@kateforbes.bsky.social’s news is, in my view, simultaneously bleak news for Scottish politics and government, and good news for Kate and her family. Our instantaneous reaction, on @holyroodsources.bsky.social , is streaming now. Geoff Aberdein | @calumam.bsky.social

Of course we should welcome Trump to Scotland..... and we should give Turnberry the Open too. My thoughts in today's @heraldscotland 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This week’s @HolyroodSources , streaming now and on video on YouTube: 💨 zonal pricing rural cost/benefit from wind farms 🛣️ infrastructure spending 🇺🇸 Trump in Scotland 🗳️ & the disconnect between parties and people @geoffaberdein | @CalumAM podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

The time is right to make independence the settled will, but nationalists will have to perform much better to make it so. My thoughts on today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Tomorrow’s column today… Labour's reform agenda is over. The rebels are in control | @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

“Far from causing moral panic, using private health care in other countries is seen as an act of moral propriety.” My thoughts on healthcare in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

My thoughts in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social on the Scottish Tories woes, and the growing distinction between its urban and rural wings. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

🔴🟡From unthinkable to improbable to inevitable. Why you shouldn't rule out the prospect of a 'grand coalition' between Labour and the SNP, for the same reason it happened in Germany 🇩🇪 and Ireland 🇮🇪. By me in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social ‬⁩, with me and my amigos @calumam.bsky.social ‬⁩ and ⁦‪Geoff Aberdein‬⁩ , and this week @reformukscotland.bsky.social ‘s ‬⁩ Labour 🔴 defector. Plus, the grand coalition is back….. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

The @heraldscotland.bsky.social has done a brilliant series on the future of Edinburgh this week - here's my contribution on suburbs and transport, and why the rail and the river give us the way forward: www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

🚨 Streaming now from Rome @calumam.bsky.social, a park bench (Geoff Aberdein) and a leisure centre (me), immediate reaction to Labour’s remarkable by election win (and how @anassarwar.bsky.social can justifiably bask ☀️) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

My thoughts in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social on how we can rescue our schools and avoid sleepwalking into a social and economic calamity www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

ICYMI, my thoughts in yesterday's @heraldscotland.bsky.social on how the asissted dying debate showed our MSPs at their best, and how they could do it more often www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Pleasure to have @adamboulton.bsky.social join us on @holyroodsources.bsky.social today. Streaming now on audio and video Geoff Aberdein | @calumam.bsky.social

End your week with @holyroodsources.bsky.social , the most-listened-to Scottish political podcast. This week, the Supreme Court gender judgment. On audio 🎧 And here on YouTube 🖥️ youtu.be/-_OjvLl_HLI?... @calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein

The SNP is likely to need some help after 2026, and it's probably only the Greens or the Lib Dems who can provide it. By me in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

"We are in Scotland, the Emerald City of politics, where, unlike Elphaba, John Swinney appears not to need a broomstick to defy gravity." @heraldscotland.bsky.social

What would an SNP win in the Hamilton by-election say about Scottish politics? By me in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This week on @holyroodsources.bsky.social with me, Geoff Aberdein & @calumam.bsky.social 🔵➡️🟠 @jamiegreeneuk.bsky.social on his move from the Tories to the Libs & 🟡➡️🔵 Kenny MacAskill on Alba’s prospects at #sp26 📺 Watch it here: youtu.be/PIxk4DoCQ4k?... 🎧 Streaming as usual as a podcast.

This is why the press is still critical and must be supported. @edinburghuni.bsky.social re-starts funding debate in an op-ed in yesterday's Scotland on Sunday, carrying into @scotsman.com and other titles today, and onto broadcast, and into politics. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Some thoughts from me on @thespectator1828.bsky.social on @jamiegreeneuk.bsky.social joining @scotlibdems.org.uk Will more Tories defect to the Lib Dems? www.spectator.co.uk/article/will...

My thoughts in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social , on how our agreeable mainstream politicians could make a roads revolution the biggest achievement of devolution www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social , streaming now and on YouTube. Today: 🟥 Labour & benefits 🟨 The SNP’s candidates 💨 Aberdeen & energy And in listener questions, one happy customer asks who gave me and Geoff a platform? That would be @calumam.bsky.social … youtu.be/9SGp_Qcn3uk?...

This week’s @HolyroodSources, in full on YouTube now ➡️ Sturgeon’s exit 🟨 Swinney’s reshuffle 🟥 Sarwar’s welfare 🥾 Smith’s outdoor ed Also streaming 🎧 @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein | @mspliz youtu.be/ZBetByw6q7w?...

Bumper @holyroodsources.bsky.social sources coming your way later this afternoon, with me, Geoff Aberdein and @calumam.bsky.social: 🚪 #NicolaSturgeon's exit 💷 Labour's welfare policy 🟡 Scottish Government #reshuffle 🥾 and we're joined by Liz Smith MSP to chat about her outdoor education Bill

I’ll be on Mornings on BBC Radio Scotlasnd shortly, discussing Trident in the Trump era. Tune in! 📻

In today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social @scottishcomment.bsky.social We're underplaying the impact on Scotland of the Trump presidency, on: 💷 our exports 🗳️ our election 💣 our defence Scotland is up to its neck in Trumpland, whether we like it or not www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Should the Scottish Tories ignore the Reform threat? By me in @thespectator1828.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/shou...

My scene-setter for this week's @holyroodsources.bsky.social , with Lt Col Stuart Crawford and @stewartmcdonald.bsky.social , on Scotland's place in Trump's world, here: linkedin.com/posts/andy-m... @calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein

This week's @holyroodsources.bsky.social , recording now. What is Scotland's role in Trump's world? Streaming later today... 🎧💻 @calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein

Scotland - all of Scotland - needs regional mayors based around the city-region growth deals. My thoughts in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

ICYMI, my @heraldscotland.bsky.social article from yesterday, on Labour’s chances of government 🌹 www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

🌹 A real pleasure to sit with @anassarwar.bsky.social and Jackie Baillie for a full hour today for a @holyroodsources.bsky.social exclusive, with @calumam.bsky.social and Geoff Aberdein 🧵

The more I think about the idea of a women's rights party - which @euanmccolm.bsky.social has mooted in @scotsman.com here ⬇️ - the more I think that, with well chosen candidates, it could be the great disruptor of the 2026 election. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

@jameshansonradio.bsky.social has this dead right. @scaramucci.bsky.social saying similar things across the pond. From @thespectator1828.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/dona...

Today in @heraldscotland.bsky.social - why focusing on the NHS is a risk for John Swinney www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social streaming on audio as normal, or here 👇🏻 on YouTube. 🌹 Labour 👩🏻‍⚕️ the NHS 📑 the civil service With me, Geoff Aberdein and @calumam.bsky.social youtu.be/0ZTMovveIew

This is well worth a read, by Euan McColm in @thespectator1828.bsky.social I’d never really thought about the idea of a women’s rights party for 2026 but it’s VERY interesting. t.co/ZlV5ExLl7X

'Independence sentiment in Scotland grows when the unionist alternative is seen to be repulsive' www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie... @akmaciver.bsky.social

In today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social The headline says it all. Have a read for detail! www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

This week’s @holyroodsources.bsky.social recording now… 🌹 Labour and Reform… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 … and what it means for independence 🏡 The rent caps are going ❓ And your questions. Streaming later 🎧 🖥️ ⁦‪@calumam.bsky.social | Geoff Aberdein

More on this theme this morning www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...

ICYMI, my @heraldscotland.bsky.social article from Friday on how the unthinkable SNP/Labour coalition may become thinkable, and may even become normal. With a nod to Germany 🇩🇪 and Ireland🇮🇪. 🟡🔴 t.co/miNkrdj7K8

The full @holyroodsources.bsky.social ep with Anthony @scaramucci.bsky.social in full on YouTube. 🤝🏻 how to deal with Trump & Musk 🍣 🥃 his thoughts on export tariffs 🌍 and his well read and well thought position on America’s role in the world @calumam.bsky.social youtu.be/Ga9Nw95QC9Q

Yes, you read it right.... @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Today’s exclusive @HolyroodSources polling podcast, with Sir John Curtice, in full on YouTube now @calumam.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=89em...

Clearly Rachel Reeves was right to go to China, but you can't deny the 'Peking duck' is a great political soundbite. Fair play Mel Stride....

Early coverage of @holyroodsources.bsky.social WM poll via @alexofbrown.bsky.social @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social . When a Westminster government sneezes its Holyrood arm catches a cold. Holyrood poll, and more, tomorrow and at the weekend. @calumam.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Thoughtful as ever Andy. I think HSR to London is more of a priority than a Maglev between Edinburgh and Glasgow, but lots of food for thought there.

ICYMI, yesterday's @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on what the government's #Maglev flirtation says about our infrastructure. With some mentions for Murdo Fraser, @stevenpurcell.bsky.social and @da-anderson.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...