A very concrete sign of the growing irrelevance of the Conservative Party: someone I know decided to go at the last minute last week, and not only were there rooms still available at the hotel nearest the venue, they weren’t even all that expensive.

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Framing matters. This is a low salience issue. Opinions can shift. If defenders of ECHR don't have workable answers to issues that opponents claim it impedes (prisons, terrorism, asylum) they become more vulnerable than if they can appeal to

Thanks @pressgazette for this report on @thenerve.news first week. We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏

NEW: The Nerve @thenerve.news, the new publication launched by former Observer journalists including @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, has attracted more than 900 paying subscribers in its first week pressgazette.co.uk/news/new-lau...

BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago; the Lost Forest is now no more 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇🌳 #Kinrara #Cairngormsnationalpark www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago; the Lost Forest is now no more 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇🌳 #Kinrara #Cairngormsnationalpark www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gries Glacier 1919 | 2025 Over last 12 months it has lost 6 meters in thickness at the bottom and even the top has melted! 🧊🔥 Between 2000 and 2023, the glacier lost 800 m in length, and is now 3.2 km shorter than in 1880! 📈 Average thickness, now only 57 m... 😱 Via @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

“Thinking that commercial investors are going to fix things is foolhardy. We need fresh thinking.” It was great to speak to @severincarrell.bsky.social about the folly of relying on private finance to fix the nature crisis for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory” The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own 🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social

The deputy prime minister David Lammy made history today as he was sworn in as the first black lord chancellor. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lord-ch...

Don't forget to send in your meter readings tomorrow if you are on a standard tariff without a smart meter. If you don't your bill will be based on next week’s price cap increase. The difference for a week’s energy at October rates compared with September is +£17 www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

@naturescot.bsky.social fends off @futureeconscot.bsky.social criticisms of its private financing for nature by predicting £100m of outside funding for up to 15 woodland and peat projects 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳 #naturecrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Glasgow University “failed” a student who killed himself on graduation day - Ethan Brown had been wrongly told he had not done well enough to earn his degree 👇@uofglasgow.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Brian Patten - one of the first poets I loved www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

There is a moment of hesitation and then my dog dives – 24kg of fox red labrador launching into Gourock outdoor pool – to join the splashy tumult. Dogs of all shapes, sizes and swimming ability have come to the outdoor saltwater pool on Scotland’s west coast for what has become an annual fixture 👇🐕

@naturescot.bsky.social fends off @futureeconscot.bsky.social criticisms of its private financing for nature by predicting £100m of outside funding for up to 15 woodland and peat projects 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌳 #naturecrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

UK Labour conference: Why Scottish Labour's leaders think there is path to victory in May's Holyrood election - live blog with @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Jackie Baillie tells Burnham to shelve leadership positioning, amid concerns it will harm Labour at Holyrood elections, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Anas Sarwar suggests Starmer should 'stop being shy' of promoting UK government's successes, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Eight months after the LA wildfires, people who have lost everything are grappling with slow permit approvals, high costs and low insurance payouts. Prices for burnt-out lots are coming down as some residents give up on returning. My latest (free to read): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Damning results show how much work there is still to do for women and ethnic minorities in football | Suzanne Wrack

Nick McGowan-Lowe, NUJ national organiser for Scotland, spoke on BBC Radio Scotland earlier about planned redundancies at STV. “As long as STV wants to have those two ITV licences it has to produce quality news coverage, and cutting a third of the newsroom is not going to do that.”

New Scottish Parliament poll tracker, with both Scotland polls from this week polling. The SNP continue to match their 2021 result despite losing a substantial number of votes... Seats (+/- 2021): SNP: 64 (-) Lab: 18 (-4) Ref: 16 (+16) LD: 11 (+7) Con: 10 (-21) Grn: 10 (+2) Alba: 0 (-) 1/4

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

The Royal Parks has rejected Nigel Farage's claim that migrants are killing and eating swans from their grounds. The RSPCA has also poured cold water on the claim, saying a video that has been circulating on social media was from 15 years ago news.sky.com/story/royal-...

Sept 25: Feast of Ceolfrith (†716), abbot of Wiremutha-Gyruum (Wearmouth-Jarrow). Also Bede’s guardian. He wrote an important letter on Easter dates to Pictish king Naiton and commissioned what is the oldest surviving Latin Bible in one volume, Codex Amiatinus. 📸Remi Mathis #medievalsky

Ed Miliband looking into more North Sea drilling despite Labour pledge

Ed MILIBAND looking into more North Sea drilling despite Labour pledge - Jillian AMBROSE, @severincarrell.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Salmon farmer accused of blocking UK investigations into alleged animal rights breaches - @severincarrell.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a New York Times investigation found. Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help. nyti.ms/3W5glG0

For anyone who’s never seen it, this number from Highway is mind bogglingly amazing. Victoria Wood would show it to her friends and family every Christmas Day. youtu.be/AVt9AqE0toY?...

Good news from Chicago! Rivers can be cleaned up, and are being cleaned up. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

President Trump suggested that Fox Corp. Chairman Lachlan Murdoch and his father Rupert Murdoch are involved in the American takeover of the video app TikTok's US operations

Superb. Read it. That's all I can say. 👏 @shattenstone.bsky.social

Musk amplified anti-immigrant misinformation about a local arrest, but locals in Dundee’s Lochee is focusing on inclusivity - @libbybrooks.bsky.social reports 👇🏾 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tense scenes in Glasgow city centre right now as hundreds of anti immigration protesters gather at the top of Buchanan Street, with counter protesters from trade unions and other anti racist groups massing further down the precinct

As noted in @clairemiller.bsky.social's brill #FOIFriday round-up, the Scottish government have announced they're seeking views on the new FOI bill, deadline Monday. Hopefully not, as committee website says they're "not currently seeking views" on anything... clairemiller.net/2025/09/free...

Failing to address climate change is very expensive.

A Scottish minister has resigned after a row over aggressive gulls spilled over into an angry altercation with former Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross - full story here: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Scottish government minister Jamie Hepburn resigns over altercation with Tory leader during row about seagulls, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Scottish government minister Jamie Hepburn resigns over angry altercation with Tory leader during row about aggressive seagulls 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇🦅 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

US and UK to resume talks next week on possible reductions in tariffs on Scotch whisky: "progress made" says source 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇🥃 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

US and UK to resume talks next week on possible reductions in tariffs on Scotch whisky: "progress made" says source 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👇🥃 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

One of "Tommy Robinson"s most ridiculous lies was that the Met said 3 million people were on his far-Right march in #London. Thanks to @fullfact.org for confirming his claim was ridiculously false: fullfact.org/culture-and-....