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MSPs pass Bill to make dog theft punishable by up to five years in prison
by Katrine Bussey
16 Dec 2025 at 6:51pm
Sentences of up to five years in prison could be handed out for dog theft after MSPs passed new legislation at Holyrood.


Constance survives no-confidence vote as SNP and Greens back beleaguered mini...
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
16 Dec 2025 at 2:58pm
Angela Constance has survived a Holyrood vote of no confidence after SNP and Green MSPs closed ranks behind the Justice Secretary. But Labour is now threatening a second vote.


Suspected drug deaths in Scotland jump nearly 20 per cent in latest quarter
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
16 Dec 2025 at 12:11pm
New figures show suspected drug deaths in Scotland rose nearly 20% in the latest quarter, despite flat 12-month totals.


Prestwick Airport reveals financial results and 'transformational' development
by ian.mcconnell@heraldandtimes.co.uk | Ian McConnell
16 Dec 2025 at 11:27am
Prestwick Airport, which has been owned by the Scottish Government since 2013, has revealed its financial results and flagged a 'transformational' development.


Why Scotland's Justice Secretary is facing a vote of no confidence
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
16 Dec 2025 at 10:16am
Angela Constance will face a no-confidence vote after claims she misrepresented child abuse expert Professor Alexis Jay during a Holyrood debate on grooming gangs.


BBC issues correction following 'inaccurate' Question Time caption flub
by Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco
16 Dec 2025 at 7:42am
In a letter to Tim Davie, the outgoing director general of the BBC, Culture Secretary Angus Robertson expressed his concern over the ?inaccuracy'.


Constance braced for rape conviction appeals surge after fair trial ruling
16 Dec 2025 at 5:05am
Angela Constance has warned of delays, prolonged procedures and appeals in sexual offence cases after a landmark judgment found how they have been conducted in Scotland for more than a decade put at risk the accused right to a fair.


'Unacceptable': Audit Scotland slams governance and financial weaknesses at HES
16 Dec 2025 at 9:56am
The public spending watchdog has slammed management and oversight arrangements at the troubled Scottish Government heritage agency Historic Environment Scotland as 'unacceptable'.


Why was Angus Robertson so slow to act over HES governance crisis?
16 Dec 2025 at 4:05pm
The Auditor General's report into the troubled heritage agency Historic Environment Scotland (HES) raises big questions for the Scottish Government and the cabinet minister responsible for the organisation, Angus Robertson.


Scottish housebuilding in 'freefall' as completions fall to lowest level in y...
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
16 Dec 2025 at 1:54pm
New figures show housebuilding and affordable housing delivery in Scotland have fallen sharply, hitting their lowest levels in years.


NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde staff suspension costs taxpayer almost £1 million
by rebecca.mccurdy@newsquest.co.uk | Rebecca McCurdy
16 Dec 2025 at 6:30am
The cost of placing staff on suspension with pay has cost the taxpayer almost £1 million since 2022.


Bondi attack ?cruelly marred? first day of Hannukah, says John Swinney
by Craig Paton
15 Dec 2025 at 6:52pm
The attack on a Jewish community in Australia was an ?unspeakable act of hatred and violence? which ?cruelly marred? the first day of Hannukah, John Swinney has said.


The bodies meant to run Scotland?s grooming-gang review are still waiting for...
by andrew.learmonth@newsquest.co.uk | Andrew Learmonth
15 Dec 2025 at 6:20pm
Weeks after ministers announced a national review into group-based child sexual abuse, the bodies meant to lead it say they are still waiting for details. As confusion grows over Professor Alexis Jay?s role, survivors are still waiting for answers.


Fledging Your Party to settle independence debate at upcoming Dundee conference
by Josh.Pizzuto-Pomaco@newsquest.co.uk | Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco
15 Dec 2025 at 2:22pm
"There are some big debates to be had & decisions to be made. But the conference will also be a chance for members across Scotland to come together."

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How SNP is complicit in betrayal of children with mental health problems
16 Dec 2025 at 5:58pm
Children need less screen time, less sugar, more exercise and sleep, and properly resourced schools so teachers have the time to treat them as individuals


Why my 2-year battle with Police Scotland over ?non-crime hate incidents? wil...
16 Dec 2025 at 5:58pm
After securing an apology from the police for recording a non-crime hate incident against his name ? but not against JK Rowling or Humza Yousaf ? Murdo Fraser says the whole policy of non-crime hate incidents must be scrapped


John Swinney 'looking closely' at security of Scotland's only Jewish school
16 Dec 2025 at 4:03pm

Conservative MSP Jackson Carlaw raised the concerns of parents at Calderwood Lodge Primary School

Ms Constance has been accused of misrepresenting a grooming gangs expert

Scotland?s Auditor General has found ?unacceptable weaknesses? in the governance of Historic Environment Scotland and criticises the quango and the Scottish Government

SRC Director David Lonsdale warned that failing to lower business rates ?will likely mean investment shifts to more attractive and cost-effective locations in down south.?

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Hunger Strikes and Court Cases
16 Dec 2025 at 9:15pm

Fighting the proscription of Palestine Action has become more urgent as eight brave activists enter the crucial period of their hunger strike. 12 January has finally been set for the court hearing on holding a Scottish judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action. I am frankly terrified for the hunger strikers. Qesser Zuhrah Amu …

Hunger Strikes and Court Cases

The Skripal Novichok Hoax
12 Dec 2025 at 9:58am

I did not anticipate that an open public meeting in Salisbury itself would be 95% sceptical of the official Novichok hoax – but it was. Thanks to UK Column for putting this on. I hope you find it enlightening – there is information which goes beyond my previous articles on the subject. In about a …

The Skripal Novichok Hoax

Your Party, and Its Conference
9 Dec 2025 at 1:14am

It is probably no bad thing that health struggles have delayed my writing up Your Party’s extraordinary Liverpool founding conference. Perspective is definitely helpful to process something unique. Personally, I could not help but be struck by the number of participants who approached me as regular readers of my blog, certainly well into three figures. …

Your Party, and Its Conference

The Filton Trial
7 Dec 2025 at 8:35pm

“The policewoman attacked by a sledgehammer” has been the constant refrain of the government against Palestine Action. A couple of days before the judicial review of the proscription in England, and despite fierce reporting restrictions on the trial, the prosecution released to the media highly edited video footage from the current trial in Woolwich Crown …

The Filton Trial

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

BBC Scotland

Justice secretary survives no confidence vote in grooming gangs row
16 Dec 2025 at 5:08pm
Opposition parties had accused Angela Constance of misrepresenting the position of a leading expert on grooming gangs.

New dog theft law passed by Scottish Parliament
16 Dec 2025 at 7:16pm
It will include a maximum prison sentence of five years and the possibility of an unlimited fine.

Scottish government drops plans to reduce national speed limit
15 Dec 2025 at 5:32pm
Plans to reduce the national speed limit on single carriageways from 60mph to 50mph were unpopular.

Family of man who died in custody call for law change
15 Dec 2025 at 5:23pm
The family of Allan Marshall want to make it mandatory that the recommendations of fatal accident inquiries are implemented.

Scotland's energy - election common ground or battleground?
14 Dec 2025 at 8:14am
Choices over oil, gas, nuclear and the transition to renewables are to set to feature highly in the debate and battle for votes.

Reform wins first by-election in Scotland
12 Dec 2025 at 4:37pm
David McLennan has been elected as a councillor in West Lothian, taking the seat from Scottish Labour.

No need for Covid measures during flu surge, says care home chief
13 Dec 2025 at 2:26pm
Donald Macaskill, the chief executive of Scottish Care, told BBC Scotland a measured approach was needed.

The nuclear power station on the front line of an election battle
12 Dec 2025 at 6:04am
Scotland's last operational plant, at Torness in East Lothian, is scheduled to cease operating in 2030.

Swinney stands by Constance in grooming gangs row
11 Dec 2025 at 6:30pm
The justice secretary is facing calls to resign after being accused of misleading the Scottish Parliament.

Not proven verdict to be scrapped in new trials from 1 January
11 Dec 2025 at 5:28pm
The historic change to Scotland's legal system will not apply to trials that are already under way.

Police apologise to Tory MSP over 'hate incident'
11 Dec 2025 at 12:45pm
Murdo Fraser had threatened legal action after Police Scotland recorded one of his social media posts.

Biotech jobs boost for Grangemouth site
11 Dec 2025 at 11:27am
Up to 460 roles are expected to be created at the site of the former oil refinery and across Scotland.

Scot Goes Pop

Stew, hear our plea: "REVEREND CAMPBELL, THINK AGAIN"
16 Dec 2025 at 9:18am

As Eurovision winner Nemo returns the trophy, a reply to a supporter of Israe...
14 Dec 2025 at 8:50am
I was a delegate yesterday at the SNP National Council in Dundee.  Regular readers may remember that when I was a delegate at the special SNP constitutional conference in March, I asked for advice ...

Pro-independence parties on course for their BIGGEST EVER majority of seats i...
11 Dec 2025 at 9:12am
Scot Goes Pop: The Final Fundraiser is underway (you can read more about why I anticipate it being the final one HERE) and it's already pretty close to halfway to its target figure of £1700.  A mil...

Ipsos poll puts support for independence at 52% - and says it will go higher ...
10 Dec 2025 at 7:47pm
Should Scotland be an independent country?  (Ipsos / STV)Yes 52%No 48%I have an analysis piece about this poll at The National, which you can read HERE.  I'm also going to try to make a video about...

Eurovision and Israel: No More Hiding Places For The BBC
9 Dec 2025 at 8:09am
Scot Goes Pop: The Final Fundraiser is underway (you can read more about why I anticipate it being the final one HERE) and it's already pretty close to halfway to its target figure of £1700.  A mil...

Nigel Farage's rant about the native languages of Glasgow school pupils revea...
6 Dec 2025 at 7:52am
Today's video commentary below is in two parts.  Firstly, I look at how Nigel Farage's complaint that almost one-third of Glasgow school pupils do not speak English as a native language marks out R...

If Rachel Reeves' rejection of an independence referendum "carries little wei...
4 Dec 2025 at 8:41am
Stephen Flynn has said that Rachel Reeves' rejection of an independence referendum in the event of an SNP overall majority "carries little weight", but if it really doesn't matter what the UK gover...

"Utterly dominant": SNP soar to almost 40% support in latest Scottish subsamp...
3 Dec 2025 at 5:52pm
*  *  *Scot Goes Pop: The Final Fundraiser is underway (you can read more about why I anticipate it being the final one HERE) and it's already pretty close to halfway to its target figure of £1700....

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Justice secretary Angela Constance survives no confidence vote over grooming ...
16 Dec 2025 at 3:22pm
57 MSPs voted in favour of ousting Angela Constance, while 67 voted in favour of keeping her in post.

New social housing hits almost 30-year low amid housing emergency
16 Dec 2025 at 12:32pm
The Scottish Government previously pledged to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2032.

Justice secretary to face no confidence vote over grooming gangs row
16 Dec 2025 at 10:56am
Angela Constance has been accused of 'misrepresenting' the views of a leading child abuse expert.

MSPs urged to back ?game-changing? outdoor education Bill
16 Dec 2025 at 7:10am
Tory MSP Liz Smith proposed the legislation, which faces a vote at stage three on Tuesday at Holyrood.

Ian Murray says he is yet to receive explanation for sacking as Scottish secr...
15 Dec 2025 at 6:53am
The Edinburgh South politician was made Scottish secretary when Labour swept to power in July last year.

Angela Constance summoned to give evidence at committee after no confidence m...
12 Dec 2025 at 5:48pm
Angela Constance has been accused of 'misrepresenting' the views of a leading child abuse expert.

Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf sign motion in solidarity with Palestine Act...
12 Dec 2025 at 5:02pm
Seven prisoners across the UK are on hunger strike.

Scottish Tories request probe into justice secretary Angela Constance
12 Dec 2025 at 12:52pm
Angela Constance has been accused of 'misrepresenting' the views of a leading child abuse expert.

No evidence Scottish child payment really encourages worklessness, study finds
11 Dec 2025 at 6:24pm
The research found deprivation and food insecurity would be up to 9% higher without the benefit unique to Scotland.

Calls for Scottish justice secretary to go over grooming gangs row
11 Dec 2025 at 12:07pm
Anas Sarwar has accused Angela Constance of 'misleading' the Scottish Parliament.

John Swinney to face FMQs as poll shows Reform surging behind SNP
11 Dec 2025 at 11:52am
Polling suggests Reform UK are gaining ground while Scottish Labour?s support has fallen.

Police Scotland apologises to Tory MSP Murdo Fraser over social media post ac...
11 Dec 2025 at 10:30am
A non-crime hate incident was recorded against Murdo Fraser in 2023.

Reform surges behind SNP as Labour support falls, poll shows
10 Dec 2025 at 12:06pm
Ipsos Scotland Political Pulse survey gives John Swinney's party a 17-point lead over Reform UK ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament election.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces PMQs amid calls to ?modernise? ECHR to tack...
10 Dec 2025 at 11:53am
European ministers, including the deputy prime minister, are due to meet in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday.

Daily Record

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Nearly a fifth of cladding fund spent on 24/7 fire patrols of unsafe buildings
16 Dec 2025 at 3:12pm
More than £2million of taxpayers? cash went on so-called 'waking watches' where trained fire marshals patrol tower blocks deemed a fire risk.

Angela Constance survives grooming gangs no confidence vote after support fro...
16 Dec 2025 at 3:10pm
The Justice Secretary will not lose her job after a stormy debate at Holyrood.

Suspected drug deaths in Scotland jump 20% in one year as John Swinney urged ...
16 Dec 2025 at 11:59am
Labour warned the "brutal reality is that John Swinney?s approach is failing both victims and communities" when it comes to the number of Scots killed by drugs.

Reform UK's first elected councillor in Scotland says 'we are a landlords? pa...
16 Dec 2025 at 11:46am
EXCLUSIVE: David McLennan said it was a "fundamental right of the landlord" to "regain possession of his or her property".

Mum of grooming gang victim urges MSPs to sack Justice Secretary in harrowing...
16 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: The mother of Taylor, who was sexually abused as a thirteen year old, has written an open letter to MSPs hours before they vote on Constance's future.

Mother of grooming gang victim shares heartbreaking open letter in full
16 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
The mum of a grooming gangs victim has written to MSPs urging them to support a motion of no confidence today in SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance.

Anas Sarwar calls on Green and SNP MSPs to vote to sack Angela Constance as J...
15 Dec 2025 at 12:54pm
The Scottish Labour leader urged the pro-independence parties to support a motion of no confidence in the embattled Justice Secretary.

Jewish leader in Scotland condemns 'intolerable climate of antisemitism' foll...
15 Dec 2025 at 11:24am
The chair of the Jewish Council in Scotland said the group was liasing with police following the terror attack in Australia.

Plan to reduce speed limit on Scots roads to 50 mph dropped by SNP Government...
15 Dec 2025 at 10:44am
Nine out of 10 responses to a public consultation disagreed with the claim a reduced speed limit would address the number of casualties on roads.

BBC urged to keep Scotland v Denmark footage on iPlayer for Tartan Army fans ...
15 Dec 2025 at 4:30am
EXCLUSIVE: SNP MSP Paul McLennan said it was vital that all future Scotland internationals remain free-to-air so all supporters can enjoy them.

The National

The National | Politics

See the areas in Scotland with the highest number of empty homes
16 Dec 2025 at 7:31pm

THE number of homes lying empty in Scotland for over a year has risen to over 32,000, new figures have shown

UK set to rejoin EU?s Erasmus student exchange scheme ? reports
16 Dec 2025 at 8:17pm

THE UK appears set to rejoin the European Union?s Erasmus student exchange scheme

Fifa introduces £45 World Cup tickets for 'most loyal fans'
16 Dec 2025 at 6:47pm

FIFA has introduced cheaper World Cup tickets for national teams? most loyal fans after an outcry over pricing erupted last week

Artistic freedom will be under threat if Reform UK take charge
16 Dec 2025 at 7:26pm

AS a composer (registered with the Scottish Music Centre), I am very worried about artistic freedom and integrity should Reform UK become either the next UK Government or be part of a far-right coalition. Although not writing on anyone else?s behalf, I am not alone in my concerns.

The key data the BBC left out after Question Time echoed Nigel Farage
16 Dec 2025 at 5:55pm

THE BBC has ? begrudgingly ? issued a correction to its claim on Question Time that ?one in three kids in Glasgow don?t speak fluent English?

Foreign Secretary refuses to condemn Trump's plan to 'cultivate resistance in...
16 Dec 2025 at 4:23pm

THE Foreign Secretary has repeatedly refused to criticise the US Government?s national security strategy despite its aim of meddling in European politics to promote right-wing, pro-Trump parties ...

'Reckless': UK armed forces chief 'get ready to fight' call condemned by camp...
16 Dec 2025 at 4:20pm

THE head of the UK military?s claim that ?more people? needed to be ready to fight has been branded ?foolish and reckless?.

John Swinney looking into security at Jewish-Catholic school after Sydney attack
16 Dec 2025 at 4:14pm

THE First Minister has said he is looking at issues around security at a Jewish-Catholic school ?personally? after a terrorist attack in Australia.

'I'm clearly guilty': LibDem peer handed second driving ban of the year
16 Dec 2025 at 3:18pm

A LibDem peer has been disqualified from driving for the second time this year

BBC?s slanted framing of questions to Jenny Gilruth was typical
16 Dec 2025 at 3:00pm

DURING a near 15-minute hostile, and at times crude if not rude, cross-examination by the BBC?s Gary Robertson on The Sunday Show, Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth admirably retained her composure and refused to have words put in her mouth or be drawn into providing the BBC with another negative Scottish Government headline.

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Angela Constance survives no-confidence vote
16 Dec 2025 at 3:39pm
MSPs backed the justice secretary by 67 votes to 57

John Swinney 'personally addressing? security of Scotland?s only Jewish school
16 Dec 2025 at 3:24pm
The first minister said he was ?looking closely? at the safety and security of Calderwood Lodge Primary School following the antisemitic terror attack on Bondi Beach in Australia at the weekend

US pauses ?31 billion tech deal with UK ?
16 Dec 2025 at 11:34am
The US has paused a promised investment of over ?30bn into the UK tech sector over disagreements on trade policy

UK Government launches women in tech taskforce ?
16 Dec 2025 at 10:51am
The UK Government has launched a new taskforce designed to help women "enter, stay and lead" in the UK tech sector

We can?t keep tinkering at the edges: how to put prevention into practice now
16 Dec 2025 at 6:00am
If Scotland is serious about tackling its wicked problems, we cannot keep tinkering at the edges. We must line up our budgets with what we know works, back communities with long-term support and allowing evidence to guide us even when it challenges what w

Scotland?s Visitor Economy: Tackling Challenges in a Changing Climate
16 Dec 2025 at 6:00am
Through this, we?ll support businesses to grow and develop and encourage visitors to stay longer and spend more, ultimately growing the value of the visitor economy for Scotland.

Greens urged to rethink Angela Constance backing ahead of confidence vote
15 Dec 2025 at 2:22pm
A vote of no confidence is expected to take place on Tuesday

Ian Murray: My wife was ?absolutely f**king furious? about sacking from Scotl...
15 Dec 2025 at 6:00am
The Labour MP said he still has not had any explanation as to why he was removed from the top job

Prime public interest
15 Dec 2025 at 6:00am
Global firm Leidos is driving swift and ethical innovation for a digital transformation of Scotland?s public services

ScotRail launches new AI announcer
12 Dec 2025 at 2:24pm
ScotRail has?launched a refreshed artificial intelligence (AI) service for onboard announcements

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UK politics: Trump talks ?complete nonsense? about crime in London, says Met ...
12 Dec 2025 at 4:30pm
Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ?completely false?Members of the House of Lords have proposed ?totally unnecessary? and ?very cruel? amendments to the assisted dying bill in a bid to scupper it, Kim Leadbeater, the MP leading the campaign for the legislation...

Scotland?s looser rules on assisted dying could lead to ?death tourism?, say ...
10 Dec 2025 at 5:11pm
Cross-party group of MSPs says bill going through Holyrood could attract people from elsewhere in UKSenior Scottish politicians fear there could be a risk of ?death tourism? from terminally ill people travelling from other parts of the UK to end their lives in Scotland.A cross-party group of MSPs...

?It?s Scotland?s energy?: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election
8 Dec 2025 at 6:05pm
Leader John Swinney says independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long termThe future of Scottish renewables will underpin the Scottish National party?s Holyrood election campaign, the party leader, John Swinney, has said, as he claimed independence could cut household ener...

No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ?civilisati...
8 Dec 2025 at 5:49pm
US national security strategy takes aim at EU and other bodies over issues including migration, free speech and falling birthratesBadenoch is now taking questions.Q: From Sky News You said you did not want to leave any stones unturned. That is what Sajid Javid said when he ordered an inquiry in...

Farage dodges press as he unveils Reform?s first peer after Conservative defe...
6 Dec 2025 at 5:20pm
Party leader leaves latest recruit, Malcolm Offord, to field questions on antisemitism allegations at Scotland rallyNigel Farage has addressed Reform UK?s largest rally in Scotland to date but refused to engage with local journalists ? leaving the newly defected peer Malcolm Offord to field quest...

John Swinney defends immigration as Scotland faces rise of Reform
6 Dec 2025 at 9:00am
Exclusive: First minister mounts robust defence of diversity as SNP prepares campaign for Holyrood election in MayScotland needs immigration to bolster the size of its working-age population, the country?s first minister has said, mounting a forceful defence of diversity in the face of rising su...

Farage criticises BBC over racism allegations and claims one fellow pupil sai...
4 Dec 2025 at 6:01pm
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said that in Essex county council elections were postponed. He said district councils were being replaced with a new ?pretty amorphous unitary authority?. Because of that, the area also needed ?a clea...

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 ...

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What?s in a name? The SNP and nationalism
15 Dec 2025 at 7:04pm
There’s nationalism and there’s nationalism. On the Rest is Politics podcast hosted by Tony Blair’s erstwhile Director of Communications Alastair Campbell, First Minister John Swinney addressed the issue of the SNP’s name, or rather, the non-issue. Both previous first ministers, Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon had expressed some disquiet that the SNP’s name, Scottish National …

The dangerous stupidity of Keir Starmer
10 Dec 2025 at 4:29pm
You can say many things about the opportunistic moral vacuum that is Keir Starmer, but he’s not stupid, he just behaves as though he was. The one time human rights lawyer Starmer’s latest foray into deliberate and dangerous stupidity was his plea to European leaders yesterday to curb human rights laws in order to introduce …

Westminster and Scotland?s energy, fool me once?
8 Dec 2025 at 6:21pm
Scotland is, by far and away, the most energy rich country of the islands of Britain and Ireland. Moreover it has more in the way of energy resources than just about any other country in Europe, with the exception of Norway (Russia’s vast fossil fuel resources are overwhelmingly concentrated in the Asian part of Russia …

Farage?s contemptible attack on Glesca weans
3 Dec 2025 at 9:15pm
Nigel Farage has been a racist bully again. But don’t worry, he’s only doing it indirectly and without intent to offend or insult. So that’s OK then. Just days after the Scottish Languages Act came into force the English nationalist golf club boor has taken aim at school children in Glasgow. Apparently it’s the “cultural …

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 …

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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'

If ever Police Scotland needed a new AI system this is it
16 Dec 2025 at 12:03pm
Professor John Robertson OBA From Liberty Investigates today: Police forces are trialling AI technology that enables them to identify and track ?suspicious? journeys by drivers on Britain?s road network. They are using an app which analyses data collected by automated number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras, using artificial intelligence to identify vehicles that may be linked to ?county lines?...

How one Nottinghamshire man might have survived an ?avoidable? deadly sepsis ...
16 Dec 2025 at 11:01am
Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Nottinghamshire today, the above and: The care given to a 45-year-old man with disabilities who died from sepsis after not being given the correct medication for 34 hours has been described as a “shambles” by his mother. The father of two – named only as Graham – was taken into Bassetlaw Hospital in Nottinghamshire with an infection in November 2022. An inv...

UK unemployment 35% higher, youth unemployment 40% higher than in Scotland
16 Dec 2025 at 10:45am
in the three months to October it has increased to just over 5% according to official figures. BBC Breakfast had an extended piece this morning on the above concern for the UK (sic), the ‘highest level since 2021′ with a focus on young people BBC Scotland did not cover the issue even though it might have been informative for their audience. Why? First, UK Unemployment surges to massive 35% high...

Shocking contrast as nearly twice as many Scots have access to an NHS dentist...
16 Dec 2025 at 10:27am
Professor John Roberson OBA BBC Breakfast had extended and intensive coverage on the dentistry crisis in England, with the above images of queues around the block to even get on a dentist’s waiting list, and a minister admitting that folk are using pliers on themselves, 18 months after his government came to power. BBC Scotland is not covering this topic. Here’s why: Shocking contrast as nearly...

Respect? Why Scotland?s resident doctors delayed their ballot until after the...
16 Dec 2025 at 10:00am
Professor John Robertson OBA At least four of the above stories, including the resident doctor strike news, in the midst of a flu epidemic, concern only NHS England. BBC Scotland have no apparent health worries for us. Why no reporting? The Scottish Resident Doctors vote does not close until 19 December 2025 with strike action unlikely until January. Why have they delayed until this point? Flu ...

Police Scotland ?have no intelligence to suggest threat? and research says th...
15 Dec 2025 at 12:18pm
Professor John Robertson OBA STV yesterday have: Police Scotland is urging the public to ?remain alert? following a Hanukkah terror attack on Bondi Beach in Australia. At least 12 people have died after a shooting at Sydney?s Bondi Beach on Sunday, which authorities have said was a terrorist attack against the Jewish community. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns confirmed in a press conference...

As NHS Scotland hits treatment targets for a year, what is the cause of a ?ch...
15 Dec 2025 at 10:48am
Professor John Robertson OBA I am, of course, not competent to evaluate the claims of the charity making them in the Herald above but I am, as are all of you, competent to ask why an apparent improvement in performance in the NHS services for them – CAMHS – now for a year, treating more than 90% of those children referred to it (7 500) in one quarter, within the 18 week target, 50% within only ...

Why the wind doesn?t need to blow all the time ? breakthrough in new technolo...
15 Dec 2025 at 12:31am
EBARGOED UNTIL 15 Dec 2025 00:01 Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Scotland, three days ago: In East Lothian, council leader Norman Hampshire has asked UK ministers to draw up a “characterisation” of the Torness power station site in the hope that it could still be considered for a replacement. The Labour councillor says the closure of Torness without a replacement would be devastating to t...

Not even one one report of a flooded home ? I wonder why? Surely not Scottish...
14 Dec 2025 at 12:37pm
Professor John Robertson OBA STV News, almost exactly 24 hours earlier, as I write: Scots homes ‘likely to be flooded’ as amber weather warning for ‘very heavy rain’ issued – The alert comes into effect from midnight on Sunday and remains in place until 11.59pm. The same hopeful claims were everywhere in Scotland’s media with the same optimism, on their part, we see when such NHS waiting times ...

Campus shootings ? how Scotland?s campuses, safest in the UK, could not be re...
14 Dec 2025 at 10:45am
Professor John Robertson OBA Yesterday’s tragic killings at Brown University in the USA are only the latest in a sequence of 43 such incidents. Ironically, in July this year Police Scotland answered a Freedom of Information request from the US Department of Education on crime data for Scotland’s Higher education campuses, in a surprisingly unhelpful way: I refer to your recent request for crime...

Scotland and Independence

"scotland independence -guardian" - Google News

Scottish independence: SNP ?misleads? over energy bill savings - The Times
16 Dec 2025 at 7:50pm
Scottish independence: SNP ?misleads? over energy bill savings  The Times

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

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

SNP remain ahead but Reform support in Scotland rises, while Labour support s...
10 Dec 2025 at 11:00am
SNP remain ahead but Reform support in Scotland rises, while Labour support slumps  Ipsos

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  ????? ??????????

Scottish independence could 'reduce energy bills by more than a third', First...
8 Dec 2025 at 3:23pm
Scottish independence could 'reduce energy bills by more than a third', First Minister John Swinney says  Sky News

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

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

Independence takes lead and Labour support plummets in new Scottish poll - Th...
10 Dec 2025 at 3:50pm
Independence takes lead and Labour support plummets in new Scottish poll  TheNational.scot

SNP

"SNP" - Google News

Gene copy-number features generalize better than SNPs for antimicrobial resis...
16 Dec 2025 at 6:15pm
Gene copy-number features generalize better than SNPs for antimicrobial resistance prediction in Staphylococcus aureus  Nature

Scottish independence: SNP ?misleads? over energy bill savings - The Times
16 Dec 2025 at 7:50pm
Scottish independence: SNP ?misleads? over energy bill savings  The Times

SNP councillor quits party citing 'bullying and disrespectful behaviour' - Th...
16 Dec 2025 at 1:58pm
SNP councillor quits party citing 'bullying and disrespectful behaviour'  TheNational.scot

SNP councillor quits party with damning statement on culture - The Herald
16 Dec 2025 at 12:53pm
SNP councillor quits party with damning statement on culture  The Herald

SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE: Release according to Article 40, Secti...
16 Dec 2025 at 3:07pm
SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE: Release according to Article 40, Section 1 of the WpHG the German Securities Trading Act with the objective of Europe-wide distribution  TradingView ? Track All Markets

SNP remain ahead but Reform support in Scotland rises, while Labour support s...
10 Dec 2025 at 11:00am
SNP remain ahead but Reform support in Scotland rises, while Labour support slumps  Ipsos

SNP slammed over failure on drugs as deaths soar by amid warning over 'state-...
16 Dec 2025 at 9:20pm
SNP slammed over failure on drugs as deaths soar by amid warning over 'state-sponsored addiction'  Daily Mail

SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance survives vote of no confidence - The S...
16 Dec 2025 at 3:28pm
SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance survives vote of no confidence  The Scotsman

Justice Secretary Angela Constance survives no confidence vote amid grooming ...
16 Dec 2025 at 4:28pm
Justice Secretary Angela Constance survives no confidence vote amid grooming gangs row  Sky News

SNP drops 50mph limit plan after spending £500,000 - Regit
16 Dec 2025 at 9:34am
SNP drops 50mph limit plan after spending £500,000  Regit

Referendum (Google News)

"Scotland referendum -guardian -telegraph" - Google News

No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says - BBC
27 Nov 2025 at 8:00am
No independence referendum if SNP wins majority, Reeves says  BBC

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

Scottish independence could 'reduce energy bills by more than a third', First...
8 Dec 2025 at 3:23pm
Scottish independence could 'reduce energy bills by more than a third', First Minister John Swinney says  Sky News

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

Part Two: What an independent Scotland could look like - A Fresh Start with I...
8 Oct 2025 at 8:00am
Part Two: What an independent Scotland could look like - A Fresh Start with Independence  The Scottish Government

Independence takes lead and Labour support plummets in new Scottish poll - Th...
10 Dec 2025 at 3:50pm
Independence takes lead and Labour support plummets in new Scottish poll  TheNational.scot

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

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

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