John Swinney had this to say about Reform UK entering Holyrood. The First Minister (TBC) says the Scotland he is working to deliver is one where minorities feel welcome.

This is the account political nerds in Scotland follow. I was glued to their page for #ScotlandElects Analysis, context, polls, and occasional patient explanations to questions, from the basic: 'What is weighting and how do I understand it?' to: 'is the polling from Company XYZ reliable?'

From the perspective of an England-based, Westminster-weary journalist, Scotland’s political culture often feels like a breath of fresh air

Scotland must look forward. Real change comes with #ScottishIndependence, A return to the #EuropeanUnion - which we never wanted to leave - And take our place with the progressive smaller nations which put the wellbeing of people before profiteers.

We have to make bigotry shameful again.

Or, watch it on catch-up! And watch till the end to see the full speech by @JohnSwinney.bsky.social from Saturday, including the Q&A session with journalists.

Available to watch on catch-up #BroadcastingScotland The broadcaster #ForScotland

The people of Wales chose new leadership for Wales - one rooted in fairness and driven by ambition. And they rejected the politics of fear and division. Plaid Cymru will take Wales forward. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Whit is wrang wi these bawbags?

This shocking sell-out is not happening in Scotland, where the Scottish Government refused to do a deal give Palantir access to our #NHS

This 👇🏼 Scotland and Wales have civic nationalism: 'if you live here you can choose to be from here' Importantly, Scotland is working to acknowledge and give meaningful context to how our forebears participated in, profited from, colonisation and the British Empire - in Ireland and across the world

The arrogance of our putative colonial rulers, liberally doused with petulance and denial, on full view. Scotland will choose our future as an independent nation.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Scottish Greens demand elections boss quits in 'spoiler party' row

This shocking breach and exploitation of patient privacy is not happening in Scotland, where the Scottish Government refused to do a deal give Palantir access to our #NHS

An entire politics-focused edition of Channel 4 News went by without a single mention of Scotland or Wales. At least 10 mentions of ‘local elections’ alongside references to ‘our country’ and ‘the nation’. That nation is England.

Scotland has dodged a bullet for now. Thanks to the Scottish Government This is on Wes Streeting. NHS gives Palantir wider access to patient data amid growing backlash www.cityam.com/nhs-gives-pa...

Tick Tock.

How can a country not allowed to borrow have debt? The Scottish 'deficit', or 'black hole' as the media love to call it, is how much of the debt on its spending Westminster decides to allocate to Scotland. How much is that? However much Westminster *wants* it to be. indyposterboy.scot/timeo-danaos/

Do you live in or near Stirling? Are you interested in broadcasting for Scotland? @broadcastingscotland.scot are always on the lookout for folk to help out on both sides of the camera.

@broadcastingscotland.scot new studio over in Stirling. Was over there to return some gear that Linda had loaned us. Very nice setup and even better view from the window! @ruthwatson.eurosky.social

I can't remember an election when the press and losing parties were in such furious denial about the result. They're stuck in the first stages of grief, unwilling to accept that Scotland has for the fifth time voted for an SNP govt & pro-indy Parliament. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/l...

It’s obvs tempting to go “oh well no Western politician can succeed now, cause we’re polarised by social media, Nazis etc.” But Mamdani isn’t being forced out, cause he’s actually doing stuff. SNP just won their 5th straight election and the Greens surged. Spain’s got a stable leftie government.

Very similar - if not slightly higher figures - are polling in Scotland.

The public will 'welcome' the First Minister’s 'transparency' in his efforts to lock out Reform UK at Holyrood, John Swinney has said

The SNP has stood at every election with Independence front and centre in its manifesto. Since 2007 it has been Scotland's most popular party. The Tories are always unpopular. Labour is in constant decline. Reform has performed as badly as the other London parties. www.datawrapper.de/_/zQr6m/

Keir Starmer will take British Steel into public ownership - just raises betrayal of Grangemouth for Scots. Builds up a big reveal on Europe but …. no gamechanger like joining single market. Instead UK will be ‘at heart of Europe’ via an EU youth work exchange scheme. Is that it?

Finland is world's happiest country for 9 years AND amongst top 10 most income equal. Kids attend affordable kindergarten b4 school at 7 - system produces happiest kids and best scores. Connected? You bet. Last screenings of film & Q&A - Thurso May 20th and Stromness 25th. lesleyriddoch.com/events

Refusing to work with Reform UK isn't just the prerogative of other parties, particularly the SNP in minority govt, but it's exactly what their voters want. 52% of voters do not want Reform to have any influence over the Scottish Govt, including 65% of SNP voters.

BREAKING: The Scottish Greens have demanded that the head of the Electoral Commission resign after it refused to investigate the far-right "party" Independent Green Voice

See also Sky News: look at this front page. Where is the regional vote? Where is it?! It's not there at all! You cannot see the national regional vote! How then does Joe Punter square the Greens on 15 seats, but seemingly 2.3% of the vote? Pathetic. election.news.sky.com/elections/sc...

NEW: More politicians need to 'say it like it is' to try to combat the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform, Nicola Sturgeon has said in her verdict of the Scottish election results

Hi @news.sky.com I think you may have missed the fact that not only does the SNP have more seats than all unionist parties combined, but together with pro-Indy Greens there is now a record 73 seat pro-Indy majority. Or what is known in a normal democracy as a 'mandate'.

The reporting of the regional aspect of Holyrood elections overall continues to be shoddy. We are 27 years and 7 elections into devolution and a two vote system and almost every aspect of our system, from electoral management to media reporting, is so FPTP brained

Uh oh. The only reason they'd invest is because they expect to make a significant profit. And so the privatisation of the NHS in England ramps up. Scotland needs out of the UK to protect our NHS. www.ft.com/content/1cdc...

Trevor Phillips on Sky News pontificating about 'separatist' parties in Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland pressing for referendums. Philipps is on the advisory council of Labour-linked anti-independence propaganda group These Islands, hardly a neutral commentator. These links should be made clear.

Scotland needs more powers to tackle the big issues. #bbcdn

Scotland has always been an internationalist, European nation. We will return to our rightful place in the #EuropeanUnion with #ScottishIndependence

The worst of people.

The biggest loser of #SP26 ? The BBC. ➡️ Missing or cutting away from key declarations ➡️ Focusing on interviews over analysis ➡️ ‘Experts’ who don’t understand the voting system ➡️ Projections that didn’t make arithmetical sense (and very late) ➡️ No constituency List vote breakdown ➡️ Martin Geisler

The unionist bot army gear up.

Watch as John Swinney tells Westminster to 'catch up' with the reality of devolved nations being led by pro-independence parties

Channel 4 News is generally the best of a bad bunch in UK news broadcasting but it was odd in their report on the Scottish and Welsh elections today that they said Plaid and SNP had failed to win majorities but didn't say both countries use PR systems which make majorities almost impossible.

John Swinney has warned Westminster of the growing 'significance' of the so-called 'Celtic fringe' 🗣️ 'What people in London like to refer to, rather patronisingly, as the Celtic Fringe is very much about to take become centre stage'

Pussy Riot have taught us to recognise the Putinist Model to fascism. Farage and Reform are now moving the British Isles down that hateful path. Our Political Correspondent on how to fight back. leftungagged.org/2026/05/09/n...

Nearly half a century after joining the SNP, John Swinney has led his party to Holyrood victory Here is the list of all 58 SNP MSPs 👇

Westminster has to 'catch up' with the reality of devolved nations being led by pro-independence parties, John Swinney has said

A 'fascist front' party stopped the Scottish Greens from getting another seat at Holyrood. Here's how.

Read our full story here www.thenational.scot/news/2609256...

Aye! We're all Jock Tamson's bairns.

I can hardly believe I've got the chance to work with this fantastic group of Green MSPs for Glasgow - @hollybruce.bsky.social and @irisduane.bsky.social 💚