cameron Barracks in Inverness by early December were delayed.

Ministers ordered to publish Sturgeon inquiry evidence
28 Nov 2025 at 3:39pm
The Scottish government has been ordered to publish some of the written evidence from an investigation into whether Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code.

Scotland's former Ukip leader denies taking pro-Russian payments
28 Nov 2025 at 12:08pm
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.

Sandie Peggie lawyer says Scottish government is in denial
27 Nov 2025 at 1:08pm
Lawyer Naomi Cunningham says the Supreme Court judgment is "a model of clarity and simplicity".

MSPs pass emergency bill to fix business rates blunder
27 Nov 2025 at 6:56pm
The government is seeking to correct a legislative error in a bid to avoid a £400m bill to refund taxpayers.

No changes to Scottish income tax plan, Robison says
27 Nov 2025 at 12:53pm
The finance secretary says rates will not rise and no new bands will be introduced in January's Budget.

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says
27 Nov 2025 at 12:08pm
The chancellor has refused to support a second vote if the SNP wins a majority of seats in May.

Prestwick Airport remains in public hands as bidder pulls out
27 Nov 2025 at 6:00pm
Prestwick Airport has been owned by the Scottish government since 2013.

Scot Goes Pop

Scot Goes Pop: The Final Fundraiser (plus an update about the video blogging ...
1 Dec 2025 at 6:37am
Click here to go straight to the fundraiser page.Scot Goes Pop's annual fundraiser for 2025 ended up getting much, much closer to its target figure than I ever thought was possible, so a million th...

STUNNING YouGov polling confirms SNP are far more popular with voters in Scot...
30 Nov 2025 at 5:59am
* .* .*With just over one month of the year left to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it...

IT'S OFFICIAL: Rachel Reeves confirms Scotland is in a FORCED union with Engl...
28 Nov 2025 at 11:17am
* .* .*With just over one month of the year left to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it...

Does the Alba Party's "princess" Shannon Cullen regret her ill-judged associa...
27 Nov 2025 at 1:12pm
In a way it's ironic that the Alba Party have become so vehemently anti-monarchy, because they certainly believe in the principle of Royal Families within their own ranks.  Famously, Christina Hend...

Landmark YouGov poll shows how SNP could win independence by holding the bala...
26 Nov 2025 at 6:08am
* .* .*With just over one month of the year left to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it...

Scotland becoming a "YouGov democracy" is not the road to independence
25 Nov 2025 at 6:19am
* .* .*With just over one month of the year left to go, the 2025 Scot Goes Pop fundraiser is still short of its target figure.  If you'd like to help keep the lights on during the several months it...

Nothing succeeds like secession
24 Nov 2025 at 4:45pm
Just a quick note to let you know I am one of the interviewees in Dani Garavelli's Radio 4 documentary If At First You Don't Secede..., which is about the epic saga of the ever-elusive Indyref 2.  ...

"War is not a Hollywood movie. Living, breathing people are the ones who mus...
23 Nov 2025 at 6:23pm
Iuliia Mendel on Twitter: "Every subsequent deal for Ukraine will only be worse ? because we are losing. We are losing people, territory, and the economy.The EU (which by the way has paid Russia mo...

STV Politics News

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Ministers must ?urgently clarify? stance on grooming gangs inquiry, says Labour
3 Dec 2025 at 7:09am
The party will lead a parliamentary debate on Wednesday.

Twelve prisoners accidentally released since November, Lammy says
2 Dec 2025 at 9:11am
The Justice Secretary David Lammy also confirmed that two of those prisoners are still at large.

Head of OBR resigns after Budget publishing error
1 Dec 2025 at 5:02pm
Richard Hughes announced his resignation on Monday to allow the watchdog to 'quickly move on' from the leak of the Budget.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves ?very clearly? misled the public ahead of the Budget...
1 Dec 2025 at 12:57pm
Labour ministers have denied any suggestion that the chancellor misled voters.

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq given jail sentence in Bangladesh after corruption trial
1 Dec 2025 at 6:54am
Tulip Siddiq did not attend the trial in Bangladesh and has previously said it was full of "fabricated accusations and driven by a clear political vendetta."

Swinney ?not being fully candid? about Cameron Barracks notification
30 Nov 2025 at 7:48pm
The Government has paused plans to house 300 asylum seekers at the site in Inverness.

Football banning orders could be extended to crack down on pyrotechnics and o...
30 Nov 2025 at 11:51am
Football Banning Orders are court orders that prevent individuals from attending all regulated matches in the UK.

Reeves: Investigation into ?black hole? Budget claims ?not necessary?
30 Nov 2025 at 12:01am
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her Budget measures following a row over her claim that she faced a £20 million gap in meeting her fiscal rules.

Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plans ?made up on back of an envelope? ? Swinney
29 Nov 2025 at 6:49pm
Concerns had been raised about the impact on the community in Inverness.

Asylum hotel protests ?racist?, says Swinney
29 Nov 2025 at 6:11pm
The First Minister said far-right prejudice is 'contaminating our politics' and called on Scots to work to create a cohesive society

Flynn warns foundations of UK ?can?t and won?t be fixed? as SNP eyes indyref2
29 Nov 2025 at 10:45am
The SNP Westminster leader has urged Scots to back his party at next year?s election.

Scottish Ministers ordered to publish wrongly withheld Sturgeon inquiry evidence
28 Nov 2025 at 6:57pm
The Information Commissioner said ministers failed to disclose some information requested under FOI rules.

Scottish Government update on grooming gangs inquiry to be set out ?before Ch...
27 Nov 2025 at 2:23pm
John Swinney was once again challenged to agree to establish a national inquiry at First Minister's Questions on Thursday.

John Swinney to face FMQs following chancellor?s UK Budget announcement
27 Nov 2025 at 11:45am
The chancellor scrapped the two-child benefit cap among a raft of tax and spending changes on Wednesday.

Daily Record

Daily Record - Politics

Energy giants under pressure to pass on full £150 bill cut to fixed tariff cu...
3 Dec 2025 at 8:50am
EXCLUSIVE: Labour Ministers have asked energy firms to ensure bills fall from April.

Everything you need to know about proposals to reform abortion law in Scotland
3 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
An expert group has made a series of recommendations to reform the law on abortion

Pro-independence tycoon brands SNP Government group's abortion plan 'infantic...
3 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Brian Souter has been criticised over his comments about proposals to change abortion law.

Former Falkirk MP backs protest exclusion zones outside asylum hotels after '...
3 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Canavan has lent his support to the idea after a series of angry clashes outside the Cladhan Hotel in the town.

Grooming gangs expert calls on SNP Government to launch urgent child sexual e...
2 Dec 2025 at 6:53pm
Professor Alexis Jay said a review could be a "precursor" to a public inquiry.

Everything you need to know about free bus travel for every Scot under 30
2 Dec 2025 at 4:45am
The policy will be central to the Greens' Budget negotiations with the SNP.

Free bus travel for everyone under 30 is top Budget demand for Scottish Greens
2 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
John Swinney's SNP Government will announce its Budget next month.

SNP Government urged to consider asylum hotel protest curbs by abortion buffe...
2 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: Gillian Mackay was responsible for safe access zones for women outside clinics and said asylum seekers may need similar protections.

OBR chairman resigns after leak of Budget and 'worst mishap' in body's history
1 Dec 2025 at 5:06pm
Richard Hughes said he was resigning to allow the OBR to ?quickly move on from this regrettable incident?.

'Absolute and total bollocks' - Scottish Labour MP reacts to claims Keir Star...
1 Dec 2025 at 4:08pm
EXCLUSIVE: The senior party figure dismissed the idea of a contest ahead of the Holyrood election.

The National

The National | Politics

Assa Samake-Roman: Keir Starmer finally says what everyone knows about Brexit
3 Dec 2025 at 10:25am

I WAS in France last week, and as I often do when I go home, I organised a long lunch with friends, the kind that stretches across an entire afternoon without anyone noticing the time. Among them were some people I first met in Edinburgh during Erasmus ...

Rachel Reeves hit by rebellion over inheritance tax for farmers
3 Dec 2025 at 10:47am

RACHEL Reeves has suffered another blow post-Budget as Labour MPs from rural areas have rebelled in a vote over inheritance tax for farmers.

Nigel Farage tells donors Reform expected to do election deal with Tories
3 Dec 2025 at 9:36am

NIGEL Farage has reportedly told donors he expects a deal to be made between Reform UK and the Conservatives before the next general election.

Campaigners demand immediate halt to approving new battery storage projects
3 Dec 2025 at 8:01am

CAMPAIGNERS are demanding an immediate moratorium on new battery storage developments, as a new report found projects already proposed could provide four times more electricity storage than will be needed by the end of this decade ...

Political leaders condemn threats to workers removing flags for Christmas lights
3 Dec 2025 at 7:50am

POLITICAL leaders in Aberdeen have issued a joint statement condemning ?disgraceful? and ?wholly unacceptable? incidents of council workers being threatened while taking down flags to put up Christmas lights ...

MSPs voted for Scotland to boycott Israel. Where's the action from the SNP?
3 Dec 2025 at 5:00am

THE Scottish Parliament voted to impose an ?immediate? boycott on Israel, but months later it is not clear what action has been taken by ministers to bring it into force ...

Labour to press Scottish Government to 'clarify' grooming gangs inquiry position
3 Dec 2025 at 5:00am

THE Scottish Government is being asked to ?clarify? its stance on holding a grooming gangs inquiry by Scottish Labour. 

New funding for Scotland's space sector announced ahead of largest-ever expo
3 Dec 2025 at 5:00am

New funding to improve innovation in Scotland?s space sector has been announced, as the industry?s largest-ever expo begins in Glasgow

Paul Kavanagh: Gaelic is a vital part in understanding the story of Scotland
3 Dec 2025 at 5:00am

This St Andrew?s Day, the Scottish Languages Act came into force, granting Gaelic and Scots recognition as official languages of Scotland

'Alarming lack of clarity' over action taken to implement Scottish Israel boy...
3 Dec 2025 at 5:00am

The Scottish Government has been accused of an 'alarming lack of clarity' over the action it has taken to implement a boycott of Israel

Holyrood Magazine

Holyrood Website

UK Space Agency invests ?3.8 million in Scottish space sector
3 Dec 2025 at 10:58am
The UK Space Agency has announced a funding boost of ?3.8m to 'accelerate breakthrough technologies and boost commercialisation' of the Scottish space sector

Scottish Government to consult on criminalising deepfake creation
2 Dec 2025 at 4:59pm
The Scottish Government will consult on plans to outlaw the non-consensual creation of deepfake images.

Scottish Greens accuse tech giants of profiting from ?hatred and division?
2 Dec 2025 at 12:15pm
The Scottish Greens have said that it is crucial tech giants are made to take a stand against toxic and misogynistic behaviour online

UK Government promises clarity over Scotland?s space sector
2 Dec 2025 at 11:05am
The UK Government has pledged to set out a strategic approach to supporting the Scottish space sector in 2026

OBR chair resigns over Budget leak
1 Dec 2025 at 11:01pm
Richard Hughes announced his resignation after an investigation into the leak described it as the ?worst failure? in the OBR?s 15-year history

OBR calls in cyber expert over leaked budget analysis
27 Nov 2025 at 4:40pm
The Office for Budget Responsibility has said it will be taking advice from a cybersecurity expert after it leaked an analysis of the budget ?in error? on its website

Rachel Reeves: There won?t be another referendum
27 Nov 2025 at 3:40pm
Shona Robison accused the chancellor of an ?astonishing level of arrogance?

Scottish Government urged to cut income tax
27 Nov 2025 at 2:20pm
Russell Findlay said the decision by the UK Government to abolish the two-child cap on benefits freed up money earmarked to mitigate that policy

Help ban purchase of sex in Scotland, John Swinney is urged
27 Nov 2025 at 1:46pm
Move would 'finally make good on a policy position that we have held for decades', Scottish Parliament hears

Is John Swinney?s new age verification app the first step towards digital ID?
27 Nov 2025 at 10:06am
'The SNP loudly declared their opposition to the UK Government?s Digital ID scheme, so it is very interesting that they seem to be ushering in a scheme of their own,' said Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Guardian - Scottish Politics

Scottish politics | The Guardian

Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge ? as it happened
27 Nov 2025 at 5:54pm
PM says: ?We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we?ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we?ve asked everybody to contribute?Ask the Guardian your budget questionsShare your views on the new ?mansion tax?Budget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party i...

Uk politics: Streeting defends asylum policy, but says he?s not ?comfortable?...
19 Nov 2025 at 5:31pm
Health secretary still maintains that forced removals are ?right thing to do for the country?Healey is now taking questions.Q: How close are are we to war?It is Labour that is the party of defence. Continue reading...

Starmer stands by McSweeney and says he has been ?assured no briefings agains...
13 Nov 2025 at 6:06pm
This blog has now closed, you can read more on this story herePA Media has more on what the monthly performance figures from NHS England show. PA says:The data shows 180,329 people in England had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September, down from ...

Scotland plans to issue £1.5bn of its own bonds ? ?kilts? rather than gilts
13 Nov 2025 at 12:48pm
Announcement by first minister John Swinney comes after Moody?s and S&P give country same credit rating as UKThe Scottish first minister John Swinney has said Edinburgh is on track to issue its own government bonds, nicknamed ?kilts?, after the country was given the same credit rating as the UK.T...

The Guardian view on Scottish land reform: vast estates remain feudal in scal...
9 Nov 2025 at 5:25pm
Half of the country?s privately owned countryside is held by just 421 owners. New legislation suggests democrats still fear powerful interestsNo other European country has such a narrow base of proprietorship as Scotland. Half of all privately owned rural land is held by 421 people or entities. T...

Nicola Sturgeon: I understand why people doubt my ignorance of alleged SNP em...
7 Nov 2025 at 3:20pm
?Trust me, I had no idea? about potential wrongdoing in Scottish National party, says former first ministerNicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls ? podcastNicola Sturgeon has said she fully understands why many people find it hard to believe she had no idea about alleged e...

Nicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls ? podcast
7 Nov 2025 at 5:00am
In a special, bonus episode of Politics Weekly, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey sit down with Scotland?s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon for a frank conversation about her time in office and the future of nationalist politics.Nothing is off the table: her leadership, Covid, the gender row tha...

Lammy says he was not ?equipped with the details? when facing questions on mi...
6 Nov 2025 at 5:22pm
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereDavid Lammy, the deputy PM and justice secretary, has welcomed the fact that Billy Smith is back in custody, but described the spike in release mistakes as ?unacceptable?.According to PA Media, Lammy said:William Smith is back in c...

Met police issue statement with more information about missing Algerian priso...
5 Nov 2025 at 6:18pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereDavid Lammy starts by saying the PM is in Brazil.He says the thoughts of all MPs are still with the victims of the appalling attacks in Huntingdon and Peterborough, where, he says, he was at school for seven years. Continue reading...

Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letti...
30 Oct 2025 at 6:50pm
No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves? husband and letting agentRachel Reeves? rental error: standards adviser looking at new informationRobert Peston, ITV?s political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the re...

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Wee Ginger Dug

The Scottish Languages Act
1 Dec 2025 at 6:56pm
Scotland’s status as a multilingual country is now recognised in law with the Scottish Languages Act coming into force on St Andrew’s Day. The Act beefs up the legal protections previously given to Gaelic and elevates it to the status of an official language of Scotland. For the first time in history, official legal recognition …

I?m disabled, here?s the truth about the Motability scheme.
29 Nov 2025 at 4:06pm
The Labour party has capitulated to right wing demonisation of the most vulnerable minority group in the country, the disabled. I’ve pointed this out before but it bears repeating. The disabled are the only minority group that anyone can become a part of at any time. Anyone can become involved in a serious accident that …

The lie that protects the rich from tax rises
27 Nov 2025 at 3:30pm
Better late than never, Rachel Reeves finally followed the lead of the SNP Government in Holyrood and announced that the heinous two child cap on benefits will finally be abolished from May next year, cue a load of hypocritical Labour MPs trying to pretend that they supported this measure all along despite voting to keep …

Hope of a better Scotland can defeat the far right
25 Nov 2025 at 2:42pm
Racists complain that migrants don’t want to learn English and integrate, but when migrants do want to learn English and integrate, racists mount a protest outside the school where English language lessons are being given to the mothers of some of the pupils, insisting that they are “protecting our kids” from unvetted adults on school …

The Scottish media?s covid double standards
21 Nov 2025 at 1:37pm
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media that screamed she was politicising the pandemic in order to further the cause of independence whenever she sought to diverge from the line being taken …

A Labour vote in Scotland is a vote not to matter
19 Nov 2025 at 5:01pm
You’ve got to hand it to the Labour party, they are certainly consistent, consistent in their shafting of Scottish workers. It’s almost as though, despite Labour’s protestations to the contrary, Scottish votes don’t matter to the Labour party and its strategists. We’ve seen a party which campaigned on the slogan vote Labour to save Grangemouth …

Starmer?s Labour enables fascism
17 Nov 2025 at 6:58pm
When the race baiting far right criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and the hard right Reform UK are praising Labour’s policies, you know that something has gone profoundly wrong in a party which purports to be on the centre-left. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a set of measures which are aimed at making the lives of …

Just get your boots off our necks, Westminster
14 Nov 2025 at 3:23pm
In an interview with The National newspaper, the actor Alan Cumming, who currently hosts the US version of the popular show The Traitors and who is outspoken in his support for Scottish independence, demanded “Get just get your boots off our necks, Westminster.” He made the powerful call for Scottish self-determination in connection with the …

No, independence supporters? compaints about BBC bias are nothing like Trump
12 Nov 2025 at 3:01pm
There is certainly no love lost between supporters of Scottish independence and the BBC. It is however egregious I’m-not-a-nationalist-I’m-British bollocks to suggest, as former Labour party hack Carlos Alba writes in Wednesday’s Herald newspaper, that Yes supporters are now on the side of Donald Trump as he threatens the Corporation with a billion dollar lawsuit …

Believe in Scotland?s path to independence, the routemap we need
10 Nov 2025 at 7:25pm
I have previously blogged about my view that the UK is entering a terminal phase crisis which it is unlikely to survive in its current form. The pro-independence campaign group Believe in Scotland is of a similar opinion and believes that this crisis provides Scotland and Wales with a unique opportunity to seize independence and …

The Courier

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Could Rosyth-Europe ferry set sail thanks to Brexit reset?
27 May 2025 at 6:01am
Hopes have been raised for a simple solution to a cross-border problem.

Kirkcaldy MP demands pro-suicide forum is torn down
26 May 2025 at 6:01am
Around 100 suicides have been linked to the sickening forum which provides guidance to people on ending their life.

UHI Perth aviation students warn of ?unsettling times? after training firm?s ...
26 May 2025 at 6:00am
Worried Samuel Hughes, 19, is among students sharing their fears at a time of crisis for Perth College.

Fresh Dundee University strike begins over compulsory Levehulme Centre job cuts
26 May 2025 at 6:00am
University staff are taking five days of industrial action as the institution pushes ahead with plans to axe the forensic research hub.

NHS Fife nurse at centre of controversial trans tribunal suing her own trade ...
25 May 2025 at 2:32pm
A&E medic Sandie Peggie is now taking legal action against the Royal College of Nursing.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University still to strike rescue deal with government
23 May 2025 at 5:46pm
Opposition MSPs have expressed concern at the time taken to agree a deal almost a month after the fresh recovery plan was unveiled.

6 senior figures who left Dundee University during financial crisis
23 May 2025 at 5:10pm
Several university chiefs have moved on since £30m financial black hole emerged.

Dundee University activist artist leads degree show protest over financial cr...
23 May 2025 at 4:45pm
Duncan of Jordanstone student Finn Millar says he wants to play a part in "keeping the university alive".

John Swinney admits constituents have expressed Perth leisure concerns to him
23 May 2025 at 6:01am
The first minister wants further talks between both sides of Perth leisure debate.

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University chief operating officer Jim McGeorge quits
22 May 2025 at 1:58pm
Dr Jim McGeorge ? who was responsible for good governance - had been on a period of extended leave.

Talking up Scotland

Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz'

Scotland?s lower taxes attracting skilled workers, lower living costs and bet...
3 Dec 2025 at 9:46am
Professor John Robertson OBA From Scotland’s Population 2024 – The Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends published yesterday, the above graph and: Scotland?s population reached a record high of 5.55 million in 2024 The increase was mainly due to migration into Scotland https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/scotlands-population-2024-the-registrar-generals-annual-review-of-...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services beat 90% target for fourth time t...
3 Dec 2025 at 8:50am
Professor John Robertson OBA From Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting timesQuarter ending September 2025, published yesterday, but still not reported by BBC Scotland 24 hours later, the above graph and: 91.5% of people started treatment within 18 weeks of referral, which is a decrease from 91.8% for the previous quarter and an increase from 89.1% for the same quarter end...

Let?s be sure we learn this lesson from history as global uranium demand and ...
3 Dec 2025 at 8:49am
Professor John Robertson OBA As Donald Trump‘s push for increased uranium production stirs up community media across the USA, a reminder of the risks in Scotland too. From In These Times, yesterday, the above and: When the uranium market dried up, companies simply abandoned the mines, a phenomenon so common there?s a term for it: AUM, or ??abandoned uranium mine.? Now, the mines stand as toxic ...

Massive 12% surge in planned operations in NHS Scotland but cancellations hel...
3 Dec 2025 at 8:47am
Professor John Robertson OBA From Cancelled planned operations Month ending 31 October 2025, published yesterday, the above and: There were 27,862 operations planned to take place across NHS Scotland. This is 12.2% higher (+3,038) than the number planned a year previously in October 2024 (24,824) and the highest number of operations planned since January 2020. Overall, the number of planned ope...

Massive 14% increase in psychological therapies carried out with over 65?s wi...
3 Dec 2025 at 8:45am
Professor John Robertson OBA From Psychological therapies waiting times Quarter ending September 2025 published yesterday: 80.7% of people started treatment within 18 weeks of referral, which is an increase from 78.3% in the previous quarter, and an increase from 80.0% for the quarter ending September 2024. Half of those starting treatment started within 3 weeks of referral. This is an increase...

Strange goings on at Talking-up Scotland the night before last ? early mornin...
3 Dec 2025 at 8:42am
Professor John Robertson OBA TuS averages 1 000 visitors a day so yesterday’s 3 256 is notable. The surge was, unusually, in the early hours – see this: The previous day’s posts can only have been the attraction at that time, midnight to 0400: Here’s where the visitors were based, countries: TuS tends to get little traffic from USA or South and East Asia or these particular US cities. The fifth...

Scotland produces 5-6 times more gas than it consumes annually, making it a n...
2 Dec 2025 at 10:04am
In the Guardian today: Report detailing risk to UK gas security was not one to bury on budget day – In short, Neso found there is an ?emerging? risk of Britain running out of gas if an important piece of kit were to be out of action at a bad moment. It modelled five ?pathways? for gas demand out to 2030 and 2035 and tested against a prolonged spell of very cold weather. Here is the key sentence...

England and Europe?s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into wat...
2 Dec 2025 at 9:41am
Professor John Robertson OBA The Guardian today has two big reports on leaking landfill sites in the UK (sic): UK and Europe?s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies – Thousands of landfills across the UK and Europe sit in floodplains, posing a potential threat to drinking water and conservation areas if toxic waste is released into rivers, soils and ecosystems, it ...

Nearly £300 for carers only in Scotland in run-up to Christmas
2 Dec 2025 at 8:33am
Professor John Robertson OBA From December payment for thousands of Scots carers published yesterday: Carer?s Allowance Supplement will be paid to more than 96,000 carers across Scotland from 4 December. Carer’s Allowance Supplement is an extra payment, currently made twice a year, for people in Scotland who get Carer Support Payment or Carer?s Allowance on the qualifying dates. The payment of ...

UK Labour Health Minister seems unaware that US tech firm which supplies Isra...
2 Dec 2025 at 8:23am
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dorothy for this. From the FT yesterday: The UK should ?leverage? its new health data storage service for the ?benefit of the Treasury coffers?, a health minister has said, as well as accelerating the discovery of new treatments for NHS patients.  Zubir Ahmed said in an interview that the government?s new Health Data Research Service (HDRS) will give resea...

Scotland and Independence

"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News

Scottish political snapshot, November 2025 - YouGov
17 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
Scottish political snapshot, November 2025  YouGov

The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage - politico.eu
13 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage  politico.eu

Swinney sets out latest plan for an independence referendum - BBC
4 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
Swinney sets out latest plan for an independence referendum  BBC

Forget Nostradamus, Indyref2 likely depends on one thing: Scotland?s ?settled...
2 Dec 2025 at 4:23pm
Forget Nostradamus, Indyref2 likely depends on one thing: Scotland?s ?settled will?  The Herald

Twenty-five years of data shows how link between identity and views on Scotti...
9 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Twenty-five years of data shows how link between identity and views on Scottish independence has grown stronger  The Conversation

X feature exposes Iranian-run pro-Scottish independence accounts - UKDJ - ???...
24 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
X feature exposes Iranian-run pro-Scottish independence accounts - UKDJ  ????? ??????????

Scotland Wants to Issue Its Own Bonds. Last Time It Paid With Its Independenc...
30 Nov 2025 at 5:00pm
Scotland Wants to Issue Its Own Bonds. Last Time It Paid With Its Independence.  The Wall Street Journal

Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shi...
24 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shifts  Courthouse News

A Fresh Start with Independence - The Scottish Government
8 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
A Fresh Start with Independence  The Scottish Government

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 12:08pm
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

SNP

"SNP" - Google News

SNP focuses on grievance politics over patient safety - Healthcare Today
3 Dec 2025 at 11:32am
SNP focuses on grievance politics over patient safety  Healthcare Today

SNP to force Scottish Labour into vote on Westminster's 'hostile' migration p...
3 Dec 2025 at 5:05am
SNP to force Scottish Labour into vote on Westminster's 'hostile' migration policies  TheNational.scot

Scathing report from Gordon Brown's think tank warns SNP government 'struggle...
3 Dec 2025 at 6:00am
Scathing report from Gordon Brown's think tank warns SNP government 'struggles to deliver'  The Scotsman

SNP obsessed with optics and independence, says think tank - The Times
3 Dec 2025 at 12:00am
SNP obsessed with optics and independence, says think tank  The Times

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 12:08pm
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

SNP: Reeves must follow the example of Tim Davie and resign - The Herald
2 Dec 2025 at 7:35am
SNP: Reeves must follow the example of Tim Davie and resign  The Herald

Glasgow?s asylum crisis is the result of SNP recklessness - UnHerd
2 Dec 2025 at 1:23pm
Glasgow?s asylum crisis is the result of SNP recklessness  UnHerd

Pro-independence tycoon brands SNP Government group's abortion plan 'infantic...
3 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
Pro-independence tycoon brands SNP Government group's abortion plan 'infanticide'  Daily Record

Firm behind SNP rescue audit expands in Scotland - dailybusinessgroup.co.uk
3 Dec 2025 at 7:53am
Firm behind SNP rescue audit expands in Scotland  dailybusinessgroup.co.uk

The SNP have crossed the line on abortion - The Spectator
18 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
The SNP have crossed the line on abortion  The Spectator

Referendum (Google News)

"Scotland referendum -guardian -telegraph" - Google News

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 12:08pm
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

Forget Nostradamus, Indyref2 likely depends on one thing: Scotland?s ?settled...
2 Dec 2025 at 4:23pm
Forget Nostradamus, Indyref2 likely depends on one thing: Scotland?s ?settled will?  The Herald

Ukraine Today: Russia slams ?flawed? Scotland referendum; Kremlin observers c...
30 Nov 2025 at 12:20pm
Ukraine Today: Russia slams ?flawed? Scotland referendum; Kremlin observers critical of independence vote (VIDEO)  Kyiv Post

Scotland Wants to Issue Its Own Bonds. Last Time It Paid With Its Independenc...
30 Nov 2025 at 5:00pm
Scotland Wants to Issue Its Own Bonds. Last Time It Paid With Its Independence.  The Wall Street Journal

Why Alberta?s push for independence pales in comparison to Scotland?s in 2014...
27 May 2025 at 8:00am
Why Alberta?s push for independence pales in comparison to Scotland?s in 2014  The Conversation

In the United Kingdom, prime minister rejects possibility of Scotland indepen...
3 Jun 2025 at 8:00am
In the United Kingdom, prime minister rejects possibility of Scotland independence referendum  ConstitutionNet

The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage - politico.eu
13 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
The new hero of Scottish independence? Nigel Farage  politico.eu

Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shi...
24 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Scotland casts fresh eye on independence vote as UK's political landscape shifts  Courthouse News

Scottish political snapshot, November 2025 - YouGov
17 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
Scottish political snapshot, November 2025  YouGov

Swinney sets out latest plan for an independence referendum - BBC
4 Sep 2025 at 8:00am
Swinney sets out latest plan for an independence referendum  BBC