With announcements to further restrict the ability to protests Labour deserves to pay a heavy price for its demo ban. My thoughts in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

What do the fire at Windsor Castle, the death of Princess Diana, and the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster all have in common? You can find out here in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

What a sorry state Police Scotland is in. This is a very important read from @calumsteele.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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'Quite simply this island’s lifeline doesn’t matter' ⛴️ heraldscotland.com/politics/vie... @calumsteele.bsky.social (1/3)

“Unto the Lord belongs the earth, and all that it contains – except the Kyles and Western Isles for they are all MacBraynes” My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social here. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Good morning all. In today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social I look back at John Swinney’s anti-Farage summit last week and ask why the hell the polis were there? www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Look around you - we are living in the age of the imbecile. My latest piece for @heraldscotland.bsky.social out today www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Seems as good a day as any to post this photo.

An early online showing for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece ahead of the ruling in the ForWomenScot case vs the Scottish Ministers. If you can’t wait to buy the paper tomorrow - it’s worth the subscription on its own today. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

Will Keir Starmer’s Organised Immigration Crime Summit work? No - but it should be welcomed nonetheless. Want to know why? Read my thoughts on this in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Why the presumption of liberty has simply added more problems to an already broken system. My musings in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social (and at £20 for a years subscription that’s less than 5 1/2p a day) www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2501...

Quick question. In today’s environment and you’re an earning a £140,000 salary - should you get a £21,500 pay rise? And to see why I’m asking - read my latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social here www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

I wonder why no one from the Scottish Government, the Scottish Police Authority, or the Police Service itself made any public announcement on this 😳 What? Read it here @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

“Last Friday was genuinely jaw-dropping. Naked self-interest and dripping contempt were on full show and nothing short of ritual humiliation was required to put the plebian in his place.” What am I talking about? Find out in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

There’s only one show in town and my @heraldscotland.bsky.social column this week looks at how failure in public sector leadership has led to cases like Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife (not on herald website yet but you can get it here or buy a paper) pressreader.com/article/2820...

A magnificent blend of stunning scenery - silent story telling, and a simply outstanding Gaelic soundtrack make this one of the best short videos I’ve seen in a very long time. youtu.be/Pp2KOx6ejzc?...

After the storm. Pure Nae Bad.

There’s a lot to digest in this story by @martynmcl.bsky.social but how the police service is able to determine the allegations are “inaccurate, misleading, and defamatory” without an investigation being undertaken is the stand out of all of them www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

One of these days we'll get an inquiry that blames the right people, the MPs who fail us constantly. Great stuff from @calumsteele.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

I wonder if Stuart Seldowitz uttered the cringeworthy “don’t you know who I am?” as he was being arrested.

Just because she used to be Home Secretary - doesn’t make her an authority. A xenophobic charlatan then - the same now.

I guarantee every single trade union knows & sees how things could be changed & done better. In their stead governments will continue to expect those extremely well paid leaders to devise yet more strategies for change (& ultimately only deliver less of the same) www.bbc.com/news/uk-scot...

Liz Truss for Chancellor anyone?

James Cleverly. The only man who listened to Margaret Thatcher’s “you turn if you want to …” and took it as an instruction.

Aye (far) right!

They shall grow not old, as we that are left foretold. Age shall not weary them, for they have already been condemned. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, will we remember them? #Gaza #Children

#Gaza Will we remember them?

If Suella Braverman isn’t sacked by lunchtime Rishi Sunak will be proved to be as weak as his detractors accuse him of being.

This is an astonishing admission & it is even rarer to hear a senior officer say it. Well done the Ch Supt for leaving no doubt over severity of cuts to policing in the Hebrides “While all this was taking place there was no-one policing Lewis or Harris” 1919magazine.co.uk/november2023/?…

This is a harrowing piece by @janehamilton.bsky.social to read - but even in doing so we have to remember that living it must have been even more so 1919magazine.co.uk/november2023...

I used to wonder how it was that women could wake up annoyed - but I’ve spent most of today slightly miffed that a “ready to eat” avocado I had yesterday had the texture of sliced play-doh left in the open air by a radiator for a week. (& I even knew it wasn’t actually R2E before I sliced it open)

You’re NOT on mute! 🙈 www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

Not a burner - just an old phone that no one apparently knew about 🙈 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

This is a rule I can subscribe to 👌

You can feel the delight that went into typing every letter of this reply “Thanks also for the donation. I hope it inspires others to donate to the strike fund as well” www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...

It may have been a lot of things - but unprecedented it was not. (See 2022, 2019, 2018 etc) www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...

In a crowded field of shameful decision making this is right up there www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...