The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

"Today, the base rate is 20%. The direct consequence of this is the broken Britain that Reeves is struggling to mend." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It looks like Reform has lost *another* councillor at Kent County Council. Isabella Kemp now sits as an Independent, according to the council website. Means that Kent has lost ***16%*** of its Reform councillors since May👀 www.politicshome.com/news/article...

We all know Elon Musk is using Twitter to boost the far right but good to see it so fantastically documented here news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot on X/Twitter, has apologised to an SNP MP after calling him a "rape enabler" www.holyrood.com/news/view,ai...

Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot on X/Twitter, has apologised to an SNP MP after calling him a "rape enabler" www.holyrood.com/news/view,ai...

Being a Brit on BlueSky means seeing 1000x more messaging about an election in New York than your local council. Might as well message Zohran about my bin collection.

Little boy lost: The challenges facing a generation of young men medium.com/@chrismarsha...

She’s right. She *deliberately* hacked into Harriet Harman’s website, whereas Rachel Reeves is accused of obtaining a license late by accident. I assume that’s what she means, given Badenoch is widely known for her thoughtfulness and her self-awareness.

Nicola Sturgeon named best Scottish politician since the 1990s in new poll www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...

Another strong cover from @nouvelobs.com

Former UK environment minister Steve Reed wrong on claims Scotland’s water is dirtier than England’s, a statistics body has found www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...

Nicola Sturgeon named best Scottish politician since the 1990s in new poll www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

There will be no overnight count for the Scottish Parliament election next May, it has been announced. www.holyrood.com/news/view,no...

Not too dissimilar to the ruse Putin used to subvert the Russian constitution and keep himself in power in perpetuity

this is a fearless, clear, alarming explainer by @edwardluce.bsky.social on how Trump is trampling over democratic norms in the USA www.ft.com/content/1377...

Trump's asylum overhaul which seeks to give priority status to the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Nice piece on the great storm of 1987, featuring an appearance from Michael Fish www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...

Liberal Democrats call for MI5 to 'assess threat' posed by Elon Musk www.holyrood.com/news/view,li...

"After Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union for political dissent, the U.S. government facilitated his arrival in America. Now we have different heroes: The Trump administration went out of its way to rescue and welcome the Tate brothers." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

"After Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union for political dissent, the U.S. government facilitated his arrival in America. Now we have different heroes: The Trump administration went out of its way to rescue and welcome the Tate brothers." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

'No-go zone' latest:

This is a genuinely fascinating stats story. Private schools in Scotland say their rolls have fallen since the VAT rise on tuition. But state schools say kids are not seeing big switches from Indy sector. What’s going on? www.thetimes.com/article/6043...

Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she’s working on a novel, a 'counterfactual political thriller', but the happy ending she promised Scotland's young people is yet to be written, says @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Is it a page-turner? Well, there are some plot-like activities...

Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP made a promise to Scotland's young people, so far it's one they've failed to keep www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

It's quite wrong to suggest Robert Jenrick is a racist. Racists believe in something. My SKETCH.

"Novels ask us (in an age when the dominant cultural impulse is to demand the admiration of others) to imagine what it might be like to be somebody else." www.spectator.co.uk/article/were...

New French prime minister resigns less than 12 hours after naming members of his cabinet www.politico.eu/article/fren...

Until this country faces down the far-right, I won’t take any pride in our flags, says @louisewilso.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

Except in Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of taking part in a criminal association but was cleared of corruption charges after being accused of accepting illicit campaign donations from Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi when he ran for president in 2007.

When it comes to prostate cancer treatment in Scotland, where you live really matters. The target is for 95% of patients to begin treatment with 62 days of referral - only one health board comes close to meeting that.

Same shit, different decade

"Scottish men shouldn’t be having worse outcomes than men in other parts of the UK – it’s not right," says Sir Chris Hoy Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

I left Twitter and don't regret it. This analysis is based on a flawed understanding of what it became under Musk: right-wing voices were amplified and if you were there for right-wing voices, you were very unlikely to see anything else.

"Things like Gaza are showing people what we’ve been supporting all these years… it’s the centrists who are the villains." www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

"Things like Gaza are showing people what we’ve been supporting all these years… it’s the centrists who are the villains." I interviewed @irvinewelsh.bsky.social for the latest @holyroodmag.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

Social media is a mixed blessing but you can't deny the effect Instagram has had on Edinburgh's book shops

"Things like Gaza are showing people what we’ve been supporting all these years… it’s the centrists who are the villains." I interviewed @irvinewelsh.bsky.social for the latest @holyroodmag.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...

The self-appointed defenders of free speech are only interested in elevating right-wing voices www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

The fragility of those on the left has allowed those on the right to claim they are the true defenders of free speech. More often than not, this freedom extends only rightwards. www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Political parties, even those with just five MPs, should be careful about who they legitimise by providing a platform, writes @chrismarshll.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

'Nuns on the Run' was right there

The British government banned Palestine Action under an antiterrorism law, but an intelligence document said most of its activity “would not be classified as terrorism.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...