"CRISIS-HIT GPS STUCK WITH IT SYSTEMS 'FROM THE DARK AGES'" @neilpooran.bsky.social / @alistairkgrant.bsky.social for @scotsman.com. GPs in #Scotland are using IT systems that are more than two decades old amid an ongoing crisis. #TheScotsman #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPAPERS

"I called it like I saw it" - John Swinney defends his comments about the Hamilton by-election being a 'two-horse race' between the SNP and Reform.

Tense exchange in Holyrood as Douglas Ross continues to accuse Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone of failing to act with impartiality. She ejected him from the chamber last Thursday.

Could be a significant case here on how the public sector uses AI. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

The Conservatives said Glen Rosa had been 'cannibalised to prevent further delays to the Glen Sannox' news.sky.com/story/fergus...

The vote this evening on Liam McArthur's assisted dying Bill is expected to be close www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

One year to go until the next Scottish Parliament elections. Discussing how the landscape looks on Politics Scotland today.

The SNP have unveiled their new slogan ahead of the election in a year’s time - ‘On Scotland’s side’. Most of their candidates have gathered here in Edinburgh, with John Swinney giving a speech.

'Snus is sus even though it doesn't combust' - seems to be the main message MSPs on the Health Committee were told today www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

John Swinney condemned an ‘unacceptable’ tifo display from Rangers fans showing Graeme Souness holding a shotgun www.heraldscotland.com/sport/uk-spo...

Green MSP Maggie Chapman has survived a vote on Holyrood's Equalities Committee to remover her as deputy convener. It follows her remarks about the Supreme Court's gender ruling earlier this month. The committee voted down a motion from Tess White by four to three.

NEW - MSP Jamie Greene has defected to the Scottish Liberal Democrats, just a day after dramatically quitting the Tories. The West Scotland MSP has been unveiled as a Lib Dem at the party’s spring conference in Inverness.

Fascinating polling from @yougov on how Scotland sees itself re the British Empire.

Speaking at a poverty summit in Stirling, John Swinney says the Scottish Government will mitigate the two-child benefit cap policy this year, if talks with UK Gov progress well.

John Swinney said he'll 'keep considering' whether the Scottish Government will continue to use the Other Place

It was a pleasure to speak to Callum from the HALO Trust, who shared an amazing story from a Kandahar roadside in 2021.

Monica Lennon's proposed law on ecocide is a step closer after it cleared the hurdle of MSP signatures. Scotland could be the first part of the UK to have such a law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Glen Sannox has been handed over to CMAL, but it seems it still needs a long-term fix for anchor problems.

Big milestone in the long-running saga of the Glen Sannox, as it is finally handed over to ferry owning agency CMAL more than six years late. Ferguson Marine's interim CEO admits it's been a 'long haul'.

Marco Biagi has become the latest new addition to John Swinney’s SpAd team. Other recent hires include former Yes Scotland strategist Stephen Noon. They’ll give advice on ‘political messaging’.

Those supporting the Housing Bill recognise ‘it is not in itself the answer to the housing emergency’ news.stv.tv/scotland/mor...

Humza Yousaf is ‘certain’ the boss of the Other Place is able to read his DMs www.holyrood.com/news/view,hu...

The Scottish Government has also confirmed it is reviewing plans to open an international office in Warsaw. news.stv.tv/politics/sco...

A consultation on the ‘latte levy’ is running until November 14. The charge would be pretty comprehensive across almost all single-use cups sold in Scotland. www.insider.co.uk/news/views-w...

Threads was a bit bare and Mastodon is all but extinct… so I’m giving BlueSky a try.