Hard agree - I interviewed Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod about My Old School a few years ago, it's such a brilliant, gentle dissection of an extraordinary lie and it's consequences

NEW: Nicola Sturgeon on leadership. scandal and trolling the trolls podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

Sheku Bayoh family hit back at police federation’s suggestion that public inquiry be downgraded www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now." I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce. Watch/share/subscribe to Zeteo: zeteo.com/subscribe

Shekuh Bayoh family lawyer hits back as Scottish Police Federation floats finishing stalled public inquiry as a FAI www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Shona Robison demands 'urgent' talks with Reeves over fears 2p income tax rise would cut Scotland's block grant by £1bn www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Flags outside Cameron Barracks removed as thousands sign petition over Inverness asylum seeker plans - @pressandjournal.co.uk reports www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6883...

‘Morrisons killed us’: UK’s most westerly village shop closes after half a century Ferry Stores on #Ardnamurchan shuts its doors tomorrow after struggling with a decline in footfall and competition from home delivery vans @libbybrooks.bsky.social reports 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Morrisons killed us’: UK’s most westerly village shop closes after half a century www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

MSPs debate new early release plan as Scottish prison population reaches record high - politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Reform UK government in London would pose 'existential threat' to Scottish devolution, John Swinney says - politics UK live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Panel of MSPs questioned by young people at the Just Transition Summit in Edinburgh this afternoon: how do you challenge misinformation about energy transition?

FM John Swinney speaking at @ipprscotland.bsky.social 10th anniversary conference in Edinburgh: argues that after a pattern of undermining devolution by Westminster “our parliament is not strong enough to protect us from a UK government led by Nigel Farage”

This is such a fine yarn about an audacious Scottish tea fraud from my Science Weekly colleague Nicola Davis www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is such a fine yarn about an audacious Scottish tea fraud, from my Science Weekly colleague Nicola Davis www.theguardian.com/science/audi... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Quelling public disquiet is worth extra cost of barracks asylum housing, says No 10, as refugee groups and local politicians in East Sussex and Inverness warn against the plans www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

NEW: Plans to house UK asylum seekers in barracks in Sussex and Inverness are costly and complicated, experts say www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Your Party has secured its first elected representatives in Scotland after three Glasgow councillors defected from the Scottish Greens - politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Scottish fire engine destined for West Bank may return after 15-month Israeli seizure www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Know a lot of folks who will be queuing up for this... www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

Kaye Adams yet to hear complaint two weeks after being taken off BBC Radio Scotland www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Sheku Bayoh’s family accuses Scottish police and prosecutors of ‘sabotage’ after inquiry chair resigns www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Family of Sheku Bayoh respond to resignation of Lord Bracadale, chair of inquiry into his death in custody - they describe the pressure put on the chair by police and crown as “final act of sabotage”

UK and Scottish governments row over footing £24.5m bill for Trump and Vance visits www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Happy to confirm that a) I've yet to find a young person who can explain 'six-seven' to me b) it has nonetheless been banned in class at our local primary c) I'm still more worried about Roblox www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“A great unmasking”: how the fierce debate over the Boiler Room boycott exposed longstanding systemic issues with how dance music is distributed and consumed - terrific investigation by Phil Jennings for Guardian Music www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

John Swinney says Scottish government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers reports @severincarrell.bsky.social First minister tells SNP conference older people should not ‘pay the price for Westminster’s prejudice’ over immigration www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Delighted to take part in @jrf-uk.bsky.social @savethechildren.org fringe at #SNP25 on how third sector, politicians & media need to tell a different story about child poverty as far right narratives and misinformation capture public attention

SNP backs Swinney’s ‘clear’ strategy for new independence referendum at party conference www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

SNP delegates assembling in Aberdeen for the key debate of conference: winning independence. Will they support the leadership’s motion or a rebel amendment?

As Nationalists gather in Aberdeen this weekend for party conference, senior SNP figures tell the Guardian they believe a Holyrood majority is 'within reach' at May's election (and other dismiss it as 'wishful thinking') www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Delighted to see I Swear getting film of the week in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Politics live: the prospect of a Reform government at Westminster makes the question of Scottish independence more essential than ever, says first minister John Swinney www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Palestine protests go ahead across UK on second anniversary of October 7 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: this is what Labour’s tightening of skilled worker visas will mean in practice for Scottish farmers, report by Joanna Partridge www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Campaingers need to change the way they talk about child poverty - really interesting practical tokit launched today by @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @savechildrenuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scottish parliament votes through UK-first rent controls as campigners warn housing bill “gutted” of most progressive measures www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Glasgow University “failed” a student who killed himself on graduation day - Ethan Brown had been wrongly told he had not done well enough to earn his degree 👇@uofglasgow.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Scottish parliament votes for UK-first rent caps www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I spent the morning at Gourock outdoor pool for the annual Doggy Dip www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Revised transgender schools guidance from Scottish government underlines pupils must use toilets and changing rooms according to biological sex www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK businesses fear new EHRC guidance on toilets and changing rooms will be ‘unworkable www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

This case should have impact across the UK for other families seeking justice: an unprecedented three public bodies admit their failings, human rights breaches and apologise publicly after Allan Marshall’s “avoidable” death in custody

NEW Scottish Prison Service, Police Scotland and Crown accept they breached Allan Marshall’s right to life and apologise to his family 10 years after his death in custody www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This really matters: using slapp to silence one of our most knowledgeable and dogged salmon farm campaigners www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is brilliant...

Following up the recommendation of the excellent @siobhansynnot.bsky.social we watched Robert Redford in The Candidate this weekend: what a brilliant, subtle study of the slow erosion of values by the political machine and, aside from half a century of tech advancement, utterly resonant today