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Vote SNP 1 Scottish Greens 2 - updated swing calculation: Points of interest: a) if 12% of SNP 2 votes went to the Scottish Greens, then the SGs become the official opposition b) a 38% swing of SNP 2 votes to SGs makes a combined indy support of 66.7% - a 2/3rds super majority

The polling cited here only has two questions, neither of which include the words "assisted dying". I would argue that's quite misleading

Letter in Times today

First of my series of reports from Iraq on how the shockwaves of the Iran war are opening up old wounds and faultlines 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

The Anglican Church was officially disestablished in Wales #OnThisDay 1920 – a victory nearly a century in the making, and one of the most significant wins for secularism in British history. #HumanistHeritage #Secularism🧵 heritage.humanists.uk/wales/

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I have never wavered in my position that there can be no compromise with RFK Jr. He is a dangerous fraud who has caused incalculable damage to public health. It’s extremely disappointing that the President of the American Medical Association was doing a photo op with RFK Jr. this morning.

New polling shows a *massive* gap between our laws & public opinion. 60% oppose state-funded schools selecting pupils by religion, & two thirds want an end to bishops' automatic seats in the Lords. Time for our institutions to reflect the diverse, majority non-religious country we are today.

Mark Zuckerberg, an outspoken critic of "man-made climate change", shows off his new $300 million, 287-foot mega yacht, powered by four gigantic diesel engines. What's that word oh yea hypocrite that fits .

The UK government is exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract, the FT reports. A big and absolutely correct step.

The U.S. has been at war with Iran for almost a month. Why is Trump, who promised to avoid foreign entanglements, allowing it to drag on? On Tuesday, the NYT published a bombshell report. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been aggressively lobbying Trump not to end the fighting.

DEBUNKED: Carbon Brief has fact-checked some of the most common misconceptions about North Sea oil and gas, including the oft-repeated notion that opening the basin to new drilling would “lower people's bills”. @carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

'Genuine imitation', as the US manufacturers often stamp their goods.

Exactly 5 minutes BEFORE Trump announced a 5-day delay in bombing Iranian power plants, someone purchased $1.5 billion worth of S&P futures in a single trade. Someone also sold $192 million in oil futures. Trump and/or his cronies are engaging in market manipulation and insider trading.

Breaking: Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded

Very sorry that MSPs have voted down Assisted Dying in Scotland. Sorry for terminally ill people, and sorry that Parliaments are again obstructing the will of the people.

Really fills those of us who live in Kent with hope doesn’t she…….not! This is what we have leading Kent County Council. They are currently selling off the counties art and antiques too truces make ends meet. More likely selling it to their millionaire buddies!

This is excellent. Absolutely scandalous that GB News essentially has a licence to spread misinformation like this without OFCOM stepping in. www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-...

Tonight in Dundee. "We are making a film about Mark Fisher"

Ofcom is facing mounting criticism over its systematic failure to enforce its rules amid repeated breaches by GB News. This damning assesment is from Anna Sabine MP, Lib Dem Culture spokesperson, who spoke at the weekend about Ofcom's inaction & the danger this creates.

Still hold to my bench-marking of Iran with the earlier episodes, with the important wording being "no *coherent* idea". i.e. was never worked out how to do it, what constituted victory (i.e. destroy South Vietnam democracy to 'save' it?)... just plunder on in. Iraq similarities.

Join us on April 23 in Glasgow for a special 'Meet the Leaders' election event! 👉 bit.ly/4rgqDR6 Meet third sector colleagues, like Ann Jones, to discuss and share your #ScottishElection priorities

The barrister whose £8m lawsuit against me was struck out yesterday is now whining that he's been treated unfairly. This (from LinkedIn) is delusional. It demonstrates the absurdity of Kamal's libel claim, and the beyond-absurdity that it cost me £146k to defend.

What these misadventures have in common is that the US once in had then no coherent idea of what 'victory' meant or what's the exit strategy. Recalls UN's Kofi Annon saying he preferred military chiefs to politicians as the former also pressed the latter on these imperatives.

Vietnam, Lebanon, Afghanistan. An unlearning America's tragedy goes on. Meanwhile, China patiently builds assets, capacity, allies & friends.

Of course the charlatan does, even Trump now grasps the enormity of the Iran misadventure & he’s preparing the ground to declare a fake victory & so to exit his & Netanyahu’s Iranian imbroglio.

Many sophisticated denizens of Glasgow City & South Lanarkshire Council enhance their features by availing themselves of a library card that extends entitlement across both of the providing councils. Pure dead cultured that is.

It’s even much worse than just the loss of this iconic Victorian Glasgow building; it was all a piece of a quite magnificent junction. I stood in that street, trapped by the chaos not bearing to think as a Glaswegian that that unique combined streetscape of built heritage has gone forever.

It's been awful to hear about yesterday's fire in Glasgow, and we're keen to help how we can. Our HR team has quickly updated advice for employers and staff who might be dealing with service disruptions and the knock-on effect of local travel chaos. 👉 Download a sample policy here: bit.ly/4dho8KC

This video is well worth watching. It's a balanced, real-world look at the effectiveness of AI (across many disciplines, not just software dev) and its impact on work, substantiated by a well-designed study that actually compares UI to human workers. www.youtube.com/watc... 2/2

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I was stranded in the Union/Gordon St junction on my way home yesterday evening. Could only stand watching, appalled, thinking of loss after loss of irreplaceable Glasgow built heritage (all to fires, although not this one, they’re often…ahem…‘developer friendly‘ ones).

@bbclaurak.bsky.social why have you not challenged Israel on the attacks on desalination plants or oil refineries?

We're investigating a firm called MP Estate Planning, which sells trusts to save elderly people from the "modern threats" of divorce, bankruptcy, care home fees and inheritance tax. We believe the trusts don't work. If you've come across the firm, please get in touch.

UK officials are boycotting the opening of the Paralympics tonight in protest at Russian and Belarus athletes being allowed to compete under their own flag. [LBC News]

For anyone who would like the clip (including George).

Here we go again. An American tragedy repeated. It seems this is a US that's deeply unlearning about it's own modern history of foreign adventures & gigantic failures. Now it's dead Americans for a dud President.

I don't really understand this. Most expats won't be within just a few days of falling UK tax resident. Even if they are, the obvious solution is: spend a few weeks in France, Italy, the US... anywhere at all except the UK. www.ft.com/content/80bf...

EXCL: MPs are planning to redact names of 2,000 parliamentary staff from official register that has been in place for decades, reducing transparency around lobbying by passholders - @rowenamason.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

BLOG - I am pleased to report that Police Scotland has submitted a report to COPFS relating to an offence to register in Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land. Apologies to blog subscribers as automated email failed to send (am investigating) andywightman.scot/2026/03/poli...

The polls suggest the British press is seriously out of sync with how most ordinary decent people regard Israel and America’s bloody ‘war on a whim.’

Same narrative with GB N*ws as with the Murdoch owned S*n newspaper; the financial losses don't matter, the desired RoI is dissemination of right-wing populist propaganda.

Oh no! What now? www.thenational.scot/news/2590739...

Oh no! What now? www.thenational.scot/news/2590739...

Meanwhile, humanists are banned from BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day. If programming is to be inclusive, the BBC must treat non-religious worldviews with equal respect and proportional visibility, not sustain identities while excluding others. 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

There are over 60 episodes of our podcast #WhatIBelieve. In each one, @andrewcopson.bsky.social speaks with a humanist in the public eye about the beliefs and values that shape their life. Listen to Sandi Toksvig's episode today. Available on all podcast platforms. humanists.uk/what-i-believe

Hovering on the precipice of a New Dark Age where religion becomes again dominant.