DESPITE much clamouring, Tory warnings over the Scottish government’s rent freeze have proven to be a load of hot air ...

I WAS delighted to read this month in my local In Your

Those of you who are on Twitter may have seen that I had a brief exchange with Pat Kane last night.  Earlier in the day, Pat had said that he couldn't understand why Ash Regan would want to cast doubt on the integrity of an electoral process she was involved in.  I thought that was an extremely peculiar remark, because it's actually very commonplace, the whole world over, for people to...

The Dowey husband and wife team, Tory council leader (1) and not-really-elected Tory MSP (2), have been caught out by this news: South Ayrshire achieves glowing report for positive school leaver destinations The School Leaver Destination Report (SLDR) recorded an impressive 98.6 per cent of pupils across South Ayrshire progressing from school to a positive destination....

Rishi Sunak will hope he gets a deal on Northern Ireland today. So do I. Most especially for the people of Northern Ireland. It is Read the full article...

The response above, today, to my proposal: Hold a referendum on Scotland being ejected from the UK Scotland spends considerably more per head on public services than England does. Critics argue that this is both unfair and a drain on revenue gathered mainly from English taxpayers. The Scottish electorate persists in voting for parties that will spend more on public services and shows no sign of...

ANENT Starmer’s decision to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing for Labour in the next election, I am convinced of four points (Corbyn barred from standing as Labour MP, Feb 16).

The election for a new leader of the SNP is being rigged in front of your eyes as a small cabal overturn the party's constitution. It must be stopped with urgency.

Donald John Morrison was the last man to speak to Willie McRae, unless his murderer talked. He invited me warmly into his neat Benbecula home, where I was visiting with my friend, his cousin Donnie. Donald took my coat from me and hung it neatly in a cupboard. He then sat us in the front […]The post Murder, Lies and State Conspiracy appeared first on Craig Murray.

AN MSP who is looking to pass legislation to introduce safe access zones around abortion clinics is making a trip to Ireland for talks on how the government there has put them in place.

I have obtained access to all of Stewart McDonald’s emails, after approaching a number of people to find out who might have them. This is something the entire Scottish mainstream media have failed to do. I had no hand in obtaining the emails nor prior knowledge. I am grateful they have been so generously shared. […]The post I Have Stewart McDonald’s Emails appeared first on...

No titillating images here Several media reports, such a this from the Herald have suggested higher homeless deaths in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK: Official figures for 2019 showed that Scotland had the highest homeless death rate when compared to England and Wales...

From BBC Scotland today: A father has told the BBC he moved his family out of a flat complex in Glasgow after fire safety issues were found. Abhijeet Kadwe said he feared for his children’s safety after learning that the Lancefield Quay flats had the same cladding as Grenfell Tower. A 24/7 fire patrol has been put in place in the building by the Scottish government after developers failed to...

Covid mortality rates in UK nations: remarkable differences revealed in new analysis By stewartb The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has recently published its latest annual report on the extent of poverty across the UK. This is based on data rich research that has over the years gained the status of an authoritative source. See JRF 26 January (2023) UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to...

TRANSWOMAN India Willoughby has said she felt like she was at her own “hanging” during her appearance on Thursday night’s Question Time.

Scotland’s largest A&E department at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, often fondly described by Scotland’s media as ‘troubled’ by, for example, pigeon fungus, has recovered to levels not seen since January 2022. In week-ending 22 January 2023, 67.2% of attendances were seen and resulted in a subsequent admission, transfer or discharge within 4 hours....

LIVING in Penpont, an area cut off from the rest of the world by both geography and inclination, I have had very little truck with prime ministers. The British state is an institution that has subsumed and belittled areas of passionate interest to me, Scottish history, languages and culture. My poetry tries in its own small way to right some wrongs.

Some people will have seen the truly awful video of Jeremy Hunt, filmed in a cafe at the Treasury, where he supposedly uses coffee cups Read the full article...

I’m grateful to my Researcher, Bernadette Robertson, for alerting me to this with a shout of: ‘Hey! BBC Wales is on our beach!‘ From BBC Wales as an insert in BBC 24, today around 4:30pm: But here on the West coast of Scotland, locals and environmental officials say that benefits are already being felt on beaches like this [Ayr South] one because of the work they’re doing...

For the second day running the Herald gives the Scottish Lib Dumbs a platform to show just how liberal and dumb they can be with the facts. Yesterday, like a well-past-it boxer ACH claimed they were making a come back, the facts, no recovery in the polls despite the collapse of the Cons. Today, we read, barely able to keep a straight face: SCOTLAND is facing a “sharp crisis in...