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Douglas Alexander cites Blair/Brown enmity as precedent for how Starmer and Sarwar might work together after yesterday's drama - politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

“It may simply be too late and too self-destructive” @severincarrell.bsky.social on whether Sarwar’s disavowal of Starmer will matter to voters www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“A product of real life experience and close female collaboration” Happy to read this glowing review of Ashley Storrie’s new series of Dinosaur, by @chitgrrl.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

A public service announcement for anyone needing a break from all this 👈 👇 👆 👉 ...the new Seth Rogen-produced Muppet Show is on from TODAY www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Right putting this on blast: what we have here is a sitting MSP and cabinet minister deliberately misrepresenting the situation in their seat by pretending it hasn't a substantial boundary changes. One of many reasons not to use FPTP (and, indeed, STV) is the incentive for this bad behaviour.

Deaths of two more patients at scandal-hit Glasgow hospital under investigation www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness obituary www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There’s been a lot of discussion about policing reform this week, but this seems one overlooked aspect - the impact on disabled people of the move away from recording/investigating lower level hate incidents www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Anas Sarwar blasts Scottish government over hospital contaminated water scandal as he reveals "damning evidence" of cover-up - politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Check how your local high street has changed - this is such an interesting exercise from our data team www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law that UK Labour rejected - @patrickbarkham.bsky.social reports www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: I asked @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social what they thought of Reform UK's Scotland leader Malcolm Offord quoting their greatest hit, Dignity www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"We need to prioritise our own people over strangers" says Reform UK's new Scottish leader, multimillionaire financier Malcolm Offord www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Setting out his “vision for Scotland”, Reform UK’s new leader north of the border quotes Deacon Blue’s classic song Dignity as encapsulating the Scottish work ethic… looking forward to Ricky Ross’s thoughts on this

‘Molly never got to hear it’: fury as denials finally end on Glasgow hospital infections www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Love the sound of this 'Scottish indie folk supergroup', written up here by @arusa.bsky.social Qureshi www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

Anas Sarwar calls for government ministers to be held accountable as Glasgow health board admits hospital water system linked to fatal infections in dramatic u-turn www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

‘I love that there’s this big gay thing in the middle of Scotland’: Ian McKellen and Graham Norton join Alan Cumming for Out in the Hills www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...

With Nigel Farage in Scotland today, I’m re-upping my report on how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform’s ongoing attacks on the city www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I asked bilingual high schoolers in Glasgow what they made of Nigel Farage's criticism of their language skills... “Speaking another language definitely improved my cognitive skills and my memory", 16 year old Maria told me. "And it opens doors for jobs.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Reform UK has launched repeated attacks on Glasgow - over asylum policy, housing, schools - I spoke to those working at the front line about the realities of a city under pressure www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK LGBTQ+ charities are in ‘hostile environment’ amid falling donations, experts warn www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

John Swinney is the first of three party leaders speaking to supporters this morning as Scottish politics gets set for Holyrood elections in May, which will be a measure of how successful Reform has been in building support in Scotland and a likely test of Kier Starmer’s leadership

I spoke to Courtney, who live-streamed her racist abuse on a Glasgow train, as data shows hate on public transport is rising www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NEW Tressa Burke of Glasgow Disability Alliance turned down MBE over ‘scapegoating’ of people with disabilities www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I first met the Doweys in April last year and remain in awe of their courage and tenacity. Now they are taking on the multimedia hiant Meta over the death of their son Murray www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NEW Parents of Murray Dowey, the Dunblane teenager who took his life after being blackmailed on Instagram, sue Meta for alleged wrongful death www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Christmas came early for me this year when I got to spend time on set of the Two Doors Down festive special www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Lovely stuff on Stanley Baxter from Mark Lawson ‘Astonishing’: how Stanley Baxter’s TV extravaganzas reached 20 million www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

I'm so interested to follow the progress of Australia's social media ban - this is a useful catch-up on the first few days from @joshtaylor.bsky.social who has also done some fascinating work talking to kids and parents www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Nurse to appeal against ‘hugely problematic’ trans changing room ruling www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Sandie Peggie’s lawyer confirms she will be appealing the “highly problematic” tribunal decision - Peggie herself says “I won’t be giving up the fight anytime soon”

Analysis: what does the Peggie case mean for those trying to apply the supreme court ruling? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Storm Bram = wet dog

‘It’s Scotland’s energy’: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Scottish nurse Sandie Peggie wins part of her tribunal in trans doctor changing room case www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

SNP leader John Swinney launching ‘It’s Scotland’s energy’ campaign - after screening a new film contrasting how Norway & UK managed their oil wealth, he says only voting for independence in next May’s Holyrood elections will ensure the country benefits from renewable energy resources

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Rules on single-sex spaces pose risk to trans people’s mental health, UK charities say www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“This turnaround is a hammer-blow to the self-image of a country that sold itself as uniquely welcoming to migrants, but now finds some are as susceptible to anti-immigration rabble-rousing as anywhere else” @danigaravelli.bsky.com on Reform UK’s road to Falkirk www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My report from Falkirk on a day of audience exuberance and unanswered questions www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

With a quarter of Scots voting Reform, and asylum protests in Scotland, first minister John Swinney says he will defend migration, engage with pressures and isolate prejudices in the SNP 2026 election campaign www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m at the Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk ahead of the Reform UK rally happening nearby later. Anti-immigrant protesters are already gathering - one group of women say the mood in the town is ‘sadder and angrier’ since a hotel resident appeared in court on sexual assault charges earlier this week

NEW: “During my lifetime Scotland has become a much more diverse country. I’m very proud of that” Scotland’s first minister John Swinney explains why the country needs migration as Reform gather support ahead of next May’s Holyrood elections www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Brazil

I do love a bourbon - but Ed Miliband's ASMR on SMR is the hands down winner in Labour social media this month www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer has described Nigel Farage as “a toxic, divisive, disgrace” this evening - he was responding on a visit to Glasgow after the Reform UK leader said the fact nearly one in three pupils there speak English as a second language amounted to the "cultural smashing” of the city

Swinney defends review of grooming gangs evidence in Scotland at FMQs as Tories and Labour call for full inquiry - politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...