Former Labour MP Ian Davidson, who said of indy supporters “The debate will go on in the sense there is a large number of wounded still to be bayoneted" has taken a job as advisor to Malcolm Offord. Tell me again that Labour would never do a deal with Reform. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2609246...

Excellent analysis from my BBC elections team colleague and YouGov data guru @patrick-pme.bsky.social on what the local elections data tells us about whether Labour is losing more to Greens or Reform. Spoiler alert: its the Greens open.substack.com/pub/patricke...

Good.

Bye bye Airdrie.

pure, uncut, liquid Sir Keir to write an article about "breaking with the status quo once and for all" on Friday, then announcing new roles for Harriet Harman and Gordon Brown on Saturday

The Onion ass headline

Three of the UK’s nations have elected pro-independence parties. The fourth is drifting towards English nationalism under Reform. These islands are constitutionally broken. Yet the UK government still acts like it’s 1997.

How long does it take to count the votes for seven seats?

Tomorrow's front page This is the main story of these elections. It will only surprise you if you haven't been paying attention. Westminster parties can bury their heads in the sand all they want: The truth is the UK's days are numbered. "A future beyond the constraints of the Union" 🙏

At least 2 of these Reform gomers will be ex-MSPs within a year, get yourself down the bookies now. No way these bozos are sitting in committee dealing with the Root Vegetables (Storage and Transportation) Regulations.

Every time I see Lord Sixhouses I think he reminds me of someone. Think I’ve found it. He needs a little hair gel but otherwise bang on.

Labour are third in *Glasgow*

BREAKING: Pro‑independence parties have secured a majority at Holyrood. A majority was reached after the Greens won two list seats in Glasgow.

I believe the Real Greens have just been IGV'd out of a second seat in Mid Scotland and Fife. Huge questions for Electoral Commission to answer after two elections of this.

BBC News saying Reform have "come out of nowhere". No, they haven't. First they were UKIP, and then they were The Brexit Party, and with every incarnation, they've been amplified and boosted by the BBC, with Farage given record appearances on Question Time and other panel shows. #Reform #BBCqt

I think we now have the answer

Thumping huge victory for the SNP's Alison Thewliss in Glasgow Central

Lorna Jane Slater (Scottish Green Party) has been duly elected as Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Edinburgh Central constituency with 12,680 votes 🗳️ #SP26Result

If the word dweeb had a face it would be this one.

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Money can't buy everything....

BREAKING: Reform UK Scotland leader Malcolm Offord secures just 18% in his constituency race. SNP hold in Inverclyde, comfortably ahead with 44.3% Given the resources put in and visibility for Offord this is truly pretty bad for Reform www.thenational.scot/news/2608844...

Ooft.

Given that the Greens could still end up as the second largest party they don’t even feature on the BBC Scotland News seat count.

Congrats to Murdo Fraser for keeping his streak going.

🥳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A HISTORIC SNP GAIN! Congratulations to Hannah Mary Goodlad, elected for Shetland Islands. A seat at the table for Shetland.

Revealed: The Trump administration arrested the parents of at least 27,000 kids in seven months

AOC: “There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned. You can’t earn a billion dollars"

Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...

Interesting analysis for those of us interested in hope and aware of the big graph that shows Reform peaked in October last year and is sliding inexorably down.

Lol Farage on BBC already saying "councils don't have enough money, we can't promise miracles!" coz he knows what an absolutely dogshit job Reform does running a council.

Here's Nigel Farage's "Tiktok guru" and adviser, Jack Anderton, telling GB News that he would be "worried" if the Jewish population was growing in the UK. When do we start seeing all the coverage about the antisemitism crisis in Reform UK?

Make Hate Weird Again.

Useful on election day Don't be a half-wit and vote for Farage and his band of racist & halfwit goons. Be human. knowyourseat.co.uk

As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.

Voting tomorrow in Scotland, I'll be voting against racists and bigots, and for anyone that can help keep them out of a seat. Don't stay at home because you are disappointed with our politicians.

'Your society's broken. So who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, let's blame the people with no power and no money and immigrants who don't even have a vote yet. Yeah, it must be their fucking fault.' - Iain Banks

Just seen Richard Dawkins telling a speak your weight machine that it's wearing a smashing blouse.

Scotland, do not let Reform in tomorrow. Our communities and the future of our country will change for the worst if we do. They are multi-millionaires that are in it for their own greed and the short term, but the damage will be done. Get out there in numbers and vote to KEEP THE FASCISTS OUT.

Reform UK are refusing to explain why Nigel Farage posed for a "Christmas drink" with far-right activists, some of whom took part in a violent attack at a church. One of the men pictured with Farage was convicted of assault by beating last month, after storming an anti-racism meeting at the church

You have to say well done Hearts.

Reform is a racist party. Voting Reform is a racist act. We must not shy away from calling this out. They don’t get to hide behind “legitimate concerns” and feel sorry for themselves. Their hatred and inadequacy has made them very ugly indeed.

Thanks to Brexit, Nigel Farage was one of the architects of an immigration system he now claims to loathe - and we shouldn’t let him forget it

Hmmm.

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The Sunday National 📰 Labour plan two-tier NHS for Scots

Never have 4 people more wished they were still in the deepest, darkest recesses of outer space.

If we really are to root out the evil of anti-semitism in British politics then one of our first steps must be to condemn the systematic use of anti-semitic tropes by Nigel Farage and his fellow travellers on the right www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

Dinnae forget tae tak' yer medicine min... 📉

Left: Keir Starmer criticising Zack Polanski for wondering why the police kicked a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head Right: Footage of the police kicking a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head

Pleasing. Very pleasing.